Posted on 4/07/124 by Bob Magee
Tonight’s AEW COLLISION was broadcast from DCU Center in
Worcester, MA!
It’s Saturday night and you know what that means! Saturday
night’s alright for fighting!
Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone were the broadcast team
for tonight’s event.
AEW World Tag Team Title Tournament Semi Final Match!
FTR—Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler
vs.
Top Flight—Darius & Dante Martin!
The winning team faces The Young Bucks at AEW Dynasty 2024.
Top Flight used tandem offense on Cash, but Cash used his
veteran experience, quickly rolling out of the ring. Dante
used an arm drag to takedown Dax. Dante hit a sunset flip
for a two-count on Dax.
Darius tagged in but Dax was ready for him. Dax tagged Cash
and they rammed Darius with a double shoulder tackle. Dante
was able to reach to Darius for a tag, but Cash chopped away
at Dante. Then Dax hoisted up Dante, placing him on the top
turnbuckle. Dante escaped and rolled up Dax for a near fall.
Dante rocked Dax and Cash with dropkicks.
Dax lured Dante outside so Cash, who was lying in wait,
could smash Dante with a clothesline. FTR catapulted Dante
throat first into the bottom rope. Dax drilled Dante with a
spinebuster for a two-count. Dax went for a superplex, but
Dante transitioned midflight, landing on top of Dax!
Darius tagged in and went for a cross body press but Cash
shoved Dax out of the way, sacrificing himself for his
partner Dax. Darius got slugged by Dax, driving him to his
knees. Darius cradled Dax in a small package for a near
fall.
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Darius planted Dax with a flatliner for another near fall!
Dante went for a frog splash, but Dax countered by raising
his knees right into Dante’s ribcage. Cash rocked Darius
with a brain buster. FTR blasted Dante with the Shatter
Machine and Cash pinned Dante!
“The winner between FTR and the Young Bucks at Dynasty will
be the first ever three time tag champs,” said Tony
Schiavone.
“The Bastard” Pac vs. Encore Moore!
Pac rocked Encore with a pump kick and then stomped him in
the corner. Pac brutally assaulted Encore Moore in the ring.
Pac snapped Encore with vertical suplexes and then hit a
brainbuster on him. Pac wanted to make a statement, locking
the Brutalizer on Moore and forcing Moore to tap out!
Pac: “All Elite Wrestling, I told you, I warned you, I am
done waiting for opportunities that I deserve. So now, now I
take matters into my own hands. Make no bones about it, I am
on a mission. A mission to remind everybody exactly who I
am: the best wrestler on the face of planet Earth.
Therefore, Okada, Japanese superstar, champion, I’m calling
you out, lad. Do you think you can survive the Bastard,
because I don’t. I will eagerly await a response.”
“Pac has officially called out the Continental Champion
Okada,” said Tony Schiavone.
LionHOOK— “Lionheart” Chris Jericho & FTW Champion HOOK
vs.
Shane Taylor Promotions’ Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty!
Taylor muscled Jericho into the corner and jabbed at him.
Taylor splashed Jericho in the other corner. Jericho tagged
Hook and they double suplexed Shane Taylor!
Lee Moriarty tagged in, but Hook sent Moriarty flying with
an overhead suplex. Hook tagged Jericho in, and Jericho lit
up Lee with chops to the chest. Hook came back in and tossed
Lee around with Judo throws. Hook jumped off the top with a
double ax handle to Shane Taylor outside the ring.
Lee locked Jericho in the Border City Stretch! Jericho
escaped and applied the Lion Tamer on Moriarty! Hook entered
the ring and managed to suplex Shane Taylor! Finally, Lee
tapped out to Jericho!
Anthony Ogogo sprinted to the ring and ambushed Jericho and
Hook! Ogogo pounded away on Hook. Ogogo turned his attention
to Jericho and stomped on him in the corner. Hook got to his
feet, but Shane Taylor came in and knocked Hook down.
“There’s some kind of allegiance here,” said Nigel.
Lee and Shane held Jericho and then Anthony Ogogo knocked
out Jericho with a devastating punch!
“What a blockbuster acquisition for Shane Taylor
Promotions!” said Nigel.
Trios Match!
House Of Black—Malakai Black, Brody King, & Buddy Matthews
vs.
“Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels, Matt Sydal, & “Bounty
Hunter” Bryan Keith!
Keith cracked Malakai with forearms. Keith rocked Black with
an exploder suplex. Black fired back with a rising knee
strike. Matt Sydal and Brody King tagged in for their
respective teams. Daniels came in and he and Sydal tried to
chop down Brody with their kicks. Brody bulldozed them with
a double lariat. Brody followed up with another lariat to
Daniels, the legal man.
Matt Sydal tagged in and took down Buddy with a
hurricanrana. Sydal rolled up Buddy for a near fall. Buddy
hoisted up Sydal and caught him in the jaw with a knee lift!
