Posted on 2/01/126 by Bob Magee
It was another Saturday night in Arlington, Texas, for AEW
Collision on TNT and streaming on HBO Max! And the week of
championship defenses continued with three more title
matches!
We have a NEW TNT Champion in Tommaso Ciampa after he
defeated an old rival, Mark Briscoe, in a fantastic title
bout that went down to the wire – before Ciampa drew the
attention of former TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher after his
win. AEW International Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika
Okada made a successful return to action with a victory over
a very game Adam Priest. And The Babes of Wrath, Harley
Cameron and TBS Champion Willow Nightingale, turned away the
relentlessly toxic Sisters of Sin, Julia Hart and Skye Blue,
to retain the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Titles! However,
they were laid out after the match, along with AEW Women’s
World Champion Kris Statlander, by Triangle of Madness,
Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford!
Plus, Darby Allin beat Clark Connors, but he had to deal
with the vengeance of Gabe Kidd, who is far from down with
Allin. And The Rascalz’s Desmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz,
came away victorious in their in-ring debut against Cru –
and now find themselves backing up “Uncle” Eddie Kingston
and Ortiz. Oh, and “Timeless” Toni Storm laid out a mixed
tag hair match challenge for AEW Grand Slam Australia!
Check out everything that went down on Collision from
Arlington, Texas! Here are your complete results.
Darby Allin def. Clark Connors
Darby Allin opened the night skateboarding down the ramp,
only to be blindsided by Clark Connors. He threw Allin in
the ring, and the bell rang, but Allin was already in bad
shape. Connors hit a quick powerslam for a two-count, as he
had Allin on the ropes from the jump! After Connors punished
Allin in the corner, Allin came back with a flurry of
offense and a code red to get a near-fall. Allin went to the
top for a Coffin Drop, but Connors had it scouted and
tripped him off the top rope, sending Allin crashing to the
floor! Connors followed up and sent Allin flying into the
guardrail! Allin cried out in pain, as Connors had been
relentless from the get-go. Connors threw Allin back in the
ring and ran through him with a nasty shoulder tackle!
Connors brought Allin onto the apron and from the floor,
hitting another running shoulder block to Allin’s head and
neck! That was violently innovative!
Connors toyed with Allin on the outside, as Allin weakly
tried to throw strikes back at Connors. Connors answered by
dropping Allin back-first across the guard rail! As if that
wasn’t enough, Conners did the same thing to Allin on the
apron! While Allin refused to stay down, he’d been unable to
mount any kind of offense. Connors ran his shoulder into
Allin’s gut in the corner, nearly pushing Allin into the
ring post! With Allin down, Connors came off the top
backwards to drop an elbow on Allin! Yet another innovative
piece of offense from the ruthless Connors!
Finally, Allin found some separation when he was flipped
head over heels onto the apron and struck Connors in the
head with a forearm. As Allin gasped for air, Connors came
charging back and speared him through the ropes to the
floor! After gathering himself, Connors sent Allin hard into
the steel steps. Connors moved the steps away from the ring
post and rolled in to break the count. He came back outside
and tried to hit the same belly-to-belly suplex that PAC
used to injure Allin’s back, but Allin got out of it.
Connors tried to whip Darby into the backside of the stairs,
but Allin flipped over them and then ran back up the other
side to fly into Connors’ face with a dropkick! Allin
wouldn’t let Connors do all the innovative moves!
Allin connected with a torpedo dive to the outside and
finally started turning things around. He put Connors on the
top rope for a suplex, but Connors fought back and ripped at
the tape protecting Allin’s injured back. Connors slipped
through for a sunset flip from the top that gave Allin so
much momentum, he landed back on his feet. Connors took
advantage of that with another massive spear. Allin kicked
out!
A bewildered Tony Schiavone on commentary described the
scene perfectly, “Darby is still in this darn thing! I don’t
know how!”
Connors locked on a strait jacket choke and then slammed
Allin into the back of his knee. Connors tried to lock it on
again, so Allin backed him into the corner to escape and put
Connors down with a desperation Scorpion Death Drop! Allin
went back to the top for another Coffin Drop attempt, only
to land back-first on Connors’ knees! Connors missed a
charge in the corner, and Allin was able to twist him into a
Scorpion Death Lock for the tapout! Somehow, Allin comes
away with the win!
