Posted on 4/12/126 by Bob Magee
AEW Dynasty Week had another hot night of the best
professional wrestling in the world in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, for AEW Collision on TNT and streaming on HBO Max!
We’re less than 24 hours away from AEW Dynasty Sunday night
in Vancouver!
The night began with a huge title change, as The Dogs
defeated JetSpeed and Místico for the AEW World Trios
Titles. After the match, Gabe Kidd, David Finlay and Clark
Connors didn’t have much time to celebrate before they were
challenged by Roderick Strong, Orange Cassidy and a mystery
third partner to face them at Dynasty!
We learned that RUSH will enter the Casino Gauntlet for the
vacant TNT Championship in the #2 spot after beating Anthony
Bowens. That means RUSH will start the match with Tommaso
Ciampa, who earned the #1 spot by beating Máscara Dorada on
Dynamite!
In the main event, the Brawling Birds beat Marina Shafir and
AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla to take some important
momentum into Dynasty, where Jamie Hayter will challenge the
women’s world champ, and Alex Windsor will face Shafir on
Zero Hour!
Plus, Kazuchika Okada successfully defended the AEW
International Title against Myron Reed, the Young Bucks beat
El Clon and CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero of the
Don Callis Family, and The Hurt Syndicate had a dominant
return to action!
Here’s everything that went down in Edmonton on the final
stop before Dynasty in Vancouver! Here are your complete
Collision results.
AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Dogs (“War Ready”
Gabe Kidd, David Finlay and “100 Proof” Clark Connors) def.
JetSpeed (“The Jet” Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike
Bailey) & Místico (c)
While the champions made their entrance, Kidd berated Tony
Schiavone at the commentary desk, as he was clearly antsy to
get this match underway.
Finlay and Místico began this one, but Kidd attacked Místico
from behind as Finlay knocked JetSpeed off the apron. The
Dogs continued the attack on the champs on the floor, taking
a vicious early advantage. Back in the ring, Kidd tried to
ground Bailey, but he was able to escape with a headscissors
takeover followed by a dropkick that sent Kidd to the floor.
Connors attacked Bailey from behind before he could dive
onto Kidd. Knight and Connors went back and forth until
Knight threw Connors to the outside. Finlay immediately
attacked Knight at the ropes and stomped him to the ground.
Místico flung Finlay to the floor with a headscissors
takeover and did the same to Connors on the opposite side.
Místico gathered momentum for a dive, but he was cut off
with a nasty shot from Kidd. Místico fought back until all
six men were trading shots in the ring! Bailey chased Kidd
to the outside and followed with a pescado! Knight tried to
do the same to Connors, so he ran out of range. However,
Knight saw it in time and redirected himself to the apron
and over the turnbuckles to the adjacent side! Mistico sent
Finlay to the floor and followed with a tornillo! The
champions fired up the crowd and continued their offense
around the ringside area with sustained success. JetSpeed
and Místico returned to the ring with plans of hitting
triple dives, but The Dogs were ready and cut them off. Kidd
slammed Bailey on the floor, and Finlay carried Místico
back-first into the steel post! The Dogs completely turned
things around!
Knight wound up as the primary target of the challengers for
the next few minutes, as he was completely isolated until a
desperation dropkick connected with Finlay! Knight finally
made the tag to Místico, who took Finlay down with a
handspring elbow and a flying hurricanrana, sending him to
the floor. He broke up a double team to send Kidd to the
floor, then ran up the ropes to bring Connors down with an
escalera armdrag! JetSpeed and Místico took another chance
at a triple-tope suicida and connected!
As Knight was perched on the top rope, Kidd knocked him down
and gave his team a chance to recover. Finlay drove down
Knight with a Dominator, and Connors nearly cut Knight in
half with a spear! Bailey made the save to keep the match
alive! Finlay floored Bailey with a massive forearm! Knight
dropped Connors with a jumping DDT!
Knight flew off the top rope with a springboard clothesline,
putting Finlay down hard. Knight went to the top for a UFO
Splash, so Connors met Knight on the turnbuckles to stop
him. Místico hit Connors in the back with a rising kick and
followed with La Mística! Bailey put a thrust kick on the
chin of Finlay! Knight tried to jump over Místico and
Connors for a UFO Splash on Finlay, but Finlay got his knees
up! Kidd dropped Bailey with a shot to the neck!. Kidd
nailed Mistico with a piledriver! Kidd officially tagged in
amongst all the chaos and grabbed Knight for a piledriver,
so Knight pushed him to the corner.
