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It’s another week of wrestling and it’s another double header from AEW. We have three hours of action for you starting with Collision and finishing with Rampage so let’s kick things off with Collision and our opening contest.
MATCH ONE: [TRIOS MATCH] ADAM COPELAND, MARK BRISCOE & EDDIE KINGSTON VS TOP FLIGHT & ACTION ANDRETTI
Mark takes control of Andrettis arm. Sunset flip by Andretti but Briscoe grabs a headlock out of it. Tilt-a-whirl headscissors and a dropkick from Andretti, followed by a twisting inside torneo off the middle rope. Briscoe fires back with chops, and tags in Copeland. Copeland and Briscoe get the double shoulder block takedown. Andretti with the handspring back elbow, knocks Copeland down and tags in Darius. Backslide on Copeland gets 2. Dropkick by Darius, tag to Dante, double teaming from Top Flight with a clothesline-senton combination. Dante tries to flip into the ring but Copeland catches him with a running powerslam.
Tag to Kingston and Headbutts to Dante but Dante comes back with a flipping senton from the ropes. Eddie tags in Briscoe who suplexes Dante in the corner and gets a rising uranagi. Copeland back in, repeated clotheslines in the corner and a running boot knocks Dante to the mat. Eddie in, stalling suplex plants Dante. Machine gun chops in the corner. Dante gets a tiaris, allowing him to get the tag to Darius. Briscoe in but Darius hits the tornado DDT on Copeland, catching Briscoe in a DDT at the same time. Andretti flips onto Copeland on the floor, Dante with a suicide dive to the outside too. Briscoe gets an exploder on Darius, and one on Action. Tag to Kingston, assisted DDT by Darius, standing shooting star by Action and Copeland saves the pinfall attempt.
All 6 men come to a standoff and all go down with stereo clotheslines. Andretti gets an enziguri on Kingston. Impaler on Dante, Jay Driller on Darius. Backfist to the Future on Andretti and a SPEAR from Copeland. FROGGY BOW by Briscoe and 1 2 3.
Here is your Winners: Adam Copeland, Mark Briscoe & Eddie Kingston
A fun opening match up. Top Flight got the chance to look great but was always losing this one. A tune up match in preparation for tomorrow’s trios match on Dynasty. Solid opening. Well played all six men.
MATCH TWO: POWERHOUSE HOBBS (W/ DON CALLIS) VS CJ ESPARZA
CJ hits some body blows but gets his head clotheslined off in response. CJ is tossed to the floor. Hobbs grabs him and slams him on the ring apron a couple of times as Callis tells him to “rack him”. Hobbs gets him in the Torture Rack and almost breaks him in half as the referee calls for the bell.
Here is your Winner: Powerhouse Hobbs
Squash. I find it really hard to get behind Hobbs. We have been here before. He will destroy all these unknown guys but then lose the big match. And post match Callis says he will challenge Mox for the IWGP world title next week on Dynamite which no doubt he loses. Momentum killer straight away.
MATCH THREE: THE ACCLAIMED (W/ DADDY ASS) VS THE GUNNS (W/ JAY WHITE)
Scissor Me Timbers on Austin. Caster fires off the 10 count punches in the corner on Colten, but Colten avoids the last one. Suplex by Colten for 2. Austin tags in, clotheslines Max to the floor, allowing Colten to attack. Austin brings him back in the ring, series of quick tags by the Gunns. Snapmare by Colten, who cheapshots Bowens on the apron, and he locks in a single leg crab on Caster. Austin tags in too and they get a double team boston crab, targeting the legs and lower back of Max.
Max shakes them off and eventually makes the tag to Anthony. Roaring elbow on both Gunns, slingshot Fameasser gets 2. Bowens gets Colten on his shoulders but Austin distracts him. Caster takes out Austin, but Colten gets a rollup with his feet on the ropes, the ref sees it. DVD to the back of the knee but Austin breaks the pin. Bowens gets distracted again by Austin, and Colten capitalises with a Fameasser of his own but kick out at 2.
