So when your weekly show is going up against night 1 of Wrestlemania it was always going to be a challenge of what to do on the show. So let’s find out exactly what AEW done and we’re kicking it off with the tag team championship semi final match. Let’s go.
Match one AEW WORLD TAG TEAM TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL MATCHFTR VS. TOP FLIGHT
Dax and Darius start off with a lockup, Dax into the ropes and runs Darius over. Lock back up, armdrag by Darius and a Roll-up for two. Cash tags in and they lock up, Cash works the wrist, Darius flips through and hits a waistlock takedown, Cash with a roll-up for two and Darius tags over before being whipped into the corner, backslide pin by Cash for two.
They go back and forth on the ropes, Dante with the blind tag, double team and a kick to Cash, cover for one and Cash rolls out of the ring. Test of strength but Dax rolls over, wristlock, into the ropes, armdrag by Dante who gets sent into the ropes, another armdrag. He works the wrist but Dax escapes, into the ropes, Dante with a leapfrog and then a sunset flip for two.
Armdrag by Dante and an elbowlock. Darius tags in, leapfrog axehandle but Dax sends Darius into the ropes to knock him down. Cash tags in, whip into the ropes and a double shoulderblock. Big chop by Cash, a European uppercut in the corner and another knife-edge chop. Cash with a fist to the head and cover for one.
Dax into the ropes, heel kick by Dante and a dropkick to Cash. Charging kick by Dax, Darius tags in for a suplex, Dante tags in for a senton. Cash is in and gets knocked out of the ring, Dax is thrown through the ropes and Dante dives to knock Dax off the apron. He rolls Dax in but Cash tags in, Dante nails Cash and chases Dax out of the ring where he runs into a lariat from Cash.
Dax has Dante on the top rope and goes for a superplex but Dante reverses into a crossbody mid-suplex for two. Dante crawls for the tag, so does Dax and Darius is in he leaps off the top but Cash sacrifices himself to save Dax. Dax stops Darius with a big punch and then a huge knife-edge chop sending Darius to his knees. Dax with a backslide, Darius turns it into a roll-up for two. Dante in and hits an enzuigiri on Dax, Darius with a Pele kick to Cash, off the ropes for a middle rope bulldog, Dante dives through onto Cash, Darius with a Flatliner and cover for a nearfall. Dante and Darius double team Dax but he dodges a double clothesline. Cash pulls Darius out, Dante takes out Cash and goes up top for a frog splash on Dax but he gets the knees up. Cover and Dante kicks out at two.
Dax tags in Cash, whip into the ropes, Dante with a sunset flip on Cash, Dax tries to save him, Darius up top for a crossbody and a double pin for two. Darius with a release German on Dax, Cash with a brainbuster to Darius. Dante takes over, he leaps at Dax who ducks. Springboard by Dante and into the shatter machine and this one is all over.
Here is your Winner: FTR
There was no shocks here. FTR v Bucks one more time. This match was just an excellent example of tag team wrestling at its finest. Well done to both teams.
Match two PAC VS. ENCORE MOORE
PAC with big kicks and stomps Moore into the corner followed by a headslam into the turnbuckle, and finally into the turnbuckle in the other corner. A couple more stomps to the head and then Moore is whipped hard into the turn buckle. Stomp to Moore's back of the head, followed by a delayed brainbuster, a second snap suplex, and a third. PAC waits in position and charges in to avalanche Moore in the corner. Pac is up looking for the falcon arrow but PAC goes for the submission instead and Moore has no choice but to tap.
Here is your winner: Pac
Squash. That is all.
PAC gets the mic after the match and says he warned us he’s done waiting for opportunities he deserves. So now, he takes matters into his own hands. Make no bones about it, he’s on a mission to remind everyone exactly who he is. The best bloody pro wrestler on the face of planet Earth. Therefore, Okada, Japanese superstar, champion. PAC is calling him out and wants to see how big his bollocks are. Does he think he can survive the Bastard? PAC doesn’t, and he eagerly awaits a response.
Match Three HOOK & CHRIS JERICHO VS. SHANE TAYLOR PROMOTIONS
Jericho and Taylor start off and Taylor with a couple jabs, he manhandles Jericho into the corner and batters him with body shots and a headbutt. Whip across the rope and an avalanche in the corner followed by more bodyshots. Whip across the ring, Taylor charges but Jericho gets the foot up and then hits a shot off the middle rope. He tags in HOOK, double suplex to Taylor.
Taylor grabs Jericho and slams him down, then leaps off the top but Jericho gets the knees up. Moriarty tags in and beats on Jericho, whip into the ropes but Jericho holds on. Lionsault to Lee, Jericho goes for the tag and gets it. HOOK with lariats to Moriarty, BIG Judo throw, and another. Northern Lights suplex gets two.
Taylor going for a suplex but Hook blocks. Taylor then rushes, and Hook lowers the ropes. Jericho joins in, HOOK lunging towards Taylor. Moriarty with a Flatliner into a Border City Stretch, and Jericho collide with Lee's foot. Lee tightens his grip on Jericho, who manages to break free and head for the Liontamer. He locks it in! Taylor enters and is SUPPLEXED by HOOK, who locks in the sleeper! Lee then taps.
Here is your Winner: Chris Jericho & HOOK
Post match Anthony Ogogo is back and the 3 on two beat down is on. Welcome to the newest member of Shane Taylor Promotions.
Match Four HOUSE OF BLACK VS. MATT SYDAL, BRYAN KEITH & CHRISTOPHER DANIELS
Keith and Black start off. Lock up and Black with a headlock, Keith reverses into a wristlock. Counterwrestling back and forth, Black backs Keith into the corner and hits a shoulder to the chest. Keith across the ring, he goes up and over Black and lays in some fists. He charges in, Black catches the foot and shoves him off but Keith with an exploder for two.
