Posted on 6/14/126 by Bob Magee
AEW Collision: Summer Blockbuster was back at the Andrew J.
Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on TNT and HBO Max
for a special 2.5-hour event! We’re now just two weeks away
from AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on June 28 in San Jose,
California, but the road to get there remained a dangerous
one, with a Cincinnati Street Fight in the main event of
Collision that had a bit of everything.
AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley and the Death Riders
wanted revenge for Shane Taylor Promotions’ constant attacks
over the last month, so things needed to be settled without
any restrictions. The bloody battle featured tables, tacks,
glass, toy army men, brass knuckles and violence that can
only happen when two sides hate each other this much. The
Death Riders came away victorious, although everyone left
the fight worse for wear.
Kenny Omega began the night with a hard-fought victory over
Bad Dude Tito, one of Zack Sabre Jr.’s stablemates in TMDK.
Omega can now look forward to his match with ZSJ at
Forbidden Door in two weeks! The Young Bucks didn’t have the
same success as Omega, as they succumbed to The Dogs in a
battle of two teams who came into the match wanting a shot
at AEW World Tag Team Champions Adam Copeland and Christian
Cage.
“The Jet” Kevin Knight had a successful defense of his TNT
Title over The Rascalz’ Myron Reed, while Reed’s partners,
Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz, were victorious in their
tag team match. Knight later watched from the commentary
desk as Jake Doyle beat “Speedball” Mike Bailey. We saw both
Hikaru Shida and CMLL World Women’s Champion qualify for the
TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest. Plus, AEW Women’s
World Champion Thekla put out a STARDOM challenge for her
title at Forbidden Door.
All that and so much more went down at the conclusion of
Summer Blockbuster! Here are your complete results!
AEW Collision: Summer Blockbuster Recap Tonight for
Cincinnati
Kenny Omega def. TMDK's Bad Dude Tito (w/ Mikey Nichols)
What a way to start Collision Summer Blockbuster! For the
first time since Double or Nothing, Kenny Omega returned to
the ring to face the heavy of TMDK, Bad Dude Tito. As we
found out on Dynamite, TMDK’s Zack Sabre Jr. challenged
Omega to face him at Forbidden Door, and Omega accepted!
Tito offered a handshake to start things off, and Omega
accepted, but Tito pulled him into a kick. Tito clubbed
Omega near the ropes and bodyslammed him. Omega came back
with a hurricanrana, so Tito bailed to the floor. That
didn’t stop Omega from flying over the top rope with a
springboard crossbody to Tito! Omega tried to send Tito into
the barricade, but Tito reversed it. Omega got his foot up
to stop the contact and nailed a back elbow. Omega grabbed
Tito for a suplex, but Tito got the suplex on Omega instead!
Omega hit the floor hard! Tito slammed Omega’s head on the
apron and sent him back to the ring. Tito nailed a running
uppercut and clothesline on Omega in the corner before
throwing him across the ring with an exploder suplex! Tito
covered for a two-count. Omega was in trouble!
Tito and Omega exchanged strikes until Omega grabbed Tito on
his shoulders for You Can’t Escape and a moonsault from the
second rope, but Tito got his knees up. Tito kicked Omega
low and then dropped him with an enzuigiri. Tito deadlifted
Omega for a bridging German Suplex that got another
nearfall. Omega tried to capture Tito in a Snap Dragon
Suplex, but Tito elbowed his way free and chopped Omega to
the ropes. Tito ran to the opposite side, but Omega followed
with a flying knee! He took Tito over with a Snap Dragon
Suplex and connected with a knee to Tito’s chest. Tito
kicked out at two! Omega called for the V-Trigger and nailed
it! He lifted the larger Tito for a One-Winged Angel and
brought him down in a heap on the mat! Omega covered for the
pinfall victory in a great test from Bad Dude Tito!
Kenny Omega Sees Zack Sabre Jr. as the Key to His Climb Back
to the Top
Omega grabbed the mic after the match and said that about a
week ago, he wondered what the next step was to climb back
to the top. He couldn’t make it back for the Owen Cup, but
he received “a nice pretty package” from Zack Sabre Jr.
Omega brought up Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness as
comparisons for ZSJ, who is among the greatest technical
wrestlers of all time. Omega wondered aloud why this match
came to be, but it’s because ZSJ said Omega was once
considered the best. Omega said some still think he is.
Omega said he wants a mutual agreement where they both get
something. If ZSJ can beat Omega at Forbidden Door, yes, he
can claim to be one of the best and can claim to be the
greatest technician on God’s green earth!