After the match, Allin got the mic to remind everyone he won
the war against the Death Riders because he beat every
single one of them. He stood on top of the world on Mount
Everest in 2025, and in 2026, he’s going to stand on top of
AEW. He said he knew he could beat the man currently holding
that spot, but before he could say more, Gabe Kidd attacked
him from behind!
Kidd sent Allin to the outside and ran him into the steel
steps. Connors recovered and joined Kidd on the outside.
They turned the steps on the side and flapjacked Allin
chest-first onto the steel! They flipped the stairs over on
Allin’s midsection to trap him, as Kidd got the microphone.
While standing on the steps to apply more pressure, Kidd
told Allin he might be done with the Death Riders, but Kidd
isn’t here on Death Riders business. He’s on Gabe Kidd time!
Since Worlds End, Kidd hasn’t been able to sleep, think, or
move forward with this, so how will Allin get to the top of
AEW when he’s “pushing up daisies”? Kidd said he’ll follow
Allin around the world until it is written that he was the
one who ended Allin. Both Kidd and Connors spat on Allin
before leaving through the crowd to a wall of boos. Medical
personnel moved the stairs off Allin and tended to him on
the floor.
The Babes of Wrath Stand United with Kris Statlander
We took a look back at Dynamite, where Willow Nightingale
and Harley Cameron agreed to put up the AEW Women’s World
Tag Team Titles against Julia Hart and Skye Blue on
Collision, as long as they didn’t interfere in the AEW
Women’s World Championship match between Kris Statlander and
Thekla. All four women stayed out of the match, which
Statlander won, so tonight, Sisters of Sin get their shot at
The Babes of Wrath!
JetSpeed Call Out the Don Callis Family
Two-thirds of the AEW World Trios Champions, “Speedball”
Mike Bailey and “The Jet” Kevin Knight, were backstage with
a message for the Don Callis Family. Bailey said he heard
they’re looking for gold, and Knight said they aren’t hard
to find. Knight said he also knows Callis wants the AEW
World Title, but so does their partner, “Hangman” Adam Page.
And now, Page doesn’t ride alone, and if the Callis Family
is looking for a fight, they’ll be right by Page’s side.
They are Jetset Rodeo!
Tag Team Match: The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier and Zachary
Wentz) def. Cru (Action Andretti and Lio Rush)
It was time for the AEW in-ring debut of Dezmond Xavier and
Zachary Wentz, representing The Rascalz, who Myron Reed
accompanied! The Arlington crowd broke out in a “Rascalz”
chant before the bell even rang!
Xavier and Rush started what should be a fast-paced matchup.
However, the two exchanged holds on the mat until Rush threw
Xavier away from him. The pace quickened as Xavier took Rush
down with a headscissors takeover, followed by a dropkick
for a one-count, although it clearly messed with Rush, as he
went to the wrong corner for a tag. Wentz made a blind tag
to Xavier and ran across the ring while Xavier kept Rush
down in the corner. Wentz charged and nailed a bronco buster
to get a two-count.
Andretti made a blind tag, so when Wentz missed a
clothesline on Rush, he never saw Andretti coming with a
shot that put Wentz on his head! Cru hit a double-team
dropkick for a one-count. Andretti spun off the top with an
armdrag followed by a dropkick that sent Wentz reeling. Rush
tagged back in, but Wentz fought out of their corner to make
a tag to Desmond. He flipped over the top rope, attempting
to land on Cru, but they moved, so he landed on his feet.
Cru never saw Wentz follow up with a tornillo that took out
both Andretti and Rush!
Cru turned things around when Andretti illegally entered to
take down Xavier. Xavier fought back with a neckbreaker that
allowed him to tag Wentz as Rush tagged Andretti. Wentz
overpowered Andretti with a German suplex followed by a
rising knee in the corner to set up a PK to the chest before
hitting a running shooting star press for a nearfall! Wentz
tagged Xavier, but Rush cut off Xavier, and Andretti escaped
from Wentz with a knee to the face! The Rascalz used a bunch
of misdirection, but wound up on either side of the ring.
