AEW Collision live results: All star eight-man tag team match

AEW WrestleDream weekend officially kicks off with tonight’s Collision from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.

Bryan Danielson will be in eight-man tag team action, teaming with Wheeler Yuta & AEW Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) against Ricky Starks, Big Bill & Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis). Sabre Jr. will join commentary for the match.

Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho will join forces for the first time ever as they face the Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona). The match comes in advance of Omega, Jericho & Kota Ibushi clashing with Konosuke Takeshita, Sammy Guevara & Will Ospreay on Sunday.

After Andrade El Idolo recently lost to Jay White on Collision, he will take on another Bullet Club Gold member in Juice Robinson who cost him the match.

Best Friends (Trent Beretta & Chuck Taylor) will face The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett).

Our cold open promos featured comments from the men in the all-star eight-man tag team match. Elton John played us into Collision from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, where WrestleDream will take place tomorrow night. Kevin Kelly & Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

Andrade El Idolo defeated Juice Robinson (w/ The Gunns)

This was such a simple, effective, fun opener with two world-class talents. Robinson’s charisma has gotten him over with AEW crowds, and Andrade has been a cornerstone of Collision since its inception. A great start to the show.

No shenanigans from Robinson or the Gunns tonight, upset about the attack on Bullet Club Gold leader Jay White from Wednesday’s Dynamite. No collar and elbow tie-up, as Andrade quickly went for the Figure Four before Robinson escaped the ring. Robinson tried baiting Andrade, but Andrade avoided the attack and remained on offense. Andrade hit a high crossbody, then followed it up with the Three Amigos for a nearfall.

Robinson rolled out of the way of a frog splash attempt, but Andrade adjusted his positioning on the top rope and hit a moonsault to all three Bullet Club Gold members on the floor. Robinson took the attention of the referee, allowing the Gunns to rip Andrade off of the apron and lay the boots into him. Robinson dropped Andrade on the apron before cracking him with an elbow strike. Back in the ring, a neckbreaker scored Robinson a nearfall.

Robinson scored with a senton for a nearfall. Andrade reversed an Irish Whip, then went for the ten punches in the corner. After the ninth punch, Robinson pulled Andrade out of the corner and dumped him face-first on the turnbuckle. Robinson hit a cannonball in the corner as we went to a picture-in-picture commercial.

Andrade fought out of a headlock as we came back from the break, but Robinson dropped Andrade with a side suplex. Andrade fought back with a big chop before ripping at Robinson’s leg with a pair of Dragon Screw leg whips. The Hot and Flexible CJ was seen watching this match, scouting for talent. Robinson got the knees up on Andrade’s double jump moonsault before landing a leg lariat for a nearfall. Andrade fought out of Robinson’s finishing facebuster, sending Robinson into the corner.

Robinson pulled the referee in the way of Andrade’s double knees, before poking Andrade in the eyes. Robinson hit a big layout powerbomb for a nearfall. Robinson went to the top rope for a high crossbody, but Andrade reversed it into a Figure Four attempt. Robinson caught a small package for a nearfall. Andrade hip tossed Robinson into the corner before hitting the double knees. The Gunns tried to stop the Figure Eight, but the referee caught their interference and ejected them from ringside.

Robinson went for a rollup, but Andrade kicked out and hit the spinning back elbow. Andrade hit the hammerlock DDT for the pin and a score of revenge against Bullet Club Gold.

Tony Schiavone was backstage with Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega. Jericho put over the history between them, noting that AEW’s history was built on the rivalry between them. They wanted to figure out how they would co-exist tonight before getting in the ring with their mutual enemy in the Don Callis Family on Sunday. Omega and Jericho agreed that they didn’t like each other, but would have each other’s backs tonight and at WrestleDream.

We got part two of Toni Storm: Portrait of a Star. Storm said that she was peaking now, despite her title loss at Grand Slam. She missed the old days, where all she had to do was put on a backward hat and throw a pie in someone’s face to be loved. But now, you have to bleed and cry to be at the top of the charts. She’s going to remind everyone what a star in this business looks like.

The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta)

The Kingdom have been very cartoony with the Strong story, but they’re still a great team. This match outperformed my expectations for a mid-show tag team match.

This match came after The Kingdom jumped the Best Friends after a four-way tag match at Rampage: Grand Slam, blaming them for losing the match. The Kingdom came out with suitcases, with McGuinness musing that the men came straight from the airport after tending to Roderick Strong. The Kingdom got a jump start on the match but had to bail after the Best Friends went for dual piledrivers.

