AEW Collision live results: Mariah May vs. Anna Jay no DQ title match
Anna Jay will get one last shot at the AEW Women’s World Championship on tonight’s AEW Collision from Albany, New York.
Mariah May has agreed to one last match for the title under no disqualification rules. At the last Battle of the Belts, Jay defeated May to earn a title shot. Jay failed to win the title in that bout and if she loses here, she can’t challenge May for the title again.
May’s friend Mina Shirakawa will face off against Harley Cameron. Shirakawa is making her in-ring return after appearing on Wednesday’s Dynamite. Former AEW Tag Team Champion The Acclaimed will face LFI’s Rush & The Beast Mortos in a Full Gear Tag Team title qualifier where the winners will be the final team to enter next Saturday’s four-way.
Other matches will see Johnny TV take on Daniel Garcia, Shelton Benjamin squaring off against Komander, and Powerhouse Hobbs taking on Bear Bronson. We’ll also hear from FTR and AEW World Champion Jon Moxley.
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Collision began with Anna Jay & Mariah May walking into the building ahead of their no-disqualification Title match in tonight’s main event. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as always.
Mina Shirakawa defeated Harley Cameron
A fun opener to get Shirakawa back in the mix in AEW.
There was a lot of shimmying to start before Shirakawa went to work on Cameron’s legs. Cameron got Shirakawa to the ropes before smothering her with her bosom. Is this Collision or Battle of the Boobs? Shirakawa got back on offense and scored a nearfall with a misdirection head kick. Shirakawa went back to the legs before locking on the Figure Four. Cameron fought to the ropes before scoring with a backstabber.
Cameron’s knee betrayed her on a fireman’s carry, and Shirakawa laid in boots to the knee. Cameron caught Shirakawa with a pumphandle back suplex for a nearfall. Cameron tried to flash pin Shirakawa with her legs on the ropes, but the referee caught her and didn’t count the pin. Shirakawa hit a Disaster Kick before hitting a diving Slingblade for a nearfall. Shirakawa hit a backfist before scoring with the Glamorous Driver Mina to get the win.
TNT Champion Jack Perry drove to the building in his Scapegoat bus ahead of the next match.
Daniel Garcia defeated Johnny TV (w/Mansoor & Mason Madden)
What is it about the TV titles in this company that inspire ideas of vehicular assault? On a different note, Johnny and MxM will make a fine enhancement trio.
Matt Menard joined commentary, as usual for Garcia matches. Johnny dropped Garcia with a pair of shoulder blocks before Garcia scored with one of his own. MxM got involved, with Mansoor distracting the referee as Madden chokeslammed Garcia from the apron. After a commercial, Johnny sent Garcia to the floor before following with a twisting tornillo.
As Garcia and Johnny were on the floor, Jack Perry attacked Menard on commentary and dragged him through the crowd. Garcia, unaware of what happened, hit a back suplex in the ring as the match continued. Garcia fired up on Johnny, hitting a Twist and Shout neckbreaker for a nearfall. Johnny dumped Garcia to the floor so MxM could lay the boots to him, but Garcia sent them both into the post.
Johnny caught Garcia on his way back in the ring with a Chuck Kick before hitting the Moonlight Drive. Garcia avoided the End of the World and locked on a Cobra Clutch to get Johnny to submit. After the match, Garcia asked the commentators where Menard went before the jumbotron showed Perry continuing his attack on Menard backstage. Garcia ran backstage to find them.
After the announcers reset things, we cut to Perry and Menard outside near Perry’s bus. Perry grabbed a chain with a GIANT HOOK from the bus. This might have been the chain that Kane had in See No Evil. He set the hook up to the back of the bus and wrapped Menard up in the chain, but Garcia caught up to Perry and threw him into the side of the bus. Garcia and Menard had an idea, and Menard grabbed the camera before we went to a commercial.
Lio Rush was backstage. He was frustrated with his lot in AEW, and he wasn’t sure where he stood with his friends in AEW. He wanted gold, and he hoped his friends were on his side to take it with him.
We cut back to Daniel Garcia & Matt Menard as they had Jack Perry chained to the front of his bus. Garcia and Menard got on the bus and drove it as Perry had to dodge the barricades that Garcia drove through.
