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Ciocco’s AEW Dynamite & Collision Review 11.11.26
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Loading...SICKOS! It’s Wednesday, you know what that means! AEW Dynamite is LIVE tonight from the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, but tonight isn’t just the usual edition of Dynamite. Tonight will be a three hour-plus edition of the show as we are heading to Full Gear this Saturday.
But that doesn’t mean tonight’s show will lack in action or drama, far from it. After having won the AEW National Championship on Saturday’s edition of Collision, Tommaso Ciampa will defend it for the first time against Speedball Mike Bailey. The fifth and final installment of the series between the Motor City Machine Guns and FTR will take place tonight, although I’d still like to know what the winning team earns.
Elsewhere, we will get multiple previews of Full Gear this Saturday, starting with the New Level going up against Brodido, Switchblade Jay White and AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Mone will face Continental Champion Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir, while AEW World Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay will come face-to-face with his challenger Kyle Fletcher. All of this and, of course, so much more in store for us tonight!
So, how is everyone doing on this Wednesday evening? I’ll be attending a show on Friday by a band named Eyes of the Nile, which is an Iron Maiden tribute band out of Washington, DC, and I’ll be in the front row, which never happens. If they are as great as everyone says they are, then I am sure I will have fun.
But enough about me and enough about you, let’s get ready to make the Dynamite go BOOM before we COLLIDE!
We are LIVE tonight from the Mormon State, as Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness will have the action!
Our lovely trio run down the matches that we are expecting for tonight and also for Full Gear.
Highlights from last week’s Blood and Guts episode of Dynamite. This was also the video package that they aired this past Saturday, FWIW. The guys are seriously being serious about this.
Tony says we need to watch this footage that he took after last week’s show. We see the faces in the locker room. Will Ospreay walks in and throws his title onto a luggage bag. Ospreay bows in front of Adam Copeland, and he wants to understand what happened. There were kids wearing their shirts and they let them down.
Copeland: SHUT UP!
Adam says he was retired for nine years because of the choices that he made, that is on him. But he doesn’t want to see anyone in the room (meaning the Young Bucks and Steven Borden). He tells one of the Bucks that he is taking piledrivers from Mark Davis and tells Steven the last time he saw him he had his arms out like this *imitates him getting knocked out at WrestleDream*. Copeland says he doesn’t want to go through this anymore, and if they don’t understand that, then maybe he shouldn’t be here anymore.
PROTOSTAR! Kyle Fletcher is out with Don Callis for his face-to-face. Here comes our favorite Billy Goat BRUV! The chant-along part of Will’s theme hits, but Kyle has a mic and he screams CUT IT, CUT IT, CUT IT! He isn’t out here to listen to this BS, but he has to listen to OSPREAY chants anyway lol. Oh, and the good Mormon people saying FUCK DON CALLIS lol.
Flecther: Are you done? I TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE DONE! YOU SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO THE PROTOSTAR!
Kyle thinks Will looks anxious, but he assures him there will be no shenanigans. It’s been two years since these two had a conversation and he thinks they are due. It was two years ago in this very building that Fletcher shaved his head clean bald. Don Callis happily claps for this and the fans chant YOU LOOK STUPID!
Fletcher: No, I don’t! NO I DON’T!
Kyle says a lot has changed for Will: He got married, he had neck surgery, and you came back and won the World Heavyweight Title. The fans chant HE’S THE CHAMPION, and Fletcher mocks the fans for this astute observation lol. Fletcher lists all of his accomplishments over the past two years, and Fletcher says that none of this happens without Will. So, he wants to thank him.
Ospreay is taken aback by this, because he wasn’t expecting this after last week. Ospreay thanks him for this and says he hopes that he has taught him to be a better person. Fletcher says you are twisting his words. If he had the chance to stab Will in the head with a screwdriver, he would do it AGAIN! If he wanted to hit another Tiger Driver, he would do it AGAIN! Fletcher doesn’t understand why Ospreay returned after surgery and wanted retribution against Jon Moxley? SHUT THE FUCK UP CHANTS, and Fletcher asks why they won’t let him talk. Fletcher says HE broke HIS neck with a Tiger Driver on a chair, and he wants Will to tell the World that it was him.
