AEW Collision live results: Chris Jericho & The Hurt Syndicate vs. The Demand
AEW Collision is tonight.
This week’s show was taped last Wednesday in Portland. Chris Jericho will team with The Hurt Syndicate’s Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin against The Demand. The AEW World Trios titles will also be on the line when The Conglomeration defends against The Don Callis Family.
The full lineup is below:
- Thekla & Skye Blue vs. Persephone & Alex Windsor
- Chris Jericho & The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley) vs. The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun)
- AEW Trios Champions The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong & Orange Cassidy) defend against The Don Callis Family (Andrade El Idolo, Lance Archer & Hechicero)
- AEW National Champion Jack Perry defends against El Clon
- The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) and The Rascalz (Myron Reed, Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier) vs. The Dogs (David Finlay & Clark Connors) & The Death Riders (Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli)
- Kris Statlander vs. TBA
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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– It’s Saturday night and you know what that means. We kicked off with Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Orange Cassidy backstage. O’Reilly said that tonight was a good night to defend the AEW Trios Titles. FTR and Stokely Hathaway interrupted the Conglomeration’s gathering. Hathaway said that O’Reilly, Strong, and Cassidy would lose their Trios Titles to the Don Callis Family’s Andrade, Lance Archer, and Hechicero.
FTR kicks off Playoff Palooza Collision
Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood kicked off the show, as they address Adam Copeland’s stipulation of him and Christian Cage retiring if they lost to FTR one more time. Wheeler said they accepted Copeland’s stipulation, as Harwood laid a “cold, hard truth” on Cope and Christian: nobody wanted them there. Harwood claimed that the wrestlers, the fans, and anyone associated with AEW did not want Copeland and Christian here.
Harwood said that the New York Street Fight sounded like a great idea, but he wanted there to be no more questions, no more debates… as he suggested an “I Quit” stipulation to be added. After Copeland and Christian were done, they could continue on with their nostalgia run, while FTR would continue to be the greatest tag team of all time.
I know this Copeland/Christian vs. FTR feud isn’t for everyone and both teams aren’t exactly favorites of AEW fans, but this New York Street Fight I Quit Match for Double or Nothing should be entertaining.
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AEW Trios Championships: The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, Orange Cassidy) vs. The Don Callis Family (Hechicero, Lance Archer, Andrade El Idolo)
As The Conglomeration made their way to this opening bout, they got into a confrontation with the departing FTR, which ended with Harwood and Wheeler getting shoved down.
O’Reilly and Hechicero kicked things off for this match, as we got a showdown between the two technically-sound wrestlers. O’Reilly transitioned from an armdrag into a side headlock, but Hechicero responded with a knee to the gut before he held O’Reilly from the apron. A rope-assisted Dragon Screw by Hechicero allowed for a brief advantage. However, O’Reilly kicked his foe in the chest and tagged in Strong. Some undisputed teamwork between O’Reilly and Strong before Orange Cassidy hit a incredibly violent elbow to a prone Hechicero. Lance Archer tagged in for his team and got into Cassidy’s face. Cassidy brushed him off and tagged Strong.
Archer took Strong down with a huge shoulder block as Andrade and Cassidy tagged in for their respective teams. Cassidy tried to put his hands in his pocket, but Andrade stopped him and tried to take off his pants. Cassidy hit Andrade with his kicks before he removed Andrade’s belt from his waist. Cassidy then stripped Andrade of his pants as he hit him with a dropkick. O’Reilly re-entered the match and teed off on Andrade with punches to the face in the corner as Strong and Cassidy followed suit with the ten-punches — or in Cassidy’s case, a single punch.
Outside the ring, O’Reilly tried to kick Andrade, but he got hit with a hard clothesline from Archer. On the other side, Strong was pulled out by Hechicero and got slammed across the announce table. This took us to the picture-in-picture break.