Brody drilled Sydal with Dante’s Inferno! Bryan Keith ran in
to make the save. Brody nearly decapitated Bryan with a
lariat! The House of Black triple teamed Keith in the
corner.
The House of Black surrounded Christopher Daniels. Black
blasted Daniels with a roundhouse kick. Matthews staggered
Keith with a jumping knee strike and then pinned him after a
pump handle slam!
“The Rated R Superstar” Adam Copeland’s music began to play.
Black walked up the ramp, looking for Copeland. But Copeland
blindsided Matthews and Brody from behind. Black sprinted
back to the ring to attack Copeland. Mark Briscoe and FTR
ran down to the ring to come to the aid of Copeland!
The Young Bucks—Matthew and Nicholas Jackson—came out, but
FTR met them on the ramp and the two teams brawled! Back in
the ring, Copeland speared Brody! Briscoe whipped a chair
into Buddy’s head and Copeland speared Buddy!
Copeland, backed by FTR and Briscoe, had Malakai Black
cornered. Black retreated, seeing the numbers were against
him. Nicholas pulled Matthew out of the ring, saving his
brother from being beaten at the hands of FTR.
The Infantry’s Trish Adora vs. Yuka Sakazaki!
Trish took down Yuka with a shoulder tackle. Sakazaki used a
forward roll takedown and then a sliding lariat on Trish
Adora. Trish grabbed Yuka and nailed her with the Blackhole
backbreaker.
Trish applied a cross face, but Yuka got to the ropes,
forcing the ref to break the hold. Yuka rattled Trish with a
dropkick from the top rope. Trish suplexed Yuka, countering
an attempt by Yuka. Trish and Yuka traded forearms in the
center of the ring.
Yuka planted Trish with a high angle drop. Trish rallied
back with a full nelson sit out for a near fall. Yuka
hoisted up Trish, spun her around and dropped her face
first! Yuka splashed Trish from off the ropes and scored the
victory!
“Yuka returns to AEW for the first time in almost 14 months
with a win,” said Tony Schiavone.
“The Professor” Serena Deeb walked onto the stage, smiled
and applauded Yuka.
“Deeb likes what she sees, but very soon school will be in
session,” said Nigel.
Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli
vs.
The Butcher!
Both men locked up. Butcher chomped on Claudio’s head.
Claudio fired back with a shoulder tackle and a scoop slam.
Claudio squashed Butcher with a double stomp. Butcher
blasted Claudio with a back breaker and a suplex.
Butcher battered Claudio with forearms shots. Butcher
applied a cross face submission on Claudio. Claudio got to
his feet, with Butcher on his back! Claudio drilled Butcher
with a Death Valley Driver. Claudio walloped Butcher with
European Uppercuts. Claudio hurled Butcher around with the
Giant Swing! Claudio planted Butcher with the Neutralizer
and pinned Butcher!
“Another win for a member of the BCC,” said Tony Schiavone.
Main Event Time!
Penta El Zero Miedo (with Alex Abrahantes) vs. Komander!
“Penta will have a chance to become the TNT Champion when he
faces Adam Copeland in the ‘Cope Open’ this Wednesday on
Dynamite,” said Tony Schiavone.
Penta El Zero Miedo and Komander exchanged a flurry of
offense, countering one another to a stalemate at the start
of the match. Komander chopped Penta and then cracked him
with a kick. Komander went for a handstand elbow but Penta
followed him and wiped him out before Komander complete the
move.
Komander took down Penta with a hurricanrana. Komander
jumped out of the ring with a tope, but Penta caught him and
pressed him, dropping Komander hard onto the steel ring
steps! Penta clocked Komander with an overhand chop.
Komander rocketed out of the ring with a tope to Penta El
Zero Miedo!
The fans chanted “This is awesome! This is awesome!”
Komander jumped off the top turnbuckle, but Penta caught him
flush in the throat with a thrust kick! Penta stunned
Komander with a Sling Blade and then a Destroyer for a near
fall! Komander rocked Penta with a Spanish Fly out of
nowhere! Penta retaliated with a Destroyer on the apron!
Komander had plenty of fight left in him and back dropped
Penta on the ramp!
Back in the ring, it became a war of attrition, with both
men trading strikes. Penta planted Komander with the Made in
Japan, but somehow, Komander kicked out before the three-
count! Komander splashed Penta with a tornillo for a near
fall!
“What is it going to take to win this thing?” wondered
Schiavone.
Komander moonsaulted off the ropes and onto Penta on the
arena floor! Komander walked the top rope and flipped but
Penta was waiting for him with a lung blower! Penta finished
off Komander with the Fear Factor and pinned Komander!
“Penta wins it but there were no losers in this match,” said
Tony Schiavone.
“Standing ovation here and both these men deserve it,” added
Nigel.
TNT Champion Adam Copeland walked onto the ramp and smirked
at Penta El Zero Miedo. Copeland and Penta had a stare down
ahead of their match this Wednesday, with neither man
backing down.
Catch AEW DYNAMITE on TBS next Wednesday live at 8/7ct from
the Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, WV!
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