AEW Collision live results: Bryan Danielson vs. Andrade El Idolo
The AEW World Team titles are at stake on this week’s Collision.
Ricky Starks and Big Bill will defend their titles against Blackpool Combat Club’s Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta. Starks and Bill won the Tag Team titles two weeks ago on Collision, defeating FTR in under five minutes. FTR will be making their return to in-ring action on Saturday for the first time since losing the titles.
Bryan Danielson will take on Andrade El Idolo in what Tony Khan has billed as a dream match. It will be the first time the two have wrestled in AEW. Danielson lost to Christian Cage on last week’s Collision thanks to interference from Ricky Starks.
Eddie Kingston will meet Jeff Jarrett in a Memphis street fight. If Jeff Jarrett wins, Jay Lethal will earn a shot at Eddie Kingston’s ROH World Championship. Miro will also be in action, taking on Action Andretti after Andretti was shown talking to Miro’s wife CJ Perry about potentially becoming a client of hers.
Live coverage of Collision begins at 8 p.m. ET.
No pre-roll comments again this week, as Sir Elton John played us into Collision. Tony Schiavone, Kevin Kelly, and Nigel McGuinness were on the call for a Saturday night chockful of fights.
Bryan Danielson defeated Andrade El Idolo
While the “Dream Match” terminology used by Tony Khan to hype this match was a bit extreme, this was still a stellar television match. Andrade has been a lynchpin of Collision since day one, and Danielson was obviously going to live up to the billing. The post-match will garner attention, with Malachi Black stepping up to Danielson.
The fans chanted This Is Awesome at the bell as the two men locked up. It was announced that both Skye Blue & The Gunns would be in action tonight. In separate matches, to be clear. After an early exchange, Andrade lifted Danielson into a Gory Special. The two men got into a pinning predicament before standing off. Another fast-paced exchange ended with another standoff and a handshake. Danielson lifted Andrade in a Romero special, and Andrade escaped into another pinning predicament.
Danielson and Andrade fought out of each other’s submission holds to another stalemate. Danielson landed a chop, which quickly changed the tenor of this match as both men started chopping each other. Andrade caught himself in the ropes and baited Danielson in before sending him to the floor, but Danielson caught Andrade on a baseball slide before throwing him shoulder-first into the ring post. Danielson hit a running knee off the apron as we went to a commercial.
Danielson stomped on Andrade’s arm as we returned from the commercial. Andrade flipped out of a back suplex before throwing an overhand chop. The two men traded strikes again before Andrade laid Bryan out with a flying forearm. Danielson countered Andrade’s running knees but didn’t counter Andrade’s springboard dropkick and got sent to the floor. Andrade followed Danielson to the floor with a moonsault, before hitting a split-legged moonsault in the ring for a nearfall.
Andrade brought Danielson up for a superplex, but Danielson sent Andrade to the mat with headbutts. Danielson hit a shotgun dropkick before landing the chest kicks. Andrade caught the head kick and hit a dragon screw leg whip before attempting the Figure Four, but Danielson caught him in a small package for a nearfall. Andrade went for another Dragon Screw, but Danielson countered it into a LeBell Lock.
Andrade got to the ropes, so Danielson brought him to the top rope. Andrade knocked Danielson away and hit the Perro Aguayo double stomp to the chest. Andrade followed with the double knees in the corner for a nearfall. Andrade went to the top rope going for the double jump moonsault, but Danielson countered it and stomped Andrade’s face. Danielson went for the LeBell Lock, but Andrade countered it into the Figure Four. Danielson made it to the ropes as Andrade was bridging up into the Figure Eight.
Another chop battle ensued before Andrade drilled Danielson with a back elbow. Danielson hit a high kick, but Andrade countered the Busaiku Knee with an O’Connor Roll. Another pinning predicament ensued before Danielson stacked Andrade with a crucifix pin for the win.
After Andrade and Danielson shook hands, the lights went out. When they came up, Malachi Black drilled Danielson with Black Mass. Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli came out, but the lights went out again. When they came up, Black was gone.
Darby Allin talked about Nick Wayne in a video package. He talked about Wayne feeling hated by fans online, who believed he wasn’t ready for a spot in AEW. Allin was disappointed by Wayne listening to the hate and turning on him. Allin said that he had a fractured shoulder but would be on Dynamite on Wednesday to give Sting his special gift if Wayne wanted to finish what they started last week.