We returned from the break as the Don Callis Family had control of the match as Cassidy was isolated. Cassidy tried to fight out of it as he hit a double hurricanrana on Andrade and Hechicero. Cassidy tried to reach out to his corner, but Lance Archer intercepted him. Archer was deposited out of the ring as Cassidy tagged in O’Reilly. The Canadian buzzaw teed off with kicks to Andrade before Hechicero tried to get ahead of things. Blind tag by Strong allowed these undisputed partners to show some great teamwork against Hechicero and Andrade on opposite corners. Strong then grabbed Cassidy and used him as a makeshift battering ram against Andrade and Hechicero.
Strong picked up Hechicero with a back suplex for a near-fall. Andrade tagged in as it was time for him and Hechicero got their chance to take it to the Conglomeration’s duo. Running meteora from Andrade on O’Reilly nearly won it for him. Andrade then hit O’Reilly with the two of the Three Amigos, but Kyle escaped and tagged Cassidy into the match. Cassidy hit a variation of the Stundog Millionaire on Andrade as Archer made an impact with a huge body press on Cassidy. He then threw O’Reilly on top of Strong.
Cassidy avoided a Blackout from Archer, but found himself sucked into a Black Hole Slam for the near-fall. O’Reilly and Strong were caught in a double chokeslam position, but Cassidy held Archer by the throat, as he got hit with an Orange Punch. Another Orange Punch from Cassidy, followed by Total Elimination from O’Reilly and Strong on Archer. Strong then threw Cassidy onto the downed Archer to help the Conglomeration pick up the victory here.
The Conglomeration def. The Don Callis Family via pinfall to retain the AEW Trios Championships
I loved this opening match a lot. The Conglomeration’s trio of O’Reilly, Strong, and Cassidy is a fun dynamic and if it leads to these kinds of matches on the regular, I’m definitely all for it. A great way to start off Playoff Palooza.
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– We got footage of what happened after The Death Riders took off with Will Ospreay on Dynamite this past Wednesday. Jon Moxley asked Ospreay what it was he was trying to accomplish other trying to break his next. Moxley wondered what Ospreay exactly was chasing, claiming that he didn’t know what thos answers were anymore. Mox stated that Ospreay’s body will break down eventually, but once he realized that there was a door beside that wall, he could walk through and become whatever he wants to be. Moxley said he and the Death Riders can turn Ospreay into a “weapon” that professional wrestling has never seen. He could either be just like everyone, or everything you were meant to be.
Moxley lied down on the floor and gave Ospreay a chair. Ospreay told the cameraman to leave and we didn’t get a chance to see if Ospreay took up Moxley on his offer.
Ten-Man Tag Match: The Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia) & The Dogs (David Finlay & Clark Connors) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) & The Rascalz (Myron Reed, Zachary Wentz, & Dezmond Xavier)
Jon Moxley joined commentary and was asked about what happened between him and Will Ospreay after the cameras stopped last week. Moxley stated that what’s next is up to Ospreay himself and that we’d hear from him soon enough.
Yuta and Xavier opened the match, but Connors and Finlay attacked as things soon turned into a full brawl between two teams. The Death Riders and The Dogs got in their conveyer belt attack in the corner on Xavier, as Nick Jackson trie dto make the save. He found himelself of his opponent’s attack. Reed and Wentz got ahead of things and used their speedy teamwork to take out Garcia. The combined forces of the Bucks and the Rascalz was on full display against Castagnoli, as we saw some high-flying action outside the ring. In the ring, Wentz tried to leap at Castagnoli, but he was locked into a Sharpshooter. Garcia had Reed in the Dragon Tamer, as the Bucks locked in Connors and FInlay in Sharpshooters of their own.
Fast-paced action here as Castagnoli took down the Bucks with a clothesline on the both of them. Xavier responded with a rolling thunder kick that sent his opponent out of the ring. Xavier tried to go up top, but Yuta tripped him up as he hit a standing vertical suplex. We took a break in the action as the Death Riders and the Dogs were in control of things.
We returned to this ten-man tag as Wentz came into the match and unleashed an offensive flurry against Garcia. German suplex from Wentz to Garcia left his foe down and out. Blind tag from Reed as he hit Wheeler Yuta with a superkick. Wentz and Reed flattened Yuta with a double team neckbreaker. Clark Connors broke up the subsequent count.
