AEW Collision 9/30/2023

AEW Collision 9/30/2023

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2023/09/aew-collision-9232023.html

Big Bill, Starks and Aussie Open say it's time to go trick or treating as Bill is handing out size 16 boots like halloween candy. Kyle says they waited a year to get back in the ring with FTR. Mark says they are taking the titles tomorrow. Starks grabs his phone and says everyone's getting their @ss beat tonight, no previews, just spoilers. Yuta/Bryan and FTR talk. Yuta said he wants to give a preview of the whooping he is going to give tomorrow. Bryan says he's in his hometown so let's go.

Andrade El Idolo vs Juice Robinson

 
AEI = Andrade El Idolo

Juice tries to make AEI chase him to start. AEI teases going in and Juice misses a senton. AEI crossbodies him off the buckles then AEI hits three amgios. Juice goes back outside and AEI 2nd rope moonsaults him. The Gunns grab AEI's leg as he tries to get in and AEI is knocked off the apron.

Juice backbreakers AEI then Juice back elbows and sentons him. AEI hits corner punches but Juice turns it into a flapjack on the buckle. AEI is sent into the 2nd buckle face first then Juice sentons AEI.

We go to PiP break and return. Juice backdrops AEI and blows snot rockets on him. They each hit slaps and AEI dragon screws him. AEI flying forearms him and we see CJ watching in in the back. AEI does a top rope moonsault into another moonsault, but Juice gets his knees up. Juice leg lariats him for 2.

Juice is pulled into the 2nd buckle. AEI goes for a corner move on Juice and Juice puts the ref in the way. Juice forearms AEI then powerbombs him. Juice top rope crossbodies AEI and AEI rolls through it. Juice is then hiptossed into the buckles and AEI meteoras him there.

The Gunns try to get involved and the ref catches them. The ref throws them out. AEI hits a judas effect for 2 then does a ddt to win it.

They kept it moving and it was watchable, but not particularly great or special. 

Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho are interviewed. Kenny looks like he'd rather be anywhere else. Jericho tries to say him and Kenny's issues have held AEW together for years. Jericho said he doesn't know if they can work together. Kenny said this is about co-existing and said he doesn't like him. Kenny says the Don Callis Family is bigger than what they've got here. Kenny says he will have his back and asks if Jericho will have his.

RJ City tries to interview Toni Storm. She said it seems Toni reached her peak. Toni said all she does is peak. She said she peaked and peaked and peaked again. Toni said she does miss the old days and says she will have to remind the world of what it's like to be a star. Toni accuses RJ City of coming onto her then complains when he denies it, asking if she isn't good enough for him. 

The Kingdom vs Best Friends

The match starts while the Friends have their jackets on. They go for stereo piledrivers then Kingdom rolls out. The match then officially starts. Trent hits shots on Mike then backdrops him. Mike knees Chuck in the back from the apron. He pulls him out but Chuck nails him. Taven then dropkicks him through the ropes. Trent plancha's Matt.

Trent is thrown into the rails outside then tripped into a chair. We go to PiP break and return. Mike takes a knee form Chuck. Chuck germans Mike then half-nelson suplexes Matt. Trent top rope double dropkicks Kingdom then tornado ddt's Taven.

Trent takes a death valley driver into a running knee. Taven is thrown into the steps then Mike spinning forearms Chuck. Trent death valley drivers Mike on the steps for some reason then Mike takes a doomsday device flying knee. Kingdom take stereo piledrivers. Mike punches Trent in the balls while the ref wasn't looking then Kingdom hit a spike piledriver on Chuck to win it.

I didn't like this one. Mike took a doomsday device and a death valley driver on the steps yet was still able to stay in this and win it. The announcer's were also obsessed with talking about "the weiner punch" like little goofy kids.

The Kingdom get on the mic after. They have suitcases and Taven said he has a message for Adam Cole. He asks Cole to meet them at Roddy's house right now if they ever meant anything to him. Taven tells Roddy to stay neck strong. During this, Mike is flopping around like a fish outside apparently due to being hurt.

