Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage and recap of AEW Collision on Jun 24 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This is the final show before Sunday's…
CM Punk, FTR Win in AEW Collision Debut after Punk's Return from Injury
Jun 18, 2023
CLEVELAND, OH - JANUARY 26: CM Punk in the ring during AEW Dynamite - Beach Break on January 26, 2022, at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, OH. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
CM Punk and FTR defeated Samoa Joe, Jay White and Juice Robinson in a six-man tag team match in the main event of the debut episode of AEW Collision on Saturday night.
Punk last wrestled at the All Out pay-per-view in September 2022, beating Jon Moxley in the main event to become a two-time AEW world champion.
However, the 44-year-old veteran suffered a torn triceps, forcing him to vacate the title and take several months off to heal.
As Punk's anticipated return drew closer, All Elite Wrestling announced the debut of a new weekly Saturday show called Collision, leading to speculation and rumors about his return.
The whispers grew even louder when AEW president Tony Khan announced that the first episode of Collision would be held in Punk's hometown of Chicago, which always gives its local hero a hugely positive reaction.
Shortly thereafter, AEW confirmed that The Best in the World would be the face of Collision, and it was eventually established that he would team with close friends Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler in the first main event on the show.
At the top of the show, Punk came out and addressed his hometown crowd, calling out his haters and those that want him to change his ways. He doesn't plan on it.
And his early appearance drove the audience into a frenzy.
Joe, who is the reigning Ring of Honor television champion, has a long history with Punk dating back to their time together in ROH in the 2000s.
They had a classic rivalry and many memorable matches in the promotion, making Joe's involvement in Punk's first match back fitting.
Also, White has been viewed by a large portion of the AEW fanbase as a potentially great opponent for Punk moving forward, and Saturday's match may have laid the groundwork for them to work against each other more in the future.
Ultimately, there was little doubt Punk would win his return match in his hometown, and now that he has the win under his belt, he can be reintegrated into storylines moving forward and made into the focal point of Collision.
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Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage and recap of the debut episode of AEW Collision in Chicago. Not only was this show the highly anticipated return of…
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FTR Beat Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal to Retain AEW Tag Titles at Double or Nothing 2023
May 29, 2023
OSAKA, JAPAN - NOVEMBER 05: Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood celebrate their victory during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling at Edion Arena Osaka on November 05, 2022 in Osaka, Japan. (Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
In their first televised title defense since beating The Gunn Club for the AEW World Tag Team Championships in April, FTR defeated Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal with Mark Briscoe as the special guest referee at Double or Nothing on Sunday to retain the titles.
FTR scored the win by pinning Jarrett with the Big Rig, though there was a lot that happened before the finish.
As has become customary with Jarrett during his AEW run, there were high-level shenanigans going on in a way that made the match even more fun and dramatic.
Briscoe got taken out at one point when Jarrett inadvertently hit him with a guitar while aiming for Dax Harwood, which kickstarted a number of incidents that included Aubrey Edwards being laid out with a guitar shot from Karen Jarrett.
During the months of December and January, FTR's future with All Elite Wrestling was up in the air, and as a result, they did their fair share of losing.
In addition to failing to beat The Acclaimed for the AEW World Tag Team Championships, FTR dropped the ROH tag team titles to the Briscoe Brothers, the AAA Tag Team Championships to Dragon Lee and Dralistico, and the IWGP world tag team titles to Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi.
After about three months off AEW programming, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler returned in late March to confront Austin and Colten Gunn. That led to a title match that stipulated FTR would have to leave the company if they lost.
FTR won to become two-time AEW tag champs, thus confirming that they had signed a new contract with the promotion.
In the wake of that victory, FTR became involved in a rivalry with Jarrett and Lethal, who established themselves as arguably AEW's top heel tag team against all odds.
Jarrett and Lethal first teamed up last summer when they lost to Ric Flair and Andrade El Idolo in The Nature Boy's final match. Jarrett later signed with AEW and reunited with Lethal.
