‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Aug 17th 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: Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. def. Harley Cameron
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Baker hit a snap suplex on Cameron for a two-count. Harley fired back with a head kick and a running lariat to Baker. Harley followed up with a leg sweep and a shriek. Dr. Britt Baker used a swinging neck breaker on Cameron. Baker applied her surgical glove, but Harley had it scouted and connected with a running knee strike on Baker. Britt Baker rallied back with a sling blade and then a curb stomp, good enough to score the pinfall victory!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #2: Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara def. Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)
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Mike Bennett avoided an uppercut from Dustin and countered with a thrust kick. Sammy tagged in and wiped out the Undisputed Kingdom with a big cross body press from the top turnbuckle. Sammy flipped over the top with a tope con hiro onto Taven. The Kingdom showed why they are ROH World Tag Team champions, isolating Sammy in the corner and keeping him from making the tag to Dustin. Somehow Sammy found the strength to take down Taven with a Spanish Fly! Dustin grabbed a tag and the big Texan clobbered Bennett with a variety of offense! Dustin spiked Taven with a Canadian Destroyer. Dustin planted Taven with the Cross Rhodes, but Bennett jumped in to break up the pin attempt. Rhodes smashed Bennett with a Cross Rhodes. The Beast Mortos and Roderick Strong ran down to the ring. The Beast distracted the referee so Roddy could interfere with the Sick Kick on Dustin! Marshall and Ross Von Erich sprinted to the ring and applied the Iron Claw onto Roddy and the Beast Mortos. Brian Cage and the Gates of Agony ran down and began to brawl with the Von Erichs. The Conglomeration joined the melee, and the teams brawled to the back. Meanwhile in the ring, Bennett and Taven were looking for a spiked piledriver on Dustin. But Sammy knocked Taven from the top! Dustin drilled Bennett with a spinning suplex, and Sammy put a statement at the end of the sentence with a frog splash! Dustin covered Bennett and pinned Bennett!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: Hologram def. Angelico
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Hologram rocketed out of the ring with a tope suicida on Angelico, driving Angelico straight back to the arena ramp! Hologram walked the ropes and jumped off with a hurracanrana on Angelico, the fans loving every one of his moves. Hologram spiked Angelico right on top of the skull with a DDT for a near fall! Hologram climbed to the top turnbuckle and tried for a 450 but Angelico moved—and Hologram managed to land on his feet! Hologram jumped on Angelico’s shoulders and took him down with a hurracanrana! Hologram tied up Angelico’s limbs, using mat wrestling, and pinned Angelico!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #4: Jack Perry def. Danny Orion
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Jack Perry chopped Danny and then battered him in the corner with clubbing shots. Jack Perry leveled Danny with a lariat. Jack Perry charged at Danny with a running knee strike and picked up the pinfall!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #5: Claudio Castagnoli def. Lio Rush
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Claudio caught Lio with a gut wrench pick-up, but Lio landed on his feet! Claudio cracked Lio with a back breaker. Claudio rocked Rush with another back breaker! Lio tried for a poison rana but didn’t have enough momentum. Lio stunned Claudio with a PK, knocking Claudio off the apron. Lio jumped out of the ring with a suicida, but Claudio caught him. Lio charged at Claudio, but Claudio hurled Lio over the guardrail. Claudio clocked Lio with a European Uppercut. Lio smacked Claudio with rapid fire strikes. Lio went up top, but Claudio dodged the frog splash. Claudio popped up Lio for an elevated European Uppercut and pinned Lio Rush!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #6: Mariah May def. Londyn Dior
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Mariah wasted no time taking the beating to Londyn! Mariah used the running hip attack and then spiked Londyn with the Storm Zero for the decisive victory!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #7: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens)
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Bowens use a side headlock takeover on Dax, effectively and efficiently. Dax got to his feet and traded thunderous chops with Bowens. The Acclaimed had an offensive surge and sent FTR over the top rope and to the arena floor with stereo clotheslines. Back in the ring, Bowens blasted Dax with a running knee strike for a near fall. Dax rallied back with multiple German Suplexes. Cash came in but Caster grabbed a blind tag. FTR tried for a spiked piledriver, but Caster backdropped his way out of it. Caster held up Cash while Bowens jumped off the top turnbuckle with a crossbody press. Caster covered Cash but Cash kicked out at the two-count! Dax smashed Caster with a giant bulldog as Caster had been up on Cash’s shoulders! Dax and Bowens traded strikes and chops once again. Dax DDT’ed Bowens, going to his book of tricks. Caster and Cash tagged in. Cash Wheeler smashed Max with a rising European Uppercut. Cash walloped Caster with a lariat. Caster answered with a double thrust to the throat and then a power bomb on Cash. Dax was looking for a piledriver on Bowens, but Caster jumped off the top with a cross body press to counter it for his partner. Dax locked Bowens in a Sharpshooter. Caster entered the ring, but Dax put Caster in the Sharpshooter. Bowens, the legal man, drilled Dax with a Fame Asser for a two-count. It was announced that five minutes were remaining in this match. Cash DDT’ed Caster on the ring apron! Dax superplexed Bowens and Cash jumped off the top for a splash on Bowens for a two-count! Bowens and Dax traded forearms from their knees. FTR were setting up for the Shatter Machine on Bowens but Caster broke it up. The Acclaimed stunned Dax with the Shatter Machine but Dax kicked out. Bowens planted Dax with the Acclaimed and Caster hit the Mic Drop and went for the pin, but Cash shoved Caster into Bowens to break up the pin attempt. All four men, exhausted, exchanged strikes for their knees. FTR caught Bowens in the Shatter Machine, but Caster jumped in to break up the pin attempt! One minute was remaining! Bowens and Dax traded strikes and knocked one another down to the mat. The bell rang and the thirty minute time limit expired! The match ended in a time limit draw.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 2.5/5
Damn if this wasn’t a drop-off from last week’s show! And considering we’re on the road to All In, that’s NOT something I’d expect from AEW at this point of the year. There were, honestly, some odd choices here – the draw between FTR & The Acclaimed, and the tag match in particular. It’s so weird, but also remarkably pleasing, seeing Dustin Rhodes with TWO tag championships at the same time! It’s even more strange given that the Undisputed Kingdom were two-thirds of the way to a full YEAR with the tag titles! Love seeing Hologram in action though, and he had a great match with the oft-underused Angelico. All in all, pun aside, this was a weak week for Collision.
