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AEW COLLISION REPORT

It is Saturday and AEW Collision is live from Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA.  

Our commentary team is Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness.

Claudio Castagnoli and Cluadio Castagnoli vs FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)

Yuta and Cash start the match and Cash takes Yuta down and then brings him up with a side headlock. They run the ropes and each take each other down with arm drags and drop kicks. Dax tags in as does Claudio. They lock up and go to the corner trading control until the ref makes them break. Claudio shows he likes Dax because they are both bald. Claudio gets a waistlock and Dax does a number of moves to get out of it until they get into the ropes.  They lock up again and Claudio gets a big uppercut and Dax goes to the floor. 

They lock up again and go to the corner, and instead of releasing, he gives Claudio a big chop. They lock up and Claudio does the same, and Dax fires back. Claudio gets a big slam, a double stomp and tags in Yuta. They fire chops at each other. Dax forces him into the corner and gets an uppercut. Yuta is whipped to the opposite corner, and Yuta comes out, gets a scoop slam and a senton for two. Dax is whipped across the ring, and when Dax gets up, he catches Yuta and lifts him with Cash pulling him down from the apron. 

The ref admonishes Cash and they check Yuta. Cash is tagged in and FTR give him a double elbow off the ropes. Cash lays into Yuta with chops, each one knocking him down. Cash gets a side slam for two. Cash hits a drop kick and tags in Dax. 

They hit a double catapult into the bottom rope. Yuta tries for a tag, but Dax has his foot. Yuta breaks free and Clauudio is tagged in and cleans house. The fight spills to the floor with all four men brawling. Claudio rolls Dax into the ring and sets for the giant swing, but Cash breaks it up. Cash is put into a sharp shooter by Claudio and Dax puts Yute in a sharp shooter. Dax and Claudio start slapping and it turns into throwing hands in the middle of the ring. Cash and Yuta join in and we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Claudio gets a gut wrench suplex from the top on Dax for two. Dax gets a back elbow and they fight in the ropes. Claudio tries for a subset flip, but Cash grabs Dax’s hands to prevent it. Yuta leaps over Dax into their arms to break it up and goes to the outside. Claudio gets a rollup for two. Dax gets a rollup with a handful of tights for two. Dax gets a spinebuster and both men are down. Dax put Claudio on top and joins him there. 

Dax gets a suplex. Cash tries a splash and Claudio gets his knees up. Yuta tries a splash and Dax gets his knees up. Yuta is clotheslined to the floor as is Cash, accidentally by Dax. Claudio gets a two count and he tries for a Gotch style piledriver, but cash gets the blind tag and breaks it up. They set up a Shatter machine and Yuta breaks it up. Claudio is able to get the giant swing on Cash with Yuta getting the drop kick to finish it.  Claudio pins for two, broken up by Dax

Cash and Yuta and thrown to the outside. Cash gets an inside cradle for two. Claudio gets his own two count. Cash gets a back body drop and they hit Claudio with a shatter machine for two.  

Cash and Claudio struggle for control and Claudiop gets a sharp shooter.  Dax does the same to Yuta. Cash gets to the rope for the break. Claudio grabs Dax and slams him. Cash gets a pile driver as Yuta leaps onto Dax. Cash gets two off the pile driver. 

We are told there is one minute remaining.

Claudio and Cash go up to the top and Claudio gets the suplex from the rope and then the Gotch style slam for two. Claudio locks on the crossface. Claudio switches to the ring of saturn and the bell rings.

No winner: Time limit draw

Dax says he wants five more minutes. 

Brandon Cutler comes from the back and says the EVPs says the contract says it is a 20 minute limit. Claudio puts Brandon in the giant swing and then catapults him into the shatter machine.

Claudio grabs a mic and says anytime anywhere, they will do it again.

In the back, Lexi Nair is with Kyle O’Reilly and asks him about his match with Orange Cassidy. He is interrupted by Roderick Strong, who says he looks good, but not great, and something is missing. Strong also says he and his team are rooting for him and he is willing to give advice.  Kyle says he wants to do it on his own. 

Kris Statlander w/Stokely Hathaway vs The Already In The Ring Robyn Renegade

Statlander has a new entrance theme and big screen video.

Robyn bounces all over the ring quite well to show Statlnder is now a brutal heel. 