Best Friends had control on Bennett, but Taven got a tag in and dropped Beretta with a dropkick. Bennett and Taven took Taylor to the floor with a baseball slide. Bennett avoided a spear from Beretta before hitting a drop toe hold onto Taylor into a chair as we went to a commercial break.

Taylor dropped Bennett with a jumping knee as we came back. Beretta got a tag in and ran wild, catching Taven on a dive and hitting a half-and-half suplex. Beretta hit a double dropkick on both Kingdom members before Taven cut him off with an enzuigiri. Taylor hit Taven with Sole Food on the apron before Beretta hit a tornado DDT for a nearfall. The Kingdom hit a double team on Beretta before taking out Taylor on the floor.

Bennett set up Beretta for a piledriver on the steps, but Beretta reversed it into a Death Valley Driver on the steps. Best Friends hit a Doomsday Knee before giving the people what they wanted with a big hug. They hit the dual piledrivers, but legal man Bennett got his foot on the ropes at two. Some misdirection allowed Bennett to punch both Beretta and Taylor in the wiener before the Kingdom hit the Hail Mary on Taylor for the win.

After the match, Taven took the mic and told Bennett that they had to catch their red-eye flight to get back to Roderick Strong. Taven had a message for Adam Cole. He said that Cole delayed his surgery to have meetings with doctors, but if their friendship ever meant anything to them, he would meet them all at Strong’s home. Or, he could go get surgery like the “selfish prick” he was.

Alex Marvez was backstage looking for Prince Nana. He found him with Don Callis. Callis left without a word. Nana said that after the Gates of Agony were done with Omega & Jericho, they would be in the money.

We got a short video package on the Julia Hart/Kris Statlander TBS Title match for WrestleDream.

Julia Hart (w/ Brody King) defeated Vertvixen

We got chants for Defy, the promotion Vertvixen is a regular in around the Seattle area. Hart dropped Vertvixen with a clothesline before ragdolling her on the mat. Hart clubbered on Vertvixen for a while before Vertvixen dodged a corner charge and hit a pair of forearms in the corner. Hart dropped a charging Vertvixen with boots before hitting a moonsault for the win.

After the match, Hart took the mic and called out Kris Statlander. Statlander came out but brought the Best Friends with her to neutralize Brody King. Both women sent their men to the floor, but Hart bailed before things got physical. Statlander called herself the “defeater of the undefeated” and said that Hart’s time was up tomorrow night. A nice piece of business.

We got a video package from Claudio Castagnoli. He said that he didn’t need a belt to act like a champion and wanted to make a challenge for WrestleDream. That challenge was answered by Josh Barnett, and the match was signed for the WrestleDream Zero Hour.

Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega defeated Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)

Jericho and Omega worked very well toppling the power team in their first match as a team. It was a different dynamic than I was used to seeing them work, as underdogs against more physically imposing opponents.

Liona started with Jericho, not budging on any of Jericho’s chops before dropping him with a headbutt. The Gates double-teamed Jericho, with Jericho trying and failing to fight out of the corner. Jericho booted Liona on a back body drop attempt before tagging Omega. Liona wasn’t phased by the turnbuckles, so Omega necked him on the ropes before landing a high crossbody. Omega and Jericho worked together to drop Liona with a double suplex before fist-bumping each other.

Liona tried fighting back, but Omega and Jericho dropped him with a double shoulder block. Nana hooked Omega’s leg, allowing Liona to shoulder block Omega into Jericho and knock Jericho off the apron. Kaun tagged in and hit a trio of suplexes for a nearfall. They tied Omega up in the ropes, with Kaun hitting a backstabber and Liona hitting a senton onto the pile.

After a commercial, Omega fought out of the corner and hit a hurricanrana on Kaun. Jericho got the tag in and ran wild, dropping Kaun with a double axe handle before landing the Lionsault. Jericho went for the Walls of Jericho, but Kaun fought to his feet. Jericho went for the Judas Effect but ran into a discus lariat from Liona. Liona went for a corner charge on Omega but missed and got dropkicked off the apron. Jericho hit the Codebreaker on Kaun, with Omega following with a V-Trigger. Omega hit a dive onto Liona, allowing Jericho to score the win with the Walls of Jericho.

After the match, Jericho took to the mic and said that tonight proved that the two of them could work together. Omega said that this was bigger than the both of them and that this was about Don Callis. Callis had Omega brainwashed, but Omega is awake now. Omega said that Callis spent $30,000 on flights for both himself and Takeshita to try and take out Kota Ibushi. It wasn’t enough, and the original Alpha would spell the end for Don Callis. Jericho called Sammy Guevara a real Judas. Jericho said that he would be the villain at WrestleDream and ruin Guevara’s life.

