Tonight’s Homecoming edition of AEW Collision takes place from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, as the road to next Saturday’s WrestleDream continues.
The show is headlined by a women’s trios match as Toni Storm teams with AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander and Harley Cameron against Thekla, Skye Blue & Julia Hart of the Triangle of Madness.
Josh Alexander takes on Kota Ibushi in a match where Ibushi notably got injured.
In a mixed trios match, FTR teams with Megan Bayne against Willow Nightingale and JetSpeed.
Eddie Kingston continues his recent run against luchadores as he battles The Beast Mortos.
The former Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) continues their revived run against Big Bill & Bryan Keith.
TayJay (Tay Conti & Tay Melo) will also be in action.
**********
In spite of Starlink’s best efforts, we are here and live for AEW Collision!
Josh Alexander (w/Don Callis) vs Kota Ibushi
I won’t lie; due to some techical issues, I missed the first few minutes of this match. As it stands though, there’s no bad time to join and Alexander/Ibushi match and I was glad to get in to see Ibushi hammering Alexander with kicks on the outside.
Alexander caught one though and flipped it into a DDT on the concrete. Alexander dragged Ibushi back into the ring and began working the right leg. He dropped elbows on it, stretched it, worked a modified ankle lock and left Ibushi in a lot of pain.
Ibushi rolled out of the ring and while Alexander distracted the ref, Callis gave him some stiff shots. He bolted away and Alexander grabbed Ibushi and went for a pin, but it was a kickout at one. Alexander began throwing shots at Ibushi’s head, knocking him down every time he got up.
Alexander set Ibushi up in the corner but when he charged, Ibushi ducked and powerslammed him. Ibushi went up top, but Alexander pulled him back down. Ibushi got up and began kicking Alexander in the chest. He peppered him with stikes until Alexander got an elbow on that sore knee.
Ibushi got back up though and hit a standing moonsault for a two count. Ibushi went for a piledriver, but Alexander reversed it into an ankle lock. Ibushi used it to throw him into the corner, but Alexander grabbed him for a spinning slam from the shoulders.
Alexander sat on the top turnbuckle. When he tried to jump off, Ibushi was ready and caught him a a fisherman’s suplex, followed by the driving knees. Alexander kicked out at two. Ibushi tried a pumpkick, but Alexander hit him in the jaw then slammed him on the ring apron.
Tossing him back in, Alexander landed a big lariat, but only got a two count. Callis was not happy. Alexander put Ibushi up on the top turnbuckle and got into position for what looked like a death Valley Driver, but Alexander lost his balance and Ibushi ended up going backwards onto the barricade from above the top rope.
Officials checked on Ibushi who was clutching his leg. The Ref started a countdown while the drs attended to Ibushi. The ref hit the ten count, giving the win to Alexander.
Match Result: Josh Alexander defeated Kota Ibushi via countout.
After the match, Mark Davis of the Callis Family started beating on Ibushi which drew out Kenny Omega who took out Alexander and Davis with a garbage can. They slunk away while Ibushi was attended to. We know now that this was a real injury, so best wishes to Ibushi!
-Next, a Mark Briscoe promo aired setting up his Wrestledream match against Kyle Fletcher. This shouldn’t be shocking. but they both think they are going to win.
Tag Team Match: Max Caster & Anthony Bowens vs. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
Keith and Bill came down to little fanfare, but Bowens and Caster jockeyed for the crowds attention, flashing 8x10s and such.
Caster hit a blind tag on Bowens to be able to start off the match aagainst Keith. The two ran through a chain of flips and hits until Bowens hit a blind tag on Caster and inserted himself into the match.
Bowens and Keith locked up with Bowens sending him to the mat with a shoulder tackle. Bowens leapfrogged over Keith a couple of times and nailed him with a facebuster. That brought in Bill and Bowens tagged himself out. Caster then did the same thing, neither man wanting to face their XL opponent. Finally, Bill just started hitting Caster so he became legal.
Bill slapped and chopped Caster around the ring, throwing him off the ropes and choking him. Bowens jumped in and hit him with a fame-ass-er and Bill rolled out, leaving Caster and Bowens to to stare deeply into each other’s eyes, wondering if they should team together again.
Then Bill pulled Bowens out of the ring and he and Keith jumped Caster. They hit a double team eye-rake-choke thing and tossed Caster out of the ring. Keith began beating him up on the outside, while Bill drove Bowens into the barricades. In spite of us just having a match that ended in a countout, countouts didn’t seem to apply here.
