CONTAINS SPOILERS
Welcome to All In: London weekend! Tonight’s episode of AEW COLLISION was broadcast on TNT from Utilta Arena Cardiff in Cardiff, Wales!
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.
Trios Match!
The Conglomeration’s “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy, ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe, & Kyle O’Reilly (with Tomohiro Ishii)
vs.
The Undisputed Kingdom’s Roderick Strong, Mike Bennett, & Matt Taven!
Tomohiro Ishii joined the broadcast booth for this match, keeping his eyes on the Undisputed Kingdom.
Bennett and Briscoe traded chops. Briscoe applied a side headlock and then Kyle booted Bennett after a tag.
Roderick entered the match and he and Kyle exchanged strikes. Kyle tossed Roddy with a big back body drop. Kyle wiped out Bennett and Taven with dragon screw leg whips. Orange tagged in and wiped out Bennett and Taven with a double hurracanrana. Orange spiked Roderick with a DDT!
Bennett blocked a Beach Break and Taven jumped off the turnbuckle, spiking Orange with a piledriver. Briscoe grabbed a tag and cleaned house on the Undisputed Kingdom with his redneck Kungfu! Roddy planted Briscoe on the edge of a steel chair as the ref was distracted!
Kyle applied an ankle lock on Mike Bennett. Kyle hit Bennett with a dragon screw and then Briscoe connected with the Froggy Bow! Orange dropped an elbow on Bennett, but the pin attempt was broken up by the Undisputed Kingdom. Bennett retaliated with a Death Valley Driver on Kyle.
Roderick rocked Kyle with a back breaker for a two-count. Kyle caught Roddy in an arm bar and transitioned to an ankle lock. The submission was broken up as the other wrestlers fell on top of Kyle as they were brawling. Kyle managed to put the guillotine on Taven and won the match as Taven was unconscious!
CMLL World Women’s Champion Willow Nightingale
vs.
The Outcasts’ Harley Cameron!
Willow body slammed Harley. Willow splashed Harley in the corner and then followed up with a series of lariats. Harley fired back with knee lifts and a Russian Leg Sweep.
Harley cracked Willow with elbow strikes. Willow planted Harley with the Babe With The Powerbomb and picked up the pinfall victory!
“The Wrestler” Katsuyori Shibata (with ROH World Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara)
vs. Jay Lethal (with Sonjay Dutt & Satnam Singh)!
Shibata pump kicked Lethal in the arm. Lethal rallied back with a cartwheel into a dropkick on Shibata. Lethal dropped elbows on Shibata’s leg, hammering it, tenderizing it for the figure four that he has in his arsenal.
Lethal locked on the figure four in the center of the ring. Shibata escaped but Lethal was ready with the Lethal Combination. Lethal went for the King’s Elbow but Shibata countered, catching Lethal with an arm bar. Lethal scooted to the ropes, breaking the hold thanks to his boots touching the ropes.
Shibata took down Lethal with an STO. Shibata applied the Iron Claw and transitioned to an arm bar, and Lethal had no choice but to tap out! Shibata extended his hand to Lethal after the match as a sign of respect, and Lethal accepted.
Mixed Tag Match!
Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway vs. Nina Samuels & Kid Lykos 2!
Statlander drilled Samuels and Kid Lykos 2 with a double lariat. Stokely planted Kid Lykos with a spinebuster. Statlander hoisted up Stokely and threw him on top of Kid Lykos 2, good enough for Stokely to pick up the pin!
Stokely: “What you just saw is a preview of what you’re going to see tomorrow at All In! Tomorrow, we have a tag team match against Willow and Ishii, and whoever wins that match, they get to pick the stipulation at All Out in Chicago for Willow against Statlander, one on one. And when we destroy Willow and Ishii, their careers are going to be like the food here—absolutely rubbish, mate.”
HOOK
vs.
“The Red Wood” Big Bill (with FTW Champion Chris Jericho & “Bad Apple” Bryan Keith)!
