Posted on 7/19/126 by Bob Magee
It was Saturday Night, and that meant AEW Collision was back
in MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts on TNT
and HBO Max. Three championships were up for grabs, and a
pair of hometown heroes were in the house. Plus, with AEW
Redemption just eight days away in Montreal, new matches
were added to the card, including a massive tag team match!
“The Jet” Kevin Knight successfully defended his TNT
Championship over AR Fox in the first of three championship
matches on Collision. Knight must now focus on defending the
TNT Title against Darby Allin on Dynamite, and Allin
wondered just how far Knight would be willing to go. Later,
ROH World Champion Bandido turned away Adam Priest to retain
his title, just eight days from challenging AEW
International Champion “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher at
Redemption.
In the main event, TBS Champion Hikaru Shida was able to
keep her title from Queen Aminata, although she needed some
assistance from the ropes to make it happen. When Shida
tried to inflict more damage after the match, she was run
off by Maya World, who will now face Shida for the TBS Title
at Redemption!
Speaking of Redemption, the Young Bucks challenged AEW
Continental Champion Jon Moxley and 2026 Owen Cup Winner
Will Ospreay to a tag team match next Sunday in Montreal,
and the Death Riders accepted! But the Bucks also had an
interesting conversation with AEW World Tag Team Champions
Christian Cage and Adam Copeland.
All that and so much more went down to close out a fantastic
week in Boston! Here are your complete results
"Jungle" Jack Perry def. Nick Wayne
We were back in Boston for the second time this week after a
tremendous Dynamite on Wednesday night! Tony Schiavone was
joined at the commentary booth tonight by the legendary Paul
Wight. Before we get any further, it was time for our
opening contest.
Perry had the crowd fired up after issuing a challenge on
Dynamite to anyone looking to break out, and it was Nick
Wayne who answered the call. Of course, Perry is starting
the second chapter of his AEW career after recently
announcing his re-signing. Wayne had a very successful run
in the New Japan Pro Wrestling Best of the Super Juniors
Tournament in May and June, but now Wayne is here in an AEW
ring trying to get to the heights that Perry has already
reached in his first chapter.
Perry worked Wayne into the corner and then tousled his
hair, which Wayne tried to laugh off. Perry was able to
control Wayne on the mat for a short period of time. Wayne
got back to his feet and nearly connected on a KillSwitch to
Perry, perhaps a nod to the man who was closely associated
with both Wayne and Perry at different times in the past,
one half of the current AEW World Tag Team Champions,
Christian Cage.
Perry knocked Wayne to the mat with a shoulder block and
then dropkicked him out of the ring. He followed with a
dropkick through the ropes to take Wayne down, and Perry
went to the floor to throw Wayne into the barricade. He
followed with a chop and hopped up on the barricade to
mockingly dust off his hands. He got Wayne with another chop
against the barricade and broke the count. Perry hit another
chop and then jogged up and down the steps as if to say he's
got plenty left in the tank.
Wayne raked at the eyes of Perry and then dropped off the
stairs, slamming Perry's face first into the steel in a very
unique variation of a DDT. After Wayne continued the
dominance on the outside, back in the ring, Perry finally
fought back and captured Wayne in the corner, where he put
repeated boots to the side of Wayne's face, knocking him off
the turnbuckle. The assault was absolutely vicious by Perry!
Perry put Wayne in the middle of the second rope and then
hit a leg drop off the second rope for a near fall. Wayne
rolled to the apron, so Perry followed him and grabbed him
for an apron bomb, but Wayne blocked it and hit an
enzuigiri. He tried to jump up to the second rope, but was
caught by Perry with a chop to the back, and then Perry
pulled Wayne off the second rope for a powerbomb on the
apron! Perry soaked in the adulation and threw Wayne back
into the ring.
Perry had a sit-out powerbomb, but Wayne kicked out at two.
Perry mockingly kicked Wayne. The crowd chanted, “This is
awesome!” Wayne pie-faced Perry, so Perry slapped him. Perry
hit some open-hand chops, and Wayne spit at Perry. Perry
turned things around on Wayne in the corner and started
unloading with some uppercuts. As both men traded strikes,
Wayne hit a Snap Dragon, but when Perry popped up, Wayne
missed a roundhouse kick. That allowed Perry to hit a
poisonrana, spiking Wayne into the mat! He quickly grabbed
him for a suplex, but Wayne floated over and looked for
another KillSwitch. Perry escaped and hit a huge clothesline
to put Wayne down on the mat, and Perry stayed down as well.
