AEW Collision 12/21/2024

AEW Collision 12/21/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/aew-collision-12142024.html

We are in the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC.

They went on air a few seconds early and ended up re-doing it. Ian Riccabonni is in the ring with The Costco Guys. They say Adam Cole will bring the boom tonight. They say Garcia will bring the boom to Shelton Benjamin. AJ says Mortos is their guy and says to bring the boom tonight. They say Claudio is a big doom and Darby needs to bring the boom. AJ says Ricochet and Will Ospreay will bring the boom tonight. 

Continental Classic Gold League - Ricochet vs Will Ospreay

Toilet paper is thrown in but it appears to be planned as no one gets kicked out for it and a bunch his thrown. Will laughs about it outside.

Ric rides Will on the front facelock then shoulders him over. Will kips back up. Will side headlock takeovers him and shoulders him over. Ric goes out. Will fliying headscissors him but Ric lands on his feet. Ric slaps him and is chopped for it. Ric does a backflip into a headscissors but Will flips out. They trade armdrags and headscissors. Ric throws him at the buckles and Will goes down. Ric then fosbury flops him outside. Ric grabs some of the toilet paper outside, rubs himself and puts it in Will's face.

We go to PiP break and return. Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. Will springboard forearms him for 2. Will hits chops. Ric hits a spin kick then an angel's wings for 2. Ric handsprings, is on Will's shoulders and is caught with a style's clash. Ric and Will get on the apron and Ric death valley drivers him there. Ric runs the apron and ssp's him on the floor. Ric springboard 450's Will for 2.

Ric sitout reverse ddt's Will. Will hits a stunner. Will springboards and Ric catches him with a cutter. Ric death valley drivers him. Will hidden blades him. They stare down in the middle of the ring and trade forearms.

Ric pushes Will into the ref. Ric superkicks Will. Will hits a stormbreaker but the ref isn't up to count the pin. Will goes up top. Ric pushes the ref into the ropes, knocking him over. Ric hits his spirit gun running elbow and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't really their best work here. They didn't overdo it which was a shock. It was a shorter match with Ric bending the rules and basically doing a heel turn down the match. It did what it was supposed to do and wasn't anything too great. I do think it's kind of stupid though that they had this tournament for workrate purposes and a lot of the matches are getting cut short. 

We get a video on Darby vs Claudio.

Adam Cole and MJF comes out to the ring for a talking segment. MJF tells the fans to shut up. He says he had to listen to Cole say for months that MJF is Cole's enemy. He says Cole turned on him though. He says Cole has bigger enemies like spray tanner, a crack in the floor and a gust of wind. He said he heard Cole's dentist isn't seeing him anymore (Britt Baker).

He says while he was champ, Cole was just his cute sidekick. MJF said Cole had chances to win the title before he got near it. He says Cole blew it though like his ankle. MJF says Cole looks like a crack bay-bay.

Cole says MJF had 2 surgeries on his hair despite being in his 20's. He said MJF pulled strings to get his girl hired. He says everyone can't wait for MJF to leave when he comes into the room. Cole says they are nothing alike and that's why the friendship is ruined.

Cole says he's the longest reigning champ in every company he worked for. He says he doesn't regret turning his back on him and says it only bothers MJF because he did it before him. Cole says MJF is terrified of having anyone close to him because it's a weakness. MJF admits he was going to be the one to turn on him first. He says he wanted to stab Cole first in the back but he beat him to it.

He says Cole was a pawn when their team started but he started to care a little. He says Cole isn't the devil, he just beat the devil to it. He says he ends Cole's world at World's End. Cole then punches him and security breaks the fight up. Cole beats up security and MJF kicks Cole in the crotch. Taven and Bennett come out to save Cole.

Thoughts: The feud still isn't working and the segment wasn't that interesting. I really hope this is over at World's End. Cole said he wasn't going to trade insults and act like a kid here but that's what he did.