Will says Kyle is right. He was responsible for the most excruciating 12 months of my life. I was basically wrestling with one arm. He was only seven months into his AEW contract, and he didn’t want to let Tony down, he didn’t want to let the locker room down, or the fans down. The only reason he was able to get through it was he kept hearing the beginning of his music. DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN, and then the fans lose their mind. Hell, we stood in the ring in your home country, and they cheered me over you.
Will says morphine is a hell of a drug but so is adrenaline, and he wants to prove to everyone that he runs this shit. The part of his song that goes OSPREAY OSPREAY is like the Batsignal for him, because he wants to keep going for them. But Kyle shouldn’t brag about that, because even with a bad neck, he still smoked Fletcher TWICE. Ospreay beat the Ace of AEW, he outlasted seven of the best that AEW has to offer, and he fired the Black Arrow when the World needed it. Ospreay sent in a clip around 10AM this morning that he wants the truck to roll. The clip is from All-In London, when Ospreay made his walk through the back, and he walked past Mark Davis and Fletcher. The video stops there, and Will wants to know how he was feeling in that moment.
Kyle says that he felt absolutely nothing, but Ospreay says that is a load of bullocks. He doesn’t want to hear the words coming from his daddy Don, he wants to hear Kyle tell him how he felt. Fletcher losses his mind and screams that he was jealous. He knew Will wasn’t going to let the people down, and that was his fairytale, his fantasy. So, yes, Kyle WAS jealous, but within minutes, he realized that he would be the man to take the title from Will and take his crowning achievement for himself.
Will doesn’t believe Kyle, he thinks he is lying. This is what it could have been; it could be about two friends putting their differences aside to fight for the World Title at one of the biggest PPV in the World. Ospreay thinks that deep down, Fletcher still loves him, and Ospreay still loves Fletcher. Kyle again freaks out and says Will is a master manipulator. He learned it, Mark Davis learned it, and Callum Newman is learning it now. Your wife will learn it eventually and she will leave you. So will your son, and if he doesn’t, then Kyle will make sure he understands. But that is the future, and this Saturday, there will only be hatred and vengeance.
Ospreay says these will be his final words. They don’t stand on the same ground. They have faced off six times, Will has won five of them, and Kyle won two years ago. He pulled the trigger on Moxley and Omega, and now, he is going to pull the trigger on you, BRUV! Because when it comes to them, he will always be on higher ground. Because his name is Will Ospreay, and he is on another…
But Will isn’t finishing that thought, because Fletcher slaps him in the face. Kyle implores him to SAY IT, SAY IT, Ospreay smiles, and finishes it with LEVEL. Ospreay leaves the ring and we see Fletcher is as red as a tomato.
Video package for Adam Copeland and his match with Kazuchika Okada for the International Title this Saturday. Adam says he has to go for the World Title, so it makes perfect sense that he is going for the International Title instead!
Speaking of levels, here is the NEW LE-V-EL!
The New Level vs. Brody King and Bandido
And the brawl is on before the bell, as Creed and Kofi hit tope suicidas to King and Bandido during their entrances. Both teams fight all around the ring. King grabs a chair and puts Creed in it and turns him into a smashed sammich. King sends Creed into the ring and Rick Knox rings the bell. Low bridge by Creed sends King to the floor, and he takes him out with another Tope. Senton Atomico from Bandido, and Kofi takes out Brody and Bandido with a flying clothesline. Kofi throws a chair into the ring, and the New Level look for more goodies as we hit the break.
Bandido has Creed pressed over his head as we return. Creed escapes and pops up Bandido for a knee. King with a guillotine clothesline, but Kofi goes after Bandido. Creed steps in with a Fisherman’s Buster on Bandido to THIS IS AWESOME chants. King levels both men with a double lariat. The fans bark in approval, and he flattens Kofi and Creed on the floor with a Tope. King picks up both men, but Kofi and Austin fight back and throw Brody into the ring steps. They look around for Bandido, who comes running from the apron to the stairs and torpedoes himself into both men. Kofi misses Bandido with a chair and Bandido lays him out on the ramp as we hear the bell ring. Apparently, referees do enforce counts on the outside, who knew?
WINNERS: Double count out
TIME: 6:45
THOUGHTS: More angle than match, which makes sense considering how much these teams hate each other. I blame Hangman and Swerve lol.
RATING: **3/4
Post-match, King sets up a table down on the floor and Bandido lifts Kofi over his head, but Creed saves him with a SPEAR! Security is here to try and break it up. The operative word is TRY, as Kofi sends King through the table with a big crossbody! Bandido picks up one security nerd and throws him into two others as Creed gets out of dodge.