Yuta responded with a German suplex attempt, but Reed landed on his feet and hit a leaping cutter on him. Connors tagged in for his team, while Nick Jackson entered. Nick hit an incredible leaping armdrag on both Connors and Finlay. Matt Jackson joined in and went on a Northern Lights Suplex spree until Castagnoli struck him with a lariat. The Bucks hit double superkicks on Castaganoli as Connors fell victim to a unique sunset flip powerbomb combination from the Young Bucks. The Rascalz and the Bucks then hit Connors with a quintuple superkick. Even more high-flying action as Connors was battered over and over witrh diving splashes from the Bucks and the Rascalz. Castagnoli caught a diving Dezmond Xacier and took him for a ride with the Swing.
The Bucks hit Castagnoli and Yuta with stereo bulldogs as David Finlay avoided the BTE Trigger. On the aprong, Castagnoli threw Matt onto Nick outside the ring. Myron Reed hit an incredible leaping cutter on Castagnoli to the outside, as Dezmond Xavier took everyone out with a massive dive. Inside the ring, Wentz was the legal man as he hit Finlay with a cutter. Wheeler Yuta intervened, which allowed Connors and Finlay to hit their double-team spear/suplex combo to pick up the win.
The Death Riders & The Dogs def. The Young Bucks & The Rascalz via pinfall
These multi-man tag matches in AEW end up being really fun sprints, and this one was no exception. Just a great match from start to finish.
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– Backstage, Kris Statlander, Hikaru Shida, and Harley Cameron, Mina Shirakawa were interviewed. Cameron took exception to comments that Shida made about her. Shirakawa wanted Shida to apologize, but Shida insulted Cameron to her face as she said that her and Statlander would defeat The Divine Dominion for the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championships. The implication here was that Shirakawa and Cameron appeared to understand that Shida was insulting them in Japanese.
Kris Statlander vs. B3CCA
B3CCA started off on the attack as Statlander was on the backfoot early. However, the former AEW Women’s World Champion fought back and tossed B3CCA into the corner. B3CCA kicked Statlander from the apron as she hit a diving dropkick on her afterwards.
Statlander quickly recovered and grabbed B3CCA from the ring but couldn’t hit the Staturday Night Fever. B3CCA applied a headscissors, but that got turned into the Staturday Night Fever for the victory.
Kris Statlander def. B3CCA via pinfall
A quick match, but B3CCA gave as good as she got here and managed to look good in such a short amount of time.
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– Backstage, Lena Kross and Megan Bayne were interviewed about the Statlander/Shida challenge for their AEW Women’s Tag Titles. The Divine Dominion said that there was no women in this “godforsaken realm” that looked like they did or dominated like they did. This wasn’t a challenge, this was fate.
RUSH vs. Adam Priest
Priest offered a handshake, but RUSH would not accept. We got some chain wrestling to start as Priest mocked RUSH’s horns taunt and beckoned him to chop him. RUSH obliged and got met with a chop from Priest. We then got a duel of chops between these two combatants. Priest intercepted RUSH with a dropkick, who responded with a couple of chops, followed by an elbow to the jaw. With Priest in the corner, RUSH continued the assault with elbows and headbutts to his prone opponent. RUSH looked to give Priest “The Horns”, but he stopped short and kicked him instead. RUSH did the Tranquilo pose in the middle of the ring as we took a break.
This match returned from break as Priest headed to the top rope and hit a legdrop on RUSH for the near-fall. Priest tried to run at RUSH, but got sent for a ride with a German Suplex. With Priest out of the ring, he got thrown into the barricade repeatedly by RUSH. Priest was stomped on again and again before RUSH sent him backinto the ring. In the corner, RUSH continued the stomps on Priest as he got ready and gave him a taste of “The Horns” with the running dropkick. The cover, and that’s it, over.
After the match, he took the mic and reminded everyone that if you messed with the bull, you get the horns.
