Posted on 8/11/124 by Bob Magee
CONTAINS SPOILERS
This Saturday AEW presented the next stop on the PATH TO AEW
ALL IN: SUMMER SERIES! Tonight’s episode of AEW COLLISION
was broadcast on TNT from the Esports Stadium in Arlington,
TX!
It’s Saturday night and you know what that means! Let’s
collide!
Tony Schiavone and former ROH World Champion Nigel
McGuinness were the broadcast team for tonight’s event.
Darby Allin & Hologram
vs.
Premier Athletes—Tony Nese & Josh Woods (with “Smart” Mark
Sterling & Ariya Daivari)!
Josh Woods shoved Hologram into the corner. Nese tagged in
but Hologram hit an arm drag on Nese. Darby grabbed a tag
and he and Hologram overwhelmed Nese with a flurry of
offensive.
“Great synergy for a new team,” said Nigel.
Sterling grabbed Darby’s ankle from outside the ring and
Woods took advantage of the distraction Sterling created
with a German Suplex on Darby. Woods dumped Darby with a
back breaker-lariat combination.
Nese smelled blood in the water and tagged his partner. Nese
cradled Darby for a near fall. Darby fought his way out of
the opposition’s corner and made the tag to Hologram.
Hologram spiked Woods with a DDT and followed up with a
rising knee strike.
Sterling interfered again, grabbing Hologram’s ankle from
the ring apron, but Darby came to Hologram’s aid with a
Coffin Drop to the outside. Hologram took down Woods with a
crucifix pin and scored the 1-2-3!
“Hologram is 4-0 and his undefeated streak continues,” said
Tony Schiavone.
Texas Bull Rope Match!
Thunder Rosa vs. “The Virtuosa” Deonna Purrazzo!
Thunder Rosa connected with two lariats and a sit out
senton. She grounded and pounded Deonna. “The Virtuosa” left
the ring but Thunder Rosa yanked the rope and pulled Deonna
hard into the ring apron. Thunder Rosa whipped Deonna into
the steel ring steps. Thunder Rosa cracked Deonna with a
backstabber in the ring!
Deonna gained control of the cowbell, clocking Thunder Rosa
in the head with it, drawing first blood! Back in the ring,
Thunder Rosa pulled Deonna off the top rope and onto a pile
of steel chairs that Deonna had brought into the ring.
Thunder Rosa dropkicked Deonna in the face, sandwiching her
between the turnbuckles and a steel chair.
Deonna managed to put Thunder Rosa in the Tree of Woe in the
turnbuckles. Deonna speared Thunder Rosa, who had been
tangled upside down in the corner. Deonna power bombed
Thunder Rosa and followed up with a Gotch style piledriver,
but Thunder Rosa kicked out at the two-count.
Deonna put Thunder Rosa on a table in the ring and whipped
her with the bull rope. Deonna climbed up the turnbuckles,
but Thunder Rosa met her up there and smashed Deonna through
the table with an avalanche bulldog. Thunder Rosa planted
Deonna with a shoulder breaker and scored the pinfall
victory!
FTR—Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler
vs.
The Outrunners—Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum!
Truth knocked down Cash with a shoulder tackle and then
posed. Cash fired back with shoulder tackles of his own, and
then flexed. The Outrunners smashed Cash with a double elbow
drop. Cash tagged out to Dax and he and Cash ruled the ring,
knocking both Outrunners over the top rope with
clotheslines.
Dax chopped down Truth with a big lariat. Dax dumped Turbo
on his head with five consecutive German Suplexes followed
up by a piledriver! FTR pumped the brakes on Turbo with the
Shatter Machine and picked up the pin!
Lexy Nair was backstage to interview Kip Sabian!
Sabian: “This is more than about me. This is about my dad.”
AEW Trios Champion Nick Wayne interrupted Kip Sabian!
Nick: “Hey Kip. Why are you still in my business? Are you
obsessed with me? I don’t blame you. I’m the youngest
crowned champion in the history of this company, but after
five years you’re still a nobody. I’m tired of these games
but I’m going to put an end to it this week on Rampage when
I step into the ring with you one on one. I guarantee your
dad died a loser, and I’m going to make sure you go out the
same way.”
Rush vs. Preston Vance!
Preston got into Rush’s face and said, “This is your
family!”
Don Callis was watching from backstage.
Preston planted Rush with a spinebuster. Rush grabbed
Preston and whipped him into the guardrails outside the
ring. Rush battered Preston with chops and then chomped on
Preston’s forehead.
Back in the ring, Preston rocked Rush with a discus lariat.
Preston charged at Rush, but Rush countered with a suplex,
launching Preston into the turnbuckles. Rush smoked Preston
with the Bull’s Horns and pinned Preston.
Don Callis smiled backstage as Rush picked up another
victory here in AEW.
After the match, Rush smashed Preston Vance with the Bull’s
Horns again! Referees ran down to prevent Rush from
inflicting anymore punishment on Preston.
Open Challenge Eliminator Match!
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland (with Prince Nana)
vs.
“The Stone Pitbull” Tomohiro Ishii!
Swerve pulled out a quick dropkick on Ishii. The champ was
cool, calm and collected here. Ishii knocked down Swerve
with a shoulder tackle. Swerve fired off forearms, but Ishii
didn’t budge.
Swerve switched strategies on the fly and nailed Ishii with
a side suplex. Swerve took flight, vaulting over the top
rope, flipping, and landing on Ishii on the arena floor!
