It’s Saturday and it’s another double header of AEW action. Three hours of where the best wrestle so let’s kick things off with a tag match.
MATCH ONE: BRYAN DANIELSON & CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI VS TOP FLIGHT
Danielson squares off with Darius in the early goings. An arm drag by Darius grounds Danielson, and a shoulder block keeps him down. Backslide by Darius for 2. Danielson misses a roundhouse as Darius backs off. Dante in, double team chops and a snapmare keep Top Flight in control. Claudio tags in, tiaris takedown, corner clothesline from Dante, assisting Darius with a suplex/senton combo for a 2 count.
Claudio gets Darius in the corner with some uppercuts, and hangs him out to dry over the ropes. Danielson tagged in, goes up top, diving knee to the back of the neck on Martin. Danielson applies the surfboard stretch, tags Claudio while he still has the surfboard, and Claudio hits a running strike to the chest.
Danielson grabs the arm, Darius tries to fight out with chops. Kicks to the chest by Danielson, chops in the corner, tag to Claudio, who delivers a series of body strikes. Darius escapes with a low dropkick. Scoop slam and a stomp by Claudio, tag to Bryan. Yes kicks delivered to Darius. Darius gets a Pele kick, posting off the buckles to catch Danielson in the back of the head. Claudio and Dante in, Dante tees off with a ton of strikes. Enziguri, springboard crossbody gets a 2 for Dante. Leaping knee to Claudio, suicide dive to the outside to take out Danielson, enziguri connects and now Dante follows up with the one touch frog splash, but just gets a 2.
Danielson pulls Darius off the apron to prevent a tag. Claudio capitalises on the distraction and gets the Giant Swing on Dante. Steps through into the Sharpshooter. Darius in with the low springboard flatliner. Darius tries to take on both members of the BCC. Step up tornado DDT from Darius and he hits a suicide dive to Danielson on the outside. Springboard inside moonsault from Dante to Claudio in the ring gets a 2.
Danielson with the Busaiku Knee to Darius. Running European Uppercut connects and this one is all over.
Here is your Winner: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli
Im bored of Top Flight losing every week. Seems to be the same thing every week whether its trios or tag. Feel they need a refresh. However that being said it was a solid opening match.
MATCH TWO: WILL OSPREAY VS LEE MORIARTY (W/ SHANE TAYLOR)
The Undisputed Kingdom make their way to ringside as Roderick Strong is joining commentary for this one. Ospreay and Moriarty trade short headscissors and come to a standoff. Monkey flip by Ospreay, Moriarty twists out and kicks the arm away. Headscissors sends Moriarty to the floor, springboard crossbody by Ospreay to follow him out there. Strong holds up the championship belt as Ospreay walks past him.
Ospreay brings Moriarty back in the ring, but is distracted by Shane Taylor. Flatliner into the middle buckle by Moriarty. Lee boots Ospreay to the floor, allowing Shane Taylor to put the boots to him and smash him into the barricade. Back in the ring, Lee chops him in the corner, suplexes and floats over into a cover for 1. Lee drives his elbow into the face of Ospreay in the corner, grinding it in there. Cravate hold but Ospreay gets out of it, Lee snapmares him over and twists the neck with his feet wrapped either side of the head.
Ospreay comes back with the handspring tornillo back elbow. Rights by Ospreay, back body drop. Running boot in the corner, Ospreay to the apron, flying forearm but kick out at 2. Ospreay with Kawada kicks to the face, Moriarty grabs the hand and gets some joint manipulation, then lifts Ospreay into a reverse DDT. Enziguri, running clothesline by Moriarty, he goes up top but Will catches him. Torture Rack spinning sit-out powerbomb. 1, 2, no. Ospreay signals for the Oscutter but Shane Taylor gets to the apron and gets superkicked for his efforts. Moriarty blocks the Oscutter and locks in the Border City Stretch. Will rolls into a pinfall attempt for 2. Hidden Blade connects. Will hooks the arms and hits the stormbreaker and this one is all over.