Shelton Benjamin (w/MVP) defeated Komander (w/Alex Abrahantes)
Another impressive showcase for Benjamin, who has completely outperformed my expectations for him.
I need MVP to get his hands on Alex. They are in the MVP Arena after all, he can get away with it. Benjamin hoofed Komander around the ring for a while. Komander dodged Benjamin in the corner before getting a flurry of offense. Benjamin cut him off on a headscissors attempt and backdropped him.
After a commercial, Komander dodged a rising knee and scored with a springboard dropkick. Komander scored with a triple rotation headscissors before hitting his ropewalk dive to a big pop. Komander hit a 619 before going for the ropewalk Shooting Star Press, but Benjamin moved and sent Komander flying with a pair of German suplexes. A rising knee and a big superkick led to the T-Bone Suplex and a win for Benjamin.
After the match, MVP told Benjamin to take Komander’s mask off. Abrahantes tried to stop him, and MVP handed Benjamin his cane before laying out Abrahantes with a clothesline. My prayers have been answered.
Kris Statlander was backstage with Renee Paquette. She said that Mercedes Mone was backed into a corner, which is why she tried to take her out a few weeks ago. Mone wasn’t going to be able to get out of the match at Full Gear, and Statlander would take the TBS Title. Hikaru Shida entered the frame and wished Statlander luck before making it clear that she wanted to challenge Statlander for the title after the PPV. Statlander made a counter offer, challenging Shida to a match on Dynamite this week.
The Acclaimed were backstage with Lexy Nair. When asked about Billy Gunn’s whereabouts, Caster blew off the question before putting the team over. Bowens said that Gunn would be there for them before MVP & Shelton Benjamin entered the frame. MVP offered The Acclaimed good luck and gave Caster some advice before telling him not to blow this big opportunity for the tag team titles.
Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Bulk Bronson (w/Beefcake Boulder & Jacked Jameson)
Jameson cut his usual promo that I never care to listen to. Hobbs handled all three of the Savages with ease, as Jameson and Boulder tried to interfere to no avail. Hobbs won with the Human Torture Rack, scoring his 100th AEW win.
During this match, it was announced that the stars of CMLL will be in AEW over the next few weeks. Mascara Dorada, Atlantis Jr, and Hechicero will be at Dynamite this Wednesday, and Mistico will be at Dynamite on November 27th.
Roderick Strong & The Kingdom were backstage with Lexy Nair, who congratulated him on earning the match with MJF at Full Gear. Strong said that he would have more to say on Dynamite, but warned him that next week at Full Gear, he would prove to MJF that he was better than him.
AEW World Tag Team Champions Private Party came out to watch the following match.
Full Gear Four Way Contenders Series Tag Team Match – The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) (w/ Billy Gunn) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush & The Beast Mortos) (w/ Jake Roberts)
If you’ve read my reviews, you’ll know that I’m well over the Acclaimed. But with the MVP/Hurt Syndicate angle to think about and the PPV taking place in the Tri-State area for the PPV, I don’t take much issue with them in the title match at Full Gear.
The winner of this match will challenge Private Party at Full Gear alongside the House of Black and the Outrunners.
Mortos and Bowens started off, with Mortos blowing through Bowens with a shoulder block. Caster tagged himself in, with Bowens not exactly ready to get tagged out. Caster fought off Rush’s cord attack, but Rush was able to rip him off the apron to the floor as we went to a commercial. After the break, Bowens got a hot tag and ran wild before diving onto Mortos on the floor. The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl before all four men were laid out.
Rush and Bowens traded strikes, with Rush laying Bowens out with a powerslam. Bowens dodged a senton and tagged in Caster, who hit a top-rope splash for a nearfall. Mortos hit a double stomp onto Caster for a nearfall and another brawl broke out. Caster dodged a cannonball, and the Acclaimed hit their finishing moves to score the win. Private Party defend the tag team titles at Full Gear against the House of Black, the Outrunners, and the Acclaimed.
During this match, it was announced that I have a week off next week. Collision will return in two weeks due to Full Gear being next Saturday night.
Mina Shirakawa was backstage with Lexy Nair. She was excited for Mariah May’s match and blew off a question about a future title shot by dancing.
There was a wacky MxM Collection commercial for ShopAEW.
