AEW Collision 11/16/2024

AEW Collision 11/16/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/aew-collision-1192024.html

Anna Jay says "no DQ, no problem". Mariah May says, "this is one is for Mina". We see both enter the arena. 

Mina Shirakawa vs Harley Cameron

Tony busted out the "where the best wrestle" line with Harley in the ring here. Harley shakes her chest at her. Mina ducks a shot and shakes her chest. Harley is tripped and has her knee banged off the mat. Mina works on Harley's leg then Harley ropebreaks.  

Harley russian legsweeps her. Harley shakes her chest in Mina's face on the ropes then headscissors her. Harley hits elbows on her then sleepers her. Harley step up enzugiri's her then Mina russian legsweeps her. Mina kicks her off the ropes for 2.

Mina bangs Harley's knee off the mat. Mina figure fours her. Mine takes a backcracker. They trade shots. Mina kicks her in the knee. Mina spin kicks her. Harley wristclutch backdrops her for 2. 

Harley tries to pin her with her feet on the ropes but gets caught. Mina spinning forearms her then Mina springboard enzugiri's her. Mina 2nd rope diving slingblades her for 2. Harley rolls up Mina for 2. Mina urakens her. Mina does a lifting reverse ddt and wins.

Thoughts: This wasn't that good as expected. Neither of these two are that great. As usual, Mina did knee work that lead to nothing.

We see Jack Perry arrive in his bus.

Daniel Garcia vs Johnny TV

MxM Collection is with JTV. DG side headlocks him. JTV shoulders him over. JTV side headlocks him then DC shoulders him over. DG chops him. Madden chokeslams DG as Mansoor distracts the ref.

We go to PiP break and return. DG hits chops. JTV tornillo dives him over the top and likely bangs his own head off the floor. Jack Perry comes in and beats up Matt Menard at the commentary booth. He then throws him over the rail.

DG backdrops JTV. DG hits shots and boots in the corner. DG facewash kicks him. DG hits a twisting neckbeaker for 2. DG is back body dropped over the top then MxM Collection beat up DG. Mansoor is sent into the post, as is Madden. JTV springboard enzugiri's DG then hits a moonlight drive. JTV misses starship pain then DG john woo's him. DG cobra clutches him and taps him out.

Thoughts: It had a bunch of shenanigans and wasn't anything too special. The cobra clutch submission win was something different here. Garcia won this one as expected. 

Garcia looks for Matt Menard after and wonders what happened to him. Tony Schiavone tells DG what happened. We then cut to the back. We see Menard and Jack fighting. Jack hits Menard with a sign. Jack and Menard fight outside. Menard's head is banged off Jack's bus. Jack says Menard is holding DG back. Jack grabs a hook and chain. He ties Matt up to the bus. DG then finds Jack and beats up on him. DG hits a bunch of stomps and frees Menard. Menard says he has an idea on what to do with Jack and we cut away.

Lio Rush does a video. He says he feels and lost and confused with the people he stands with and is sick of it. He said he looked at his watch and remembered he's the man of the hour. He says he came to AEW to collect titles and prays the people he call his friends are on the same page. He says it's only a matter time until he's rushing to the top.

We return to the parking lot. Jack is tied to the hood on the bus. DG then drives with Jack tied to the bus.

Shelton Benjamin vs Komander

SB facekicks Kom. SB flips him on a suplex/throw. Kom is thrown hard into the buckles. SB forearms him over then stomps on him. SB stomps on him in the corner. Kom kicks SB off the buckles then springboard diving armdrags him. Kom pop-up dropkicks him. Kom superkicks him then walks up the buckles, does rope tricks and tries to hurricanrana him. SB catches him then overhead throws him.

We go to PiP break and return. SB pop-up drops Kom. Kom kicks SB while he's on the 2nd rope and he goes face first into the buckles. Kom springboard dropkicks him. Kom cobra twists him while on his back. Kom flips out of a hiptoss then Kom does a sattelite headscissors.