Here is your Winner: Will Ospreay
Solid match and you expect nothing less from these two guys. Very intrigued to see how they do this ospreay strong match.
MATCH THREE: BRIAN CAGE & GATES OF AGONY VS EVAN RIVERS & THE VOROS TWINS
Cage immediately takes out Rivers with a German. The Gates bring in the twins, clothesline, spinebuster connects on one, even higher spinebuster on the other. GoA toss Rivers to Cage to drop him with an assisted powerbomb for the 3 count.
Here is your Winners: Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony
This was never going to be anything more than a squash to try and make these three look strong after turning on Swerve.
Tony Schiavone enters the ring to get words with the Mogul Embassy. Brian Cage says it’s not Swerve’s House anymore. For those that are a little slow, Cage says that Swerve is selfish. All he did was take and take and take until he needed them once again. That’s not the guidance they were looking for. What they needed was the guidance of the AEW EVPs, Matthew & Nicholas Jackson. The music of Swerve Strickland hits! Swerve comes from behind with the chain to take out both members of the Gates of Agony! Swerve dives in for his cutter, Cage catches him in a suplex, but Swerve escapes…HOUSE CALL! SWERVE STOMP OFF THE APRON TO LIONA! And one to Bishop Kaun for good measure.
Swerve grabs the chain and wraps it around the neck of Bishop Kaun, tying it around the ringpost too. Oh but here comes Toa Liona to take him out from behind, and Liona says this is Nana’s fault. Liona takes a big run up but Swerve cuts him off with a cinder block to the midsection! Swerve has a chair now as Cage backs up the ramp. Strickland pulls Liona onto the steel steps, traps the head…and cracks him in the head with the chair against the steel steps! Swerve is seething as he locks eyes with Brian Cage on the ramp.
MATCH FOUR: DANIEL GARCIA VS KM
Daddy Magic has joined commentary for this one. KM takes Garcia to the corner with some right hands, but Garcia fights back, looking for a suplex, can’t get it. Clothesline knocks Garcia down, and KM mocks the dance! Garcia stomps KM down in the corner, climbs the buckles and hits the 10 count punches, pausing to dance and grind in the face of KM. Garcia with a stalling side suplex. Dragon sleeper and KM taps out.
Here is your Winner: Daniel Garcia
Another squash. Two in a row? Interesting. The time is now for Garcia to get a push before the fans get bored.
MATCH FIVE: DAX HARWOOD (W/ CASH WHEELER) VS ‘DYNAMITE KID’ TOMMY BILLINGTON
Billington is the nephew of the late Dynamite Kid, and uses the DK moniker himself along with the old school entrance music. Love it. Armdrag by Billington, who certainly has his uncle’s intensity. Shoulder block by Dax, headbutts from Kid. Kid tries another armdrag but Dax rolls through. Nice little technical exchange of hammerlocks, Kid escapes, shoulders blocks of his own, finally downs Dax. Dax backs away on the floor as Kid jumps up the buckles.
Back elbow from Harwood grounds Kid, as does a big chop. Billington fires back out of the corner, but a biiig clothesline puts a stop to that. Snap suplex, leg drop, 1, 2, Kid kicks out. Dropkick by Kid, crossbody and both men go over the top rope to the floor as we head to PIP.
Back inside the ring, another huge chop destroys Billington. Snapmare and a chinlock applied by Harwood. Kid escapes with a back suplex and Dax rolls to the outside. Dynamite Kid to the top rope, diving crossbody. He heads back up, shotgun dropkick and a kip up and the crowd are feeling it. Clothesline and a snap suplex by Billington and he heads back up top, elbow drop! 1, 2, no. Dax lifts Kid onto the top rope, headbutt by Billington. Chops him down…but Dax is back up, standing on the top rope, massive superplex!
German suplex by Dax, holds on, another German, standing switch! Germans by DK now! Back elbow to break the gutwrench. Another standing switch, Dragon suplex by Dax!! Dax looks for a piledriver, but DK gets a small package, 1, 2, no! Owen Hart rollup, 1, 2, no. DK tries for a hurracanrana, Dax holds on…slingshot powerbomb by Dax, 1, 2, 3!
