Posted on 5/17/126 by Bob Magee
AEW Collision was back on TNT on a Saturday night, as we
came to you from Salisbury, Maryland!
Saturday night was all right for fighting and for
championship defenses, as AEW World Champion Darby Allin
successfully claimed his sixth title defense against Sammy
Guevara – and Allin already has an opponent lined up for
Wednesday in “Speedball” Mike Bailey! Plus, Willow
Nightingale defended her TBS Championship against Red
Velvet, AEW National Champion Mark Davis joined forces with
The Dogs to vanquish The Rascalz, and much more!
It was a jam-packed evening of the best pro wrestling in the
world! Here are your complete Collision results!
AEW Collision Recap Tonight for Salisbury
The Death Riders Against the World
We started the show with comments from the Death Riders
after Wednesday’s Dynamite, as Jon Moxley addressed Kyle
O’Reilly. Every time Mox steps in the ring with O’Reilly,
Mox can’t find a way to win. It’s been failure after
failure, Mox admitted. He has been tapped out by O’Reilly
twice. But the Jon Moxley of six months ago is not the same
as the Jon Moxley of today, and he’ll be even better
tomorrow. Logic should dictate that Mox stay as far away
from O’Reilly as he can, because Kyle clearly has his
number. But the thing about the Continental Championship is
that it’s good bait. All the dragons Mox wants to slay come
to his door. He will do what he has done for 22 years. He’s
going to find a way.
Claudio Castagnoli addressed his opening round opponent in
the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, Brody King. King always
brings the bark, but if steps in the ring with Claudio, in
the Owen Hart Tournament, he better bring the bite. We then
heard from PAC, Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta and Marina
Shafir, who emphasized that it’s the Death Riders against
the world – and the p***ies.
AEW World Trios Championship Eliminator Match: The
Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly and Mark
Briscoe def. Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty, “Capt.”
Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo)
The Conglomeration were out first, as Kyle O’Reilly chilled
while waiting for his teammates. Next out were STP,
accompanied by Taylor himself.
We got things started with Briscoe and Bravo, as Carlie
opened things up with a boot to the gut. Bravo and Briscoe
exchanged running the ropes before Briscoe planted some
Redneck Kung Fu on Bravo’s jaw! Bravo tagged in Moriarty, as
Briscoe made the tag to O’Reilly, pitting two of the most
technical wrestlers in AEW against each other! The two
exchanged a series of clever holds and pinfall attempts,
interspersed with strike exchanges and a bit of trash talk
aimed at Nigel McGuinness by Moriarty. O’Reilly took the
opportunity to lock Moriarty in an ankle lock, but all six
men started to brawl until The Conglomeration went to work
on Moriarty with mounted punches in the corner. Moriarty was
able to tag in Dean, who dared OC to put his hands in his
pockets. Orange obliged and got the better of Dean, then
escaped Bravo, slamming both men headfirst into the
turnbuckle multiple times! OC went to the top, but Moriarty
pulled him off of the top. Bravo and Dean then went to work
with some tandem offense on OC, before Taylor hit Cassidy
with a splash with the ref distracted!
Back from the break, STP continued to take it to Orange
Cassidy, with Taylor himself helping get in on the
punishment from all the way on the outside of the ring! But
when the official noticed the cheating, STP went spilling to
the outside, letting OC make the tag to O’Reilly, who came
in like a house of fire! O’Reilly took the advantage over
Moriarty, but when he tried to lock in an armbar, The
Infantry recovered and turned the tables! O’Reilly fought
through both members of The Infantry, and finally, Briscoe
was tagged back in as the arena erupted!
Briscoe fought off all of STP and went for a Jay Driller,
but Bravo blocked before being sent to the outside. OC hit
STP with a dive, and Briscoe grabbed a chair to go flying
over the top rope. When Taylor tried to stop him, OC took
him out, and Briscoe took out everybody! Back in the ring,
Briscoe hit the Froggy Bow on Dean, then put him away with
the Jay Driller for the win!