RUSH def. Adam Priest via pinfall
I enjoyed this match greatly, but I thought it kind of ended abruptly. That said, Priest was fantastic and kept up with RUSH rather nicely. The beauty of AEW is that “looking strong in defeat” is something that’s very much true in spades. It certainly applies to Adam Priest here.
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– We got remarks from Konosuke Takeshita and Kazuchika Okada following Wednesday’s Dynamite as the two traded words about their upcoming AEW Continental Title match at Double or Nothing.
Skye Blue & Thekla vs. Persephone & Alex Windsor
Windsor and Skye opened the match as the hard-hitting Brit gave as good as she got with the shots to the face. Skye responded with some strikes of her own as the action was hard-hitting to kick us off. Skye chopped at Windsor, who responded with a hard lariat. Thekla snuck in with a cheapshot behind on Windsor. Persephone hit a backbreaker on Thekla as she and Windsor battered Skye with chops a-plenty in their corner. Thekla tried to intervene, but was dispatched while Skye was smashed with a dropkick from Persephone.
Windsor continued the punishment until Thekla pulled at her legs, which allowed Skye to strike with a shot to the back. Thekla then attacked with a diving stomp to the back of Windsor as we took a timeout here.
We returned from commercial as Skye threw Windsor into her corner as Thekla used her legs to hold Windsor in place, allowing Skye to hit with a running strike for the two-count. Windsor quickly recovered and hit a fierce running lariat on Skye, which allowed her to tag in Persephone, as Thekla entered for her team .
Persephone caught Thekla’s leg and hoisted her up for a nice fallaway slam. Persephone lifted Thekla up for a brainbuster, but couldn’t connect. Skye Blue joined in as Windsor was tagged into the match. Windsor got both Skye and Thekla with a double clothesline, as Persephone took flight with a crossbody on the two. Windsor worked over Skye with a chop to the chest, but got hit with the superkick, as her attempt at Code Blue was stopped by Persephone. Thekla speared Persephone, but got cracked by Thekla. Persephone tagged in and missed with a running attack in the corner, but she made no mistake on the bridging German suplex. Thekla broke up the count as she and Windsor fought on the outside.
In the ring, Persephone took Skye down with a shotgun dropkick from the top rope. Persephone set Skye up for her finisher, but Thekla provided a distraction as Julia Hart emerged and spat the black mist in Persephone’s face. Skye took advantage and hit Code Blue on Persephone for the three.
Skye Blue & Thekla def. Persephone & Alex Windsor via pinfall
This was a good women’s tag match here, and it was nice to see Skye Blue pick up the win for her team, which is a nice change of pace on things.
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– A video on Kevin Knight and MJF’s upcoming TNT Championship match on Dynamite this week was shown.
AEW National Championship: “Jungle” Jack Perry (c) vs. El Clon
Perry posed to the crowd as Clon responded with a taunt of his own before this match started proper with some chain wrestling. Clon got hit with a monkey flip by Perry, who followed that up with dropkicks. A dive to the outside by Perry was intercepted by a nonchalant kick to the face from Clon. Perry was trapped beneath the ring apron by Clon, who removed the cover on his mask. Clon stomped on Perry’s head while it was draped on the top of the steel steps. Perry responded with a ringpost-assisted feint kick on the prone Clon.
Back in the ring, Perry got the sitout powerbomb on Clon for the near-fall. Clon countered a Perry suplex attempt and threw him into the ropes. Clon then followed that up with the running lariat as this match took a commercial break.
This AEW National Championship match continued from the break as Clon and Perry traded chops in the middle of the ring, until Clon hit a nice kicking combination to gain the advantage. Perry responded with the turnbuckle-assisted bulldog for a very close near-fall. Clon reversed a suplex from Perry as he hit a standing scorpion kick. Clon’s subsequent move was countered into a Destroyer from Perry for a near-fall. Perry’s running knee was intercepted by Clon, who pounced with the elevated knee for the 2.9999999 pinfall attempt. Clon appeared to be doing Perry’s own knee strike, but the National Champion got out of the way. Clon countered with the spinning backbreaker, followed by a unique variation of Made in Japan for another near-fall.
