Posted on 6/07/126 by Bob Magee
AEW Collision was LIVE on TNT and HBO Max from the Covelli
Centre in Youngstown, Ohio, and what an unpredictable night
it was, including a pair of championship matches and a
quarterfinal matchup in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament!
The night began with AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions
Divine Dominion turning away their toughest challenge yet
from TayJay. The Conglomeration, meanwhile, had their third
successful defense of the AEW World Trios Titles by beating
La Facción Ingobernable. After the match, Orange Cassidy was
challenged to face Andrade El Ídolo this Wednesday at Summer
Blockbuster and accepted!
In the main event, Hazuki beat Persephone to advance to the
Semifinals of the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament,
where she will meet Mercedes Moné – but Moné didn’t want to
wait and wound up brawling with Hazuki to bring Collision to
a chaotic close!
The issues between Shane Taylor Promotions and the Death
Riders only deepened after what went down in Youngstown. AEW
Continental Champion Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and PAC
beat The Infantry and ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty after
interference from both sides. However, Taylor made the
biggest impact of the night by taking out Wheeler Yuta
backstage to get Moxley to agree to a Continental
Championship match on Dynamite!
All that and so much more went down on a huge night in
Youngstown for Collision! Here are your complete results.
AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship Match: Divine
Dominion ("Megasus" Megan Bayne and "Colossal" Lena Kross)
(c) def. TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay)
TayJay earned this match last week by lasting five minutes
against Divine Dominion, although it’s fair to say TayJay
was much closer to victory.
Jay and Bayne pie-faced each other to open the match, but
Jay hit a hook kick to knock Bayne on her heels. Bayne
dropped Jay with a shoulder tackle and broke a bearhug by
running Jay into the corner. Bayne ran into a boot in the
corner and missed a splash in the opposite corner. Jay hit a
spin kick to knock Bayne back into the corner and tried for
a springboard bulldog, but Bayne threw her away and cracked
Jay with a forearm across the chest. Kross tagged in for an
early Divine Intervention, but Jay broke out of it and got
Bayne and Kross to run into each other so she could tag
Melo!
Melo and Jay alternated elbow strikes to Kross and followed
with a basement Blockbuster followed by a running knee.
During the cover attempt, Bayne accidentally splashed Kross
to break it up. Divine Dominion nearly collided with each
other on a reversal in the middle of the ring, so TayJay
took advantage of the hesitation with strikes. TayJay hit a
double superkick on Kross and sent Bayne over the top with a
low bridge. Jay and Melo each went to the top rope at
adjacent corners and flew to the floor, landing on Kross and
Bayne with crossbodies!
Kross and Bayne survived the onslaught and turned things
around, making Jay their uninterrupted target for several
minutes. Jay was in massive trouble when she ate boots from
both Bayne and Kross, followed by a huge German Suplex by
Bayne out of the corner. Jay showed some moxie with a solid
kickout at two, keeping their championship hopes alive. Jay
tried to strike her way free of Kross, but Kross stopped
that with one huge forearm. Jay caught Kross with a
desperation bulldog and tagged Melo as Kross tagged Bayne.
Melo avoided Bayne in the corner and came back with three
huge pump kicks to Bayne! She followed by stomping Bayne to
the mat. Another big knee allowed Melo to spike Bayne with a
DDT for a near-fall!
Melo tagged Jay, but Bayne got loose and tagged Kross.
TayJay hit Divine Dominion with big boots to send them to
the corner. They alternated clotheslines in the corners
until a double DDT on Kross, but Bayne was there to make the
save. Bayne knocked Melo off the apron, so Bayne was clear
to hit a pump kick on Jay, who was also German suplexed by
Kross. Jay was covered, but Melo made it back in to break up
the pin. Melo cracked Bayne with a forearm, but Kross
knocked Melo down with a savate kick. Jay dropped Kross with
a superkick. Bayne flew out of the corner with a clothesline
to Jay, and everyone was down! Youngstown chanted “A-E-W!”