Will Ospreay Addresses Samoa Joe
Backstage, Ospreay addressed his Quarterfinal opponent in
the Owen Hart Tournament, Samoa Joe. Ospreay said he’d been
a little busy getting ready for the Owen, which is why he
hadn’t replied to Joe’s messages about Ospreay’s alliance
with the Death Riders. He wanted to explain something to
Joe. Ospreay had six months taken away from him by injury.
Six months of frustration and anger. And Ospreay finally had
his killshot at Dynasty, but he lost. Since then, he’s been
struggling in his matches, and the doctors even stopped one
of his matches for his own safety.
Ospreay is upset he didn’t get revenge on Mox, but he’s more
upset that maybe he can’t be the guy he’s supposed to be.
And regardless of how Ospreay feels about the Death Riders,
there’s nothing Ospreay can say that would ever make people
understand. Mox is the ace of this place. And while his
methods might be sick, people who stand next to him get
elevated. So what might happen with Mox in Ospreay’s corner?
Because no one is stopping Ospreay from winning the Owen.
The Conglomeration is Ready to Conglomerate!
Backstage, Kyle O’Reilly addressed Mox in turn, saying that
facing the AEW Continental Champion has been the biggest
test of O’Reilly’s career. O’Reilly is putting all his chips
in, and he’s going to submit Mox again.
Briscoe then stepped up, saying that he challenged Ciampa,
and he hasn’t heard a word from Tommaso. So if he’s scared,
he should step up and say something! Orange Cassidy then
encouraged Willow to say something. Nightingale said that
she’s ready to defend the TBS Title AND win the Owen Hart
Foundation Tournament – although her match against Red
Velvet was right now!
TBS Championship Match: Willow Nightingale (c) def. ROH
Women’s World Television Champion Red Velvet
And with that, it was time for Willow to make her entrance!
After the TBS Champion made her way to the ring, we heard
from Red Velvet backstage, who talked about how disrespected
she felt about not being in the Owen Hart Foundation
Tournament field and how she was going to take that out on
Willow, before she made her way down the ramp.
Both women fought to gain the early upper hand, with Willow
scoring the first pinfall attempt of the match, before both
women rose to their feet and exchanged a handshake – only
for Velvet to try to seize the moment with a quick attack
that allowed the ROH Women’s World TV Champion to back
Willow into the corner – only for the TBS Champion to duck
out of the way and batter Velvet with lariats! Velvet went
for a crucifix pin for a one-count before Willow hit a
fisherman’s suplex but missed a senton. The TBS Champ rolled
to the outside and Velvet gave chase, but Willow hit a
stalling vertical suplex on the outside as we went to
commercial.
Back from the break, Willow had Velvet in trouble in the
ring and looked for a Death Valley driver on the apron, but
Velvet fought back and seized the advantage after a missed
cannonball to the outside by Willow, scoring a near-fall
after a DDT, dual knees to the back of the head, and a
bulldog. Willow scored a two-count of her own after a
sidewalk slam, then ran Velvet into the corner, but Velvet
countered with a DDT! Willow then countered Velvet and
slammed her into the mat before trying a Babe with the
Powerbomb, but Velvet escaped! Willow slammed Velvet to the
ground once more for another two-count.
The two women exchanged blows in the center of the ring
before Nightingale took Velvet down with a huge clothesline.
Velvet was the first woman to her feet, dodging a charging
Willow in the corner and taking her up top before sending
her crashing to the mat for another two-count! Velvet
demanded that Willow get up, and Nightingale obliged,
hitting Velvet with the Pounce! Willow followed that up with
the Babe with the Powerbomb for the win!
The History of Darby Allin and Sammy Guevara
We were treated to a package recapping the history between
AEW World Champion Darby Allin and his title challenger
tonight, Sammy Guevara! As two of the original Four Pillars
of AEW, these two men have a ton of history together – with
Guevara having gotten the better of Allin more often than
not in their bouts!
Sammy Guevara Knows History is on His Side
Backstage, Guevara was with Lexy Nair, cutting her off and
saying that everyone’s favorite Pillar was about to talk.
Guevara doesn’t need to call his shot against Darby, because
the history books are on his side. So Guevara is going to
beat Allin like he’s beaten him before, and then he’s going
to beat MJF at Double or Nothing next week and shave him
bald! Sammy is the best this business has!