Both men were gasping for air.
Perry got to his feet first, but Wayne rolled him up for a
near-fall. Perry pushed Wayne off the ropes and got him for
a near-fall before kicking him out onto the apron. Wayne hit
a boot through the ropes to send Perry to the outside, and
then drove through the ropes for a Canadian Destroyer on the
floor!
Perry just beat the ten count, but as he dove in, Wayne was
ready with a frog splash to his back followed by a
fisherman's buster, but Perry kicked out at two! Wayne's
shocked look told the story. Wayne looked for Wayne's World,
but Perry was ready for it and threw him with a release
German suplex. Perry followed with a short-range thrust kick
and his running knee to put Wayne down for the three count.
Perry was victorious in his first match after signing his
new AEW contract, but what a great effort from the former
Ring of Honor World Television Champion, Nick Wayne.
The Young Bucks Challenge Will Ospreay & Jon Moxley to Face
Them at Redemption!
Matt and Nick Jackson had plenty to say about Kenny Omega,
Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley in this highlight package.
“All is right in the world of wrestling again. Kenny Omega
is World Champion. And the Young Bucks? We’re on the hunt to
regain our AEW Tag Team Titles. It seems like the Elite will
be back on top once again. We watched what happened after we
presented Kenny with the title. Ospreay asked us to leave.
And this whole thing feels like it might be a setup by the
Death Riders. We clearly had our issues with Jon Moxley in
the past, but we've also worked side by side with Jon
Moxley. And I’ll just say this: I know how he thinks, and
he's not one to be trusted. We don't trust Moxley, and we
definitely don't trust Ospreay. We saw what the Death Riders
have been doing to Cope and Christian. Mox and the Death
Riders haven’t changed. Kenny Omega needs to be shown that
he can't trust a guy like Will Ospreay, because Will Ospreay
is a Death Rider. We aim to prove we're the top tag team in
AEW, and eventually we will regain our tag team titles. Will
Ospreay, Jon Moxley, we challenge you to a tag team match at
Redemption.”
Cage & Cope Will Defend AEW World Tag Team Championship vs.
Death Riders at Redemption
After beating Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta to retain the
AEW World Tag Team Titles on Dynamite, Christian Cage and
Adam Copeland were attacked by The Dogs and Claudio
Castagnoli until Bang Bang Gang made the save. Cage and Cope
decided to challenge Castagnoli and PAC to face them for the
AEW World Tag Team Championship at Redemption next Sunday in
Montreal!
TNT Championship Match: “The Jet” Kevin Knight (c) def. AR
Fox
Knight was out first for this TNT Championship defense,
which came after AR Fox threw the challenge out after
Thursday's Ring of Honor Television following his victory.
Knight immediately answered and took this TNT Championship
defense just four days before he’s scheduled to put the TNT
title on the line against Darby Allin on Dynamite. And of
course, Knight will face Kenny Omega for the AEW World
Championship at Redemption in eight days.
Knight immediately attacked Fox at the bell and threw him to
the outside. Knight followed out and threw Fox into the
barricade and then jumped on the commentary desk to pose. He
threw Fox back in the ring and looked for a springboard, but
Fox got out of the way. Knight ran into a boot from Fox, and
then Fox used some innovative offense in the corner to send
Knight to the opposite side.
Fox charged at Knight, who sent him onto the apron. Fox
pulled himself up and threw Knight back into the ring, so
Knight unsuccessfully tried to stomp him multiple times. Fox
kicked Knight in the back and rolled him up for a one count.
Knight wound up hanging over the second rope, so Fox used
the rope to rebound Knight back into the ring and hit him
with a jumping neckbreaker. What an innovative piece of
offense!
The crowd chanted for Fox as he chopped Knight from one
corner to the next. Knight turned things around and missed a
chop, but Fox came right back and chopped Knight so hard he
landed on the mat. Knight reversed the whip to the corner,
so Fox put him on the apron and hit a pair of short kicks
that put Knight on the floor. When he went for another,
Knight pulled him down off the apron. But Fox swung around
with a pendulum kick!
