AEW Collision Results: July 25, 2026 – Women’s Champions Thekla and Hikaru Shida Stand Tall, Conglomeration Retain Trios Titles, More
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With less than 24 hours until AEW Redemption, AEW Collision was back at The Pinnacle in Nashville, Tennessee, on TNT and HBO Max! With the AEW Trios Titles up for grabs and a pair of spots open in the 6-Way Ladder Match tomorrow at Redemption, there was a lot to settle tonight, including a champions vs. challengers main event.
AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla and TBS Champion Hikaru Shida beat Willow Nightingale and Maya World when Shida hit World with her kendo stick and Thekla pinned her for the win. World will look for retribution at Redemption when she challenges Shida for the TBS Title while Nightingale prepares to challenge Thekla for the AEW Women’s World Title.
The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly remained undefeated in trios action with a successful defense of the AEW World Trios Titles against ROH World Six-Man Champions Dalton Castle and The Outrunners. However, both teams were attacked by The Demand and The Lethal Swirl until Ricochet wound up all alone and was given an El Kabong by the legendary Jeff Jarrett in Nashville!
The final two spots in the 6-Way Ladder Match for a shot at the AEW International Title were decided in a pair of qualifiers. First, Nick Wayne beat long-time rival AR Fox. Later, El Clon overcame the haunting machinations of “Blackheart” Lio Rush to claim the final spot in tomorrow’s high-stakes ladder match at Redemption.
Plus, the Young Bucks beat the Death Riders, but wound up blindsided by … Will Ospreay? And Tommaso Ciampa sent one final message to The Painmaker.
All that and so much more went down in Nashville the night before AEW Redemption! Here are your complete results!
AEW Collision Recap for Nashville
“Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa def. The Rascalz' Zachary Wentz
"Speedball" Mike Bailey is Ready to Climb the Ladder in His Hometown
Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. Death Riders' Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta
Kyle Fletcher Brawls with Bandido and Brody King at San Diego Comic-Con!
“The Jet” Kevin Knight is Ready for AEW World Champion Kenny Omega
The History of Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs Before Their Double Chain Match
“Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa def. The Rascalz' Zachary Wentz
We began with our opening contest and a man who will be in action tomorrow night, "Psycho Killer" Tommaso Ciampa. Ciampa takes on Jericho, the Painmaker, in a No Holds Barred match tomorrow at Redemption. However, tonight, Ciampa had to deal with Wentz, who was out for revenge after Ciampa injured Wentz's Rascalz partner, Xavier, last week on Collision.
As Wentz got up on the apron during his entrance, Ciampa blasted him with a knee and followed him to the floor to slam Wentz's head off the commentary desk. Ciampa paused to talk trash to Paul Wight after the two had a confrontation last week on Collision, where Ciampa gave Wight a message to send to Jericho. Ciampa went to grab a chair, but turned around into a kick from Wentz on the apron, who followed with a moonsault from the second turnbuckle and threw Ciampa in the ring, and the bell finally rang to start the match.
Wentz worked over Ciampa in the corner. Ciampa sent him to the other side, but Wentz hit him with a pair of boots and a second rope tornado DDT for a near-fall. Ciampa avoided Wentz and went to the ramp, but Wentz followed with a handspring kick. As Ciampa struggled to get back to his feet, Wentz nailed him with a senton dive from the top rope. Wentz threw Ciampa back in and tried for a senton, but landed on Ciampa's knees. Ciampa took advantage by suplexing Wentz into the turnbuckles.
Ciampa took his shirt off and choked Wentz with it and followed with a back elbow. He took the time to applaud for the crowd and pose mockingly. Wentz came back with a corkscrew rising knee to take Ciampa down and sprang back to his feet. Wentz tripped Ciampa up and quickly threw him to the mat with a German suplex. He followed with a running knee in the corner and a PK before a blockbuster from the second rope got him a near-fall.
