AEW Collision 8/10/24: Thunder Rosa Vs. Deonna Purrazzo In A Texas Bullrope Match

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Thunder Rosa and Deonna Purrazzo have been feuding for months. In that time, we've seen a No DQ match and a Lumberjack match. Fed up with Purrazzo defeating her in the Lumberjack match due to help from Taya Valkyrie, "La Mera Mera" challenged her to a Texas Bullrope match. This is the first ever match of its kind between women only in a major U.S. wrestling promotion. 

Hologram debuted a few weeks ago and has been on a roll. After teaming with Mistico against Premier Athletes last week, Hologram's partner tonight will be Darby Allin. They will face the combination of Tony Nese and Josh Woods (last week it was Ariya Daivari that teamed with Nese). More tag team action will take place between FTR and The Outrunners.

After losing on "Dynamite", Don Callis was angry with RUSH. He told him that in order to prove that he's worthy of the Don Callis Family, he needs to win his next match. RUSH will face his former Los Faccion Ingobernables brethren, Preston Vance. Per "The Invisible Hand", he wants to see RUSH hurt his friend.

Hikaru Shida will return to action. Swerve Strickland will have an Open Challenge Eliminator ahead of his match with Wheeler Yuta next week on "Dynamite". House of Black will take on the Bang Bang Gang with the winner facing The Patriarchy at "ALL IN".

Hologram and Woods start us off. Woods forced Hologram into the corner and tagged in Nese. Hologram chopped Nese and followed with some offense before Allin tagged in. They double teamed Nese and Allin hit a Code Red. They continued the double team. Allin pinned Nese for two.

Woods with a blind tag and Allin slapped Nese in the face. Nese with a guillotine over the top rope as he jumped over the top rope himself. Woods with a release German Suplex. Woods sent Allin into the corner and hit him with body shots. Woods with another release German. Woods had wrist control while they exchanged slaps. Allin sent to the outside where he was promptly attacked by Daivari and Nese.

Nese threw him back in to the ring and Woods did a lariat into a backbreaker. Woods and Nese takes turns tagging each other in. Allin with a slam to Nese. Allin tried to tag in Hologram, but Woods pulled him off the apron. Nese rolled up Allin for two. Woods tagged in and Allin kicked them both in the face. Nese suplexed Allin over his head and Woods did the same. Hologram finally tags in and takes on Premier Athletes himself, but they end up double teaming him. Hologram with a slam and a Tejares. Hologram with a rising knee strike and pinned him for two. Hologram with body shots on Nese. Woods caught Hologram mid-air. Woods with a slam and pin, but Allin saved him.

Woods and Nese double team Allin. Hologram and Woods exchange blows in the ring, so Nese leaves Allin on the apron to assist. Hologram with an enzuiguri on Nese. Sterling grabbed Hologram's leg and Allin makes him pay with a Coffin Drop. He took out Daivari. Roll by Woods, but Hologram rolls him up for the win.

Winner: Hologram and Darby Allin

Each women used the rope in tug of war. Rosa clotheslined Purrazzo followed by a sitdown senton where she rained down punches. Purrazzo went to the outside and Rosa pulled her into the apron before kicking her through the ropes. Rosa threw Purrazzo into the steps and chopped Purrazzo. Back in the ring, Rosa with a backstabber. Rosa went up top, but Purrazzo pushed her down and kicked her. Purrazzo went for a cannonball, but Rosa pulled herself up. Purrazzo is on the outside and pulls Rosa down. The two women play tug of war around the ring post. Purrazzo pulled Rosa's shoulder into the ringpost. Purrazzo hit Rosa in the forehead with the cowbell and draws first blood.

After the break, Purrazzo is sitting on the turnbuckle when Rosa threw her into a pile of chairs. Rosa puts a chair between the ropes and sends her face first into the chair. She then put the chair across her face and dropkicks Purrazzo. Rosa hit Purrazzo in the back with a chair and pins her for two. Rosa climbed up and Purrazzo pulled her down to hit her with repeated gut shots with the chair. Purrazzo shoulder tackled Rosa in the corner. Purrazzo set up a table against the turnbuckle. Rosa stopped herself from going through it. Rosa did a Tornado DDT. Purrazzo with a Gotch style piledriver for two.

