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It is Saturday and AEW Collision was recorded Thursday at the The Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Our commentary team is Tony Schiavone, Matt Menard, and Nigel McGuinness.
We get the show opening promos.
Hangman Adam Page vs Christopher Daniels - Texas Death Match
They jack jaws in the middle of the ring and Page starts by beating down Daniels around the ring. Page gets a leaping clothesline, knocking Daniels off the apron. When they return to the ring, Daniels gets a drop-kick through the ropes onto Page. They fight on the floor, with Page grabbing a chair, and Daniels is busted open.
Page pulls out barbed wire from under the ring and they are both in the ring and Page uses it on Daniels’s head. Page then whips Daniels with the barbed wire and then wraps it around his head and pulls back. Page gets a big boot and grabs more barbed wire and wraps it wound his arm for a lariat as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Daniels and Page fight on the apron to avoid being put through the table at ringside. Daniels is run head first into a chair wedged between the ropes in the corner. Daniels is a bloody mess and is rolled onto the table. Page hits a double stomp onto Daniels through the table. Page pulls out a barbed wire topped table and shoves it into the ring. Page and Daniels fight to the top turnbuckle where Daniels gets an uri nage on Page through the table.
Daniels followed up with a German suplex and a back trip slam. Page is able to stop Daniels with an arm drag and then sets for a buckshot from the ring onto Daniels on the ramp. Daniels avoids and they jockey for position and Page gets a back body drop into the ring. Page nails Page with barbed wire and then tries for a buckshot with barbed wire, and instead Daniels gets a flatliner and holds on, but Page is able to rake the barbed wire across Daniels’s face.
Daniels blocks a deadeye and reverses it into Angels’ wings and both men are down. Daniels gets another uri nage and hits the Best Moonsault Ever. He puts a shard of the table on Page and hits another BME. Page pops up at 9. Page gets a lariat and then hits a pile driver onto Daniels on a chair. He follows with a Deadeye on the chair. Page follows with a buckshot to the back of Daniels’s head and the ref counts him out.
Winner: Adam Page
A REALLY bloody match, hard to watch, and just a spotfest with lots of weapons and blood.
Page returns to the wing after Daniels is checked by the doctor, and then Page hits an Angel Wings on Daniels before leaving.
We are back from commercial as Tony Schaivone calls Rookie of the Year Toni Storm to the ring. Toni is so excited to go to Grand Slam in Australia and perform in the place where she saw her first live event. Toni says that her opponent, Mariah May is the best in the business and she will introduce herself to her on Dynamite.
We then get a promo from MVP saying that after beating Private Party they are the number one contenders for the Tag Team Titles.
Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly) vs The Infantry (Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean) and Lee Moriarty
Cole and Moriarty start out and they trade holds until Cole tags in Strong. Moriarty forces Strong into his corner and tags in Dean and Strong breaks free to drop kick Dean. Kyle tags in and he and Strong double team Dean until they get a two count. Dean is able to get a jawbreaker and tags in Bravo and Kyle kicks him as he comes in.
They start to run the ropes, but Dean trips Kyle and Bravo comes off the top onto Kyle as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Cole gets the hot tag immediately and works over Dean. Dean avoids being hit by a Panama Sunrise, but Cole instead hits a backbreaker for two. Strong tags in and gets a series of attacks in the corner and hits a flapjack for two, broken up by Moriarty and Bravo. Kyle tags in and Cole gets a Panama Sunrise followed by Kyle and Strong getting a high low followed by the pin and the win.
Winners: Undisputed Kingdom.
Shane Taylor hits the ring and takes out all three of the Undisputed Kingdom. Matt Manard throws down the headset and challenges Taylor. Daniel Garcia comes from the back. He tosses Bravo and Moriarty on his way to the ring. Garcia with the Undisputed Kingdom team up to take out Taylor.
We then get a pre-taped interview with Arkady Aura and Will Ospreay, and he says he and Kenny Omega have a history, but their issues with Doin Callis are bigger than their egos and he will talk to Kenny on Dynamite.