Skye Blue defeated Hollyhood Haley
The announcers mentioned Blue’s recent change in attitude as she walked out in Scooby Doo-themed gear. Blue laid Haley out with a clothesline and mounted forearms. Haley made a short comeback before Blue powerbombed her out of the corner. Blue hit Code Blue for the win.
Austin & Colton Gunn (w/ Jay White) defeated The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)
Colton got the upper hand on Floyd with a straight punch to the face before dropkicking Magnum. Austin got some shots in before both Gunns hit the 3:10 To Yuma for the quick win.
After the match, the lights went out. A man in a devil mask appeared on the screen but never unmasked. Back in the ring, Bullet Club Gold was shaken but quickly regained their confidence and left.
Lexy Nair was backstage with Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander. Statlander needed to prepare, so she lifted Nair for a while. Statlander and Cassidy were ready for their respective title defenses on Battle of the Belts later tonight.
Memphis Street Fight – Jeff Jarrett (w/ Karen Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, & Satnam Singh) defeated Eddie Kingston
Bound For Glory is tonight, and Jeff Jarrett paid tribute to the promotion he founded with a classic Impact Zone main event. A silly fun match, and an underhanded way to get Lethal a shot at the ROH Title.
If Jarrett wins tonight, then Jay Lethal will receive a shot at Kingston’s ROH World Championship.
Legendary Memphis Wrestling announcer Dave Brown joined the commentary desk, noting that he had been calling matches for Jarrett since he was 18 years old. Jarrett got a big pop in his home state. Kingston came out and was immediately overwhelmed by the numbers advantage. Jarrett and Kingston brawled toward the stage near a makeshift concession stand, where Kingston slung hot dogs at Jarrett.
Jarrett threw a barricade at Kingston before hitting him with assorted plunder around the ring. Kingston came back with a headbutt before squirting Jarrett with ketchup and mustard. Kingston laid Jarrett on a table, but Karen Jarrett clawed his eyes. Lethal then took Kingston off of the stage with a cutter through the table as we went to the commercial.
Back from the commercial, Jarrett used plunder to work over Kingston’s knee. After using everything in his sight to batter Kingston’s knee, Jarrett locked on the Figure Four. Kingston writhed in pain before reversing the hold. Lethal went up for the elbow drop, but Jarrett ended up rolling Kingston out of the way. Kingston fought two-on-one before drilling Sonjay Dutt with a punch.
Kingston caught Jarrett with an Uraken, but Lethal cut off the pin. Kingston fought off Lethal and drilled Singh with Jarrett’s guitar, but that allowed Jarrett to hit the Stroke. Jarrett took too long to pin him, allowing Kingston to kick out. Singh, Jarrett, and Lethal all hit their finishers on Kingston, allowing Jarrett to score the win and a title shot for Jay Lethal.
Lexy Nair was backstage with The Acclaimed. Max Caster unsuccessfully hit on Lexy before Billy Gunn apologized for it and hyped their title defense on Battle of the Belts.
Miro defeated Action Andretti
CJ Perry came to ringside for this one. Miro overpowered Andretti in the corner to start. Andretti landed on his feet on a beel, peppering Miro with dropkicks. Miro cut off an Andretti springboard with a forearm before drilling him with short-arm lariats. Miro sent Andretti shoulder-first into the ring post before we went to a commercial.
Andretti fought out of a chinlock as we came back from the break. Andretti fired up, sending Miro to the floor and hitting a dive onto him. Back in the ring, Miro caught a high crossbody attempt and slammed Andretti to the mat. After blowing a kiss to Perry at ringside, Miro had Game Over countered by Andretti with a flash pin for a nearfall.
Andretti hit a tornado DDT, a shotgun dropkick, and a springboard 450, but Miro kicked out at one. Andretti hoisted Miro up, but the back gave out. Miro hit the side kick and locked on Game Over for the win. Perry looked nonplussed at ringside.
Tony Schiavone announced that Hikaru Shida would be defending the AEW Women’s World Title against Ruby Soho on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.
