- The Acclaimed vs. Iron Savages
- AEW World Trios Championship: House of Black (c) vs. CMFTR
- Mercedes Martinez & Diamante vs. Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale
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AEW Collision 8/12/23
Live from the historic Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina! Ian Riccaboni and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary, and Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
Tony Schiavone welcomes Ricky Starks to the ring, a week removed from beating on Ricky Steamboat. Schiavone announces that Ricky Starks has been suspended for 30 days from in ring activity. Starks said they were consequences for getting involved in Starks’ match, so he whooped his ass. This is Starks legacy and you don’t have to like him or love him, but you will respect him. Starks says the blood is on Punk’s hands. Starks is bringing a way to the front door of AEW, and he’s starting next week.
Match #1. The Acclaimed vs. The Iron Savages
If you’re not familiar with the Iron Savages, they’re the former Bear Country and current Ring of Honor tag team. Bowens and Bronson start, as Bowens gets the upper hand with strikes in the corner after escaping a suplex. Caster in now with a running back elbow and a big dropkick to the face. Boulder gets the tag and disposes of both Bowens and Caster. Kick combo by Bowens but Boulder catches him in a fireman’s carry and then catches a Caster crossbody, resulting in a Samoan drop/fall away slam to both guys! Boulder misses a moonsault but Caster can’t make the tag. Bronson in now as he goes up top but misses the splash. Caster makes the tag and Bowens clears house with clotheslines and right hands. Elbow flurry by Bowens but Boulder gets the tag. Kick combo by Bowens but he runs into a huge flap jack. Double-team spinebuster by the Iron Savages gets two. Electric Chair by Iron Savages but Caster comes out from the apron with a springboard dropkick! Attitude Adjustment to Boulder. Jacked Jameson gets pulled in the ring and it’s the Scissor Me, Timbers! Kitaro Crusher by Bowens and the FameAsser to Bronson for the win.
Winners: The Acclaimed
Rating: **1/4. Iron Savages were a nice surprise here, and it made for a more important win for The Acclaimed’s return to tag team wrestling. Fine stuff here even though half of it happened during commercial.
The Acclaimed take the mic and say they’re wrestling again on Dynamite, climbing back up the tag team ranks. Bowens says the world loves Billy Gunn and everyone loves The Acclaimed!
Bullet Club Gold is here with Lexi Nair. Jay White says this is the most “elite” version of the Bullet Club, ever. Also, The Gunn’s are the best brother tag team ever and challenge the Bucks for Dynamite. “Don’t bring superkicks to a Gunn fight. GUNNS UP”.
Match #2. Mercedes Martinez & Diamante vs. Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander
Body slam and a low cross body by Willow & Statlander. Pump kick by Willow to Diamante. Willow looks for the pounce but Martinez pulls Diamante out of danger. Body slam and stalling splash by Martinez & Diamante. Double Paradise Lock by Martinez & Diamante, followed by a pair of dropkicks. Willow in trouble throughout the PIP before heading to a full commercial break. Back from break and Willow cartwheels through a double clothesline. Spinebuster to Martinez and a uranage to Diamante on top of Martinez. Statlander gets the tag and clears house with clotheslines and double axe handles. Statlander sends Diamante into Martinez and causes a double flatliner. Double sentons by Martinez and Willow. Martinez sends Statlander into Willow, who was climbing up the top rope, causing her to fall hard to the floor. Stunner by Diamante and Martinez Razor Edge’s Daimante over the top to the floor on top of Willow and Statlander! Brutal landing. Back in the ring, Martinez looks for an exploder but Willow lands awkwardly again. Bayonet to the back of the neck by Martinez to Statlander. Martinez rolls up Willow as Diamante provides extra leverage from the outside and she gets the pin!
Winners: Mercedes Martinez & Diamante
Rating: **1/2. Good stuff here, minus a few awkward spots. Diamante will benefit from tagging with Mercedes, who it’s good to have back.
Lexi Nair is with a distraught Toni Storm, who’s in a Victorian robe. Storm says all of the women in the match are backstabbers and she can trust Saraya. Lexi brings up the fact that Shida beat her and Storm loses it before storming off. (Hah, Storming off).
Match #3. Samoa Joe vs. Andrew Everett
Hell yeah, Andrew Everett! Straight from Thursday’s Ring of Honor show to Collision. Good on him. Elbow by Joe and a running back elbow in the corner. Pele kick by Joe. Everett goes up and over the corner and looks for a springboard back inside, but Joe steps out of the way and Everett lands on his feet and handsprings! Crowd is insane for this. Huge lariat for Joe. Rear naked choke. Finito.
Winner: Samoa Joe
Rating: NR. But probably the best damn squash you’ll ever see.
Joe says he’s the now and forever King of Television. Punk says that AEW’s “real world champion” is acting like a real bitch right now. Joe said he gave Punk the courtesy of asking.
Christian is here with his dinosaur, and he runs down Michael Jordan, claims superiority over Ric Flair, and insinuates everyone in North Carolina is related. Christian says he doesn’t care how important the championship is to Darby Allin, because Christian is building a legacy and if he keeps pursuing the TNT Championship… he’ll make Darby Allin 100% dead inside.