Murder Machine (Lance Archer and Brian Cage) vs The Already in the Ring Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin)
Top Flight is beat down before the bell and then Darius is left in the ring and they keep beating him down. Darius finally avoids a charge in the corner, but Dante could not get the tag as he is still on the apron. Cage tags in and Darius takes more punishment. Darius gets hit feet up in the corner and then gets a Pele kick, and both Dante and Archer are tagged in.
Dante is able to get a flurry of attacks with a lot of stick and move hits and kicks. Darius is tagged in. Cage gets in the ring and both Darius and Dante are taken out. Archer and Cage double power bomb Darius for the pin and the win.
Winners: Murder Machines
Action Andretti in his Pokémon spiked jacket comes out the ring, and while Darius goes to have words, and Lio Rush who is in the same jacket attacks from behind. They leave Darius laying in the middle of the ring.
In the back, Lexi Nair is with the Learning Tree. Chris Jericho says that while he is on the same page, Mox doesn’t do interviews, so it’s fine that Mox isn’t there. Jericho says he has known Mox a long time and they have beaten the hell out of each other all around the world. Tonight, however, they have common enemies so it behooves him to Truth the Learning Tree and they will prove it to him before they even get in the ring tonight.
Lexi is with Daniel Garcia and the Undisputed Kingdom shows up and says it is a shame they don’t have a third man, because the Kingdom would love to face him and Menard in a trios match. Menard says they have a third man, new man Angelo Parker and they’ll meet them at Collision next week.
Max Caster in the ring and he says he wants to clear the air with his partner, Anthony Bowens. Bowens obliges him and Caster says their biggest problem is that Bowens won’t admit he is the best wrestler alive. Bowens says it’s time for Caster to listen and he has spent five years protecting Caster. Bowens says that Caster made him a liar, because Max Caster is an arrogance edge lord piece of s#!t.
Bowens says he is selfish and has lost the team spirit as Caster shows he has the copyright on ”Best Wrestler Alive”. Bowens says he has every tool to be world champion and puts himself over. As Bowens backs Caster up, Billy Gunn comes to the ring. Gunn asks what is wrong with them.
Caster says Gunn doesn’t care about him when he attached himself to them when he is the Best Wrestler Alive. Oh, and Bowens is good too. Caster then runs down Gunn and Gunn cuts him off. Caster says he has to choose between him or Billy Gunn.
Bowens holds out the scissor to Caster and then turns it into flipping the bird at him. Caster says the Acclaimed is over because HE is breaking up the team and he will prove to everyone that he is the best wrestler alive. Bowens tells him to get the hell out of his life and as he and Gunn scissor, Caster fumes in the entryway.
We get a video of Swerve Strickland at a big celebrity golf tournament.
Lexi is with Swerve and Nana, and he says what is between him and Ricochet is not a cat and mouse game, it’s lion vs rodent. He says he will be attacking Ricochet before their match on 2/5 on Dynamite. He also says that everything he touches dies lately, so he will be touching Ricochet.
Kazuchika Okada (AEW Continental Champion) vs Tomohiro Ishii
Okada backs into the ropes to keep Ishii from locking up. Okada then rushes into Ishii and goes into the ropes. When Okada makes a calm break, Ishii attacks. Okada rolls to the floor when whipped into the ropes. Ishii follows him and then rams him into the barricade and then runs through him as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, they are on the top turnbuckle and Ishii gets a superplex for two. We are told that Ishii has a bad knee, which is wrapped. Okada is able to get a neck breaker and then a scoop slam. Okada goes to the top for an elbow drop. When Okada flips the bird, Ishii grabs the finger and twists it. He flips off Okada, who rakes the eyes. They run the ropes and Okada gets a slam. Okada tries for a rainmaker and Ishii hits one of his own.
Okada gets a drop-kick when Ishii comes off the ropes. Okada goes for the rainmaker and Ishii gets a headbutt instead. Ishii gets a sliding lariat for two. Okada escapes out of the back from a suplex and gets a drop-kick into Ishii. Okada leaves the ring and grabs the ring bell. As the ref takes it, Okada gets a low blow and follows with a rainmaker for the pin and the win.
