AEW Collision live results: FTR vs. Paragon two-out-of-three falls
The rivalry between the newly-turned FTR and Paragon’s Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong continues on tonight’s live AEW Collision as the two teams battle in a two out of three falls match.
Tonight’s show airs on TBS due to NBA playoff coverage on TNT.
In a $100,000 “high speed collision” four-way, it will be Rush vs. Kevin Knight vs. AR Fox vs. ROH Tag Team Champion Sammy Guevara.
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm takes on Lady Frost in a title eliminator bout while Megan Bayne goes one-on-one with Harley Cameron.
In a highly-anticipated singles match, Josh Alexander looks for his first AEW singles win as he battles Brody King.
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– It’s Saturday and you know what that means. Time for Collision on “The Mothership” for Saturday night wrestling, just like old times. Adam Cole made his entrance as he walked to commentary to join Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness on the call.
Women’s World Championship Eliminator: “Timeless” Toni Storm versus Lady Frost
Frost looked impressive early as she had Storm on the ropes outside with a dive to the outside. In the ring, Storm bounced back with a Lou Thesz Press on Frost. After a rollup attempt, Frost caught Storm with a shoulder charge, followed by a cannonball in the corner.
Frost headed up top and dropped Storm with a cross-body for the two. Storm answered with a sitdown powerbomb for the near fall. She tried for the hip drop, but Frost intercepted and caught her for the Chiller Driller for another near-fall. Storm recovered and managed to connect with the hip drop in the corner. Storm eventually prevailed with the TCM Chickenwing submission, as Frost passed out.
“Timeless” Toni Storm def. Lady Frost via submission
After the match, Storm got on the mic and addressed that while everyone’s coming for her, Storm said that she’s be coming for them instead. She headed out the ring and all around the crowd, and outside the arena in the Atlantic City boardwalk. She said that she’d be here, queer and always timeless as she wrapped her promo.
A solid enough opener and Frost did get her shots in, so really can’t complain. Storm’s post-match promo was entertaining as usual, and her remarks about being here and queer are very much welcomed, especially in the current climate of our world today.
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– We got backstage remarks from Jon Moxley ahead of his steel cage match against Samoa Joe for the AEW Title at Beach Break on May 14th. Moxley said that his affairs were in order, and that if we subscribe to the notion that he’s scared, Joe should think things through better.
$100,000 High-Speed Collision: Rush versus Sammy Guevara versus Kevin Knight versus A.R. Fox
Things started off with the four men facing off before we were left with Knight and Rush mixing it up in the ring. The two men traded chops and strikes before Rush got the edge on Knight with a fierce headbutt. Knight recovered to deliver a scoop slam on Rush as we then got a stalemate of armdrags and dropkicks from the two. Guevara and Fox soon re-entered the match and had their turn of the action as they dispatched of Knight and Rush.
Guevara flipped over Fox as he then floored his foe with a dropkick. Fox reversed Guevara in the corner and hit a splash on the apron. As Knight and Rush re-entered the ring, things quickened right as Knight missed on a running corner attack after Rush dodged at the last second. We went to break at this point.
We returned to Collision with Hologram keeping an eye on the match from the crowd as Fox and Knight exchanged pleasantries. From the apron, Fox soared with a springboard inverted moonsault on Knight. Guevara soon took down both Knight and Fox with a shooting star press. Rush aggressively reasserted himself as he threw everyone into the barricade. Knight fought out of an attempted suplex on the steps by Rush, as he blasted him with a stairs-assisted leaping dropkick. As Knight tried to run at Rush, he got thrown right onto the ramp back first, which made for a rough landing. Rush and Knight then brawled their way up the stage as Guevara and Fox were left in the ring.
Fox countered Guevara’s GTH as he then caught him with a Spanish Fly, followed by a splash for the close near fall. Fox left a prone Guevara in the middle of the ring and looked to hit a senton. Fox again countered out of a GTH attempt, but he couldn’t avoid the knee from one half of the ROH Tag Champions. Third time’s the charm for Guevara as he finished off Fox with the GTH to earn the $100,000.
After the match, Guevara pointed towards Adam Cole, making it clear he wanted a shot at Cole’s TNT Championship.
Sammy Guevara def. A.R. Fox, Kevin Knight, and Rush via pinfall (Guevara pinned Fox)
Just a fun four-way match, something that AEW has really excelled in as of late with four high-flying stars. Lots to like here.
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– We got a pretape promo from Samoa Joe ahead of his Steel Cage match against Jon Moxley at Beach Break. Joe said that while he understands that Moxley has the ruthless streak to go after him, and that he had to put this match in the cage because he felt that the the Jon Moxley he sees today doesn’t have the courage to face him like a man.
– A hype video from The Paragon’s Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong, and FTR for their 2/3 Falls Match was shown before our next match.
Megan Bayne versus Harley Cameron
Cameron caught Bayne flatfooted as the bell rang with a charge into the corner, which gave her the early advantage. Cameron battered Bayne from the corner as she continued to set the tone early on, at least until Bayne turned the tide with an overhead throw. This gave Bayne the opportunity to take over with repeated attacks in the corner, followed by a suplex right on the AEW logo in the middle of the ring. Bayne maintained command with a butterfly suplex, followed by a spear from the corner as we headed to a break in the action.
