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AEW Collision was recorded right after Dynamite last night from the Viejas Arena in San Diego, CA. Our commentary team is Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness.
This show is PACKED with ten matches.
The Death Riders: (Pac and Claudio Castagnoli) vs Unbound Co. (Drilla Moloney and Shingo Takagi)
Drilla and Shingo are from New Japan Pro Wrestling
Pac and Shingo start the match; they lock up and move to waistlocks. Pac gets an arm bar, and they go back and forth with it. Pac gets a takedown, and they break after trading holds. Pac returns to his corner for words from Claudio, and they lock up again. Pac forces them to the corner, and then gets a side headlock takeover. They run the ropes and Shingo gets the shoulder tackle. Pac follows with a tejaris and Shingo gets another shoulder tackle.
Claudio and Drilla are tagged in, and Claudio gets a single leg takedown, and as Drilla works to his feet, they grapple before running the ropes. Claudio gets a shoulder-tackle takedown, and then Drilla does the same. Drilla chops Claudio to the corner, and Claudio reverses it and tags in Pac. Pac gets a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, and Pac gets a leaping stomp for two. Claudio tags in, and Drilla chops Claudio to his corner and tags in Shingo. Shingo gets a series of quick strikes, and Claudio gets back to his feet and starts firing back.
Shingo gets a neckbreaker and then tags in Maloney as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Pac tags in Claudio while holding Drilla, and Claudio gets a double axe handle strike. Claudio and Drilla trade chops. Claudio gets an uppercut for a two-count. Claudio gets a rear chinlock, and Drilla works to his feet. Claudio drops him to the mat for a two-count. Pac is tagged in, and gets a shotgun dropkick from the top for two. Drilla fights to his feet and is able to go behind on Pac. They run the ropes, and Drilla hits a drop kick.
Shingo is tagged in and slams Pac repeatedly. Shingo misses a senton, and Clujadio gets into the ring. Shingo gets a double DDT on them, and hits a suplex on Pac for two. As they get to their feet, Claudio kicks Shingo, but Drilla tosses Claudio to the floor and they fight on the floor. Shingo gets a back elbow on Pac followed by an insigiri. Pac crawls to his corner for the tag and Drilla tags in as well.
They throw hands in the middle of the ring and Drilla gets a backslide for two. He then gets a spinebuster on Claudio. Claudio goes to the corner and dodges a charge from Drilla, and Drilla gets a scoop slam and Shingo gets into the ring to do the same to Pac. Shingo and Drilla come off the top to hit elbows on the Death Riders for two.
Shingo is tagged in and Claudio shoves Shingo and Drilla into each other. Claudio gets a big boot, but Shingo gets a dragon screw for two. Pac gets a belly-to-back suplex on Drilla. Pac tries for a hurricanrana, but Drilla turns it into a power bomb, and Claudio gets a lariat on Drilla, and all four men are down.
Claudio and Shingo are up first and throw hands until Ckauduoi gets the giant swing, with Pac getting the dropkick for two, broken up by Drilla. Pac and Drilla fight on the floor. Daniel Garcia grabs Drilla from the crowd and in the ring, Pac and Claudio double team Shingo for two. Drilla is beating down Daniel Garcia on the floor. Shingo gets a back body drop and fights off Claudio and Pac. Shingo takes down Pac and Claudio with clotheslines. As the ref is distracted, Garcia rescues Claudio from a fireman’s carry. Shingo clotheslines Garcia, and Claudio gets a side headlock takeover into the rollup for the pin and the win.
Winners: The Death Riders
In the back, Lexi Nair is with Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy. Orange says Mark Briscoe is injured and out, and Tomohiro Ishii is also out of action, but Willow is returning. She asks them about Lio Rush, and they are not sure if he is a member or not. Kaosuke Takeshita enters and says he hates Okada.
Andrade El Idolo vs Biran Cage w/Lance Archer
Don Callis joins commentary.