Clon looked like he was going to hit the moonsault from the ropes, but Perry countered that into a German suplex. However, Clon landed on his feet, so Perry finished him off with the running Jungle knee to retain the National Championship.
“Jungle” Jack Perry def. El Clon via pinfall to retain the AEW National Championship
Just a fun title bout here. I find myself really enjoying El Clon in the matches I’ve seen of him on AEW programming, and he continues to be quite impressive. This was another fantastic outing for El Clon and he looked quite good matching Jack Perry move for move.
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– We got remarks from TBS Champion Willow Nightingale, as she stated that she was ready to take on whoever was next to step up to her.
– Samoa Joe was talking with HOOK, who was stating that he was out recruiting for The Opps, when Anthony Bowens confronted them. Bowens was wondering what the decision was regarding his membership in The Opps. Joe remarked that there were no more vacancies in The Opps as he appeared to welcome Bowens into the group.
Trios Tag Match: The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona) vs. Chris Jericho & The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin)
Jericho played to the crowd as the match officially got underway with Ricochet on the opposite corner. Ricochet backed out and tagged Kaun as the sides even out with all six men in the ring facing off. Soon enough, it turned into a full-blown hockey fight, fitting for Playoff Palooza. Jericho mixed it up with Ricochet while Kaun and Lashley fought and Benjamin and Liona brawled. The Hurt Syndicate went to work inside the ring as they held the upper hand on Liona and Kaun. Benjamin dropped Liona with a DDT. Jericho took to the top rope and hit a diving splash on all three members of The Demand outside the ring. We took our final commercial break at this point.
Playoff Palooza’s main event returned from break as Ricochet had Jericho in a resthold in the middle of the ring. Jericho got out of it and chopped at Ricochet’s chest. With shots to the back and a flip of the bird to the Hurt Syndicate, Ricochet tried get the upper hand, but got flipped on his back by Jericho. Kaun failed to prevent Jericho tagging in Bobby Lashley, who was used his raw strength to go to town on Ricochet and Kaun. Lashley hit an elevated spinning DDT on Lashley, but Liona broke up the count. Benjamin hit a series of German suplexes on Kaun, as he then took out Liona with a running knee. Benjamin then hit one for a diving Ricochet. Jericho tagged in and had the Walls of Jericho locked in on Ricochet before Liona ran in.
Liona was stuck in the Walls, but Ricochet broke it up. Lashley entered and got tripped up outside by Liona, who hit a Samoan Drop on the outside. Back in the ring, Jericho punched at Ricochet on the top rope and hit an avalanche hurricanrana. Bishop Kaun took out Jericho, but was hit with the avalanche suplex from Benjamin. Lashley hit Liona with the Spear as Ricochet was felled by a Codebreaker from Jericho. Somehow, Ricochet kicked out at two after all this. Ricochet attempted a backslide pin on Jericho, but that was for naught. All six men were in the ring now as Liona missed with a diving attack on Jericho. Roll-up attempt was turned into the Walls of Jericho on Ricochet. Liona helped Ricochet the hold. In the chaos, Ricochet nailed a low-blow on Jericho behind the referee’s back before hitting the “Ricosault” for the pin and win in our main event.
The Demand def. Chris Jericho & The Hurt Syndicate via pinfall
That was a decent and fun main event to cap off Playoff Palooza. I’ll admit that this was just there for me, but the crowd helped make the match enjoyable in a sense. I do find the angle of Jericho losing his matches since his return to be an interesting arc if they keep with it.
As for the rest of Collision, we got some really good matches before our main event, with the ten-man tag, the trios title, and Priest vs. RUSH being the standouts for me. The vignette with Ospreay and the Death Riders was a nice aftermath to what happened on Dynamite and I’ll be interested to see where it goes from there.
Overall, Playoff Palooza Collision was a solid night of action, and consistent with AEW’s Saturday show being an enjoyable two-hour watch week in and week out.
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