Here is your Winner: Dax Harwood
Good first showing from Dynamite Kid. I’d like to see more of him tbh. Fun match though; style-wise, Dax was the perfect opponent.
MATCH SIX: THUNDER ROSA VS ROBYN RENEGADE
Renegade backs Rosa into the corner. A chop by Rosa, another in the corner, but Robyn gets a double chop of her own. Roundhouse by Rosa, misses a dive to the floor and Renegade hits a pump kick on the outside. Back in the ring, Robyn gets a 2 count. Back elbow takes Rosa down. Rosa transitions into the Billy Goat’s Curse pendulum swing, pins her for 2. Camel Clutch applied. Rosa is sent into the corner, slips through to the apron but Robyn kicks her and hits a double stomp to the back of the neck, 1, 2, no.
Rosa escapes a slam, hits a running clothesline, and another, followed by a lungblower. Running dropkick to Robyn in the ropes, 1, 2, no. Pumphandle slam by Renegade, Rosa kicks Renegade away. Robyn heads up top, misses a moonsault, stomp by Rosa! Grounded Cobra clutch applied, Robyn taps!
Here is your Winner: Thunder Rosa
That was ok. Not the best but we continue to build Rosa yet again.
MATCH SEVEN: [AEW TNT CHAMPIONSHIP] ADAM COPELAND VS KYLE O’REILLY
Lockup to begin. Side headlock from Copeland, Kyle tries for a hammerlock, transitions into a side headlock of his own. They trade side headlock takedowns, until Kyle gets a hammerlock, and drives the knee into the arm. Running knee attack to the arm by O’Reilly.
Adam whips O’Reilly hard into the buckles. Gutbuster over the knee by Copeland, and another hammer throw into the buckles. Knee drop to the back, looks like Copeland is targeting the lower back/kidney area. Kyle tries for the standing guillotine, but Copeland hangs him up on the top rope, and then bashes him to the floor with a short spear. Basement dropkick knocks out O’Reilly, and fans start to boo Copeland a little.
The champ grabs an arm and leg and pulls Kyle hard against the ringpost. Back in the ring, snapmare takeover and body scissors is applied as O’Reilly tries to elbow his way out of it. Kyle manages to flip onto his front and forearms his way out, but a belly to back suplex keeps Copeland in control. Adam goes up to the middle rope, Kyle joins him up there…Copeland with a gutshot to knock him away. Misses an elbow drop, Kyle grabs the arm into an armbar! But Copeland rolls over, and locks in the Crossface. O’Reilly uses his legs to get the ropes.
Leaping knee by Kyle, suplex into a gutbuster by Copeland, and Kyle falls back into the ropes, rebound lariat! Kyle grabs a kick from Copeland, kicks of his own now. Leg sweep by O’Reilly. Running forearm shot in the corner, arm wringer and a back suplex into the legbar. Copeland inches towards the ropes….and he gets there. Kyle sweeps the legs again and they battle onto the apron. Arm wringer on the apron by Kyle O’Reilly. Kyle goes up top, diving knee drop to the spine, 1, 2, no. Armbar by Kyle, Copeland rolls through. Edgecution Sitout reverse DDT by Copeland. Big boots traded, rebound lariat but Copeland comes in for the spear! Avoided! Rear naked choke by Copeland, into a bulldog choke, Kyle rolls into a Fujiwara armbar! Copeland kicks him in the gut but Kyle with a rollup for 2.
Another pop-up gutbuster by Copeland and both men are down. They head up top, Kyle grabs the arm…leaping arm DDT off the ropes!! Kyle has wrist control, gutshot by Copeland and Kyle crumples to the mat. Copeland signals for the spear….NO, GUILLOTONE CHOKE!! Kyle has the guillotine locked in…but Copeland gets to his feet. Punch to the midsection, and the Impaler DDT connects. Kyle gets back to his feet, SPEAR!! 1, 2, 3.
