Tag Team title match, Takeshita vs. Castagnoli part of updated AEW Collision lineup
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AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR will defend against The Rascalz as part of this Saturday’s updated AEW Collision lineup.
Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz earned the opportunity in a title eliminator against FTR last week with the winners of the match moving on to defend against The Young Bucks at this month’s Revolution pay-per-view.
At one point earlier on Dynamite, Dax Harwood challenge Tommaso Ciampa to a match on Collision that never came to be.
In a clash between the CMLL Heavyweight Champion and NJPW TV Champion, Claudio Castagnoli and Konosuke Takeshita will go one-on-one. Takeshita will challenge Castagnoli’s Death Riders teammate Jon Moxley at Revolution. It will be their third-ever singles match with their last being a 20-minute time limit draw at this past year’s Continental Classic.
Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will take on Bandido’s brother Gravity after Strickland choked out Brody King Wednesday followed by Bandido coming out for the late save. It’s Gravity’s first AEW match since the much-discussed tag bout featuring he and Komander against Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews from a November 2023 Collision.
The new additions join a previously announced four-way tag team match that will see the AEW return of Rush & Dralistico.
Current AEW Collision lineup | Fresno, California | This Saturday
- AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz)
- Claudio Castagnoli vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- Swerve Strickland vs. Gravity
- place at Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.
- LFI (Dralistico & Rush) vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
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