Below is the announced card for tonight's AEW Collision which is airing on a special Thursday night again. The show was taped yesterday so spoilers can be found HERE.
AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla defends against Alex Windsor
AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley vs. Nick Wayne in a title eliminator
The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. The Rascalz (Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz)
Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida vs. TBA
Adam Copeland appearance
Results by: f4wonline.com
Tony Schiavone welcomes us to the show and we hear Adam Copeland’s music in the arena to kick off the broadcast.
Adam Copeland in-ring promo segment
Copeland walks out with a black eye. He listed off various other injuries he got in the match with FTR at Dynasty. He said Christian was getting MRIs on his forearm and that’s why he wasn’t there.
He addressed FTR saying they won’t get another title shot. He said their rivalry is about more than titles, and they aren’t going to just “walk away.” Copeland said both of them were retired for years and had to fight to get back and they were going to “take their pound of flesh.”
FTR came out with Stokely. Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta then attacked Copeland from behind and it was a four-on-one attack. This brought out The Young Bucks to make the save. The Young Bucks took out FTR first, then Roppongi Vice, and then Copeland gave Beretta spear. Copeland and The Bucks then shook hands.
Backstage interview with Jack Perry: He told Don Callis to pick his “favorite goon out of the bunch” for a match on Dynamite next week for the National Championship in Portland.
The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) defeated The Rascalz (Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz)
Crowd chanted “The Elite” before the bell.
It was all Young Bucks early, hitting double team moves on both Reed and Wentz. They worked on Reed for a while until he made a hot tag to Wentz, who hit a series of kicks and a suplex. Reed and Wentz then hit duelling suicide dives and now the Rascalz are in full control before we went to a commercial break.
Nick Jackson is fighting back as we come back from break. He makes a hot tag to Matt Jackson and hit his repeating Northern Lights suplex on Wentz, and then grabbed onto Reed as well and suplexed both opponents on the final one.
Bucks hit a pair of bulldogs out of the corner and high-fived each other on the way down. They then hit a stereo flying elbow/swanton for a near fall. Duelling sharpshooters followed. Rascalz got back into it, and Myron Reed hit a Flame On to the outside and then a No Cap splash for a near fall.
Bucks got back into hit, super kicked Wentz out of the ring and then hit the BTE trigger but Wentz broke up the pin. Shortly after, Bucks hit Wentz with the Meltzer Driver/TK Driver (Schiavone called it the Meltzer Driver) for the win.
After the match, Clark Connors and David Finlay attacked the Bucks. They also attacked Dezmond Xavier, who had come out to help. They continued to attack both the Bucks and Rascalz. They hit a suplex/top rope spear on Wentz.
Finlay cut a promo after saying they “might be down one dog” but the mission stays the same, they want “bodies and gold.” Connors said they were sending a message to the entire tag team division.
A short vignette for Divine Dominion aired. It had an Ancient Rome feel to it.
AEW World Trios Champion The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly) defeated The Lethal Swirl (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal, & Lee Johnson) in a title eliminator bout
The Conglomeration all came out with their titles in backpacks, just as Cassidy typically does when he is a title holder.
Babyfaces ran wild early. Commentary mentioned that Strong was “running plays for the team.” Cassidy did the spot where it looks like he’s going off the top with an elbow, then he goes down to the second rope etc. until just delivering a falling elbow. Cassidy then did his hands in pocket routine with Blake Christian.
Cassidy hit a Stun Dog Millionaire on Christian but then Jay Lethal attacked KOR on the apron, going after his knee and this led to the heels taking control of the match. They then celebrated by strutting just before we went to a commercial break.
The Swirl are working on Orange after we get back from break. Cassidy made a hot tag (while gently strolling to the corner) to Strong, who went on a run of backbreakers, as he is one to do. Commentary pointed out that KOR was laboring to get back to the corner because of his knee.
Strong continued to do good wrestling things until tagging into KOR, who hit a bunch of kicks and a knee until getting cut off. Lethal hit The King’s Elbow on KOR for a near fall, broken up by Orange. Blake Christian and Orange then had a series of light kicks that led to hard kicks, and everyone started fighting. Lethal had KOR in a figure four but it was broken.
Johnson came in for the heels but was quickly wrapped up in an ankle lock by KOR. Strong and Orange prevented the submission from being broken up and Johnson tapped.
Backstage segment: HOOK is being filmed by Katsuyori Shibata when he ran into Anthony Bowens, who wanted to know if he was in the Opps or not. HOOK said he’d tell him next week.
Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida defeated Big Anne & Danika Della Rouge
The commentary team of Schiavone, McGuinness, and Excalibur focused on what’s been going on a little with Shida since she returned. Nigel mentioned that Shida is more the driving force of this new team with Statlander.
Shida looked like she was going for the Katana before tagging in Statlander who hit Thursday Night Fever for the win.
As a team, Statlander and Shida didn’t show any dissension or anything. So perhaps everything will be all good with them from here on out.
AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defeated Nick Wayne in a title eliminator bout
Renee Paquette was ringside and talked about hometown boy Nick Wayne wrestling in an AEW ring for the first time in six months. He’s been in Ring of Honor, but it’s his first match in AEW since breaking his foot. Excalibur also talked about how Wayne was announced for next month’s Best of the Super Juniors, his second time in the tournament.