SB goes out. Kom rope walk corkscrew dives him outside. Kom 619's him and misses a rope walk SSP. SB hits 2 release germans. SB step up knees him in the corner then superkicks him. SB hits a powerslam and wins.

Thoughts: It was better than the Fletcher/Komander match last week. Kom didn't overdo it here and they had a decent match. I don't Shelton should be taking so long to take down Komander though and obviously, I don't think beating him helps Shelton much.  

Shelton tries to take Komander's mask off. Alex tries to stop Shelton. MVP lariats Alex over.

Kris Statlander is interviewed. She says we can express anything and everything in the match with Mone. Kris says she's still standing and will be standing tall at Full Gear when she becomes champ. Shida comes in. She says good luck and says it's time someone beat Mone's boney @ss. She says she wants to be her first challenger when she wins. Kris says she has another idea and challengers her for Dynamite this week.

The Acclaimed are interviewed by Lexy. She asks where Billy Gunn is. Max says he's feeling confident going into tonight's match. Bowens says Billy will be here. Bowens says they are one win away from getting into the Full Gear 4-way tag title match. Bowens says they will win and says everyone loves The Acclaimed.

MVP and Shelton walk in. MVP wishes them good luck and tells them to handle their business tonight. MVP tells Max to use his size and strength.

Powerhouse Hobbs vs Bulk Bronson

Jacked Jameson tells everyone to shut up. He says everyone expects a meat match. Jacked leads a "meat" chant. He says all the fat losers in the crowd are going on a vegan diet as there will be no beef tonight.

Bronson poses and tries to shoulder battle Hobbs. Hobbs slaps him and tells him to do something. Bronson boots him and Hobbs shoulders him over. Hobbs slams Bronson multiple times. Bronson hits a big forearm then hits punches. Hobbs suplexes him. Hobbs corner splashes Bronson.

Hobbs hits corner lariats. Hobbs running lariats him. Jacked gets on the apron and gets hit. Boulder comes in and is spinebustered. Hobbs then torture racks Bronson and submits him.

Hobbs walks over Jacked as he leaves.

Thoughts: Hobbs won as expected here. Hobbs probably should have won this one quicker with how poorly The Iron Savages are usually treated here. 

Lexy interviews Bennett, Taven and Strong. Strong says MJF has 7 days until he is standing across from him in the ring. He says he has a lot to say. He says MJF doesn't realize what he got himself into. He says he's a wrestling legend and says MJF will realize that he's better than him and he knows it.

Full Gear Four Way Contenders Series Tag Team Match - The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) vs. La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush & The Beast Mortos)

Private Party is watching from the entrance ramp. Jake comes out with his crew which he usually doesn't do. Billy Gunn does come out with The Acclaimed. 

Bowens and Mort lock up. Bowens hits chops and forearms. Mort hits corner lariats and slaps. Mort rolls over Bowens' back and is dropkicked. Mort shoulders him over. Rush and Max fight. Max shoulders him over then Rush shoulders him over. Rush drops Max with a forearm. Rush grabs a cable outside. Max chokes Rush with it but is thrown off the apron to the floor.

We go to PiP break and return. Max enzugiri's Mort. Bowens comes in and hits shots on both opponents. Mot is sent out and Bowens over the back fameassers Mort. Bowens top rope placha's Mort outside. Mort pop-up samoan drops Bowens. Max top rope dropkicks Mort. Rush belly to belly suplexes Max into the buckles. Bowens forearms Rush over and all 4 men are down.

Rush misses a corner splash and takes shots from Bowens. Rush stomps on Bowens in the corner then kicks him. Rush powerslams Bowens then misses a 2nd rope senton. Bowens hits a top rope splash on Rush. Max takes a backcracker and Mort top rope dropkicks him while he's in the backcracker.