The Continental Classic starts in two weeks on the Thanksgiving Eve Dynamite, with Tony Schiavone noting that all of the participants will be announced after Full Gear. Mark Briscoe, Tomohiro Ishii, & Rocky Romero of the Conglomeration were backstage with Lexy Nair, who asked Ishii about his ROH World Title match against Chris Jericho at the Thanksgiving Eve Dynamite. Ishii silently stared at the camera before Briscoe told Lexy that Ishii would kick Jericho’s ass.After a rundown of the Full Gear card, FTR was with Lexy Nair. Cash Wheeler didn’t know where they stood, as it has been a year since they’ve been AEW World Tag Team Champions. Dax Harwood said that they would rebuild before wishing the Outrunners luck at the PPV. We cut to a VHS-quality highlight video of The Outrunners winning their match last week to get in Full Gear title match.
AEW Women’s World Title No Disqualification Match – Mariah May (c) defeated Anna JayThis was a solid plunder match, and the best of their three matches. This was a fine TV feud for Mariah to kill time with before Mina Shirakawa came back.
If Anna Jay loses, she cannot challenge Mariah May for the title again. Here’s hoping, as these matches have been very tough for me to review. It’s like when Orange Cassidy and Isiah Kassidy had a match I had to review, their names are too close together.
Both women came out with plunder. May threw a trash can at Jay, but Jay ducked it and booted May off of the apron. Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie were watching backstage for some reason. Jay pinballed May around ringside, with May falling into Tony Schiavone’s lap at one point. May cut Jay off with a drop toe hold into a chair. May stuffed Jay into a trash can before hitting her with a missile dropkick. May brought a ladder into the ring before Jay caught the champion in the Queenslayer choke. May broke the hold by running Jay into the ladder back-first.
After a commercial, May was in control as she dropped Jay with a slam onto a chair for a nearfall. Jay came back with a Gory Bomb into the ladder for a nearfall. Jay set a table halfway up across from the corner buckles and went for a superplex but May countered with a sunset flip powerbomb through the table for a nearfall. May set up a barricade bridge but Jay cut her off with a backstabber. May scored with a headbutt and laid Jay across the barricade, but Jay cut May off on the top rope and hit a superplex. That looked like it sucked, as the barricade didn’t budge an inch.
Jay rolled to the floor and pulled out a length of barbed wire. She wrapped the barbed wire around her arm and put on the Queenslayer choke but May pulled out a spray bottle and sprayed Jay in the face to break the hold. Jay hit a Storm Zero on a chair to win and retain the title. Mina Shirakawa came out and celebrated with May. May booted Jay while she was down before Shirakawa convinced her to leave.
Schiavone announced that May and Shirakawa would have a Champagne Celebration at Full Gear. He also announced during the match that Big Boom AJ would be at Dynamite ahead of his Zero Hour match against QT Marshall.
Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir were outside. He was surprised by Orange Cassidy’s reaction to his attack on Chuck Taylor. He believed that Cassidy would either crumble in emotion or lash out in rage, but Cassidy remained composed. Moxley called Cassidy a snake, cold-blooded and unnerved. The test would come on Wednesday as Cassidy took on his former friend Wheeler Yuta, who he claimed to still care about. Would Cassidy strike with venomous rage, or would he keep it clean?
Moxley said that he wished that he could be uncaring, but he felt the weight of everyone’s mistakes over the last five years. He said that he would smear Cassidy’s blood on their flag, and plant it so deep into the ground that it would never get moved. Moxley said that his AEW moved every day to grab pro wrestling by the balls, and if you weren’t willing to die for the cause, you needed to get out of the way.
(Moxley continues to be a very interesting character as World Champion. He still cares about AEW, but he has become this manipulative monster convinced that the only way forward is to violently remove anybody who doesn’t follow his path. Now he’s trying to twist the narrative to make Orange Cassidy an uncaring snake that doesn’t care for Yuta. A solid Moxley promo to end the show.)
Collision ended with a video package for all of the big Full Gear matches set to November Rain by Guns N’ Roses. For the uninitiated, this was something that ECW used to do to promote their November To Remember events. Tony Khan was a big ECW fan, and AEW has been using the November To Remember tagline for their events this month.