They enjoyed some success and had two title matches against The Acclaimed in which they fell short, but it wasn't long before they got back into the title scene.
In the weeks prior to Double or Nothing, Jarrett and Lethal revealed an ace up their sleeve in the form of Jarrett's wife, Karen.
Once a key figure in Impact Wrestling, she made her AEW debut by distracting FTR and allowing Jeff and Lethal to get the better of them during an altercation.
Despite Karen getting involved in the rivalry, FTR managed to retain at Double or Nothing and once again deny Jarrett and Lethal a title reign.
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AEW Dynamite: Live Updates, Match Results, Highlights and Reaction from May 10
May 10, 2023
The Dynamite lineup.
Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of AEW Dynamite on May 10 from Detroit, Michigan.
This week had all of the usual action we have come to expect on Wednesday nights, but the biggest match on the card was definitely the main attraction.
Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega have been two of the most important wrestlers in all of AEW since its inception, but this time, a steel cage is their battleground.
Erik Beaston will still have you covered with the regular recap and grades, and this will be a space for a more detailed description of what happened during each match and segment,
The most recent segment will appear at the top, so keep refreshing throughout the night.
The main event of this week's show was a Steel Cage match between the leaders of The Elite and The Blackpool Combat Club.
Moxley didn't wait for Omega to enter the cage to start fighting. They brawled in the aisle until Castagnoli and Yuta came out to help. The Young Bucks came out to even the odds and drive them off. Bryan Danielson distracted them for a moment, but Nick Jackson took out both members of BCC with a dive from the stage.
The match finally got started when both men got into the cage and security made everyone else leave. They traded chops and punches in the middle of the ring until Omega hit a boot to the face.
Omega found a chair wrapped in barbed wire and nailed Moxley right in the head with it. He ended up hurting his own hand in the process. Mox was already bleeding before Omega started slamming his head into the turnbuckle.
Mox slammed Omega into the camera next to them and then gave it a kiss. Both men were bleeding from different spots on their bodies thanks to that chair, especially after Mox superplexed Omega on to it.
During the break, Moxley undid one of the turnbuckles and began to use it as a weapon, leaving the top rope hanging loose.
Omega survived being choked by the rope, so Moxley grabbed a bag of broken glass and dumped it all over the ring. Omega and Mox were dishing out their best stuff, but neither man would stay down. The crowd was chanting "This is awesome" as they started trading open-hand shots to the face.
Omega hit the V-Trigger and sent Moxley crashing through the cage wall to the outside. Omega was being looked at by doctors as Moxley got back to his feet and threw him back into the cage.
Omega got him up for the One-Winged Angle, but as he was about to make the pin, Don Callis attacked Omega with a screwdriver. Mox got the pin as everyone looked on in confusion.
— Alexis Cardoza 🇵🇷 (@_AlexisCardoza) May 11, 2023
The trios titles were on the line when The House of Black took on Best Friends and Bandido. This was the first bout contested under Open House rules.
20-count outside the ring
No rope breaks
No DQs
Dealer's choice rule: Julia Hart banned from ringside
The house lights stayed down to give the match a different feel. Malakai Black and Bandido started for their teams with a predictably fast-paced exchange.
Bandido made the first tag to Chuck Taylor, who immediately tagged Trent Beretta so they could hit a triple-team combo. Brody King tagged in and cleaned house to send us into a commercial.
As Julia Hart was making her entrance for this No Holds Barred match, Anna Jay attacked her from behind with a weapon.
Julia eventually turned the tables and used her own kendo stick to unload on her. They took the fight back out of the ring as the show went to a break.
We returned to see Julia putting a bunch of chairs in a pile. She tried to set something up, but Anna countered and dropped her on to the chairs face-first.
Anna kept trying to get the pin, but Hart kept kicking out. You could see Anna getting more and more frustrated as she put all of the chairs into the ring. She tried to suplex Julia on to them, but the HOB member wouldn't allow it.
She put Anna on the top turnbuckle and climbed up with her to hit a superplex. They just barely missed landing on the chairs, but Julia still got the win by submission afterwards.