So what does Omega get out of this? If he beats someone
considered one of the best, maybe Omega can test himself
against one of the best in AEW. While he wishes Will Ospreay
all the best in the Owen Cup finale, he told Will he’s been
doing it his own way for 27 years. Omega said ZSJ will be
what takes him to the next level.
“So Zack, I’ll see you at Forbidden Door. MJF, it’s only a
matter of time.”
Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada Want to Bring the AEW
International Title Back to the Don Callis Family
Kyle Fletcher and AEW National Champion Mark Davis told
Cincinnati to say both his and Davis’ full name. He knows
Davis is down from not making it to the Owen Cup finals, but
it’s not through any fault of his own. The reason he’s not
in the final is because of Konosuke Takeshita. Fletcher
thought Takeshita would be done with at Double or Nothing,
but just like a jealous girlfriend, Takeshita can’t keep
Fletcher’s name out of his mouth. That’s an issue, so
Fletcher thinks it’s time to take some revenge. It is time
to bring the AEW International Championship back to the Don
Callis Family. “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada joined the
conversation and told Fletcher he was right because it’s
time for them to bring the International Title back!
Fletcher said, “Let’s do it,” and shook hands with Okada,
who yelled, “PROTOKADA!” They walked off, and Davis seemed a
little unsure of what he just saw.
Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match for the TBS
Championship: Hikaru Shida def. Zayda Steel (w/ Christopher
Daniels)
As soon as the bell rang, Shida and Steel charged at each
other and immediately started striking! Shida took Steel
down and stayed on her with some kicks. Shida stopped a
Steel arm drag and then mounted her in the corner for
punches. Steel blocked a Falcon Arrow and took Shida over
with a flying headscissors. Steel hit a European uppercut in
the corner followed by a step-up knee. Steel came off the
ropes with a basement dropkick. Shida went to the floor, so
Steel followed with a slide, but Shida caught her. Shida
hammered away on Steel and got a running start for a knee
lift that was on target!
Shida continued to decimate Steel with her vicious
strikes back in the ring. Steel came back with a Thesz Press
and took Shida down by her hair. Steel knocked Shida to the
floor with an enzuigiri and followed out with a dive that
connected in a big way! She threw Shida back in and got a
near-fall. Shida put a knee into Steel’s gut to get
separation and then came off the ropes with a flying knee
that she got all of, which put Steel in a bad way. Steel
tried to strike against Shida, and Shida quickly put her
back on the mat. Steel locked Shida in an Octopus, so Shida
escaped with a hair pull. Shida tried for a Falcon Arrow,
but Steel rolled it into a near-fall! Shida hit another kick
to Steel’s head and another running knee, but Steel kicked
out again. What resolve! However, Steel couldn’t do anything
to stop Shida’s Full Metal Muffler and was forced to tap
out! Shida was the first to qualify for the Survival of the
Fittest TBS Championship match!
Who is Leading The Opps?
Lexy Nair was with Anthony Bowens, HOOK and Katsuyori
Shibata, but noted that The Opps were temporarily without
their leader, Samoa Joe. Bowens said not to worry about it
because the future is bright and it’s Pride of Professional
Wrestling Month! Bowens says he’s feeling good and owes it
all to Samoa Joe. Joe is teaching Bowens to choose violence,
and that same violence will take The Opps back to the top of
AEW and back to championship gold. Bowens asked Cincinnati
to rise to their feet, extend their hands and give The Opps
the standing ovation they so proudly deserve. HOOK quickly
clapped his hands and said, "Enough of that." They don’t
care about applause. They care about destroying everything
in their path. He had Shibata back him up in Japanese. HOOK
said Bowens shouldn’t act like he’s the leader around here.
“Me and Shibata have been with The Opps since Day 1. You’re
the new guy. Know your place.”
Bowens responded, “What’s going on with you, dude? I know
The Opps have been your Day 1, but we’ve been boys since Day
1.”
HOOK said, “This isn’t about being boys. This isn’t about
being friends. This is about violence. This is The Opps.
We’re a group of killers! You understand that?”
Bowens said he got it. HOOK said, “Lexy, when you talk to
The Opps, you talk to me.” HOOK walked off, and Bowens told
Nair not to worry about it.
The Rascalz' Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier def. Aaron Atlas
& Austin Atlas
Xavier toyed with Aaron Atlas at the beginning and sent him
to the Rascalz’ corner. He tagged Wentz as he went over the
top rope to the apron and hit an enzuigiri. Wentz slid
across the ring and came back across for a Bronco Buster in
the corner! The Rascalz lit up Austin Atlas with a painful
double-team of stomps. Wentz and Xavier went back-and-forth
with uppercuts in the corners. Xavier sent Wentz to one
corner for a flying leg lariat and then did the same in the
opposite corner. Xavier pushed Wentz into Hot Fire Flame for
the quick pinfall victory!