Ciampa tried to use the top rope to get separation from Wentz by running his throat into it. He hit a big right hand and tried for the bicycle knee, but Wentz moved and lit Ciampa up with kicks before stomping him in the back. Wentz went to the second rope and came back with a springboard, but Ciampa caught him with a knee on the way down. Ciampa covered, but Wentz kicked out at two!d
Wentz flipped over Ciampa for a surprise near-fall and then sent Ciampa to the ramp. He followed with a kick to Ciampa's head, but Ciampa came back with a boot over the top rope and used the Willow's Bell DDT onto the ramp. With Wentz on his knees on the ramp, Ciampa cracked him with a running knee, and then hit another bicycle knee in the ring to get the pinfall victory.
Ciampa had the microphone with something to say. Ciampa said, "Tommaso Ciampa is better than Chris Jericho." Ciampa then drew his own makeshift version of war paint on his face. "And the “Psycho Killer is better than the Painmaker. One more sleep, and your ass is mine. Montreal. Redemption. It will be violent."
"Speedball" Mike Bailey is Ready to Climb the Ladder in His Hometown
Bailey was backstage to speak about the massive opportunity he had in his hometown of Montreal at Redemption. He was one of the four randomly selected participants to be part of the Six-Way Ladder Match for an AEW International Title shot at Redemption. He's been a two-time Trios champion in AEW, but has never held singles gold. Bailey gets to do it in front of his hometown, in front of his family, in front of his friends, and every single person that has supported his AEW journey and every single person that has supported him since his debut twenty years ago in Montreal. They'll get to see him climb the ladder, get the win, and beat either Bandido or Kyle Fletcher to get revenge on the Don Callis Family and go on to become the new AEW International Champion!
Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) def. Death Riders' Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta
The Young Bucks faced Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia ahead of their Redemption match against the latter’s fellow Death Riders, Will Ospreay and AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley. Moxley joined Yuta and Garcia at ringside for commentary.
Jackson quickly took Yuta down with a spinning heel kick, so he tagged out to Garcia. Nick controlled him with a headlock, and Matt made a blind tag to hit a double-team hip toss followed by a double back elbow. They worked over Yuta and Garcia in opposite corners before bringing them both to the middle with stereo bulldogs. They went to different corners and mounted the two Death Riders for punches, but Garcia got help from Yuta after Yuta knocked Nick to the floor. Garcia took over on Matt in the corner with punches and feigned his dancing pose, but decided to fake out the audience. He turned into a superkick from Nick. The Bucks then hit double superkicks on Yuta coming off the top rope. Matt grabbed Garcia and powerbombed him into the corner as Nick hit a rising kick. Matt slingshotted Garcia into a kick from Nick in the corner and then held Garcia over his knees so Nick could stomp Garcia from the top rope, before immediately diving to the outside to take out Yuta.
The Bucks picked up Garcia and called for a BTE Trigger, but he ducked, and their knees collided. That allowed Yuta to go to the top rope for a flying elbow to the top of Matt's head. Nick came around with a roundhouse kick to Yuta, but Garcia dropped Nick with a running knee. Matt grabbed Garcia for a Northern Lights suplex and rolled through for a pair, then grabbed Yuta to finish it off with a double Northern Lights suplex on both Death Riders.
Matt hammered away on Garcia, but when he went to the ropes, Yuta grabbed him. Garcia sent the referee's attention to Nick in the corner so he and Yuta could double-team Matt. Now the Death Riders were in full control of the matchup. They continued to keep Matt away from Nick to make a tag. Garcia tagged Yuta in after knocking Nick off the apron, but Matt tried to fight off Garcia and Yuta. He got stuck in a double team with a quick barrage of kicks from Garcia, which led to Yuta pulling Matt backwards for a bridging German suplex, but Matt kicked out at two. As Moxley noted on commentary, the pace had slowed to a crawl, which favored Garcia and Yuta. They tried to hit the conveyor belt attacks on Matt in the corner, but he fought out of it. He faked a superkick on Garcia and hit a DDT instead.
Matt finally made the tag to Nick, who came off the top rope with a double crossbody to Yuta and Garcia. He was able to fight them both off by running them into each other and then hit a double clothesline. Nick hit a quick combo of kicks on Yuta in the corner and then turned him around to put him on the second turnbuckle. Nick ran across to the other side at Garcia, who launched him over the apron, but Nick kicked him in the back of the head and went to the top rope for a stomp on Garcia's head, continuing his momentum into a lungblower on Yuta on the other side. The Bucks went to the top rope on opposite sides for a senton elbow drop combo, but it only got a two-count.