Cru nailed dives to both sides at the same time to take down
their opponents.
Rush hit a springboard stunner on Xavier while Andretti
followed with a cutter to get another near-fall! Wentz saved
Xavier from a double suplex and nailed a superkick, but Cru
quickly turned things around to put Xavier back down. Wentz
superkicked Andretti and hit a rising knee to Rush. Cru
tried to fight out of the corner, so the Rascalz sent them
to different corners and followed with assisted dropkicks on
Rush and then Andretti! Xavier hit Andretti with a crescent
kick, and Wentz followed with a jumping knee to the jaw.
Wentz jumped up for a standing moonsault, and Xavier pushed
him onto Andretti in midair, which they call Hot Fire Flame!
That was enough for a three-count, and the Rascalz are
winners in their AEW debut!
Alex Windsor & Jamie Hayter Are on the Same Page
Hayter and Windsor continued their partnership discussions
from last week, as Hayter realized they weren’t so different
after all, since they don’t like the same people. Hayter
said they needed to change, and Windsor said it was time to
have a bit of fun.
AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley Needs to Face Konosuke
Takeshita
Moxley said there are few people in life he can relate to,
but Konosuke Takeshita is one of them. Like Moxley,
Takeshita doesn’t want things to be easy. He travels around
the world in search of the best competition and that
feeling. He and Takeshita understand each other. Moxley
seemed to believe that Takeshita had no idea Mark Davis and
Jake Doyle would attack Moxley on Dynamite. Still, because
Moxley cracked Davis across the face with the AEW
Continental Championship later in the night, he guessed they
were even. He knows what motivates Don Callis, and he knows
what motivates Takeshita, but what motivates Moxley is that
Takeshita beat him in the Continental Classic, and Moxley
wants that one back real bad. If Takeshita wants to be the
best and the Continental Champion, he has to do it alone. He
knows what it takes. Moxley thinks they understand each
other.
Mixed Tag Team Match: “Timeless” Toni Storm & Orange Cassidy
def. Lady Bird Monroe & Gino Medina
Storm decided to spend her Saturday night tagging with
“Citrus Boy,” so we were treated to this mixed tag match!
Cassidy quickly went to the pockets and dropkicked Medina
from the ring. Lady Bird Monroe came in to confront Cassidy
and pushed him, so he unloaded on her with his trademark
kicks. When he went to finish her off, Cassidy instead
walked away so Storm could take Monroe off her feet with a
big dropkick! Cassidy dove to the outside and took out
Medina while Storm hit a running hip attack on Monroe in the
corner. Medina got back in the ring, only to fall victim to
Storm’s tornado DDT from the top rope! Cassidy hit a
spinning DDT on Medina to send him into the corner, where
Storm followed with another hip attack. She threw Medina
into Cassidy for an Orange Punch that got the three-count!
Cassidy and Storm didn’t have much time to celebrate before
Yuta attacked Cassidy from behind! Storm slapped Yuta in the
face only to get her own blindside attack from Marina
Shafir! Shafir sent Storm to the outside and threw her into
the guardrail. Back in the ring, Cassidy wailed away on Yuta
until Shafir came to his aid with a kick to Cassidy. Yuta
and Shafir rained down blows on Cassidy until Shafir picked
him up and held him while Yuta grabbed a mic. He decided to
conduct a special interview with Cassidy. Yuta tried to ask
Cassidy a question, but Cassidy said he couldn’t hear him
over “that garbage hair.” That set Yuta off, as he hit
Cassidy with the microphone and a storm of punches. Yuta
yelled at Cassidy about the hair and then went to the floor
to grab scissors from the medical staff. Before Yuta could
cut Cassidy’s hair, Storm suplexed Shafir out of the ring
and then took the scissors from Yuta to use them as a
weapon! Yuta ran from the ring as Storm taunted him and
Shafir with the scissors.
Storm said in two weeks at Grand Slam Australia, it’ll be a
mixed tag HAIR MATCH! Whoever takes the fall will have their
hair cut!