Fox used the turnbuckle connectors to go for a moonsault, so
Knight moved, but Fox landed on his feet on the floor. As he
turned around, Knight ran up the commentary desk and jumped
back down with force to take Fox down. Knight took the time
to jaw with the crowd, who was not happy to see what he had
just done to Fox. Knight kept the offense up until they got
back in the ring, where Fox started to fight back by
avoiding Knight's offense and striking quickly. An
enzuigiri, seemingly out of nowhere, connected with Knight,
and Fox found new life.
Fox hit a jumping clothesline on Knight in the corner and
stayed in the ropes to deliver a series of back elbows to
Knight's neck before a dropkick in the corner. Fox hit a
suplex for a two-count. Fox tried to get Knight in a package
double underhook, so Knight escaped and went for the Crash
Landing, but Fox rolled out of it. Fox hit a back elbow and
then a short kick on the seated Knight. After a standing
switch, Knight was pulled by Fox, who trapped Knight's hands
underneath him and pulled through to flip Knight onto the
mat. He jumped over Knight while still holding on and
launched Knight into a cutter! How did he do that? Fox was
quickly able to get to the top rope and hit a Swanton bomb,
but Knight kicked out at two to save his TNT Championship
reign! Fox looked at the referee incredulously.
Knight tried to beg off from Fox, but then pulled him
through the ropes to the ramp. Knight went to springboard
from inside the ring to the outside, but Knight hung him up
on the top rope with a cutter. With Knight hung up in the
ropes, Fox jumped over him from the ramp with a sunset flip
Canadian Destroyer. Fox went up to the top rope for a 450
splash and connected! One, two, Knight kicks out again! Fox
pleaded with the referee to figure out why that was not a
victory. Knight rolled to the floor as the fans chanted,
"Fight Forever." Fox pulled Knight back in the ring and hit
a couple of strikes in the corner before putting Knight on
the top turnbuckle.
Fox tried to grab Knight from the second rope with a Spanish
Fly, but Knight blocked and hit Fox with a couple of shots
to the gut before hitting an Avalanche Crash Landing! That
wasn't enough for Knight. He went to the top rope, blew a
kiss, and hit a UFO Splash on Fox to get the three count and
a successful defense of the TNT Championship. Knight will
have to turn things around very quickly, with Darby Allin
waiting for him and the TNT title in four days on Dynamite
in Nashville. And, in eight days, he faces Kenny Omega for
the AEW World Championship at the first-ever AEW Redemption
in Montreal.
Knight brought the TNT Title over to the commentary desk and
took a seat next to Tony Schiavone and Paul Wight as he did
some introductions for his fellow Don Callis Family members
in the next matchup: Brian Cage, Jake Doyle, and the CMLL
World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero, and they were
accompanied by Trent Baretta, Lance Archer, and Rocky
Romero.
Don Callis Family's Brian Cage, Jake Doyle & CMLL World
Heavyweight Champion Hechicero def. Gino Medina, Tome Filip
& Nic Nolan
Jake Doyle got things started right at the bell with a huge
body block on Filip. He quickly picked up Filip and slammed
him right back down to the mat with a fallaway slam. Doyle
tagged Hechicero, much to the delight of the Boston crowd,
as Medina tagged in on the other side. Hechicero hit a step-
up knee in the corner and followed that by twisting Medina's
knee between his legs and then twisting Medina's neck in an
ugly fashion. Hechicero tagged out to Cage as Nolan tagged
in on the other side. Nolan ran at Cage and ate a pump kick
for his efforts. Cage hit Nolan with an elevated reverse
neckbreaker. Hechicero saw Filip trying to get back into the
ring and trapped him in the corner with a reverse tarantula.
Cage threw Nolan down and sent Doyle out to deal with
Medina, and by deal with, we mean powerbomb him into the
corner of the apron! Cage picked up Nolan and finished him
off with a devastating pump handle knee to the face for the
pinfall victory.
The Don Callis Family continued the assault after the match
with Beretta, Romero and Archer all joining the fray. But
then the music of “Speedball” Mike Bailey played, and he
waved out additional reinforcements in the form of AEW World
Trios Champions The Conglomeration, The Rascalz, Komander
and “Jungle” Jack Perry, who had a leaf blower! Knight
gathered the Callis Family on the floor as we saw The Lethal
Twist watching from the crowd.
Will Ospreay Addresses Tonight’s Match and Jon Moxley
Accepts the Young Bucks’ Challenge
Before his match with Adam Brooks, Ospreay was preparing in
the back with Moxley and had this to say: “Wembley Stadium
is approaching fast and one of the biggest nights of my life
is approaching. I feel a bit cold. I said to Tony, ‘I need
to warm up. I need to freshen things up a little bit. Put me
in the ring. Find me a sparring partner.’”