Keith with a kick to the thigh, Black fires with one of his own and gets a knee strike. Brody King tags in, as does Sydal. And Sydal tags in Daniels, they both go at King and lay in kicks, into the ropes but King with a double lariat. He charges at Daniels in the corner, Daniels with the leg up, Daniels off the top but gets caught, pushed into the ropes and huge lariat.
Sydal knocks Black off the apron with a kick, comes off the ropes into a kneelift from Matthews. Sydal sent into the ropes, King tags in and Keith gets a blind tag. Sydal hit with a Dante’s Inferno but Keith takes out but Matthews and King. He splashes Matthews in one corner, charges at King but gets taken out. Three-Headed Monster to Keith, cover but Daniels breaks it up.
Matthews grabs Keith, pumphandle but Keith rolls him up for two. Matthews takes out Keith and hits the pumphandle for three.
Here is your Winner: House of Black
Adam Copeland’s music hits. Black goes to confront him but Adam attacks King from behind. He batters King, Black is in the ring and they stare off. King attacks, and they stomp Copeland down.
Enter Mark Briscoe and FTR. They even the odds but here come the Young Bucks. Matthew and Nicholas come out and walk down, FTR charge at them and they brawl on the stage as Copeland takes King out with a chair — SPEAR TO BRODY! Briscoe nails Matthews with a chair, and a spear to Matthews takes him out. FTR come in the ring and Black escapes. Matthew Jackson is in the ring and FTR go after him but Nicholas saves Matthew.
Match five TRISH ADORA VS. YUKA SAKAZAKI
Circle and lockup, Adora with a wristlock, Yuka reverses and lays in some slaps. Lock back up, Adora with a headlock, shot into the ropes and runs off with to knock Yuka down. Yuka back up and kicks Adora, forward roll takedown, diving lariat off the ropes for two. Yuka goes for a rana, but Adora catches her.
Yuka with a suplex attempt, Adora blocks it. Yuka with a kick and tries again, Adora blocks it again, more strikes, suplex — and Adora hits one instead! Adora with a big punch, but Yuka fires back. They trade shots in the ring, Adora knocks Yuka to her knees. Adora back up and lays in first, she goes for a discus elbow but Adora nails her, so she hits a knee but Adora with a German suplex. Yuka right back up, high angle drop.
Adora with a double underhook suplex, she hits a full-nelson sitout bomb, cover gets two. Adora up, YUka grabs her and picks her up in her shoulders! Spinning facebuster drop, Yuka rolls Adora to the center of the ring, big splash for three.
Here is your Winner: Yuka Sakazaki
Match six CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI VS. THE BUTCHER
Lockup to start, Claudio backed into the ropes. They jockey for position, Butcher against the ropes, Claudio breaks cleanly. Lockup, Claudio with a headlock, shot into the ropes, collision and no one goes down. Butcher into the ropes, still no one down so Butcher bites Claudio’s head and knocks him down.
Into the ropes, Claudio with a leaping shoulderblock off the ropes. Scoop slam, double stomp. Butcher up in the corner, Claudio with the Euro uppercut. Butcher fights back, back breaker and a double underhook suplex. He kicks at Claudio’s back and nails him across the shoulders and back. Rear chinlock, Claudio fights to his feet, tries to get Butcher on his shoulders but gets shoved into the ropes. Butcher batters Claudio, Claudio battles back but gets caught with a uranage backbreaker for two.
Butcher into the crossface, Claudio breaks it and gets to his feet, Butcher ends up on Claudio’s back. DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Butcher is still up first but gets hit with Euro uppercuts from Claudio. He hits one more after the ref breaks it up and then a short-arm uppercut. It’s Giant Swing time! He gets nine swings before dropping Butcher. Cradle facebuster finishes it.
Here is your Winner: Claudio Castagnoli
Match Seven KOMANDER VS. PENTA EL ZERO MIEDO
They lock and trade waistlocks until Penta delivers a back kick. However, Komander has a double roll. They engage in some counters leading to a double roll-up, additional counters, and a double kippup. Komander extends his hand to shake hands; they nearly do so, but Komander kicks Penta in the face after teasing him. Penta is taken down by Komander off the ropes; he handsprings into the ropes, but Penta counters with a dive dropkick. Penta smacked Komander's chest hard.
Penta in control, and he whips Komander into the ropes but Komander escapes and hits a tilt-a-whirl armdrag to send Penta out of the ring, then dives onto him. Komander kicks Penta and rolls him in, he goes up top and leaps but Penta with a superkick counter. My feed went wonky, Penta with the Canadian destroyer when it came back for two.
Komander ends up on the apron after a charge, Penta with a springboard Canadian destroyer on the apron. Penta outside and charges but Komander with a backdrop onto the ramp. Both men slow to get to the ring but they make it at the last second. They trade shots on their knees, Penta with a big slap to the chest. Komander fires back, then dodges a shot. Off the ropes into a superkick, Penta off the ropes, he catches Komander, Made in Japan, cover gets two-plus.
Komander on the top now, Penta slaps him on the chest and climbs up. Superplex but Komander floats over, Torneo Splash gets two. Komander back up top, Spaceman dropkick sends Penta to the outside. Springboard moonsault, Penta is rolled back in. Komander up top, he walks the ropes and goes for a moonsault but is caught with a lungblower. Fear Factor finishes it.
Here is your Winner: Penta El Zero Miedo
Adam Copeland walks out to stare at Penta from the ramp to close out this episode of Collision.
Let’s be honest here. There was nothing AEW could do to compete with Wrestlemania but they were smart in making the episode technically missable with no real impacts on current storylines happening through the show. They just had to take a swing this week and accept mania wins.
Join me next week guys for Rampage and Collision.
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