Bailey crashed down on Kidd’s back with Ultima Weapon.
Bailey tagged in and connected with a thrust kick to Kidd’s
jaw. Bailey cut off Connors’ spear attempt with a knee and
then booted Finlay away. Bailey nearly captured Kidd for a
pin, but he kicked out. Finlay and Connors went high/low on
Bailey! Knight came off the top, but Finlay and Connors
moved. Finlay dropped Knight on the top rope, and Kidd
floored Knight with a monster lariat! Kidd stuck Bailey with
a piledriver, then threw him to Finlay for a standing
vertical suplex. Finlay held Bailey so Connors could come
off the top with a spear for The Full Clip! Kidd covered
Bailey for the win! THE DOGS ARE THE NEW AEW WORLD TRIOS
CHAMPIONS!
After the match, Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy appeared
on the video screen. Strong congratulated The Dogs on their
victory, but said they knew they weren’t done with Strong
and Cassidy after what they did to them on Dynamite. Strong
says he knows there are three Dogs, but there just might be
a third for Strong and Cassidy. Cassidy was on the phone the
entire time and hung up to agree with Strong. When Strong
asked what the mystery person on the other line had said,
Cassidy said he'd forgotten to ask but would call him back.
Strong told The Dogs they’ll see them on Sunday and walked
off with Cassidy, who took his time redialing the person he
had just spoken to seconds ago.
Will Ospreay Has Brotherhood Backup in United Empire
We heard comments from Ospreay and United Empire after their
main-event victory in Chaos in Canada on Dynamite. Ospreay
introduced each member, whom he called his brothers.
Francisco Akira is one of the greatest junior heavyweight
wrestlers of all time. HENARE is one of the toughest
“motherf***ers” and someone who can split open your head
with the strike of his hand. And then, he introduced Callum
Newman, the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Newman
regaled the tale of Ospreay taking them out and asking for
their help. Newman said they will always be there because
they are a brotherhood. Ospreay addressed Moxley and said he
gets him all to himself on Sunday. No Death Riders. No
United Empire.
Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida def. Ava Lawless & Gigi Rey
Right at the bell, Shida was all over Lawless and nailed her
with 10 punches in the corner and a Falcon Arrow. Statlander
made a blind tag that seemed to confuse Shida, so Rey tagged
in on the other side and grabbed Statlander for a suplex.
Statlander turned it into one of her own and a fisherman’s
driver. She kicked Lawless off the apron, and Rey tried to
fight back, but Statlander caught her in midair and executed
a Staturday Night Fever for the quick victory! Shida was
shocked, but came in to celebrate, somewhat begrudgingly and
then seemed to consider striking Statlander from behind.
Instead, the two hugged, but Shida remained conflicted.
Hyan & Maya World vs. Divine Dominion at Zero Hour!
World and Hyan said they were opportunists, as they’ve been
racking up big wins in Ring of Honor. Hyan is a Renaissance
woman, so you know she does it all, and World is the “It
Girl” because all eyes are on her. They are two Texas girls,
so you know they love a good fight. In a stacked women’s
division, Lena Kross and Megan Bayne are at the top, and
World and Hyan are coming for their AEW Women’s World Tag
Team Titles at Dynasty Zero Hour!
Jon Moxley and the Death Riders Speak After Dynamite
We heard comments from after Dynamite, as Wheeler Yuta,
Claudio Castagnoli and PAC backed Moxley. He said Chaos in
Canada was so much fun! Congratulations to United Empire,
but would they ever want to do it again? Nobody can run with
the Death Riders. Ospreay is hellbent on breaking Moxley’s
neck. He’s done everything right in his career, maybe up
until now, with the play he’s making. Moxley said 20 minutes
is a long time to avoid making a mistake, and with Ospreay’s
neck, he can’t afford one. Screw everybody, it’s Death
Riders against the world!