Bill held Bowens in the corner so Keith could superkick him. Bowens fought back with a kick to Keith’s gut. Keith put a headlock on and worked Bowens’ neck in the middle of the ring. Bowens powered out of it though landing a back elbow. He went for a tag, but Keith cut him off.
Keith sent Bowens into the corner, which tagged in Caster who chased Keith out of the ring chopping him. Keith ducked a backhand and Big BIll hit Caster so that Keith could put him back in the ring. Keith went off the ropes, but Caster caught him with a Death Valley Driver for a two count.
Caster went up top, but Bowens hit a blind tag and told him to leave. Keith pushed Bowens into Caster, but only got at two count on the rollup afterwards. Bowens and Caster blamed each other and started shoving. IN the confusion, Keith got hit with a hard right hand and Bowens was able to fall on him for the pin.
Match Result: Anthony Bowens and Max Caster defeated Big Bill and Bryan Keith
-The Bang Bang Gang cut a promo in the back about how they are feeling great. Big Bill and Bryan wandered by, smashing stuff in frustration. The Gang asked if they wanted to “get active” (aka fight) and Bill and Keith looked like they were ready, but walked away instead.
TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay) vs Carolina Cruz and Dream Girl Ellie
TayJay are heading towards however the determine the first ever AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions undefeated at 1-0. They immediately started a match with a double knee to Cruz. Jay stayed legal, but Cruze tagged out and Ellie found herself isolated in the Tayjay corner.
They tagged in and out before giving that up and double teaming her, with a bulldog resulting in a two count. TayJay then delivered stero thrust kicks and stomps. Jay hit a pumpkick and then Melo one of her own on Ellie.
They used a raised knee slam and punned Ellie to move to an unprecedented 2-0.
Match Result: TayJay defeated Carolina Cruz and Dream Girl Ellie
-Backstage, Lexy Nair interviewed the Conglomeration. Kyle Fletcher was mentioned and Kyle O’Reilly mentioned that he hated there was another Kyle. Roddy Strong addressed MOXLEY and challenged him anytime, anywhere. Just let him know. Nightingale said that she was going to back up JetSpeed in their match tonight.
-It was then announced that The Demand would take on the Hurt Business in a trios match on Dynamite.
-Back from break, footage was shown of Darby Allin attacking Jon Moxley at New York City Comicon. Having attended that Con many times, I can say that it was probably over parking. Anyway, the Death Riders cut a promo about how Allin needs to die. Extreme, but they are called the Death Riders. PAC called Allin a piece of crap, earning his Bastard nickname. Moxley wrapped things up saying next time he sees Allin, he will get his face smashed in. These guys must be a blast at parties.
Trios Match: AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander, “Timeless” Toni Storm & Harley Cameron vs. Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart and Skye Blue)
Cameron came out dressed like a giant heart, proving once again that she is precious cargo and should be protected at all costs. Storm and Statlander will meet at Wrestledream for Statlander’s AEW Women’s Championship, but I’m sure that wont play a factor in this match.
The Triangle had me asking “why so serious?” but the crowd was definitly into it. Storm convinced her partners to let her start things off and exploded off the bell with a pump kick to Thekla. She threw her around the ring until Thekla grabed the traps and forced her to the mat. She peppered Storm with kicks, but Storm fought back with a Thez press.
She follwed that up with a backbreaker and tagged in Cameron. Thekla sent Cameron to the corner and Blue tagged in, hoisting Cameron on her shoulders. Cameron got out of it and hit a dropkick before whipping Blue into the corner for a splash. Statlander tagged in and used Cameron as a weapon, slamming her onto Blue.
Statlander got Blue up in a staaaaaaaaaaaaallling suplex and slammed her to the mat. She whipped Blue into the corner who got out of it and tagged in Hart. Statlander powerslammed her and tagged in Storm who slammed Hart and tagged in Cameron. Cameron hit a high kick and tried a cover, but Hart kicked out at two.
Cameron started jabbing elbows into Hart’s neck, but Blue took her out giving Hart a pin attempt. Cameron kicked out and Hart startedpunching her. She put a headlock on and wracked the neck of Cameron before sending her into the corner. Hart chopped her and held her in a choke until the ref broke it up.
Hart went up top and walked the ropes, going Old School on Cameron before tagging in Blue. Blue threw a few strikes then tagged in Thekla. Thekla knocked Storm and Statlander off the apron and threw Cameron into the Triangle’s corner where they triple teamed her.
