- Kenny Omega vs. Ethan Page
- Willie Mack vs. Wardlow
- Angelo Parker & Matt Menard vs. Penta el Zero Miedo & Komander
- Mercedes Martinez vs. Willow Nightingale
- Continental Classic Blue League: Andrade el Idolo vs. Bryan Danielson
- Continental Classic Blue League: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Eddie Kingston
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AEW Collision 12/9/23
From the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with Tony Schiavone, Kevin Kelly, and Nigel McGuinness on commentary.
Match #1. Continental Classic Blue League: Claudio Castagnoli (3) vs. Eddie Kingston (0)
Kingston comes out in a DMX shirt… it’s dark and hell is hot, baby. SPINNING BACK FIST AND A SAITO SUPLEX BY KINGSTON! Claudio rolls outside and Kingston follows with a suicide dive. Claudio rolls back inside and Kingston hits the Nothern Light’s Bomb. Two count. Kingston hits the ropes and Claudio hops over… Neutralizer by Claudio! One, two, no! Kingston rolls to the outside and Claudio gets him, rolls him back inside, and hits a double stomp. Double leg by Claudio and a Giant Swing! Claudio drops him and locks in a Sharpshooter. Kingston tries to fight to the ropes and does. European uppercuts in the corner by Claudio and a stalling dropkick in the corner. Two count. Both men trade chops now but Claudio catches Kingston with a short-arm clothesline. Kingston gets set up on the top rope and Claudio fires a big European uppercut and a back rake. Superplex from the top! Two count. Diving European uppercut through the ropes by Claudio. Running boot in the corner by Claudio but Kingston eats it! Kingston chops back but Claudio connects with another lariat. Two count. Ricola Bomb by Claudio but Kingston blocks it, so Claudio gutwrenches him instead. Two count. Kingston tries to fight back with chops, but Claudio takes them in stride. Ghetto Blaster by Kingston and an exploder suplex. Uranage by Kingston gets a two count. Machine Gun chops by Kingston and a straight right hand. Lariat by Kingston! Two count, only. Stretch Plum by Kingston but Claudio makes it to the bottom rope. Huge back suplex by Claudio and a running European uppercut. Two count. Claudio transitions to a crossface but Kingston gets the ropes. Ricola Bomb but Kingston lands on his feet! Claudio ducks a spinning back fist and drills Kingston with the European uppercut. Only two! Both men trade vicious chops and overhand palm strikes in the center of the ring. European uppercut by Claudio! Spinning back fist! European uppercut! Spinning back fist and Claudio is down! One, two, NO! Claudio is out at 2.99999! Kingston looks for the powerbomb but Claudio plays defense and Kingston hits another backfist! Powerbomb by Kingston but Claudio rolls through and Kingston rolls through again for the win!
Winner: Eddie Kingston (3)
Rating: ****1/2. Everything I want in this tournament. Two dudes fighting with everything they got, sometimes ugly, and nothing coming easy. Two dudes who do NOT like each other and it felt personal. What a match.
Wheeler Yuta is in the back and he challenges Hook to a match under FTW rules. Hook accepts.
Match #2. Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Martinez w/ Diamante
Lock up to start and Willow ducks a few clotheslines. Hard clothesline by Willow. Now a few more clotheslines against the ropes and Mercedes drops. Shoulder block by Willow and a boot. Mercedes rolls to the outside and Willow follows but gets driven into the ring post. Mercedes sends Willow into the guardrail, right next to the announcer’s table. Mercedes lays in some heavy strikes now over the time keeper’s table. Mercedes hits a draping DDT off the table to the floor! Willow struggles to make it back to the ring before the count and does. Mercedes misses a charge and willow comes off the middle rope with a missile dropkick. Cannonball by Willow in the corner but Mercedes gets to the ropes. Diamante gets up on the apron and eats a forearm. Babe with the Powerbomb but the damage to Willow’s back won’t let her get Mercedes up. Fisherman’s Buster by Mercedes! Two count. Mercedes puts the boots to the head of Willow and connects with a Saito suplex. Make that two. Mercedes doesn’t make a cover and instead looks for an exploder, and gets it. Willow in the corner now and still no cover. Mercedes sets Willow up on the top rope and picks her up like a Razor’s Edge, but plants her with an inverted Dominator. Mercedes waits for it but eventually looks for the cover, but Willow rolls her up for the win!
