AEW has already had a wild week between DYNAMITE: GRAND SLAM 2024 and RAMPAGE; we witnessed Nigel McGuinness face AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson for the first time in 15 years, Darby Allin lose his WRESTLE DREAM 2024 AEW World Title match to Jon Moxley, HOOK retire the FTW Championship, The Young Bucks retain their World Tag Titles, and that was all just Wednesday night! Friday saw Konosuke Takeshita and Angelico go to battle, Anna Jay return to AEW from a Stardom tour with a victory over Robyn Renegade, The House of Black victorious in tag team action, and Willow Nightingale knock Taya Valkyrie down a peg! Such a furious week of action already, and we've still got COLLISION: GRAND SLAM 2024 to go!
Tonight, COLLISION hails from Arthur Ashe Stadium for the very first time, and what a loaded night of action we have in store for the AEW faithful! Fans will see “Hangman” Adam Page and “The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett go to battle in a Lumberjack Strap Match where the men surrounding the ring hold the leather in their hands! Plus, TNT Champion “Scapegoat” Jack Perry has laid out a TNT Title Open Challenge, Saraya faces Jamie Hayter's revenge but in a match where she's constructed the rules, and AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada meets ROH World Tag Champion Sammy Guevara in an Eliminator Challenge! But that's not all, we've also got a trios battle between The Conglomeration and The Learning Tree, and in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, a Lucha Three-Way between The Beast Mortos, the returning Dralistico, and the undefeated Hologram!
All that is going down tonight on COLLISION beginning at 8pm ET/7pm CT on TNT, so before the first bell rings, be sure to visit AEW's official YouTube channel to watch highlights from this week's DYNAMITE and RAMPAGE, previous editions of COLLISION, HEY! (EW), Time Lines, Close Up, Road To..., and so much more! Then it's time to celebrate five years of DYNAMITE with AEW's return to Pittsburgh on October 2nd! Already scheduled: AEW International Champion Will Ospreay defending versus Ricochet and Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D facing the challenge of “The Professor” Serena Deeb!
LUMBERJACK STRAP MATCH...
“Hangman” Adam Page vs. “The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett
Perhaps more than anyone save Swerve Strickland, “Hangman” Adam Page has had “The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett in his sights since returning to AEW from his Elite-enforced suspension. First clashing in the 2024 Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament, the two have been a constant part of each other's life.
Whether it be Hangman just attacking Jeff backstage for no rational reason, Jeff getting involved in Blood & Guts, or Jay Lethal standing up for his friend after that assault, they've been entrenched in each other's business for several months, and it hasn't been a positive for either man. Their engagement has seen nothing but violence, Hangman not caring if Karen Jarrett got in the way, or that he also had Satnam Singh and Jay Lethal to fight against. All Page saw was yet another person getting in the way of his vengeance on Swerve, and that meant at some point a rematch of their Owen Hart Tournament Quarterfinal was bound to happen.
It wasn't Hangman who finally made the call to action though, it was “The Last Outlaw” who finally had enough of Page and laid down the challenge for the Lumberjack Strap Match fans inside Arthur Ashe Stadium will see tonight but those around the world will have to wait until COLLISION on Saturday night to watch. Jarrett named people like Dark Order, Lethal, and Satnam as people he wants surrounding the ring, people with an issue to settle where it comes to the dark path Hangman has chosen to walk the last several months. Friends he's forgotten or abandoned, enemies he's made along the way, they will stand outside the ring with straps in hand, waiting for someone to leave the “safety” of the squared circle...
SARAYA'S RULES
Jamie Hayter vs. “The Unproblematic Icon” Saraya
It's been building since DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2023 when The Outcasts assaulted Jamie Hayter ahead of her AEW Women's World Championship defense against Toni Storm, putting her on the shelf for 15 months until Hayter's surprising return at ALL IN: LONDON 2024. That night Hayter did not get her hands on Saraya since she threw Harley Cameron in the path of the former World Champ to protect herself, and that's been the case since. Saraya runs away, Harley steps up, and Jamie drops her in seconds flat. Hayter put her down in a match in Champaign a few days after ALL IN: LONDON 2024, and knocked her out after The Outcasts' tag on the September 13th RAMPAGE, but couldn't get anything on Saraya.
That changes tonight at Arthur Ashe Stadium when Saraya must step into the ring with Jamie Hayter, but “The Unproblematic Icon” has certainly stacked the deck against her foe. In the video embedded above, fans can hear just how great the odds are, just how much Jamie Hayter has to overcome in order to exact revenge on Saraya, but after fighting against the odds for the last year to get back in the ring, she's ready to do whatever it takes to even the score with this Outcast!
TRIOS BOUT...
The Conglomeration (ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe, Kyle O'Reilly, & Orange Cassidy) vs.