Jay slipped out of Kross’ grasp and tried to lock in a
sleeper, but Bayne broke it up. Melo tried to throw Bayne
out of the ring, but Bayne reversed it, and Melo went to the
outside. Bayne followed, but back in the ring, Jay almost
snatched Kross for a three-count. Jay locked Kross in the
Queen’s Slayer! Kross fought and broke it up by smashing Jay
into the corner. The referee didn’t see Bayne grab Jay by
the hair and throw her to the mat. Kross tagged Bayne, and
they planted Jay with Divine Intervention. Bayne covered,
and Kross stopped Melo from making the save, so Divine
Dominion got the pinfall victory! While Divine Dominion
celebrated, Melo was beside herself on the apron.
Swerve Strickland and Brody King Will Clash at Summer
Blockbuster
We took a look at the violent history between Strickland and
King before they meet this Wednesday at Summer Blockbuster
in the semifinals of the Owen Cup. The winner will face Will
Ospreay at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. Swerve reiterated
he’ll win by any means necessary.
Don Callis Family Destroys Innocent Bystanders
As Jake Doyle and Lance Archer decimated some poor
bystanders, Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta laughed as Romero
explained why they had to cut Konosuke Takeshita out of the
Don Callis Family. Beretta said Takeshita has been replaced
by TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight. They have new
clothes, while Takeshita has a backpack.
Shane Taylor (w/ Shane Taylor Promotions) def. Alan Angels
Accompanied by the rest of Shane Taylor Promotions, Shane
Taylor made his way to ringside for our next match. However,
there was a bit of a detour for ROH Pure Champion Lee
Moriarty, as he stopped to taunt Nigel McGuinness at the
commentary desk. Meanwhile, Taylor began the match by
brutalizing Angels in the corner and nearly knocking him out
with one blow, very similar to what he did to AEW
Continental Champion Jon Moxley last week. Angels had a
brief window of hope, but Taylor slammed it shut with a huge
right hand to knock Angels out of midair. He finished Angels
with the Marcus Garvey Driver for the dominant pinfall win.
Shane Taylor Calls Out the Death Riders!
Taylor got on the mic after the match and explained that the
Death Riders were considered the most violent group in AEW
for years. They were willing to go further than anyone to do
what they had to do, but that changes right now. Shane
Taylor Promotions will be the most violent group AEW has
ever seen. Taylor said, “Jonathan Moxley, you said it was
real simple, right? If we wanted everything you got, all we
had to do was beat your ass. I’ll take that bet, son. Why
don’t you bring your ass down here? Bring your crew and
let’s see if you can rumble, bad man, rumble?”
We immediately heard the familiar guitar riff and were taken
outside the arena, where Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and PAC
made their way in and were met by the rest of the Death
Riders as they moved through the crowd for the next match.
Taylor remained at ringside and joined commentary.
Trios Match: Death Riders (AEW Continental Champion Jon
Moxley, PAC and Claudio Castagnoli) def. Shane Taylor
Promotions (ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty and The
Infantry’s "Capt." Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo)
Moxley insisted he start, and Moriarty was more than willing
to begin things for STP. The crowd broke out in a “Let’s go,
Moxley!” chant, as he was wrestling in his home state of
Ohio.
Moriarty took Moxley down with a cravat and controlled the
AEW Continental Champion on the mat until Moxley stopped all
that with one chop. Moxley took a moment to jaw-jack with
Dean and Bravo, which allowed Moriarty to tackle him into
the corner. The Infantry unloaded on Moxley, and Bravo
tagged in for the first time. He lit Moxley up with chops
and punches in the neutral corner, so Moxley marched to the
other corner, and Bravo got him again. Moxley stopped Bravo
with one big shot and unloaded with strikes while he mounted
Bravo on the turnbuckles. Bravo ran into an armbar, so
Moxley brought him over the corner and PAC tagged in while
Moxley took the chance to bite Bravo’s fingers! PAC dropped
Bravo with a snap suplex and followed with a running
uppercut in the corner. A weak cover didn’t keep Bravo down,
so PAC chopped him back to the corner for Castagnoli to tag
into the match. He nailed an uppercut and almost toyed with
Bravo with a gutwrench suplex from the ground, but the pin
was broken up to keep STP alive. Bravo tried to strike his
way free, and that was a poor idea, as Castagnoli alternated
chops and uppercuts in the corner.