Coming out of that, Blue was legal for the Triangle and Cameron punched her in the gut. Blue hung her up on the ropes in response and drover her knee into Cameron’s neck. She suplexed Cameron next and threw elbows when she tried to get up.
Blue took a shot at Storm and then hoisted Cameron on her shoulders. Cameron got out of it though and tagged in Storm who took out Blue with an agressive flurry ending in a dropkick. She hit a blue thunder bomb, but Blue kicked out at two.
Blue landed a crescent kick and Hart tagged in to double team Storm. Storm turned it into a double DDT though and tagged in Statlander. Statlander cleaned house, throwing kicks at all three. She hit a neckbreaker on Hart, then slammed Blue onto her.
Cameron tagged in and Statlander lifted Hart so Cameron could hit a super bulldog. Thekla entered the match and Cameroon hit a backstabber. Blue took her out, but Storm kicked her our of the ring. Statlander went to kick Hart, but she ducked and almost caught Storm. They two stared each other down.
Cameron found herself alone with Thekla and caught a Spear From The Spider for Thekla to pin her for the win.
Match Result: The Triangle of Madness defeated Tony Storm, Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander
-Backstage, Kenny Omega sent a message to Don Callis and his family. He was lamenting the never ending nature of their rivalry when he was interrupted by none other than Jack Perry. Perry said that he just wanted to say he’s got Omega’s back. Omega was more than suspicious and Perry said that he can’t change the past, but he and Omega have some of the same enemies. Omega said that he doesn’t give a F&%K about Perry or his big dumb dinosaur. If Perry wants to prove he can be trusted he should see Omega at Dynamite. Then he threw him out.
-Backstage, Harley Cameron and Kris Statlander were interviewed about their loss. Cameron asked Statlander to be her tag partner, but Statlander said that she has to focus on the Women’s World Title now. She was about to suggest another partner for Cameron when Wheeler Yuta interrupted them to make fun of the. Then Toni Storm arrived and they all started yelling at each other. I don’t think Yuta was supposed to be in that segment…
-Next, MxMxTV (Mason Madden, Mansoor, Johnny TV and Tay Valkyrie) came down to the ring to have a “casting call” open challenge and give the announce team a chance to make a bunch of gross SEED jokes.
Mansoor grabbed a mic and ran down the crowd. He said that the Casting Call would continue tonight, if anyone is interested. There were some interested parties. A Trio in fact. A trio called La Faccion Ingobernable!
MxMxTV (Mason Madden, Mansoor and Johnny TV) vs LFI (Rush, Sammy Guevara and Dralistico) w/The Beast Mortos
Wait, if they are doing this match now, what’s going to headline Ring of Honor next week?
Anyway, Dralistico and Johnny TV started things off with a flurry of kicks and spin moves before Mansoor tagged in. He caught a foot in the gut and Guevara tagged in, taking him out. Madden ran across and knocked Rush and Dralistico off the apron, then delivered a big powerbomb to Guevara.
Rush was actually legal and he and Dralistico double dropkicked Madden. Dralistico tagged in and hit a hurricanrana on Johnny TV that sent both men to the outside. They Valkyrie took out Dralistico and Rush and Madden traded chops. Mansoor tried to get involved, but Rush thew him into the corner and Dralistico hit a double knee.
Rush delivered The Horns to Mansoor in the corner and Guevara tagged in. He went up top and hit a swanton bomb. He got the pin on Mansoor and the win for LFI.
Match Result: LFI defeated MxMxTV
That’s a lot of letters.
Suddenly, the music changed and Eddie Kingston, the one and only, headed to the ring for his match against Mortos.
Eddie Kingston vs. The Beast Mortos
Mortos took off the sunglasses he’d been hilariously wearing at ringside and Kingston went right for him. The two traded shots with Kingston getting Mortos off his feet with a flying shoulder block. Eddie want for a move, but Mortos rolled out of the ring. The rest of LFI decided they’d seen enough and left.
Kingston put a headlock on Mortos who fought out of it and sent Kingston to the corner. He followed him with a splash and european uppercuts. Kingston rolled away and Mortos stomped his head before putting on headlock of his own.
Mortos started throwing strikes, knocking Kingston around the ring. Kingston responded with some chops and the two started trading. Eventually Mortos just started ducking and then kicked Kingston’s knees out from underneath him. He choked him on the ropes and then threw Kingston into the corner, kicking him right in the Eddies.