Ishii superplexed Swerve for a near fall! Swerve ate a
lariat from Ishii. Swerve face planted Ishii for a two-
count. Ishii staggered the champ with a headbutt, but Swerve
rallied back with a headbutt and a brain buster for a near
fall!
Ishii ducked the House Call and ran into Swerve with a
lariat, showing his fighting spirit! Swerve put an end to
Ishii’s momentum with a double foot stomp. Swerve connected
with the House Call out of nowhere and pinned Ishii!
Claudio Castagnoli was backstage with strong words for AEW
Continental Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada!
They’ll be having a face-to-face this Wednesday on Dynamite!
Lexy Nair interviewed Kris Statlander and Stokely Hathaway
in the ring!
Lexy had breaking news: an official challenge had been
issued for All In: Zero Hour where it’ll be Willow
Nightingale and Tomohiro Ishii against Kris Statlander and—
Stokely Hathaway interrupted Lexy!
Stokely: “I know exactly what Willow is up to and I think
it’s tacky and disgusting that Willow needs this short, bald
guy to follow her around to do her evil bidding.”
Lexy: “Before you cut me off. In this specific challenge,
there is a specific partner for Kris and that partner is
you, Stokely Hathaway.”
Statlander: “We accept!”
Lexy Nair was backstage with Top Flight—Dante & Darius
Martin, Leila Grey, and Action Andretti!
MxM Collection showed up and insulted them. Action Andretti
told them that talk was cheap and issued a challenge.
Mansoor declined, saying he broke a nail in his last match,
so he was not cosmetically cleared to compete tonight. Lio
Rush walked onto the set with a message from Tony Khan.
“Next week it’s Top Flight against MxM Collection on
Collision!”
Up next: Hikaru Shida vs. Aleah James!
Shida hit a German Suplex on James. Shida followed up with a
swinging neck breaker on the mat, and then cracked Aleah
James with a knee strike. Shida landed the Falcon Arrow and
pinned Aleah James in decisive fashion!
“Shida was very aggressive tonight, more than usual,” said
Tony Schiavone.
Jim Ross had a sit-down interview with “American Dragon”
Bryan Danielson!
Danielson: “When you signed me 24 years ago, I was like,
whoa. And here we are 24 years later and I’m ending my
career and it’s just an honor to be here with you. I look
back at all this stuff and it feels like there’s all these
moments that I’ll just never understand. I watched you as a
kid and here I am with you now.
“As far as my body breaking down or things I worry about, I
think of my neck and concussions. Honestly, I also think of
all the ways my body has served me well. When I look back at
what I had to do to get noticed…and the odds are I’ll have
to get neck surgery before the end of this year. That’s the
reality of it.
“I’ve had four opportunities to win the AEW World
Championship before and if you asked me before each time, I
would have said ‘I’m ready.’ And then each time I failed.
But the interesting thing is, each time I failed, I learned
something about myself. And this’ll be 25 years in
wrestling, and I think mentally I’m the best I’ve ever been.
I think I’m the most mentally strong I’ve ever been in my
career, and I think that’s what’s going to pull me through.”
Lexy Nair interviewed Hikaru Shida backstage!
Shida: “The last time we spoke I called out Britt Baker and
she got a win on Dynamite. Congratulations, Britt. Now we’re
two and two and one day we will settle the score. But for
now, I need a chance to go back to Wembley and the last
chance is Mercedes Mone. I am three-time World champion. I
am the ace of this division. So put the TBS Title on the
line this Wednesday and after I take the title it’ll be me
who goes on to Wembley!”
Number One Contenders Match for the AEW World Trios
Championship at All In: London!
The House of Black—Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews, & Brody
King
vs.
Bang Bang Gang—Juice Robinson & The Gunns—Austin & Colten!
(With Christian Cage as the Special Guest Referee!)
“Who is going to face The Patriarchy? Let’s find out now,”
said Nigel.
The Bang Bang Gang triple teamed Buddy with a flurry of
offense. Juice cracked Buddy with a headbutt. Matthews
crawled to his corner, making the tag to Malakai. Malakai
used a leg sweep on Juice.
Brody rocketed out of the ring and wiped out the Bang Bang
Gang with a tope suicida! Juice jabbed at Brody. Colten
dropkicked Brody. Juice splashed Malakai with a cannonball
in the corner.
Brody got blasted with the 3:10 to Yuma but Buddy jumped in
to break up the pin attempt. Black wiped out Austin with the
End kick! Colten nailed Black with a spinning neck breaker.
Brody walloped Colten with a Bossman Slam! Juice spiked
Brody with a DDT. Buddy jumped on Juice with a meteora!
Both teams were down for the count! Christian began the 10-
count! Buddy got to his feet, but Christian Cage speared
him, calling for the bell, claiming neither team made it to
their feet before the 10-count!
The Patriarchy members rushed to the ring! The Patriarchy
assaulted both teams with steel chairs!
“What happened here!?” asked Tony Schiavone.
“This seems to have worked out in the favor of the
Patriarchy,” said Nigel.
“Look at this! They are trying to take out all the teams!
They are trying to take out all the competition,” yelled
Tony Schiavone.
“Come Wembley Stadium there will be no one to challenge the
Patriarchy for the Trios titles,” replied Nigel.
“That’s exactly what they wanted! Who is going to contend
for the World Trios Championships at Wembley? Who is going
to stop Christian Cage and the Patriarchy?” asked Tony.
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from
Chartway Arena in Norfolk, VA!
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