Darby Allin Has Words for MJF
Backstage, Lexy Nair was with Darby Allin, as she asked him
about his upcoming sixth world title defense. But Darby said
that when he arrived at the venue today, he asked if he
would see MJF. But Darby knew Max wouldn’t be at Collision,
because he’s not a company man. As for Darby? Why would he
be here? It’s because he loves this. Even if he’s risking
losing the world title, he loves it. And if he walks out
world champion tonight, Speedball? Then Darby’s ready to
give you a shot on Wednesday.
Mark Briscoe and Tommaso Ciampa Brawl En Route to Anything
Goes!
Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness started to discuss what
we’d just heard from both Guevara and Allin, only to be
alerted to a disruption in the back. Cameras caught Ciampa
and Briscoe brawling, as their fight spilled into the
ringside area, with Briscoe tossing a chair into the ring,
followed by Ciampa! Ciampa rolled out, but Briscoe hit a
cannonball onto Ciampa on the outside, then threw another
chair into the ring, then threw Ciampa back in!
Unfortunately for Briscoe, Ciampa hit him with a low blow,
then destroyed him with a chair shot to the lower back
before choking Briscoe with the chair against the bottom
turnbuckle.
Ciampa then hoisted Briscoe up onto the top turnbuckle in a
different corner, setting up a chair in the middle of the
ring. Ciampa hit Briscoe with the second chair, then looked
to hoist him up for a Psycho Killer off the top onto the
chair – but Orange Cassidy and Kyle O’Reilly ran out to make
the save! Briscoe grabbed a microphone and said that it has
become clear that the only way to handle this is with an
Anything Goes match!
The Opps’ Samoa Joe & Anthony Bowens def. The Lethal Twist’s
Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson
Before this match between dual sets of mentors and proteges,
we learned that Swerve Strickland, who ambushed ROH World
Champion Bandido (his first-round opponent in the Owen Hart
Foundation Tournament) at Friday night’s ROH Supercard of
Honor, will return to AEW television this Wednesday!
The two mentors started this one, as Joe and Lethal faced
off in the ring, with Lethal giving Joe a little bit of a
strut. Joe didn’t take too kindly to that, as he kicked
Lethal down into the corner and stomped him in the head for
good measure. Shortly thereafter, both Johnson and Bowens
tagged in, with Johnson gaining an early upper hand, before
Bowens was able to evade the speed of Johnson and started to
chop and kick his opponent down in the corner! Lethal tried
to lend Johnson a hand, but Bowens showed his new killer
instinct and fought off both men before tagging in Joe,
hitting Johnson with a leg sweep to set Joe up for a big
senton and a two-count! Joe chased Johnson to the corner,
where Lethal tried to head off the Samoan Submission
Machine. Joe fended off Lethal before Blake Christian was
able to distract Joe just long enough for The Lethal Twist
to gain the advantage as we went to break!
Back from commercial, Lethal had Joe cinched in a headlock
and tagged in Johnson. Joe tried to fight off both men, but
Johnson was able to score a near-fall after a tag that
Bowens had to think about breaking up before Joe kicked out!
Lethal and Johnson continued to take the fight to Joe, but
the former AEW World Champion planted Lethal with a power
slam and tagged in Bowens, who floored both opponents over
and over! Johnson tried to fight back, but Bowens picked
Johnson up for a flatliner! Bowens then hit Johnson with
Rock, Paper, Scissors, but Johnson and Lethal were able to
set Lethal up for a King’s Elbow! The Lethal Twist continued
their tandem offense, but Joe blocked a blow from Lethal in
the corner, then came in and destroyed both Johnson and
Lethal! Lethal tried for a figure-four leglock, but Joe
blocked and put him in a Coquina Clutch as Bowens made
Johnson tap! The Opps win!
Swerve Strickland and Bandido Are on A Collision Course
We were treated to a package going over Swerve Strickland’s
recent hunt of ROH World Champion Bandido, including
Swerve’s ambush of Bandido after the champion’s defense at
Friday’s Supercard of Honor. These two men will now meet in
the Quarterfinal of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament!