Purrazzo moved the table of the ring while Rosa was down.She put Rosa on the table and hit her with the rope. Purrazzo went up top and Rosa hit her in the face with the cowbell and then beat her with it. Rosa did a bulldog into the table. Rosa with a piledriver for the win.

Winner: Thunder Rosa

Dax and Truth start us off. Dax took him down with a side headlock. Cash tagged in and flexed. Truth shoulder tackled Cash and then worked his arm. Cash with a side headlock. Turbo tagged and is rolled up by Cash. Cash was working his arm when Truth pulled him by his trunks into the corner so they could double team him before tagging himself in.

They double teamed him in the corner. They hit a double elbow in the center of the ring. Cash chopped Truth into the opposite corner. Dax tagged in. Cash tripped Truth so that Dax could hit him. Dax pinned him for two. Truth held Dax's arms behind him and Turbo came in the ring and Dax with a back body drop on each Outrunner. FTR took them both out.

After the break, Turbo had the offense on Cash. He backed him into a corner and hit him with back elbows. Truth knocked down Cash while the ref was distracted. Truth tagged in. Cash tried to take him down and Turbo tagged back in. Turbo put Cash in a headlock. Cash fought his way out and took Truth out on the apron. Dax tagged in and took Outrunners out with right hands and a running elbow. Dax suplexed Turbo five times. Standing switch reversals from both men. Dax with a piledriver. Truth tried to break up the pin, but Dax moved and he hit Turbo instead. Shatter machine on Turbo for the win.

Winner: FTR

RUSH and Vance exchange words. Vance put up his fist like LFI did and RUSH punched him. Vance with two lariats and a powerbomb. Vance put RUSH into the barricades and RUSH returns the favor around the ring. RUSH bit Vance on the forehead before getting in the ring. RUSH grabbed a chair. RUSH put his hand in Vance's blood and licked it. He sit him face first into the back of the chair before putting Vance back in the ring.

RUSH kicked Vance. Vance grabbed his throat. RUSH chopped him a couple times and Vance got in one of his own before being suplexed. Vance speared RUSH for one. Vance with a discus lariat for two. RUSH pulled himself into the corner. Vance yelled "you mess the bull, you get the horns" before running at RUSH. RUSH stood up and sent him face first into the turnbuckle. RUSH stomped his shoulders and kicked him in the face, followed by headbutts. RUSH with a running dropkick. He dragged him out of the corner to pin Vance.

After the match, RUSH got back in the ring. Vance pulled himself to the corner and RUSH dropkicked him again. RUSH looked for a weapon, but the referee stopped him. Two more came out to send him to the back.

Winner: RUSH

Swerve addressed the crowd to say they weren't having the "Path to ALL IN" without him. He wanted a warm up match and was answered by ISHII.

They open with a lockup. ISHII went for a shoulder tackle after a side headlock. Swerve grabbed ISHII's foot and took him down briefly. Swerve with a headlock. ISHII bounced off the ropes and Swerve jumped over him. Swerve did a poisonrana. ISHII sent him to the apron and Swerve hit him in the midsection and dropkicked him. While ISHII was down, Swerve went for the cover. Swerve put him in a side headlock. ISHII with a back body drop. Swerve with another side headlock and forearmed ISHII in the neck. ISHII took him down with a shoulder tackle. ISHII chopped him into the ropes. ISHII chopped him again and brought him to his knees. Swerve kicked ISHII in the gut and then dropkicked him in the knee. Swerve forearmed ISHII a few times and was backed into a corner. They blocked each other's chops. Swerve with a side suplex and went to the top and dove onto ISHII's shoulder. Swerve with a Fosbury Flop. 

Following the break, Swerve with several blows. ISHII with a side suplex. Swerve with a headlock. ISHII with several forearms and a suplex. Swerve went to the corner and ISHII did a running forearm. They went up top and ISHII with a Superplex and a pin for two. ISHII bounced off the rope, but Swerve kicked him away. Swerve with a pumpkick. ISHII did with a faceplant. Swerve faceplanted ISHII. Swerve and ISHII exchanged forearms and headbutts. Swerve with two brainbusters. 