Excalibur also talked about Buddy Wayne, Nick’s late father, and his influence on other AEW wrestlers from the area like Kevin Knight and Darby Allin.
Wayne was antagonizing Mox until Mox knocked him to the ground with a hard knife-edge chop. Several chops followed. Mox seemed to get annoyed with Wayne acting arrogant and took a short walk around ringside. He then got back in the ring and offered a handshake to Wayne. Wayne accepted the handshake but then Mox just grabbed him and gave him a piledriver. Then we went to a commercial break. I liked that.
Mox was beating up Wayne as we got back from break. He suplexed him and then wrapped him up in a submission on the mat. Wayne got his boot up as Mox charged in the corner, then hit a second rope dropkick. They then exchanged a few headbutts, which seems a poor strategy for Wayne.
We got the ten minute notification.
Wayne hit a Sliced Bread for a two count. Duelling “Let’s go Moxley” and “Let’s Go Nick” chants.
Nick hit a super kick before Mox hit a big lariat. Wayne fought back and hit a Code Red for another two count. A cutter by Mox for a two count, and then he wrapped Wayne in a neck crank. Wayne got a finger in the eye to break the hold.
Moxley started daring Wayne to come at him, which fired Wayne up. Mox then bit him in the face and tried to Piledriver him again. Wayne spit in his face, which got Moxley angry, then Wayne hit a high roundhouse kick. Moxley escaped to the outside, but Wayne hit him with a diving Moonsault.
Moxley was busted open beside his right eye.
Moxley wrapped Wayne in a Bulldog choke. Crowd willed Wayne to his feet and it looked like he got out of the hold, but Moxley wrapped him back up in it before letting go.
We got the fifteen minute announcement. Wayne just needs to last five more minutes to earn a title shot. But not long after the announcement, Moxley hit a Death Rider for the win.
Backstage segment: Don Callis and Kazuchika Okada are interviewed. Callis tells Okada he doesn’t have to do the match with Konosuke Takeshita, but Okada said he wanted the match.
PAC defeated “Blackheart” Lio Rush
Rush came out mumbling to himself as Excalibur said he it’s like he’s talking to an opponent that isn’t there. He then compared Lio Rush and his Blackheart character to Keiji Mutoh and The Great Muta.
PAC and the referee allowed Rush to have his little Gollum-style talk to himself in the corner for a bit. PAC then finally kicked him right in the face, but Rush bounced right up.
Rush made PAC chase him for a bunch and PAC acted sort of frightened of his opponent. Rush then attacked Garcia at ringside. PAC then attacked Rush as Rush was on top of Garcia. Then Garcia put the boots to Rush as the referee was dealing with PAC in the ring.
PAC gave Rush a piledriver on the outside and we went to commercial break shortly after.
PAC looked like he was going for the Black Arrow but Rush popped up and made some more strange sounds. He galloped around the ring on all fours before hitting a suicide dive.
At one point Garcia started tossing water on Rush, perhaps trying to wake him up or give him some type of religious ritual.
Shortly after PAC hit a big clothesline, and then locked in the Brutalizer. Rush smiled as he went unconscious and the ref called for the bell.
Backstage vignette: Wild West style vignette for Bandido aired.
Brody King, Mistico, & Mascara Dorada defeated Ricky Gibson, KC Riff & Cole Rivera
A “F— ICE” chant is heard as the bell rings.
Brody King chopped everyone down. Then Dorada and Mistico hit their opponents with dives to the outside. Then Brody King hit a Gonzo Bomb for the short squash victory.
Backstage interview with Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander: Shida is super happy about their win, while Kris Statlander is more reserved. Mina Shirakawa came in and said she needed to talk to Shida. Shirakawa said she doesn’t trust her, she said things about Harley, and her kendo stick was found near Toni Storm when she was attacked. They argued in Japanese and Shida left.
We saw a video recap of Darby Allin beating MJF for the AEW World title on Dynamite.
AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla defeats Alex Windsor to retain
Nigel and Excalibur talked about Thekla using the ropes for leverage when she pinned Jamie Hayter at Dynasty. They also talked about Thekla being fired from Stardom for attacking the president of the company.
Windsor took control with a big clothesline out of the corner. She followed that with a big suplex. Then a Russian leg sweep and another clothesline for a two count. Thekla escaped to the outside, tripped up Windsor on the apron and took control of the match. She dove from the top rope onto Windsor on the outside before we went to commercial.
We came back from break with Thekla in control. She gave Windsor a series of chops in the corner. Windsor fought back, hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count. She hit a big headbutt and locked in a sharpshooter until Thekla got to the ropes.
Thekla came off the ropes and locked in an Octopus Stretch but Windsor got to the ropes.
Windsor went to the top but Thekla cut her off. They fought on top of the turnbuckle and Thekla pulled out a pair of brass knuckles. Windsor blocked her strike, tried to give her a sunset bomb, but Thekla hit her with the knuckles, the referee unaware she had them. She then hit a foot stomp and got the pin.
Thekla celebrated with the title to end the show.