Alex Marvez is going to interview Prince Nana then sees Don Callis talking to him. Don leaves and Nana is questioned. Nana says if you dig deep into the universe, you will find something that is unique. Nana says when the Gates of Agony destroy Jericho and Omega, they are in the money. He then sings "we're in the money".

Julia Hart is in a field talking with masks hanging from trees. She says Kris didn't see her full potential until Black showed her and said now she will be reborn. Kris says she doesn't want to make an example of Julia, but has to. She says a "spooky little b!tch" like you is no match for Kris Statlander

Julia Hart vs Vertvixen

Vert did like two years worth of Dark squashes and stopped being used as a thank you for it. Hart hits her in the back then lariats her. Hart bangs her head off the mat then chokes her with her leg on the ropes. Hart forward cartwheel lariats her. Vert hits forearms in the corner and Hart kind of does a double stomp out of the corner. Hart top rope moonsaults her and wins it.

It was a short squash and it didn't do much for either one of them.

Hart gets on the mic after. She says Kris Statlander should come out now. Kris comes out with Best Friends, who I guess she is aligned with again after not being seen with them for months. Kris and Hart tell their buddies to back off. Kris yells at her and Hart backs off. Kris tells her the clock is ticking and her time is up tomorrow.

Claudio says you don't have to be a champ to act like a champ. He said you have to look inside to find out what keeps you going. He said this sport keeps him going and challenges anyone. Josh Barnett then appears without explanation (and isn't even named) and talks, challenging him for tomorrow.

Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega vs The Gates of Agony

Kauns slaps his partner Toa and throws him into Jericho for a corner lariant. Kaun lariats Jericho. Jericho is pounded on by both opponents in the corner. Kenny high kicks Toa from the corner and tries to bang his head of fthe buckles but Toa no sells it.

Kenny top rope crossbodies Toa then Toa is double suplexed. Toa misses a double lariat then takes a double shoulder block. Nana trips Kenny then Toa pounces Kenny into Jericho. Kaun suplexes and germans Kenny. Kaun then backdrops Kenny and codebreakers him as he is on the 2nd rope. Toa then elbow drops Kenny as he hangs.

We g to PiP break and return. Kenny hurricanrana's Kaun. Jericho shoulders over Kaun then top rope double axe handles him. Jericho lionsaults Kaun. Jerich goes for a judas effect but takes a spinning lariat. Kaun fireman's carry gubusters Jericho.

Toa misses a corner splash and hits the post. Kaun rolls up Jericho then takes a codebreaker. Kenny v-triggers Kaun then tope con hilos Toa. Jericho then taps out Kaun with a boston crab.

It was okay and just your usual tag match here. The heels got heat then the faces made a comeback and won it.

Jericho gets on the mic after. He said him and Kenny just proved they can co-exist. Kenny says this is bigger than them and is about Don Callis. Kenny said it will take more to get him to turn his back on his friends. He said Kota is used to taking beatings like the one Don and friends gave him. Kenny said it's time for the original alpha and omega to spell the end of Don Callis. Jericho talks about his opponents more and says Sammy Guevara is the ultimate judas. He says Sammy was right when he called him the villain and says he will ruin his dreams and his entire life. Jericho then says they are coming for them. This went too long and they essentially made a short promo long here.

The Righteous does a video. They said no one can hurt them more than they can hurt themselves. They said karma's deadline is coming to an end. Vincent said they will rip apart the bond that keeps them together - the ROH tag titles.

Darby Allin does a promo. He said he's been waiting to be in the main event for so long. He said Christian has the one thing he really cares about - the TNT title. They show clips from the interview with them and JR. Darby says he is not losing in Seattle. Christian said Darby won't go away until he makes him go away. He said he hopes Darby realizes his career is dead. Christian says this is the perfect ending for Darby and says he will fall at this feet.

