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AEW All In London results: MJF, Adam Cole prove friendship the real winner at Wembley

Follow along with one of the biggest shows in pro wrestling history with live AEW All In results from London’s Wembley Stadium.

The wait is over, Wembley Stadium. London is playing host to one of the biggest wrestling shows of all time as AEW stages its first ever U.K. event in the most grandiose possible fashion. More than 80,000 fans are expected to experience AEW All In London in person, which is quite the accomplishment for a company that is only a few years old.

It certainly helps that AEW has one of the hottest storylines in all of wrestling going right now to fuel the show’s main event. Adam Cole nearly defeated MJF several months ago for a shot at the AEW World Championship. Then the two men got thrown together unwillingly as a tag team.

Instead of being a disaster, it turned into an unlikely bonding experience where MJF embraced his face side, and Better Than You, Bay Bay was born. The two friends have experienced moments of tension at times but always ended up hugging it out.

That ends tonight, when they’ll meet for the world title at Wembley (though not before teaming to try for tag team gold first). Will one of them finally turn on the other with the stakes this high? It should be very entertaining to find out.

The All In card is also loaded to the hilt with other championship matches (four more besides the main event), a Tag Team Coffin match, and the spectacle that is Stadium Stampede. Plus the man who might be the best wrestler on the planet right now, Will Ospreay, will take on an icon in Chris Jericho.

We’re certainly envious of everyone in attendance in London. Here we go.

AEW All In London results:

(click on any match with a link for full details)

AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest results 08/23/23: London calling

AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest will set some of the final pieces in place for All In. Join us to see what’s going down.

What do you do when it’s the final AEW Dynamite before the biggest show in company history, and with the Fyter Fest branding to boot? Load it up as best you can, which is exactly the case for tonight’s episode from Duluth, Georgia.

Naturally, setting up some final pieces to All In looks like it will be part of the fun. There’s the obvious stuff, like a contract signing between Chris Jericho and Will Ospreay, as well as a face-to-face interview between AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (who will be the subject of, let’s call it increased interest due to recent events) and their challengers, the Young Bucks.

Some of the matches on tonight’s card are also previews of sorts for things we’ll see this weekend, including a battle between The Elite and Bullet Club Gold. Even the singles match between Jon Moxley and Rey Fenix has taken on potentially greater meaning since Fenix is rumored to be on his way out of his All In match due to visa issues.

Plus we’ll hear one last time from the two men who will meet in the main event of All In, MJF and Adam Cole. The success of their pairing has gone way beyond what anyone might have expected when it first started (including Cole himself, as he told us earlier this week), but now it’s the most exciting storytelling in all of AEW. Will there be one more twist in their tale before they team, then fight, in London?

Getting answers to questions like that is a big part of why we watch. Let’s dive in.

AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest results from Duluth:

The Elite (Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks) vs. Juice Robinson and The Gunns is a no contest that turns into a huge multi-person brawl

The heel trio doesn’t even wait until our heroes are in the ring to attack, and Juice also abuses the ref for preventing him from using a steel chair. The Gunns hit Nick Jackson with the 3:10 to Yuma, but there’s no ref to count … or to stop Jay White from intervening too.

Omega fights valiantly against White but gets run over by Konosuke Takeshita. Things are looking dire until FTR events the odds, and with Omega and Takeshita isolated in the ring, Konosuke barely escapes the ring before he’s hit with a One-Winged Angel.

MJF proves he’s still having some trouble adjusting to being a face as he promises a pint to all the fans at Wembley but suggests he’ll make Tony Khan pay for them. Renee Paquette asks about the pressure he feels, and he says it’s the most of his entire life while putting over those who paved the way for a show as big as All In to happen.

Paquette also questions the sincerity of his friendship with Adam Cole while showing video of some of their previous interactions. The champ says that he’s become a better person because of Cole, and that while brothers fight sometimes, they hug it out at the end.

MJF suggests that if you put your faith in him, he will reward it. After all, he’s not just a scumbag — he’s your scumbag.

Jon Moxley def. Rey Fenix by submission, plus Santana and Ortiz are back

Fenix gets off to a quick start that includes a tope to the floor, but this all feels like a bit of misdirection given what’s rumored to happen here. Rey takes a nasty bump to the floor and is slow to rise, which may be leading toward what we’re talking about.

Mox rips away at Fenix’s mask during some picture-in-picture action but he’s able to avoid being unmasked and the fight continues. Fenix takes a series of stomps to the face but manages to pull off a superkick that gets him a momentary respite.

Rey tries his rollthrough cutter and gets it on his second try. A frog splash follows and comes very close to winning it for the luchador.

As Moxley tries for the Death Rider, Fenix counters with an inside cradle for another near fall. The two men slug it out until Rey’s thrust kick provides him the time to go up top. But Mox meets him there, biting his face to get leverage for an Avalanche Death Rider.

Fenix kicks out but falls right into a sleeper. Rey tries to fight it but can hold out only so long.

After the bell, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta attack Fenix with crowbars, and when Eddie Kingston and Penta try to come to the rescue, they are stopped by a returning Santana and Ortiz.

Best Friends and Orange Cassidy chase away the heels with chairs, but the damage is done to Fenix, who ends up getting stretchered out.

Penta and Alex Abrahantes hop in the ambulance to ride along with Fenix, and Kingston has an issue with Paquette over “what your husband did.”