Winner: Julia Hart
Christian Cage and Luchasaurus came out to talk about the upcoming TNT title match with Wardlow. Once again, Christian decided to insult someone's deceased father.
The crowd was giving Christian tons of heat and trying to drown him out as he spoke, but the veteran ate it up and just spoke louder so everyone had to listen.
After we saw Thunder Rosa return in a backstage segment, the International Championship was on the line when Daniel Garcia battled Orange Cassidy.
OC showed some technical skills early on while Garcia was trying to dance around like a sports entertainer. Red Death kept finding himself on the receiving end of Cassidy's antics no matter what he did.
Garcia hung him up on the top rope to send him crashing to the floor. Garcia threw him hard into the corner, and Cassidy rolled to the outside.
We returned from a break to see Garcia plant Cassidy's face into the mat with a curb stomp. OC hit the Stundog Millionaire but didn't hit the whole thing.
Garcia tried to apply a Sharpshooter but was kicked away by the champ. They began trading punches back and forth. Cassidy countered a piledriver, even though his hands were in his pockets, but he was unable to make an effective cover for the same reason.
Garcia applied the Dragontamer and sat back to apply the most pressure. Cassidy broke free but immediately wound up in a triangle submission. Garcia transitioned into a crossface and stomped on the injured hand.
Cassidy turned it into a pin and after they each reversed it, OC managed to keep him down for the pin to retain his title.
Winner: Orange Cassidy
FTR came to the ring and asked Mark Briscoe to join them, but they were joined by Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett and their cronies instead.
After they talked a little trash, Briscoe came out with some cups and alcohol to announce he would be the referee for their tag title match at Double or Nothing.
Lethal and Jarrett spit alcohol in their eyes, and in the melee, Dax hit Mark with a piledriver while he was blinded.
Dynamite kicked off with Claudio and Fenix already in the ring and ready to fight. The stipulation said that the winner will get a shot at the other man's ROH title.
Castagnoli put a stop to Fenix's momentum with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. The Lucha Bro hit a few strikes and tried to hit a dive, but the ROH champion caught him in a press slam and dropped him on the barricade.
The powerhouse tried to carry him up the steps, but Fenix fought back and ended up hitting a hurricanrana from the barricade. Bryan Danielson and Wheeler Yuta could be seen backstage watching on a monitor as Castagnoli carried Fenix to the middle turnbuckle on his shoulders.
The high-flyer countered and hit a hurricanrana to take him down for a two-count. Claudio regained control and threw Fenix into the crowd as the show cut to a break.
Fenix hit a loud chop to the chest, but all it did was fire Claudio up. They traded a few more strikes before Fenix drilled him with a stiff superkick. He followed up with a rolling cutter for another near-fall.
They traded several two-counts as they continued building momentum toward the finish. Despite a great effort from Fenix, he was unable to kick out of the Ricola Bomb.
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AEW Dynamite: Live Updates, Match Results, Highlights and Reaction from April 26
Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday's Dynamite lineup.
Welcome to Bleacher Report's live blog for AEW Dynamite on April 26.
We're closing in on the Double or Nothing pay-per-view on May 28, so All Elite Wrestling is gearing up for the event and setting up all of the major feuds that will fill the card.
This week's Dynamite continued the mini tournament MJF initiated last week to find a new No. 1 contender for the AEW World Championship. After defeating Jungle Boy last week, Sammy Guevara took on Darby Allin in the final round Wednesday night.
We are going to be doing things a bit different moving forward. Erik Beaston will still have you covered with the regular recap and grades, and this will be a space for a more detailed description of what happened during each match and segment.
The latest segment and match will be listed at the top of the page, so refresh throughout the show for more updated results. Make sure you're viewing this article on the Bleacher Report website or app and refreshing the page every few minutes.
Kenny Omega and Konosuke Takeshita vs. The Butcher and The Blade
Bryan Danielson joined the commentary team to get an up-close view of the main event. Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford were with Butcher and Blade, and Don Callis was in the corner of Kenny Omega and Konosuke Takeshita.