We got a video of The Righteous. They said that no one could hurt the two of them as badly as they could hurt themselves. They said they would tear the bond between Cole and MJF by taking the ROH World Tag Team Titles.

We got a video package for the Darby Allin/Christian Cage TNT Title match at WrestleDream. Allin said that he’s waited a long time to main event a PPV and that the TNT Title is the only thing that gives him validation. Cage said that he asked for this best-of-three falls match to expose Allin in his hometown.

The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch) defeated Travis Williams & Judas Icarus

Vincent came out on crutches before throwing them away. Another Defy chant for the locals, who got a quick advantage on Vincent. Vincent dropped Icarus with a back elbow before tagging in Dutch, who fought through Icarus’ strikes to drop him with a chop. Dutch and Vincent worked together to clobber the two men before hitting the Autumn Sunshine on Icarus for the win.

After the match, Vincent took to the microphone and told Dutch to look at the paper people in the crowd. They say that MJF is the devil, who pulls the strings on that liar Adam Cole. They’re going to win the titles and leave the Devil with one hoof, just like Cole. Dutch pulled out a wooden board and a chair. Vincent stuck the board between Icarus’ feet and smashed his foot with a chair before leaving. I see that they’re big fans of Kathy Bates.

We got a video package for the WrestleDream match between Eddie Kingston & Katsuyori Shibata for both the ROH World & NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship.

We got a rundown of the WrestleDream card. A mixed eight-person tag was added to Zero Hour, as the team of Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Mercedes Martinez, & Diamante will take on Keith Lee, Satoshi Kojima, Athena, & Billie Starkz. Alrighty then.

Tony Schiavone was backstage with TMDK (Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, & Bad Dude Tito). The Acclaimed quickly interrupted them to remind them that everyone loves The Acclaimed. Haste gave his own freestyle, which went as well as you would expect.

Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis), Big Bill & Ricky Starks defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson & Wheeler Yuta) & FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)

The traditional Collision multi-man main event was a lively affair. The finish seemed mistimed, but they got the crowd back in time for the important staredown with Sabre and Danielson. This was an excellent go-home show for WrestleDream, as the Seattle crowd brought the energy and kicked off the big weekend with a bang.

Zack Sabre Jr. joined commentary, alongside Jim Ross. Starks started with Wheeler, although Starks quickly bailed out when Yuta tagged in. Fletcher came in and got outpaced by Yuta. Harwood came in but got forced into the opposite corner where Davis tagged in. The two men traded chops as Sabre made jokes about Danielson phoning it in. Davis sent Harwood to the floor where we got a standoff as we went to commercial.

Harwood hit Fletcher with a back suplex as we came back from commercial. Harwood fought for a tag, but Fletcher cut him off with a clothesline to the back of the neck. Harwood split the uprights on Fletcher and got a tag to Wheeler, who ran wild on Aussie Open. Wheeler sent Big Bill to the floor, which allowed Fletcher to hit a big bodyslam.

Yuta got a blind tag, which saw him run wild on Fletcher. Starks tried to interfere, but Yuta trapped him and hit the hammer and anvil elbows. He fought off both Starks and Bill until Starks baited him into a big boot from Bill. Yuta got worked on by the opposing team, with Aussie Open hitting a cool back suplex throw into a powerbomb for a nearfall.

After another commercial, Yuta took down Starks as Danielson riled the crowd up for a tag. Danielson got the tag and ran wild on Starks. Danielson sidestepped a spear and hit a dive to Starks on the floor. Danielson hit a missile dropkick before hitting the running dropkicks in the corner. Starks cut him off with a clothesline before setting up the Rochambeau. Danielson slipped away, but Starks got the tornado DDT and got the tag to Big Bill.

Bill went for a chokeslam, but Danielson transitioned it into the LeBell Lock. Fletcher broke up the hold, leading to a Pier Six brawl. Danielson’s team all hit the big kicks on their respective opponents. Harwood hit a diving headbutt on Bill before Fletcher broke the pin. Harwood and Bill were left in the ring. Bill missed a corner charge but kicked off a Sharpshooter attempt. Bill and Starks then hit a spear and chokeslam combination for the win. It looked like someone missed a cue, as it didn’t look like anyone was ready for that to be the finish.

After the match, Danielson dropped Bill with a running knee before everyone brawled to the back. Danielson turned his attention to Sabre, who came into the ring. Sabre shoved Danielson a couple of times before Danielson slapped him in the face. Danielson went for the LeBell Lock, but Sabre escaped. They stared each other down as the show went to black.