All star eight-man tag team match announced for AEW Collision
This Friday’s special edition of AEW Collision will be headlined by an all star eight-man tag team match featuring The Elite, AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson, and others.
The All Out go-home show will air on a different day due to Saturday’s pay-per-view and will go head-to-head with WWE SmackDown.
Made after the events of Wednesday’s Dynamite, AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks, AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada & TNT Champion Jack Perry will face Danielson & AEW Trios Champions Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta and PAC.
Following the night’s main event that featured Castagnoli and Yuta in non-title trios action, Danielson joined them in the ring to celebrate their win when The Elite jumped them from behind. The babyfaces eventually got the upper hand which was followed by Castagnoli challenging the Bucks for their tag titles at Saturday’s All Out which was later confirmed.
Saturday will see Danielson defend against Perry, PAC vs. Will Ospreay for the International title, and Okada defending his title in a four-way against three challengers to be determined.
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Ahead of her challenge of TBS Champion Mercedes Mone at Saturday’s All Out, former AEW Women’s champion Hikaru Shida will take on Deonna Purrazzo.
Shida is coming off a win in a four-way on last Saturday’s Collision that earned her the shot at Mone. Purrazzo was last seen taking a loss to Thunder Rosa in a Texas bullrope match on the August 10th Collision.
The two met in this year’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament with Shida picking up the victory in a quarterfinal.
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Three qualifying matches are on tap with the winners moving on to face AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada in the aforementioned four-way at All Out.
The bouts will see former AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Bryan Keith, reigning Ring of Honor World Champion Mark Briscoe against Lance Archer, and Konosuke Takeshita against The Beast Mortos.
Collision kicks off a three-hour block of live programming as this week’s Rampage will also be live.
Here’s the current lineup for Chicago’s NOW Arena:
- The Young Bucks (Nicholas & Matthew Jackson), Kazuchika Okada & Jack Perry vs. Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta & PAC
- All Out AEW Continental title match qualifier: Orange Cassidy vs. Bryan Keith
- All Out AEW Continental title match qualifier: Lance Archer vs. Mark Briscoe
- All Out AEW Continental title match qualifier: Konosuke Takeshita vs. The Beast Mortos
- Deonna Purrazzo vs. Hikaru Shida