Winner: Kris Statlander

Stokely grabs a mic and puts over Statlander. He says she is the first entrant in the Owen Hart cup and will be the first TBS and then AEW Women’s champion.

Lexi is in the back and she lets us know Willow Nightingale is here. She stops Willow and Willow says as last year’s Owen Hart Cup winner she is in this year’s tournament as well.  She then says she’s at the show tonight to keep an eye on the action.

Dustin Rhodes vs Johnny TV w/Taya Valkyrie

They lock up and TV forces them into the corner. Dustin reverses it and when they break, TV throws hands. Dustin fires back and drops TV. They run the ropes and Dustin goes to the floor and poses with Taya. When TV comes out to stop it, Dustin gets on the apron and hits a cannonball. TV is tossed into the ring and TV hits Dustin with a tornado dive. He then runs Dustin into the steel steps. Taya uses a foot to hold Dustin on the  steps as she and TV kiss and we go to picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, Dustin and TV are throwing hands in the middle of the ring. TV tries for the drop down punch and Dustin avoids it. He hits a bulldog and a pair of clotheslines. He gets a power slam on TV for two. TV gets a swinging neckbreaker for two. TV picks up Dustin for a slam and Dustin holds the ropes to prevent it and turns it into a Code Red on TV. 

Dustin sets TV up in the corner for the shattered dreams. He then hits a crossroads for two with TV getting a foot on the ropes with Taya’s help. Dustin gets out of the ring and gets in Taya’s face. Dustin stops her from slapping him and the ref tells Taya  She Is Outta Here!  TV gets a big kick on Dustin for two. TV works over Dustin on the mat in the corner and misses Starship pain. Dustin hits a crossroads for the pin and the win.

Winner: Dustin Rhodes

TV’s stuff looked a little off tonight for some reason.

Dustin grabs a mic and says he is getting old. He thanks the crowd for not abandoning him for six decades of wrestling. He thanks the crew and other wrestlers. He puts over the cameramen. He then says that Jack Perry pisses him off. He says when Jack left, he missed him, and when he came back, he was happy to see him. But then he attacked Tony Khan and that disgusts him. He says Perry was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and hasn’t worked a day in his life. 

He then echoes Dusty’s Hard Times promo, and says he has sacrificed for his family. He says Jack is a little spoiled brat and says he is a follower and not a leader. He says he has a match with Jack Wednesday on Dynamite and he will destroy him and can’t beat him fair and square. 

Really good promo from Dustin. 

We get a video about Zach Sabre Jr. and he will be at Forbidden Door to face Orange Cassidy.

Tony Nese and Ariya Davari w/ Mark Sterling vs The Already In The Ring Trip Jordan and Dante Neil

I will be honest with you all, I thought Mark Sterling had vanished into the ether. 

That lasted about 75 seconds.

Winners:  Tony Nese and Ariya Davari

We then get another video from Scorpio Skty who says all of our heroes have fallen and it’s time for us to come together.  He will be our hero and our voice. 

Toni Storm (AEW Women’s Champion) w/Mariah May and Luther vs Lady Frost

Toni gets a quick arm drag when they lock up and then they go back to stalking each other. They lock up and Frost can’t get an arm drag. Frost is finally able to get that arm drag and Storm is shocked. They lock up a third time and move to arm bars. Frost whips Storm into the ropes and yells Freeze, and Storm poses for the camera. 

Frost then picks the legs and gets a tejaris on Storm. Storm goes to the floor and Frost does a moonsault from the apron onto Storm as we go to picture in picture. When we return to full screen, Storm misses a hip attack and Frost misses a cannonball. Storm hits the second hip attack for two. Frost gets a sunset flip for two. 

Luther gets cheered by the crowd as he does a LOT of crowd work we don’t see on TV.  He is amazing in his role. 

Frost sets for the Frost Bite but Storm picks the legs on the second rope and gets a back stabber. Frost gets a jack knife pin for two. And Storm gets a sit out powerbomb for two. Frost tries for a cartwheel slam, but Storm turns it into a pile driver for the pin and the win.

Winner and still AEW Women’s Champion: Toni Storm 

Storm grabs the mic and says her upcoming match with Mina Shirakawa must be awkward for Mariah May. She will be someone who looks out for Mariah and demands she be entered into the Owen Hart Tournament. 

