Here are the quick results from tonight’s AEW Collision in Regina, Canada:
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CM Punk-Samoa Joe promo before opening video.
CM Punk promo. Collision opening theme plays at start and end instead of his entrance music.
Match 1: Owen Hart Cup Men’s Semifinals: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Ricky Starks
Result: Ricky Starks beat Powerhouse Hobbs. As a result, Starks advances to the Finals next week.
Miro promo.
The WIllow Nightingale-Athena Owen Hart Cup Women’s Semifinals match tonight is now off. Nightingale is not medically cleared after this week’s New Japan events. The match will now happen next Friday on Rampage.
Match 2: Julia Hart vs. Bambi Hall
Result: Julia Hart beat Bambi Hall by submission. Squash.
Commentary announces Battle Of The Belts 7 will be LIVE next week immediately after Collision, so it’ll be a 3 hour broadcast.
Malakai Black promo.
Andrade El Idolo responds to the Black promo.
Match 3: AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Juice Robinson & Jay White in a NON-TITLE match. It’s the usual Eliminator stip, meaning Robinson/White get a title shot if they win, but this time if they lose, no more chances as long as FTR are champs.
Result: Jay White & Juice Robinson beat FTR. As a result, White & Robinson get a future rematch for the titles.
Next week on BOTB 7: AEW TNT Champion Luchasaurus vs. Shawn Spears for the title
FTR interviewed backstage, interrupted immediately by White & Robinson. At White’s demand, the rematch for the titles will be next week and it will be a 2 of 3 Falls match.
Match 4: Scorpio Sky vs. Action Andretti
Result: Scorpio Sky beat Action Andretti
Main Event: Owen Hart Cup Men’s Semifinals: CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe
Result: CM Punk beat Samoa Joe. As a result, Punk advances to the Finals next week and will face Starks. Afterwards, Joe offered a handshake which Punk accepted, but Joe turned it into Coqina Clutch and choked Punk out before leaving as FTR came out. Starks then came out for a staredown from the ramp before slowly walking away to wrap things up.
End Show.
It was a fine show overall, slightly above average. Collision is still establishing its identity and this was only week 4, but they need to get rid of hard commercial breaks. They hardly do them during matches on Dynamite anymore and it gets annoying. Last-minute changes and postponing matches like Athena-Nightingale does not help either.
Next week: Both Owen Hart Cup Finals (Punk-Starks, Ruby Soho/Skye Blue-Athena/Nightingale) and FTR-White/Robinson in a 2/3 Falls match for the AEW Tag Team Championship. BOTB 7 airs immediately afterwards.