After the match, Xavier and Wentz said The Rascalz were the
hottest trios team in AEW, so Cincinnati should get to see
all three of them. They introduced Myron Reed, who entered
for his TNT Championship match.
TNT Championship Match: “The Jet” Kevin Knight (c) (w/ Don
Callis) def. Myron Reed of The Rascalz
Callis joined commentary for this TNT Title match. Knight
pushed away a Reed handshake at the start and then worked
Reed to the corner. Reed reversed it and let go for a clean
break. Reed took Knight down with a waistlock, and Knight
ducked out of the way of a kick. Knight booted Reed in the
gut and pounced on him with punches. Knight went after Reed
on the apron, but stuck his head through the ropes, which
allowed Reed to leg drop him onto the apron! Reed went up
top and leaped over Knight. Knight avoided Reed’s kicks, and
Reed avoided a clothesline before nailing Knight with a
dropkick. Reed charged Knight in the corner, who lifted Reed
over the top to the apron, but Reed came right back with a
lungblower. Knight rolled to the floor, and Reed tried to
chase after him, but Knight went back to the ring. Knight
tried to dive through the ropes, but Reed caught him with a
cutter! Reed came back in with a springboard dropkick for a
two-count!
Knight aggressively sent Reed to the corner and hit some
chops, but Reed turned things right back around with chops
of his own. Knight reversed Reed into the opposite corner,
and Reed hit the middle turnbuckle hard. Knight saw that and
hit a springboard clothesline to Reed. Knight mounted Reed
and connected with some stiff shots to the head. Knight
bodyslammed Reed and covered him for a two-count. Knight
methodically stomped away at Reed, but Reed started fighting
back with body shots. Knight cut that off with a clothesline
that turned Reed inside out! Knight covered Reed three
times, and each time got a two-count.
Knight showed some frustration with the count, but regrouped
and put Reed in an abdominal stretch. Reed broke free for a
brief moment, but Knight took him right back down and
floated over to hit a seated dropkick. Reed kicked out at
two. Knight tried for a uranage, so Reed reversed it into a
pin attempt for a nearfall! Reed rebounded Knight off the
ropes into a big throw across the ring. Both men stayed down
until Reed sprang back to his feet and started picking up
momentum with a barrage of shots. Both tried a big boot at
the same time, but Reed connected first. Reed ducked a shot
from Knight and hit another kick to Knight’s jaw! Reed
picked up Knight and dropped him with a Hung Five for a
nearfall!
Reed went for a dive, but Knight escaped the target zone and
re-entered the ring from the steps. Reed ended up on the top
rope, so Knight took him to the mat with a hurricanrana. He
followed with a spinning backbreaker for a two-count! Knight
made his way to the top rope, but Reed got up and met Knight
on the top rope. He tried for a superplex, but Knight
knocked Reed onto the ramp and came back to the mat. Knight
tried to suplex Reed back into the ring, but instead, Reed
stunned Knight over the top rope. Reed got a running start
down the ramp and flew over the top rope for a picturesque
flying cutter! With Knight on the apron, Reed jumped over
the top rope and brought Knight crashing to the floor with
another flying cutter! Unbelievable!
Reed went up top and connected with a No Cap Splash! 1-2-
Knight got his foot on the rope! We almost had a new TNT
Champion! Reed tried to hoist Knight, but he struggled to
get him up with some weakness in his hips from the earlier
cutters. The two traded reversals until Reed nearly beat
Knight by reversing a uranage into a pinning predicament.
Knight stopped a cutter and dropped Reed on the mat with
authority thanks to his new finishing weapon of choice, a
uranage! He pinned Reed to win and successfully defend the
TNT Championship!
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion Wonder
Who is Left
“Colossal” Lena Kross and “Megasus” Megan Bayne said because
of their dominance, the concern is that one day, there will
be no one left. Who dares to climb when the fall is so
fatal?
“Don’t stare too long at heaven. You might wind up in hell.”
Athena and Maya World Know Each Other Well
Maya World explained the tragic timeline she dealt with over
the last week. Last weekend, she learned that her big
brother, who showed her wrestling for the first time, had
suddenly passed away. World was given time off, but she
insisted on coming to Dynamite to be with her second family.
World called it the opportunity of her life. She doesn’t
know how or why, but she won. Now, she faces Athena again.
World hopes that everything Athena taught her comes back to
bite Athena in the ass.
“This is the opportunity of my life, and with everything in
my soul, I’m taking it.”
