AEW Collision was recorded after Dynamite on Wednesday night from Rio Rancho Events Center in Rio Rancho, NM. Our commentary team is Excalibur, TonySchiavone, and Nigel McGuinness.
The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, and Roderick Strong) AEW Trios Champions vs The Opps (Hook, Katsuyori Shibata, and Anthony Bowens)
Shibata and Roddy start the match, and they lock up and then go around the ring until they get to Roddy’s corner, and they break clean. Kyle and Hook tag in. Hook gets a kick to the midsection,n and they run the ropes with Hook getting a stutterstep pivot into a takedown. Kyle gets a guillotine choke, and Hook reverses it. Kyle gets a kick and tags in Roddy, who gets a backbreaker.
Kyle is tagged in, and they double-team Hook in the corner. Cassidy tags in and goes to the elbow drop, where he comes off the top step by step. Cassidy covers for one. Cassidy gets another one count. Hook gets an exploder suplex and tags in Bowens. Bowens gets a side back suplex and applauds Cassidy. Cassidy goes for his pockets. Bowens pulls the hands out and claps Cassiyd’s hand. Cassidy goes back to his pockets, and they run the ropes. Cassidy gets a shotgun drop kick, and Shibata tags in.
Shibata calls for chops, and Cassidy hits soft chops and then gets a go behind rollup for two. Shibata gets a lariat and tags in Hook. As the ref is distracted, Shibata gets a suplex on the apron, the floor, and rolls Cassidy into the run for Hook to cover for two as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Cassidy has been the babyface in peril. Shibata kicks Roddy off the apron, and Cassidy is able to get a stundog millionaire and tags in Kyle, as Bowens tags in. Kyle dominates for a series of moves. Bowens stops him with kicks and strikes. Kyle grabs an ankle lock, and Hook grabs a rear-naked choke into a suplex. Kyle gets a comebacker lariat on both Bowens and Hook, and all three men are down.
Roddy and Shibate tag in and throw hands. Cassidy sweeps Shibata’s leg, and Roddy gets a backbreaker. He then goes on to Hook and tags in Cassidy. Roddy tosses Cassidy into Hook and then Shibata. Shibata gets an Orange Punch on Cassidy and then slams Roddy. Bowens tags in and runs into Roddy’s boot. Shibata gets a back heel trip on Roddy. Kyle charges into the ring, and they throw hands. Kyel drops Shibata and then throws strikes at Hook, who gets an exploder suplex. Cassidy gets a DDT, and Bowens gets a backslide on Cassidy for two. Bowens fights off Roddy and Kyle and gets a spinning DDT on Cassidy for two.
Shibata holds up Cassidy, and Boens goes for a thrust kick, but Cassidy dodges, and Shibata is down. Cassidy gets an Orange Punch on Bowens, followed by Roddy getting a Death Valley Driver. Roddy puts Cassidy on top of Bowens for the pin and the win.
Winners and still Trios Champions: The Conglomeration
The Demand is in the stairwell, and they see the Lethal Twist walk through. Ricochet says he likes their style. Ricochet and Jay Lethal say they like each other’s haircuts, and they need to go talk.
The Death Riders are in the back and Jon Moxley says Swerve Striclland is now a target, and Will Ospreay will hit him where it hurts the most. Ospreay says their friendship is over, and Swerve is able to see how dangerous he can be. This isn’t Swerve’s house; Swerve is a squatter who is in the way of his trip to Wembley.
Kevin Knight (AEW TNT Champion) vs Dezmond Xavier - Everyone banned from ringside.
Knight gets a kick rather than locking up and grabs a side headlock. After a couple of tries to escape from Xavier, Knight gets a takeover. Xavier is able to work free and gets a double leg sweep and rolls up Knight for two. Xavier gets a latigo and an arm trapping spin rollup for two. Knight gets a cover with feet on the ropes for two.
Xavier gets a hurricanrana from the apron into the ring, and Knight is sent to the floor. Knight gets out of the way before Xavier dives. Xavier waits for Knight to get back in the ring. Knight stalls getting into the ring. Knight pulls Xavier to the floor and runs him into the apron. Knight is able to leap over the steep steps for a takedown on the floor as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Xavier fights out of a wristlock. Xavier gets an arm drag and blocks blows from Knight while nailing his own and follows with a cutter. They go to separate corners. Xavier charges into the corner with kicks and then gets a springboard DDT for two. Xavier misses a double knee, but gets a back elbow. Night gets a tejaris and then a spinning tilt-a-whirl back breaker for two.
