AEW Collision Live Coverage 8/3/24: Thunder Rosa Wants Revenge Against Taya Valkyrie

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s coverage of AEW "Collision" on August 3, 2024 from the ESports Stadium in Arlington, Texas!

Brian Cage is coming off of a win on "Rampage" against indie wrestler, Manny Lo. Following his match, he confronted Don Callis and Kyle Fletcher. Cage was confused about why Renee Paquette was interviewing Fletcher when he just won a match. Fletcher challenged him to a warm match before he takes on MJF on "Dynamite".

Hologram made his debut on "Collision" three weeks ago and has won both of his matches. He looks to continue his winning ways with a returning Mîstico. They'll take on Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese of the Premier Athletes.

New ROH Pure Champion, Lee Moriarty will bring his TAIGASTYLE to "Collision". He will take on former ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli and Tomohiro Ishii in a Continental Collision 3-Way match.

Taya Valkyrie has helped her old friend, Deonna Purrazzo, two weeks in a row. The first time, she helped "The Virtuosa" defeat Thunder Rosa with a turnbuckle wrench. After her interference last week, Rosa got involved. The two will face each other one-on-one. "Timeless" Toni Storm will be in action with her former protégé, Mariah May on commentary just weeks before their colossal matchup at ALL IN.

After coming up short for the ROH Six-Man Tag Titles at "Battle of the Belts IX", Undisputed Kingdom will team up with The Beast Mortos. Mortos picked up his first AEW win on Wednesday when he was in a trios match with Roderick Strong. He pinned ROH World Champion, Mark Briscoe. Briscoe will team up with Darby Allin and FTR against them.

The Patriarchy made their way to the ring while Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness welcomed us to this early episode of "Collision". Christian declared that he has titles on his shoulders and around his waist, not belts. He bestowed praise on his "son", Nick Wayne. He noted that Wayne is the youngest champion in AEW history before presenting him with his title. Killswitch is his finisher and they aren't complete without him. However, he didn't give birth to a prodigy, so Mother Wayne received a title.

Killswitch put his hand on Christian's shoulder when Kings of the Black Thrones came down. Christian said because they're without Buddy Matthews, they aren't Number One contenders. The lights went down and Christian and Mother Wayne got out of the ring as they came up. Wayne and Killswitch left as Buddy Murphy made his presence known. The Bang Bang Gang came to the ring. Wayne ran through the crowd and Kip Sabian threw him over the barricade. Christian and Mother Wayne watched from the crowd as Wayne got beat up by House of Black. Juice Robinson and Malakai Black both had one of the Trios titles and stared one another down.

Hologram and Daivari start us off. Daivari focused on his opponent's arm. Hologram took him down first. Daivari backed him into the corner and tagged in Nese where they double teamed him. Mistico tagged in and took Daivari off the apron. They did Silly String into a hurricanrana. Mistico used Hologram to do a springboard dropkick on Premier Athletes. They went to the outside, so Hologram and Mistico were going to dive, but stopped and posed instead.

After the break, Nese was in control of Mistico. Nese punched Hologram off the apron. Daviari tagged in and Mistico hit them with a double back elbow. He took Nese with a Tejares and Daivari down with an armdrag off the ropes. Hologram tagged in and hit Daviari with kicks. He did some awesome lucha move on Premier Athletes. He continued to pummel Daivairi before turning his attention to Nese. Nese slammed him, but Mistico saved him.

Daivari tagged in and Hologram took care of Nese. Sterling distracted hi, but Hologram tossed out Daivari and then did a tope suicida on Sterling on the opposite side of the ring. Nese hit Hologram with a thrust kick, but Mistico took him down with a missile dropkick. Mistico with a tornillo on Premier Athletes on the outside. Hologram dove off the turnbuckle on to them. He put Daivari in the ring and hit him with a 450 for the win.

Winner: Hologram & Místico

As Mariah May was sitting at the commentary table, Storm attacked her instead of going to the ring. Christopher Daniels told May to leave her alone and Storm jumped off the stage onto both of them. They fought down the ramp and security broke it up.

Chanel attacked Storm on the outside. Storm with a hip attack while looking at May. Chanel hit Storm. Storm stopped a discus lariat before hitting the Storm Zero for the win.

Winner: "Timeless" Toni Storm

Cage forced Fletcher into the corner and shoulder tackled him. Fletcher reversed and chopped him. Cage took him down with a back elbow. Fletcher with a running knee to Cage on the apron. He followed up with a tope con hilo. Cage threw Fletcher into the steps. Cage took him up the ramp and Fletcher hit a thrust kick. He did a running Cannonball.

Following the break, Cage did a crossbody with Fletcher from the turnbuckle. Cage went for the drill claw, but Fletcher reversed and rolled him up. Fletcher with hits and kicks before doing a piledriver for the win.

After the match, Fletcher sent a message to MJF. He told MJF to put the "American Championship". A video played of MJF and he agreed to put the title up. 

Winner: Kyle Fletcher

Moriarty kicked ISHII and went for Castagnoli, who caught his foot. They took turns teeing off on him. ISHII and Castagnoli exchanged forearms. They took Moriarty down with shoulder tackles. ISHII and Castagnoli exchanged shoulder tackles. Moriarty did a double dropkick on them. Moriarty tried to flip ISHII and Castagnoli chopped Moriarty's back and slammed them both individually. Castagnoli attacked Moriarty in the corner. Moriarty put Castagnoli in a rear naked choke. Moriarty dropkicked him to the outside and dove on the outside to take them both out.