Athena responded to World, saying she’s torn between her
ambition and her morals. She’s truly, truly sorry for what
World is going through, but Athena is wondering, what about
her? What about the work she’s put in week after week as the
forever ROH Women’s World Champion? Athena said she may have
taught World everything World knows, but not everything that
Athena knows. Athena admitted she’s never made it past the
Semifinals of the Owen Cup, which lights a fire in her that
no one would understand.
“And let’s face it. As cute as your Cinderella story is, as
cute as the ‘It Girl’ is, here’s a little reminder from your
teacher. Just ‘cause you’re the ‘It Girl’ doesn’t mean
you’re not living in my world.”
ROH Women’s World Champion Athena def. Tiara James
Athena dropped James with a strong forearm with the first
strike of the match and continued to pummel James to the
mat. She followed with a knee lift and sent James to the
corner. Athena hit a running forearm in the corner followed
by a handspring forearm in the opposite corner. James tried
to fight back and hit Athena with a stiff forearm, although
that only seemed to anger Athena. James got a pair of one-
counts and then a jackknife pin for a near-fall. Athena
smashed James with a dropkick to send her to the apron and
followed with another slide to send James to the floor.
Athena came flying through the ropes with a dive that sent
James careening into the barricade. Athena locked James in
the Koji Clutch to get the tap out and victory.
That wasn’t enough for Athena, as she held James in the
submission for a little bit longer. Athena backed off for a
few moments, but decided to continue the post-match attack
on James until Maya World ran out to make the save! Athena
bailed and went up the ramp, although World tried to invite
her back in the ring. While World checked on James, Athena
ran back down and laid out World with a running forearm. She
continued her attack on World and slammed World face-first
into the ROH Women’s World Title! Athena yelled at James
that it was her time and blasted World one more time before
leaving the ring.
Ricochet Calls Out AEW International Champion Konosuke
Takeshita
Ricochet was standing by with Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun and
said he’s had success after success since coming to AEW. For
every success they’ve had, he can admit, there have been a
couple of downs. He lost his AEW National Championship in a
21-man Blackjack Battle Royale. Then, there’s an example of
success. Being able to tell the entire world he has a 2-1
record over Jericho. After conquering the feud of Jericho,
Ricochet can refocus on his quest for gold. So who will he
pick?
“Takeshita, I’m coming for you!”
It looks like Ricochet wants the AEW International
Championship!
The Dogs' David Finlay & "100 Proof" Clark Connors def.
Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
Finlay and Connors continued their unnecessary tradition of
messing with stage managers before their entrance, only this
time, Finlay laid one out with his shillelagh! The Young
Bucks, meanwhile, got a massive ovation heading into this
heated showdown.
Finlay and Nick started this first-time matchup, but Connors
quickly made a blind tag. Nick evaded both men and sent
Connors outside. He stayed on Finlay and tossed him onto
Connors on the floor! Nick threw Connors back inside, but he
quickly broke loose and tagged Finlay, who ran right into an
armdrag. Matt tagged in, as Nick hit Finlay with a
neckbreaker through the ropes. Matt flew in with a senton on
Finlay and ran over to knock Connors off the apron. Matt
clotheslined Finlay as Nick kicked him in the back of the
head. The Bucks hit a combo neckbreaker on Finlay and
celebrated with the fans. Connors came back in, and it
looked like The Dogs turned things around, but the Bucks
reversed whips out of the corners to take out The Dogs.
The Bucks looked for a double dive, so The Dogs got out of
the way and went to the ramp. Matt helped Nick run up the
ropes and take down both Dogs on the ramp. The Dogs came
back to send Matt back into the ring, and with Nick
isolated, Finlay and Connors ran through him with a double
shoulder tackle. Connors went up top, and Finlay held Nick,
but Nick shoved Finlay into Connors, which knocked him from
the top rope. Connors blocked Nick from coming back in the
ring by shoving him back to the ramp. Finlay nailed Nick
with a backbreaker across his knee! Matt hit a superkick on
Connors! Matt flipped over Finlay and hit a superkick! Matt
ran off the stage and dove onto Finlay with a flying
crossbody!
Matt hooked Finlay up for a suplex, but Finlay picked Matt
up instead and held him for Connors for a Full Clip from the
ramp! Nick threw Matt back in the ring to beat the count,
but The Dogs were ready with a high/low spear/chopblock
combo! Matt kicked out just in the nick of time! The Dogs
punished Matt and kept him isolated from Nick for an
extended period. Even with the crowd trying to will Matt
back into the match, The Dogs showed no mercy, as Finlay
dropped Matt with a high-angle backbreaker across his knee
to get a near-fall. Connors tagged in and knocked Nick off
the apron. Connors went up top for another Full Clip, but
Matt sent Finlay into Connors. While Matt had Finlay rolled
up, Connors charged so Matt flipped him into a Northern
Lights Suplex! He hit both of The Dogs with Northern Lights
Suplexes at the same time, and the door was open to make a
tag.