The superkick party had begun until Yuta caught Nick's kick and threw it into Matt. Yuta bounced off the ropes and fought off a double team from the Bucks, but then Nick fought off a double team from the Death Riders. Matt helped Nick hit Yuta with an assisted sunset flip German suplex, followed by a pair of superkicks on Garcia, and then a BTE Trigger – which should have won it, but Yuta was there to break up the pin.
Nick threw Yuta to the floor and kicked him from the apron. He called for the finish, and Matt lifted Garcia for the flipping piledriver. But PAC ran out to distract the referee. On the opposite side, Claudio Castagnoli pulled Nick off the apron, and back in the ring, Garcia pushed Matt into the corner and followed with a running clothesline. Yuta continued the barrage in the corner until Claudio got in the ring and was handed Matt on a silver platter for a pop-up uppercut while PAC continued to keep the referee distracted. Castagnoli only got out of the ring in time for the referee to turn around, but Matt kicked out at two.
Garcia locked Matt in the Dragon xTamer, but Nick came in to take out Yuta and then kicked Garcia to break the hold. On the other side, PAC came in the ring to boot Nick in the face while Castagnoli now kept the referee distracted. But they didn't see AEW World Tag Team Champion Christian Cage run out to pull Castagnoli off the apron and kick him low. As PAC watched, backing up the ramp, he did not see Adam Copeland behind him, who ran through PAC with a spear! They continued to fight to the back as Moxley watched helplessly from commentary and barked out orders to Garcia and Yuta to stay on task.
Garcia held Matt for a double team from Yuta, but Nick pulled Yuta out to the floor. Matt caught Garcia with a backslide for a two-count and threw him into the ropes, where Nick came down with a facebuster. He swung back out to the apron for a moonsault on Yuta to the floor, then jumped back up to flip over the top rope for a piledriver on Garcia, and Matt made the pin to get the victory.
The Bucks rolled out of the ring and walked over to Moxley on commentary, with the two sides exchanging words until Will Ospreay came out of nowhere to hit a Hidden Blade on Nick. Moxley grabbed Matt and dropped him with a Paradigm Shift. The rest of the Death Riders came out to congratulate Ospreay as the faction stood tall heading into Redemption. However, Ospreay lingered, perhaps showing some regret about his actions, until Moxley gathered him to leave with the rest of the Death Riders.
Kyle Fletcher Brawls with Bandido and Brody King at San Diego Comic-Con!
During yesterday’s AEW panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Brody King made a surprise appearance to ask AEW International Champion “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher if he was really ready for “The Most Wanted” Bandido at Redemption. Fletcher went out to confront King and wound up in a shoving match until ROH World Champion Bandido appeared and brawled with Fletcher as Tony Khan and others tried to break up the melee!
CMLL World Women’s Champion Persephone def. Angelica Risk
For the first time since Survival of the Fittest earlier this month, Persephone was back in an AEW ring, taking on Risk. She showed an early alliance with Harley Cameron in that match, only to turn on her and eliminate Cameron with a crucifix powerbomb. But later in the match, Kris Statlander rolled up Persephone to eliminate her, which didn't sit well with Persephone, who wound up hitting Statlander with a belt shot that allowed Hikaru Shida to finish off Statlander and win the TBS Title.
The same attitude from Persephone was on display in this match, when she mocked Risk for her height and then took her down before hammering away at her while pulling her hair. Risk tried to roll up Persephone, but she rolled right through it and dropkicked Risk into the corner. She choked Risk on the ropes while berating her until referee Aubrey Edwards broke it up. Persephone backed up and ran into a boot from Risk, who tried to follow through with a jackknife pin, but Persephone rolled over, stood up, and lifted Risk into a crucifix powerbomb for a dominant, quick victory.