Winner: Willow Nightingale
Rating: **1/2. Big power match between these two women, with Mercedes looking surprisingly strong in defeat.
After the match, Diamante attacks and finds a ladder under the ring. And a pipe. Both women attack Willow with weapons but Kris Statlander makes the save with a chain wrapped around her hand.
Renee is with Menard and Parker… and Hager. Hager has the cops looking for Danhausen. Menard and Parker have dreamed of wrestling here, and tonight they will. Both men speak French, and Ruby is here, so it Saraya and Anna. Ruby and Parker canoodle until the rest of them break it up.
Match #3. Wardlow vs. Willie Mack
Mack looks for a double leg and Wardlow just tosses him. Forearms by Mack but a dropkick to the face by Wardlow. Shoulders in the corner by Wardlow but Mack low bridges him and sends him to the floor. Plancha by Mack! Wardlow stays on his feet and headbutts him on the floor, before rolling Mack inside the ring. Mack escapes a charge and rolls up Wardlow for two. Moonsault by Mack for two. Step-up hurricanrana by Mack but Wardlow holds on! Powerbomb. Two powerbombs. Big lariat. Last Ride. Mack is KO’d and this one is over!
Winner: Wardlow
Rating: *1/2. Short but this ruled.
The House of Black think that FTR should join them.
Match #4. Kenny Omega vs. Ethan Page
Page has a shoulder injury stemming from an altercation with Tony Nese in Ring of Honor, btw. Page cuts Omega off with a running back elbow. Page now runs into an elbow and Omega takes Page over with a head scissors. Terminator Dive but Page gets to the apron and diving off the bottom rope to catch Omega with the assisted Ace Crusher. Omega rolls to the outside and Page follows. Hard chops by Omega now on the the floor before breaking the count and sending Page into the guardrail. Page bounces off the guardrail and flattens Page with a running shoulder block. Omega blocks an Irish whip into the guardrail and moonsaults off, right on to Page! Page is back in the ring and Omega follows. Kitaro Crusher by Omega! Two count. Big body slam by Page but he runs into a boot from Omega and both men suplex each other over the top and to the floor! Both men fight outside the ring as Omega back suplexes Page on the apron. Page is up and gets a running start before hitting Omega with a shoulder block. Page looks for the bottom rope cutter again but Omega counters with a knee in mid-air! Powerbomb. V-Trigger. Two count! Knee to the back of Page but he fights out of the snap dragon. Omega goes up top but Page counters with an Iconoclasm, maintains wrist control, and spikes Omega with a DDT in the center! Two count. Omega counters an arm ringer with YOU CAN’T ESCAPE but misses the moonsault. Omega sidesteps a big boot and hits the snap dragon. Page fights out of a second snap dragon, momentarily, but NOW Omega hits it. Both men on the top rope now, but Page shifts his weight and brings Omega to the mat with an avalanche powerslam! Two count. Omega hits the V-Trigger but Page bounces off the rope and comes back with a big boot! Both men get two counts. V-Trigger by Omega. A second! One Winged Angel and this one is over!
Winner: Kenny Omega
Rating: ***3/4. Two Canadian guy having a heck of a match for their home country. Great showing by Page here and Omega is on that Bryan Danielson level where he can almost do no wrong. This match did a lot for Page, and I hope he continues that momentum into Ring of Honor.
After the match, Omega picks up Page and shakes his hand. As Omega makes his way to the back, here Big Bill with a big boot! Page scurries to help Omega.