Video package for Veteran’s Day, highlighting Bobby Lashley, Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo, and Trish Adora and their service.
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
The Remarkable Renee Paquette had The Brawling Birds and WRATHLANDER in the back after their match last week. The Birds insist that Kris and Harley look banged up and tired, so they are willing to give them a couple of weeks to recover and face them for the titles. Kris says she is ready to go, and Harley makes fun of their accent with a JOLLY GOOD MATE! They get face-to-face, and Harley says they aren’t scared of them, and she will bring those titles back to her because she held them before. Jamie and Alex mock them, and we get a stare down.
With everyone banned from ringside, they say!
Orange Cassidy vs. David Finlay
Cassidy looks at David’s shillelagh before the bell. He picks it up but then ends up pushing it under the ring skirt lol. Cassidy is on fire at the bell and almost gets Finlay with a backslide. Finlay back with a crucifix and he looks to attack, but Cassidy casually rolls out of the ring. Finlay goes after him, but Cassidy rolls into the ring. Finlay heads back in, but Cassidy slides out and stands next to his fans. Both men get into the ring, but they both end up leaving the ring again. Bryce gets to the count of NINE and they both slide in. Cassidy with a Tiaras and a Tope Suicida on the floor to Finlay. He looks to follow up with the DDT from the top rope, but Finlay catches him and spins him into a backbreaker. Finlay goes PEW PEW as we hit the break.
Finlay beats up on Cassidy during the break and that continues post-break. Cassidy, however, won’t stay down. THE HANDS ARE IN THE POCKETS! Finlay feigns doing the same, but he smacks Cassidy with a rolling discus forearm. Finlay looking to suplex Cassidy, but he seemingly mocks him not being able to counter him. On the third attempt, Cassidy reverses into a suplex of his own. Cassidy with a running corner forearm and he takes Finaly from corner to corner. Springboard back in, David catches him, but Cassidy with the Stun Dog Millionaire! Cassidy scores with the DDT! Cassidy to the corner, where he trips up Finlay, who hits the second turnbuckle with his face. Cassidy to the top rope, Finlay to the top and he bites his forehead. Cassidy’s turn to bite Finlay’s head! Cassidy makes Moxley proud when he gives David a good back scratch and he shoves him from the top. Top-rope DDT connects! Finlay roles under the ring and throws a chair into the ring. It’s a distraction so Davis can get his shillelagh, and he smacks Cassidy in the face with it. Bryce counts it even though he looks around confused.
WINNER: David Finlay
TIME: 9:25
THOUGHTS: The match was fine, but again, like with the opening match, this is more about the angle for Saturday over the in-ring action tonight.
RATING: ***1/4
Post-match, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong are here. David brings out the Gunns, but Clark Connors sneaks in from behind and SPEARS Cassidy!
Renee has Andrade El Idolo (sans title, but with title shot case in hand). Andrade says he is happy to be in AEW, and he lost his title to one of the best wrestlers in the World. He is in AEW to make history, and as they say, when one door closes, another door opens. He will make history to become the first ever Latino AEW World Heavyweight Champion. These are words from Andrade El Idolo, the Real Latino Man!
Wait, so he doesn’t say his thing anymore?
Merecedes Mone, Megan Bayne, Lena Kross, Steven Borden, Darby Allin, Rocky Romero, Paul Wight, and the New Level take part in an ad for the Thanksgiving editions of Dynamite and Collision. We also get spots from Scotty 2 Hotty, Curry Man, and Glacier! That’s a hell of a Thanksgiving table!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
Lexy Nair has Big Stoke in the back. She says the winner of the fifth and final match tonight will get a shot at whoever walks out Champions this Saturday. Stoke calls her stupid and says that FTR have respect for the Motor City Machine Guns. But Dax can’t take his wife out to fancy restaurants, and Cash can’t buy a new Hellcat with respect. They are going to win matches, make money, and then win the tag team titles. TOP GUYS, OUT!
Speaking of out, Dr. Britt Baker is out with Persephone!
Persephone vs. Gypsy Mac
Mac wants to shake hands at the bell, Persephone accepts, but she throws Mac to the mat and punches away on her while screaming MY TBS TITLE! Rick Knox backs her off, Mac tries to fight back, but Persephone hits a lariat and the Razor’s Edge for the win.
