‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Nov 16th 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: Mina Shirakawa def. Harley Cameron
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Mina used a leg trip and then went to work on the knee of Harley Cameron. Harley retaliated with a Russian Leg Sweep. Harley kicked Mina in the back of the head, but Mina rocked Harley with a Russian Leg Sweep of her own. Mina locked Harley in a figure four, but Harley managed to reach the ropes. Harley hit Mina with a back stabber. Harley took down Mina with a pump handle belly to back suplex. Mina smacked Harley with a rolling elbow strike. Mina walloped Harley with a sling blade from the top rope for a near fall. After a spinning back fist, Mina planted Harley with the Glamourous Drive and picked up the pinfall victory!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Daniel Garcia def. Johnny TV
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Garcia wiped out Johnny TV with a shoulder block. Mansoor distracted the ref so Mason could choke slam Garcia on the ring apron.Danny Garcia rallied back with some chops to Johnny’s chest. Johnny fired back with a top rope tornillo. Garcia stomped a mudhole into Johnny TV. Garcia nailed Johnny with a spinning neck breaker. Johnny TV countered a piledriver attempt by back dropping Garcia out of the ring. Garcia fought off MxM Collection until Johnny TV grabbed him and put Garcia in a spinning neck breaker. Garcia blasted Johnny TV with a John Woo dropkick. Garcia applied a submission maneuver and forced Johnny TV to tap out!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: Shelton Benjamin def. Komander
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Shelton bulldozed Komander to the mat. Komander used the ropes to take down Shelton with an arm drag. Komander followed up with a shotgun dropkick. Shelton hurled Komander with a suplex. Outside the ring, Shelton charged at Komander with a knee strike. Komander regained some momentum with a springboard dropkick. Komander locked on an abdominal stretch, but Shelton escaped. Komander ran across the top rope and then flipped onto Shelton on the arena floor! Komander followed up with the area code kick. Benjamin grabbed Komander and tossed him with two German suplexes. Shelton walloped Komander with a thrust kick. After a powerslam, Shelton pinned Komander for the three-count.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: Powerhouse Hobbs def. Bear Bronson
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Hobbs slammed into Bronson with a shoulder tackle. Hobbs followed up with a scoop slam. Hobbs hit Bronson with a snap suplex. Hobbs charged at Bronson with a running lariat in the turnbuckles. Hobbs hoisted up Bronson in the Argentine backbreaker and Bronson tapped out!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #5: The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) def. LFI (RUSH & The Beast Mortos)
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The Beast Mortos hit Bowens with a shoulder tackle. Caster tagged himself in, perhaps before Bowens was ready to tag out. Rush grabbed a TV cable cord from beneath the ring. Caster grabbed it but Rush yanked Caster onto the arena floor. The Beast Mortos dropkicked Caster. Caster staggered Beast with a kick to the head and then tagged out to Bowens. Bowens planted Rush and then wiped out the Beast with a big cross body block. The Beast Mortos headbutted Bowens and tagged out to Rush. Bowens lured Rush into the corner and chopped away. Rush powerslammed Bowens. Rush went for a senton bomb, but Bowens moved out of the way. Rush nailed Caster with a backstabber while the Beast flew off the turnbuckles with a dropkick to Caster for a near fall. Caster hit the Mic Drop on the Beast Mortos and Bowens covered Mortos for the pin!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #6: AEW Women’s World Championship No DQ Match – Mariah May def. Anna Jay
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Anna Jay brought some plunder to the ring. Mariah brought out a baseball bat and a trash can. Anna dropkicked Mariah and then whipped Mariah into the guardrail. Anna Jay cracked a monitor over Mariah’s back. Mariah DDT’ed Anna Jay onto a steel chair. Mariah placed a trash can over Anna’s head. Mariah dropkicked Anna, with the trash can, from the top rope. Mariah pulled a ladder out from beneath the ring. Anna locked Mariah into the Queen Slayer. Mariah lunged backwards, slamming Anna’s back into the ladder. Anna Jay hoisted up Mariah and bashed her into a ladder that was propped against the turnbuckles. Anna Jay pulled a table out from beneath the ring. Anna Jay slid the table into the ring. Mariah grabbed Anna and power bombed Anna off the turnbuckles and through the table. Mariah pulled a guardrail and placed it in the ring. While Mariah was moving the guardrail, Anna blasted Mariah with a backstabber. Anna put the guardrail across three chairs. Mariah struck Anna and placed her on the guardrail. Mariah climbed to the top rope, but Anna Jay jumped up the turnbuckles and superplexed the champion onto the guardrail. Anna Jay grabbed barbwire and wrapped it around her arm. Anna used the barbwire and put Mariah in the Queen Slayer. Mariah sprayed Anna Jay in the face with an aerosol can, blinding her. Mariah planted Anna Jay with the Storm Zero on a chair and pinned Anna Jay!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
What a great show we got this week! The week’s Collision was bookended by two fantastic women’s matches – with the main event walking the fine line between hardcore match and AEW’s typical blood-fests! Anna Jay has improved leaps and bounds during her time at Stardom and that, along with her recent matches in AEW have all seemingly led to this main event. And kudos to Mariah May, a woman who came in looking like an old-school “diva” style wrestler and who has levelled up the women’s division with her characterisation AND her in-ring work! Shout out to Shelton Benjamin too, who managed to slow down the fast-paced high-flying Komander in a brilliant display of pure wrestling skill, in the episode’s other fantastic match. The only downside this week? The squash match… Though to be fair, if that squash means were getting Powerhouse Hobbs back as a badass killing machine, and this is the start? Well I’m here for it!