Winner and still AEW Continental Champion: Kazuchika Okada
We get a quick promo from the Gates of Agony that they will take on all comers at Collision next week.
Dustin Rhodes vs the Already in the Ring Adam Priest
Priest gets a little offense, and the ref stops Dustin from hitting Shattered Dreams, but we get all of Dustin’s moves before he wins with a crossroads and a suplex for the pin and the win.
Winner: Dustin Rhodes
We then get a video package about what is going on with the House of Black as it sure seems Malakai Black is leaving AEW.
Julia Hart vs Harley Cameron
Harley comes to the ring in dark glasses due to the mist Julia hit her with on Wednesday.
They trade waistlocks, run the ropes and Harley gets an arm drag. Harley gets an insigiri for two. Harley gets a series of hammer and elbow blows. Hart gets a rear trip takedown and then wraps her legs around Harley’s head in the ropes as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Hart is able to reverse Harley’s hold into a version of the octopus stretch. Hart whips Harley into the corner, but Harley gets a rollup for two out of the corner. Hart gets a series of running elbows in the corner and then a face-plant for two. Harley gets a quick rollup for two. Hart trips Harley and then tries for heartless, but Harley gets to the ropes.
Harley gets a jawbreaker and a boot to the face. Hart is able to catch her in a charge and drop her on the top turnbuckle and then gets Heartless locked on, and Harley has to tap out.
Winner: Julia Hart
We then see that the Learning Tree has taken out Powerhouse Hobbs in the back.
The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd), FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and Cope vs The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill, and Bryan Keith) and The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli)
Big Bill comes to the ring with the knee brace of Powerhouse Hobbs.
Jericho and Dax start the match and they trade chops and slaps.
Jericho gets a boot up as Dax charges and then a shotgun dropkick from the top.
Keith tags in and Dax gets chops, a snap suplex and a leg drop for one.
Cash tags in and they hit a two-man slam on Keith for two.
Yuta is tagged in and Cash works him with an arm bar.
Yuta and Cash trade chops in the corner and Cash gets a back body drop on Yuta
Truth is tagged in and he and Yuta trade chops
Turbo is tagged in and he hits a stalling brain buster for two, broken up my Mox
This sounds the tag team alarm and everyone is fighting as we go to picture in picture.
When we return to full screen, Dax is the babyface in peril as Jerichos’ team works him over with quick tags
Jericho holds out his hand for a tag from Mox, and Mox stares at him for a while before slapping Jericho’s hand.
Mox hits a pile driver on Dax and we go back to Dax being worked over with quick tags in Death Rider’s corner.
Dax is able to finally avoid a splash from Bill and Cope gets the hot tag.
Cope cleans house.
Jericho hits a Cdoebreaker as Cope is charging for a spear and both men are down.
Turbo tags in and it’s time for the Outrunners to start the slamfest on Jericho. Keith gets in the ring and takes one as well so they both get the double elbow drop from the Outrunners.
Claudio takes out the Outrunners and it’s time for each person to take out the last person in the ring.
FTR gets a Shatter Machine on Bill.
Mox and Cop fight on the rampway with Cope getting a flatliner on Mox
Shafir goes after Cope with the briefcase, and as the ref holds her back, Pac comes from nowhere to attack Cope.
The Death Riders put on a hood on Cope and try to carry him off, but FTR stops them.
Everyone is brawling at ringside and then into the crowd
Jericho and Turbo are still in the ring with Kieth on the apron
Jericho misses a lionsault.
Turbo crawls to his corner, but no one is there….but…
Powerhouse Hobbs comes to the ring, his knee taped up and gets the hot tag.
Hobbs lays out Jericho and Keith.
Big Bill gets on the apron and then gets in the ring.
They go face to face and throw hands.
Bill tries for a chokeslam but Hobbs powers out and tosses Bill to the floor.
Jericho gets a double axe handle front he top but the Outrunners hit Total Recall on Jericho.
Keith rings the Ring of Honor belt into the ring, but Hobbs stops him, hits a spine buster and covers for the pin and the win.
Winners: The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd), FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), Powerhouse Hobbs, and Cope
And we are desperately out of time!
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