WINNER: Persephone
TIME: 90 seconds
THOUGHTS: Crazy woman is crazy, but Persephone with personality is something that I can get behind.
RATING: Lovely squash!
Post-match, Persephone gets the mic and wants to know where her title is and that the TBS Title is hers!
Renee is in the back, and she gets a word with Hangman Adam Page. She wants to know why he changed his mind on the Texas Deathmatch. Hangman says he knows Swerve as well as he does, and he thought that, after the past two years, that this was all behind them. But Swerve wanted Texas Death, and Hangman says you don’t walk out the same as you walk into the match. He told everyone to not give in to Swerve and give him what he wants, but now he has to reckon with the fact that this isn’t just about him anymore. He calls in Brody King and Bandido, who come and stand by Hangman. Page says THEY want Texas Death; they NEED Texas Death! He will cast aside any doubt on Saturday, he will walk into the mouth of hell with his brothers, and he will fight!
Brody says you feel the hatred, and Brody understands that. But Bandido taught him that there is a better way to focus and take out your anger. He doesn’t believe in God, but he does believe in retribution. ARF! Bandido speaks to us in Spanish and threatens us with finger guns. At least I take that more seriously than when Finlay does it.
ROUND FIVE…FIGHT!
Best-of-Five Series Finale: FTR (2) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (2)
Alex Shelley and Cash Wheeler to start. Wheeler takes Shelley to his corner and Dax Harwood tags in. Alex escapes, Chris Sabin comes in, and all four men stare each other down. Harwood snaps Shelley to the mat, Alex to his feet, Dax with a big boot and a roll-up for a two. Dax takes down Alex again, but Shelley snaps off two arm drags and an arm lock. Harwood to his feet and he backs Shelley into his corner. Harwood in, but Alex with a takeover and a Tiaras to both men! Sabin in now, Wheeler backs off, all four men are in now and we get a hockey fight! The brawl continues around the ring as we hit the break.
Wheeler is on offense against Shelley as we return. Wheeler goes to the bad knee of Shelley, but Alex sends him into the corner. Dax comes in, but he ends up hitting the corner with a shoulder tackle. Sabin gets the tag, but Harwood distracts Paul Turner, so he doesn’t see the tag. REF, YOU SUCK chants, as FTR can’t keep a good Shelley down and he officially tags in Sabin. Chris hits the SPAM button on arm drags and clotheslines to FTR. Sabin with a spike DDT on Wheeler for a two. Nigel just called Big STOKE big STROKE lol. Whiplash from Wheeler into a back suplex on Sabin. Shelley in, but Wheeler corners him. Shelley fights back, here comes Sabin, but Wheeler gouges the eyes of Alex and punches away on Chris’ head. The fight goes to the floor again, and Wheeler has the ring bell! He drops the ring bell and throws Shelley into the ring apron. He sneaks in a shot to the head of Sabin with the bell, but he still kicks out at two! Justin lets us know that ten minutes remain, which means we’re going for a draw! That will take us to the break.
FTR are setting up Shelley for Power and Glory as we return. They hit it, but Sabin hits Wheeler with a dropkick. Stoke is on the apron, which allows Harwood to go for a backslide on Shelley for a two. Chops from Harwood to Shelley, Alex spits at Dax and he fires back with his own chops. Both men take a knee for a second before continuing the chops. Justin says we are down to five minutes as Sabin hits the ring and hits Wheeler with an enziguri. MCMG with the Dream Sequence to Harwood. Sabin takes out Wheeler with a Tope, and Shelley takes out Stoke with a running knee! Back in the ring, MCMG hit Skull and Bones, but Wheeler flies through the ropes to save Harwood. This gets HOLY SHIT chants. Yeah, I can’t believe Stoke is DED again, either. Wheeler and Sabin crash to the floor, Dax with an outside-in suplex on Shelley, and Stoke tries to hold his foot! Shelley kicks out and chases Stoke around the floor. Alex into the ring, and FTR hit the Shatter Machine! Sabin saves Shelley! Stoke eats Cradle Shock from Sabin! Stuff Piledriver from FTR! Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein kicks out! FIGHT FOREVER chants as we have a mere 60 seconds left to go. FTR looking for a second stuff piledriver, but Shelley hits the mat. Harwood tries again, but Shelley again hits the mat. Harwood again tries, but Alex drops to his knees. Shatter Machine, NO, Shelley rolls up Dax and the Guns have won the series!