Collision returned with Cameron having made a brief comeback as she fought off Bayne up the top rope with a bite. When Penelope Ford tried to get involved, she got dropped by Cameron for her troubles. A spinning tornado DDT from Cameron nearly had the match won for her, but Bayne kicked out. Bayne blocked a Cameron suplex attempt before she delivered a Falcon Arrow for the two-count. Cameron escaped a Fate’s Descent attempt, but that couldn’t translate to anything substantial as Bayne dropped her with a sit-out powerbomb. That only got a near-fall, however.
Cameron blasted Bayne with a running knee, but her attempt at a dive was caught by Bayne, who then propped her up for Fate’s Descent and the victory.
Following the match, Cameron and Ford put in the beatdown on Cameron, up until Anna Jay ran in and hit Bayne with the two-by-four to no effect. Jay goaded Bayne to attack her, but that sent her flying out of the ring.
Megan Bayne def. Harley Cameron via pinfall
Quite the impressive showing for Harley Cameron, even in defeat. She continues to be a great talent that just gets better and better every time I see her in action. As for Megan Bayne, what else can be said? She is a dominant force and booked accordingly by AEW.
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Jon Moxley speaks again
The AEW World Champion and Marina Shafir stormed the ring from the crowd, as Moxley took the mic. He asked just what exactly it was according to Samoa Joe that he didn’t understand, and wondered what it was that Joe was going to do inside the steel cage. Moxley said that he had faced the baddest competitors on the planet — all of whom were saying the same things that Joe were saying — and that they all ended up the same way.
Moxley said that Joe should look at his parntners and realize that they’ve been in a real firefight this whole time.
– After a recap of Roppongi Vice assaulting The Outrunners last week, we got remarks from The Youngest Men Alive backstage. Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd issued a challenge to Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta for a match.
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Brody King versus Josh Alexander
Lock-up in the middle of the ring to start as King held the advantage early on to start. Alexander eventually tried to keep pace, but found himself hit hard with a King chop. In the corner, King teed off on Alexander with repeated strikes before referee Bryce Remsburg told him to back off. King placed Alexander across the top turnbuckle and chopped him hard.
On the apron, Alexander thought he had King stun, but he was caught with a Death Valley Driver onto the floor outside the ring. King threw Alexander over the barricade before he threw him for the suplex right on the floor. King had Alexander stunned as he sat him onto a chair against the barricade. He looked for a running charge, but Alexander wisely dropped to the floor, as he then kicked King’s leg against the steel steps. Alexander trapped King on the apron with a leg tied on the bottom rope as he followed that with a neckbreaker right onto the apron.
Collision returned to live action with King looking to deliver a high-risk maneuver from the top rope, but Alexander fought out of it. The Canadian had King lifted up, but couldn’t get anything as King escaped a grisly fate. A battle of chops saw King get the best of Alexander in the ensuing duel. Alexander put the straps down and had King rocked with repeated running boots to the head. Alexander again hoisted King and dropped him with an Argentine Powerbomb for the two count.
A big back body drop by King allowed for the big man to follow that up with a Black Hole Slam on Alexander for the near-fall. Alexander shoved King onto the ropes for a follow-up snap German suplex, but he got absolutely crushed by King’s lariat afterwards. With Alexander prone in the corner, King barreled onto his foe with a cannonball, but that only got a two-count once more.
With Alexander on the apron, King lifted him onto the top rope for an attempt at a titanic superplex that he got all of with maximum force. As both King and Alexander got up, we got a warning that one minute was left on this match. Alexander targeted King’s leg as he applied the ankle lock. King got on his feet somehow and hit a German suplex, followed by the lariat. King connected with the Ganso Bomb, but Alexander rolled out of the ring as time expired on the match.
After the match, as Lance Archer tended to Alexander, King flew onto the two with a dive. King placed Archer onto a chair, as well as some security men for the running dive against the barricade. Alexander clipped King’s leg, which allowed Archer to recover and lay out King.
Brody King vs. Josh Alexander ended in a Time-Limit Draw
Hell of a match and you can never go wrong with big meaty men slapping meat, and it was certainly on the menu in Atlantic City. Just nothing but hard-hitting action. What more can you ask for? The post-match with Lance Archer certainly guarantees we’ll be in for more meaty action in the near future.
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Max Caster’s Best Wrestler Alive Challenge
Max Caster, the so-called Best Wrestler Alive, was in the ring as he asked for a five-minute timer to be up, so he can prove that nobody can survive five minutes in the ring with him. He then asked for the fans to do his chant correctly.
Daniel Garcia appeared to answer Caster’s challenge.
As the bell rang, Garcia had the early advantage as he dropped Caster with a swinging neckbreaker. He did his signature dance, followed by the shotgun dropkick and the piledriver for the quick win in under a minute.
After the match, Garcia said he just handled his business and told FTR to handle their business so he can talk to them afterwards.
