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AEW Collision is LIVE from Santander Arena at the Palms in Reading, PA. Our commentary team is Tony Schiavone and Ian Riccaboni.
We start with a recap of Dynamite’s interview with Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay, and then a rundown of the card for tonight.
Orange Cassidy vs Kyle O’Reilly - Continental Cup Tournament match
Kyle puts his hand out for a handshake, and Cassiy puts his sunglasses on Kyle. They lock up and move to the mat for a brief back and forth before breaking. Cassidy takes Kyle down with a headlock takeover, and Kyle escapes with a head scissors that Cassidy works out of. Cassidy gets a side headlock, and they work to their feet. Kyle goes for an arm drag, but misses Kyle’s arm. Cassidy goes back to the headlock. Again and again.
Kyle gets a back suplex, but Cassidy holds on. Cassidy switches to a crucifix rollup for two. They lock up and move to arm bars and waistlocks. Cassidy escapes using pockets and lies on the mat. Kyle pulls him up, and they run the ropes. Kyle is kicked to the floor, and Cassidy fakes a dive.
Cassidy holds the ropes open for Kyle, and Kyle goes in a different way. They fight in the corner, and Kyle gets a dragon screw in the ropes. Kyle holds the ropes for Cassidy, and Cassidy rolls under the bottom rope. Kyle gets a snap suplex, and Cassidy does the same, back and forth as we go picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Kyle gets a suplex on Cassidy, and they are both slow to get up, and Cassidy does the same. Kyle finally gets another suplex, and they both beg off to recover. Cassidy charges at Kyle and gets a flurry of offence, and they both collapse in opposite corners. They walk to the middle of the ring and give each other a handshake before throwing hands. Kyle adds kicks, and Cassidy knocks Kyle down. Kyle gets a comebacker lariat, and both men are down.
They get up and throw hands again, and Kyle gets an ankle lock, and Cassidy scrambles to the ropes. Cassidy starts the soft kicks. Kyle kicks Cassidy’s leg, grabs a choke, and Cassidy picks him up to run him into the corner and hits a falcon arrow for two. Cassidy hits a spinning DDT for two. Cassidy shakes off doing the Orange Punch and goes to the top. Cassidy leap[s over Kyle, who gets a rollup for two and then a leg sweep. They block each other’s moves, and Cassidy gets a PK. Kyle grabs an ankle lock. Kyle decides not to stomp on Cassidy’s ankle, and Cassidy rolls him up for two. Kyle reapplies the ankle lock, and Cassidy has to tap out.
Winner and moving on in the Continental Cup: Kyle O’Reilly
Nigel McGuinness speaks with Renee Paquette about his injury. He says he is overwhelmed and in pain. Will Ospreay comes into the trainer room to get help for his back. Ospreay says he watched Nigel in Ring of Honor, and seeing him succeed gave him hope that he can succeed. Nigel gives Ospreay a pep talk and says he wants Ospreay to be the first British wrestler to win the world title in England.
Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions vs. The Already In The Ring Erica Leigh and Tiara James - Five Minute Elimination Challenge
James is taken out by Divine Dominion hitting Two Birds One Stone and then their Divine Intervention for the pin and the win at 3:26.
Winners and still AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions: Divine Dominion.
We get a promo from Jack Perry challenging Swerve Strickland for a match next week on Dynamite.
We get a recap of the feud between Darby Allin and Kevin Knight.
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Daniel Garcia - Continental Cup Tournament match
They lock up, and Claudio forces them to the corner, where they break slowly. Claudio then gets a spin slam and goes for the ankle lock. Garcia escapes it, and Claudio takes him down again until Garcia goes to the ropes for a break. Garcia shoves Claudio and then avoids an uppercut and gets a backslide for two, then a rollup for two. He goes for a sunset flip, and Claudio powers out and punches Garcia into the ropes. Garcia gets a series of strikes, avoiding Claudio. Claudio is sent to the apron, and Garcia gets a dragon screw in the ropes.
