Posted on 1/25/126 by Bob Magee
It was another great night in Orlando for AEW Collision on
TNT and streaming on HBO Max!
Everyone is looking for gold these days, and tonight was no
different! In the main event, Claudio Castagnoli defeated
Roderick Strong to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight
Championship in a hotly contested affair. TBS Champion
Willow Nightingale turned back a former TBS Champion, Julia
Hart, in a rematch of Nightingale’s first TBS Title victory
almost two years ago! And AEW Women’s World Champion Kris
Statlander beat Isla Dawn in an Eliminator Match, looking
totally ready to defend the AEW Women’s World Title against
Thekla on this week’s upcoming Dynamite!
Plus, one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions, “Hangman”
Adam Page, defeated Katsuyori Shibata of The Opps in singles
action as he continues his hopeful march back to the AEW
World Championship. And the Don Callis Family handled all
their business in impressive fashion as Protshita – “The
Protostar” Kyle Fletcher & “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita –
took care of Billy and Austin Gunn (which brought out the
returning AEW International Champion, “The Rainmaker”
Kazuchika Okada), Andrade El Ídolo was dominant once again
in a win over Magnus, and Mark Davis and Jake Doyle made it
clear they are ready for FTR after coming away victorious
against Alec Price and Jordan Oliver!
Check out everything that went down on Collision, as we
closed out the week in Orlando! Here are your complete
results.
AEW Collision Recap Tonight for Orlando
AEW World Trios Champion “Hangman” Adam Page def. Katsuyori
Shibata of The Opps
The legendary Paul Wight returned to the broadcast booth to
join Excalibur and Tony Schiavone for Collision!
Page and Shibata wasted no time coming to blows at the bell!
Page tossed Shibata to the outside and bounced him off the
guardrail and the announce desk before throwing him back in
the ring. As Page got back on the apron, Shibata knocked him
back to the floor with a running boot. Shibata chased after
Page, sending him back and forth between the guardrails
until he missed a running boot with Page sitting near the
timekeeper’s table. Page came back with a boot of his own to
send Shibata onto the table. From there, Page decided to
take Shibata into the crowd, as the action was getting
further from the ring! Page eventually brought Shibata back
into the ringside area and nailed him with a boot to the
face!
Page threw Shibata back in the ring and followed with a
fallaway slam. Shibata stopped a charge in the corner with a
boot to Page’s face. Page sent Shibata to the apron and
tried a springboard clothesline, but Shibata cut him off and
hit a suplex on the apron and hung on for another on the
floor! Shibata brought Page back in the ring and locked in a
figure four until Page got to the ropes, although damage was
clearly done.
Shibata punished Page with kicks to the chest until Page
caught one and fought his way back to his feet. The two
traded strikes and then chased each other to each corner
with strikes before exchanging suplexes, which left both men
down on the mat. They fought back to their feet, and Shibata
grabbed a waistlock. He feigned sending Page into the
corner, so the referee ducked out of the way, which caused
him to miss Shibata’s low blow to Page! Page rolled through
a submission attempt and got a near-fall! Page and Shibata
battled on the apron until Page crushed Shibata with a
Deadeye on the apron! As Shibata stumbled to his feet, Page
came off the top with a moonsault!
Page threw Shibata back in the ring and lined up a Buckshot
Lariat, but Shibata had it scouted and reversed Page’s
momentum into a leg trip, which he quickly transitioned into
a headlock vice. Page broke the hold by getting to the
ropes. Shibata lined up Page for a basement dropkick in the
corner, so Page pulled himself up to the top turnbuckle to
avoid it. He flipped off the top for a modified Buckshot,
but Shibata ducked, so Page came back with another lariat to
put him down! Page quickly got in position on the apron as
the crowd came to their feet. As Shibata stumped to his
feet, Page floored him with a Buckshot Lariat to get the
pinfall!
On the Links with Don Callis and AEW National Champion
Ricochet
Earlier this week, Don Callis and Ricochet found a way to
squeeze in some January golf before Dynamite, joined by Mark
Davis and Jake Doyle, who appeared to have a problem with
the caddies. Alex Marvez tracked down Callis and Ricochet at
the course and asked them how they had time for a round of
golf. A dumbfounded Callis questioned Marvez’s golf
etiquette and said he was lucky they weren’t playing in
their normal foursome with Tony Khan and Roger Goodell, or
he’d be without a job.
