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It is Saturday and AEW Collision is in Atlantic City, NJ at the Adrian Phillips Theater at Boardwalk Hall. Our commentary team is Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness. And I just sat down after going to every comic book shop I could for Free Comic Book Day! Tonight, Collision is on TBS.
Adam Cole joins commentary after doing his big entrance.
Toni Storm (AEW Women’s Champion) w/ Luther vs. Lady Frost – Women’s Title Eliminator Match
Frost has been spending a lot of time in CMLL and they show some clips of her matches there. They shake hands and then lock up and move to arm bars. Toni moves to a side headlock and is shot into the ropes where she gets a shoulder tackle. They run the ropes and Frost gets a spinning tijeras. Storm goes to the floor and Frost dives onto her. Frost does a cartwheel dive off the barricade and rolls Storm into the ring for a two count.
Storm gets a Thesz press and follows up with a backbreaker. Storm gets a suplex with a bridge for two. Frost gets a surprise rollup for two and follows with a shoulder tackle off the ropes. Frost then gets a cannonball into the corner. Frost goes to the top and hits a tornado from the top for two. Frost goes to the top and Storm pulls her down with a powerbomb for two. Storm runs into a kick from Frost in the corner and Frost gets the Chiller Driller, her finishing move, for two. Storm gets a German release suplex, and follows with a standing hip attack and then the running hip attack followed by the TCN Chickenwing and Frost has to tap out.
Winner: Toni Storm
Storm gives a promo starting by lying on the mat and then says a lot of slop tarts want a chance at her title, but they aren’t coming for her, she comes for everyone.
Jon Moxley is backstage with Marina Shafir and he says Katsuyori Shibata’s fate is sealed and everyone close to Samoa Joe will be dropping like flies. He likes Joe and Joe is fantastic, but so was Bryan Danielson. He talks about how he will do what he always does—his job—and he is exceptional at his job. Locking him inside a steel cage is fine since that’s how it is always going to end. And Joe better have thought things through.
Rush vs. Sammy Guevara w/ Dustin Rhodes vs. AR Fox vs. Kevin Knight – Winner gets $100,000
Rush and Knight knock Sammy and Fox to the floor and they throw hands. Rush is able to knock down Knight and then stomps him down. They run the ropes and Knight gets a scoop and a slam followed by both men getting armdrags and dropkicks on each other. Sammy and Fox knock them to the floor and they face off in the ring.
Fox avoids a slam and they run the ropes. Sammy gets a dropkick and a shoulder in the corner, but Fox springboards onto Sammy. Rush knocks out Fox and Knight removes Sammy to the floor. Rush gets overhead tossing Knight into the corner and we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Knight tosses Rush against the steel steps on the floor. Knight and Fox are fighting in the ring and we see Hologram is watching in the crowd. Fox leaps from the apron to the top ropes and moonsaults onto Knight on the floor. Sammy gets a shooting star press onto them on the floor from the top and Rush takes advantage of everyone on the floor, running them into the barricades one by one. Rush tries to slam Knight on the steel steps and instead Knight recovers and gets a shotgun dropkick. Knight charges at Rush and Rush suplexes him over his head and onto the stage.
Rush and Knight fight into the back and we are left with Sammy and Fox in the ring. Fox gets an enzuigiri and they go to the top and Fox hits Lo Mein Pain and follows with a 450 for two. Fox goes to the top again and tries a senton but lands on Sammy’s knees. Sammy gets a leaping knee and then gets the GTS for the pin and the win.
Winner: Sammy Guevara
Nice return spotlight for Sammy, who hasn’t been on AEW programming for a while.
Joe has a pre-taped interview from his gym, preparing to help Mox understand that when you call Samoa Joe out, he will show his punishment on Claudio Castagnoli. He understands that Mox has the fortitude to face him, but he doesn’t have the heart. And when they meet in a steel cage, Joe will make Mox understand.
I like these promos. Mox wasn’t going on about his weird agenda, just that he will fight Joe—and Joe is always great at the “I will destroy you” promos.
We then get a hype video for FTR vs. Paragon in a two-out-of-three falls match. And it looks like Undisputed Kingdom is now called Paragon for the entire group.
Cole is still on commentary.
Megan Bayne w/ Penelope Ford vs. Harley Cameron
Harley attacks before the bell and beats down Bayne in the corner. Harley gets an enzuigiri and then gets caught by Bayne. Bayne gets a German release suplex and then works over Harley in the corner. Ford pulls Harley’s hair when the ref isn’t looking and Bayne goes back to work. Bayne gets a vertical suplex and then whips Harley into the corner, and follows with a double underhook suplex.
