AEW Collision live results: Okada & The Young Bucks trios debut
The Elite are set to make their ‘debut’ on this week’s Collision.
Nicholas and Matthew Jackson will team with Kazuchika Okada on Saturday. This will mark the first time the three have teamed together since Wednesday, when The Young Bucks officially recruited Okada into the group, suspending Hangman Page and firing Kenny Omega in the process.
The House of Black will face Mark Briscoe, Jay Lethal, and Jeff Jarrett. After The House of Black laid out the challenge to Briscoe, Lethal offered to team up with him. After Briscoe questioned Jeff Jarrett’s involvement, Lethal said that it was he that Briscoe had to trust, not Jarrett.
Stars from CMLL will also be in action. Chris Jericho will take on Titan, while Mistico will face Angelico. Other matches will see Bryan Danielson face Shane Taylor, Mariah May will face Trish Adora, and Toni Storm will present the first-ever Toni Award.
Join us for live coverage starting at 8 pm ET.
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Sir Elton John played us in to the first episode of Collision post-Revolution. Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, and nobody else welcomed us to the show as Bryan Danielson made his entrance for our opening match.
Bryan Danielson defeated Shane Taylor (w/ Lee Moriarty)
An awesome David vs. Goliath match to open this show. Danielson had a plan, stuck to it, and took down the giant. If the last year of both men’s careers has been anything to go by, Ospreay vs. Danielson at Dynasty will be the talk of the pro wrestling world. If you want to know how excited I am for the match, I bought a ticket after the show-closing tease on Dynamite.
Taylor overpowered Danielson to start, talking trash to Danielson while he did it. Danielson transitioned from a Greco-Roman knuckle lock into hammer-and-anvil elbows before trying kicks to Taylor’s leg, but Taylor popped him with a jab and chops in the corners. The two traded position in the corner, landing strikes before Danielson landed a flurry of strikes. Danielson tripped Taylor before sitting on Taylor’s tied-up leg.
Danielson went to work on Taylor’s left leg before Taylor checked a kick and hammered Danielson with an elbow. After a commercial break, Taylor landed a leg drop on the apron for a nearfall. Taylor continued to clubber on Danielson as commentary noted how Danielson knocked out Moriarty in a previous match from years ago. Danielson fired up, going after Taylor’s knee by wrapping it around the ring post.
Danielson landed a shotgun dropkick before peppering Taylor with kicks to the leg. They were back leg front kicks, for anyone wondering. Taylor crumbled to his knees before Danielson hammered him with more kicks, but Taylor defiantly kicked out at one after a head kick. Danielson hit a pair of corner dropkicks, but Taylor drilled Danielson with a lariat for a nearfall. Taylor landed a big offensive flurry, ending in a uranage and a splash for a nearfall. Danielson evaded a cannonball, hit a trio of head kicks, then hit the Busaiku Knee for the win.
After the match, Will Ospreay made his way to the ring. He grabbed a mic for both him and Danielson, asking for a conversation. After praising the match with Taylor, he noted how the first thing he noticed was how respected Danielson was in the locker room and by the fans. But after getting interrupted on Dynamite, Ospreay has a feeling that Danielson wanted to ask him something. Danielson welcomed Ospreay to AEW and praised his match with Takeshita at Revolution. He heard Ospreay talk about being the best wrestler in the world, and Danielson wanted to give Ospreay a chance to prove it. The challenge was made and accepted; Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay on April 21st at AEW Dynasty.
The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) defeated Adrian Alanis, Jon Cruz & Liam Gray
I get paid to watch Kazuchika Okada wrestle. That’s pretty cool. An emphatic debut for Okada and a big-time trios match for Big Business in Boston.
During the Young Bucks entrance, Matthew pulled out a giant coin and dropped it to signal the entrance of Okada. Okada requested the tag to start the match, then promptly beat all three of his opponents by himself, scoring the pin on Gray after hitting the Rainmaker.