After the break, all three men exchanged chops. Moriarty with a backdrop driver to ISHII. ISHII with release German suplexes on boh. Castagnoli took them both down with a lariat. ISHII and Castagnoli slammed into each other. Castagnoli with an uppercut and ISHII with a headbutt. Moriarty shoved ISHII out and tried to pin Castagnoli. Castagnoli with The Giant Swing on Moriarty. Moriarty asked for a timeout mid-air. ISHII pulled Castagnoli out of the ring went for a sliding cover, but Moriarty rolled him up.

ISHII with a lariat to Moriarty, but Castagnoli used his head and shoulder to shove ISHII out of the way. Castagnoli and ISHII exchanged forearms and uppercuts. ISHII with a rising enzuiguri. Moriarty came in and tried to pin Castagnoli. Moriarty rolled up ISHII and put him in the Border City Stretch. ISHII was getting close to tapping, but he rolled up Moriarty. Moriarty kicked ISHII and then Castagnoli with an uppercut to Moriarty. Moriarty with a double Destroyer-esque move. Castagnoli with a piledriver to Moriarty, but ISHII broke it up.

ISHII with a sliding lariat, but was pulled out Castagnoli. Castagnoli with a flying uppercut to pin Moriarty. Castagnoli gets a shot at the Continental title.

Winner: Claudio Castagnoli

Thunder Rosa went at Valkyrie immediately and she used the ropes to duck her. Valkyrie took control of the match and hit Rosa all over the ring. Valkyrie with a snapmare and kick to the back. Rosa forearmed her and sent her into the corner. Rosa hit her with her knees followed by a sliding lariat. Rosa threw her out of the ring and into Johnny.

After the break, they exchanged blows. Rosa took the advantage and kicked her in the gut, followed by an enzuiguri, and two dropkicks. Valkyrie went for Road to Valhalla, but Rosa rolled through and stomped her. Johnny pulled his wife from the ring and exchanged words with Rosa. He moved and allowed Valkyrie to spear her. Rosa slapped her and Valkyrie forearmed her. Rosa dropkicked Johnny. Rosa rolled through Valkyrie and put her in a submission hold until she tapped.

Rosa called out Purrazzo. Purrazzo said the record book shows she's beaten her three time. Rosa challenged her to a Texas Bullrope match next week.

Winner: Thunder Rosa

Strong and Dax start us off. Strong with a single leg pickup and Dax went to the ropes. Dax took Strong down with a side headlock. They went to the corner and Strong hit him with a knee to the midsection and did a hammer throw to the other corner. Dax took control and ran the ropes.

Briscoe tagged in and worked Dax's arm. Allin tagged in and did the same before Dax tagged back in. Bennett tagged in and they exchanged chops. Briscoe tagged in and they double teamed Bennett. Briscoe kicked Bennett in the corner. Bennett with a spinning backfist. Taven tagged in and took down Briscoe. Briscoe with a brainbuster. He chopped Taven to his corner and tagged in Allin. He held Taven so Allin could punched him. Allin with an armdrag and a roll up. Allin with a springboard and a roll up. Cash tagged in and Taven went to his corner.

Mortos tagged in because the others didn't want to and took out FTR and Allin. He and Briscoe exchanged words, but the ref held him back. Cash and Roddy. Cash with back body drops on Cash and Dax. Strong with a dropkick to Cash. Undisputed Kingdom and Mortos kicked cash on the outside.

After the break, Cash and Taven brawled. Cash with a front face bulldog off the top rope. Strong wiped out his opponents off the apron. Bennett with a Russian leg sweep to Allin off the apron. Briscoe with Redneck Fu on The Kingdom. Briscoe took Mortos off the apron. Briscoe took Mortos down with a neckbreaker from the apron. The Kingdom tried to double team Briscoe, but Cash made the save. Bennett and Wheeler to the floor. Taven with a gut wrench. Briscoe with a Death Valley Driver. FTR did a neckbreaker and Briscoe followed with a Froggy Bow. Everyone in the ring momentarily. Mortos did a tornillo between the ropes on Briscoe and Cash. Mortos with a cannonball in the corner on Dax. He did a splash on Dax. Mortos hit him repeatedly in the chest before tagging in Strong. Strong talked trash and kicked Dax in the face. Dax chopped him, but sent him to the corner. Strong and Dax took each other out. Bennett and Briscoe fighting on the apron. Bennett with a Death Valley Drop on Briscoe. Taven with Just the Tip on Briscoe.

Strong with a running knee to Dax. Strong with a backbreaker and Mortos did a splash on Dax, but he kicked out. Mortos with a right cross. They exchanged blows. Dax with a spinebuster. Allin did a coffin drop on Taven and Strong. Taven splashed Strong. Allin with a Code Red. Mortos and Briscoe fought on the outside. Allin taken out by Undisputed Kingdom. Cash pulled Strong out and threw him into a barricade. Bennett and Cash exchanged blows. Taven rolled up Allin for two. Bennett knocked Dax off the apron. Allin with a shotgun dropkick on Bennett. Allin and Cash with stereo tope suicidas on opposite sides of the ring. Briscoe did one on Mortos. Dax with a superflex to Taven. Cash with a big splash on Taven, followed by a Froggy Bow. Allin with a Coffin Drop. Dax pinned him for the win.

After the match, Dax said their team was the heart and soul of AEW. The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass came down and asked where they were during Blood and Guts. The Acclaimed doesn't care about the FTR's legacy and they are the true heart and soul of AEW. Bowens said they don't get to cut the line to get to the Bucks. They began to fight, so Briscoe stopped them and said that's what The Elite wants. He said they are all AEW. The Acclaimed refused to shake hands and left.

Winner: Mark Briscoe, Darby Allin, and FTR