Brodido Address Swerve Together
Backstage, Lexy Nair was with both Bandido and Brody King.
King started to address Swerve, but Bandido stopped him,
saying that this is his battle. A heated Bandido told Swerve
that this is a battle he will not win! Swerve might be the
Most Dangerous, but Bandido is the Most Wanted! And after
Bandido is done with Swerve, he will no longer be a danger
to anyone!
Divine Dominion is Unstoppable
Divine Dominion gloated about how their last 5-Minute
Eliminator Challenge barely lasted two minutes. But that’s
not a stopwatch; it’s a death clock. And with another
challenge on the docket for tonight, they were expecting
simply more of the same – because there is no one who can
touch these two!
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship 5-Minute Eliminator:
Divine Dominion (Lena Kross and Megan Bayne) def. Allie
Katch & Kaia McKenna
The tag champs made their entrance with their opponents
already waiting in the ring. Bayne and Katch started things
off, with Bayne quickly establishing her dominance with a
huge dropkick and clubbing forearms. Bayne tagged Kross in,
and the two tag champs continued to beat the living hell out
of both of their opponents. Kross tagged Bayne back in, and
both hit their opponents with fallaway slams, then stereo
splashes in opposite corners and big flying clotheslines!
With that, it was time for Divine Intervention, as the tag
champs picked up the quick win in 1:57!
AEW Women’s World Championship 4-Way Should Be a Doozy
We were treated to a vibrant package recapping how we got to
the 4-Way Match for the AEW Women’s World Championship
between champion Thekla, Kris Statlander, Jamie Hayter and
Hikaru Shida coming up at next Sunday’s AEW Double or
Nothing!
Athena and Mina Come Face-to-Face
Backstage, Lexy Nair was with ROH Women’s World Champion
Athena and her opponent for the Quarterfinal of the Owen
Hart Foundation Tournament, Mina Shirakawa! Athena said that
the facts are that she has been champion for over 1,250
days, and she’s left dozens of cold bodies in her wake – and
she’s pretty sure Mina is one of them! And she’s going to
leave her dead again next to her precious Toni Storm. But
Mina said that she’s no longer going to dream about beating
Athena – she’s going to live it!
Lio Rush Says It’s Fine
We were treated to some footage from Nigel’s win against
Josh Woods at Friday night’s Ring of Honor Supercard of
Honor, then footage of Rush’s match for the ROH World TV
Title, during which Rush’s former tag team partner, Action
Andretti, cost Rush the victory.
We then saw footage from earlier today, as Nigel found Rush
sitting in a hallway. Rush sounded somewhat normal,
complimenting Nigel on his performance on Friday. Nigel said
that he wanted to talk about last night, asking Rush about
what happened with Andretti. Rush said that it’s fine. These
things happen. Friends get upset. It’s fine. It’s … fine.
When McGuinness walked away, Rush removed his sunglasses to
reveal red irises as a sickening liquid leaked out of the
corners of his mouth.
Trios Match: Don Callis Family’s Mark Davis & The Dogs’
David Finlay and Clark Connors def. The Rascalz (Myron Reed,
Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier)
The AEW National Champion and The Dogs were out first, after
The Dogs harassed someone on the production team once more.
The Rascalz were out next, and this match was underway!
Xavier and Davis started things in the ring, although The
Dogs immediately made their presence felt – only for Xavier
to level both with a single dropkick! That gave The Rascalz
a chance to team up on Davis in the corner. But when The
Rascalz tossed Davis against the ropes, The Dogs were quick
to pull him to safety!
The fight spilled to the outside from there, with The Dogs
taking out Reed and Wentz while Davis and Xavier went to war
in the ring. Wentz and Reed made their way back into the
ring as they triple teamed Davis once more. The Dogs were
quick to help their teammate, however, taking down Wentz
with some tandem offense before Davis splashed the Rascal
for good measure as we went to commercial!