The Learning Tree (Big Bill, Bryan Keith, & Chris Jericho)
The battles between The Conglomeration and The Learning Tree have been escalating for weeks now, reaching a peak when Orange Cassidy defeated Chris Jericho in their singles match last week, but the fact the 2-Time International Champion used a roll of quarter with his Orange Punch served to fuel the fire rather than bring an end to the rivalry. It didn't matter that Jericho brought the roll into the match in the first place, all that mattered was Jericho lost again, and he's not about just take a loss without retaliating.
That's brought us to this Trios match pitting the two units against one another, and the fans in New York are ready to experience the chaos tonight on COLLISION! Will this match bring an end to the hostilities between The Conglomeration and The Learning Tree, or is this just another battle in their larger war?
ELIMINATOR MATCH...
AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. ROH World Tag Champion Sammy Guevara
“The Spanish God” Sammy Guevara is coming off a hard-fought victory this past Saturday night on COLLISION, a battle where he and Dustin Rhodes retained the ROH World Tag Titles over Undisputed Kingdom in a Bunkhouse Brawl. It was violent and vicious, demonstrative of just how important those tag belts are to the Texas two, but tonight it's not about those tag belts, it's about the Continental Championship and Guevara trying to earn his first shot at that title.
Kazuchika Okada is coming off a Four-Way title victory at ALL OUT 2024, but a trios loss last Wednesday night, so will this fight tonight at Arthur Ashe be a redemptive one for “The Rainmaker” or Guevara stepping up towards putting a second championship around his waist? It's a huge opportunity for Sammy, even if a potential title fight wasn't on the line any bout against an athlete like Okada is a huge chance, but the Continental Championship implications make it even greater!
3-WAY LUCHA LIBRE...
Dralistico vs. The Beast Mortos vs. Hologram
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, All Elite Wrestling presents this Lucha Libre 3-Way bout between the most dynamic luchadors in the world today! The undefeated Hologram has rapidly became a fan favorite since his debut over the Summer while The Beast Mortos, win or lose, has been inflicting pain on every opponent standing across the ring from him! For Dralistico, tonight will mark his return to AEW competition after ten months away! He hasn't been seen in AEW since FULL GEAR 2023's Tag Team Championship Ladder Match, but that doesn't mean Dralistico has been sitting at home waiting for the call. In fact, he's been competing all across Mexico throughout 2024 and is more than ready to get back in the AEW ring and demonstrate why he's among the best of the best Mexico has to offer!
TNT CHAMPIONSHIP OPEN CHALLENGE...
“The Scapegoat” Jack Perry(c) vs. ???
ALL OUT 2024 was quite disappointing for “The Scapegoat” Jack Perry as he failed to capture the AEW World Championship from Bryan Danielson, but he rebounded strong with a TNT Championship victory over Lio Rush just a few days later, and then another over Christopher Daniels on the September 14th COLLISION. Tonight at Arthur Ashe, he's putting out the call for another challenger to step up to the plate, but who will step into the ring with “The Scapegoat” at COLLISION: GRAND SLAM 2024 tonight?
AEW WORLD TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH...
Claudio Castagnoli, “The Bastard” PAC, & Wheeler Yuta(c) vs. Komander & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
Tonight on COLLISION, after suffering at the hands of Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and PAC, Private Party and Komander are getting an opportunity to claim the AEW World Trios Championships as their own! As exciting as that may be for their trio, there are quite a few questions swirling around certain individuals involved in this match: what is the status of Isiah Kassidy's hand after Mox took a hammer to it? We know he's being allowed to compete tonight on COLLISION in this title fight, but how much pain he's in and just what kind of damage was done is something Private Party is keeping close to their chest. Then there is the question of Wheeler Yuta and where he stands in this mix? “The Bastard” gave him an ultimatum about showing up for the fight, and Moxley questioned just what kind of man the Blackpool Combat Club taught him to be, but does any of that matter after what he watched happen to Bryan Danielson? It's clear where the fans stand regarding Yuta, after all it was his name they chanted when Bryan was in need of aid on Wednesday night though he did not respond to their call to action. Was it because of this championship dilemma? Was it internal or external forces that hindered Yuta from helping Danielson?
Lots of questions, but we will get some answers tonight when the AEW World Trios Championship titles are on the line at Arthur Ashe Stadium!
There's a whole lot of action set for COLLISION: GRAND SLAM 2024 tonight with a TNT Title Open Challenge, a Lumberjack Strap Match, Saraya's Rules, that trios battle, and more starting promptly at 8pm ET/7pm CT on TNT, so make a point to drop by AEW's official YouTube channel to catch highlights from this week's DYNAMITE: GRAND SLAM 2024 and RAMPAGE, as well as previous editions of COLLISION, plus HEY! (EW), Time Lines, Close Up, Road To..., and so much more! Then it's time for AEW to return to Pittsburgh for a celebration of DYNAMITE's fifth year anniversary on October 2nd! We know that AEW International Champion Will Ospreay will defend his title against Ricochet and that Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D returns to her alma mater to face “The Professor” Serena Deeb, but there will no doubt be plenty more on tap for this milestone event!