Nick finally tagged back in the match! He took on both
Finlay and Connors with a barrage of offense. He took a walk
up the ropes and brought down The Dogs with an
armdrag/headscissors combination. Nick went to the top and
connected with a crossbody on Connors to get a near-fall.
Matt tagged back in, and he helped Nick with a sunset flip
bomb to Connors followed by a Sliced Bread to Finlay. The
Bucks went to opposite corners and came off with Matt
hitting an elbow drop and Nick coming down with a senton
bomb. The Bucks stayed on The Dogs with a pair of
Sharpshooters until Connors, as the legal man, broke the
hold by getting to the ropes. Matt tagged back in and called
for a Superkick Party! Connors took a couple shots, but
caught the third and threw it into Matt’s face. He pounced
the Bucks into each other, but Matt came back with a
superkick out of nowhere. Finlay came in, and had a brief
flurry before the Bucks lit him up with superkicks. Matt
draped Finlay over the top rope and Nick went up top for a
double stomp to Finlay’s back, which propelled him into a
sitout powerbomb by Matt! Connors was still the legal man,
and got a roll-up for a near-fall. Connors ate a superkick
from Nick, which allowed Matt to pick him up for a
tombstone, which Nick kicked Connors into from the top rope!
Connors kicked out at two!
Connors found himself isolated by the Bucks, and after a
pair of kicks, they crushed him with a BTE Trigger! 1-2-
Finlay makes the save! The Bucks sent Finlay back to the
floor and set up Connors for a flipping piledriver, but
Finlay pulled Nick down to the floor and threw him into the
ring post. Matt put his head through the ropes to check on
Nick, so Finlay blasted him with the shillelagh! Connors
speared Matt! Nick came back in to make the save just before
the referee counted three. Nick did a great job fighting off
both Finlay and Connors until Finlay put him on the apron,
allowing Connors to spear him through the ropes onto the
ramp! The Dogs hit The Full Clip on Matt for the pinfall
victory! What a huge win for Finlay and Connors!
The Conglomeration is Ready to Help Mark Briscoe Become AEW
World Champion
We learned on Dynamite that Mark Briscoe found a way to an
AEW World Title shot, but his team must win a six-on-six
steel cage match against Team MJF at Forbidden Door. Back on
Collision, The Conglomeration responded to the news as Kyle
O’Reilly asked Roderick Strong and Tomohiro Ishii if they
had heard that they had found a path, even if it was a rocky
one. This Wednesday on Dynamite, Mark Briscoe will reveal
the dream team, and it doesn’t matter if they are from The
Conglomeration or Conglomeration-adjacent warriors. Strong
cut him off with “KYLE!” and said it does matter because he
hates MJF and will forever hate him
“After we smash through that Forbidden Door, the next AEW
World Champion will be from Sandy Fork, By God, Delaware!
Imagine that.”
AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla Reveals Her Plans for
STARDOM
Tony Schiavone started to apologize to STARDOM on behalf of
AEW, but Thekla interrupted him from the crowd. She said she
wouldn’t be apologizing to STARDOM, AEW or any of these
“little bitches” for what she has done. She told Schiavone
to shut his mouth. She climbed onto the commentary desk and
said that STARDOM had her and then fired her, but look at
her now! She’s the AEW Women’s World Champion and the
biggest attraction in the business! When she spat on the
STARDOM logo last week, it was the best thing to happen to
them because it got everyone talking. She spit on her hand.
“My saliva is worth more than anything you have in that
STARDOM locker room.”
Thekla rubbed her hand on Schiavone’s jacket and said she
knows the whole STARDOM locker room wants a piece of her. So
she proposed that STARDOM send their “best girl” because
she’ll give them a shot at the AEW Women’s World Title at
Forbidden Door. She also offered a first-class ticket to
STARDOM president Tara Okada, so he could see the monster he
created. She’s the most toxic woman alive and the biggest
mistake he’s ever made.
Bang Bang Gang Have Painful Plans for The Dogs
Austin Gunn explained that the $200K they won months ago
went into “Juice Robinson’s Super Affordable, Quick and
Easy, Kinda Reliable Spay and Neuter Center for Lost Dogs”.
(Yes, he really said that). Robinson said he does all the
procedures himself. He threatened to snip The Dogs and said
he’d do the same to Gabe Kidd when he comes back.
Ace Austin let everyone know, “If you’re not down with Dr.