Blade punched Takeshita right in the mouth and cornered him for some chest chops to get the action started. Takeshita fired back with a forearm strike and a heel kick before he tagged in Omega for some quick double-team combos.
The Blade was sent out of the ring with a hurricanrana. Sabian tripped Omega to prevent a dive out of the ring, and then Ford got between the two to prevent Omega from retaliating. The ref didn't see any of this somehow.
Danielson: We're REAL wrestlers — which is why we're about to attempt murder! #AEWDynamite
We returned from a break to see Takeshita starting to build up a head of steam as he took out The Butcher with a jumping clothesline. He nailed a running kick followed by an impressive brainbuster to the big man for a two-count.
Danielson had been insulting Omega this whole match, but he made sure to compliment his snap dragon suplex. Takeshita was able to take out The Butcher with a huge knee strike for the pin.
Winners: Kenny Omega and Konosuke Takeshita
Danielson grabbed a mic and complimented Takeshita while tearing down Omega.
Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli attacked Omega from behind, but The Young Bucks came out to make the save before they could do too much damage.
The BCC was able to fend off the Bucks and tried to get Takeshita to join them. When he refused to join, they ended up attacking him, too. The show ended with a bloody Takeshita being looked at by the official.
— Those Wrestling Girls (@TWrestlingGirls) April 27, 2023
The TBS title was on the line this week as the undefeated Jade Cargill looked to add Taya Valkyrie to her list of conquests.
They locked up and traded slaps before throwing punches. Cargill whipped Valkyrie to the corner, but she came exploding back out with a clothesline to the champ.
Jade tripped Taya on the apron and caused her to do the splits before dropping her on the floor as the show went to a commercial.
The TBS champion hit a massive superplex when we returned, and she followed up with a Canadian Destroyer that got her a close two-count. Valkyrie countered Jaded and hit a double stomp for a near-fall.
After Taya almost hit her own finisher, Cargill rolled her up for the pin and the win. She almost gave Aubrey Edwards the Road to Valhalla as officials tried to keep the competitors apart.
Winner: Jade Cargill
Backstage, Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter delivered a promo directed at The Outcasts.
Adam Cole came to the ring in a fit of rage and called out Chris Jericho. He was about to go looking for him when Jericho's music hit. He appeared on the big screen and mocked Cole for thinking he would want to fight him.
Jake Hager, Matt Menard, Angelo Parker and Daniel Garcia rushed the ring to attack Cole, but Cassidy and Bandido ran down to help. The three of them were still unable to overcome the four members of the JAS.
Roderick Strong made a shocking debut and ran down to clear the ring of the JAS. The former Undisputed Era teammates stared each other down before embracing in a hug.
MJF and Sammy Guevara had a backstage segment where they exchanged gifts and made it seem like he would take a payoff to lay down for MJF at Double or Nothing if he beat Darby in this match.
MJF joined the commentary team and promoted some pickles he was eating before Allin and Guevara engaged in a fast-paced exchange of takedowns and counters.
The Spanish God spat in Allin's face and hit a brutal knee to the back to send him crashing out of the ring. He threw Allin into the barricade and posed for the camera as MJF put him over on commentary.
Guevara held onto the top rope to avoid a German suplex to the floor. He hit a low blow behind the ref's back before hitting a huge springboard moonsault to send us into a commercial.
Guevara hit a nice cutter to counter a suicide dive from the risk-taker. He pulled a table out from under the ring and set it up near one of the corners on the floor.
Allin ended up getting Guevara into position on the table instead, but Tay Melo distracted him long enough for Guevara to recover and hit a Spanish Fly for a two-count.
He was able to put Allin through the table with an insane 630 senton from the top turnbuckle. MJF tossed Allin's skateboard to him while the ref was looking away, and then Guevara laid down to make it look like he was hit with it.
The ref fell for the ruse and disqualified Allin. Guevara and MJF celebrated by continuing to beat up the painted wrestlers until Perry ran down to make the save.