The Righteous vs Travis Williams and Judas Icarus

Vincent is on crutches during his entrance but takes them off and does his dance. I think he was maybe mocking Adam Cole, but they didn't explain it, so who knows. Judas looks like Mike Bailey with facial hair.  Travis dropkicks Vincent in the corner. Vincent back elbows Judas and throws him into the middle rope. Dutch hits a big slap on Judas then chest slaps Travis hard. Dutch black hole slams Travis then Vincent does his sliced bread off of Dutch onto Travis to win it.

It was a short squash as expected.

 

Vincent gets on the mic after. He says to look at all the paper people strung together. He says MJF is the devil and the devil pulls the strings that are tied to the liar, Adam Cole. Vincent says he will make sure the devil leaves with one hook, just like his buddy Cole (he's referring to his hurt leg). Dutch grabs a wooden board of some sort and Vincent slams a chair on Judas' ankle against it.  This was your usual Vincent promo where you can only quasi-understand what he's talking about.

We get a package on Eddie Kingston vs Katsuyori Shibata. Shibata shows a picture of him with Inoki. Shibata said he wants to become a triple champ through a translator and Eddie said it will be a fight.

Tony interviews TMDK. Tito says they are here from Japan to stoke the flames and bring the fire. Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed walk in. They say they heard they have a huge match on Zero Hour against them. Billy says they have been the trios champs for 34 days. Bowens says everyone loves The Acclaimed. Haste says he knows their game and does a goofy rhyme. This was bad and unless you watch NJPW, you would not know TMDK.

Aussie Open, Big Bill and Ricky Starks vs FTR, Bryan Danielson and Wheeler Yuta
 

Zack Sabre Jr. comes down to do commentary. Yuta and Kyle kick each other at the same time. Yuta back body drops Kyle and dropkicks him. Mark and Dax trade chops and Mark germans Dax. Dax is group stomped outside and Aubrey has to separate them. We go to PiP break and return. Dax backdrops Kyle. Cash dropkicks Mark then backdrops Kyle.

Cash knocks Bill off the apron and is slammed. Yuta top rope forearms Kyle then dropkicks Mark. Yuta step up enzugiri's Kyle then chops him. Yuta is thrown out but holds onto the bottom rope then germans Kyle. Yuta rains forearms down on Starks. Bill hits a nice boot on Yuta. Starks slams Yuta then elbow drops him.

Starks does a grounded cobra twist on Yuta. Yuta is tossed into a sitout powerbomb from Kyle. We go to break and return. Bryan corner dropkicks Aussie Open off the apron. Bryan hits a chop and kick combo on Starks. Bryan flips over him on the buckles, pushes Starks out then topes him. Bryan top rope dropkicks Starks. Starks lariats Bryan then tornado ddt's him.

Bill goes for a chokeslam on Bryan then is put in a lebell lock. Everyone starts coming in to get a move in then Aussie Open's team all takes chest kicks at once. Bill is barely held up and takes a 2nd rope dropkick. Dax top rope headbutts Bill. Yuta is thrown into the rails outside. Dax goes one on one with Bill. Bill misses a splash and hits his head off the post. Dax takes a spear + chokeslams combo and Starks pins Dax but the crowd wasn't ready and didn't even pop for it.

I don't know what happened during the finish here. I don't know if it was botched or the crowd didn't didn't buy it and didn't react. It got time but nobody did anything too crazy and it was just an okay main instead of being something special.

They try to do some post match fighting but they all stand around and look each other and the whole brawl looks terrible Bryan points at Zack Sabre Jr. outside. They stare down

Overall thoughts: This wasn't good. We had random people like TMDK and Josh Barnett on here without explanation. We had a couple of jobber matches. The main's finish didn't work and they did very little to make you want to see Bryan vs Zack tomorrow night. The show continues to feel like a 2 hour version of Rampage and has clearly lost its identity post-Punk.