Neckbreaker on Bowens, cover for 1, 2, no. Blind tag to Caster, Bowens and Austin fall to the outside. Colten punches Caster in the back of the head, double underhook but Caster avoids it. Death Valley Driver by Max. Caster to the top rope but here comes Austin to crotch him. Bowens in, superkick to both Gunns! 3:10 to Yuma on Bowens, but a Mic Drop on Austin! Sunset flip by Colten Gunn, ref is counting, Jay White holds out the baseball bat and Colten holds it for leverage and this one is all over.
Here is your Winners: The Gunns
This was solid. The work from both teams here has made interest higher in tomorrows trios match. Well done to both teams. I just really hope Bullet Club Gold take all the Gold tomorrow night.
MATCH FOUR: [BUNKHOUSE BRAWL] BRYAN DANIELSON & CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI VS KONOSUKE TAKESHITA & KYLE FLETCHER
Danielson and Castagnoli get attacked from behind as they make their entrance, and this one is kicking off hot. Claudio and Takeshita battle in the crowd, and Danielson hits a leaping knee to Fletcher in the crowd too. Castagnoli charges down the steps with a clothesline to Takeshita.
Takeshita has some sort of hammer and strikes Claudio with it. Danielson chokes out Fletcher on the floor, and now Claudio and Takeshita battle inside the ring. Spinebuster by Claudio, and he gets the Giant Swing. Danielson is there and he hits the dropkick to Takeshita while he’s being swung. Claudio with the sharpshoots on Takeshita, Danielson dives on Fletcher but Kyle throws a chair at his face. Powder to the eyes of Claudio, Kyle follows up with a huge powerbomb for 2.
Danielson is busted open on the outside as Takeshita chokes Claudio out with his tshirt. Kyle and Konosuke send Claudio shoulder first into the turnbuckle as Danielson claws his way back into the ring. Takeshita opens up the wound on Danielson’s head with his finger nails and blood drips down Danielson’s face. Fletcher throws another chair to Castagnoli’s head. Meanwhile Danielson fires up on Takeshita in the ring as Claudio is sent over the barricade.
Takeshita has Danielson positioned on the ramp, goes for the brainbuster, but Danielson reverses it and delivers the DDT on the ramp instead. Claudio whips Fletcher into the barricade and sends him headfirst into the steel steps. Castagnoli brings Takeshita back into the ring, draping him over the ropes, allowing Danielson to hit a diving knee to the back of the head. Yes Kicks in the middle of the ring, while Fletcher launches Claudio into the crowd again. Roundhouse by Danielson as he signals for the Busaiku Knee. But Kyle grabs the leg, allowing Takeshita to follow up with a boot in the corner. German suplex to Claudio. Running kick by Fletcher. Stereo brainbusters from the Don Callis Family but kick out at 2.
Fletcher goes under the ring and pulls out a chain, which he tosses to Takeshita. Takeshita wraps it around his arm, misses a roaring elbow as Claudio grabs a rear naked choke. Stereo hammer and anvil blows as Danielson grounds Fletcher too. LeBell Lock by Danielson, Crossface by Claudio! But here comes Hobbs. Spinebusters to Danielon and Claudio but Mox is out too to even the score.
Moxley dives into the ring and goes toe to toe with Powerhouse Hobbs, sending him to the floor. And these two men are now fighting through the crowd. Meanwhile Fletcher is repeatedly hitting Danielson with a microphone. A steel chair is set up, and Kyle passes Danielson to Takeshita but Danielson hurracanranas Takeshita into the chair. Claudio has the chain on his arm, RUNNING CLOTHESLINE ON FLETCHER. Flipping senton off the apron onto Takeshita! Danielson hits the BUSAIKU KNEE and locks in the LeBell Lock…assisted by the chain!! Fletcher wildly taps out as he locks it in.
Here is your Winners: Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli
You knew this was going to be great when Claudio and Danielson came out in jeans. Only one word to describe this match and that is WILD. What a match. Just incredible. Danielson putting himself through this 24 hours before facing Ospreay. He is crazy but I love it.
MATCH FIVE: SKYE BLUE VS ‘LEGIT’ LEYLA HIRSCH
Blue with repeated forearms to begin, but Leyla grounds her and gets some mounted punches of her own. Blue goes for Code Blue but Leyla blocks it. Blue rolls to the floor, Leyla takes a run up and runs into a right hand from Skye. Blue drapes her from the apron and hits a spinning neckbreaker to the floor!