Knight goes to the top, and Xavier rolls into the corner and gets an upkick on Knight. Knight snaps Xavier's neck on the top rope and leaps into a bunch from Xavier, who gets a pair of two-count rollups. Knight gets a big drop kick. Xavier gets a hurricanrana, and both men are down. They fight on their knees as they work to their feet. Knight batters Xavier to his knees. Xavier surges to his feet with a haymaker, and Knight is down. Xavier gets a sling blade into a meteora for two.
Knight goes to the floor, and Xavier dives onto him. Xavier carries Knight to the ring and rolls him in before going to the top for the sky twister, but Knight gets his knees up. Knight gets a drop kick to the back of Xavier's head and then a Fresh Landing slam for the pin and the win.
Winner and still TNT champion: Kevin Knight.
The Triangle of Madness comes to the stage. Thekla says she is the only one who makes Forbidden Door feel like Forbidden Door. Julia Hart says everyone in the Triangle operates on their own time. Skye Blue says she will be facing Micah from Stardom on the Buy In for the TBS Qualifier match, and she will destroy her. Thekla then says she will burn down the Forbidden Door no matter the company. Thekla got a LOT of cheers during her promo.
We get a video recap of the feud between Tommaso Ciampa and Chris Jericho.
Chris Jericho vs The Already In The Ring JD Drake
They have words and then start trading chops. Drake misses a charge in the corner and then goes to the top, and Jericho joins him. Jericho gives ten in the corner and then gets a hurricanrana from the top. Jericho hits an insigiri, and Drake goes to the floor. Jericho goes to the top and hits a crossbody onto Drake on the floor.
Jericho slams Drake’s head on the steel steps and then rolls Drake into the ring. Jericho gets a PK and then lays in blows. Jericho comes off the rope,s and Drake gets a side slam for two. Drake works Jericho to the corner and lays in chops. Drake gets a charge into Jericho and then a cannonball into Jericho. Drake goes to the top and misses a moonsault. They trade chops, and when Drake picks up Jericho, Jericho escapes out the back for a rollup for two.
Jericho gets a Codebreaker, a running knee, sweeps the legs, and locks on the Wall of Jericho, and Drake has to tap out.
Winner: Chris Jericho.
Jericho calls Tony Schiavone to the ring and puts Drake in the Wall of Jericho and demands that Tony say Jericho is better than Tommaso, and he gladly does. Jericho grabs a mic and says he has been looking for Ciampa, but he's not there. He then thanks Ciampa for leaving him beaten and bloody because he needed it. But Ciampa won’t want to thank him for what happened to him at Beach Break.
In the back, Lexi Nair is with Divine Dominion and Thunderr Rosa. Rosa says she isn’t afraid of them, and the harder the odds, the harder they fight, and then insults them. Divine Dominion says don’t prepare for a match, prepare for a sacrifice.
Persephone (CMLL Champion) vs Billie Starkz
Tony Khan poses for the photo opportunity for the title with both participants, as is CMLL tradition for any title match.
They lock up, and Persephone forces Starkz to the corner. They lock up again, Starkz sweeps the legs and does jumping jacks to mock Persephone. Persephone gets a waist lock and follows with a snap mare and a shotgun drop kick. Starkz gets a crossbody leap, but Persepohone catches her for a fallaway slam. Starkz goes to the apron and snaps Persephone’s neck in the second rope and follows with a DDT on the apron.
Starkz starts taking apart the announcer’s desk, and she then gets onto it for a senton from the desk. She then runs Persephone into the barricade. Starkz continues to work over Persephone on the floor. They return to the ring, and Persephone lays in chops. She tries a cutter, but Starkz escapes and hits a spinning back kick. Starkz mounts Persephone and chokes her, breaking at four. Starkz gets a snap mare and then a rear chinlock.
Persephone works to her feet, and Starkz slams her down and lays in knees to Persephone’s back. Starkz gets a butterfly stretch. Persephone fights out of it with body blows, and they go back and forth. Persephone gets a double arm suplex and knocks Starkz down with different moves, covering for two after a thrust kick.
Starkz fights out of a waistlock with back elbows. Starkz gets an insigiri, but Persephone gets a backslide for two. Starkz gets a running knee and goes to the top. Persephone joins her there and hits a superplex and rolls through, but Starkz is able to get free with a knee. Persephone hits a neck breaker, and both women are down. Starkz is up first and gets a kick, but Persephone gets a Northern Light suplex with a bridge for two.
Persephone goes to the top, and Starkz pulls her down by her hair and goes to the top herself. Persephone rolls out of the way for the senton and hits a spear, followed by a crucifix bomb for the pin and the win.
Winner and still CMLL Women’s Champion: Persephone
Hikaru Shida attacks Persephone after the match and puts on a submission hold, but Kris Statlander, Harley Cameron, and Queen Aminata run the ring for the dave, but then there is a standoff with them in the ring with Shida on the outside.
