It’s Saturday, and this week, you know what that means …
All Elite Wrestling returns with a special ‘Fairway To Hell’ edition of AEW Collision, live at 8/7c on TNT and HBO Max from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Jungle Jack Perry vs. Mark Davis (w/ Don Callis) for the AEW National Championship
Jack Perry countered Davis with a hurricanrana out of a powerbomb right away, and landed on his feet after missing a moonsault into the ring. Davis went to the floor, so Perry hit a moonsault to the floor on him. Perry hit a shotgun dropkick on the floor and went for a Tiger Feint kick around the ring post, but Davis cut him off and hit a clothesline that saw Perry crash to the mat on the ground. Davis took Perry back into the ring and hit a series of hard strikes that kept Perry grounded. Davis hit a shoulder tackle on Perry as he was on the apron, and Perry nearly hit the guardrail.
Davis got the heat on Perry throughout the ad break, and we heard the production count down from 10 to live on MyAEW, which was kind of fun, though obviously a mistake. Perry hit a flying forearm off the ropes and Davis went down to his knees, but not fully down. Davis hit a back elbow as Perry charged the corner, and Davis put Perry on the top rope before going for a superplex. Perry bit Davis and then hit a sunset flip powerbomb of the ropes for a 2-count. Both men ended up on the apron and Perry hit hurricanrana from the middle rope off the apron on Davis before hitting his Tiger Feint Kick (which Schiavone called an Area Code kick, which I liked) around the ring post and a flying elbow off the top rope for a 2-count. Perry charged and Davis turned around and hit a lariat that stopped Perry in his tracks.
Davis hit a lariat and then a piledriver for a 2-count, but Perry kicked out. Davis tried to piledriver Perry off the middle rope but Perry sat up on it and hit a hurricanrana that sent Davis back into the ring. Don Callis ran down to distract the referee, and Ricochet ran out with a golden golf club in full golfing gear and cracked Perry in the back with the club. As the referee turned around, he saw Davis piledriving Perry for the victory!
Result: Mark Davis defeated Jack Perry for the AEW National Championship
–A great hype video aired for Nick Wayne touring with New Japan Pro Wrestling in the Best of the Super Juniors for the second time, and this time he wants to join the likes of Will Ospreay and Ricochet as a winner of the tournament. Excellent stuff here.
–Jack Perry was backstage talking about how Don Callis and Ricochet took away the title he worked so hard to win, and how he was so proud to win it in front of his family. Perry then said he was going to get revenge, and he was joining Chris Jericho against the Callis Family and Ricochet. Perry also announced that the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega will be joining too, so the Callis Family and Ricochet were in trouble.
–Don Callis was backstage with Mark Davis and Ricochet, and talked about how he just got the greatest gift he ever wanted from Jack Perry because he is being given a chance to have his guys beat up Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega on the same night. So, he is going to join Ricochet and the Gates of Agony in the Stadium Stampede and negotiate with Ricochet about which members will be joining besides Davis.
Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) vs. Ruthie Slay & Rachel Lay
This was a 5 minute challenge, and Kross wasted no time beating on Lay and Slay (hey, that rhymes!) and tagging in Bayne, who hit a German suplex on Lay. Slay blind tagged in and went for a crossbody, but Bayne caught her and hit a Samoan drop on Lay and a fallaway slam on Slay before hitting Divine Intervention with Kross for the win.
Result: Divine Dominion defeated Ruthie Slay & Rachel Lay
–A hype video aired about Jamie Hayter beating Skye Blue on Dynamite and it was followed by the announcement of a 4-way match at Double or Nothing featuring Thekla vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter.
–Don Callis was backstage again, and he talked about how no matter who won the the world title match tonight, the Don Callis Family was taking the title on Wednesday. Callis announced that Okada had to go to Japan to handle some family business, so Konosuke Takeshita was going to take his place on Wednesday to fight for the title against the winner of Darby Allin and PAC.
–A hype video aired for Kyle O’Reilly, showing his defeat of Jon Moxley last year, and then his winning the Trios titles with Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy.
Mike Bailey (w/ Kevin Knight) vs. Kiran Grey
Bailey wasted no time, kicking Grey all over the ring and then hitting a triangle moonsault to the floor. Bailey climbed up the ropes again, but Grey cut him off. Bailey shoved him off, but Grey got right up and cut him off. Grey hit several strikes, but Bailey managed to recover, knock him off the ropes, and hit Ultima Weapon for the pinfall.
Result: Mike Bailey defeated Kiran Grey
Darby Allin vs. Pac for the AEW World Championship
It’s main event time!
Darby leaps out to the floor as the bell rings and heads out onto the golf course! It’s No Count Out, so he’s calling Pac out there! Pac follows, and they come to blows. Back body drop on the grass by Pac, and now he tries to suplex Darby into the bunker reversed. Code Red into the bunker! They make their way over to a different bunker, running John Woo dropkick, and Pac takes a flip bump backwards into the bunker.
Pac is up, belly-to-belly suplex into the bunker, sand flying everywhere. Brutalizer locked in!! Darby is fading, but he can’t win the match out there. Pac hoists Darby above his head, and gorilla press slams him into the bunker as we head to a 90-second commercial.
Pac brings Darby back into the ring, covers for a 2 count. We see Pac tying the tag rope to the chain around Darby’s neck, allowing Pac to deliver repeated big boots. Biel back drop connects, Pac takes a run up for the lariat but Darby trips him. Scorpion Death Drop! 1, 2, NO. Allin up top, Pac crotches him though and heads up for a Super Falcon Arrow! 1, 2, kick out.
Pac pulls out a table and sets it up on the outside as we head into overrun time. Pac lays him out on top of the table and climbs the buckles. SHOOTING STAR but Darby moves and Pac crashes through the table! Darby gets him back in the ring and he locks in the Scorpion Death Lock! Pac tries to fight it, reaches for the ropes and makes it. Allin has to break the hold, and now Pac waves for the Death Riders to come out.
Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta run out and that allows Pac to nail Darby from behind. Pac sends them back to grab another table. Pac has Darby on his shoulders and walks up the steel steps. TOMBSTONE ON THE STEPS! We see that Yuta and Garcia have stacked up tables on top of each other near the entrance way, 4 tables oh boy. Pac grabs Allin on his shoulders and walks backstage with him, presumably taking him to an elevated area as we head to our final commercial break.
Pac carries Darby up a flight of stairs and runs him into a wall. They position themselves near the railings, tables stacked up below. Pac brings Darby to his feet…Darby fights back though! He rakes the back of Pac. Marina distracts the ref, and Pac low blows Darby. PAC TOSSES DARBY OFF THE BALCONY!! And Darby crashes through all four tables. HOLY SHIT! He basically landed on his hip there.
Pac rushes down to grab his limp body, shoves him in the ring and covers. 1, 2….NOOOO! Darby somehow kicks out. Garcia and Yuta slide a chair in, the ref sees it, but Pac grabs the World title instead, Darby is up though, low blow and a belt shot from Darby. Coffin Drop! 1, 2, 3! Allin retains. That’s how things wrap up. Thanks for joining us!
Winner and STILL AEW World Champion: Darby Allin
(H/T to Josiah MacDonald and F4WOnline.com & Theo Sambus and 411Mania.com)