Ricochet said they needed to enjoy the spoils of their
labor, so they started golfing every week. While this
conversation was happening, Davis and Doyle beat up one of
the caddies and left him choked out on the green. Ricochet
said GOA has been wrestling in front of sold-out crowds in
Mexico, and he wouldn’t be surprised to see them earn a shot
at the AEW World Tag Team Championships after Davis and
Doyle beat FTR for the titles. Callis said, "Let’s not get
ahead of ourselves, young blood." He and Ricochet took their
putters and went to the green to deal with the human
obstacle in the way of their balls.
AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Match: Kris
Statlander (c) def. Isla Dawn
Dawn was accompanied by Grizzled Young Veterans, Zack Gibson
and James Drake. At the bell, Statlander backed Dawn into
the corner and hammered her before backing away for a
charge. Dawn got a boot up to stop Statlander and tried for
a dropkick, but Statlander caught it and slingshotted Dawn
into the top turnbuckle! Dawn avoided a Statlander charge in
the corner and lifted her over the top onto the apron. She
cracked Statlander with a forearm and a kick to the head to
send her to the floor. Dawn ran down the apron to kick
Statlander in the chest. Back in the ring, Dawn suplexed
Statlander and got a two-count. Dawn and Statlander traded
strikes and kicks until Dawn nailed a Saito suplex out of
nowhere for another near-fall.
The two battled on the top turnbuckle with Statlander
knocking Dawn to the mat. Dawn got back to her feet only to
be knocked back down by a missile dropkick! Statlander
grabbed Dawn for a fisherman’s suplex buster and connected,
but Dawn kicked out at two again. Statlander wasted no time
grabbing Dawn for a Staturday Night Fever, which was enough
to put Dawn down for three.
After Statlander’s victory, Thekla, wearing a Statlander
shirt, appeared backstage and said it was a shame that
tonight was Statlander’s last win as champion. She took the
shirt off, spat on it, and threw it in the trash!
“So long, Stat Daddy. Live long and prosper.”
Thekla altered her hand motion into a middle finger, as
Statlander angrily watched from the ring.
“Jungle” Jack Perry is Coming for AEW National Champion
Ricochet
As Perry examined his knife somewhere in the back, he said
he would be coming for Ricochet and the AEW National Title.
However, that’s not what this is about. Ricochet took
something more valuable than any piece of gold: a friend. He
spoke of Luchasaurus and his battle with illness that he
needed to overcome at the brink of death to have a second
chance that he might never have again. Ricochet took that
from us. So Perry will take his championship and everything
he has, and even then, it won’t be enough.
Trios Match: Don Callis Family’s Protoshita (“The Protostar”
Kyle Fletcher and “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita) def. Billy
& Austin Gunn
Before the match, we learned that with Juice Robinson
injured and Ace Austin unable to be at Collision because of
travel issues, Austin Gunn needed some help outside the Bang
Bang Gang, so he was teaming with his father, Billy, against
Protoshita! Austin and Billy are 8-0 as a tag team, but this
stood as quite the test.
Austin and Fletcher started things off for their respective
sides. Callis compared Fletcher to a young Billy Gunn on
commentary. Fletcher outpowered Austin until Austin took him
down to the mat with his speed. Austin tagged Billy, so he
faced off with Fletcher for a test of strength. Billy backed
off with a crotch chop, so Fletcher kicked him and tried for
a shoulder tackle but wound up on the mat as Billy stood his
ground and posed. Fletcher tagged Takeshita, who worked
Billy back to the corner. The two traded punches until
Takeshita kicked Billy to the outside. Callis came off
commentary to taunt Billy, which allowed Takeshita to attack
from behind! Gunn found himself in the wrong corner as
Fletcher came in to continue the punishment.
Billy eventually fought back against Fletcher to put him
down long enough for a Fame-Asser attempt, but Fletcher was
ready for it and rolled him up for a two-count. Billy rolled
through that and hit the Fame-Asser! Fletcher kicked out at
two! Austin made a blind tag to Billy, who avoided a
Fletcher running boot in the corner. The Gunns hit 3:10 to
Yuma on Fletcher, but Takeshita made the save! He knocked
Billy from the ring with a stiff forearm, but then Austin
was there to fire back. Austin and Fletcher traded reversals
until Fletcher put Austin down with a dragon suplex.
Fletcher tagged Takeshita, and they hit stereo running boots
on Austin in the corner. Billy pulled Fletcher from the ring
and threw him into the guardrail while Austin got a nearfall
on Takeshita in the ring. Takeshita nailed Austin with a
Blue Thunder Bomb, but Billy broke up the pin attempt.
Fletcher and Takeshita double-teamed Billy with strikes and
sent him to the floor.