Bravo ran Castagnoli into the STP corner so all three could
tee off on the Death Rider. That brought Moxley and PAC
across the ring to take Moriarty and Dean to the floor.
Castagnoli and Bravo slugged it out in the ring while Moxley
dumped Bravo into the front row! PAC remained in control of
Bravo until a well-timed trip by Dean allowed Bravo to hit a
leg drop on PAC while he was laid across the apron! Dean
tagged in and kept PAC in the corner to continue the
advantage, but took the referee’s attention away so Bravo
and Christyan XO could do some extra damage to PAC. Bravo
tagged back in and mounted PAC for nine punches before
biting PAC’s head in a clear mockery of Moxley’s typical
offense. Dean got on Bravo’s shoulders to celebrate for a
bit, and then Bravo threw him into PAC. Bravo hit a discus
lariat, and Dean came off the second rope with a diving
clothesline! PAC kicked out in the nick of time!
Moxley paced the apron like a caged animal, which fired up
the crowd to chant, “WE WANT MOXLEY!” STP pulled PAC all the
way back to their corner, much to the chagrin of the crowd
and Moxley. The Infantry double-teamed PAC in the corner
with Bravo hitting a crossover combo to stun PAC. Dean hit
BBC on PAC for the second week in a row, as STP posed for
the camera. Moxley had enough and came around the ring to
attack them! He was outnumbered, but that gave PAC just
enough time to recover, so when Moriarty charged in, PAC
sent him into the turnbuckles and threw him across the ring
with a release German suplex! Castagnoli tagged in and
decked Bravo. He dropped Dean with a sidewalk slam and
sprinted back to the corner with a devastating uppercut to
Dean before absolutely unloading with a rapid succession of
strikes. With the referee admonishing Castagnoli, he brought
Dean out of the corner, just to blast him right back into it
and lay in even more forearms to the point he was nearly
disqualified! Castagnoli put Bravo on the top turnbuckle and
ripped him down with a snapmare.
Bravo tried to fight away from a Giant Swing, so Castagnoli
brought him back to the middle of the ring and flipped him
into position for a Neutralizer. Moriarty jumped on
Castagnoli’s back with a choke, so Castagnoli slammed him
into the corner, and PAC made a blind tag. Castagnoli took
Bravo down and put him in the Giant Swing until Moxley
stopped it with a dropkick. Moxley nailed Moriarty with a
cutter and then dove through the ropes to take him out
again! PAC hit a running boot on Bravo and went up top, so
Taylor came off commentary and got on the apron. With the
referee distracted, Trish Adora pulled PAC off the
turnbuckles, and he landed hard! Daniel Garcia and Wheeler
Yuta pulled Taylor off the apron. Garcia threw punches,
while Yuta ran in the ring to get a head of steam and dove
back outside to knock Taylor into the commentary desk!
Back in the ring, PAC struggled to his feet while XO was on
the apron to distract the referee. Adora came into the ring
with a chair, but she took too long, and Marina Shafir
hopped over the guardrail to hit the ring. Adora turned
around into a violent kick to the face, and Shafir went
across the ring to knock XO off the apron. Shafir and Adora
brawled on the floor, while Moxley, Castagnoli, Garcia and
Yuta ran the conveyor belt of strikes on Bravo in the
corner. At the same time, the referee checked on PAC in
another corner, which allowed Garcia and Yuta to get their
illegal shots in undetected. Castagnoli held Bravo while PAC
built up a ton of momentum for a clothesline that crumpled
Bravo to the mat. PAC locked on the Brutalizer for the
submission and a wild Death Riders victory. On the outside,
Moriarty grabbed a chair and looked in the direction of
McGuinness before Taylor got him to leave. The Death Riders
held the ring as STP regrouped up the ramp.