“From my mouth to god’s ear, one of you bastards is gonna be
bald!”
Yuta was beside himself and in total shock while Storm and
Cassidy danced in the ring.
Eddie Kingston & Ortiz Want a Parking Lot Brawl Next Week!
Lexy Nair was with Kingston, Ortiz and the Grizzled Young
Veterans, who all agreed to no physicality, although she
sensed the tension. Kingston said they just need to move on
because they fought each other and beat each other up, so
there’s no point to this. Zack Gibson said Kingston doesn’t
understand and never will because he hasn’t and couldn’t
walk a mile in their shoes. Kingston took exception to that
and said they don’t know him or Ortiz. Kingston proposed a
Parking Lot Fight next Saturday on Collision, but as GYV
tried to answer, Big Bill came from out of nowhere to put
his boot across Ortiz’s face, as Bryan Keith attacked
Kingston and threw him against the garage. Gibson said it’s
not hard to find people who dislike Kingston, as James Drake
paid Big Bill for their efforts. Gibson said they’ll see
them in the parking lot and put this to bed next Saturday.
TNT Championship Match: “Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa def.
Mark Briscoe (c) – NEW TNT CHAMPION
Before the entrances, we took a look back at Ciampa’s
shocking debut on Dynamite to accept Briscoe’s TNT Title
challenge. The fans erupted in a “Holy s***!” chant as the
referee held up the TNT Championship!
Briscoe and Ciampa shook hands at the bell and went through
a feeling-out process as old foes. Neither man gave much
ground until a strike battle turned into Briscoe kicking
Ciampa to the outside. He followed with a flip dive that was
on target and continued to wail away on Ciampa before
sending him back into the ring. Ciampa rolled in the ring
and out a different side, so Briscoe followed, and they
traded chops. Ciampa went back in the ring and ate a couple
more chops in the corner until Briscoe brought out the
Redneck Kung Fu kick, but it only got a one-count.
Briscoe nailed a suplex for a two-count and continued the
damage in the corner until Ciampa seemed to flip a switch
and turn things around on Briscoe. He sent Briscoe to the
corner, so Briscoe adjusted and went to the apron. He was
waiting for a charging Ciampa with a shot to the jaw and
tried for a suplex, but Ciampa landed on the apron. The two
traded strikes until Ciampa reversed Briscoe with a Psycho
Driver on the apron!
That put Ciampa in the driver’s seat, allowing him to
unleash his personal brand of viciousness that Briscoe knew
all too well. Around the 10-minute mark, Briscoe was able to
cut off Ciampa with strikes and then went corner-to-corner
with clotheslines before booting Ciampa through the ropes to
the outside. Briscoe hit a running dropkick through the
ropes and quickly threw Ciampa into the ringpost before
running down the apron with a cannonball! The TNT Champion
is feeling it!
Briscoe threw Ciampa back in and took a second to catch his
breath. Big mistake. When Briscoe got on the apron, Ciampa
was right there to dump him on his head with a Willow’s Bell
draping DDT! Briscoe kicked out! Ciampa tried an avalanche
air raid crash, but Briscoe escaped and knocked Ciampa to
the mat so he could nail a Froggy Bow! This time Ciampa
kicked out!
Ciampa fought out of a Jay Driller, so Briscoe pushed him
into the corner and put him on the top turnbuckle. When
Briscoe went up to meet him, Ciampa once again lifted him
for an avalanche air raid crash and this time it connected
in a big way! Briscoe kicked out in the nick of time! Ciampa
was clearly frustrated by that result.
Briscoe tried for a Jay Driller, so Ciampa reversed out of
it and then attempted a backslide, but got nothing out of it
as we hit the five-minute warning! The two fought on the
outside until Briscoe took control by sending Ciampa into
the ring post. He pulled a table from the timekeeper’s area
and lifted Ciampa, but Ciampa got out of it and put Briscoe
on the table to hit a drive-by knee! Ciampa was overzealous
and stood on the table to take in a crowd that was in a
frenzy! He didn’t see Briscoe get back into the ring and get
to the top rope!