Athena’s MIT are Waiting for the Brawling Birds
Lexy Nair was in the back with ROH Women's World Champion Athena and her Minions in Training, Billie Starks and Diamante. Nair asked about Athena's run-in with the Brawling Birds, Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor, last week on Collision.
Athena mockingly called the Brawling Birds so brave when they “flipped her the bird” last week, but said when MIT is ready to fight, the Brawling Birds have flown the coop. Diamante said, as far as the Brawling Birds are concerned, she's got one bullet for two birds. Starks tried to correct her and said, I thought the saying was two birds with one stone. Diamante and Athena were somewhat frustrated, and Athena told Billie Starks to read the room, saying Starks was ruining their attempt to make a point.
Athena then addressed the Birds directly and said, “When you two dumb, dafty ducks are done playing chicken, just know that MIT will be waiting to whoop that ass.”
The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, Blake Christian and Lee Johnson) def. SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Scorpio Sky and Matt Sydal)
SkyFlight made their entrance, and Nashville legend "Double J" Jeff Jarrett joined commentary, as did Ricochet with The Demand. This was Sydal's first AEW match in over two years, and he started things with Jay Lethal.
Lethal took Sydal down with a shoulder block and went into a strut that certainly made Jarrett proud. Sydal took him over with a hurricanrana and dropkick, so Christian tagged in. Sydal hit him with an elbow in the corner and tagged in Scorpio Sky. Christian escaped by flipping out of an armringer and hitting a kick to Sky, then tagged in Johnson. Johnson pushed Sky to the ropes where Martin made a blind tag. He hit Johnson with a jumping knee and then a senton, but when he went to cover, Lethal and Christian came in to break it up. All six men wound up in the ring, but Sky Flight hit triple dropkicks to knock the Lethal Twist out of the ring, then followed them out on three different sides with dives at the same time.
The Lethal Twist turned things around when Sky took his eye off Johnson to go after Christian, but it turned into a big right hand from Johnson. Christian and Johnson double-teamed Sky and gained control of the match. Johnson tagged back in for a clothesline on Sky in the corner. When he launched Christian into a monkey flip at Sky, Sky clobbered him with a clothesline, but Christian put Sky in the tree of woe in the corner with a leg vice so Johnson could knock Sydal off the apron. Christian came around with a pendulum kick to Sky in the corner, as Johnson hit a diving dropkick to Sky's face. Christian went to the top rope over Sky and took Sydal down with a moonsault to the floor. Lethal and Christian decided to pose for the crowd after doing the damage.
Johnson stomped Sky in the corner and tagged in Lethal. Lethal whipped Sky to the ropes and dropped him with an elbow, then went into a full Jackie Fargo strut before a running dropkick, earning Lethal a two-count. He tagged Christian in, who flipped off the Sky Flight corner. Christian went to work on Sky's back and tagged in Lethal, but Sky kicked him out of the ring. Christian came back in, so Sky kicked him out of the ring too. Johnson tried to come in to take up the cause, but Sky rolled them up for a near-fall, and then Johnson missed the flying clothesline, which allowed Sky to tag in Martin.
Martin unloaded on all three members of the Lethal Twist and took Johnson down with a rebound dropkick. Martin avoided a charge from Johnson in the corner and came back off the apron with a kick to his head. He hit a springboard senton on Johnson for a two-count, but Lethal broke up the pin with a double axe handle from the top rope. Lethal ate a kick to the face but walked right into a Spanish Fly from Christian. Christian missed a kick, and Sky turned him into a Sky High powerbomb. Christian dumped Sky on his neck with a half-and-half suplex, but Martin jumped up to spike Johnson with a DDT.
Martin went to the top rope, and Ricochet came off commentary to get on the apron, which distracted the referee long enough for Johnson to crotch Martin on the top rope. Johnson then put Martin on his shoulders as Christian went to the top for a stomp into a Death Valley Driver, and Johnson pinned Martin to get the victory.
After the match, we saw a small preview of Countdown to Redemption, which was coming up right after Collision!