After the match, we reviewed the wild events of Dynamite,
including MJF’s successful AEW World Title defense over RUSH
in a match with no countouts. Plus, Will Ospreay beat AEW
National Champion Mark Davis to punch his ticket to the Owen
Cup Finals at Forbidden Door. And last year’s Owen Cup
Champion, Mercedes Moné, returned as the Wild Card to beat
Alex Windsor in the quarterfinals. She’ll face the winner of
tonight’s main event between Hazuki and Persephone.
“Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa def. BEEF
Ciampa teased a test of strength and booted BEEF to get the
quick advantage, but he missed a wild right hand when BEEF
cartwheeled out of the way and dropkicked Ciampa! What
agility from the big man, and the crowd loves it! He crushed
Ciampa in the corner with a running clothesline and followed
with another on the opposite side. BEEF tried a running
bulldog, so Ciampa grabbed him by the hair to pull him to
the ground. Ciampa knocked BEEF down with a knee strike and
backed into the corner to lower his kneepad to lay out BEEF
with a bicycle knee. That would have been enough to win, but
Ciampa decided to send a message to Jericho by locking BEEF
in the Liontamer to get the submission victory.
Tommaso Ciampa Sends a Violent Message to Jericho
Ciampa attacked BEEF after the bell and stomped him to the
floor. Ciampa yelled at commentary to let Jericho know that
he’s coming. Ciampa put BEEF in the Liontamer on the floor
once again and asked for a microphone! Tony Schiavone
brought one over, and Ciampa demanded Schiavone say that
Ciampa is better than Jericho or he’d break BEEF’s back!
Schiavone said, “You’re better than Jericho.” Ciampa didn’t
think that was enough and demanded he say, “Tommaso Ciampa
is better than Chris Jericho!” Schiavone begrudgingly
obliged, so Ciampa let go and took the microphone. He made
sure everyone heard it and said Schiavone is 100 years old
and has known Jericho his entire career.
“You can’t run, and you can’t hide forever. The Psycho
Killer is waiting for you, snake!”
Shane Taylor and Trish Adora Take Out Wheeler Yuta!
Nigel McGuiness said there was a commotion in the back,
where Trish Adora told a camera to follow her to Shane
Taylor. Taylor wanted Moxley to answer one question for him:
“Am I my brother’s keeper?” He stepped back to reveal a
beaten Wheeler Yuta and said Moxley failed. “Maybe all that
time at the top has made the Death Riders soft!”
Taylor told Yuta he could blame Moxley for this ass-
whopping. He spoke to the camera again and said next week,
we’re in Moxley’s hometown, Cincinnati, so why don’t they
show how nasty the ‘Nati really gets? STP doesn’t fear the
Death Riders, but the Death Riders have every reason to fear
STP.
“Let’s see how you rumble, bad man.”
Taylor slammed Yuta’s head into the metal garage and walked
off with Adora.
The Dogs' "100 Proof" Clark Connors def. Bang Bang Gang's
Juice Robinson
Before making their way through the curtain, Connors and
David Finlay threatened a crew member with a match, as has
become a custom, unfortunately, before their entrances.
Robinson got a huge reaction when he came out, but Connors
took advantage and attacked him at the bell. Robinson fought
through it and unloaded on Connors before putting him down
with a hip toss, bodyslam, Manhattan Drop and Russian Leg
Sweep for a near-fall.