STARDOM 9/24/2023 5STAR Grand Prix 2023 Day 21

STARDOM 9/24/2023 5STAR Grand Prix 2023 Day 21

Hanan vs Waka Tsukiyama

 

Hanan dropkicks her early then running back elbows her. Hanan bronco busters her and humps her face. Waka hits hip attacks then climbs her back and double reverse armbars her. Hanan 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her. Waka hits chest forearms then Hanan side throws her. Waka 2nd rope seated flatliners her. Hanan hits a cuty special + northern lights suplex fusion on her for 2.

Hanan hits a fameasser then Waka sits on her back with a double reverse armbar again. Waka straightjacket neckbreakers her. Hana reverses a straightjacket, cradles her then hits ls magistral to win.

It was really short and was over before it got going.

Saki Kashima vs. Koguma vs. Yuna Mizumori

 

Saki tries to team up with Yuna.  Yuna slaps her hand away and Saki then gets turned down by Kog too. Kog tries to get Yuna to do her taunt with her but Yuna doesn't. Yuna and Kog push each other then push Saki.

They hold hands around Saki and Saki jumps out. Saki then rolls both up at the same time then Yuna splashes Saki. Yuna slams Saki then Yuna and Kog miss stereo splashes on Saki. Yuna and Kog trade forearms. Yuna dropkicks Kog then slams her. Yuna goes to dive on her off the 2nd rope but Saki rolls on her and goes for the pin.

Saki hits a palm strike uppercut on Yuna for 2 then Saki jumps over her back and headscissors her. Kog top rope crossbodies Saki then Yuna is held up for a bulldog. Yuna is bulldogged then Saki rolls up Kog. They all try pin attempts. Yuna lariats saki against the ropes then is rolled up by Kog and pinned.

This was all comedy here though it somewhat made sense and was a bit entertaining.

Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki vs. HANAKO & Megan Bayne

 

Mei and Meg start us off. Mei is shoved off and has her flying crossbody caught. Mei goes up and over in the corner but is caught with a powerslam. Mei stomps on Hanako's foot then hair throws her. Suzu and Hanako trade forearms and Hanako goes down.

Mei ties up Hana's legs and pulls her hair. Mei stomps on Hana then Hana shoulders Mei over, making her land on her head. Meg gets in and hits corner clotheslines on both opponents. Meg splashes both in the corner then underhook suplexes Mei.

Meg is double leg swept then double basement dropkicked. Meg has hold on Suzu and catches Mei off the ropes. She then does a fallaway slam + samoan drop combo on them both. Saya carries Suzu into the corner and hits corner spears on her. Hanako shoulders over Suzu several times. Hana racks Suzu then corner splashes her.

Suzu drive by kicks Hanako on the apron. Hana slams Suzu for 2 then Hana takes corner attacks. Suzu flying knees Hana in the back for 2 then Meg suplexes both opponents at once. Hanako suplexes Suzu for 2. Hanako takes a sandwich kick then is lifted for a codebreaker. Meg is pulled over the top rope and Mei apron dives her. Suzu then does a head, arm and leg hold on Hanako and taps her out to win.

I never like when Mei and Bayne go against each other as they are usually pushed as partners. The match wasn't bad though for a midcard match and Hanako is slowly being given more credibility.

5STAR Grand Prix 2023 Red Stars - Syuri vs. Starlight Kid

 

Syuri poses on the ropes and is knocked down to the floor. Kid whips her with her own jacket. Syuri is sent into the seats then has her knee banged off the floor. Kid stacks chairs on Syuri's leg and chairs them. Back in the ring, Kid dropkicks Syiuri's leg on the ropes.

Kid rolls into a stretch muffler on Syuri then Syuri ddt's her. Syuri hits kicks to the back of Kid then they trade forearms. Syuri drops Kid with a kick then running knees her through the ropes. They fight up top and Kid slaps her. Kid cradle drivers her off the top then misses a 180 splash. Syuri running knees Kid then Kid wraps around her and rolls her into a stretch muffler. Kid dropkicks her in the back of the head.