Harley gets a jawbreaker and hits soul food, but Bayne drops her with a leaping elbow as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Harley is able to get to her feet but Bayne charges into her in the corner. Harley is able to get an elbow and goes to the top and Bayne meets her there. They fight on the top and Harley bites Bayne and then knocks Ford off the apron. Harley gets a DDT on Bayne for two. Bayne is able to get a falcon arrow for two. Harley fights out when hoisted by Bayne and lays in forearms. Harley charges into Bayne and Bayne doesn’t move and Harley drops to the mat.
Bayne gets a powerbomb for two. Harley is able to get out of Fate’s Descent with a sunset flip for two. She gets another quick two count. Harley gets a running knee and leaps into Bayne’s arms. Bayne hits Fate’s Descent for the pin and the win.
Winner: Megan Bayne
In the post-match beatdown, Anna Jay rushes the ring, brings in a two-by-four and hits Bayne with it. Bayne turns and grabs the next swing. Ford and Bayne go to the floor, leaving Harley and Jay in the ring standing tall.
Jon Moxley jumps the rail and Marina Shafir takes out security so he isn’t interfered with. Shafir takes the mic from the ring announcer and hands it to Mox. A reminder: Samoa Joe is not at the arena tonight. Mox says he heard what Joe said, and he asks Joe what it is that he doesn't understand.
Mox says he has faced all of the baddest men in every promotion all around the world, and they were thinking and saying the same thing—until he beats them. He says people go from trying to win to trying to survive. Mox expects Joe to attack the members of the Death Riders, and they have been in a fight this whole time.
Mox then leaves the ring through the crowd.
We then get a video recap of Roppongi Vice beating down the Outrunners. The Outrunners cut an 80s-style promo challenging them to a match.
Josh Alexander vs. Brody King
They do NOT say King is with the Hounds of Hell, but do have it in his graphic.
They lock up and King forces him into the ropes. King then tosses Josh across the ring. Josh gets an arm bar and King fights free with a back elbow. Josh gets a rear waistlock and then a front waistlock and King knocks him away. Josh fires in shots and tries to whip him into the corner, and King reverses it and then beats down Josh in the corner. Josh is laid across the top ropes and King gives him a big chop.
They fight on the apron and Josh tries a crossbody, but King catches him and hits a Death Valley Driver on the floor. Brody then beats down Josh on the floor and tosses him over the barricade. King then suplexes Josh back into the ringside area. King then puts Josh in a chair and charges, but Josh falls out of the chair and King stops.
Josh then grabs King’s leg, puts it on the steel steps, and dropkicks it. Josh leaps onto King, but King cuts him off with a forearm. When King goes to get in the ring, Josh gets a neckbreaker on the apron with King’s leg in the ropes as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, King puts Josh on the top and Josh is able to escape out the bottom and gets King on his back, and King escapes out the back. They trade strikes and Josh winces with each one. King takes over and Josh can’t fight back. Josh drops the straps and King chops him down with both hands.
Josh gets a kick to King’s knee and then lays in kicks. Josh tries to pick King up and slam him down for two. King gets a back body drop on Josh and hits a sidewalk slam for two. King picks Josh up, who escapes out the back. Josh shoves King into the ropes and grabs him for a German suplex. King gets a big clothesline and both men are down.
They slowly get to their feet with Josh in the corner. King gets a cannonball in the corner for two. They fight through the ropes on the apron and King pulls Josh to the top and gets a superplex from the top and they are both down. Josh and King are up and there is one minute remaining. Josh throws forearms. Josh grabs an ankle lock and King gets to his feet and pounds his way out. King gets a German suplex, followed by a clothesline and a Gonzo Bomb. Josh rolls out of the ring and time elapses.
Time Limit Draw
Lance Archer helps Josh up, but King dives onto both of them from the ring. King breaks through security and goes after Archer and it’s a pull-apart brawl. Josh gets a chop block from behind and he and Archer are finally able to get the upper hand. Archer then helps Josh to the back.
We then get a hype video for Cru about how fighting Top Flight is a waste of their time.
It’s time for the Max Caster challenge, and he says no one can last 5 minutes in the ring with him. He then asks the crowd, after insulting them, to do his chant. They actually do it and Max cracks up as he does so.
Max Caster vs. Daniel Garcia
Garcia stomps Max down in the corner. Nigel lets us know how many seconds are gone at the start of the match. Garcia gets a swinging neckbreaker and then a shotgun dropkick. Garcia hits a brainbuster at 59 seconds for the pin and the win.
Winner: Daniel Garcia
Garcia grabs a mic and says he handled his business and after FTR handles theirs, he will talk to them later tonight.