Takeshita lined up Austin for the Power Drive knee, but
Austin ducked. However, Fletcher was there to hit a flying
boot to Austin in the corner. He sent him back to Takeshita,
who hit Raging Fire for the three count, as Protoshita came
away victorious. Don Callis got in the ring to raise the
hands of Fletcher and Takeshita, but they got a surprise
when AEW International Champion Kazuchika Okada appeared on
the stage! Fletcher and Callis had to hold Takeshita back,
as Okada just smiled.
The Demand Respond to “Jungle” Jack Perry
With GOA by his side, AEW National Champion Ricochet
apologized to Perry for what happened to his friend. Because
The Demand are feeling so sorry, they want to give Perry all
the luck he can get – which is why Ricochet went to Tony
Khan to say that Perry’s rematch for the AEW National
Championship should come in Ricochet’s hometown of Las Vegas
in two weeks! He said random luck is all Perry has against a
king like Ricochet. He said Perry will be another loser
amongst a sea of losers who come to Las Vegas.
Grizzled Young Veterans Want More of Eddie Kingston & Ortiz
Zack Gibson and James Drake weren’t happy about how they
lost to Kingston and Ortiz last week on Collision, but they
said that if Kingston and Ortiz want to use weapons, they
can, too. Kingston answered without a hint of backing down,
daring them to make a move.
Tag Match: Mark Davis & Jake Doyle of the Don Callis Family
def. Jordan Oliver & Alec Price
Doyle charged to the ring ahead of Davis and ran right
through Oliver and Price to jumpstart the match. Price hit a
quick flurry to slow Doyle for a second, but Doyle put him
right back down by running Price over and posing over his
crumpled body. Oliver jumped on Doyle’s back, so Davis
grabbed Oliver and threw him with a German suplex. Davis and
Doyle fired each other up and threw Oliver and Price out of
opposite corners to create a violent teammate collision in
midair! On commentary, Wight said he never saw anything like
that before!
Davis slammed Price’s head off the commentary desk, while
Doyle turned Oliver head over heels with a massive lariat.
He tagged Davis back in, who continued the assault on Oliver
in the corner, punctuated with a sliding elbow to Oliver’s
head. Oliver found just enough daylight to tag Price back
in. Price unloaded on Davis with strikes followed by a
dropkick and then ran up the ropes to take Davis down with
an innovative neckbreaker! Oliver returned to help Price
double-team Doyle with kicks to send him to the outside.
Oliver followed with a running dropkick through the ropes.
Price tried to follow with a dive, but Doyle caught him and
launched him into Oliver, who was thrown to the outside by
Davis in a sickening smash of heads! Doyle and Davis picked
up Oliver and Price for powerslams, but not before running
the partners into each other yet again. Davis hit Price with
a stump piledriver, as Doyle put Oliver down with a spinning
side slam. They pinned both Oliver and Davis at the same
time to notch a dominant victory!
Don Callis had more to say after the win and joined Davis
and Doyle in the ring. He said he had a vision of
destruction and pain. A vision of retiring FTR and of Don
Callis owning the AEW World Tag Team Titles. And his vision
has come true with Davis and Doyle. Callis tried to say
more, but he was interrupted by FTR and Big Stoke backstage.
Stoke said Callis is a habitual liar and if he says
something, reality is the opposite. So if he says Davis and
Doyle are walking out of Dynamite with the AEW World Tag
Team Titles, it’s a complete lie. You just need to listen to
FTR. They are truth tellers.
“And what’s going to happen next week is what’s been
happening for the last year. When that bell rings, Justin
Roberts is going to say, ‘And still AEW World Tag Team
Champions, FTR!’ Top Guys, out.”
Darby Allin Catches Up with Bam Margera
As he traveled through Florida, Allin showed a clip of PAC
throwing him onto the steel steps and asked if that was
enough to keep him down. Allin said he knows someone
reckless, so he should call him. We then saw Allin
skateboarding, only to reveal Bam Magera was with him.
Magera expressed concern for Allin, but also laughed at
Allin’s pain in recent matches. The two continued to
skateboard together, as Allin showed even the brutality of
his battles against the Death Riders wouldn’t deter him from
living his reckless life.
TBS Championship Match: TBS Champion and AEW Women’s World
Tag Team Champion Willow Nightingale (c) def. Julia Hart of
Triangle of Madness
Both Nightingale and Hart were out by themselves for this
TBS Championship match. Hart shoved Nightingale in the face
twice at the bell, so Nightingale powered her down to the
mat. Hart tried to shoulder tackle Nightingale but was
powered down again. Nightingale nailed a fisherman’s suplex
and hung on for the bridging pin, but Hart kicked out.