WINNERS: Motor City Machine Guns (Three wins to two! A winner is MCMG!)
TIME: 19:50
THOUGHTS: I have admitted to enjoying every match between these two teams, but this one takes the cake. So many false finishes, so many times where it looked like FTR might steal it, and then, with the time running down, it seemed like we were going to get a time limit draw. I legit left out a shocked sound when the match ended clean and not in a draw. Can they keep fighting forever?
RATING: ****1/2
Post-match, Alex and Chris want to shake hands with Dax and Cash. They accept, although Stoke is on the floor and he does not look like a happy Stoke. It’s probably because he can’t get any hoes.
Video package that we have been accustomed to, with highlights from previous events that took place in Salt Lake City!
AEW National Title Match: Tommaso Ciampa (C) vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
Bailey wants to engage in a chopping battle with Ciampa at the bell. Realizing he isn’t going to win, Speedball goes for his strength with his kicks. He kicks Ciampa to the corner and he is fired up! This becomes a detriment when Ciampa sends Bailey to the apron and boots him in the face. To spin something from Green Jelly, it’s not CARNAGE RULES, but CIAMPA RULES! Back into the ring we go, Ciampa charges Bailey, but he slides out of the ring, and Bailey crowns him with the Sky Twister Press! Bailey rolls Ciampa into the ring, but Tommaso rolls out the other side and asks for a timeout. There are no timeouts in wrestling, silly! Well, except for that episode of Raw back in January 1996 when they had a football theme to it. Ciampa with the Willow’s Bell on the apron and he knees Bailey in the head against the ring steps. Ciampa against says CHAMPA RULES and slaps hands with Nigel and a fan behind him. Bailey is busted open as we hit the break.
Ciampa is in control during the break, but that changes post-break as Bailey stops the onslaught. He heads to the top rather gingerly and Ciampa cuts him off. Ciampa looking avalanche Air Raid Crash to the floor, but Bailey sneaks out and looks for a Sunset Bomb. That looked a little sus. Ciampa settles for the Air Raid Crash on the apron instead. Back in the ring, Tommaso with Project Ciampa, but Bailey kicks out at two. Ciampa lowers the knee pad, but Bailey hits the mat. Bryce checks on Bailey and Tommaso screams ASK HIM! Ciampa picks up Bailey, but again Mike hits the mat. Bryce confirms that Speedball can keep going, so Ciampa with some mocking slaps. Bailey hits back with the real strikes and baits him in for an enziguri! Straitjacket Driver from Bailey, but Ciampa counters and sits down for a two. Bailey suckers in Ciampa for a big round kick. Thrust kick, standing moonsault from Bailey but no cover. Ciampa to the corner after another thrust kick, but Ciampa avoids Time and Adventure by tripping up Bailey in the corner.
Ciampa looking for something, but Bailey kicks out his vertical base, and he rolls out to the apron. Standing Moonsault with the knees from Bailey! Bailey heads to the top, but Ciampa is back and he smashes the speed balls of Speedball on the top rope. All credit to Nigel for that one! Bailey with a headbutt that sends Ciampa into the Tree of WOE! Kicks from Bailey, but Ciampa catches his foot and bites it! What a SICKO! Ciampa chips Bailey from the top and to the apron. Ciampa looking to go up top, but Bailey with an enziguri. Ultimo Weapon connects, but Ciampa kicks out at 2.9123919299111! THIS IS AWESOME chants as Bailey connects with Time and Adventure! Flamingo Driver, but Ciampa bites the head of Bailey to escape. Bailey is back and he looks for a Rana from the top, but Tommaso holds on and hits an avalanche Project Ciampa! Bailey kicks out at 2.919292939991999! The knee pad is down, and Ciampa hits the running knee! The cover, but Bailey again kicks out at 2.98909991828! Bailey to his knees and he defiantly throws his mouthpiece, as Ciampa hits ANOTHER knee strike, and this time, Speedball isn’t getting out of it.
WINNER: Tommaso Ciampa (And still!)
TIME: 15:50
THOUGHTS: What a nice one-two punch in hour two of Dynamite after a talk heavy first hour! I don’t think anyone believed that Speedball was winning the title here, but damn if there weren’t enough false finishes to keep you on the edge of your seat!