Match #5. Penta el Zero Miedo & Komander w/ Alex Abrahantes vs. Matt Menard & Angelo Parker
Menard and Parker are the hometown boys here, so the crowd is excited for this one. Menard and Penta trade clotheslines and leg trips. Komander in with a dropkick and Parker hits a running knee. Kip up and an arm drag by Komander. Two. A dropkick by Komander. Running enziguiri by Penta and a stalling double team dropkick to Menard in the corner. Parker gets superkicked and he’s in the corner as well. Assisted monkey flip into a cannonball in the corner by Penta and Komander. Double dive but Parker and Menard cut them off with forearms. Assisted diving elbow by Parker off the back of Menard that gets two. Menard mounts Komander in the corner and delivers ten punches as we go to commercial. Back from break and Komander sends both men to the floor before tagging Penta. Slingblade to Menard. Slingblade to Parker. Superkick to Parker. Double dive by Penta and Komander but they land on their feet and connect with a pair of superkicks. Menard gets sent into the guardrail as Penta and Parker trade elbows in the middle of the ring. Made in Japan by Penta! Menard makes the save before the three. Menard gets the tag and looks for the Walls of Jericho and gets it. Komander breaks up the submission. Assisted Codebreaker by Menard and Parker! Two count. Superkick by Penta to Parker and Menard gets sent to the floor. Rope walk shooting star Fear Factor by Penta and Komander! One, two, three!
Winners: Penta el Zero Miedo & Komander
Rating: **1/2. Fine tag match here as Penta and Komander work pretty well together. Can we do with less superkicks, though?
Video package for Shane Taylor and Keith Lee at Final Battle is shown.
Match #6. Andrade el Idolo (3) vs. Bryan Danielson (6)
Test of strength to start as Danielson monkey flips Andrade, and both men stare each other down. Andrade attacks the injured eye of Danielson, grinding a head lock. Shoulder block by Andrade. A second one, a flying one, this time. Danielson responds with a back suplex. Roundhouse kicks now but Andrade catches one and hits a dragon screw. Two. Andrade looks for the running double knees in the corner but Danielson moves. Danielson tries a suicide dive to the outside but his feet get caught, catching just enough of Andrade and right in the mouth. Chops by Danielson on the outside as both men make it back inside, continuing to trade chops. Andrade rips Danielson’s eye patch off and kicks him in the face. Danielson sends Andrade up and over to the outside and follows with a suicide dive, but Andrade cuts him off with an anti-air jumping elbow. Figure Eight by Andrade, briefly, as Danielson is able to fight to the ropes. Danielson is busted open on the side of his eye injury, and gets seated on the top rope. Superplex by Andrade but Danielson blocks it. Shotgun dropkick off the top by Danielson! Yes kicks by Danielson. Andrade tries to catch another kick but Danielson rolls through for the Lebell Lock. Andrade continues to roll through and both men trade cradles before a double suplex and everyone is down. Gory Special by Andrade but then he runs Danielson into the turnbuckle. Superplex by Andrade and he holds on for a second one. A third one. Two count. Andrade looks for the moonsault but Danielson crotches him and brings him down hard with an avalanche back suplex. Two count! Lebell Lock by Danielson! Danielson then transitions to a double armbar but Andrade gets the ropes. Andrade backflips over Danielson and connects with the step-through spinning back elbow! One, two, no! Andrade charges into an elbow and both men trade in the center of the ring. Running dropkick in the corner by Danielson. Danielson looks for a second one but Andrade connects with another back elbow! Running double knees to Danielson’s head, but from the back! Another running double knee by Andrade! Hammerlock DDT by Andrade that this one is over!
Winner: Andrade el Idolo (6)
Rating: ****1/4. Woah! Andrade with a clean win over the GOAT, and he pulled no punches. What a brutal main event here with Andrade targeting the injured eye, and eventually it paying off in the finish. Good for Andrade.
Final Thoughts: Heck of a show tonight! The Continental Classic, as I’ve said so many times, still continues to deliver some very memorable matches. A three-way tie in the Blue League, while AEW did a fantastic job hyping up the match between Swerve and Moxley in the Gold League tonight, with several video packages throughout. This tournament feels night and day different than the Owen Hart Tournament, which is the only frame of reference I had, and it has exceeded all expectations. Go out of your way to watch the opener and the main event. 8.75/10.