Lexi Nair interviews Kris Statlander. Kris says Penelope Ford is looking for a fight and here she is. Kris said she had a downward spiral this year that started when she lost the TBS Title. She said if she wins it back, maybe it'll start to right the wrongs. She offers herself as Mone's opponent for World's End and says to let her know when she's ready for round 2.

Lexi interviews Orange Cassidy. He says Mox can run and hide until World's End but when the bell rings, he has nowhere to go. He says Mox will be in the ring with him Page and Jay and they need to remove Mox from the equation. He says they can fight for the AEW Title after.

Kris Statlander vs Penelope Ford

Kris backs her up in the corner and throws her over. Kris shoulders her over. Kris goes for a suplex but Ford puts a sleeper on her. Kris suplexes her for 2. Ford hits a top rope blockbuster for 2.

We go to break and return. Ford misses a 2nd rope double knee drop then Kris basement dropkicks her off the apron. Kris throws her into the rails. Kris ki krushers her for 2. Kris running euros her in the corner. Ford fisherman suplexes her for 2. 

Ford tries a handspring back elbow but is caught. They evade moves. Ford stunners her then springboard poisonrana's her for 2. Ford misses a top rope moonsault then Kris deadlift germans her on her neck. Kris then hits another. Kris hits a single leg package tombstone and wins.

Thoughts: Kris won as expected here. This was just average here and I don't think they should be kicking out of poisonrana's.

Mercedes Mone comes out after. Mone says to say hello to the CEO. She agrees to a match with her, saying she's the greatest TBS champ of all time and wants to show that money changes everything. 

The Costco Guys come out. Chris Jericho and his crew come out. CJ asks AJ if he has a permit to be here tonight and if he talked to the mayor to make this official. CJ asks if they know who he is and Justice says he's a jack@ss. Bryan Keither says this is why kids like him should be seen and not heard.

CJ says if being a jack@ss means being The King of New York, then he's the biggest one in the city. He says they don't want him in the ring. He says they don't even have Costco's, they have bodega's. He says AJ's act belongs in the toilet. He says they don't have time for goofy gimmicks like people scissoring or wearing bandit masks.

Bowens comes out and walks through Jericho and Keith. Bowens says they caught his attention. Bowens says he's trying to intimidate a man in a walking boot and a child. He says he should shut the hell up. Bill says when a man tries to silence another man, he's probably afraid of the truth. Bowens says he doesn't know what that means. He challenges CJ to come down. CJ walks a few steps and says not tonight.

AJ says CJ ran tonight but Bowens will get his chance to bring the boom soon. Bowens then scissors with The Costco Guys.

Lexi interviews Deonna Purrazzo and Taya Valkyrie. Taya says everyone deserves a slice on vendetta. Toni Storm comes in and pretends she never met any of them. DP says she knows who Toni is. Taya talks about Toni's tattoos. DP says she's not doing this again and doesn't know what sick sh!t she's up to. She says she's done with it and tries to set up a Taya vs Toni match. Taya says she will make her forget everything. Toni thanks her.

Thoughts: This was the best thing DP has been involved with since she came here. I got a huge kick out of her accusing Toni of being up to some sick sh!t.

Continental Classic Blue League - Shelton Benjamin vs Daniel Garcia

They go at it to start. DG hits shots and then chops. SB overhead throws him then slams him several times. SB throws DG hard in the corner. SB sends him into the rails and apron outside. SB sends him into the steps.

They trade chops and DG goes down. We go to PiP break and return. DG shotgun dropkicks him. SB germans DG. DG boots him on the apron. SB goes for a german off the apron. DG is caught off a dive on him and is belly to belly suplexed on the floor.

DG running dropkicks him on the floor while he's sititng on a chair. SB lariats him on the floor. DG dragon screws SB over the middle rope. SB germans him. DG sharpshooters him. SB ties his legs up and chinlocks him. DG facekicks him then is superkicked. SB goes for a suplex and DG gets a surprise pin out of it.