Juice and the neutered Dogs, we got two words for you: Gunns
Up!”
Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match for the TBS
Championship: CMLL World Women's Champion Persephone def.
Triangle of Madness' Julia Hart
As Persephone made her entrance, we looked back on the night
she was sprayed with the black mist by Hart. Persephone
charged at Hart at the bell, but Hart moved and hit
Persephone in the face to show her damaged eye. The shot
angered Persephone and took Hart down with punches. She took
Hart down with a shoulder tackle and gator-rolled her into a
pin attempt for a one-count. Persephone avoided a Hart
strike by Matrix-ing out of the way and came off the ropes
for an armdrag. Persephone sent Hart to the ropes, but she
kicked Persephone in the leg and came off the ropes to blast
Persephone in the back. Persephone came right back to bridge
Hart for a near-fall. Hart bailed to the floor and put an
arm over the TBS Title. Persephone charged after Hart and
nearly collided with the TBS Title. Hart got on the apron,
so Persephone pulled her off and held Hart on her shoulders.
She tried to slam Hart face-first onto the title, but Hart
avoided it. However, she couldn’t avoid Persephone slamming
her face-first into the corner of the apron! Persephone
seemed to be in control, but it didn’t last for long, as
Hart’s viciousness turned the tide back in her favor with an
illegal hair pull back in the ring.
As Hart remained in control, she walked the ropes,
controlling Persephone’s arm, and leaped off for a flying
hurricanrana. Hart got Persephone down near the turnbuckles
and tried for a moonsault, but landed on her feet when
Persephone moved. Persephone lit up Hart with chops in the
corner and took her down with a running shoulder tackle.
Persephone rolled Hart to the mat from a fireman’s carry and
came off the top with a shotgun dropkick! Hart kicked out at
two! Persephone picked Hart off the mat and tried to put
Hart on her shoulders, but Hart turned it into a nearfall.
The two exchanged pin attempts, but when Persephone went for
a crucifix bomb, Hart rolled through for another near-fall.
Persephone came back with a shotgun dropkick, but couldn’t
take advantage right away, and Hart went to her eye.
Persephone speared Hart!
The two battled up the ramp, and after a few close calls,
Persephone grabbed a charging Hart for a nasty powerslam on
the ramp. She threw Hart back in the ring, but Hart went to
the adjacent apron, and when Persephone came over, Hart
ripped at her damaged eye. Persephone clocked Hart with a
huge shot to the face to slap the mist out of Hart’s mouth!
Persephone nailed a devastating crucifix bomb to get the
pinfall victory! Persephone joined Hikaru Shida in advancing
to the Survival of the Fittest TBS Championship match, but
four spots remain.
Starlight Kid is Coming for Thekla at Forbidden Door
According to Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness, STARDOM
responded to Thekla’s earlier comments and AEW Women’s World
Championship challenge for Forbidden Door. They will be
sending the debuting Starlight Kid to face Thekla, as she
owns a previous victory over Thekla in STARDOM. Then, we
took a special look at Starlight Kid before her AEW debut!
Thekla Knows Starlight Kid and Despises Her!
Lexy Nair asked Thekla about facing Starlight Kid at
Forbidden Door. She mockingly applauded STARDOM president
Tara Okada and wondered if that was truly the best they had.
Thekla said she knows all about Starlight Kid and she
despises her. Thekla said she’ll beat Starlight Kid with a
passion, and it’s going to be great, because Starlight Kid
has never been in AEW, so Thekla will make sure it is the
last time she’s in AEW and spit on her grave!
“But remember, the blood of STARDOM will be on your hands.”
Don Callis Family's Jake Doyle (w/ TNT Champion “The Jet”
Kevin Knight) def. "Speedball" Mike Bailey
Bailey watched “The Jet” Kevin Knight retain his TNT
Championship over Myron Reed earlier tonight without any
help from the Don Callis Family. In fact, Bailey doesn’t
think Knight needs any help, and he’s going to prove it by
beating every member of the Callis Family, starting with
Jake Doyle. Doyle was accompanied by Knight, who went on to
join commentary.
Bailey tried to stick and move with Doyle at the onset,
which seemed to work quite well, as he used his educated
feet to knock Doyle to the apron. Bailey charged at Doyle
with a big kick, but Doyle caught it, so Bailey swept his
leg. With Doyle on the floor, Bailey came off the second
rope with a moonsault. He stayed on the floor and nailed
Doyle with a flying karate kick. Bailey stayed on Doyle with
a barrage of powerful kicks near the guardrail. Bailey got
distracted by Knight for just a few seconds, so Doyle threw
Bailey back in the ring. Bailey dove back out for a flying
headscissors, so Doyle used Bailey’s momentum to send him
into the commentary desk! He picked up Bailey for a big
powerbomb on the apron!