Andrade dives onto Cage and Lance as they get to the ring. Andrade gets a series of shoulder thrusts on Cage. Cage is whipped to the corner, but comes out with a clothesline and gets shoulder thrusts in the corner of his own. Cage gets a big chop and then chokes Andrade on the second rope. Cage stomps down on Andrade in the corner, and they get a scoop slam and a knee drop for one only.
Andrade is able to get a boot up as Cage charges, and then hits a Hurricanrana and then an insigiri to knock Cage to the floor. Andrade gets a tornado dive from the ring onto Cage on the floor. Andrade takes a selfie with a woman in the front row. Cage is rolled into the ring, and Archer walks over to Andrade, but doesn’t interfere. Cage gets a leaping kick on Andrade as he gets to the apron, and then Cage gets a superplex to bring Andrade into the ring as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Andrade gets a jawbreaker and strikes but Cage knocks himj back to the corner. Cage runs into a big boot but puts Andrade on top, and they fight on top. Andrade gets three back elbows to knock Cage to the mat. Andrade gets the two-leap back flip for two. Callus goes to the apron and pounds before returning to commentary. Cage and Andrade throw hands, and Andrade escapes out of the back of a suplex and gets a leaping forearm. Andrade hits the three-amigo suplexes for two.
Cage gets a thrust kick, sending Andrade to the ropes, where Cage gets a tiger fient kick for two. Cage puts Andrade on top and the fight on top. Cage is knocked to the mat and then hits a frog splash for two. Andrade gets charging double knees in the corner for two. Cage gets a head butt into a ripcord elbow and a flatliner for two. Cage gets a release German suplex. Andrade gets a spinning back elbow and then the DM for the pin and the win.
Winner: Andrade El Idolo.
Andrade grabs a mic and asks if we think it’s over. He has one question: How you know?
We then get a recorded promo from Gabe Kidd, who says he is a Dog and a Death Rider. He says David Finlay put Jay White on the shelf, and now they will do the same thing again.
Mina Shirakawa and Thunder Rosa vs The Already In The Ring Zara Zakher and B3cca
Did you read on PWInsider about how yesterday was Thunder Rosa Day in San Diego? She and Mina get their movesets in against B3cca and Zara. Rosa gets the pin after a Tijuana Bomb.
Winners: Mina Shirakawa and Thunder Rosa
Thekla comes out with the Starlight Kid’s mask at Forbidden Door. She says she did exactly what she said she was going to do. She tells Starlight Kid she almost got her, but she didn’t. Thekla says Stardom is dead, and long live the Toxic Spider. She says with All In Coming, she has a target on her waist, so she tells people to load their guns because she wil catch the bullet in her teeth and spit it back in their face.
In the back, Sky Flight invites the returning Matt Sydal to join them, and he accepts.
Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo, Shawn Dean, and Lee Moriarty) w/Trish Adora and Christian XS vs The Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Colton and Austin Gunn) and Adam Copeland w/Ace Austin and Juice Robinson
Colton a d Lee start the match. Lee takes Colton down quickly and Colton works to his feet and they go back to mat wrestling. Colton gets a rollup for two and then gets a dropkick on Lee. Cope is tagged in and they get a two-man slam on Lee. Lee takes down Cope and tag in Brova, and Cope pulls him down and tags in Austin.
Dean tags in and they run the ropes. Austin trips Dean and peppers him with right hands. STP pulls Austin out of the ring, beats him down, and then rolls him into the ring as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Austin is the babyface in peril. Austin fights his way free and tags in Jay, who cleans house. Jay gives the members of STP dragon screw leg whips, then a DDT on Dean for two. Jay tosses Dean to the floor but Lee gets a sling blade. The Gunns hit 3:10 to Yuma on Lee, and everyone gets a big move on the last person in the ring. Cope and Jay are able to suplerplex Taylor from the top. Bravo and Dean attack Jay as he is recovering.