He continued, “I've got a geezer. Got a geezer I used to
battle with eight years ago over in Australia. Dingley,
Melbourne! Battling over in America as well. Adam Brooks,
old friend of mine, used to live at my house with me mum.
She loves him. We've grown apart since, mate. I've seen
you've done well. You know I'm doing well. Do us a favor,
lad. Don't take it personal, yeah?”
And then Moxley spoke: “The Young Bucks and myself have been
doing this dance for a long time. Our territories share
borders, so naturally, we've been enemies, and we've been
allies depending on what the situation calls for, but I
don't think Matt or Nick would be surprised if I said that
I've always had an intrinsic disdain for all things Elite.
So Montreal, at Redemption, as always, this will be a little
bit personal.”
A Special Public Service Announcement from The Dogs
David Finlay and Clark Connors brought us a special PSA
about Bang Bang Bang's recent actions.
“Hi, we’re The Dogs. If you adopted dogs with our names
recently, please put them down because the Bang Bang Gang is
not what they pretend to be. They promote gang violence and
banging, neither of which have a place in AEW. Juice
Robinson is an unhinged maniac running around pretending to
be a doctor. This is not the work of someone who's mentally
sane. The Gunns have a multigenerational history of
misogyny. Ace Austin’s haircut is problematic. And Jay
White, don't call me a nepo, baby bitch. It's not my fault
your father is a nobody. So to make AEW a safe space, join
us in our campaign to say: Gunns down.”
Will Ospreay def. Adam Brooks
Jon Moxley was on commentary for this next matchup. Ospreay
requested this match tonight against a longtime friend and
training partner, Australian star Adam Brooks. The last time
we saw Brooks, he wrestled on the House Rules event in
Australia back in February. Ospreay and Brooks embraced
before the bell, but when the bell rang, Brooks immediately
laid out Ospreay with a big boot. Ospreay seemed taken aback
by the surprise. Brooks worked him into the corner. Ospreay
fired back with some shots of his own as he continued to
chop Brooks around the ring. Brooks came back with a knee to
stop Ospreay, and Ospreay quickly stopped that with a flying
hurricanrana that sent Brooks to the floor. Ospreay fired up
the Boston crowd and came over the top rope with a Pescado,
taking Brooks down and then hitting some high fives around
the ringside area.
Ospreay chopped Brooks and then backdropped him on the
barricade. He threw Brooks back in the ring and connected
with a springboard forearm. Ospreay covered Brooks, but
Brooks quickly kicked out. Ospreay went for a double
underhook, but Brooks got out of it, flipping Ospreay head
over heels, and Ospreay then tried an Oscutter, but Brooks
was ready for it and bailed to the corner. Brooks whipped
Ospreay to the ropes and took him down with a back elbow,
but Ospreay quickly kicked out. Brooks hit a running knee to
send Ospreay to the floor and followed up with a dive
through the ropes. Brooks quickly threw him back in and put
Ospreay in the corner for a pair of running kicks, then a
vertical neckbreaker across his knee put Ospreay down, but
Ospreay kicked out at two.
Brooks tried it for a powerbomb, but Ospreay reversed it
into a hurricanrana, and then hit a corkscrew kick, putting
both men down on the mat. After a knee, a jawbreaker, and a
kick to the face, Ospreay hit a twisting moonsault, but only
got a two-count. Ospreay had a quick barrage of kicks to the
face of Brooks, but then Brooks pulled the referee in his
way. That distraction allowed Brooks to hit Ospreay with an
enzuigiri. He followed with a release overhead throw into
the corner and then a running dropkick to Ospreay, but
Ospreay kicked out at two.
While Ospreay was on his knees, Brooks paintbrushed him a
few times and then tried to come off the rope for a kick,
but Ospreay caught it and started throwing some heavy
strikes. Brooks fired back, and the two began exchanging in
the middle of the ring. Ospreay got the advantage and lured
Brooks into the ropes. But Ospreay couldn't keep the
advantage for long as Brooks switched things around into a
lungblower. But Ospreay immediately came back with a Spanish
Fly for a near-fall! He lined up Brooks for a Hidden Blade,
but Brooks spat in his face! Ospreay followed through with a
massive elbow across the back of Brooks' head and then
continued to rain down elbow shots while Brooks was face
down on the mat until Brooks tapped out and the referee
called for the bell! If Ospreay would do that to his friend,
what will he do to become an AEW World Champion at All In:
London next month?