Lexi Nair is with Anthony Bowens and Billy Gunn and he will climb his way to championship gold. Brian Christian and Lee Moriarty show up and say that Lee is 150% better than Bowens. Bowens tells him to step up and get his ass mollywomped—anytime and anywhere.
Gates of Agony (Toa Leona and Bishop Kaun) vs. Already In The Ring Ray Jazz and Goldie
And there’s our squash match. The Gates of Agony are calling out Big Bill and Bryan Keith in their pre-match recorded promo and the commentary team follows up on that. Goldie takes the pin after a two-man slam.
Winners: Gates of Agony
After the match, Bill and Keith are on the big screen, saying they are in the parking lot and call them out. Gates of Agony go to the back.
We then go to the back where Gates of Agony and The Learning Tree start to brawl. A local guy wanders into the scene and he’s taken out by both Bill and Toa. They keep fighting as we go back to the arena.
FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) w/ Stokely vs. Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong) – 2 out of 3 Falls
Cash and Kyle start and Kyle gets a quick rollup for two. Cash returns to his corner to talk with Dax. Dax gets a side headlock and they move to running the ropes with Cash getting a shoulder tackle. Dax tries for an arm bar submission and Kyle rolls him onto his back for two. Cash and Strong both tag in and lock up. Dax forces them to the corner and they trade chops and Cash retreats.
They lock up and Cash lays in blows on Strong in the corner, but Strong fights back. Strong gets a dropkick and grabs an arm bar as Kyle is tagged in. Dax breaks free with a knee to the midsection and Cash tags in. Cash gets a few moves before Dax tags in and Kyle is able to drop them both and lay in kicks back and forth. Kyle gets a leg sweep on Dax for two.
Dax whips Kyle into the ropes and they set for a Shatter Machine, but Strong knocks Cash out of the ring. All four men fight in the ring until Cash is tossed to the outside and Strong follows him. Kyle grabs an ankle lock on Dax. Cash grabs Dax’s hands from outside the ring, but Strong stomps on Cash’s hands and he has to let go. Dax has to tap out.
First Fall: Paragon
We get a commercial break between falls.
We come back to FTR getting a double clothesline on Kyle. Cash slingshots over the top for an elbow and a two count. Cash gets a series of leaping stomps on Kyle. Cash gets a rear chinlock. Kyle fights his way free with gut shots and comes off the ropes into a shoulder thrust from Cash. Cash gets a snap mare and grabs the rear chinlock again.
Kyle is able to get to his feet for a snap mare. Kyle dodges a charge from Cash and Strong gets the hot tag and runs wild. He ends the sequence with a faceplant slam for two, broken up by Cash. All four men are brawling on the floor. Strong stacks FTR on each other and Kyle gets a running dropkick from the apron into FTR. Dax and Strong brawl into the crowd and then back to the ring. Cash and Kyle fight at ringside.
FTR gets Strong into the ring and start to double-team him as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Strong gets a hot tag to Kyle and he cleans house. Kyle ends the sequence with a slam into an ankle lock. Dax grabs Kyle from behind. Cash gets a rollup for two, a second rollup for two, and then Kyle gets an elbow to the head on Cash for two. Kyle gets another ankle lock, but Dax gets a tag. Strong tags in and FTR is able to get a surprise Shatter Machine on Strong for the pin.
Second Fall: FTR
FTR sets for a spike piledriver, but Kyle knocks Cash off the top and Strong gets a quick pin on Dax. Kyle dives on Cash on the floor and Strong gets a two count on Dax. Strong is tagged in. FTR tries for a Shatter Machine, but instead Paragon gets a high-low and Kyle covers. Cash puts Dax’s foot on the ropes and the bell rings.
As the ref is trying to figure things out, Cash chop blocks Strong. Kyle gets an ankle lock on Cash and Cash taps, but the ref can’t see it. Cash rolls over and rakes the eyes and Dax gets a quick two count. FTR then gets a Shatter Machine on Kyle for the pin and the win.
Winners of the third fall and the match overall: FTR
Lots of craziness for the end of the match, but everything up to that was a fantastic old-school match.
Daniel Garcia storms to the ring with a mic and a crowbar. Stokely is in front of FTR telling him to calm down. Garcia says he wants to beat them down, but he can’t because he has too much love for them for all they’ve done for him. However, after what they have been doing, he has been looking for answers, and the only way to get those answers is for one of them to meet him in the ring next week—and he will beat the answers out of them.
We do NOT go back to see how Gates of Agony and The Learning Tree are doing, so in a perfect world, we’d open next week’s show with them still fighting.
We won’t though, and next week, Collision is on Thursday.
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