Back in the ring, standing suplex gets a 2 count for Blue. Cartwheel elbow by Blue in the corner, but Hirsch fires back with a backdrop driver. Hirsch goes to the top rope but Blue was playing opossum, kicks her in the face and heads up with her. Skye Blue tries for the superplex, but Hirsch flips over and hits a German suplex off the ropes! Leyla jumps to the ropes, misjudges it and slips back, but Blue capitalises with a TKO. She transitions into a Dragon Sleeper and Leyla Hirsch has to tap.
Here is your Winner: Skye Blue
This was actually a good showing for both women. Given just enough time to make it look good. Good to see Skye Blue getting to build a little momentum. She is improving every week.
MATCH SIX: [TRIOS MATCH] THE ELITE (NICHOLAS JACKSON, MATTHEW JACKSON & KAZUCHIKA OKADA) VS PAC & FTR
Pac and Okada square off as the bell rings, but the Bucks jump in but Pac knew it was coming. Pac kicks away at Okada, tag to Cash who gets some uppercuts in the corner. Pac back in, but the Bucks pull Okada out of harms way. Stereo basement dropkicks from Pac & FTR as all 6 men head to the floor. Okada has his head bounced off the announcer’s desk and then thrown back inside the ring. Dax in with him now, Okada with a forearm and an uppercut.Quick tags, Pac in with a diving dropkick to the arm, he looks for the Rings of Saturn but the Bucks interfere and stomp away at him.
Flying forearm by Pac to Nicholas, followed by a dropkick. The Elite gain the advantage with the numbers game. But Pac gets a German suplex on Okada out of nowhere. Twisting press to the floor on the Bucks. Dax with a spike piledriver on Okada with help from Pac but kick out at 2. Pac up top, Matthew with a kick to Dax, which distracts Pac, and Okada takes him out with a running boot. Nicholas throws Pac into the steel steps before tossing him back in.
Flapjack by Okada, tag to Nicholas, who bites the head of Pac. Double back elbow from the Bucks, backbreaker by Matthew and a slingshot legdrop by Nicholas gets a 2 count. Front facelock applied by Nicholas Jackson but Pac battles to his feet, but walks into a wheelkick from Nicholas. The Bucks go for the 15% but Pac counters with a hurracanrana. Pac tags in Dax. Jabs to the Bucks, clothesline takedown, chops in the corner. Okada interrupts but Dax gets a brainbuster on him. Dax crotches Nicholas, knocks Matthew away, and Nicholas falls onto Matthew, low blowing each other. German suplex by Pac, into a jackknife from Cash but again kick out at 2.
FTR go for a double team but the Bucks avoid it. Okada gets a DDT on Dax. Okada kicks the head of Dax, but that fires him up. Dax goes to town on him but runs into the big Okada dropkick. Rainmaker, misses. Dax into the sharpshooter. Cash and Pac hold the Bucks back, but they escape and hit double superkicks to Dax. Triple team kicks in the corner to Dax. Okada with the air raid crash on the knee, running knee by Nicholas, big elbow from Matthew but again kick out at 2.
All six men are in the ring now. Dax hoists Matthew to the top rope, looking for the Power and the Glory double team as Cash is perched. Pac with a 450 to follow up but Nicholas and Okada break it up. Everyone tees off, exchanging right hands and forearms. Superkicks all round. Bucks hit the Shatter Machine on Pac. Follows it up with the EVP trigger but cash breaks up the pin. Okada with a DDT on the outside to Dax and Cash follows up with a suicide dive. Pac is up top and hits the Black arrow on Nicholas Jackson and this one is all over
Winners: Pac & FTR
This was absolutely out of this world incredible. We know how good all six of these men are but this just took it to the next level. Absolutely incredible. Pac is one of the best AEW have and proved it here. He needs a title belt and time every week cos he is incredible. What a match.
Post-match Okada jumps Pac and keeps the assault going, but the music of Daniel Garcia hits and he is here to help even things up. Nope, The Elite beat him down. FTR are back up now as everyone brawls. Pac gets the Rings of Saturn on Okada!! The Bucks manage to pull Okada to safety as Garcia, Pac and FTR stand tall to close out Collision.
The action does not stop there though because we are going straight into Rampage.