Allin shrugged off Perry's attempt to help him to his feet as MJF taunted them from the stage. Tony Schiavone said he spoke with Tony Khan and he has decided that Perry and Allin will get a tag match against MJF and Guevara. If they win, they will be added to the world title match at Double or Nothing.
Wardlow vs. Jobber #8729
Wardlow said he wanted to bring back the TNT open challenge following winning the title at Revolution. This isn't exactly what I had in mind... 🤣 #AEWDynamite
Wardlow, fresh off his TNT Championship win over Powerhouse Hobbs, battled a jobber this week in a match that was shorter than most PPV entrances.
The WarDaddy hit all of his signature moves before finishing off his opponent with a Powerbomb.
Winner: Wardlow
Arn Anderson gave a promo after the match and called Wardlow AEW's dynasty. He said there are a couple of things he needs to understand if he wants to be successful and listed some violent acts he might have to do.
Christian Cage's music hit and he came out with Luchasaurus. There was no contact. They just looked at each other menacingly.
Jack Perry and Darby Allin gave a brief interview with Renee backstage and while it may have begun with them burying the hatchet, it quickly turned hostile.
Back in the arena, Double J had to come out for his match alone after officials forced his usual crew to remain backstage. To keep things fair, Cash Wheeler only came out on the stage with Harwood before heading to the back.
They locked up and struggled for control until the ref forced a break, but it was a surprisingly clean break. Both of these men pride themselves on their technical ability, so they kept trying to find ways to counter and reverse each other.
Jarrett walked across Harwood's back as a sign of disrespect. They had a brief misstep during and exchange of takedowns, but they kept it moving without much of an issue. Jarrett had the upper hand as the show went to a break.
We returned to see them trading big right hands. Jarrett hit a kneebreaker, but Harwood was able to avoid the Figure Four. He nailed Double J with a diving headbutt to score a close two-count.
A piledriver got him another near-fall before Jarrett rolled out of the ring to regroup. Dax countered the Figure Four a couple of times. Sonjay Dutt ran down and interfered. Harwood chased him until Jarrett grabbed him and hit The Stroke for the dirty win.
Winner: Jeff Jarrett
Tony Khan's Announcement
After the match, Tony Khan announced that Double or Nothing will be the official beginning of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. He revealed part of the tournament will also take place at Forbidden Door on June 25.
Orange Cassidy vs. Bandido (International Championship)
Dynamite kicked off with a big title match when Orange Cassidy put the International Championship on the line against Bandido.
They started off trading counters with each other. Bandido had the crowd chanting his name, so OC mocked some of his moves with his own lazy version of them.
The masked man stopped Cassidy from putting his hands in his pockets to initiate an exchange of quick takedowns. They kept coming to a stalemate and taunting each other, and the crowd ate up every second of it.
Bandido caught Cassidy in a suicide dive and dropped him across the barricade. As he began to fight more aggressively, the crowd started booing him a little more.
He hit a running shoulder thrust in the corner before applying a modified stretch muffler submission. Cassidy escaped, but Bandido took him out with a suicide dive as the show cut to a break.
We returned to see Bandido holding OC up in a vertical suplex, but the champion reversed it into a Stunner out of nowhere. The luchador planted him with a suplex a moment later.
They traded some more taunts like they were powering up their finishers in a video game before OC slammed Bandido's head into the top turnbuckle 10 times as the crowd counted along.
The fans cheered for both men as they kept trying to hit bigger and bigger moves. Bandido hit an impressive suplex from the middle rope while Cassidy was on the apron, but he was only able to get a two-count.
He put on another impressive display of power when he hit a one-armed press slam followed by a frog splash for another near-fall. Cassidy was able to recover and hit the Orange Punch and the Beach Break for the win to retain his title.
Winner: Orange Cassidy
Adam Cole gave a brief interview backstage before storming off. Cassidy and Bandido had a funny moment with Renee before she threw to a commercial.