RATING: ****1/4
Post-match, Ciampa celebrates with Ruby when the lights go out and the red lights come on! The clock is ticking as Ciampa clutches Ruby with all that he has. Ilja Dragunov is here! He conducts on his way down to the ring and goes to the corner, but Ciampa pulls him down from the corner. Dragunov stops conducting and he points to the KhanTron (all credit to Hanglady Arilyn Page!), and we see Ciampa will defend the title against Ilja at Full Gear!
HELL
YES!
Ciampa offers a handshake, but he flips off Ilja instead and he leaves the ring as Dragunov continues to conduct.
Moxley and Marina will face Mone and the Switchblade, coming up next!
It’s time for the Dynamite main event!
Jay White and the Nerdsthe Cut are here, but no one cares because Mercedes Mone is here to swing her big D!
Mercedes Mone and Switchblade Jay White vs. Marina Shafir and Jon Moxley
Stephon Smith tells all of the Cut members to leave ringside. NGL, I like how we have been without the whole gang tactics shit tonight. White and Moxley to start. Both men take a run at each other, Moxley with a shoulder tackle, but White rolls out of the ring. Shafir threatens to kick White in the face lol. Moxley greets White with chops back in the ring, but again White rolls out of the ring. He gets back into the ring and tags in Mone, so Moxley has to tag in Shafir.
Mone tags out, but Shafir isn’t backing down from White! She kicks him in the quad, and White ends up backing into Moxley, who throws him out of the ring. Shafir and Moxley beat up on White and Mone on the floor before they are both returned to the ring. Marina and Moxley corner Jay and Mercedes with stereo corner punches and stereo forehead bites! White doesn’t want anything to do with Marina, but she doesn’t feel the same as she smacks him and kicks him. Mone sneaks into the ring and hits the Backstabber. White knocks Moxley to the floor and hits Shafir with a backbreaker for a two. He tags in Mone, and that takes us to the break.
Mone has Shafir stretched out as we return. She hits a dropkick to Shafir and tags in White, who hits Shafir with a scoop slam. White talks that mad shit and gets slapped for it. White kicks her in the gut, but she rolls away and tags in Moxley. A forearm battle breaks out, and Moxley with an inside cradle for a two. Moxley with a dropkick that sends White to the floor followed by the Tope Suicida. Moxley turns around to see Mone hitting him with her Tope. Where uh, where do I sign up for that? Back in the ring, Death Rider from Moxley, but White kicks out at two. Moxley looking for the cross-face, but Mone steps in and slaps Moxley repeatedly. Jon looks to hit the Paradigm Shift, but White with a chop block. Mone with the Frog Splash to Mox, but he kicks out at two.
Shafir tags back in but everyone is fighting in the ring. Mone catches Moxley in the Statement Maker, so Shafir locks on a triangle for White. Smith waves it off since both the women are legal. White hits Shafir with the Bladerunner, Mone punches him in the balls, but Moxley spins around a bit before hitting Mercedes with a CUTTER! Jay looking Bladerunner, but Moxley escapes and smashes him with the King Kong Lariat. White and Moxley roll out to the floor, and Shafir locks in the Brutalizer on Mone! Moxley keeps White from saving her, and Mone taps out!
WINNERS: The Death Riders
TIME: 14:05
THOUGHTS: I know people have given me grief in the past with telegraphing future results, but Shafir winning here most certainly means that she isn’t beating Mone on Saturday. Despite that, I loved the fact that they weren’t afraid to let the women mix it up with the men instead of having automatic tag outs.
RATING: ***1/2
IT’S TIME FOR THE COLLISION HOUR!
The beating continues post-match, as the rest of the Cut are here. The rest of the available Death Riders are here, but the Cut still have the numbers. Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong slowly walk down the ramp, but Orange Cassidy enters through the people!
The Triangle of Madness are in the back. Thekla says they saw Julia get barbwire shoved in her mouth last week and they lost. Did they complain? Did they cry about it? No, because they are tough. Skye tells Aminata not to worry about Hyan but worry about her because she is taking her title and her heart. Julia says everyone woman in that match will feel what she felt, and she wants to unleash hell. Thekla says you bitches are in trouble now!
The Elite Reunion! Walker Stewart also showed up out of thin air as well, giving us FOUR commentators.