Darby Allin Wonders How Far Kevin Knight is Willing to Go
As we watched Darby Allin destroy and set fire to a car he
spraypainted with the phrase, “Kevin needs to be humbled,”
Allin spoke about his opponent on next week’s Dynamite, TNT
Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight.
“The first time I ever met Kevin Knight, you're going two
months into wrestling. I said, hey, you got the water
potential. You just gotta stay humble. You look at me, and
you said, Darby, I gotta change nobody. I'm always gonna be
this humble. I realized that humble kid that I first met was
dead and gone when you put me in the hospital, and now look
at you. ‘I'm a celebrity. I'm a star.’ No, Kevin. You ain't
s***! And I'm gonna humble you by taking that TNT
Championship away. I asked you, ‘In this whole wrestling
world. How far are you willing to go? This Wednesday, let's
see how far Kevin ”The Jet” Knight is willing to go.”
ROH Women’s World Champion Athena def. Ava Everett
After a great performance last week in the Casino Gauntlet
at Dynamite Beach Break, Athena didn’t come away victorious
and was clearly angry as she headed into this matchup. Right
at the bell, Athena grabbed Everett and hit three German
suplexes before a big kick sent Everett to the outside.
Athena ran down the apron and kicked Everett right in the
chest before pausing to celebrate. Athena followed down, but
Everett got loose with a couple of strikes and then dove
into Athena, who caught Everett and threw her into the
barricade.
Athena threw Everett back in, but ran into a big boot in the
corner. Everett escaped Athena in the ropes and rolled her
up for a one-count. Unfortunately for Everett, she could not
follow up with much after that. She ate a huge boot to the
face before Athena picked her up for a pair of powerbombs
and a running, diving forearm on the kneeling Everett.
Athena got a quick tap-out for a dominant victory. As Athena
celebrated in the aisle, the Brawling Birds began to make
their entrance, and the two sides had some words before
Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor continued to the ring for
their next match.
The Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor) def.
Kayla Lopez & Tiara James
The Birds attacked Lopez and James right at the bell and
threw each to the outside. Windsor threw Lopez into one
barricade while Hayter did the other to James on the other
side. The Birds brought their opponents together with a
meeting of the minds, and then Windsor took over on James in
the ring. Windsor shook off some of James' offense and
rolled through a backslide to hit her with a headbutt. She
tagged Hayter, who immediately punished James in the corner
with some stomps. She continued the punishment on James with
some short-arm chops. And after a series of standing
switches, all four women ended up in the ring with the Birds
coming out on top after Hayter hit James with a German
suplex. She threw James into Windsor for a headbutt, and
then the Birds squished James in the middle with
clotheslines from each side before nailing Two Birds, One
Stone for the easy victory as they continued their march
towards All In London.
Jay White Challenges Clark Connors to Face Him on Dynamite!
After seeing The Dogs’ PSA directed at them earlier in the
night, Bang Bang Gang responded:
“Welcome to the Bang Bang Lounge! And we've obviously seen
The Dogs’ PSA, and I think we're all thinking the same
thing. Oh, it sucked, right?” Ace Austin chimed in, “Nobody
should be talking about my haircut when I got sweet thick
thighs. And misogynists? Yeah, we love massages.” Then Juice
Robinson added, “And Clark, you think I'm an unhinged
maniac? Yeah, right. And clearly, they can’t hold a candle
to the humanitarian efforts of the Bang Bang Gang” Finally,
Jay White addressed The Dogs, “And David Finlay Jr., we’d
love to lay down the challenge to you, but after the way you
skedaddled last Wednesday, it's pretty clear you don't want
none of this, but something tells me you'll come running
soon enough. But in the meantime, that little pup next to
you looks so horny, he could hump. So, Clark Connors, you
want something to sink your little red rocket into? How
about the chance to dance in that Switchblade spotlight this
Wednesday on Dynamite? But just know, when it’s all done,
those lights will dim, and you'll be put to sleep. And if
you ain't down with that, we got two words for ya, Gunns
Up.”
