‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Nov 30th 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: Continental Classic Gold League Match – Will Ospreay def. Juice Robinson
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Juice blocked a cutter but then Will used a hurracanrana to take Juice off his feet. Will dropkicked Juice after tying him up in the tree of woe. Ospreay put Juice in the flying octopus, but Juice escaped. Juice tried for a flying senton, but Will raised his knees to block it. Juice Robinson fired back with a running cannonball and then a neck breaker for a near fall on the Aerial Assassin. Juice connected with a flying crossbody press. Juice power bombed Will for another near fall! Ospreay retaliated with a springboard forearm to Juice’s face. Ospreay flew over the top rope with a crossbody to Juice on the arena floor. Ospreay stunned Juice with a running front kick. Juice swept down Ospreay with a leg lariat. Juice jabbed at Ospreay. Ospreay came out with a stundog millionaire out of nowhere. Juice was tied up in the ropes and Will blasted Juice with thrust kicks. Juice leveled Ospreay with a left-handed lariat. Ospreay hit a question mark kick and then walloped Juice with a Styles Clash for a near fall! Ospreay scored with the Hidden Blade and pinned Juice!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Mistico & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) def. Johnny TV & MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden)
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Private Party had great synergy, showcasing tandem offense on Mansoor. Mason grabbed a blind tag and walloped Quen with a leg lariat. Johnny TV tagged in and hit a shooting star press for a near fall on Quen. Kassidy got the hot tag and took down all three men on the opposing team. He staggered Johnny TV and Mansoor with a double shotgun dropkick, followed by a tope con hiro to the outside. Mistico came back into the match, but Mansoor planted him with a spinebuster. Madden choke slammed Quen. Zay drilled Madden with repeated shots to the head. Mistico jumped over the top rope and wiped out MxM Collection. Private Party served up Gin & Juice to Johnny TV and Zay earned the pinfall victory!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #3: Mina Shirakawa def. Leila Grey
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Mina Shirakawa ducked a back elbow and swept out Leila’s legs. Mina followed up with a kick to Grey. They traded chops and forearms. Mina used a running lariat, but Leila kicked out at the one-count. Leila hit a snap suplex, but Mina connected with a spinning backfist. Mina finished off Grey with the Glamourous Driver and scored the pinfall victory!
My Score: 1.5 out of 5
Match #4: Continental Classic Blue League Match – Kyle Fletcher def. The Beast Mortos
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The Beast Mortos bulldozed Kyle with a shoulder block. Mortos followed up with a monkey flip and a power slam for a two-count. Kyle recovered with a scoop slam to Mortos. Kyle rocked Mortos with a stiff forearm shot, knocking Mortos to the arena floor. Mortos retaliated by face planting the Protostar and blasting him with a sling blade. Mortos nailed Kyle with a tilt a whirl back breaker. Mortos reversed a tombstone piledriver and hit the destination hellhole for a near fall on Fletcher! Kyle drilled Mortos with a freefall Michinoku driver! Kyle stunned Mortos with a thrust kick. Mortos regained momentum with a tornillo to Kyle Fletcher. Kyle Fletcher planted the Beast Mortos with a stacked power bomb for a near fall. The Beast rallied back with a Samoan Drop from the top rope, but Kyle kicked out at the two-count! They traded headbutts and Kyle nearly decapitated the Beast with a lariat and a running kick in the corner. Kyle finished off the Beast with a brain buster, scoring three points to be tied with Shelton Benjamin in the Blue League.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) def. The Iron Savages (Beefcake Boulder & Bulk Bronson)
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The Iron Savages double teamed Truth in the corner. Turbo Floyd got the tag and cleaned house on the Savages! Turbo slammed Bulk. The Outrunners used their teamwork to body slam Boulder! The Outrunners secured a win, hitting tandem offense on Bronson!
My Score: 1.5 out of 5
Match #6: “Hangman” Adam Page def. Wheeler Yuta
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Page body slammed Yuta, catching him in midair. Page smashed Yuta with a running lariat. Page chopped Yuta in the corner. Wheeler connected with a leg dive and then began to stomp on Hangman’s leg. Hangman, tied in the tree of woe, used a spider suplex to regain the advantage. Page limped forward and he and Wheeler traded forearm shots. Page whipped Yuta into the safety rail, sending him pillar to post! Page planted Yuta with a Death Valley Driver. “The Bastard” Pac and Claudio Castagnoli began to walk down the arena steps through the stands. Hangman noticed them. Page used a rolling lariat to take down Wheeler Yuta. AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and Marian Shafir made their presence known, watching with the rest of the Death Riders. Hangman drilled Yuta with the Dead Eye and came away with the victory, basically on one leg.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #7: Continental Classic Blue League Match – Kazuchika Okada vs. Daniel Garcia
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Garcia applied a side headlock. Garcia unleashed forearm strikes and then a backslide for a two-count on the Rainmaker. Garcia swept out Okada’s leg and followed up with a shotgun dropkick to the side of Okada’s head. Okada applied a cobra clutch to Garcia’s head, driving his forearm across Garcia’s cheekbone. Garcia escaped with a jawbreaker and then a spinning neck breaker. Garcia connected with a running knee strike. Okada grabbed a steel chair and waffled Garcia with it as the ref had her back turned. Okada spiked Garcia with a DDT on the arena floor. Garcia and Okada jockeyed for position on the turnbuckles. Garcia superplexed Okada! Okada rallied back with a neck breaker for a near fall. Okada dropped an elbow from the top rope. Okada taunted Garcia with a middle finger but Garcia grabbed an ankle lock! Okada reached the ropes, forcing the ref to break the hold. Garcia hammered at Okada with chops. Okada clocked Garcia with a lariat and then a beautiful dropkick right on the money. Garcia rallied back with a sharpshooter with one minute remaining in the match! Okada was able to hold on long enough and the match was declared a draw!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
Another week of the Continental Classic and another great episode of AEW television! All three tournament matches delivered over and above the rest of the show, whilst the remaining matches were all good in their own way – though AEW managed to just squeak through 2 matches that were not… not… quite squash matches but a little less offence from the loser and we’d 100% be in squash match territory. The match between Adam Page and Wheeler Yuta was an interesting one though – yes, we got great wrestling but we also got some rather interesting story beats post-match, with the Death Riders seemingly abandoning Yuta to his fate and Jay White looking to insert himself as both an opponent of Page AND the Death Riders! I’m still very intrigued where all this Death Riders versus AEW talent is headed, I just hope Tony Khan and co. can stick the landing.