Lexi has Shane Taylor Promotions and Top Flight with Action Andretti.  Dante says he looks forward to friendly competition. Lee Moriarty says the last time they met, he won, and Shane Taylor takes over with some awesome trash talk. 

We then get a video of Hook and Samoa Joe arguing about Lacrosse. They then go into the locker room of the Premier Athletes and beat them down. 

Daniel Garcia vs The Already In The Ring Tate Mayfairs

Nigel puts over Mayfairs. Matt Menard joins commentary. 

Garcia takes him down and gets a rollup for two right off the bat. Garcia gets an arm bar take down and keeps the arm in his grasp. They work to the corner and Mayfaris works over Garcia. Garcia comes out of the corner and nails a clothesline and a back elbow. Mayfairs pulls him into the second turnbuckle for two. Mayfaitrs gets a pair of blows and Garcia gets a trio of crossroads. Garcia runs into the big boot in the corner, but then gets a Saiato Suplex. 

Garcia dances, then hits a shotgun drop kick and a guillotine choke, followed by the red cross for the pin and the win.

Winner: Daniel Garcia

We get a video to introduce us to Zeuxis, a CMLL woman wrestler who will be facing Mercedes Mone on Dynamite.

Lexi is with Orange Cassidy who says that he used to have people wanting to team with him all the time and now all of his friends are gone. He then says he has to get ready for his match and leaves. 

Orange Cassidy vs Kyle O’Reilly

They lock up and trade arm bars. Kyle picks the legs and then grabs a side headlock on the  mat. Cassidyu kicks out and kicks all the way to the ropes on the other side of the ring.

We see the Undisputed Kingdom is at ringside watching.

Kyle lays on the mat and calls for Cassidy to attack. Cassidy sits next to him and they quickly move to mat work where Cassidy gets to the ropes. They run the ropes and after Cassidy gets an arm drag they trade rollup for two sounds. Kyle gets a submission hold and Cassidy gets to the ropes and rolls to the floor as we go picture in picture.

When we return to full screen, the story is that Cassidy can’t seem to get out of first gear. Cassidy gets a side headlock takeover and Kyle rolls him back for a one count. Cassidy does it again. Kyle works to his feet and whips him off. They trade holds in the middle of the ring and Cassidy is able to roll up Kyle and pin with his legs for two. Kyle locks Cassidy’s arms to keep him from putting his hands in his pockets. Cassidy is able to casually put his hands in his pockets and they run the ropes.; Kyle hits a series of kicks and a leg sweep. 

Kyle whips Cassidy to the corner and Cassidy goes over the top and then slams Kyle’s head into the top turnbuckles. Kyle is able to stop him and gets a dragon screw in the ropes and starts to work overt Cassidy’s leg. Kyle goes over to the Undisputed Kingdom and Strong whispers something in his ear. 

Cassidy takes advantage of this and throws hands as they fight into the barricade. Kyle gets a pair of dragon screws on the floor. Cassidy is rolled into the ring and Kyle slowly follows. Kyle hits another dragon screw in the ropes as we go to picture in picture again.

When we return to full screen, Cassidy starts mounting a comeback. He lays in a kick and Kyle rolls to the floor and Cassidy dives into him. Kyle is rolled into the ring and Cassidy goes to the top. Cassidy gets crossbody and Kyle rolls through for a two count. Cassidy gets a kick, and Kyle catches the second for a snap German suplex. They trade German suplexes until both men collapse.

They both do the soft kicks and raise the intensity until it strikes and Kyle escapes the Slumdog Millionaire and tries for an arm bar. Kyle turns it into an ankle lock. Cassidy escapes with a knee strike and hits a scoop slam for two. Kyle gets a rolling forearm, and Cassidy fires back with a kick. Cassidy calls for the Orange Punch and Kyle instead grabs him and locks on a rear naked choke. Cassidy breaks it with head butts, knee strikes and then hits Beach Break for two. 

Kyle gets a series of strikes, Cassidy gets the Orange Punch. Kyle rebounds from the ropes into another Oranger Punch and Cassidy covers for the pin and the win.

Winner: Orange Cassidy

The Don Callis Family attack Cassidy after the match and Kyle runs back to help Cassidy. Kris Stalander runs to the ring and shakes hands with Trent Beretta. This brings out Willow Nightingale and drives off Statlander. 

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