The ref didn’t see it (I guess?) and allowed the match to continue with more strikes from Mortos. He hit a big running lariat, but Kingston kicked out at two. Mortos sent Kingston to the corner, but Kingston rolled away from the charge and Mortos exited the ring. Kingston dove between the ropes and sent Mortos into the barricades.
Back in the ring, Kingston hit a reverse neckbreaker, but Mortos kicked out at two. Mortos then bit the hand of Kingston but stopped when the ref hit a five count. He sent Kingston into the ropes, but didn’t get all of the spear and Kingston kicked out at two.
Mortos went up top for a twisting moonsauly but missed Kingston who thew him in a gutwrench. Kingston hit a backfist and Mortos collapsed. Kingston pinned him and got the win to move to 4-0 since returning to AEW.
Match Result: Eddie Kingston defeated The Beast Mortos
Mixed Trios Match: Megan Bayne & FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs. Willow Nightingale & JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey and The Jet” Kevin Knight)
Back from break, it was main event time!
Bayne brought Penelope Ford to the ring with her and FTR brought Stokely. JetSpeed brought themselves and Willow Nightingale, who danced her way into everyone’s hearts as usual.
Nightingale and Bayne started things off with a tie up. Nightingale sent Bayne into the corner, but neither let go. The wrestled each other back to the center of the ring, where Bayne pumnched Nightingale. Nightingale hit a shoulder block, but Bayne didn’t move. Bayne tried one of her own, but Nightingale didn’t move. Bayne called for one more, then clotheslined her.
NIghtingale hit a scoopslam and then sent Bayne to the corner for some strikes and a lariat. She followed that up with a crossbody, but Bayne kicked out at one. She tagged in Harwood and Nightingale tagged in Knight.
Knight hit a shoulder tackle and leapfrogged Harwood off of the ropes. Harwood got a shot in though, but Knight responded with a springboard lariat and dropkicks until Bayne got into the ring and shoved him. Harwood used that distraction to hit Knight from behind and Bayne sent him to the corner.
Kinght powered back with a shotgun dropkick, sending Knight to the corner. Bailey hit a kick and Nightingale hit a cannonball in the corner, but Knight could only get a two count. He tagged in NIghtingale who went to axhandle Harwood, but Bayne pushed him out of the way and sent Nightingale to the outside.
She thew strikes and tossed Nightingale around before sending her back into the ring. Harwood held her so that Bayne could hit some strikes. She sent Nightingale into the corner and threw some shoulders and chops. She hit a big splash and went for a cover, but only a two count.
For got involved at ringside and choked Nightingale on the ropes while Bayne distracted the ref. Bayne then put a headlock on. Nightingale powered out of it and started throwing strikes into Bayne’s gut. Bayne tried for a powerbomb, but Nightingale flipped her over. Wheeler then tried to jump her, but Nightingale tagged in Baliey.
Harwood quickly tagged in and Bailey hit a moonsault from one side of the ring to the other. He went for a second, but Harwood dodged it. Knight camp off the top with a shot, but Bailey could only get a two count.
Wheeler pulled Knight off the apron and sent him into the barricade. Bayne dove through the ropes onto him while Harwood hit a brainbuster on Bailey. Wheeler tagged in Bailey hit a spinning DDT off the second rope. Nightingale called for the hot tag, but Bailey was cut off by Wheeler. Bayne tagged in and tried to suplex Bailey. She stalled too long and he reversed it.
Bayne sent Bailey to the corner and he got a hot tag to Nightingale. Harwood tagged in, but Nightingale beat him up. Wheeler tried to make the save, but also got taken out. Knight hit a dropkick and then Nightingale hit a powerbomb on Harwood.
She tried to get him up in a suplex, but he pushed her into the ropes and tried a rollup off the bounce back. Bayne got tagged in and Nightingale went for a gutwrench, but Ford tried to cause a distraction. Nightingale pulled her in a flattened her.
Bayne tried to kick her from behind, but Nightingale locked in a crab hold. Bailey and Knight grabbed FTR and did the same. Hardwood grabbed the ropes and rolled out and Jetspeed dove after them.
Ford and Bayne hit a Doomsday device behind the ref’s back on Nightingale and Bayne pinned her one, two, three.
Match Result: FTR and Megan Bayne defeated Jetspeed and Willow Nightingale.
After the match Bayne and Nightingale attacked Nightingale and Harley Cameron came down and made the save with a guitar neck, running off the heels. Jestspeed and FTR jawed at each other as the show came to an end.
