‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Aug 31st 2024)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW’s, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights! We’ve got the commentary team of Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness calling the action, so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Hologram & The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly & Orange Cassidy) def. Lee Moriarty, The Beast Mortos, & Johnny TV
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Kyle ducked a kick from Johnny TV. Kyle grappled Johnny to the mat, but Johnny got to his feet and hit a shoulder tackle. Kyle went for an arm bar, but Johnny blocked it and rolled to the ropes. Hologram monkey flipped Johnny TV. Orange and Moriarty tagged in for their respective teams. Orange and Lee Moriarty chain wrestled until Hologram tagged back in. Hologram and Lee went back and forth, move for move. The Beast Mortos charged in and cleaned house on all three men of the opposing team. The Beast inadvertently wiped out his team with a tornillo. Hologram took flight and flipped off the top rope and landed on Lee, Johnny, and the Beast on the arena floor. Back in the ring, the Beast Mortos and Kyle pummeled one another with shots until the Beast nearly took the head off Kyle with a discus lariat. The Beast Mortos power slammed Kyle. Hologram tagged back in, but The Beast speared him. The Beast cracked Kyle with a headbutt. Orange planted the Beast with a Stundog Millionaire! Orange spiked the Beast with a DDT and then walloped him with the Orange Punch! Johnny TV planted Hologram with a crucifix bomb, but Hologram fired back with an avalanche Spanish Fly for the pin!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: The Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson and Austin & Colten Gunn) def. Premier Athletes (Tony Nese, Josh Woods, and Ariya Daivari)
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Josh Woods distracted the ref while Tony and Ariya stomped on Austin. Juice grabbed a tag and the Juice was loose! Juice jabbed at Josh Woods and knocked Woods down with a left hook. Colten came in and dropkicked Woods for a near fall. Sterling jumped on the apron and distracted Austin long enough for Woods to roll him up for a near fall. The Gunns blasted Woods with the 3:10 to Yuma and scored the victory via pinfall!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #3: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) def. Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
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Dax smashed Taven with a shoulder tackle and then chopped Taven in the chest. Cash tagged in but Taven shoved Cash into the Kingdom’s corner. Taven and Bennett used quick tags to overwhelm Cash with their tandem offense. FTR regained momentum after Cash tagged to Dax and FTR had a chance to show of their tag team prowess. Taven shoved Dax into the steel ring post. Dax drilled Taven with a DDT. Bennett and Cash came in for their respective teams. Cash blistered Bennett with chops. Cash nailed Bennett with a lariat. Bennett fired back with a forearm. FTR used stereo German Suplexes on the Undisputed Kingdom. Bennett planted Dax with a Death Valley Driver. FTR fired back with a Shatter Machine on Bennett! FTR rocked Taven with the Power Plex combo finisher and Dax covered Taven for the three-count!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #4: Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin), Lio Rush, and Action Andretti def. The Iron Savages (Boulder & Bronson), Jacked Jameson, & Turbo Floyd
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Bronson shoved Darius but Top Flight triple teamed him with a school boy takedown. Turbo tagged in but Jacked Jameson immediately tagged himself in, wanting the match for himself. Dante put Jacked in an airplane spin. Dante picked up Bronson and spun him around, showing incredible strength. All four of Top Flight suplexed Boulder, getting the big man down! Darius connected with a flatliner on Jacked Jameson while Dante took flight and splashed Jameson from the top rope, swooping in with the victory for his crew.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #5: Kyle Fletcher def. Tomohiro Ishii
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Ishii and Fletcher exchanged forearms in the center of the ring. Kyle kicked Ishii in the midsection. Kyle Fletcher booted Tomohiro in the head, but Tomohiro knocked him down with a running shoulder tackle. Fletcher body slammed Tomohiro with ease. Fletcher flattened Ishii with a brain buster on the apron! Fletcher smashed Tomohiro with a power bomb! Ishii knocked Fletcher for a literal loop with a running lariat. Fletcher threw Ishii face first into the bottom turnbuckle like a lawn dart! Ishii headbutted Kyle and took down Kyle with a top rope hurracanrana! Fletcher rallied back with a brain buster for a near fall! Fletcher spiked Ishii with a tombstone piledriver, but Ishii kicked out! Fletcher nailed Ishii with another tombstone piledriver, this time pinning Ishii!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #6: Buddy Matthews vs. Komander
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Buddy tried to ground the highflying Komander. Buddy caught Komander and went for a running power bomb, but Komander countered with a hurracanrana and then a dropkick from the top turnbuckle. Komander took flight but Buddy caught him and planted Komander with a suplex on the floor! Buddy blasted Komander with a perfectly timed knee strike on the ring apron! Komander hooked Buddy’s head through the ropes with a rana and drilled Buddy’s head into the mat. Komander followed up with a poison rana. Komander rocketed out of the ring with a tope running headbutt to Buddy outside the ring! Komander stunned Buddy with a tornado DDT. Komander jumped off the top rope, but Buddy countered with a knee strike and then planted Komander, picking up the pinfall!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #7: Hikaru Shida def. Queen Aminata, Serena Deeb & Thunder Rosa
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Shida was aggressive at the very beginning, taking on all three opponents. Shida stacked all three women in the corner and charged at them with a running knee strike! Thunder Rosa and Serena Deeb went nose to nose until Thunder Rosa hurled Serena with a Northern Lights Suplex. Deeb and Aminata worked together to double suplex Thunder Rosa and Shida. Aminata grabbed Rosa and walloped her with a German Suplex. Aminata smashed into Rosa and Shida with running hip attacks. Deeb clubbed Queen Aminata with a clothesline. Deeb nailed Thunder Rosa with a reverse neck breaker through the ropes. Deeb put Shida in a single leg crab. Thunder Rosa dropkicked Deeb while Deeb was holding onto Shida’s leg. Thunder Rosa cracked Queen Aminata with a big back stabber. Thunder Rosa followed up with running dropkicks to Shida and Aminata! She covered Aminata but Deeb pulled Rosa off Aminata, breaking up Thunder Rosa’s pin attempt. Shida and Thunder Rosa hammered each other with forearms. Rosa hit a German Release Suplex on Thunder Rosa. Thunder Rosa wiped out Shida with a hurracanrana from the turnbuckles. Thunder Rosa drilled Shida with a Death Valley Bomb! Deeb put Rosa in a single leg crab. Queen Aminata kicked Deeb in the back and then to the jaw. Queen cracked Deeb with a headbutt. Queen Aminata ate a forearm shot from Shida. Shida scored with the Katana kick and pinned Queen Aminata.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
Good god, this was a great episode of Collision! Like last week’s show, this episode was a lot of fun AND delivered great matches too! And… NO SQUASH MATCHES! I’ve seen people say that a couple of this week’s team-ups were squashes but I’d very much beg to differ – they may not have been up to the standard of the epicness that was the Fletcher/Ishii match but squashes? No sir. A fantastic episode of Collision that is, honestly, unmissable.