Nightingale unloaded on Hart with nine clotheslines in the
corner, although Hart came out of the corner and ducked the
tenth. She hit a throat thrust and put Nightingale in an arm
wringer to walk the ropes. However, Hart switched things up
with a hurricanrana on the way down! Nightingale stopped a
charge with a back elbow and put her on the second rope for
a dropkick. Skye Blue hit the ring and got on the apron, but
the other half of the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions,
Harley Cameron, came down and fought Blue to the back.
Back in the ring, Hart avoided a cannonball in the corner
and executed a unique neckbreaker on Nightingale from the
apron. Hart covered Nightingale to get a two-count. She
stayed on Nightingale with strikes, as the crowd tried to
will the TBS Champion back into the match. Hart continued
her punishment in the corners and tried to put Nightingale
down with Sole Food and a big strike to the chest, but
Nightingale threw a desperation lariat that connected! Both
women struggled to get back to their feet until Nightingale
got control and started exerting her dominance. She hit a
series of clotheslines on Hart, although Hart bounced back
in a big way when she kicked Nightingale off the second rope
and down to the floor. Hart went to the floor to keep the
pressure on and put another arm wringer on Nightingale to
walk the guardrail. Nightingale reversed that into a
vertical suplex from the rail to the floor!
Nightingale threw Hart back in the ring and connected with a
cannonball in the corner, which got a near-fall. Hart came
back to lock Nightingale in a tarantula over the ropes until
she was forced to break the hold. Hart hit a spinning DDT
for a two-count and locked in an octopus. Nightingale got
out of it by slamming Hart into the turnbuckles. However,
Hart put Nightingale down with a pair of boots to the chin.
Hart went to the top for a moonsault but ate Nightingale’s
boots on the way down! Nightingale tried for a Babe with the
Powerbomb, only for Hart to reverse it into a hurricanrana
for a near-fall! Nightingale grabbed Hart again, and this
time, she connected on the Babe with the Powerbomb to earn a
successful TBS Championship defense!
The Rascalz are Ready for Cru
Among a pile of snacks, Myron Reed, Desmond Xavier and
Zachary Wentz enjoyed their surroundings and wondered why
Cru was so angry. Wentz pointed out that there were two of
them and three of the Rascalz, so they needed to decide
which two of them would face Cru. They tried a three-way
rock, paper, scissors, and Reed lost. That meant it would be
Xavier and Wentz against Action Andretti and Lio Rush. Reed
said he’ll support them, and with that support, they can’t
lose.
Alex Windsor Wants to Make History with Jamie Hayter
Alex Windsor was talking to an unseen figure and said they
don’t have any history, but they should make some. Neither
of them backs down from a fight. Windsor said this person
has been here for four years and is a former world champion,
but doesn’t she want to win some gold she can bring back
home? We learned that she was speaking to former AEW Women’s
World Champion Jamie Hayter, who responded, “I guess we
should get some matching outfits, then.” And the two shook
hands.
Andrade El Ídolo of the Don Callis Family def. CMLL Mexican
National Tag Team Champion Magnus
Andrade was trying to make it a 3-for-3 night for the Don
Callis Family, though he entered alone for this match. Much
like last week, there was no finesse from Andrade. He cut
off any of Magnus’ offense with brutality, as he showed no
interest in letting this become a fast-paced match. Andrade
faked going for a figure four and instead just booted Magnus
in the face. He picked Magnus up and put him right back down
with a chop that was heard throughout Orlando! Andrade
picked him up for another kick, but Magnus was able to turn
things around with a kick of his own. Magnus took Andrade
down with a flying head scissors, but he crashed and burned
when he tried to follow with a dive to the outside.
Andrade took his shirt off and paraded around the ringside
area. He even stopped for a selfie with a fan and put his
number in her phone! Andrade ran Magnus knee-first into the
steps and continued posing in the ring! After dominating
Magnus and taunting the crowd – including taking his pants
off, revealing his trunks underneath – Andrade appeared to
give Magnus too much time to recover, which allowed him to
get to the top rope. But Andrade quickly tripped Magnus,
which put him crotch-first on the top rope. Andrade nailed
Three Amigos, yet he felt the need to pull Magnus up before
a three-count. He started to undo Magnus’ mask but was
admonished by the referee. Magnus avoided a strike and
scored a near-fall, which angered Andrade. Magnus hit a low
drop kick and another shot to Andrade’s head to send him to
the outside. Magnus dove through the ropes with a tope that
sent Andrade into the announce desk!
