AEW Collision Results 6/24- Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament, Hiroshi Tanahashi In Action
Welcome to Wrestling Inc's live coverage of AEW's second episode of "Collison." The June 24 episode comes from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This is the go-home show before tomorrow's AEW X NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-view.
CM Punk will once again be teaming with FTR, this time with Ricky Starks against Jay White, Juice Robinson, and The Gunns. On last week's show, FTR and Punk defeated White and Robinson. NJPW star Hiroshi Tanahashi is set to be in action against Swerve Strickland. The day after that, Tanahashi will be facing MJF for the AEW World Championship.
House of Black member Brody King will be in action against Andrade El Idolo. During the "Collision" debut episode, Idolo defeated House of Black member Buddy Matthews. There will also be an Owen Hart Women's Foundation match between NJPW Strong Women's Champion Willow Nightingale and former AEW Women's Champion Nyla Rose.
Powerhouse Hobbs will be in action, Sting and Darby Allin are to reveal who their mystery partner will be for Forbidden Door, and we'll also hear from Miro (who returned to the ring last Saturday). Christian Cage is going to address the TNT Championship, which Luchasaurs actually won.
We are live with Starks, FTR, and CM Punk calling out White ahead of their match. The camera changes over to White and his group trash-talking their opponents. Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuiness are on commentary. Tony Schiavone is in the ring.
Darby Allin and Sting Reveal Their Partner
Sting and Darby Allin are supposed to come out, but it's really Jericho and Minoru Suzuki. Jericho is on the mic, he says that they are "pi**ed off" because Sting and Allin wouldn't tell them who their partner is going to be for Forbidden Door. Jericho threatens Schiavone to tell him. Sting's music plays and he and Allin come out. Allin tells Jericho to shut up. He talks about Sammy Guevara being smart enough to not be in the ring.
Tetsuya Naito is revealed to be their tag team partner to face Jericho, Suzuki, and Guevara. Naito comes out wearing all white. The crowd cheer "Holy Sh*t!" Jericho goes out and tries to scare Kelly and McGuiness. He's obviously upset over Naito being the reveal.
The show then cuts to Miro backstage, who says that he was in exile for a year. He says he must "work alone" and he renounces his wife and his god.
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Swerve Strickland
They start off with locking up, but the referee breaks it up. Tanahashi puts Strickland in a headlock. Tanahashi hits a crossbody. They both stop and start doing the air guitar. Strickland tries to get the win with a roll-up, but Strickland kicks the rope and a low blow happens.
Strickland hits a European uppercut. Tanahashi goes for a baseball slide but gets caught in the ring apron and gets kicked in the face. They both grab each other and Tanahashi repeatedly punches Strickland. Tanahashi goes to the second rope and hits a somersault splash and gets a two-count. Strickland gets some offense again and tries for a pin. He gets a two-count. Tanahashi hits a sling blade and gets a two-count. Tanahashi is on the top rope but Strickland reverses it and goes for a pin. Tanahashi goes to the top and hits the High Fly Flow for the win.
Winner: Hiroshi Tanahashi
Brody King vs. Andrade El Idolo
Brody King throws Andrade El Idolo into the ropes but the ropes catch them. He flips out in the ring. Idolo throws him from the apron into the ring post. Idolo is on the top rope and does a moonsault onto a standing King. The crowd chants "Holy Sh*t." Idolo pulls King to the ring and goes for the pin, but gets only one count.
Idolo now targets King's knee and keeps slamming it into the mat. King throws Idolo into the turnbuckle. Idolo gets chopped out of the ring. Idolo hits the drop-toe hold and hits a crossbody shortly after. After he gets King down to do a figure-four, Julia Hart has his mask. He gets up and then quickly goes back to King. He tries to get the figure-eight, but Buddy Matthews emerges from nowhere.
Winner: Idolo via DQ
Post-match, King, and Matthews viciously attack him. Nobody comes out to help him. Malakai Black's face shows on the screen and it all goes back. Next will be Christian Cage talking about "his win." Commercial break. Back from the break and Tony Schiavone is in the ring. Cage and Lucharusus come out.