AEW Collision live results: Darby Allin vs. Christian Cage, FTR appearance

Tonight’s Fight for the Fallen edition of AEW Collision from Lexington, Kentucky, will be the next step toward next Sunday’s All In from London’s Wembley Stadium.

AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will appear ahead of their title defense against the Young Bucks. It’s unknown if this will be a live promo or taped and will be their first on-screen appearance since Cash Wheeler was arrested on Friday.

Ahead of his challenge of TNT Champion Luchasaurus at All Out, former champion Darby Allin will take on Christian Cage, the man who has been parading as titleholder after Luchasaurus won it.

Willow Nightingale’s recent feud with Diamante will continue as they go one-on-one.

Bullet Club Gold’s Jay White will return to singles action for the night as he faces Dalton Castle.

Powerhouse Hobbs will be in action while the man who he attacked last week following a challenge — Miro — will be on hand as well.

Both Samoa Joe and Ricky Starks will be in the house for promos.

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After our cold open promos from Darby Allin, Bullet Club Gold, Dalton Castle, & Samoa Joe, Kevin Kelly welcomed us to Collision. Kelly and Nigel McGuinness were on the call.

Samoa Joe vs. The Golden Vampire never started

Joe’s opponent, named by Kevin Kelly as the Golden Vampire, attacked Joe before the bell. He fought Joe around ringside before shoving the referee down. He got in the ring and hit a rising knee before laying out Joe with a Go To Sleep. The Golden Vampire then unmasked to reveal CM Punk. Punk took the microphone and officially accepted Joe’s challenge for All In, with saltier language.

We got a video package hyping the history of the All In event, with Kevin Kelly noting that more tickets have been sold for that show than any other event in history.

Jay White (w/ Bullet Club Gold) defeated Dalton Castle (w/ The Boys)

Castle took White down with a single leg, forcing White to the ropes. White tried to send Castle to the floor, but the Boys sent Castle back into the ring, where he hit a pair of waistlock takedowns on White. White chopped Castle in the corner and stuffed a couple of suplex attempts. Castle went for a running knee into the corner, but White ducked and Castle flew to the floor. Bullet Club Gold chased the Boys around ringside as we went to commercial.

Castle fought out of White’s control as we came back from commercial. White walked into a Castle suplex, then ate a back elbow. Castle hit his running knee into the corner before sending White overhead with a pair of suplexes. White tried fighting out of a third suplex, but Castle hit a stalling German suplex with a bridge for a nearfall.

Castle pulled White up for Bangarang, but White grabbed the ropes and low-bridged him out of the ring. White chopped Castle on the announce table, but when he tried to send Castle into the ring, Castle rebounded off of the apron to hit a hurricanrana. Bullet Club Gold tried to interfere, but the Boys took them out with a dive. White recovered with a uranage for a nearfall. White hit the Blade Buster before scoring the win with the Blade Runner.

After the commercial break, Tony Schiavone was in the ring with Bullet Club Gold. White said that if Omega knew what was good for him, he’d stay in the hospital bed they put him in. He said that the Elite lied to everyone when they said that they were the best part of Bullet Club, and at Wembley, Bullet Club Gold will set the record straight. Robinson said that it only took 2 minutes to take out Kenny Omega, and they would handle them all at All In. The Gunns said that they would deal with the Bucks and Omega on Wednesday, but they wanted a warmup match right now.

Bullet Club Gold (Juice Robinson & The Gunns) defeated Iron Savages (Bronson, Boulder, Jacked Jameson)

The Savages took the fight to Austin Gunn to start, but Robinson cut off Bronson on the apron for the Gold team to take advantage. After a Robinson cannonball, the Gold team mocked the Elite with their pose. Robinson hit a V-Trigger on Bronson before Colton Gunn sent him to the floor as we went to break.

Boulder tagged in as we came back from commercial. Boulder ran wild, dropping both Gunns with a double End of Days. He caught Robinson on a crossbody and dumped him onto the Gunns. The match devolved into a Pier Six brawl. The Gunns couldn’t hit Boulder with a 3:10 to Yuma, but Austin Gunn hit a Fameasser instead. Robinson scored the win on Jameson with his facebuster.

The announcers recapped The Acclaimed’s recent actions, starting with the apparent retirement of Billy Gunn. They then recapped the House of Black’s attack on the Acclaimed from Wednesday, where they left Caster bloody and stole Gunn’s boots. We cut to a video package of the House of Black throwing Gunn’s boots away, with Malachi Black telling Gunn he was a shadow of himself.

We got a video of Jose The Assistant taking a call from Rush, who was not happy about La Faccion Ingobernable’s recent losing streak. Rush wanted Jose to bring them to Mexico, and they obliged. Preston Vance & Dralistico partied before being pulled into a van by several masked men. Was Rush the man that kidnapped Samoa Joe all those years ago? One can only wonder.

Tony Schiavone was backstage with Ricky Starks. He clarified that Starks’ suspension wasn’t 30 days long, rather it was 28 days, that being 4 full weeks. With Starks having served two of those 4 weeks, that means his suspension ends the night before All Out in Chicago. Starks said he would be bringing chaos tonight, with Big Bill entering the frame. After that, we got a stylized video package of Starks, saying that he had been distracted lately. Now, he’s focused, and now he’s dangerous.