Chris Jericho joined the broadcast booth for this match.
Hook was hurled across the ring with a fallaway slam by Big Bill. Big Bill gouged at Hook’s injured eye. Big Bill splashed Hook in the corner!
“He just snapped him like a branch,” laughed Jericho.
Big Bill charged at Hook with a massive boot to the face! Big Bill rag dolled Hook in a bear hug! Big Bill dropped several elbows onto Hook’s chest and went for the cover, but Hook kicked out at the two-count.
Hook ducked a charging Big Bill. Hook pummeled Big Bill with relentless right handed strikes. Bryan Keith jumped into the ring but Hook suplexed him. Big Bill went for a choke slam, but Hook escaped. Hook jumped on Big Bill’s back with the Red Rum! Big Bill tapped out!
“The Last Outlaw” Jeff Jarrett (with Karen Jarrett)
vs.
The Premier Athlete’s Ariya Daivari!
Daivari took down Jarrett with a double shoulder tackle and then taunted Jeff with a strut. Jarrett slugged Ariya.
Jarrett rammed Daivari’s head into the steel ring steps. But back in the ring, Daivari caught Jarrett with a sleeper. Jarrett fought out of it, backing Daivari into the turnbuckles. Jarrett followed up with a belly to back suplex.
Jarrett wiped out Daivari with a Russian Leg Sweep. Jarrett blocked a thrust kick. Jarrett rocked Daivari by drilling him with the Stroke and picked up a big victory tonight!
Wild Card In Cardiff Trios Match!
Top Flight—Dante & Darius Martin (with Action Andretti), and Lio Rush
vs.
“The Bastard” PAC, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli!
The winners will advance to the Four-Way Ladder Match against AEW World Trios Champions The Patriarchy, The Bang Bang Gang, and the House of Black this Sunday at AEW All In: London.
Yuta put Darius in a bow and arrow submission. Darius escaped and blasted Wheeler with a dropkick. Dante grabbed a tag and Pac entered the fray. Dante dropkicked Pac. Claudio tagged in and Lio Rush insisted on Dante tagging him in. Claudio smashed Lio with a European Uppercut. Darius drilled Claudio with a DDT.
Dante connected with a big cross body press on Pac for a near fall. Lio Rush rocketed out of the ring with a tope to Pac!
“Holy smokes,” said Tony Schiavone.
Rush and Pac exchanged forearms in the center of the ring. Pac served up a flurry of offense, but Lio returned with a Blue Thunder Bomb. Pac nailed Lio with a suplex. Pac climbed to the top turnbuckle, but Dante stopped him with a kick. Darius followed up with a stunner. Lio frog splashed Pac, but the BCC broke up the pin attempt on Pac.
Claudio put Lio in the Giant Swing and Wheeler dropkicked the spinning Rush. Pac blasted Rush with the Black Arrow and pinned Lio!
“The Bastard” PAC, Claudio, and Wheeler will join the London Ladders match tomorrow!
AEW World Trios Champion Christian Cage and Mother Wayne walked down the ramp!
Christian Cage: “Congrats to the three of you for qualifying for the London Ladder match. I am the godfather of ladder matches so I came out here to give you a little friendly advice. You have to have eyes in the back of your head. It can come from anywhere at any time!”
The Patriarchy ambushed Claudio, Pac, and Yuta, wielding chairs!
The Bang Bang Gang stormed down to the ring! They grabbed some plunder of their own, pulling tables out from under the ring!
The arena lights went dark!
“You know who this is!” said Nigel.
“The world knows!” replied Tony.
The House of Black appeared on the ramp as the lights turned back on. The House of Black and the Bang Bang Gang jumped into the ring, but the Patriarchy retreated! The Bang Bang Gang and the House of Black began to brawl in the ring as the Patriarchy watched from the ramp!
Catch the fallout from AEW ALL IN: London on AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from the State Farm Center in Champaign, IL!
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