Finally, Bailey showed some life with a flurry of kicks, but
Doyle shut that down, and the fight moved to the apron.
Doyle went for a piledriver on the apron, but Bailey
escaped, and with Doyle down, Bailey hit a standing
moonsault knee drop on Doyle’s chest! Back in the ring,
Bailey kept avoiding Doyle’s grasp and continued to pepper
Doyle with kicks, including another moonsault knee drop, but
couldn’t keep Doyle down. Bailey thought he had Doyle in big
trouble with a pair of big shots, but turned his back for
just a second too long, which allowed Doyle to clothesline
the downed Bailey in the back! The two got back to their
feet in opposite corners, but Doyle ran into a kick from
Bailey. Bailey hit another, but when he went for a third,
Doyle stepped on his foot. Doyle overpowered Bailey with
some stiff shots, but when Doyle tried to powerbomb him,
Bailey floated over to the apron and got Doyle to run into
the turnbuckle. Bailey brought him down with a powerbomb
from the turnbuckles. Doyle kicked out! Bailey went up and
connected with Ultima Weapon! 1-2-KICK OUT BY DOYLE!
Bailey fired up and measured Doyle for Time Adventure, but
Doyle laid him out with a forearm! Doyle threw Bailey back
with a fallaway slam and covered Bailey, who kicked out at
two. Doyle sent Bailey to the corner, but missed with a
shoulder charge. Bailey hit a Corner Cyclone Kick and went
back up, but Ultima Weapon missed! Doyle was able to pick up
Bailey for a sitout powerbomb and covered Bailey for the
pinfall win!
Cincinnati Street Fight: Death Riders (AEW Continental
Champion Jon Moxley, Marina Shafir, PAC, Claudio Castagnoli
and Daniel Garcia) def. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane
Taylor, ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty, Trish Adora, Carlie
Bravo and "Capt." Shawn Dean)
Our main event started outside the arena! As the Death
Riders made their usual walk to come into the building, they
were ambushed by Shane Taylor Promotions! A brawl broke out
near outdoor metal detectors and concession stands. The
Infantry trapped Claudio Castagnoli under a pile of
guardrails! The Cincinnati Street Fight finally came inside
the arena, with Moxley and Taylor being the first two to
enter the ringside area. Moxley threw a chair at Taylor,
then at Moriarty. Adora threw Shafir into a ring post! Mox
put Taylor in a chair near the barricade. In the ring,
Moriarty got out of Garcia’s Liontamer attempt and used a
neck twist to do even more damage. PAC came in to attack
Moriarty.
PAC worked over Moriarty in the corner, but when he sent
Moriarty to the opposite side, he reversed it. PAC jumped
back over Moriarty, and they exchanged reversals until
Moriarty got the better of the exchange with a pinpoint
dropkick! Moriarty started jawing with the crowd, so he
never saw Mox come up behind him! Moxley dropped Moriarty
with one forearm and then mounted him in the corner for a
barrage of punches. The Infantry and Taylor hit the ring to
save Moriarty and beat Moxley down to the mat. With Bravo
and Dean holding Moxley, Taylor put on brass knuckles and
blasted Moxley in the face! The Infantry continued to stomp
out Moxley, who came up bleeding from the head. Finally,
Castagnoli entered the ring and uppercutted Taylor into the
corner! He nailed Dean with one that sent him to the floor
and unloaded on Bravo in the corner! Dean came back for the
save, so Castagnoli unleashed a flurry of strikes to crumple
Dean to the mat. Castagnoli grabbed Taylor and executed a
huge vertical suplex in a vulgar display of power! Adora
stepped in Castagnoli’s way before he could do any more
damage to Dean and lit him up with a chop! That got
Castagnoli to rip off his mask, but Adora decided to lay in
more chops. Taylor tried to attack from behind, but
Castagnoli stopped that with a massive spinebuster and hung
on for the swing! Adora chopped Castagnoli in the back, so
Taylor was able to roll out of the ring.
Adora tried another chop, but this time Castagnoli caught
it, and Shafir took down Adora from behind. She gave Adora’s
legs to Castagnoli and called for him to swing her! The
Cincinnati crowd was fully behind Shafir’s idea, and it
didn’t hurt that she was wearing orange striped Zubaz like a
loose cannon! Castagnoli obliged and swung Adora until
Shafir ended the swing with a shotgun dropkick! The brawls
continued all over the ringside area until Adora came back
in the ring and attacked Shafir with a roller skate! Adora
kicked Shafir into the corner so that Dean could jump on her
with the BBC! STP made the mistake of posing for the camera
while Dean finished his attack in the ring, so they didn’t
see PAC and Moxley set up a table in the ring! Castagnoli
took Dean off the turnbuckles and powerbombed him through
the table!