Redemption 6-Way Ladder Match (Winner Gets a Shot at the AEW International Championship) Qualifier: Nick Wayne def. AR Fox
Nick Wayne made his entrance first for this qualifying match to get into the 6-Way Ladder Match at Redemption, where the winner will receive a shot at the AEW International Championship. As Fox made his entrance and posed on the second rope, Wayne decided to jumpstart the match by attacking him from behind. There was certainly no love lost between these two bitter rivals, as it was Fox who took the ROH World Television Championship from Wayne two months ago after Wayne's nearly four hundred-day reign with the title. Wayne stomped away at Fox in the corner but missed the running elbow, and Fox went to the apron for a kick on Wayne, followed by a hurricanrana. Fox sent Wayne into the second rope with a flatliner and pushed him off the ropes to hit a rolling neckbreaker. The crowd chanted "AR Fox," but he ran into a pair of boots in the corner from Wayne. Wayne threw Fox to the apron, but Fox tripped Wayne and rolled through the ropes into a suplex.
Fox rolled to the floor, so Wayne followed after him. He sent Fox into the barricade and jawed with the crowd. With Fox sitting in a chair near the timekeeper's area, Wayne rolled into the ring to break the count and then mockingly pumped up the crowd. But when he charged at Fox, Fox was waiting with a jumping knee. Fox brought Wayne over the steel steps and walked up them, but Wayne tripped Fox, and Fox landed hard on the steel steps. Wayne continued to stay in control, but the two fought on the apron, where Fox rolled through a suplex attempt and then hit a spinning brainbuster on the floor. The crowd once again chanted for Fox, who threw Wayne back in the ring and rolled him into an innovative sit-out powerbomb for a two count. Fox hit a running back elbow to Wayne in the corner, but when he tried to throw him out, Wayne came back with a full nelson snap suplex. Wayne missed a roundhouse kick, and Fox kicked him into the corner. Wayne came back with a kick of his own, but Fox pulled him off the second rope and hit him with a cutter.
Fox went to the top rope and connected on a senton, but only got a two-count, and Wayne immediately rolled up Fox for a near-fall of his own. The two traded kicks, but Fox connected harder and put Wayne on the top turnbuckle. Fox climbed up to meet him, but Wayne used a couple of uppercuts to try to break loose. Wayne grabbed Fox and came off the top with Super Sliced Bread #2. Wayne hit a huge kick and put Fox down with the Prodigy Plex for the three-count! Wayne is in the Redemption Ladder Match!
Darby Allin Was Furious With Kevin Knight After Dynamite
We went back to Wednesday night, where cameras caught up with Darby Allin after his loss to Kevin Knight for the TNT Title. Allin said he should have taken Knight's head off when he had the chance, but he said he won a wrestling match. It's clear Knight wants more, so he should have just asked. Allin asked Knight if he remembered meeting two months into Knight's wrestling career. That's when Allin asked Knight just how far he'd be willing to go, and Allin said he's going to ask that question one last time. How far are you willing to go? As Allin said that, he fired his skateboard into the garage door and quietly left the scene.
AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) (c) def. ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd)
This AEW World Trios Championship match saw The Conglomeration defending against ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dalton Castle and the Outrunners, Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd. The Outrunners and Castle were out first and got a massive reaction from the Nashville crowd. This team has been on a tear in ROH since winning the ROH World Six-Man titles, but they'll have to face a Conglomeration squad that is undefeated in Trios action. While these two sides were facing off tonight, it was the Conglomeration who made the save for Dalton Castle and the Outrunners after they beat Shane Taylor Promotions for the ROH World Six-Man Titles.
Magnum and Cassidy started things off. While Floyd continued to wear his championship title, standing on the apron, Cassidy overpowered Floyd a couple of times at the bell, so Cassidy put his hands in his pockets. Magnum got taken down by a dropkick from Cassidy, who still had his hands in his pockets, and then he posed lazily as if he were a member of the Outrunners. Magnum and Cassidy had a pose-off until Strong and O'Reilly came into the ring to put Cassidy on their shoulders, which brought Floyd and Castle in the ring to put Magnum on his shoulders. Had this just turned into a big chicken fight? The referee got between all of them, and all six men were convinced to shake hands. But when the referee turned around, all six men started brawling with each other!