For the #2 Spot in the Casino Gauntlet at AEW Dynasty: RUSH
def. Anthony Bowens
The two were very intense from the bell, although neither
could get an advantage after trading shoulder blocks and
chops. RUSH finally dropped Bowens with a big forearm and
faked Bull’s Horns to stop for a corner kick. He posed on
the mat and caught Bowens in a powerslam. Bowens came back
with a flurry of shots to the back that sent RUSH to the
floor. Bowens threw RUSH from one barricade to another
before slamming RUSH’s head off the steel steps three
straight times! RUSH blocked two suplexes, so Bowens threw
him into another barricade!
Bowens continued with the attack in the ring until RUSH
turned things around with a snap-mare out of the corner,
followed by a dropkick to the back of a seated Bowens. RUSH
kicked at Bowens in a taunting way, so Bowens threw RUSH
into the corner and fired up with chops! RUSH fought out and
put Bowens on the mat with a fireman’s carry slam that got a
near-fall. Bowens threw Rush through the ropes and brought
him back in with a twisting DDT! RUSH kicked out at two!
Bowens charged at RUSH in the corner, but RUSH was ready and
sent Bowens into the corner with an overhead throw! RUSH
tried for Bull’s Horns, but this time Bowens was ready and
fought his way out with a combo that got Bowens another
near-fall. RUSH hit Bowens with a release German suplex and
a running dropkick to send him to the floor. RUSH continued
the mauling on the floor by throwing Bowens into the
barricade. He threw Bowens back in the ring and hit Bull’s
Horns on the third attempt! RUSH pulled Bowens out of the
corner and pinned him to win the match and earn the #2 spot
in the Casino Gauntlet at Dynasty!
The Brawling Birds are Ready for All the Fights!
Lexy Nair was with the Brawling Birds before they both had a
busy weekend, starting tonight in a tag match against their
respective opponents tomorrow: Marina Shafir and AEW Women’s
World Champion Thekla. Windsor said she would address Moxley
instead of Shafir because she’s his little lapdog. She said
Ospreay will cut the head off the snake, but she’ll start by
chopping off the ass. And he doesn’t have to worry when Will
breaks his neck, but she will put Marina right next to him!
Hayter said she didn’t think Thekla would make it this far,
but the last time they stood across the ring from each
other, Thekla didn’t look like she wanted to get hit. Thekla
is going to get hit harder than she ever has been before at
Dynasty when she faces Hayter for the AEW Women’s World
Championship!
The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) with
MVP def. Andy Anderson & Mo Jabari
With the crowd filling the arena with the familiar refrain
of “WE HURT PEOPLE” and their opponents already in the ring,
it was time for the return of Lashley and Benjamin.
Lashley controlled Anderson with elbows and a shoulder block
before an impressive stalling suplex. He went over to tag
Benjamin, but Jabari tagged in first and started clubbing
Lashley in the back to a comical level of failure. Benjamin
tagged in and stopped Jabari with a knee lift. Jabari hit a
couple of chops in the corner, but Benjamin came back with a
pair of German suplexes as Anderson made a blind tag.
He walked into a Lashley spinebuster, and Benjamin ran
across the ring with a running knee lift to Jabari in the
corner. He stumbled into a spear by Lashley! Benjamin
dropped Anderson with a thrust kick and pinned him for the
easy win. The Hurt Syndicate hasn’t missed a beat!
Mina Shirakawa and Harley Cameron Commiserate Together
Lexy Nair found Harley Cameron with Mina Shirakawa after it
was reported that Cameron was commiserating with Shirakawa
when Kris Statlander was tagging with Hikaru Shida, despite
Cameron asking her first. Nair asked what they were
thinking. Cameron said all they have is hope. Statlander
shut her down, and now there is only one thing left to do.
Shirakawa produced a bottle of champagne, but Cameron
stopped her and took the bottle for herself while Shirakawa
drank from a large glass. Cameron finished the rest of the
bottle.
“Bottoms up. Tops down.”
Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. El Clon & CMLL
World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero of the Don Callis
Family
Nick and Clon started things off in this intriguing tag team
matchup. Nick was a step ahead of Clon, so Hechicero came in
from behind to attack him and then Matt. However, Nick was
able to turn things around by running the ropes for a
headscissors/armdrag combo on Hechicero and Clon. Matt
tagged in, and the Bucks sent Clon to the floor with an
assisted sunset flip. The Bucks stopped pescado attempts on
the apron and then adjusted to running hurricanranas on Clon
and Hechicero!
