Swerve Strickland World title eliminator one of several additions to AEW Collision
AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will prepare for his non-title match against Wheeler Yuta on Wednesday’s Dynamite with a title eliminator match on Saturday’s AEW Collision.
The news was revealed during Friday’s Rampage and the match is of the open challenge variety with an opponent yet to be named.
After stepping in for Mark Briscoe and Tomohiro Ishii on this past Wednesday’s Dynamite, former AEW Tag Team Champions FTR will take on The Outrunners. FTR and The Acclaimed came face-to-face on Wednesday as both try to position themselves for a shot at current champions The Young Bucks.
In an unusual pairing, Darby Allin will team with Hologram to take on The Varsity Athletes’ Josh Woods & Tony Nese. The Athletes were unable to defeat Hologram & Mistico last week.
In a battle of former LFI stablemates, Rush will go one-on-one with Preston Vance. It’s Vance’s first match anywhere since January.
Former AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida will be in action.
Here’s the current card for Saturday’s live show in Arlington, Texas:
- AEW World title eliminator: Swerve Strickland vs. TBA
- FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)
- Darby Allin & Hologram vs. Varsity Athletes (Josh Woods & Tony Nese)
- AEW Trios title eliminator: House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) vs. Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson & The Gunns) with Christian Cage as special guest referee
- Hikaru Shida vs. TBA
- Rush vs. Preston Vance
- Deonna Purrazzo vs. Thunder Rose in a Texas bullrope match