Here’s Arn Anderson, with his son Brock! Arn says he and his son aren’t Darby, but they know the Anderson’s in Greensboro. THIS IS HORSEMEN COUNTRY. Arn wants Luchasaurus to know he’s the champion, not Christian. Christian says that even though he said no more open challenges, but he’d make an exception for Arn. Arn says if it was 20 years ago he’d slide in and spinebuster his narrow ass and walk out with the title. Instead, Arn sends Brock in.
Match #4. Luchasaurus vs. Brock Anderson
Brock attacks with chops but Luchasaurus Luchasaurus shrugs him off and dumps him to the outside, where Brock gets thrown into the guard rail and the ring post a bunch. Nerve hold by Luchasaurus throughout the break. Release vertical suplex by Luchasaurus and back to the nerve hold. Chokeslam and this one is over.
Winner: Luchasaurus
Rating: NR
Darby Allin hits the ring with a skateboard and takes out Luchasaurus, who looks to continue the onslaught on Brock. Darby takes the mic and says he knows Luchasaurus is a dinosaur, and dinosaur have been around for millions of years, and he wants to know if he’s ever had a skateboard up his ass? Darby now challenges Luchasaurus for the AEW TNT title at All In.
Tony Schiavone is here with Powerhouse Hobbs. Hobbs said he’s been distracted, so he went back to the Bay to find something that means something to him, and he found the Book of Hobbs. Hobbs doesn’t want or need anyone’s help. The next chapter is titled “Redemption”, and the only way to get redemption, is to call out The Redeemer. MIRO.
HERE’S MIRO!
Aaron Solow and Nick Comoroto jump Miro from behind and roll him into the ring. Solow and Comoroto follow but get dumped by Miro, only to get spinebustered by Hobbs!
Jim Ross joins us on commentary.
Match #5. AEW World Trios Championship: House of Black (c) w/ Julia Hart vs. CMFTR
Cash and Matthews start. Arm drags by Cash and a drop toe hold. Tag to Dax with some chops and a snap suplex. Matthews hits the ropes and King holds him back and tags himself. Chop and elbow combinations by King as Dax ducks under a big boot and hits a dropkick to the knee. Chops by Dax and a single leg dropkick to the face. Double arm ringer by FTR as Matthews comes in and Punk takes him out with a clothesline off the top. Double dropkicks by FTR send King to the outside. King rolls back in the ring and Black tags himself in. Black vs. Punk! Crowd is on their feet for it. Punk and Black have some striking exchanges as Punk teases the GTS and Black teases the Black Mass, but we’re at a stalemate. Both men sit criss cross applesauce in the center of the ring now, as the House of Black hit the ring, but here’s FTR. HOCKEY FIGHT and now a commercial. Back from break as Matthews hits a draping DDT on Dax. King in now with some hard chops and makes the quick tag to Black, who drops Dax with a running back elbow. Black misses a kick and Dax drops him with a DDT. Matthews tags himself in and tries to cut Dax off but gets back body dropped and here’s Punk! Hot tag to Punk who clears house with a neck breaker and a leg lariat. High kick to Matthews! Punk looks for the GTS but Matthews gets out and Punk catches him with the Pepsi Twist. Hart is on the apron and distracts Punk, allowing Black to crotch him on the top rope. Cannonball by King! King now beats Punk up outside the ring, tosses him over the guard rail and into the ring apron. Punk getting beat up now as House of Black are making quick tags. Round kick by Black and a veritical suplex by King. Running knee by Matthews, but Punk somehow responds with the GTS! Matthews falls to the outside, allowing Punk to make the hot tag to Cash! Cash and King are in now and Cash connects with a dropkick. Powerslam to Black. Mounted punches to King in the corner. King gets dumped to the outside and Cash follows with a suicide dive, taking out all of House of Black. Bulldog off the top by Cash to King back inside the ring. Double suplex by FTR to King but King blocks and suplexes both Cash and Dax. King goes up top but Dax catches him. Double superplex to King as Punk connects with the Savage Elbow! One, two, no! Super Shatter Machine to King but it’s a Meteora from Matthews. Brainbuster by Dax to Matthews. Punk and Black connect with stereo high kicks and everyone is down! Suicide dive by Punk to Black on the outside! Diving headbutt by Dax to King but Samoa Joe pulls CM Punk into the crowd and chokes him unconscious! Huge lariat by King to Dax inside the ring gets the three!
Winners and STILL AEW Trios Champions: House of Black
Rating: ****1/4. With these six guys, that crowd, and 20+ minutes… you knew you were getting a good main event. Joe tipped the outcome earlier in the show, and sometimes the direct approach is the right approach. Great stuff here from everyone involved and I think House of Black can have a stranglehold on AEW championships if they wanted to. Give them everyone. Dax taking the clean pin from a lariat was good stuff.
Final Thoughts: There wasn’t much announced for this week’s show aside from the main event, but it delivered on that front. Starks waging war on AEW was a fun way to start the show, but the rest of the show was kind of middle of the road until we got to the main event. The card for All In is looking fantastic on paper, and we’re slowly but surely building around the main event. Starks waging war against AEW, the return of Hobbs and Miro, and the main event were all enough to capture my attention this week. 7/10.