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
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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