Okada & The Elite trios debut announced for AEW Collision
Kazuchika Okada’s first match as a full-time member of the AEW roster will air on this week’s Collision.
After Okada debuted on Dynamite and aligned with The Young Bucks as part of The Elite, their first match as a trio has been announced for the Saturday, March 9 Collision. Their opponents have yet to be revealed.
An Atlanta Street Fight has also been booked for Collision, with Mark Briscoe, Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal teaming against House of Black’s Malakai Black, Buddy Matthews & Brody King.
CMLL’s Titan will be in action on the Collision card as well, taking on Chris Jericho.
Blackpool Combat Club’s Bryan Danielson will go one-on-one with Shane Taylor on Collision. Danielson closed this week’s Dynamite by confronting Will Ospreay.
Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will present the first-ever Toni Award in another new segment announced for Collision.
Storm’s protege Mariah May will also be in action on Saturday’s Collision card.
This week’s Collision will air in its normal Saturday, 8 p.m. Eastern time slot on TNT, but is being taped Thursday March 7 in Duluth, Georgia at the Gas South Arena, the same building that hosted Wednesday’s Dynamite.
The announced Collision lineup:
- Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks in trios action
- Atlanta Street Fight: Mark Briscoe, Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal vs. House of Black’s Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews
- Chris Jericho vs. CMLL’s Titan
- Bryan Danielson vs. Shane Taylor
- Toni Storm presents the first-ever Toni Award
- Mariah May in action