Magnus connected with a senton atomico from the top, but
Andrade kicked out at one! Magnus tried to fire up the
crowd, although it cost him because Andrade sent him face-
first into the second turnbuckle. Andrade hit running knees
to Magnus in the corner and covered him, but pulled Magnus
up at one! Andrade hit The DM for his second dominant
victory in as many weeks.
After the match, we heard from Andrade in the back. He said
he has unfinished business and wants the AEW World Title! He
said Swerve Strickland is in his way, and Andrade will see
him on Wednesday!
CMLL World Heavyweight Title: Claudio Castagnoli (c) with
Wheeler Yuta of the Death Riders def. Roderick Strong with
Orange Cassidy
As per CMLL Championship tradition, each man had a second in
their corner, and Tony Khan stepped in for Salvador
Lutteroth to present the CMLL World Heavyweight Title in the
ring alongside the participants. AEW Continental Champion
Jon Moxley was on commentary with Marina Shafir by his side.
Moxley enjoyed the championship protocol: “We could get a
really good Polaroid out of this. Do they still do
Polaroids?”
With everyone else out of the ring, Justin Roberts continued
with the ring announcements, but Castagnoli attacked Strong
before Roberts could finish! The referee got Castagnoli away
from Strong long enough to start the match, and Strong came
flying out of the corner at the bell to get some licks back
on Castagnoli. They spilled to the outside and traded chops
until returning to the ring. Castagnoli rattled off
uppercuts until Strong was down on the mat. Strong battled
back up with a jumping kick and sent Castagnoli back to the
outside. Strong followed up with chops to Castagnoli on the
guardrail, but Castagnoli battled back with a hot shot on
top of the rail. He threw Strong back in the ring and
started to get to work on Strong’s right leg. Castagnoli
stayed focused on the limb with a half crab and then
uppercutted Strong across the ring.
Strong tried to fight back, but he was cut off again with a
strike followed by a bodyslam into the ropes. Castagnoli
tried to keep the pressure on, but Strong turned things
around with a backbreaker, although his leg was clearly in
pain. Castagnoli rolled to the floor, so Strong tried to
follow with double boots through the ropes. Castagnoli was
ready and moved so that he could drop Strong's knee first on
the guardrail!
Castagnoli remained focused on Strong’s injured leg for the
next few minutes. Finally, Strong fought out of the corner
and was able to knock Castangoli to the outside. This time,
he connected with Castagnoli through the ropes, knocking him
into the guardrail. Strong dropped Castagnoli back-first
onto the guardrail and threw him back in the ring. Strong
hit a step-up knee while Castangoli was against the ropes
and quickly transitioned that into a front-face slam. That
was good for a two-count, so Strong attempted a fireman’s
carry slam, but Castagnoli slipped out the back and clipped
the bad knee. Castagnoli went back to the half crab until
Strong kicked free, but Castagnoli stomped Strong in the
chest!
Castagoli tried for the Neutralizer, but Strong turned it
into a sunset flip for a near-fall! Castagnoli popped Strong
up into an uppercut, which would have been enough to win if
not for Strong getting his foot on the ropes. Castagnoli
unloaded on Strong with uppercuts in the corner and put the
injured knee over the ropes so he could hit a running
dropkick. Strong escaped a superplex attempt on the top to
crotch Castagnoli. Strong scaled the ropes to hit an
avalanche fireman’s carry slam! Castagnoli kicked out at
two! Strong tried to lock in the Strong Hold, so Castangoli
hammered away at the injured right leg. Strong fought
through the pain to lock in the Strong Hold! With Moxley
concerned on commentary, Castagnoli finally made it to the
ropes to break the submission. Strong jumped at Castagnoli,
but he was caught in midair! Castagnoli transitioned into
the swing and then back to the half crab. Strong pushed
Castagnoli to the outside, but Castagnoli grabbed Strong’s
leg and slammed it around the steel post twice. On a third
attempt, Strong pulled Castagnoli into the ring post!
While the referee checked on Castagnoli, Yuta slammed
Strong’s leg into the post. He raised his arms to celebrate,
only to turn right into an Orange Punch from Cassidy!
Castagnoli floored Cassidy and returned to the ring on the
opposite side of Strong. Castagnoli charged Strong in the
corner, but he ate a rising boot from Strong! Strong hit
another jumping knee that put Castagnoli back on the floor.
Strong followed up to throw Castagnoli back in and dropped
his knee pad, looking to end it. However, when Strong
jumped, Castagnoli moved the referee out of the way and
kicked Strong in the head. He swung Strong by the bad knee
and finished him with a Neutralizer to get the pinfall and
his third defense of his CMLL World Heavyweight
Championship!
That will do it from Orlando!
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