Bowens superkicks Rush out then Mort shoulders over Bowens. Mort misses a corner cannonball. Bowens hits the arrival and Max hits a mic drop. Bowens grabs the win.

Thoughts: It was a decent match here with the two teams matching up well. It was one of the more physical and longer matches that The Acclaimed have had. It looks like LFI's most recent push is ending again as they lost here.

Private Party walk towards the ring and hold their tag titles up at The Acclaimed.

Lexy interviews Mina Shirakawa. Mina says she's happy to come back here and so excited for her match. Lexy asks her if she has any goals. She says she's so excited for her match and shakes her chest.

We get an MxM Collection video with them shilling their shirts goofing off in their underwear and various clothes.

They confirm Okada will be in The Continental Classic.

Lexy interviews The Conglomeration. She asks Ishii a question and he says nothing. Mark says Ishii said Jericho's days as champ are done. He says the ROH Title is gone and says Jericho is about to learn a lesson about humility. Rocky asks what the word of the day is. Mark says there's a menagerie of words and says the ROH title is coming back to The Conglomeration. He says Jericho is getting his @ss whooped.

FTR are interviewed by Lexy. Cash says he doesn't know what direction they go from here. Cash says they lost the titles a year ago and haven't gotten them back despite chances. Dax says they could cry about losing or rebuild. Dax says it's The Outrunners time and says maybe they can have an FTR vs Outrunners match for the tag titles after Full Gear. Dax says they are pulling for The Runners.

We get an Outrunners video of them vs Top Flight. 

AEW Women's Title - No DQ - Mariah May (c) vs Anna Jay

Anna comes to the ring with a bag and May has a baseball bat and trash can.

Anna dropkicks May off the apron and sends her into the rail. Anna bangs May's head off the steps and rail. Anna chops her then throws her into the rail. We see Taya and Deonna watching in the back. May's head is banged off the commentary table. Anna hits her with a monitor. May then falls onto Schiavone.

Anna chairs May. Anna 2nd rope blockbusters May. May ddt's Anna on a chair. Anna has a trash can put on her head. May top rope dropkicks the can on her head for 2. May puts a ladder into the corner. Anna sleepers May then is dropped back onto the ladder.

We go to PiP break and return. May cradle shocks her onto a ladder for 2. May takes a gori special into the ladder. Anna brings a table in. May is sat on the top rope. May sunset bombs Anna through the table for 2.

May brings a guard rail in. Anna backcrackers May. May headbutts her. The guard rail is bridged on chairs. May goes up top and is stopped. Anna superplexes her onto the bridged guard rail.

Anna wraps her arm in barbed wire. Anna sleepers May. May sprays Anna with something then hits a storm zero on a chair. May wins.

Thoughts: It was pretty much all hardcore wrestling here with not much else. There was a lot of downtime between various and big spots made up the majority of this. It was average for the most part. May winning isn't too surprising but it does leave Anna without anything to do.

Mina Shirakawa gets in the ring and hugs May. May kicks Anna. 

Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir talk outside. He said he thought OC would either be cry or turn into an animal when he beat up Chuck Taylor. He said OC didn't do either. He says OC doesn't care and says he's a snake. He says he wishes he was cold blooded but says he feels everything. He says he feels the weight of the last 5 years and everyone's mistakes and broken promises. He says if you don't like the way he does things, do something about it at Full Gear. He says you better be ready to die on your shield every single day with him. He says if not, get out or you will be taken out.

We then close the show with a Full Gear video that was set to November Rain.

Overall thoughts: It was an average show overall. It was weird to end the show with a video instead of the women's title match.They had a lot more interviews than usual. The women's title was average. The Acclaimed's tag was decent and Shelton vs Komander was decent. I didn't care for Mina's match and Garcia/Johnny TV had a lot of shenanigans. It was an average show overall that didn't have a lot of stars on it and this would one could be skipped without missing out on too much. I'd give it a 4 out of 10.