Back in the ring, Clon got caught in a double-team
facebuster that got the Bucks a near-fall. Clon and Matt
exchanged strikes until Clon put Matt down and flipped Matt
face-first onto his knee! Clon tied Matt up in the ropes,
and Hechiero captured Nick’s head and arm to roll him around
the ring. Clon and Hechicero tried to double-team Matt, but
Matt sent Clon to the floor and then put Hechicero down with
a standing sliced bread. Matt hit Clon with a spinning
stunner from the apron! Matt tried to tag Nick, but
Hechicero knocked Nick off the apron and swung Matt around
with El Conjuro!
Matt found himself far from his corner to make a tag and ate
a lot of offense from the Callis Family until he escaped
their grasp with a double northern lights suplex! He tagged
Nick, who came off the top with a crossbody to Hechicero and
Clon. He sent Clon to the apron and stopped a springboard
with a kick to the head. Hechicero grabbed Nick, but Nick
flipped away and ran Hechicero’s arm up the turnbuckles so
he could bring Clon down with a hurricanrana! Nick nailed
Hechicero with a Canadian Destroyer in Canada! Clon made the
save! The Bucks put Clon and Hechicero in stereo Scorpion
Death Locks! The Bucks let go of the submissions and tried
superkicks, but missed. The Bucks got tied up by their arms
and flipped on their heads, so Clon and Hechicero captured
them in double jackknives for near-falls! The Bucks came
back with superkicks, and then all four men took each other
down at the same time!
Matt tagged in, but Hechicero ran the Bucks into each other.
Hechicero took out Nick with a flying guillotine, so Matt
nailed him with a superkick. Matt faked a superkick on Clon
and hit a DDT instead, but Clon avoided the contact on the
way down! Matt threw Clon into a superkick from Nick, and
then both Bucks hit superkicks on Clon! Hechicero pulled
Nick off the apron, and Clon stunned Matt with a fadeaway
kick. Hechicero tagged back in and trapped Nick in a choke!
Matt hit a superkick on Clon and came off the top with a
splash onto Hechicero that freed Nick! Hechicero kicked out
at two! The Bucks tried a BTE Trigger, but Hechicero ducked,
and the Bucks collided! Clon came off the top, but the Bucks
caught him. Matt held Clon for a flipping piledriver, as
Nick took out Hechicero and Rocky Romero on the outside. He
flipped back in to plant Clon and get the Bucks a pinfall
victory!
Before the next match, we took a look back at how Jericho
signed his new AEW contract and picked Ricochet to face him
at Dynasty!
AEW International Championship Match: “The Rainmaker”
Kazuchika Okada of the Don Callis Family (c) def. Myron Reed
of The Rascalz
Okada was flanked by Lance Archer and Don Callis, who joined
commentary. Reed had Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier out
for his entrance before they sent him to the ring for the
biggest match of his career!
Okada backed Reed to the ropes after a tie-up and fired away
on him into the corner. Okada continued with more kicks in
the corner and clotheslined Reed over the ropes to the
apron. Okada charged through the ropes, so Reed legdropped
him across the back! Back in the ring, Reed connected with
an enzigiri and a springboard dropkick for a two count.
Okada left the ring briefly and returned, but Reed was
ready, and they fought to the corner. With Reed perched on
the top turnbuckle, Okada dropkicked him all the way to the
floor!
After dominating Reed on the floor, Okada continued this so-
far one-sided affair back in the ring. He stuck Reed with a
DDT in the ring and tried to follow with an elbow drop from
the top, but Reed put his knees up. Reed tried a crucifix
pin for a near-fall! Reed reversed Okada into a stunner and
got to his feet first. Reed used his amazing quickness to
avoid Okada multiple times until he knocked Okada to the
corner with a dropkick!. Reed trapped Okada over the second
rope and sent him into the mat with a guillotine legdrop
from the top rope! Reed covered, but Okada kicked out at
two!
Reed flew over the top with a dive that landed right on
Okada! Back in the ring, Okada grabbed Reed off the ropes
and dropped him with a neckbreaker. Okada slammed Reed and
connected with the elbow drop from the top on his second
attempt. Okada posed to flip off the crowd and set up Reed
for a Rainmaker, but Reed fought out. Okada put Reed right
back down with a perfect dropkick and tried a tombstone, but
Reed escaped and draped Okada from the top rope face-first
into the mat! With Okada on the apron, Reed leaped over the
ropes and brought Okada to the floor with a leaping cutter!