Cope spears Dean, and Jay gets the Blade Runner on Bravo for the pin and the win.
Winners: The Bang Bang Gang
David Finlay and Clark Connors come from the back, and while they walk to the ring, the Death Riders hit the ring to attack the Bang Bang Gang, as they are all acting on Gabe Kidd’s feud with Jay White. They leave the Bang Bang Gang and Cope lying in the ring. Finlay uses the shillelagh on Jay.
We then get a hype video for the return of Willow Nightingale.
The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Leona, and Bishop Kaun) vs Already In The Ring: Sonico, Curtis Nastyy, and Jordon Oasis
It’s been a while since we’ve seen The Demand as a trios team, and here they win this match quickly. Toa was busted open hardway and Nastyy takes a springboard clothesline from Ricochet while being held up by Toa and Bishop.
Winners: The Demand
Ricochet grabs a mic and congratulates Matt Sydal, but what he has with Sky Flight is nothing like a brotherhood. He says that some of their demands haven’t been met yet, and if you are in demand, you can make demands.
Rina vs Athena - Winner gets the first spot in the Casino Battle Royal next week.
Rina is from Stardom and has been wrestling since age 11.
They lock up, and Athena gets a side headlock takeover. They lock up again, and Rina gets a side headlock takeover. She gets an arm bar, but Athena pulls her down by her hair. Athena slaps Rina, and Rina gets a trip, a pair of drop kicks, and a one count. Rina gets a rollup, and Athena escapes and clocks Rina. Rina gets a back elbow in the corner and hits another shotgun dropkick for two.
Rina keeps Athena down with kicks and strikes, then works Athena over in the corner. Rina gets a scoop slam for one only. They fight through the ropes and then onto the apron. Athena gets a face-first slam on the apron. Athena then runs Rina into the ringpost as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Athena comes off the middle rope into a kick from Rina. Both women are down. Rina is up first and hits a kitchen sink, a slam and then a back heel trip. Rina tosses Athena by her hair twice and then gets double knees in the corner, followed by a German suplex. Rina gets a reverse suplex and both women are down again.
Rina is up first, but Athena gets an arm bar takedown for two. Athena gets a big boot and Rina does the same. They trade big boots, and Rina gets a rollup for two. Athena gets a tombstone pile driver for two, and goes into the arm bar. Rina is able to get to the bottom rope for the break. Athena argues with the ref, and Rina gets a German suplex after sending Athena to the ropes. Rina hits a Gori Bomb that she calls the Pink Devil. Rina goes to the top and gets diving knee drop for two.
Rina gets an arm-trapping takedown for two. Athena gets Sou Food on Rina’s arm and then boots Rina to the floor. Athena dives on Rina and then rolls her into the ring. Athena goes to the top and Rina joins her there. Athena shoves Rina to the floor and hits the O Face for the pina nd the win.
Winner, getting the number one spot in the Casino Gauntlet Match next week: Athena.
In the back. Lexi is with Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis. Kyle says he first wrestled EKP when he was a boy, and now he is a man. And next week, Takeshita needs to watch closely and ELP is one of his friends, and it will be painful to watch ELP get beaten and then even more pain next week when he takes Takeshita’s title.
Bandido, Mistico, and Speedball Mike Bailey vs Zachary Wentz, Myron Reed, and Dezmond Xavier.
Mistico and Xavier start the match, and Mistico gets a series of kicks and then climbs the ropes for an arm drag
Reed and Bandido tag in, and Bandido gets a gorilla press, with Reed hitting kicks.
Bailey and Wentz tag in, and after Bailey gets his quick kicks, Wentz gets a German suplex.
The Rascalz triple team Bailey for a two-count.
Everyone gets to dive as we go to picture-in-picture
When we return to full screen, Bandido and Reed tag in and throw hands and Bandido gets the one-hand gorilla press,
Wentz tags in and gets a leap onto Bandido for two with Mistico for the save.,
Mistico runs wild
Bandido gets an X Knee on Xavier
Bandido gets a 21 Plex on Xavier as Bailey and Mistico dive onto the other Rascalz.