Tommaso Ciampa def. Myron Reed
Tommaso Ciampa threw a challenge out for anybody to face him
on Collision in his hometown of Boston. Ciampa was out first
to a huge ovation from his hometown, as we saw how he beat
Jericho 10 days ago at Beach Break. Zachary Wentz and
Desmond Xavier accompanied Reed to the top of the entrance
ramp, but Reed continued to the ring by himself.
Reed worked Ciampa into the corner at the bell and gave him
a clean break, which Ciampa applauded. The same thing
happened when Ciampa brought Reed to the corner, except he
didn't break cleanly. A chop to Reed set him off, and he
unloaded on Ciampa until Ciampa put the referee in between
them and was able to put a finger in Reed's eye. Temporarily
blinded, Ciampa worked Reed over in the corner, stomped him
to the mat, and then posed for the crowd who loved what they
were seeing. Reed came back with a springboard dropkick from
the bottom rope to knock Ciampa to the outside. He went for
a dive, but Ciampa was ready for it and got back in the
ring.
When Reed tried to get back in the ring, Ciampa met him with
a bicycle knee from the apron. And as Reed stumbled up,
Ciampa tried to finish him off with a running knee, but Reed
was ready for it. Reed hit a big thrust kick but nearly got
caught with a rebound German suplex. However, he landed on
his feet. Reed hit a slingshot belly-to-back suplex for a
near-fall. Reed tried to springboard back in the ring, so
Ciampa rolled to the ramp. Reed was able to land on his
feet. And when Ciampa charged at him, Reed hit a kick over
the top rope to the side of Ciampa's head. Reed lured Ciampa
into another thrust kick against the ropes and looked for a
dive, but Ciampa caught him at the ropes and planted Reed on
the ramp with a Willow's Bell DDT.
Ciampa was able to take advantage of the DDT on the outside
by beating Reed up around the barricades, even throwing on a
Boston Celtics jacket to engage with the hometown crowd.
Back in the ring, Reed got some separation and tried for a
springboard, but Ciampa was ready with a knee. Reed finally
fought back and knocked Ciampa outside with a precise
enzigiri. Reed went over the top rope to take Ciampa out
with a spectacular dive! Reed threw Ciampa back in the ring
and hit a springboard back elbow for a two-count.
Reed put Ciampa on the top turnbuckle, but Ciampa stood up
with Reed on his shoulders with an Avalanche Air Raid Crash.
One, two, Reed kicks out! Reed avoided Ciampa on a couple of
big impact maneuvers and hit a cutter to send Ciampa to the
ramp. Reed bounced off the ropes and flew over the top with
a cutter to Ciampa on the ramp. Reed got a running start
down the ramp and hit another cutter over the top rope back
into the ring, but Ciampa kicked out in the nick of time!
What an innovative use of three different cutters by Reed to
get back in this match! Reed and Ciampa battled up from
their knees and had an exchange of strikes in the middle of
the ring. Reed blocked a suplex into a stunner, but when he
charged into Ciampa, Ciampa sent him over the top rope onto
the apron. But when Reed tried to springboard back in, he
went right into Ciampa's knee.
Ciampa destroyed Reed's back with Project Ciampa and hit his
bicycle knee from the corner to get the three-count victory
in his hometown. The Psycho Killer is ready for the
Painmaker! Ciampa grabbed a microphone and went to the
commentary desk. He got on a chair to get eye level with
Wight. He said he knew Wight is best friends with Jericho
and that he wanted to send him a message. He said the Psycho
Killer is better than Jericho. Not only is Tommaso Ciampa
better than Chris Jericho, but the Psycho Killer is not
afraid of the Painmaker. Tell your boy, Chris, if he wants a
fight at Redemption in Montreal, he can have it, but it's
going to be no-holds-barred!
Andrade El Ídolo Attacked by AEW National Champion Mark
Davis!
Renee Paquette caught up with Andrade and asked how he would
prepare for the match.
Before Andrade could say much, Mark Davis ran in to attack
him out of nowhere! Davis choked out Andrade and left him
with final words: “Uncle Donnie says good night.”
Mercedes Moné Isn’t Worried About Her Opponent at All In:
London
Renee Paquette introduced the 2025 and 2026 Owen Cup
Champion, Mercedes Moné! Paquette asked Moné about facing
the winner of AEW Women’s Champion Thekla vs. Willow
Nightingale at All In: London, but who was Moné picking to
win next week at Redemption?