The Elite vs. The Don Callis Family
Kevin Knight, Brian Cage, and a returning El Clon are representing the Family. Matt Jackson and Cage to start this. Matt can’t match his power, but he can use his speed and agility, which is what he does until Nick enters to help him out. Double team offense for Cage, they clothesline Clon to the floor, but Knight avoids Bucks offense. Well, for a second anyway, as Matt launches Nick into a SEE YA dropkick. Tag to Jack Perry which is followed by a triple basement dropkick to Knight. Clon in now, he trips up Perry, but Jack off the ropes and off the top with an arm drag and a dropkick. Clon leapfrogs Perry and Knight kicks Perry in the back. Knight leaps over Clon with a missile dropkick to Perry. The rest of the DCF sends the Bucks to the floor and Knight says IT’S TOO EASY! Perry throws Cage into the barricade, and Perry goes under the ring. Knight follows him under the ring, Perry reappears, and Knight walks into a SUPERKICK PARTY! Cage gets thrown into the ring steps, and Clon has a SUPERKICK PARTY as well! Triple team Tope from the Elite as we hit the break!
The good times didn’t last very long for the Elite, as the DCF target Perry as we return. Corner clothesline train from the DCF and Knight scores with a big jumping knee strike for a two. Perry throws himself into a lariat to Knight, which allows him to tag in Nick. Nick has kicks for everyone, and he tags in Matt. Clon avoids the brother’s offense for a minute at least before being thrown to the outside. Wheelbarrow into a German on Knight, the Bucks look to fly, but Cage intercepts Matt. Nick attacks, allowing both Bucks to take Cage to the barricade. Perry helps to get Cage onto the barricade, and Perry walks the top and hits a knee drop to the back of Brian’s head. Back in the ring, the Bucks set up Knight and Clon for stereo elbow drops, while Perry hits the Orihara moonsault to Cage!
THIS IS AWESOME chants as Knight avoids the BTE Trigger and he hits a double Rana to the Bucks! Leaping Rana to Matt, Perry with a leaping DDT to Knight! Cage with the F-5 to Perry! He feeds him to Clon, who hits a spin out spiral suplex. Knight with the UFO Splash, but the Bucks save the match. Clon feeds Perry to Cage, who already had Nick on his shoulders, but Matt pulls Knight of the ring and hits Cage with a SUPERKICK! Cage wants more, so he gets kicked by everyone and then eats a triple SUPERKICK! Double Meltzer Driver to Clon and Knight, and Matt comes down with a back senton to Cage! That was creative. BTE Trigger to Clon finishes it!
WINNERS: The Elite
TIME: 15:05
THOUGHTS: A really good match, which is not to be unexpected. Glad to see El Clon back, but he’ll probably get buried in the shuffle or be relegated to the new pin guy in the DCF.
RATING: ***3/4
Lexy is in the back with Divine Dominion. They want to know if Lexy watched Blood and Guts, then she would know that they didn’t lose the match. Lena took kendo stick shots without blinking, and Megan didn’t let a little bit of blood stop her from dominating. Megan says they are going to bring carnage and destruction to these women, but they were going to do it anyway! LOL, nice one!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
Lexy has the Elite in the back. Perry says he is happy to be back with the Young Bucks, but he hasn’t forgotten about Samoa Joe, and he is coming for his rematch. Jack leaves, and Nick Jackson admits that Davis and Doyle roughed them up in their eliminator, but they aren’t scarred of them. Matt says they had to go back and figure out just who the hell they are, and they are the team that rise to the occasion when the moments are the biggest. And they will knock them down at Full Gear!
Wardlow vs. Nick Comoroto
Big men do a big lock-up at the big bell. Wardlow off the ropes, Nick with a shoulder tackle, but Wardlow doesn’t move. Nick wants him to hit the ropes and show him what he has, but Wardlow decides to headbutt him instead lol. Wardlow with a short arm clothesline and he sets up Comoroto for the Powerbomb. Nick tries to fight it, but Wardlow still hits it. He puts a foot on Comoroto to finish this one.
WINNER: WAR DOG
TIME: 100 seconds of Mr. Mayhem!
THOUGHTS: Nothing but a squash thang!
RATING: WAR DOG DEATH!
Lexy is in the back with Hyan and Maya World! Maya says she is upset that she lost the TBS Title due to injury, but she is happy for her girl Hyan. Hyan says that she has been working towards this and they have been in AEW for one year now and they didn’t take a thing for granted. SHOTS FIRED! Hyan says she will show up and show out, and you can CLOCK THAT! Um, Hyan, you’re already showing out if you know what I mean. 😉
The ROH Tag Team Titles are on the line on Collision!