Robinson tried to go into his jabs, so Connors bailed to the
floor. Robinson taunted him by raising his leg in a
relieving fashion. Connors went to the other side, so
Robinson chased him and connected with a cannonball to the
floor! Connors ran Robinson into the apron, then into the
metal barricade. Connors produced a box of matches and threw
a lit one at Robinson, although it appeared to go out before
connecting with Robinson’s chest. Connors beat Robinson
around ringside while McGuinness recited the lyrics of
“Youngstown” by Bruce Springsteen, which provided quite the
soundtrack to Connors’ assault of Robinson. Connors brought
Robinson back in and whipped him to the corner hard, which
knocked Robinson to the mat. Connors lazily covered, so
Robinson was able to kick out, although he was clearly in
trouble.
Connors kept Robinson grounded with relentless offense,
which kept Robinson in trouble until he was able to punch
his way back into the match, only for Connors to pounce
Robinson in the knee. Robinson kicked out at two, and the
crowd chanted, “Let’s go Juice!” That helped because
Robinson walked through Connors’ strikes until he dropped
him with a shoulder tackle and a bionic elbow followed by a
senton splash. Robinson lit up Connors with jabs and strikes
into the corner. He backed up and nailed a cannonball!
Robinson drove Connors down with a powerbomb, but Connors
was able to kick out. Robinson pulled Connors into a Pulp
Friction attempt, so Connors pushed him away and hit a
powerslam out of nowhere for another near-fall!
Connors measured Robinson for a spear, but Robinson jumped
over it and put Connors down with a flapjack. Connors rolled
to the floor, so Robinson followed down with a pescado.
Finlay ran down with his shillelagh, but Robinson ducked it
and nailed Finlay with the Left Hand of God! Back in the
ring, Robinson nailed Connors with a leg lariat and peppered
Connors with jabs until he dropped Connors on his knee with
the Left Hand of God! Robinson tried for Juice is Loose, but
Connors pushed him away right into a shillelagh shot from
Finlay that went undetected by the referee. Connors hit a
spear and pinned Robinson for the win! The Gunns and Ace
Austin ran down to stop Finlay and Connors from doing any
more damage to Robinson.
TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Contestants Are
Ready
We learned much of the field for the TBS Championship
Survival of the Fittest when Hikaru Shida and Kris
Statlander took some verbal jabs at each other in pre-
recorded comments. Mina Shirakawa and Harley Cameron are
also part of the field, and both said they were ready, as
did Queen Aminata and Zayda Steel!
Jon Moxley Accepts Shane Taylor’s AEW Continental
Championship Challenge
Moxley said Shane Taylor has gone to extraordinary lengths
tonight because he wants what Moxley has, and that means
taking out Wheeler Yuta. Would Moxley have done the same?
Maybe, but Moxley wouldn’t make that move unless he was
absolutely sure. Moxley said when they go one-on-one, Taylor
will find out he’s not who he thought he was. Moxley said
he’s going to give Taylor exactly what he asked for this
Wednesday on Dynamite!
AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Conglomeration
(Orange Cassidy, Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) (c) def.
La Facción Ingobernable (RUSH, Dralístico & ROH World Tag
Team Champion Sammy Guevara)
With his glasses on, Cassidy started things against Guevara.
Guevara spun on the mat and posed. Cassidy slowly spun and
did a pose of his own. They both tried for dropkicks and
went to a standoff, so Guevara offered a handshake. Cassidy
tried a light kick, but Guevara quickly cut him off. Strong
made a blind tag and put Guevara down with a shoulder
tackle. He hip-tossed Cassidy onto Guevara and covered
Guevara for a one-count. O’Reilly tagged in and he double-
teamed Guevara with repeated strikes alongside Strong in the
corner. Cassidy tagged in and went to the top rope, but
slowly climbed down and hit a much safer elbow drop to
Guevara over Strong’s knee.
Guevara poked Cassidy in the eyes and knocked him to the LFI
corner. All three members of LFI came in the ring for
running strikes to Cassidy in the corner, so Strong and
O’Reilly tried to come in, and that pulled the attention
away from the referee. Guevara faked jumping off the top
onto Cassidy, only to drop down and poke him in the eyes.