Swerve went for the House Call, but ISHII moved. ISHII with suplex and Swerve followed with a pumpkick. ISHII took him down with a lariat. ISHII bounced off the ropes and took him down with another lariat. ISHII with an enzuiguri and then went for a brainbuster, but Swerve reversed. Swerve with the House Call for the win.

Winner: Swerve Strickland

Lexy Nair brought Stokely Hathaway and Kris Statlander to the ring. They play Willow's promo from "Rampage". Lexy announced that a challenge has been issued for "Zero Hour" with Nightingale and ISHII against Statlander and Hathaway. Hathaway started to say "there is no way" before Stat took the mic and said, "we can pass this up. We accept!"

Hikaru Shida vs. Aleah James

Shida backed James into the ropes before sending her to the corner. James got in a few punches. Shida will a dropkick and a German Suplex. Shida with an armbar and a swinging neckbreaker on the mat. Shida kneed her in the face. James with a poisonrana, but Shida with a big boot. Shida followed with a Falcon Arrow for the win.

Winner: Hikaru Shida

Christian Cage came to the ring wearing a referee turtleneck. The Bang Bang Gang came to the ring first followed by House of Black. Juice and Brody start us off. They circle on another and lock up. Juice backed into the corner and Juice put him in a side headlock. He attempted a shoulder tackle, but Brody didn't budge. All six men get in the ring. Cage has to separate them. Austin and Black are legal. Black with an armdrag. Austin blocked two kicks. Austin slid through and grabbed Black's leg. Black did an armdrag and took him to the corner. Murphy jumped onto Austin's arm as Black held it out. They cornered Cage. Colten and Murphy exchange holds.

After the break, Juice and Murphy are legal. Juice sends him to the corner and they tee off on Murphy. Juice grabbed Murphy by the air and Murphy grabbed his hair. Juice stood on Murphy's arm while it was over the bottom rope. Murphy took out the Gunns while the ref was distracted. Murphy pulled the rope down and Juice went flying over. He kicked Colten on the apron.

King tagged in, but Cage missed it. The Gunns dragged Matthews to the corner while they attack him. Austin tagged in. Murphy fights off the Bang Bang Gang. He sent Austin into the turnbuckle. Murphy with a knee lift on Austin. Black tagged in. He hit Juice with a pump kick. Black with leg sweep. Black did a moonsault onto Juice on the outside. Black with springboard into a shooting star onto Austin. Juice pulled Austin out of the ring. Matthews pulled the ropes open for King to dive onto all three.

After the break, King chopped Austin and sent him into the corner, but he put his arms out to take out Black and Matthews. Colten tagged in, who tagged in Juice. Juice with Left Hand of God. Juice and Colten with cannonballs in the corners to Black and King. Colten with a Superman punch and Juice did a senton on King's back. The Gunns try to double team King. Black did a splash on Colten. King follows with lariat and a cover for two. Austin tagged in and repeatedly chopped King. King stood up and chopped Austin to the mat. King with an Irish Whip. Juice got in the ring and they did a 3:10 to Yuma. Austin pinned King, but Matthews broke up the pin. Austin sent King to the apron and did a FameAsser over the ropes. Black with a Black Mass.Austin with a swinging neckbreaker. King with a Bossman Slam. Juice with a DDT to King. Matthews with a Meteora on Juice. All six men are down and Cage started counting.

Matthews got to his feet and Cage speared Matthews before finishing the count. The Bang Bang Gang tecnichally won. The Patriarchy attacked everyone with chairs. Mother Wayne sprayed Juice in the face again. Wayne's World to Austin off the steel steps. Cage speared Matthews and hit him in his injured leg with a chair. Colten thrown down onto the chair. Killswitch and Wayne pick up Black so that Cage can hit the Killswitch Engage on the chairs. All six men are laid again.

Winner: The Patriarchy