ROH World Tag Team Titles: El Sky Team (C) vs. ROH Six-man Champions the Swirl
MISTICO chants at the bell, as Blake Christian wants to shake hands with Mascara Dorada, but he flips him off instead. What an edgelord. Reversals ensue with no one getting the better of it, so Mistico and Lee Johnson are in. Mistico wants to shake hands, but Lee kicks his hand away. Reversals from both men, but Mistico hits a flying head-scissor and a Tope Suicida on the floor! Dorada with the tag, double team offense, Dorada jumps off the back of Mistico into a Rana on Lee, but he bounces Lee into a CUTTER from Mistico! Kicks and an arm drag for Christian as we hit the break.
Dorada and Christian fire shot at one another from across the bay as we return. Dorada with a step-up enziguri and he tags in Mistico. He gets chants from the Utah SICKOS as he hits the top rope for an arm drag on Lee. Mistico to the top and he crowns Johnson with a Senton Atomico, but Blake makes the save. Lee sends Mistico to the apron, where Christian hits a Destroyer on the apron! The Swirl enter the ring with their opponents on the floor; they spring out to the apron and hit stereo moonsaults! Mistico finds himself in trouble as the Swirl hit all the double team offense. Dorada is back and he sends Christian to the floor and crowns him with a Tornio! Mistico with La Mistica. Johnson blocks it, but Mistico traps Johnson’s arms and rolls him up for the win!
WINNERS: El Sky Team (And still!)
TIME: 9:50
THOUGHTS: Always a treat seeing Mistico and Dorada in the ring and on my television. Also, it’s a lot of fun hearing Mistico’s theme and hearing the people sing it! Blake and Lee are an exciting team as well, and they jammed a lot into less than ten minutes here and made it work.
RATING: ***3/4
Post-match, Nick Wayne interrupts El Sky Team’s victory and says they should play the music of Nick Wayne instead. Wayne wants to know if Chat heard, but what he says next sounds muffled so I don’t know what he said. He wants two fans at the entrance ramp to say hi to their mom, and he says he beat Chris Jericho (PYRO), TWICE (NO PYRO).
Our Collision main event is coming up next!
BREAK IN PROGRESS!
TBS World Title Match: Queen Aminata (C) vs. Skye Blue vs. Hyan
The bell rings, as Skye and Aminata go face-to-face. Hyan rolls up Skye for a two, then Aminata and Hyan bounce Skye around. Aminata and Hyan stare each other down, but Skye pulls Hyan out of the ring. Skye and Aminata go face-to-face, Hyan re-enters, but Skye and Aminata chop her down. They trade hands, but Hyan, ever persistent, comes off the top rope with a crossbody to both of her opponents. She hits corner knee strikes to Aminata and Skye and suplexes Skye on top of Aminata we hit what should be our final break of the evening.
Blue smacks Hyan one as we return. He goes to pin Hyan, but Aminata just casually pulls her up by hair and hits a Manhattan Drop. She hits Hyan with one, hits Skye with a headbutt, and a neck breaker on Hyan for a two. Hyan hits Skye with a Michinoku Driver, but the Queen runs by and breaks up the pin with a PK. To the floor they go, as Aminata sets a chair up, but she ends up getting sat in it. Aminata trips Hyan into the chair face-first and then hits a missile dropkick from the apron! Skye takes a page from the late Sabu’s book and throws a chair right at the head of Aminata. Back in the ring, Skye with the knee strike, but Aminata kicks out at two. Hyan is back and she hits a SPEAR to both ladies! Hyan sends Aminata to the floor and hits Hyan with the Code Blue. Aminata comes in from the top with a double stomp for the save! Aminata deposits Hyan on the floor and hits Off With her Head to Skye for title defense number one!
WINNER: Queen Aminata
TIME: 9:20
THOUGHTS: A good main event with an interesting mix of styles and talent in the ring.
RATING: ***1/2
Post-match, Dr. Britt Baker appears at ring side. Baker stalls long enough for Persephone to hit the ring and attack Aminata from behind. Maya World is here to save her bestie, as Baker pulls Persephone out of the ring.
All four of our commentators run down the card for Full Gear, and we also learn that Aminata will be defending her TBS Title on the Tailgate Hour against Maya World and Persephone! And with that, we are done!