Magnum retreated to his corner and tagged in Floyd. They double-teamed Cassidy with a belly-to-back suplex, and Castle got in the ring to put one of the ROH Six-Man titles on Floyd. Magnum nailed Strong and O'Reilly off the apron, and Floyd came into the ring to send Cassidy into the corner. He tried to throw Castle into Cassidy, but Cassidy back-dropped him, then back-dropped Floyd. Magnum mounted Cassidy for punches in the corner, but then O'Reilly took over and mounted Magnum for punches in the corner. Floyd pulled O'Reilly down and mounted him for punches in the corner. Strong mounted Floyd for punches in the corner. Castle pulled Strong down and mounted him for punches in the corner. Then Cassidy pulled Castle down, and the crowd got fired up for another 10-count, but Cassidy calmed them down for one big punch, and the crowd loved it!
Cassidy dove through the ropes and nailed Castle, but the Outrunners knocked Cassidy off the apron. They charged up for a dive, but calmly walked through the ropes and came off the apron with double axe handles to Cassidy. Strong came through the ropes with double boots to Floyd while O'Reilly came off the apron with a knee to Magnum. O'Reilly and Strong double-teamed Castle in the corner until Strong held Castle for a backbreaker over his knee while Cassidy went from the top rope down to the apron to drop an elbow. The Outrunners came in to break up the pin. All six men started battling, but Strong tagged in and picked up Cassidy to use him as a weapon against all three opponents. He dropped Cassidy on Castle, then covered Castle for a two-count.
O'Reilly tagged in and lit up Castle with knees, but Castle got free with an elbow strike. Castle tagged Magnum, but O'Reilly took him out with a knee to the gut. Floyd came in, and when O'Reilly tried to knee him in the gut, he hit the ROH World Six-Man Title and fell to the ground in pain. Floyd posed, so Strong lit him up with chops in the corner, but Floyd came out with a double clothesline to Strong and O'Reilly. Floyd got a boot on Cassidy and went to the second rope for a double axe handle, but Cassidy merely stepped away when Floyd came down. Cassidy started to hit his little kicks to Floyd, but Magnum tried to grab Cassidy from behind and throw him into the ROH World Six-Man Title on Floyd's waist. Cassidy pulled up short, so Floyd body-slammed him, and the Outrunners fired up the crowd, and everyone yelled, "You son of a bitch!" They dropped the double elbow on Cassidy, but O'Reilly came in to make the save.
O'Reilly hit a combo on Magnum to send him to the outside, but Castle came right in and threw O'Reilly to the mat. Strong came in with a big elbow on Castle, but Floyd tried to attack him from behind, so he dropped Floyd with a spinning fireman's carry slam. Castle picked up Strong and threw him to the mat, which allowed Cassidy to rush out of the corner with an Orange Punch, but Castle avoided it and threw Cassidy to the corner. Cassidy put himself onto the apron and slammed Castle head-first into the turnbuckle. Cassidy went to the top rope and dove right into the waiting arms of Castle, who tried to launch him away, but Cassidy dropped him with a DDT. Cassidy sprang up to his feet, but Floyd rolled him up for a two-count. Cassidy tried to catch Floyd with a spinning DDT, but Floyd held onto him and turned it into a small cradle for another near-fall. He jumped over Cassidy for a sunset flip, but Cassidy grabbed the legs and pinned Floyd for the victory. The Conglomeration remained undefeated as a trios unit and retained the AEW World Trios Championships!
After the match, all six men seemed to have interest in shaking hands, but the Lethal Twist and The Demand hit the ring to attack the Conglomeration, Dalton Castle and the Outrunners. Jeff Jarrett came off commentary and had seen enough, but he was immediately blasted off the apron by Ricochet, who mocked Jarrett with a strut. However, The Conglomeration, Outrunners, and Castle isolated Ricochet so that Cassidy could hit an Orange Punch. Jarrett returned to the ring with a guitar, and Nashville came unglued when he broke it across the bald head of Ricochet. Strong picked up the broken guitar and strummed a few notes while standing on Ricochet's chest.