Garcia gets a series of blows with Claudio on the floor in a chair. Garcia gets a running dropkick. Claudio clotheslines Garcia into the barricade and then drops him on the top of it and into the crowd as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Claudio is getting shoulder thrusts in the corner. He moves to chops. Garcia slowly stands up, and Claudio gets an uppercut. Garcia does it again, and Claudio gets a series of uppercuts, who slowly rises again. Claudio pounds him down, and the ref pulls him off. Garcia gets up, does his dance, and Claudio charges at him. Garcia dodges and rolls Claudio up for two. He then gets ten in the corner on Claudio. Claudio tosses him off, and Garcia gets a roll-through into a dragon tamer. Claudio grabs Garcia’s head to escape, and Garcia gets a sleeper. Claudio backs into the turnbuckles, and Garcia reapplies the sleeper. Claudio breaks Garcia’s grip and gets the big swing.
Garcia gets a backslide and a busaiku knee. Claudio picks the leg and drops on the ankle. The ref checks on Garcia’s ankle. Garcia fights off Claudio and gets the sleeper again. Claudio drops to a knee and picks up Garcia and works over his leg in the corner. He then gets running uppercuts, but Garcia grabs a sleeper again. Claudio sinks to his knees, and Garcia goes for the neutraliser, hits it, and covers for two.
Claudio snaps the ankle and gets a rollup for two. Claudio gets a sharpshooter, and Garcia rolls through and starts hammering Claudio’s hands. Claudio pulls one of Garcia’s boots off. Claudio gets the giant swing by the injured ankle. Claudio gets a running uppercut for two. Garcia slaps Claudio, and Claudio gets an uppercut and then a double tromp. He then hits Garcia with a power bomb and locks in the sharpshooter, and Garcia has to tap out.
Winner and moving on in the Continental Cup Tournament: Claudio Castagnoli
We get a hype video for the feud between Willow Nightingale and Mercedes Moné.
We get a hype video for The Dogs, and they want the Trios titles.
The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) and Lee Moriarty w/MVP and all of Shane Taylor Promotions vs The Already In The Ring Ryan O’Neill, Nic Nolan, and Matt Mako.
The Hurt Syndicate does most of the work, and when Lee is tagged in, the Hurt Syndicate leaves him to finish the match. Lee gets the Border City Stretch on Mako, and Mako passes out.
Winners: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) and Lee Moriarty
Shane Taylor grabs a mic and says no one here knows what greatness looks like. He puts over Moriarty’s Ring of Honor Pure Championship and STP as the greatest Trios Champions and issues an open challenge.
STP (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean) vs The Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin and Colton Gunn)
Bravo and Austin start, and Austin pulls Bravo to his corner. Jay White is tagged in and gets an arm bar takedown. Bravo gets up and takes chops from Jay. Colton tags in, and Bravo pulls Colton to his corner, where Dean is tagged in, and they double-team Colton. Dean and Colton run the ropes, and Austin gets the blind tag, and he batters Dean. Taylor tags in, and he gets a big clothesline as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Austin has been the babyface in peril through the break. Austin is able to send Taylor and Dean to the floor and leaps over Bravo to tag in Colton, who runs wild. Taylor ends the flurry with a clothesline. Taylor is tagged in and misses a charge in the corner, and White is tagged in. He gets a series of stick-and-move blows on Taylor. Jay goes for a DDT, and Taylor gives him a back body drop. Taylor goes to the second turnbuckle and misses a splash asWhite rolls out of the way. Bravo tags in after Dean tags in, and White gets dragon screws on Dean. This leads to Gunns getting in the ring, taking out Bravo, and the 3:10 to Yuma on Taylor. White gets a Blade Runner on Bravo for the pin and the win.
Winners: The Bang Bang Gang
And we are desperately out of time!