Ciampa turned around to see Briscoe about to fly and hopped
off the table. That didn’t stop Briscoe from crashing down
on Ciampa with a clothesline that put Ciampa through the
table! Both men beat the count and slapped hands in a wild
sign of respect before they exchanged strikes. Ciampa cut
Briscoe off with a knee, but Briscoe came back with a flying
knee of his own as the clock continued to tick closer to the
20-minute time limit!
Briscoe nailed a headbutt, but Ciampa kicked his leg out and
dropped his kneepad for a running knee. Briscoe was ready
for it and snatched Ciampa up into a Death Valley Driver! He
quickly scaled the ropes and connected with another Froggy
Bow! Briscoe tried for a Jay Driller, so Ciampa escaped and
hit a release German suplex! Briscoe fired up to his feet,
but sagged back down, which allowed Ciampa to connect with
the exposed running knee across Briscoe’s head! That was a
nasty impact! Ciampa covered and got the three count!
TOMMASSO CIAMPA IS THE NEW TNT CHAMPION! He joins Mercedes
Moné as the only wrestlers to win a championship in their
AEW debut!
Briscoe raised Ciampa’s hand in respect, as the new champion
continued his celebration. Former TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher
appeared on the ramp and applauded the effort of Ciampa,
although Ciampa seemed to embrace the attention from
Fletcher.
The Don Callis Family is Still Focused on Gold
With absolute chaos happening at the hands of Lance Archer
and Rocky Romero in the background, Josh Alexander said Jon
Moxley needs to mind his own business because Konosuke
Takeshita owes his career to Don Callis, just like Kyle
Fletcher, who is refocused on the TNT Championship. Andrade
is going to beat Kenny Omega on Wednesday night to get one
step closer to the AEW World Championship! And Mark Davis
will take care of “Hangman” Adam Page!
AEW International Championship Match: “The Rainmaker”
Kazuchika Okada (c) def. Adam Priest
Priest was accompanied by his tag team partner, “Dynamite
Kid” Tommy Billington. Okada entered with his AEW
International Championship in a protective case, which Rocky
Romero convinced him to keep covered up, as this crowd
didn’t deserve to see such a beautiful title.
Okada got the jump on Priest at the bell, but Priest escaped
a bodyslam to run Okada’s leg into the mat. Priest took
Okada around the ring with some chops until Okada was able
to turn things around with a dropkick that sent Priest to
the floor. Romero came off commentary to get a cheap shot on
Priest, as Okada distracted the referee with an exaggerated
knee issue.
Okada methodically picked Priest apart until Okada missed a
charge in the corner. Priest put Okada down with a
neckbreaker and then a German suplex out of the corner.
Priest went to the top, so Okada rolled away. Then Romero
tried to distract Priest, who took him out instead. That
gave Okada a chance to attack Priest on the floor. He
whipped Priest into the guard rail, but when he tried to
charge after him, Priest took him out at the knee. Priest
threw Okada back in and went to the top, where he connected
with an Alabama Jam for a two-count! Okada turned things
around and went for a dropkick, but Priest had it scouted
and brought Okada to the mat to lock on a figure four! Okada
escaped to the ropes. Priest walked into a boot and then an
Okada dropkick! Okada went for the Rainmaker, but Priest got
out of it and nearly stole the match! Okada caught Priest in
midair for a spinning slam. Okada picked him back up and
nailed the Rainmaker for the successful title defense!
The Rascalz Enjoy their Debut Victory
Lexy Nair was with Dezmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz and Myron
Reed to get their feelings on tonight’s victory. They were
in the parking lot celebrating their win and offered Nair
some of their medicine, but she politely declined. Reed said
they like parking lots, so maybe they should help “Uncle
Eddie” out. That’s when Eddie Kingston walked up with Ortiz
and called out the Grizzled Young Veterans. He alluded to
them not being done with the Rascalz because of their
history. He called out Big Bill and Bryan Keith and said
that if they wanted to play in the parking lot, they would
jump them.
“Saturday. Collision. 8-Man. Tag team war in the parking
lot! You'd better pray to your gods that you believe in
because I’m taking your souls.”