Mistico and Speedball Mike Bailey vs. The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese)
Nese and Bailey start by running the ropes. Bailey takes Nese down with a spin kick. Daivari pulls Bailey by his hair, and they stomp him down in the corner. Mistico comes in for the save and sets off the tag team sire,n and all four men are brawling in and out of the ring. Daivari rolls Bailey into the ring for two. They throw chops until Nese grabs Bailey for the double team.
Mistico tries to break it up, but Nese sends him to the floor as he and Daivari hit a two-man slam for two, broken up by Mistico. Mistico gets a springboard double back elbow and then a springboard takedown of Nese and Daivari. Mistico and Bailey dive onto Nese and Daivari. Daivar is rolled into the ring, and Nese pulls Mistico off the apron after he is tagged in. Daivari gets a hammerlock lariat on Bailey. Nese is tagged in, and they try to suplex Bailey, who escapes out the back.
Daivari is sent to the floor, where Bailey gets a triangle moonsault. In the ring, Mistico gets a flying head scissor into an arm bar on Nese, who has to tap out.
Winners: Mistico and Speedball Mike Bailey
We get a video from Gabe Kidd where he discusses his upcoming return from injury.
Jake Doyle w/Don Callis vs Adam Priest
They lock up, and Doyle shoves Priest into the ropes. Doyle blocks a single-leg takedown and tosses Priest across the ring. Doyle then tosses Priest across the ring again before trying for a scoop slam, but drops Priest. Priest is able to get in blows on Doyle’s arm, but Doyle nails him and then charges through him a few times. Priest gets a pair for drop kicks, but Doyle is able to charge through him as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Doyle gets a banderis on Priest over the top to the apron, but Priest goes back to work on the arm. Doyle stands on the foot of Priest's foot to keep him from moving and gets a brutal forearm. Priest comes off the ropes and grabs the arm as Doyle gets a back body drop. Priests turn it into a cross-arm breaker. Doyle is able to pick Priest up and slam him from the hold.
Both men are down and struggle to get up. Doyle is up first, and Priest gets an upkick on Doyle and then sends him to the corner. Priest gets a German suplex into a DDT for two. Priest goes to the top, and when he leaps, Doyle gets a right hand. Doyle is able to get a small package for two, but Doyle follows with a spinning side slam for the pin and the win.
Winner: Jake Doyle
We get a hype video for Maya World vs Mercedes Mone in the Owen Hart Cup Finals.
We then get a hype video for Willow Nightingale.
Athena and Mercedes Mone vs. Hyan and Maya World
Athena and Maya go at each other before the bell, and all four women brawl in the ring. Hyan and Maya get the upper hand and charge into Mone and Athena repeatedly in the corner. Mone and Arthena roll to the floor to regroup, and Maya and Hyan dive onto them.
Athena is rolled into the ring, and Maya stays in the ring with her. They run the ropes, and Maya gets a tejaris followed by a drop kick. Maya gets a tiger feint kick, and Mone pulls Maya down by her hair. Maya is sent to the floor, and Mone and Athena double-team her. Mone rolls Maya into the ring and follows her. Athena tags in, and they hit Maya with a two-woman suplex for two.
Athena and Athena fight on the apron, and Athena pulls Maya into the ring and tags in Mone. Mone and Athene keep Maya in the ring and work her over as the babyface in peril. Maya is able to dodge a two-woman clothesline and tag in Hyan, who cleans house. Hyan gets a side suplex on Mone for two. Athena gets the blind tag as Hyan and Mone are fighting in the corner. Athena is able to grab Hyan and gets a power slam on the apron, and Mone gets a meteora on Maya on the floor as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Hyan has been the babyface in peri,l and Hyan is finally able to kick Mone off and tags in Maya, who runs wild. Maya gets a roll-up and a double stomp on Athena for two to end the sequence. Maya goes to the top, and Mone grabs at her. As she fights off Mone, Athena sweeps the legs and tags in Mone and knocks Hyna to the floor. Mone gets a back stabber and a lung blower for two, broken up by Hyan.
Maya and Mone throw their hands on their knees, to their feet. They go back and forth, and Athena gets a blind tag. Maya gets a cutter on Mone, but Athena gets a wheelbarrow suplex. Hyan hits a busico knee, and all four women are down. Maya tags in Hyan, and Hyan hoists Atyhena, and Mone sweeps the leg of Maya, who was going for a clothesline. Hyan and Athena go back and forth with two counts and then attempt big moves. Athena gets a running O Face on Hyan for the pin, and the win as Mone has Maya in the Statement Maker.
Winners: Athena and Mercedes Mone
They brawl after the match, and it ends with Maya hitting a moonsult on Mone and Athena on the floor as we are desperately out of time.
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