Winners: Bandido, Mistico, and Speedball Mike Bailey
In the back, the Divine Dominion complain there are no more tag teams for them to fight.
Rush vs the Already In The Ring Jordan Cruz
Cruz takes himself a beatin’. Rush hits the bull’s horns for the pin and the win.
Winner: Rush
After the match, Rush gets bleeped.
Backstage, the Opps are cutting a promo where Hook says Katsuyori Shibata will take Bandido’s Ring of Honor title. Anthony Bowens tells people to stand and applaud the Opps, and Hook stops him.
Julia Hart vs Maya World for the number two spot in the Casino Gauntlet Match
They lock up, and Hart pulls Maya down by her hair. Maya gets a rollup for one and then lays in chops. They run the ropes, and Hart sets too soon. Maya pulls her backward and hits a senton for two. They run the ropes, and Hart goes to the floor and sweeps Maya’s leg on the apron. Hart then runs Maya into the barricade and lays in chops. Hart rolls Maya into the ring, and they run the ropes, with Maya getting a shoulder tackle for one only. Hart gets her version of the tarantula in the ropes as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Hart gets a charge into the corner and then locks on a Hartless Lock. Maya rolls back for a two-count and then gets a big kick. Maya gets a leaping elbow into Hart in the corner and then a series of kicks. Maya hits a drop kick and covers for two. Maya gets a bridging fallaway slam. Maya charges at Hart, who gets a knee and then a pair of boots for two.
Hart pulls Maya to the corner and lays in stomps. Hart goes to the top, and Maya joins her and puts Hart on her shoulders, and Hart escapes. Maya gets a fallaway bridging suplex for two. Maya holds on for another bridging suplex for two. Maya puts Hart on top, and Hart gets a headbutt. Hart gets a moonsault, but Maya gets the boots up and hits a Shining Wizard for the pin and the win.
Winner and the entrant in the Casino Gauntlet match: Maya World.
Kyle Fletcher vs ELP (El Phantasmo)
Don Callis joins commentary.
ELP gives his sunglasses to a kid at ringside. The lock-up and Kyle forces them to the ropes. They trade quick takedowns and one-counts. The two counts. ELP catches a strip and slaps Kyle and hits a rope leaping tejaris. Kyle answers with a big boot. ELP rolls to the floor, and Kyle polls him as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, ELP hits a springboard crossbody for two. ELP gets a kick into the corner and then a spinning DDT and both men are down. ELP is up first and calls for a superkick. Kyle catches it and they go back and forth with strikes. Kyle gets a Michinoku Driver for two. Kyle charges at ELP in the corner and ELP dodges, causing Kyle to land on the floor. ELP hits a moonsault from the top and then stands on the announce table and Callis bails.
Kyle grabs a half-and-half suplex and then tosses him into the barricade. ELP gets into the ring and Kyle gets a Liger bomb for two. Kyle gives dismissive kicks to ELP. ELP tries clotheslines that are ineffective. ELP is able to hit a running clothesline and then gets a double underhook flatliner for two. ELP goes to the top and is selling the shoulder. ELP leaps, but Kyle gets his knees up and tries to roll through, but ELP gets a rollup for two. He gets a second for two. He gets a backslide on Kyle for two.
Kyle gets a running knee followed by a buckle bomb. Kyle hit a brain buster for the pin and the win.
Winner: Kyle Fletcher.
Don Callis grabs a mic and says he has learned about betrayal over the last few weeks. First, Takeshita betrayed his family, and when he found Takeshita, he was a nobody. He says Takeshita was his firstborn and his chosen one, so next week, they will teach him a lesson and take everything from him.
Takeshita comes to the ring as Callis bails and we are desperately out of time.
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