“Now let’s go to the parking lot. I need medicine, I’m
pissed!”
The Road to the AEW World Championship
We reviewed the four of the top contenders for the AEW World
Championship: “Hangman” Adam Page, Kenny Omega, Swerve
Strickland and Andrade El Ídolo. The top two contenders will
meet at AEW Grand Slam Australia on February 14, and the
winner of that match will face the AEW World Champion at AEW
Revolution on March 15 in Los Angeles. On Dynamite this
week, Omega will face Andrade! Plus, Brody King takes on AEW
World Champion MJF in an AEW World Championship Eliminator!
NEW TNT Champion Tommaso Ciampa Celebrates with His Family
Lexy Nair caught up with Ciampa as he celebrated with his
wife and daughter. He kissed them goodbye and said none of
this happens without his family by his side. They were a big
part of the decision, and ever since he stepped foot in AEW,
the fans have welcomed him as part of their family. He has
nothing but respect for Mark Briscoe. Man Up. He was told
for a long time that AEW is where the best wrestle, but the
Psycho Killer has been here for less than a week, and he is
your TNT Champion! He put his ear up to the TNT Title and
said, “I love you, too.”
Ciampa said his daughter has a new baby sister, so they have
to celebrate. He promised AEW fans they would do some
special things together.
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Match: The Babes of
Wrath (Harley Cameron and TBS Champion Willow Nightingale)
(c) def. Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue and Julia Hart)
Our main event was the third and final title match of the
evening. At the bell, Sisters of Sin took both Babes of
Wrath to the outside and used anything at their disposal to
gain a quick advantage. They double-team Cameron in the ring
for a suplex, but Nightingale came back in to catch Cameron.
Cameron put Blue down with a slingblade and tagged
Nightingale. She hit the double backpack senton for a two-
count and moved Blue to the corner, but Hart came in to
create a distraction, allowing Blue to fight her way out and
put Willow down with a DDT. Hart and Blue double-teamed
Nightingale in the corner until Nightingale was able to
escape and tag Cameron. She came flying off the top with a
crossbody to take out both Sisters of Sin! They got back to
their feet, so she fought them both off again and ran
through Blue and Hart with a shoulder tackle! The champs
were rolling!
Cameron found herself in trouble on the outside in a double
team that turned things around for the challengers. With
Cameron in the wrong corner for an extended period, things
were looking grim for the champions. Cameron finally nailed
a side suplex so that she could make the tag to Willow!
Nightingale unloaded on Hart and Blue with strikes. She
pounced Blue across the ring and then powerbombed Hart for a
nearfall!
Hart got out of Nightingale’s grasp and pushed her into the
turnbuckle. She grabbed Nightingale’s arm and walked the
ropes to go for a hurricanrana, but Nightingale turned it
into a powerbomb that got a two count. Blue kicked Hart free
of Nightingale’s grasp. Cameron came back in with a
lungblower on Blue. Hart had a legtrip on Cameron, but
walked into a powerbomb attempt by Nightingale. However,
Hart reversed it into a facebuster!
Blue came back to make the tag, and the Sisters hit a front
suplex followed by stereo kicks, but Cameron came in to
break up the pin attempt. Nightingale tagged Cameron, but
Blue nailed Cameron and Nightingale with superkicks. Cameron
escaped a double team uranage and dropped Blue with a DDT
for a two-count. On the outside, Nightingale threw Hart into
the steel steps.
Cameron went for Her Finishing Maneuver, but Blue reversed
it into a near-fall! Nightingale made a blind tag, and
Cameron hit a crucifix bomb on Blue. Nightingale and Cameron
hit a double-team Sole Food to get the win!
Thekla hit the ring to attack the champs, but they weren’t
outnumbered for long because AEW Women’s World Champion Kris
Statlander was out for the save! He went right to Thekla and
choked her, but from behind, Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne
attacked Statlander!
Bayne splashed Statlander in the corner and hit a flying
clothesline on her, as Thekla speared Nightingale! Triangle
of Madness, Bayne and Ford posed over the fallen champions
to end Collision!
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