“Renee, do you know where we are? Boston!” The city of
champions, and we don't celebrate second place. We collect
championships here. All In, the AEW Women's World
Championship is coming home to me!”
The crowd erupted in a big “C-E-O” chant!
Moné continued, “Now, Renee, you wanna ask me about Thekla
and Willow. I don't give a damn who's walking out of
Redemption with that title at all. I am taking what's mine.
Thekla wants to walk around here and talk about ‘being
toxic.’ But the thing is, when things got a little too loud
in here when I cracked her head with this title, she ran and
took her ass to Japan. And Willow, after I beat you on
Dynamite, you took your ass to Japan, too. It's so funny how
both of you ended up in the same place. One hides behind a
fake little poison. And the other hides behind a fake little
smile. But neither of you can hide when that bell rings.
Renee, I am so sick of the same damn question. Who's walking
into All In with the title? Wrong question, Renee. The only
question that matters is who's walking out. And that's me.
The C-E-O!”
The Young Bucks Meet with AEW World Tag Team Champions Cage
& Cope
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage addressed their Redemption
opponents, Claudio Castagnoli and PAC of the Death Riders.
The Young Bucks walked up, congratulated Cage and Cope on
their win at Dynamite, and also said congrats on winning the
AEW World Tag Team Titles because they hadn’t seen them in a
while. The titles look great on them, but they looked good
on the Bucks three times.
Cage said, “Maybe you’ve lost them three times because
they’re just things to you. They’re championships to us.”
Cage walked away, but Cope and the Bucks laughed and still
exchanged fist bumps before exiting.
Ring of Honor World Championship Match: Bandido (c) def.
Adam Priest
As Bandido made his way to the ring, we saw how he got mixed
up with AEW International Champion Kyle Fletcher on
Dynamite, which led to Fletcher challenging Bandido to face
him for the AEW International Title next Sunday at
Redemption! But first, Bandido has his third ROH World
Championship defense in the last nine days against Priest!
These two met about one year ago, and Priest is hoping this
result will be different. Bandido frustrated Priest by
shaking off a big shoulder tackle and sending him to the mat
with a German suplex. Bandido continued to avoid Priest's
offense, putting the finger pistol right in his face. Priest
kicked Bandido in the knee and then dropkicked him to the
mat before bringing out his own version of the pistol.
Bandido avoided Priest's work on his arm and nearly got
Priest in a gorilla press, but Priest slipped down and sent
Bandido into the ring post hard and repeated it before
sending Bandido to the outside and following with a big knee
to the face from the apron!
After Priest worked over Bandido on the outside, Bandido
started to fire back in the ring. He chopped away at Priest,
avoided his grasp, and hit a pair of German suplexes on
Priest before dropping him to the mat with a one-armed
gorilla grip press slam followed by a one-armed German
suplex! That is unreal strength! Bandido sprang to the top
rope, gave a little shimmy, but rolled through a frog splash
as Priest moved. Priest caught Bandido for a nearfall and
then leveled him with a huge lariat.
Priest went up to pick up Bandido, but Bandido booted him in
the gut and hit a reverse powerbomb, perhaps in tribute to
Paul Wight on commentary? Priest hung on to the ropes to
counter the 21 Plex and tried to get Bandido in a Chicken
Wing, but Bandido rolled out of it and then took Priest down
with a nasty spinebuster.
Priest grabbed Bandido's leg to stop him from going to the
ropes, so Bandido moonsaulted over Priest to grab him by the
waist and used a variation of the 21 Plex for the three-
count and successful defense of his ROH World Championship!
In eight days, Bandido will try to add a second singles
championship when he takes on AEW International Champion
“The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher at Redemption!
Sisters of Sin Win Gold in STARDOM and Challenge Divine
Dominion for More!
Earlier today, Triangle of Madness won the Artist of Stardom
Titles in Japan, and Julia Hart and Skye Blue, Sisters of
Sin, sent back a challenge for AEW Women’s World Tag Team
Champions Divine Dominion, “Colossal” Lena Kross and
“Megasus” Megan Bayne.
“We're now two-thirds of the Artist of Stardom champions,
and we're still hungry for gold because this was just an
appetizer. Megan and Lena, we get it. You don't like who we
are and what we do, but do you just hate it? Or are you
afraid? You guys are big and strong. Yep. So you should be
scared of a little bit of blood and some weapons. We wanna
show you that there's nothing to be afraid of. So why don't
we invite you into our world? Next week, Nashville, AEW
Women's Tag Team Championships in a hardcore match because
the undefeated tag team champions shouldn't be afraid of the
Sisters of Sin, right? Let's find out.”