MATCH 1: A SPECIAL 420 ELIMINATION FOUR-WAY MATCH-RVD VS ISIAH KASSIDY VS LEE JOHNSON VS KOMANDER
Van Dam with a kick to Johnson. Kassidy misses a rolling thunder on RVD. Kassidy is sent into the corner as RVD hits a monkey flip and a rolling thunder but a kick out at 2. Johnson sends RVD out of the ring, followed by Komander. Johnson hits a flying move over the top rope. Johnson follows up with a spinning single-handed body slam for a near fall. Kassidy with a roll up on Johnson and theres our first elimination.
Komander drops RVD and takes out Kassidy. Komander and RVD are now going at it outside the ring. Komander returns to the ring and hits a senton on Kassidy for a two count. Komander now to the top again and tries walking the ropes before Kassidy pushes him off. Kassidy rolls up RVD for a quick kick-out. RVD sends him into the corner head first. Komander heads to the top again and splash on Kassidy followed by the pin and we are now down to our final two. Komander has a rollup, but it’s a kickout. Van Dam hits a rollup of his own as it’s a kick-out too. The two men continue exchanging grounded rollups. Van Dam catches Komander on the top rope and looks for an avalanche but Komander reverses it as the two trade blows. RVD knocks Komander to the floor and hits the 5-star frog splash for the win.
Here is your Winner:RVD
Why are we having RVD wrestle on Rampage in a throw away match like this. It’s a no from me. As far as the match goes it was fun and did what it was meant to do. Nothing more.
MATCH 2: YUKA SAKAZAKI VS EMI SAKURA
Sakura with big kicks to Yuka before hitting a powerbomb for a near fall. Yuka connects with a spinning kick and a sliding lariat for a kickout. Yuka transitions into an STF as Sakura eventually powers out. Sakura bites Yuka’s arm before Yuka hits the top rope but doesn’t quite go right and she falls off the apron. We never like to see this. Both women are now chasing each other around the outside of the ring. Is this a wrestling match or a game of tag?
Sakura hits a suicide dive between the ropes and crashes into Yuka. Emi throws herself into Yuka as Yuka’s head hits the steel steps. A double underhook follows from Sakura, but she settles for a backbreaker. Yuka kicks out as Sakura hits the top rope. Yuka kicks her in the head and plants her with a modified DDT from the ropes for the win.
Here is your Winner:Yuka Sakazaki
This seemed unplanned and chaotic. Both women are excellent but this did not come across in this match. We are all allowed an off night though so lets not dwell on this one and go again next time.
MATCH 3: MIKE BENNETT & RODERICK STRONG & MATT TAVEN VS KYLE O’REILLY & ROCKY ROMERO & MATT MENARD
Reilly and Bennett kick things off as Bennett hits the ropes and clotheslines him to the canvas. Reilly comes back with an arm drag and twists as Menard is tagged. Menard continues to work the arm as Taven is tagged in and is hit with a couple of arm drags. Romero comes in, bumping Bennett off the ropes. Romero hits a clothesline on Taven. Strong is tagged as he hits a strong chop on Romero. The chopping continues as Bennett is tagged back in and slingshots Romero into the ropes.
Taven hits an elbow drop from the rope for a kickout and a tag to Menard. He hits an elbow on Bennett before hitting him over the head multiple times. back elbow stuns Menard, followed by a roll-through as Menard hits a Boston crab but Taven makes the save. Reilly tagged in and he’s going to the body with a knee strike, followed by a leg sweep. Reilly is taking on everyone by himself. Reilly gets Taven in an ankle lock and Bennett in a triangle lock as Strong breaks it up. Reilly and Strong trading chops and kicks. Strong hits a backbreaker out of nowhere. Strong with an arm drag as Taven breaks it up. Bennett seems to be the legal man now as Reilly hits a brain buster for a cover. A transition into an armbarand Bennett has no choice but to tap
Here is your Winner:Kyle O’Reilly, Rocky Romero and Matt Menard
Kyle O’Reilly getting the win here tells me he loses tomorrow night. A good main event and they have built the match tomorrow night well.
This was a really good three hours of wrestling from AEW. They have done well in building the hype for tomorrow nights Dynasty PPV. After these three hours im a lot more invested in tomorrow night. Well played AEW. Well played.