The rest of STP finally realized what was happening and
tried to get back in the ring. Castagnoli and PAC knocked
Bravo and Moriarty off the apron, and Garcia dove through
the ropes to send Taylor into the barricade! PAC came off
the top with a moonsault to the outside! Moriarty and Garcia
did battle in the ring, while Adora used a heel to batter
Shafir against the apron. Garcia tried to leg-whip Moriarty
down to the mat, but Moriarty countered with an armbar, so
Garcia rolled him up for a two-count! Moriarty escaped a
choke and put on one of his own, which Garcia rolled out of
and sent Moriarty to the corner. The Death Riders were now
all in the ring. They took rapid-fire turns punishing
Moriarty over and over in the corner until PAC sent Moriarty
to Castagnoli for a backbreaker. He held Moriarty over his
knee so that PAC could hit a shotgun dropkick! That cleared
the ring, so the Death Riders celebrated with their huddle
as Moxley posed for the crowd. STP didn’t like that, so they
all got back in the ring and fought everyone to the floor.
PAC pulled out another table from under the ring and set it
up on the floor. Dean blasted PAC with a helmet and put him
on the table. Adora suplexed Shafir from the steel steps to
the ramp! Dean ran off the ramp and splashed PAC through the
table! Castagnoli threw Taylor into another set of steel
steps, but before he could do any more damage, Moriarty
trapped Castagnoli in an octopus. Castagnoli walked up the
steps with Moriarty attached to him and propelled himself
backward to send him and Moriarty through the timekeeper’s
table! Back in the ring, Garcia turned Bravo inside out with
a clothesline and went for a piledriver, but dropped Bravo
when Christyan XO appeared on the ramp with a shirt that
said “Death Ride Deez Nuts.” Garcia responded by raising his
fists for what looked like his old dance, but Bravo grabbed
him from behind. Garcia reversed it and sent Bravo into the
ropes at XO. Garcia didn’t see XO give Bravo brass knuckles,
which he cracked across Garcia's head! XO threw a chair in
the ring, so Bravo set it up in front of a kneeling Garcia.
Bravo and Dean ran out of adjacent corners to both stomp
Garcia into the chair! Bravo covered, but Moxley broke it up
with a dropkick.
Moxley dropped both members of The Infantry with a double
DDT. Somehow, Moxley produced an uncovered turnbuckle and
used it on Dean, but Taylor attacked from behind. As Garcia
poured blood from inside the ring, Moxley was doing the same
on the floor, so Taylor went out to get him. Bravo and
Taylor set up another table on the floor between the apron
and the commentary desk. Dean came out to join them, but
Moxley defiantly pushed Bravo and Dean away and flipped off
Taylor! They beat him down to the ground and picked him back
up for a triple powerbomb through the table! The Cincinnati
crowd booed this vociferously, but then STP saw a bloody
Shafir was in the ring all alone. Taylor, Dean, Bravo and
Adora surrounded Shafir, so she took the first shot at
Taylor! She got a couple more shots in until Taylor pushed
her into a Lariat Tubman from Adora! They ripped off
Shafir’s boots and socks, and Adora produced bags full of
army men, tacks and glass, which were poured all over the
ring! They lifted Shafir and dropped her feet-first on the
mess of sharp objects all over the ring! Somehow, Shafir
stood up and ground the glass and tacks into her feet! She
kicked Adora in the face with the foot covered in glass and
tacks!
Castagnoli came back to double-clothesline Dean and Bravo,
sending them to the floor. Castagnoli gorilla-pressed PAC
over the top onto Dean and Bravo on the floor. Moriarty
knocked Castagnoli to the floor and caught Garcia in the
Border City Stretch, but Garcia escaped by using a piece of
glass to cut Moriarty’s forearm. Garcia locked in the Dragon
Tamer, but before Moriarty could tap, Taylor blasted Garcia
in the face to break the hold. Shafir jumped on Taylor’s
back, and he flipped her off to the mat. Moxley hit a
running cutter on Taylor into the glass and tacks! Moxley
was fired up! The Death Riders went into a barrage of
strikes on Taylor in the corner until PAC put Taylor down
with his momentum clothesline! Moxley dropped Taylor with a
Paradigm Shift and covered him for the blood-soaked victory
in a wild Cincinnati Street Fight! The Death Riders
celebrated to bring Collision and Summer Blockbuster to a
close!
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