TBS Championship: Hikaru Shida (c) def. Queen Aminata
It was time for our main event, and Queen Aminata was out
first. This is her fourth attempt to win the TBS title as
she continues to look for her first AEW gold. This match
stemmed from Shida's post-match attack on Harley Cameron
last week on Collision following her first successful title
defense of the TBS Championship. But when she continued to
beat on Cameron, Queen Aminata came out to make the save.
These two last met in the Survival of the Fittest match that
saw Shida win the TBS title earlier this month on Dynamite.
Aminata tried to get at Shida before the bell even rang and
then missed a big kick. They threw wild strikes at each
other and then backed off to put a little more oomph before
each shot. Aminata opened up with multiple shots. Shida
faked like she was gonna do the same, poked Aminata in the
eye, and then rolled her up for a near fall. Aminata didn't
like that. She knocked Shida into the mat before delivering
some Chocolate Kisses. Shida went to the floor, so Aminata
followed. She grabbed a chair and set it up. Aminata sat
Shida in the chair and hit a double chop across her chest.
Aminata ran down the apron and stomped Shida in the chest,
knocking her out of the chair! That was brutal! Aminata is
not messing around with Shida!
Aminata threw Shida back in and went to the top rope, so
Shida rolled to the ramp. But when Aminata leaped off for a
double stomp, Shida moved, and Aminata seemed to jam her
knee. Aminata chased after Shida on the ramp, but Shida
stopped her and brought her over to the ring post. Aminata
stopped Shida and sent Shida into the turnbuckles. Aminata
hit one headbutt and then tried for a second, but Shida
moved, and Aminata struck the turnbuckle connectors! Ouch!
Shida picked up Aminata and crunched her with a belly-to-
back piledriver on the ramp! Shida continued working on
Aminata's neck, which had sidelined her for quite some time
over the last year. Shida worked over Aminata in the middle
of the ring with submissions and then just continued to
pound away at her with Aminata struggling to fight back at
all. Shida dropped Aminata with a backbreaker across her
knee for a two-count. Aminata was having issues with her
neck, her knee, and her back all at the same time as Shida’s
assault continued to put the challenger in perilous
positions.
Aminata came back with an up-kick and stepped over Shida
with a Boston Crab. Unfortunately, Aminata's back was in too
bad of shape to hang on to the hold for too long. Aminata
hit a big strike to put Shida on her knees and started to
kick her away. Shida blocked one, but Aminata came back with
another and kicked Shida in the face to put her on the mat.
Aminata tried to fire herself up and hit a rolling
neckbreaker before going to the second rope for a double
stomp that connected in a big way! She covered Shida for
another two-count!
Aminata was trying to get some feeling back in her injured
right leg, but when she charged from the ropes against
Shida, Shida bailed to the outside. Aminata limped out after
her. Aminata took a shot to the gut, but when Shida grabbed
her kendo stick, the referee took it away. When the referee
was distracted, Shida used an eye gouge and then threw
Aminata into the barricade. She threw Aminata back in the
ring and hit a top rope Meteora followed by a Falcon Arrow,
but Aminata kicked out in the nick of time to keep her TBS
Championship hopes alive!
Shida tried to go for a Bow and Arrow, but Aminata fought
out of it. Shida slammed her knee into Aminata and tried the
Bow and Arrow again. They exchanged near-falls until Aminata
did everything she could to stay on top of Shida for the
three count, but Shida kicked out. Shida hit a Dragon Screw,
but Aminata popped back up for a headbutt! Aminata tried to
Hit Off with Her Head, but Shida moved and grabbed the knee.
Shida rolled up with her feet on the ropes, unbeknownst to
the referee and got the three-count to defend the TBS
Championship successfully!
Aminata tried to argue with the referee, but Shida came back
in to attack her from behind and started to work her over,
especially targeting the knee with a kendo stick. Maya World
ran out and knocked the kendo stick away from Shida. But
before she could do anything else, Shida bailed and
celebrated with her TBS Championship in front of the
commentary desk. World grabbed the kendo stick and indicated
she wanted a shot at the TBS Championship. We learned that
Tony Khan made it official: Maya World versus Hikaru Shida
for the TBS Championship at Redemption. And that brings
Collision to a close!
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