"Jungle" Jack Perry and Nick Wayne Talk Before Redemption
Jack Perry was backstage and said his mission was to become AEW World Champion, but when opportunity falls out of the sky, you take it. This Sunday, by the luck of the draw, he's part of the six-way ladder match at Redemption for a shot at the AEW International Title. Before Perry could say anything else, he was interrupted by Nick Wayne.
Wayne said he never thought that Jack Perry would be talking about opportunities falling out of the sky, but that's the difference between Perry and Wayne. Opportunities have always fallen out of the sky and landed right on Perry's lap, but someone like Wayne has had to chase opportunities since he was nine years old, take them, and run with them. And clearly, not a single one of his opportunities has flopped. So this Sunday, not only is Wayne going to climb the ladder and become the number one contender for the AEW International Championship, but he's going to hurt Perry in the process and show Perry what a, quote, young pillar is supposed to look like.
Perry responded, saying he's actually proud of Nick because he earned that opportunity. He did that by himself, and he's going to have to do that a lot more now that he doesn't have a sugar daddy anymore. So Perry said he'll see Wayne Sunday at Redemption, mockingly tapped Wayne on the chest a few times, and said, "Make the most of it”, before leaving.
Redemption 6-Way Ladder Match (Winner Gets a Shot at the AEW International Championship) Qualifier: Don Callis Family's El Clon def. ROH World TV Champion "Blackheart" Lio Rush
Clon made his way to the ring for his return to AEW. We hadn't seen him in three months, but he had a huge opportunity if he could defeat the haunting "Blackheart" Lio Rush, the ROH World Television Champion. This was such an intriguing matchup of two very unique talents.
Rush seemed enchanted by Clon at the jump, which allowed Clon to hit a quick kick, but Clon avoided Rush and landed on his feet. Clon chopped Rush, but Rush caught the arm and bit him. Rush escaped from Clon's grasp and hit a handspring kick to knock Clon off the apron. He followed out and slammed Clon's head on the commentary desk a few times before returning him to the ring, then covered Clon for a two-count.
Rush was already bleeding from near his right eye! He put Clon on the top rope, but Clon tripped Rush and then tied his left hand up with a tag rope. With Rush trapped, Clon blasted him with a running boot and followed with a second. Clon posed over Rush as the referee pulled Rush free. Clon escaped from Rush in the corner, but Rush came back with a powerbomb to get a two-count. Rush went to the top, and Nashville cheered him on, but he missed the frog splash as Clon moved. Clon got out of the corner and came back with a payday kick and hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on Rush for a two-count.
Clon tried to grab Rush by his trunks, so Rush dropped down with a stunner. Rush avoided Clon again, hit a quick combination, and rolled Clon over so he could hit him with a spinning kick to the back of the head. That knocked Clon to the floor, and Rush sensed what he could do. He galloped around the ring and absolutely crushed Clon with a dive to the outside. Rush said it was time to go for a ride and came back in the ring with a rebound stunner, but Clon kicked out at two.
Clon came back with a unique combo of kicks to take Rush down to his knees. He then flipped Rush over to knee him in the face. Clon threw Rush to the ropes, and Rush tried to hit another rebound stunner, but Clon was ready for it and caught him. Rush tried to trap Clon, but Clon grabbed onto the ropes and rolled through for a two-count. Clon rolled Rush back up for a pin of his own and hooked the ropes to get the three count.
Clon qualified, but that wasn't enough, as he continued to put the boots to Rush after the match. He beat on Rush until "Speedball" Mike Bailey ran out and kicked Clon out of the ring. Komander ran out and hit a moonsault from the ropes to the floor on top of Clon. Komander came in to face off with Bailey, but the two decided to leave it for tomorrow night, when they are both part of the ladder match at Redemption!
“The Jet” Kevin Knight is Ready for AEW World Champion Kenny Omega
We took a look at the events that brought us to Omega agreeing to defend his AEW World Championship against TNT Champion, “The Jet” Kevin Knight. Knight got the upper hand on Omega to end Dynamite when he blasted Omega with the TNT Title and left him bleeding. After Dynamite, Omega said he wouldn’t bet on Knight taking the AEW World Title on Sunday!