Big Bill (w/ Ricky Starks) defeated Derek Neal

Bill came out to Starks’ music. Bill ran through Neal, chokeslamming him for the win within two minutes. After the match, Bill held Neal down so Starks could whip him with the belt.

We got a video package of Sting & Darby Allin attacking AR Fox at his wrestling academy. Allin said that he wanted a scrap of Fox left for Wembley to put in a coffin. We then turned to Wednesday’s Dynamite, where Nick Wayne said he wanted revenge on Mogul Affiliates for attacking him at his home. It will be Allin & Wayne vs. Fox & Swerve Strickland on Dynamite.

Willow Nightingale defeated Diamante

Diamante tried to keep Nightingale held down, but Nightingale stuffed a headscissors attempt and hit a backbreaker. Nightingale dropped Diamante on the apron, leading Mercedes Martinez to make her way to ringside. Nightingale went for an Oklahoma Stampede, but Diamante dropped Nightingale with a chop block.

Nightingale dropped Diamante with a set of clotheslines as we came back from commercial. Nightingale ran wild on Diamante, hitting a main event spinebuster for a nearfall. Diamante yanked Nightingale off the top rope, then hit a set of running knees into the corner. Diamante hit an Asai DDT for a nearfall. Nightingale brought Diamante to the top rope, and after fighting off a powerbomb attempt, Nightingale hit a dropkick.

Martinez pulled Diamante out of the ring, bringing Kris Statlander to ringside to suplex Martinez on the ramp. Nightingale hit a pounce on Diamante on the floor before bringing her back into the ring and getting the win with the Babe With The Powerbomb.

We got a video package hyping FTR vs. The Young Bucks at All In. Both members of FTR spoke about how the Bucks have their accolades, but FTR will be the ones to win the rubber match.

Backstage, Lexy Nair was with Toni Storm. Nair announced that next week on Rampage, we will see the four women in the AEW Title match at All In in a tag match, with Britt Baker & Hikaru Shida taking on Storm & Saraya. Storm said not to question the bond between the Outcasts, and that she would take her place in history as the first three-time AEW Women’s Champion.

Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Kevin Ku

Ku went for a standing crossbody, but Hobbs stood tall and sent Ku flying. Hobbs hit a splash in the corner before taking Ku up and down with a back superplex. Hobbs clubbered Ku with lariats before hitting the main event spinebuster for the win. He was calling out Miro at points in this match, and he sent a message by locking on the Accolade after the match.

Miro popped up on the video screen. He said that he used to follow a book, but now he walks alone. He said that redemption would come for Hobbs at All Out and that he would piss on his cold, dead body. Jesus.

We got a rundown of the Dynamite card. We also got the Collision card, with an All-Star Eight Man Tag with no names announced. We will hear from the stars of the show in London the night before All In as well.

Darby Allin defeated Christian Cage (w/Luchasaurus)

This match ramped up to a fever pitch by the end, with Allin scoring an important win in one of his two concurrent feuds.

The two started the match off slowly, with Allin working on Cage’s arm. Cage dropped Allin on his hammerlocked arm before he whipped Allin into the buckles hard as we went to commercial.

Back from commercial with Allin trying a series of pinfalls on Cage. Cage rung up Allin’s neck on the ropes before sending him into the barricade. Cage taunted Allin with the TNT Title before popping him with a punch, then dropping him with a hammerlock slam. Cage modified his reverse DDT, dropping Allin with his arm hammerlocked. Cage set up for a spear, but Allin kicked him and hit a Code Red for a nearfall. Allin blinded Cage with his turtleneck, leading to the two knocking heads as we went to another commercial.

Allin fired up with Coffin Splashes as we came back. Allin sent Cage into the turnbuckles with a shotgun dropkick. Allin went to the top rope, but instead of going after Cage, he dove onto Luchasaurus. Luchasaurus caught him and led him into a Cage lariat on the floor. Allin hit a drop toe hold onto Christian into a chair, before sitting Christian in the chair and hitting a missile dropkick off the top rope to the floor.

Allin set up the Coffin Drop in the ring, but Cage rolled to the apron. Allin went for the Coffin Drop anyway, but Luchasaurus pulled Cage out of the way, forcing Allin to land on the apron with a nasty thud. The referee sent Luchasaurus to the back, but that allowed Cage to hit Allin with the TNT Title. Allin fell to the floor, and when Cage pulled him back into the ring, he only got a nearfall.

Allin sidestepped a spear and dropkicked Cage into the corner. Allin brought Cage to the top rope, but Cage hit a sunset flip powerbomb and a spear for a nearfall. Cage cut off a surging Allin with a lariat and went for an Unprettier, but Allin caught him in a jackknife cover for the win.

After the match, Tony Schiavone went to speak to Allin, but Luchasaurus came back out. Cage dropped Allin from behind with the TNT Title, with Luchasaurus dropping Allin with a chokeslam. Cage covered Allin, with Luchasaurus forcing him to count to three and announce him as the winner and still TNT Champion. Cage and Luchasaurus stood tall to end the show.