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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.
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