Jay White grabs a mic and puts his team over. He says his match with Jon Moxley didn’t go his way. He talks about the Dogs being reunited, as well as Borodido and Hangman having their Trios titles. He says they and ANY trios team will take them on, and they are coming to get their gold back.
In the back, Lexi Nair is with the Conglomeration, and Kyle says the tournament has tested him, and he got two of his best friends in the early matches, but now he’s got Nigel McGuinness in his next match. Willow Nightingale talks about how nothing is stopping her from her Wembley dream.
We get a video recap of the issues between Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay, with Don Callis and Jon Moxley’s influence on both of them.
Nick Wayne and Tommaso Ciampa vs Komander and Speedball Mike Bailey
Ciampa and Bailey start the match, and they lock up, moving to arm bars. Bailey gets a headlock takeover. They work to their feet, and Ciampa nails Bailey. Bailey gets a big kick, and they both back away from each other to tag their partners. Wayne attacks Bailey as he is going for the tag. They run the ropes, and Bailey gets a spin kick and tags in Komander. They run the ropes, and Komander gets a top rope springboard crossbody for two with the tag team siren. Komander and Bailey drop-kick Wayne and Ciampa to the floor. Time for dives as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Komander has been the babyface in peril throughout the break. Bailey is tagged in and cleans house. Bailey ends the sequence with a running shooting star press on Wayne for two. Wayne gets a snap dragon suplex and tags in Ciampa. Ciampa gets a sunset flip for two. Ciampa gets a brutal kick and then tries for another sunset flip; Bailey turns it into a moonsault double knee drop.
Both men crawl to their corners. Wayne and Komander avoid high-flying moves from each other. Komander runs up the ropes for a splash for two, broken up by Ciampa. Bailey gets the machine gun kicked on Ciampa. Wayne accidentally hits Ciampa, and then Bailey gets a top rope moonsault on Ciampa on the floor. Komander hits a destroyer on Wayne for two. Komander goes to the top and gets a back elbow on Ciampa; Wayne rolls up Komander for two with feet on the ropes.
Ciampa grabs Komander’s mask. Wayne hits the proto plex on Komander for the pin and the win.
Winners: Nick Wayne and Tommaso Ciampa
We get a video recap of the issues between Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada.
In the back, the Death Riders are gathered, and Wheeler Yuta says that it sucks having Claudio Castagnoli vs Jon Moxley, and Mox tells him to shut up and asks, “Sucks for who?”
Willow Nightingale (AEW Women’s Champion) vs Maya World
They lock up, and Willow forces them to the corner where they break clean. They lock up again, and they go to the ropes, and then Willow gets a takeover. They lock up and trade waistlocks until Willow gets a body slam. They run the ropes, and Willow gets a shoulder tackle. And then hits another. They run the ropes and tease each other after their drop downs. Willow whips Maya to the corner and gets a series of clotheslines, then pulls her own for a lariat that Maya dodges and gets a rollup for two. Maya gets a tejaris and then gets a crossbody from the apron to the floor.
Willow is rolled into the ring, and Maya goes to the top and leaps over Willow. Willow hits a pounce as we go to picture-in-picture.
When we return to full screen, Willow hits an insigiri. Willow whips Maya to the corner for a lariat and does it again. Then she gets a splash in the corner, and they throw hands in the middle of the ring. Maya gets a series of kicks and then a shotgun dropkick for two. Maya hits a tiger fist kick and a sunset flip into a double stomp. Willow hits a spinebuster, and both women are down.
They get up in opposite corners. Willow misses a charge and then goes to the middle turnbuckle for a shotgun dropkick. Willow hits a cannonball in the corner for two. Willow goes to the top, and Maya joins her. Maya gets a flipping sunset bomb. Maya gets a suplex with a bridge for two. They throw chops, and Willow gets a comebacker lariat.
Maya gets a rollup for two, and Willow does the same. Willow gets a backslide for the pin and the win.
Winner and still AEW Women’s World Champion: Willow Nightingale
And we are desperately out of time!
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