Back from the break, The Dogs had Wentz in trouble, but he
was able to evade both – until Connors put him on the mat
with a huge shoulder tackle. Connors tossed Wentz into the
rope, but the Rascal bounced back with a spinning kick to
take down the Dog before tagging in Reed! Reed went to work
on The Dogs, hitting a head kick on Finlay then taking out
Connors, before both he and Xavier hit double superkicks on
Finlay for a two-count! Wentz tagged back in, as The Rascalz
went for triple-team offense in the corner. But Davis threw
Reed off the top rope, and he and The Dogs cleared house!
Davis begged for the tag, which he received, then climbed
the top rope, only for Xavier to take him down with a
superplex! The Rascalz then hit stereo dives to the outside
on all three opponents!
The Rascalz dragged Davis back into the ring and hit him
with an innovative dropkick, followed by three splashes onto
the prone AEW National Champion – but only for a two-count,
as The Dogs made the save, before blasting The Rascalz on
the outside! Reed tried to take them out, but Davis stopped
Reed and floored him with a huge clothesline before Close
Your Eyes and Count to Three! The Dogs finished Reed off
with The Clip for the win!
TayJay is Back!
Backstage, we heard from Anna Jay after her recent return
against Willow Nightingale. Jay said that Willow might have
taken the win, but she certainly didn’t kill Jay’s comeback.
And with that, we saw Jay reunite with Tay Melo. And they
said that if anyone wants to find out what happens next,
just try them.
AEW World Championship Match (No Count Outs): Darby Allin
(c) def. LFI’s “The Spanish God” Sammy Guevara
It was time for our main event! Guevara was out first, as he
set up tables around the ring for this No Countout match.
When Allin kneeled in the ring over his AEW World Title
before the bell, Guevara jumped him, taking Allin to the
outside and setting up one of the tables at the entrance
ramp. Guevara then grabbed a ladder and set that up just in
front of the table. Guevara floored Allin with a running
knee, then placed Allin on the table and climbed the ladder.
Guevara leaped from the heavens and crashed through Allin
and the table!
Both men somehow made their way back into the ring, where
Allin reversed the tables (figuratively) and cinched in a
Scorpion Death Lock! But the damage from the table crash had
clearly been done, as Allin seemed to pass out and collapse
onto the mat in the midst of the hold! But there was no
sympathy from Guevara, who hit a springboard splash onto the
world champion for a two-count! Guevara followed up with
another near-fall, then hoisted Allin up onto the top
turnbuckle, only for Allin to fend off Guevara and send him
crashing to the mat. Allin got into position for a Coffin
Drop, but Guevara shoved him off the turnbuckle, sending
Allin crashing to the floor! Guevara continued to take the
fight to Allin, taunting the world champion as we went to
commercial!
Back from the break, Allin and Guevara continued their war
on the apron, with the world champion sending the challenger
hurtling with a shotgun dropkick! Allin then went flying
toward Guevara, but his toes caught the bottom rope as
Guevara also countered with a cutter! Guevara went for a
springboard in the ring, but Allin caught him in a choke!
Guevara powered to his feet but collapsed with Allin on his
back. Guevara eventually made his way to the rope for the
break. Allin climbed the turnbuckles again, but Guevara
countered, seizing the advantage against the bruised and
battered world champion. Guevara took Allin to the top rope
once more, but Allin fought him off, only for Guevara to
flip backward off the top rope, charge back up the ropes,
and hit Allin with a huge Spanish Fly for a two-count!
Guevara continued to bring the punishment against Allin, but
somehow, someway, the world champion was able to leap off
the middle rope and turn himself into a missile to take down
Guevara before hitting him with a Code Red for a two-count!
But Guevara recovered and lifted Allin onto his shoulders
for a GTH! Guevara hit another! But he wasn’t done, as
Guevara went to the top rope for a frog splash and a pin
attempt – but Darby kicked out AGAIN! What a match!
Guevara took things to the outside, setting up one of the
original tables just outside the ring, before climbing up to
the top of the nearest turnbuckle. Guevara went for a 630
splash, but Allin rolled out of the way! The world champ
threw Guevara into the ring and hit a Coffin Drop for the
win! That’s six world title defenses for Allin – and the
champ has said that “Speedball” Mike Bailey is next on
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