Daniel Garcia def. Max Caster
Caster’s act is getting over quite well, to the point that he seemed to be struggling to hide his laughter as the crowd was doing his “Best Wrestler Alive” chant with him, so that’s nice to see.
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– Backstage, Lexy Nair interviewed Anthony Bowens before Blake Christian rudely interrupted the interview. Christian claimed that while Bowens won when they faced, the people were talking about how Christian outshined Bowens in that encounter. Bowens challenged Christian and Lee Johnson to step up to him anytime, anywhere.
The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) versus Ray Jazz and Goldy
Kaun held the advantage early on Jazz with a pair of suplexes before he tagged in Liona to get his pound of flesh. Goldy got sent to the outside with a fierce pounce from Liona. The Gates of Agony then put Jazz away in short order with a double slam.
After the match, the Cru were in the crowd and tried to get in, before Big Bill and Bryan Keith challenged Kaun and Liona to meet them in the parking lot for a fight.
The Gates of Agony def. Ray Jazz and Goldy (Toa Liona pinned Jazz)
Short and sweet squash, not much else to say.
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This Week on Dynamite:
- Swerve Strickland/Speedball Mike Bailey/Mark Briscoe vs. The Young Bucks & Ricochet
- Jamie Hayter sits down with Renee Paquette
- Samoa Joe vs. Claudio Castagnoli
– In the parking lot, Big Bill and Bryan Keith brawled it out with the Gates of Agony, as a hapless local competitor found himself in the crossfiire of Toa Liona and Big Bill’s brawl. The action cut away as the brawl seemed like it was far from over.
2/3 Falls Match: FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs. Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong)
O’Reilly and Wheeler started things off for their two teams as the latter escaped an omoplata attempt from the former. O’Reilly countered Wheeler into an armbar as Harwood entered the match for his team. In the corner, Strong was the legal man as he chopped Harwood with vicious force. This led to a skirmish of chops and strikes between Harwood and Strong, which ended with a dropkick by Strong and the tag to O’Reilly.
Wheeler tagged back in as FTR looked to have the upper hand on O’Reilly, but not for long. O’Reilly had Wheeler and Harwood dead to rights with a series of kicks to each men. FTR attempted the Shatter Machine on O’Reilly, but Strong broke it up. Strong took out Wheeler with a dropkick to the outside as O’Reilly locked in an ankle lock on Harwood. On Stokely Hathaway’s instruction, Wheeler tapped out to give Paragon the 1-0 lead, and a breather for FTR.
Paragon scores the first fall via submission (K. O’Reilly via submission on D. Harwood)
The action returned after a quick break with O’Reilly getting floored by a double clothesline from FTR. The diving elbow by Wheeler kept O’Reilly grounded as FTR held control of the match at this juncture. O’Reilly tried to create space by escaping Wheeler’s chinlock, and then avoiding a dropkick in the corner. Hot tag to Strong gave the Messiah of the Backbreaker a surge of momentum on both Wheeler and Harwood, which naturally made Adam Cole proud on commentary.
Outside the ring, both teams were fighting it out as Strong stacked Wheeler and Harwood onto a chair — which broke the chair — as O’Reilly then took flight with a Canadian missile dropkick onto both FTR members from the apron. The brawl entered into the crowd as Harwood threw O’Reilly onto the apron, which left Strong alone in the ring with FTR as we had our final commercial break of the evening at this point.
Our main event returned with O’Reilly having made it back to his corner and the tag being made. Like a blaze of fire, O’Reilly went on the attack against both Harwood and Wheeler. Ankle lock applied on Wheeler, but Harwood broke the hold. WIth Harwood tagged in, O’Reilly and Strong appeared to have him trapped for a double team move, but Wheeler stepped in at the last minute to shove O’Reilly away. This allowed FTR to deliver Shatter Machine on Strong for the 1, 2, 3, and the match tied.
FTR scores the second fall via pinfall (D. Harwood pinned R. Strong)
With the action now in sudden death overtime, FTR attempted to hit the Shatter Machine again, but O’Reilly and Strong hit High and Low on Harwood. The cover was made, but Stokely put Harwood’s foot on the rope as things broke down. By match’s end, FTR would get the final fall with a rake to the eye of O’Reilly and the Shatter Machine.
After the match, Daniel Garcia walked down the ramp, armed with a crowbar and a microphone, to confront FTR as promised. Garcia said that there’s nothing more that he’d like to do but hit the three of them with a crowbar, but he has too much love for FTR to do that. He said that after what FTR did to Cope, Daddy Magic, and Garcia himself, he was looking for answers. Garcia challenged either one of Wheeler or Harwood to meet him in the ring next week, and that it didn’t matter if there was ten of them, fifteen of them, fifty of them, or one hundred of them, He was going to beat the answers out of them next week.
FTR def. Paragon via pinfall (2-1)
A very fun 2/3 Falls main event match to cap off another solid edition of Collision, which maintains its streak of being a breeze to watch from start to finish. The absolute war that was King vs. Alexander and this main event were the standouts of a great show that I enjoyed.