Thoughts: The crowd was into it but I thought it was just a normal match. I didn't think it was anything too great and I don't really like Shelton taking unnecessary losses since he's so new.

DG holds his title up at SB after. Bobby Lashley grabs DG from behind. SB grabs MVP's cane. Mark Briscoe comes out with a chair and stops him. Swerve then top rope double stomps security. The heels back off and wrestlers try to break it up.

Swerve gets on the mic. He says he would get his hands on Lashley by the end of 2024 and said he did. 

Continental Classic Blue League - Mark Briscoe vs The Beast Mortos

They run at each other and trade forearms. Mark hits chops and an uppercut. Mark corner lariats him. They hit each other on the ropes. Mort backslides him and Mark tries a pin. Mort tries another pin for 2. They do a stand off. 

Mort shoulders him over. Mort is sent over the top. He gets right back in and spears Mark. We go to PiP break and return. Mort headbutts him in the corner. Mort misses a flying knee and goes out. Mark dropkicks him through the ropes then tope con hilos him through the ropes.

Mark release germans him on the apron. Mark corkscrew moonsaults him off the top to the outside. Mark jumps off the chair in the ring and tope con hilos Mort. Mort gets his knees up on Mark's froggy bow attempt. Mort torture rack backbreakers him and powerbomb backbreakers him. Mort pop-up samoan drops him for 2.

Mort back body drops him. Mark rolling death valley drivers him. Mark hits a top rope froggy bow for 2. Mark hits a top rope elbow drop then hits a jay driller for the win.

Thoughts: I liked this one. The two matched up well together and had a high flying match. I hadn't see Mark do the corkscrew moonsault off the top before and that was pretty impressive.

Julia Hart does a video. She says what Jamie Hayter calls tricks, she calls advantages. She says she thought she was being reasonable with her. She says she knows she is strong but is she smart? She says they will find out at Fight for the Fallen and says the house always wins.

Mariah May is interviewed in the back. He asks if Rosa's dad will be in the front to watch a match or if Rosa needs a new mommy. Thunder Rosa attacks May and chases her to ringside. Rosa bangs her head off the steps and swings a chair at her. Security then breaks it up. 

Continental Classic Gold League - Darby Allin vs Claudio Castagnoli

CC walks in from the outside. Darby topes him as he enters. Darby gets on his back and is slammed down on the stage. Darby sends him into the lighting rig. Darby climbs the lighting rig and jumps down on CC.

The bell officially rings and CC pop-up euros him. CC giant swings him. We go to break and return. CC catches Darby's blind springboard. CC is pulled over the top. Darby topes him. Darby hits another tope then a top rope coffin drop outside. 

Darby sleepers CC while on his back outside. CC drops him through a table. Darby bottom rope twisting crossbodies him. CC blocks a sunset flip and double stomps him. CC slams him over the top on the apron edge. CC rams Darby's back into the post.

CC giant swings him into the steps. CC running lariats him for 2. Darby gets a pin attempt for 2. Darby 2nd rope reverse ddt's him. Darby does a top rope coffin drop and CC gets his knees up. CC powerbombs him for 2.

CC hits another powerbomb for 2. CC grabs a chair and the ref takes it. CC then hits Darby with brass knucks and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't like Darby losing here when he's being pushed as one of the top faces. The finish didn't help this one out much but it was an okay match otherwise. Darby didn't take too many crazy bumps here outside of a slam on the apron.

Will Ospreay comes out to help Darby after and points at CC.

There is no Collision next week due to AEW World's End being on.

Overall thoughts: It wasn't the most interesting show as it was pretty wrestling heavy and didn't have a lot of storyline work going on. The Cole/MJF segment wasn't any good and was the only thing I really hated on this. The Briscoe/Mortos match was probably my favorite thing on here. I was okay with the main and Ospreay/Ricochet didn't overdo it too much. I was also alright with the Thunder Rosa/Mariah May segment and I popped for the Toni Storm segment. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall but I don't think you need to see it.