Marko Stunt returns on AEW Collision to challenge TNT Champion Jack Perry
Years after they were part of Jurassic Express in the early days of AEW, Marko Stunt made his surprise return to the company during Saturday’s AEW Collision to answer TNT Champion Jack Perry’s open challenge.
Stunt, a Mississippi native and hometown favorite, hasn’t been in an AEW ring since September 2021. Stunt has wrestled for AEW in the Landers Center in Southaven before, headlining a trios match with Perry and Luchasaurus against Orange Cassidy & Best Friends on the one-year Dynamite anniversary show.
AEW chose not to renew his contract in March 2022 due to budget cuts and their roster size. He called a reference made to him just over a year later on Dynamite “kind of lame.”
Perry was in control for the majority of the match, lawn darting the smaller Stunt into the middle turnbuckle in one notable spot. Stunt did have his moments, showing no ring rust despite the fact he hasn’t wrestled in 18 months. In the end, Perry picked up the win after a running knee.
The 28-year-old’s last match prior to Saturday was a January 2023 loss in GCW. In February 2023, he said he suffered both a fractured and rotated vertebrae which doctors were trying to help him figure out.
It was Perry’s first title defense since winning it in a ladder match at last Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.