After the match, Eddie Kingston went after Okada but got quickly overwhelmed by the Elite. Eddie’s old friend Penta El Zero Miedo came out to make the save but got dropped with a neckbreaker by Okada. Okada posed with the Continental Championship before PAC made his return to save his Death Triangle partner. He took out both Bucks before facing off with Okada. PAC ran wild and took Okada down with a German suplex before the Bucks pulled Okada out of the ring. PAC said that he was back and looking for trouble. Kingston made the challenge for Wednesday’s Big Business show: Kingston, PAC, & Penta vs. The Elite.
We got a video package hyping Darby Allin vs. Jay White for Big Business.
Mariah May defeated Trish Adora
While I’m not a fan of the Timeless Toni stuff, this was a fun segment.
In a continuance of the All About Eve story going on here, May came out to Toni Storm’s music while wearing her old gear. After May controlled the match before the commercial break, Adora ran wild, hitting a German suplex from her knees. May shut her down with a big running knee before landing the May Day to score the win.
After the match, Timeless Toni Storm came out to present the first annual Toni Award. This award represented the outstanding achievement in the field of pro wrestling. The nominees are: Mariah May for her portrayal of Toni Storm at Revolution. There are no other nominees. The winner is…Mariah May! On behalf of us all at F4WOnline, allow me to congratulate May on her big win. Deonna Purrazzo crashed the stage like Will Smith, jumping Storm from behind and attacking her with the Toni Award – which was a shoe. May saved Storm and dropped Purrazzo with a DDT before accepting her award to You Deserve It chants.
We got a video package recapping Kris Statlander vs. Riho before hyping Willow Nightingale vs. Riho at Big Business.
Nick Wayne (w/ The Patriarchy) defeated Adam Priest
Wayne thoroughly controlled this match early on. Priest laid in some chops on the floor, but a momentary distraction allowed Wayne to hit a handspring that knocked Priest off the apron. After paying homage to “his father” with the standing choke on the ropes, Wayne hit Wayne’s World to get the win.
After the match, Christian talked trash to fans and tore up one masked fan’s sign. The fan jumped Christian and Wayne before unmasking as Adam Copeland. Copeland held up the TNT Championship before pulling out a box from under the ring. The Patriarchy surrounded the ring, but Copeland opened the box and spooked Cage enough to get him to bail. What was in the box was never revealed, so there’s a little mystery going into Toronto on March 20th.
Mark Briscoe, Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett & the others were with Lexy Nair backstage. Jarrett talked about trust and told Briscoe that he could trust that Jarrett would do anything to win this street fight. Lethal and Briscoe trusted each other before Briscoe got hyped for the street fight.
Chris Jericho defeated Titán
These two had some slight missteps early but rounded off into a solid match. This match had a nice backstory, as Jericho wrestled the original Titán in his first match in CMLL before wrestling the new generation Titan here tonight. Hook and Jericho look to be taking on the Gates of Agony at some point soon, which is a fine spot for both men.
The two locked up before Titán won the early exchange with an armdrag. Jericho engaged in a chop battle before Titán sent him to the floor and hit a tope suicida. Titán sent Jericho into the stairs before bringing Jericho to the top rope, but Jericho took Titán down with a top rope bulldog for a nearfall.
After a commercial, Titán sent Jericho to the floor with a nip-up Pele Kick. Titán followed up with a no-touch tope to the floor before Jericho came back with a butterfly backbreaker for a nearfall. Titán avoided the Lionsault and hit a Tornado DDT for a nearfall. Titán lifted himself to the top rope and hit a double stomp for a nearfall. Titán went to lock on El Immortal, but Jericho reversed it into a Walls of Jericho attempt. Titán rolled Jericho up for a nearfall, but Jericho caught Titán off the ropes with a Codebreaker for a nearfall.
Titán matrixed out of the way of a Judas Effect, hitting a kick and a spinning Death Valley Driver for a nearfall. Titán went for the same step-up rana he had hit earlier, but Jericho reversed it into the Walls of Jericho for the win. After the match, the Gates of Agony jumped Jericho after he got involved in their business on Dynamite. Hook came out with a kendo stick and a favor to repay, running off the Gates of Agony.
