Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting! AEW Collision comes live tonight from the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberts, Canada. Welcome to eWn’s live coverage, brought to you by Tathya.
On tonight’s show, CM Punk clashes with former enemy-turned-ally Ricky Starks in the finals of Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. But is Samoa Joe lurking somewhere in the shadows?
Meanwhile, the women’s final will feature Ruby Sogo in action against Willow Nightingale.
Finally, following last week’s sensational showcase of tag team wrestling, FTR will put the AEW World Tag Team Championship on the line against Bullet Club Gold’s Juice Robinson & Jay White. IN A 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH!
Tonight promises to be a very special tribute to Owen Hart, the Hart family, as well as special guest Jushin Thunder Liger… Stay tuned with us Colliders!
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Ian Riccaboni will be filling in for Kevin Kelly for tonight, because of Kelly’s preoccupation with New Japan.
#1. FTR vs. Jay White & Juice Robinson (AEW World Tag Team Championship – 2 Out of 3 Falls) – Winners: FTR
Winners of the first fall: White & Robinson
Winners of the second fall: FTR
Winners of the third fall: FTR
Oe of the greatest tag team matches I have ever seen. Period. My words can’t do justice to the past hour of professional wrestling we witnessed, and I doubt Shakespeare could…
Following the match, BCG hand the belts to FTR, but when Dax offers a handshake, White spits on his palm.
#2. Willow Nightingale vs. Ruby Soho (Women’s Owen Hart Tournament Final) – Winner: Willow Nightingale
Tony Khan came out to the stage to present the trophy to Willow after the match.
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I some backstage clip from last week, we see Tony Schiavone interviewing QT Marshall. QT rushes into Powerhouse Hobbs’ locker room and says he’d never cost him intentionally. Hobbs appears relatively calm in his response before walking away.
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#3. Malakai Black & Brody King vs. Job Guys – Winners: King & Black
Andrade El Idolo came uot to the ramp just as Black was about to finish off “blue haired job guy.” Black turned his attention to Andrade, and it just pushed back catastrophe by a few seconds. Black Mass! 1-2-3!
Following the match, both men continued to staredown. Andrade attempted to rush the ring but was stopped by AEW referees.
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“Like Mussolini, my man crush’s here…” Wait, that didn’t come out right. Anyways, a Cena-esque reactio for CM Punk; not as negative as Toronto for certain, so truly seems truly a “mixed reaction” on his entrance. We’ll see how this develops over the next 20 minutes.
#4. CM Punk vs. Ricky Starks (Men’s Owen Hart Tournament Final) – Winner: Ricky Starks
Electric crowd! The “Let’s go Ricky! CM Punk!” chants are dispersed throughout the match. Punk is playing the heel, obviously. This man comes out to the ring, and he has to psychologically adapt to the crowd every week. He eventually stops adapting and starts controlling them on a fiddle. Seamless, beautiful and unparalleled. Punk’s psychological ability as a wrestler is phenomenal… I doubt anybody can do this.
The finish saw a roll-up exchange, and Starks used the ropes’ leverage to keep Punk down for the 1-2-3!
Starks celebrates in the ring as Punk looks shocked at what just happened. Ricky Starks is the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Champion!
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Stay tuned to eWn as we bring you the latest news and results from AEW Battle of the Belts and IMPACT Slammiverary, as well as the latest from the world professional wrestling!
I’ll be back next Friday right here to join you for Friday Night SmackDown!