Cassidy backdropped Guevara and tagged Strong! He knocked
RUSH off the apron and hit a backbreaker on Guevara before
throwing him into Dralístico. Strong used Cassidy as a
weapon to throw him into Guevara in one corner and
Dralístico in another. RUSH came in, so Strong threw Cassidy
into RUSH and RUSH pushed Cassidy back into Strong and
blasted Cassidy in the face! O’Reilly kicked RUSH in the
face, so Dralístico knocked him to the floor. Guevara came
off the top rope all the way to the floor with a beautiful
moonsault to Strong!
LFI stayed on Strong, as he became the isolated member of
the champions. LFI used a triple-team attack in the corner
and followed with a triple dropkick to a seated Strong. RUSH
covered, but Cassidy broke it up, so RUSH threw him to the
floor. Strong and RUSH traded chops in the corner and
strikes in the middle of the ring. RUSH nailed a headbutt,
but Strong pushed through it for a diving lariat to knock
RUSH down. O’Reilly and Dralístico tagged in at the same
time, but O’Reilly put Dralístico down quickly with his
signature knee and kick combo. Guevara attacked O’Reilly, so
O’Reilly followed him to the ropes with a knee and took him
down to the mat. Dralístico tried to attack, so O’Reilly put
him in an ankle lock. Guevara superkicked O’Reilly, who
bounced off the bottom rope and ate double superkicks from
Guevara and Dralístico. O’Reilly bounced off again and took
Guevara and Dralístico down with a diving double
clothesline!
Cassidy tagged in and went right to the top rope for a
diving elbow to Dralístico. He followed with a spinning DDT
on Guevara, but when he tried one on Dralístico, it was
blocked with a codebreaker. Dralístico covered, and Cassidy
kicked out at two. Cassidy escaped a suplex attempt with a
Stundog Millionaire and positioned himself for an Orange
Punch. RUSH stopped that with a huge punch of his own that
knocked Cassidy down in the corner. Cassidy rolled to the
floor before RUSH could hit the Bull’s Horns. RUSH followed,
so he didn’t see Strong come through the ropes with double
boots and O’Reilly come down the apron with a flying knee.
Strong backdropped RUSH on the barricade and O’Reilly kicked
him into the front row! Dralístico leaped over the ring post
to come down on Strong and O’Reilly, but Cassidy dove
through the ropes and connected with Dralístico.
Cassidy threw him back in, but Dralístico got sent back to
the apron and pushed Cassidy into a jumping knee from
Guevara. Guevara picked Cassidy up for GTH, but Cassidy
stopped it on the way down. He got sent into Dralístico, who
hit a kick to the head. Guevara picked Cassidy up on his
shoulder again while Dralístico went to the top rope.
Cassidy pushed Guevara into the turnbuckles, which knocked
Dralístico down and gave Cassidy the opening to deck Guevara
with an Orange Punch. He trapped Dralístico in a pin for a
three-count and a successful defense of the AEW World Trios
Titles!
The Dogs Challenge the Young Bucks for Summer Blockbuster
Finlay said they have quite a bit of history with Bang Bang
Gang, but they aren’t worried about them right now. They
don’t understand why the Young Bucks think they are the #1
contenders for the AEW World Tag Team Titles, when The Dogs
were the ones who took out Cage and Cope. Finlay said it
looks like they have a situation, so they should fight it
out next week in Cincinnati to settle it. They offered the
latest five-second pose in yet another mockery of the
champions.
Orange Cassidy vs. Andrade El Ídolo Will Happen This
Wednesday!
Lexy Nair tried to get a word with The Conglomeration after
their successful AEW World Trios Titles defense, but they
were interrupted by Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta. Romero
congratulated them and said he had a challenge. This
Wednesday, why doesn’t Orange Cassidy face Andrade El Ídolo,
a man he’s never beaten and he never will?
Cassidy responded, “How you know?” Romero told him not to
say that, but Strong said he asked a question. Cassidy said
this was crazy and told them to leave. Beretta kissed what
was likely another Don Callis purchase in a gaudy ring
before leaving. Cassidy said they hung out here too long
and, of course, he accepts. He has to lay down.
Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament Quarterfinal: Hazuki
def. CMLL World Women's Champion Persephone
Our main event will determine who faces Mercedes Moné in the
semifinals of the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament.
This is a first-time matchup and an international dream
match between two of the best in the world.
Hazuki controlled Persephone with a snug headlock, and
Persephone couldn’t escape, so she pushed away to get
separation. It was apparent that Persephone’s eyesight was
still a problem from the black mist delivered by Julia Hart
a month ago. Persephone flipped Hazuki to the mat and put on
a wristlock, but Hazuki got out of it, and they exchanged
some complicated near-falls. Hazuki and Persephone both
avoided each other’s big shots, so Hazuki went back to the
headlock to keep Persephone on the mat. Persephone got to
the ropes and once again tried to fight through her eye
issues.
Persephone ran into a boot from Hazuki in the corner, but
rolled through a sunset flip and nailed a short-range
dropkick to the seated Hazuki. Persephone tried to blink
through the eye concerns and got a two-count on a pin
attempt. She mounted Hazuki with repeated strikes and
covered again for a two-count. Persephone slammed Hazuki
from her shoulders to the mat and tried to springboard, but
Hazuki pushed her onto the second rope and hit a backstabber
followed by a running boot. Persephone bailed to the floor
so Hazuki dove off the apron, but Persephone caught her and
hit a nasty fallaway slam to the ground.
The back and forth continued, as neither woman seemed to
stay in control for long, although Hazuki targeted the eye a
bit more, with Persephone clearly favoring it. Persephone
exploded off the ropes with a desperation lariat, and both
women were down. Persephone checked her eye and chopped
Hazuki to the ropes. Hazuki reversed and tried to come back
at Persephone, but she matrixed out of the way and nailed
Hazuki with a thrust kick. Hazuki ran into a tilt-a-whirl
backbreaker for a near-fall. Persephone went for her
Crucifix Powerbomb, only for Hazuki to wriggle free and push
Persephone into the top turnbuckle.
Persephone caught Hazuki charging in and put her on the top
turnbuckle. Hazuki turned things around with a diving
hurricanrana that knocked Persephone into the opposite
corner. She followed with a running elbow and fired up the
crowd from the apron before hitting a springboard dropkick
to get another near-fall. Hazuki sent Persephone to the
corner and charged in, so Persephone put her boot up, and
Hazuki caught it! She made Persephone straddle the ropes,
putting her legs over each side. With Persephone trapped,
Hazuki ripped her down to the mat with a codebreaker. Hazuki
went up top, but Persephone met her, and both women hit hard
on a superplex. After a few seconds, Persephone rolled
Hazuki into a pendulum suplex.
Persephone pulled Hazuki up for another Crucifix Powerbomb
attempt, but Hazuki rolled through into a Code Red for a
near-fall! Persephone caught a running boot from Hazuki and
trapped her leg in a bridging suplex, but this time Hazuki
kicked out! Persephone looked at a loss for what to do next.
Hazuki fought out of another powerbomb and nailed a
codebreaker. With Persephone stunned, Hazuki rolled her into
a La Magistral cradle to get a three-count! Hazuki is moving
on to the semifinals against Mercedes Moné on June 17 in
Houston on Dynamite!
Mercedes Moné and Hazuki Brawl to End Collision!
Hazuki and Persephone shook hands after the match, and
Hazuki went up the ramp. With Persephone still standing in
the ring, Moné hit her from behind with the Owen Cup Title!
She locked Persephone in the Statement Maker and only
released the hold when Hazuki returned to the ring, causing
Moné to bail to the floor. When Hazuki went to check on
Persephone, Moné came back in and attacked Hazuki with a
barrage of unprotected shots. Security and officials came
out to get Moné away from the ring, so she began leaving the
ringside area only for Hazuki to dive through the ropes out
of nowhere! Security and officials did everything they could
to keep Hazuki away from Moné as Collision came to a close!
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