What an amazing move!
Reed threw Okada back in and came off the top with a 450
splash, but Okada got his knees up! Okada tried for a pin,
but Reed kicked out. Okada picked Reed off the mat for a
Rainmaker, but Reed reversed it into another nearfall! Reed
narrowly avoided a discus clothesline, only for Okada to
pull him into a tombstone! Okada picked Reed back up and hit
the Rainmaker for a pinfall victory!
TBS Champion Willow Nightingale Says Anyone Can Get It
Nightingale spoke after Dynamite and her victory over the
returning Queen Aminata, and over the returning Hikaru
Shida, the week before on Collision. She embraced the
“Comeback Killer” nickname given to her by Tony Schiavone
and said if there’s anyone else who wants to come back,
she’ll be waiting with the TBS Championship!
Divine Dominion Will Allow Hyan & Maya World to Face Them
Lena Kross said holding the AEW Women’s World Tag Team
Titles means they are the best and the standard, but somehow
Hyan and Maya have caught their attention as they try to
rise. Kross asked what gave them the right, but Megan Bayne
cut her off and said they’ll be gracious champions. They’ll
give them the gift of entry into their domain, but make no
mistake: Hyan and World are beneath them.
The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter) def. AEW
Women’s World Champion “The Toxic Spider” Thekla & Marina
Shafir
Thekla and Shafir attacked before the bell, and the fight
quickly spilled to the outside! Hayter got the better of
Thekla with a couple of throws into the guardrail and then
went over to help Windsor with Shafir. Shafir and Thekla
quickly turned things around, and Thekla worked Hayter over
using the barrier while Shafir put Windsor in a full nelson!
Shafir tried to get in the ring, but Windsor grabbed her
from behind and slammed her chest first! Finally, Windsor
and Shafir got in the ring, so the bell rang! However,
Hayter and Thekla were still brawling on the floor. Hayter
ran in to deliver chops with Windsor on Shafir. They turned
their attention to a charging Thekla and chopped her down.
Shafir came out of the corner with kicks to fight off Hayter
and Windsor. Shafir put Windsor down with a German suplex
and then took a cheap shot at Hayter on the apron.
Windsor remained in trouble for the next few minutes, as
Shafir and Thekla kept her away from Hayter. Windsor turned
things around when she trapped Shafir in the ropes, fought
off Thekla and then came back to Shafir for a draping DDT!
Hayter tagged in and ran over to Thekla to knock her off the
apron. Hayter hit a trifecta of German suplexes on Shafir
and then a dropkick from the second rope. Shafir trapped
Hayter in a guillotine and then delivered a stiff kick
before tagging in Thekla. Thekla caught Hayter in an
octopus, and Shafir cut off Windsor by grabbing her leg.
Windsor kicked Shafir into Thekla, which allowed Hayter to
break loose and drop Thekla with a sidewalk slam. Shafir
dropped Hayter with a German Suplex, but Windsor put her
down with a shoulder tackle. Thekla speared Windsor! Hayter
headbutted Thekla, and everyone was down!
Windsor and Shafir tagged in at the same time! They yelled
at each other as they exchanged all types of strikes until
Windsor rocked Shafir to the mat. Hayter tagged back in, and
Windsor held Shafir for Two Birds, One Stone. Thekla grabbed
Hayter by the ropes, so Hayter headbutted him on the foot.
When Hayter tried to get back in, Shafir attempted to get
Windsor in Mother’s Milk, but Windsor stomped her foot. She
lifted Shafir back up, and Hayter completed Two Birds, One
Stone to get the pin on Shafir! The Brawling Birds win!
Shafir looked up, smiling for some reason! Hayter and Thekla
exchanged words as the Birds celebrated to end Collision!
Catch AEW Dynasty LIVE on Sunday, 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on HBO
Max, Amazon Prime and PPV from Rogers Arena in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada! AEW Zero Hour begins at 7 p.m.
ET/6 p.m. CT!
And remember… We are AEW—Where The Best Wrestle!