‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Sep 14th 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: Jack Perry def. Christopher Daniels
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Daniels blistered Perry’s chest with chops in the corner. Perry answered with a back elbow. Perry hit a lariat and then grounded and pounded Daniels. Perry took down the Fallen Angel with a snap suplex. Perry nailed Daniels with a neck breaker for a two-count. Perry blasted Daniels with a missile dropkick. Daniels was busted open, blood trickling down his forehead. Daniels jabbed at Perry’s jaw and then swept out Perry’s legs. CD followed with a vertical suplex. Daniels planted Perry with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Perry quickly regained momentum, smacking Daniels in the head with a charging knee strike and scored the pinfall victory!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #2: Hologram & The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe and Kyle O’Reilly) def. The Beast Mortos & The Premier Athletes (Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari)
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Briscoe slid under Daivari’s legs and fired off some redneck Kungfu. Kye grabbed a blind tag and booted Daivari in the head. The Beast Mortos grabbed a tag and rocked Kyle with a strike. Kyle tagged out to Hologram. The Beast knocked Hologram out of the air with a shoulder tackle as Hologram took flight from the top rope. Kyle came back in, but Ariya tripped Kyle from the arena. Josh Woods jumped over the top rope and connected with a cross body press onto O’Reilly. Kyle was in dire straits as he was isolated in the competitors’ corner, where they worked him over. Briscoe got the hot tag and cleaned house on the opposition! Briscoe went for a Jay Driller, but the Beast Mortos interfered and cracked Chicken with a headbutt! Hologram tagged in and hit Nese with a Code Red, but Daivari broke up the pin attempt. Hologram rocketed out of the ring with a tope to Nese. The Beast Mortos followed that with a tornillo to Hologram. Briscoe was about to catapult off the chair until “Smart” Mark Sterling jumped in the ring to stop him. Briscoe chopped Sterling to the ground, ran and catapulted off Sterling, and wiped out his opponents outside the ring! Hologram spiked Nese with a spinning tornado DDT, hooked him, and pinned him!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #3: Wheeler Yuta def. Anthony Henry
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They chain wrestled at the start of the match. Yuta seemed a step behind, perhaps thinking more about what happened to Bryan Danielson. Henry connected with a sliding dropkick through the ropes. Henry suplexed Yuta into the barricade. Back in the ring, Yuta walloped Anthony Henry with a jaw breaker. Yuta charged at Henry, but Henry countered with an air raid crash for a near fall. Yuta used a comebacker lariat and a German Suplex to take down Henry. Henry scored with a big time knee strike. Henry climbed to the top turnbuckle and smashed Yuta with a double stomp for a near fall! Henry taunted Wheeler by mocking Bryan Danielson. Yuta snapped out of the funk and went ballistic on Anthony Henry! Yuta knocked down Beef with a pump kick! Yuta nuked Henry with a missile dropkick from the top rope! Yuta rocked Henry with hammer and anvil strikes. Yuta applied the Cattle Mutilation and Yuta won the match via ref stoppage!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #4: Komander & Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) def. Jon Cruz, Lord Crewe & Red Jones
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Private Party used tandem offense on Cruz. Komander walked the top rope and splashed Cruz. Private Party rocked Red Jones with the Gin & Juice and pinned him for a defiant victory!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #5: The Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson & The Gunns – Austin & Colten) def. Cage of Agony (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
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Juice tried for an arm drag on Toa, but Toa held his ground. Juice dodged a headbutt. Colten tagged in, as did Bishop Kaun. Then Austin clubbed Kaun with a forearm drop. Austin hit a flipping neck breaker. Kaun leveled Austin with a lariat. Cage muscled Austin into the ring with a vertical suplex, lifting Austin from the ring apron, over the top rope, and planting him hard back in the ring. Kaun tagged in and whipped Austin into the corner turnbuckles. Colten tagged in and dropkicked Toa! Colten cleaned house on the rest of Cage of Agony! Colten clubbed Liona on the top of the head and covered him for a two-count. Toa send Colten into next week with the pounce. The Gates tossed Colten at Cage and Cage power bombed Colten! Juice tagged in and the Juice was loose! Juice hit a cross body on Cage. Juice jabbed at Cage and then slugged him with a left hook. Cage fired back with a discus lariat. Cage power bombed Austin after hitting Colten with a flatliner. Things turned around after the Gunns blasted Cage with the 3:10 to Yuma. Juice planted Cage and pinned him for the three-count!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #6: Yuka Sakazaki def. Serena Deeb
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Deeb dropkicked Yuka but Yuka came back with a knee strike and a kick to the Professor. Deeb nailed Yuta with a draping reverse neck breaker through the ropes. Yuka walloped Deeb with a brain buster. Deeb drilled Yuka with a release German Suplex. Yuka rallied back with a sliding lariat. Deeb planted Yuka with a power bomb. Both ladies collided with lariats, both having the same idea. Deeb charged at Yuka with a clothesline. Yuka picked up Deeb and spiked her on the mat. Yuka went for the Magical Girl Splash and landed it. Yuta covered Deeb and won via pinfall.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #7: Queen Aminata def. Robyn Renegade
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Aminata applied a cross face, but Robyn escaped. Queen Aminata used a judo throw for a near fall. Robyn rocked Queen Aminata with a beautiful dropkick. Robyn annihilated Aminata with a DDT, right on top of the skull. Queen Aminata used a swinging neck breaker to stager Robyn. Queen Aminata headbutted Robyn, picking up the pinfall victory after the Brain Drain!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #8: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) def. Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson & James Drake)
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Dax lit up Drake with chops to the chest. Cash tagged in and connected with a shoulder tackle. Wheeler took down Drake with an arm drag and then tagged out. Gibson blasted Dax with a European Uppercut. The Grizzled Young Veterans used tandem offense on Dax. Harwood hoisted up Drake onto the top turnbuckle and then brought him down hard with a suplex. Drake took down Dax with a spin heel kick. Dax hit a desperation move on Gibson, trying to crawl to make the tag. Dax made the tag, but the ref didn’t see it because the Grizzled Young Vets had the ref distracted. Finally Dax ducked a leg lariat and reached Cash. Cash came in and cleaned house on the Grizzled Young Vets. Cash powerslammed Gibson. Cash went for a powerslam on Drake, but Drake countered with a small package for a near fall. Cash cracked Gibson with a short arm lariat. FTR went for a spiked pile driver, but Drake knocked Cash off the top turnbuckle. Gibson rocked Dax with a keylock driver. FTR regained momentum and Dax was able to put the sharpshooter on Drake and Drake tapped out!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3/5
A solid episode of Collision this week, though I could’ve done – as usual – without the squash matches. There was some nice in-ring storytelling this week, especially the Wheeler Yuta stuff. Great to see Yuka Sakazaki on this week’s show too, hopefully she sticks around for a while!