Lexy Nair was backstage with 2.0, Daniel Garcia, & Anna Jay. Jay said that the beef was squashed, but Matt Menard brought up Garcia’s dancing to everyone’s annoyance. Jay told Menard and Garcia to follow her, leaving Angelo Parker behind. Nair welcomed Ruby Soho, who shared a word with Parker about their respective groups falling apart. Soho said that she deserves to be a champion in AEW, and will be one soon enough.
We had another meeting with La Faccion Ingobernable. Rush was tired of seeing other wrestlers get opportunities and being told that he was too violent. He was sick of conforming just to see other people get what he deserved. This will be continued.
Eddie Kingston was backstage with a medical trainer. Kingston made Jay Lethal jump through hoops because he didn’t like how he called someone who wasn’t his blood his uncle. He knew Lethal used to love wrestling but fell in line with that “carny son of a b*tch” Jeff Jarrett and his crew. Kingston told Lethal not to bring his crew or his family to their title match. Lethal’s mother would cry at the beating Kingston gave Lethal. Not because she was sad for her son, but because she knew her son had it coming. An excellent promo.
FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Bad Thad Brown & Darian Bengston ended in a no-contest
FTR was in firm control of the match when the lights went out. Malachi Black was back, alongside Brody King and Buddy Matthews. The House of Black took out FTR and stood tall.
We got a rundown of the card for Wednesday’s Dynamite, with the addition of a Chris Jericho sit-down interview with the remarkable Renee Paquette.
AEW World Tag Team Title Match – Big Bill & Ricky Starks defeated Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) to retain
They certainly want to get the House of Black back in the mix. Their third interference spot led to the end of this solid main event, and the return of Jon Moxley. An energetic end to the show.
Jim Ross joined commentary, noting that he had breakfast with Jerry Lawler earlier in the day. Starks and Yuta started, with Yuta using his technique to tie up Starks on the mat. Starks tagged out to Bill, who clubbered on Yuta, who unsuccessfully fought back. Yuta rung up Bill on the ropes, but a distraction from Starks allowed Bill to knock Yuta off the apron into the barricade. Starks used a BCC shirt at ringside to run Yuta into the barricade as we went to a commercial.
Back from the commercial, Bill and Starks were still beating up on Yuta. Castagnoli saw Starks coming to pull him off of the apron but didn’t see Bill boot him off the apron. Yuta made his way to the corner but had no partner to tag before walking into a Bossman Slam for a nearfall. Yuta avoided a splash in the corner, then got the tag into Castagnoli, who hammered Starks with lariats in the corner. Castagnoli went Old School on Starks before hitting a dropkick for a nearfall.
Starks bailed out of the ring on a Giant Swing attempt. Castagnoli followed him to the floor and hit both Starks and Bill with running European uppercuts as we went to another commercial.
Castagnoli hit a diving uppercut on Starks for a nearfall as we came back from the break. Castagnoli went for the Neutralizer, but Starks fought out and got a tag out to Bill. Starks hit a tornado DDT, with Bill following with a big boot for a nearfall. Castagnoli brought Bill to his corner, where Yuta hit an assisted shotgun dropkick for a nearfall. Yuta went for a German suplex on Bill, but a Starks distraction allowed Bill to drop Yuta with a lariat for a nearfall. Yuta evaded multiple moves but got caught by Bill with a Razor’s Edge for a nearfall.
Yuta booted Starks on a spear attempt before hitting the Right Angle Slam. Castagnoli tagged in, hitting Starks with a lariat for a nearfall. Castagnoli called for the Giant Swing and hit it, with Yuta hitting a dropkick on a swinging Starks for a nearfall that Bill broke up. Castagnoli and Yuta set up the Fastball Special, but the House of Black made their third appearance tonight. Black got the referee’s attention as Matthews and King took out Castagnoli. Starks hit the spear and the Rochambeau to win and retain the titles.
The House of Black menaced the champions before beating down Yuta. Danielson came out, but Starks and Bill joined in the beatdown. FTR couldn’t make a difference, as they were overwhelmed. Jon Moxley made his return from injury to even the odds and helped the BCC and FTR clear the ring. Starks was left alone to take the Shatter Machine and the Death Rider. Castagnoli swung Starks again as Collision faded out.