The History of Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs Before Their Double Chain Match
With a backdrop of their long history against each other, highlighted by the former friendship of Jay White and David Finlay, we got the final words from Bang Bang Gang and The Dogs before they meet in a Double Chain Match at Redemption!
AEW Women's World Champion "The Toxic Spider" Thekla of Triangle of Madness & TBS Champion Hikaru Shida def. Willow Nightingale & Maya World
It was time for our main event, as the challengers for the Women's Championships were out first. Willow Nightingale, the number one contender for Thekla's AEW Women's World Championship, and Maya World, who will take on Hikaru Shida for the TBS Title tomorrow night, made their entrance. It should be noted that World still had Shida's kendo stick after she took it away from her at the end of Collision last week. Shida angrily came to the ring trying to get at World for taking her kendo stick, but the referee got between them.
Shida and World started this one off, and Shida immediately hammered away at World and put her down with a suplex for a one count. World rolled to the floor, and Shida took a shot at Willow. Willow went out to check on World, so Thekla nailed Willow from behind and mounted World on the floor for strikes. Shida took Willow to the timekeeper's area and slammed her off the barricade. Thekla threw World off the ring post and then slammed her head into the apron multiple times. Shida and Thekla hit stereo suplexes to Willow and World on the floor. Shida threw World back in and mounted her in one corner while Shida mounted Willow in the other corner for punches. But World and Willow both broke free and started delivering clotheslines of their own in the corner before bringing Thekla and Shida together in the middle of the ring for a meeting of the minds.
Willow clotheslined Shida and Thekla, taking them both down. World picked up Shida with a front slam and hit a second-rope moonsault for a two-count. Shida raked World's eyes and pushed her into the corner so Thekla could tag back in and mount World in the corner, kneeling on her shoulder. World threw some weak shots to try to get back in the match, but Thekla immediately dropped her with one forearm. Thekla mounted World in the corner again to choke her with her legs and then threw her into her own corner so she could tag back in. Shida hit a nasty suplex on World into the bottom turnbuckle and pulled her up in a crossface choke until World threw a back elbow to escape.
Thekla trapped World in a version of the Rings of Saturn and then tagged Shida back in. Thekla knocked Willow off the apron, but when she and Shida went for a double suplex on World, she punched her way free and then hit Shida, which allowed her to tag in Willow. Willow dropped Shida with three straight clotheslines and knocked Thekla off the apron. Willow hit a running strike to Shida in the corner and followed with a clothesline, then spinebustered Shida in the middle of the ring, but Thekla came in to break up the pin.
Willow put Shida on her shoulders, but she escaped and hit a big forearm to Willow's face and then cradled her for a two-count. Willow blocked a couple of Shida's Falcon Arrow attempts, so Thekla held Willow in the ropes so Shida could hit a running knee to the face. Shida put Willow down with a Falcon Arrow and covered her, but now it was World who came in to make the save. World and Shida got into a strike battle in the middle of the ring where World took advantage and hit a double stomp on Shida. Thekla blasted World to knock her down, but then Willow knocked Thekla down with a clothesline. Shida came back with a running knee on Willow, and all four women were down.
World climbed back to her corner, and Thekla did the same. Shida tagged Thekla as Willow tagged World. World tried to suplex Thekla, but she escaped and hit a spin kick to the gut. World pushed Thekla away to the outside, but didn't see Shida hit her from behind. Willow came in and threw Shida to the floor. Nightingale went to the apron and tried for a cannonball but missed both Shida and Thekla. However, World didn't miss with a dive that took out both Thekla and Shida on the floor!
World threw Thekla back in, but when World tried to follow, Shida grabbed her ankle. In the ring, Thekla had a belt, but the referee took it away. World hit a kick to Thekla from the apron and went to the top rope, but with the referee still looking away, Shida blasted World in the back with her kendo stick. That knocked World to the mat, so Thekla went into her spider crawl and speared World to get the pinfall victory in our main event! Shida and Thekla celebrated in the ring as the champions took momentum into Redemption tomorrow night in Montreal.
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