Here is your Winner and STILL AEW TNT Champion: Adam Copeland
How great is it to see O’Reilly looking back to his best. Yes he was always losing this one but he looked great.
That’s it from Collision but don’t go anywhere as we are heading straight into Rampage.
MATCH 1: DALTON CASTLE VS TRENT BERETTA
We begin this match with a lockup as Castle hits a single-leg takedown. Beretta hits the ropes for the break. Castle, with a back elbow shot to ground Beretta as he heads outside the ring. Beretta is now on the ropes as Castle hits a running knee to send him to the outside. Beretta dodges a back suplex to the side apron and slams Castle’s head into the turnbuckle. That move is followed by a flat liner on the side apron.
Castle, with a nice suplex throw and a side suplex for a near fall. Castle reverses an Alabama slam and hits a piledriver for a two-count. Fans are chanting Trent sucks, as Castle hits another suplex. Trent retreats to the outside of the ring, where he grabs a steel chair. The referee snatches it away as he rakes the eyes. Back in the ring, Trent hits a running knee and Caste has to tap to the choke hold.
Here is your Winner: Trent Beretta
Not a bad opening match for Rampage. I look forward to seeing what they do with Trent. He could be a great heel if giving the opportunity.
MATCH 2: JD DRAKE VS BRYAN KEITH
Keith hits a chop as he tries for another, and JD counters with a bear claw chop of his own. JD hits a big boot to the face and almost wins. Drake hits a massive chop to the chest of Keith as it sounds like a gunshot! Keith tries a chop of his own and follows up with a flying elbow. Keith caps it off with a body slam and a turnbuckle stunner for the victory.
Here is your Winner: Bryan Keith
Filler match that was borderline sqush.
MATCH 3: LADY FROST VS DEONNA PURRAZZO
Lockup sends Frost into the corner as Deonna breaks the hold—another lockup in the middle of the ring as Deonna takes Frost down with a headlock. Frost returns to a vertical base as Deonna kicks her in the midsection. Deonna follows up with a chop and kick as she sends Frost into the corner. Frost pulls off a leg scissor takedown. Frost misses a strike outside the ropes on the side apron as Deonna sweeps her legs to trip her up. It’s a nasty tumble for Lady Frost.
Frost hits a spinning kick, but Deonna no-sells when she hits a big boot. Frost hits a clothesline and a step-up kick for a near fall. Deonna, with a backkick, Russian leg sweep, and a sweet armbar. Lady Frost manages to hit the ropes for the break. Deonna receives a kick as Frost heads to the top for a tornado strike for a near fall. Frost tries going to the top again. Deonna ties her up and hits a running shot to the gut for the pinfall victory.
Here is your Winner: Deonna Purrazzo
Another win for Deonna and the feud with Rosa continues to build. Love it.
MATCH 4: PAC VS JOHNNY TV
Johnny TV’s head slammed on the turnbuckle as PAC heads to the top. PAC connects with a shotgun dropkick! Moonsault comes from off the side ropes onto Johnny. Taya jumps on the ropes to distract PAC, and Johnny takes advantage. PAC hits a forearm shot and a clothesline from the ropes to floor Johnny.
PAC hits his trademark kicks as Taya trips him, coming from off the ropes. PAC gets in her face as Johnny hits a spinning corkscrew attack from over the ropes. Back inside the ring, Johnny tries starship pain, but no one is home. PAC counters with a back suplex. PAC runs into a big boot as Johnny hits the top and misses Starship Pain again. PAC climbs to the top for the black arrow as Taya distracts again. Johnny ends up spearing Taya inadvertently when PAC moves out of the way. PAC hits an octopus stretch in the center of the ring and Johnny TV has no choice but to tap.
Here is your Winner: PAC
Pac is on fire. I cant wait for him to tear is up with Jay White. That is going to be great and surely will lead to the return of death triangle to go after the trios titles. Im here for it all.
A great three hours of wrestling action again from AEW. This weeks Dynamite is looking hot and all roads are leading to double or nothing. Thanks for joining me this week guys. See you next week.
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