Tony Schiavone announced the AEW World Tag Team Title Tournament would begin next Saturday on Collision before welcoming FTR to the ring. Cash Wheeler noted that next month noted a decade of FTR and that they’ve gotten knocked down plenty of times in that span. They got back up before, and they would get back up again after their loss at Revolution. Dax Harwood noted how great they’ve been and how Collision was built on great tag team wrestling, but openly wondered if they should even be in the tournament after their recent cold streak. He said if they were in the tournament, they would give everything they had to be the first three-time tag team champions in AEW history.
The Infantry came out, making me wonder if I clicked on Honor Club by accident. Captain Shawn Dean introduced themselves as the most dynamic, best-looking tag team in wrestling. Carlie Bravo noted that they were almost late to the show due to a sale at Magic City but wanted to wish FTR luck. They shook hands before noting that they wanted to give the tag team tournament a Revival. Harwood said that the Revival was dead, and if they came across the Infantry in the tournament, they would be dead too.
(A nice introduction for the Infantry, who have been a solid team in Ring of Honor. Glad to see them get the nod here.)
Mistico defeated Angelico (w/ Serpentico)
A fine showcase for Mistico.
Mistico won an early exchange with armdrags before landing a handspring elbow as the show went to a commercial break. After the break, Mistico hit a headscissors and a 619 before hitting a springboard dropkick. Mistico dove onto Serpentico before hitting Angelico with a headscissors on the floor. Mistico vaulted back into the ring with a tornillo before hitting a senton off the top rope for a nearfall.
Angelico avoided a moonsault and countered a La Magistral cradle with one of his own for a nearfall. The two traded kicks before Mistico hit a springboard crossbody. Mistico twisted himself into La Mistica to score the submission win. After the match, everyone shook hands as Angelico and Serpentico raised Mistico’s hand in victory.
Atlanta Street Fight – House Of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black) defeated Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett & Mark Briscoe
This was a wild match, paying off the fire teases from Briscoe’s temporary pyromania last week. With Jarrett’s friend and wife getting caught up in the match, it can easily lead to the long-teased split between Lethal and Jarrett. Meanwhile, the House of Black gets a bounce-back win and closes this chapter after losing the cage match in January to FTR and Daniel Garcia due to Briscoe’s interference.
The House was in black and red while Briscoe’s team was ready for war decked out in camo. During the opening Pier Six brawl, it was announced that Hook & Chris Jericho would take on the Gates of Agony at Big Business on Wednesday. This was an absolute riot to start, with bodies flying everywhere and plunder being set up. King went for a crossbody to Lethal into the barricade, but Lethal moved out of the way. Lethal and Jarrett went to put King through a table, but Black knocked Jarrett down. King sent Lethal through the table with a crossbody into a barricade.
Briscoe and Matthews fought on the top rope near a table, but King sent Briscoe off the top rope and over the table into a pile of chairs. After a commercial, the House had Jarrett isolated as Matthews pulled out lighter fluid. They went to set the table on fire before Sonjay Dutt tried to involve himself with a guitar. It didn’t work, leading to Julia Hart bringing out a gas can. Matthews doused Dutt in the gas, but Karen Jarrett came out and hit Matthews low, allowing Dutt to send Matthews through some stageside tables. Hart misted Karen, taking her out of the fold.
Jarrett and Lethal took down King in the ring with a double-team, but King hammered Lethal repeatedly on the apron before choking Lethal out. Jarrett cracked King with a guitar before tipping him off the apron through a table, then turned around into a Black Mass from Black. Hart handed Black the railroad spike, but Briscoe fought it off and hit the Jay Driller.
Briscoe went for a dive onto Black, but Matthews helped Black catch Briscoe and dumped him on the apron. Hart lit the table on fire before Matthews and Black powerbombed Briscoe into the flaming table. Black rolled Briscoe into the ring and got the pin to win this wild main event.