Kid top rope moonsaults her then Syuri germans her. Syuri bridging ddt's her for 2. Syuri hits a spinning emerald flowsion. Kid rolls her up and dragon screws the leg. Syuri ropebreaks and high kicks her. Syuri then hits an emerald flowsion and wins it.

This worked. Kid did legwork most of the match and it was mostly even. Syuri then picked up the win.

Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora & Ruaka) vs. Club Venus (Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa)

Ruaka shoulders May over and May dropkicks Ruaka in the back.  OT takes the faces outside with Mina and May being sent into the chairs. Tora hits Mina with a hand fan. Mina is thrown back in and slammed by Ruaka. Mina takes a double shoulder and sentons. Mina lariats Tora then May hits machine gun chops on Tora.

May facekicks Tora then does her handstand hurricanrana on her on the ropes for 2. Mina russian legsweeps Tora then Tora lariats Mina against the ropes. Tora cannonballs Mina against the ropes then cradle shocks her for 2. Tora does a finlay roll on Mina then Ruaka vader bombs Mina for 2.

Ruaka misses a top rope splash then Mina bangs Ruaka's knee off the mat. May facekicks Ruaka the Ruaka takes a double sweep. Tora double lariats her opponents then Mina takes sandwich lariats. Ruaka top rope splashes Mina for 2. Ruaka lariats Mina in the back of the neck then Mina figure fours her. Mina wins via submission.

It was by the numbers for the most part and Mina's finish came out of nowhere.

Giulia and Maika vs Saya Iida and Hazuki

Haz = Hazuki

Saya and Maika shoulder battle to start. Saya shoulders her over. Maika is rolled into a basement dropkick and butt drop. Maika then takes a Saya elbow drop for 2. Maika pounces and slams Saya then Giulia shotgun dropkicks Saya. Maika holds up Saya for a neckbreaker.

Saya is thrown and has her face stepped on in the corner. Saya hits forearms on Giulia. Haz top rope dropkicks Giulia. Haz is double hiptossed into the ropes but does a double armdrag out of it. Maika's team takes stereo facewash kicks. Giulia dropkicks Haz. Maika hits a corner lariat and shoulder on Hazuki. Maika powerslams Haz at 5 minutes then suplexes her. Haz is put in a sleeper while Saya is put in an abdominal stretch.

Haz codebreakers Maika for 2. Haz and Maika trade forearms and Haz forearm flurries her. Maika does her head and leg drop on Haz for 2 then Haz suplexes her. Maika lariats her over then Haz pump kicks her. Giulia and Saya go at it. Saya hits machine gun chops then double axe handles her. Saya then does an elbow drop for 2.

Saya takes a double shoulder then Giulia 2nd rope dropkicks Haz. Giulia falcon arrows Saya for 2. Saya plancha's onto Maika and Giulia for 2. Saya then flying shoulders Giulia off the top for 2. Giulia is held up and bulldogged then Saya northern lights suplexes Giulia for 2.

Saya takes a german + chokeslam combo for 2 then Maika spinning lariats Haz. Saya sliding lariats Giulia for 2 then Giulia backdrop drivers her for 2. Giulia hits a glorious driver on Saya and wins it.

Giulia gets on the mic after and asks why Iida isn't in the 5 Star GP. Giulia says Saya should be higher up on the card and should have more singles matches. Giulia says she wants a singles match with her. Saya said she wants it too and says she will fight her for the belt someday. Giulia says her chances of winning the GP depends on Maika and says it's down to luck. They ask the ring announcer who has the poiints sheet and he says Mirai and Maika are both ahead of her on points. Giulia says it depneds on Maika and cheers her on.

Maika says she will win the 5 Start GP and tells people to come and watch.

It was decent main event. Saya got a lot in on Giulia and they did some stuff they don't normally do with the double facewash kicks and Saya doing a plancha.

Overall thoughts: The main was decent and I liked Kid/Syuri. Nothing else was that good though and this isn't a show worth seeing.