Sammy Guevara defends Chris Jericho to Daniel Garcia, Daddy Magic and Cool Hand Ang, who wonder if Jericho will be there for him when needed.

Will Ospreay is accompanied by Don Callis for the contract signing, and Jericho walks out with Guevara. Callis says everyone wants to know why he did what he did, but he makes it simple by saying it was due to Ospreay … as well as having a chance to end Jericho’s career.

He chose money and power over friendship and Ospreay over Jericho. Will grabs the mic to talk about how the match will change his life, and that he’ll be the only person who can say he beat Omega, Kazuchika Okada and Jericho in two months.

Jericho responds by saying Ospreay may not have done all of those things without him, claiming he called Will and told him to calm it down because his style was too reckless to ensure longevity. He says the match at Wembley means more to him than Ospreay or anyone since everyone is predicting his demise.

He touches a nerve as Ospreay smacks the mic out of his hand, and the two men need to be separated by everyone else in the ring. They did sign the contract in there too, so it’s on.

Now it’s Cole’s turn to talk to Paquette, with Cole praising MJF for having belief in him to return to top form. He also says winning the AEW World Championship would cement his status as the best wrestler in the world.

Alas, when he’s shown video of Roderick Strong and how their relationship has suffered while he’s been friends with MJF, Cole gets mad and cuts the interview short, yelling that there are no problems between him and Max.

Darby Allin and Nick Wayne def. AR Fox and Swerve Strickland by pinfall, but there’s more to the story

Fox is wearing the same tank top he wore when attacking Wayne in his home ring, stained with the youngster’s blood. That’s … pretty nasty.

Wayne is taking some hellacious bumps here early on, but he hits a double Wayne’s World to the floor, followed by a Coffin Drop from Allin.

After a commercial break, Allin is hurling himself through the air again. Fox puts him in a chair on the outside, where Strickland lands a Swerve Stomp to knock him to the floor. Wayne is bleeding from his nose too, but he manages to kick out of Fox’s corkscrew brainbuster.

Swerve’s running head kick also won’t keep Wayne down, and when Fox misses a 450 splash, Wayne is able to bridge back into a pin just as Allin recovers to prevent Strickland from making the save before the ref’s count hits three.

Taking the mic, Swerve only laughs, telling Fox how disappointing he has been. “Why are you such a loser, Fox?”

Strickland says this was all a test, and he can’t trust Fox in front of 80,000 people at Wembley. The Mogul Embassy fires Fox and Brian Cage comes in and thrashes AR. Happily, Sting arrives with a baseball bat and Allin forgives Fox.

When Allin asks Strickland “who do you got?” for Sunday, out come Luchasaurus and Christian Cage, with the latter immediately insulting Wayne’s dead father.

So … Cage or the dinosaur man at Wembley?

Paquette sits down with FTR and the Bucks, with FTR saying that the only reason they’ve aided the Jacksons recently is to make sure that in London, they can determine who is the better tag team once and for all.

Nick Jackson suggests that FTR needs to win the match for their legacy, which the champs sort of shrug off. Dax Harwood says both the titles and the legacy are important, after which Matt Jackson starts in on them as well.

The four women in the title match talk about their tag team match at All In … except, curiously, for Saraya.

Ruby Soho def. Skye Blue by pinfall

Prior to the match, Soho delivers a warning to Kris Statlander, saying she’s got her eyes on the TBS Championship. At All Out, maybe?

Blue puts up her typical good fight here, including hitting Skye Fall, but Soho is able to catch her with Destination Unknown for the victory.

Flanked by The Kingdom, Roderick Strong ominously suggests that by the end of the night in London, we’re going to find out who the real MJF is and who the real Adam Cole is.

Without their usual music, The Acclaimed hits the ring and calls out the House of Black. They need to be careful what they wish for, as here comes the House.

A three-on-two beatdown is on, but Billy Gunn comes out to help chase the bad guys away. He gives an impassioned speech before saying he’s up for one more match to get some payback on the guys who hurt his “kids.”

And while fun loving Daddy Ass can’t make the trip to London, Gunn says a “Bad Ass” will be.

Aussie Open def. The Hardys by pinfall to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship, then get a visit from MJF and Adam Cole

It feels very unlikely that these titles would change hands four days away from All In … but you also can’t rule it out if for some reason the Aussies can’t travel.

They sure look like they have taken control of this one, and by isolating Jeff Hardy, they manage to retain their belts.

For some reason, Aussie Open gets on the mic to promise no double clothesline or kangaroo kick at Wembley Stadium. All that does is bring out Better Than You Bay-Bay, a.k.a. MJF and Cole. The four men have a staredown that turns into fisticuffs.

Though Mark Davis evades a double clothesline, Kyle Fletcher is still in the ring. He nearly gets Cole to kick MJF, and hey come nose to nose before Max holds the world title belt over his head. Cole offers a handshake that MJF refuses before grabbing his Dynamite Diamond Ring, but they end up hugging it out.

AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest preview 08/23/23: All aboard to All In

AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest will have some intriguing in-ring action, a contract signing and more just days away from All In London.

AEW hasn’t quite shifted all of its focus across the pond (does anyone still say that?) just yet, as there’s business to attend to right here in the U.S. tonight on Dynamite Fyter Fest in Duluth, Georgia.

It starts with a tag team match that could affect the Zero Hour pre-show at Wembley Stadium this weekend. Aussie Open accepted a challenge from Adam Cole and MJF for the ROH World Tag Team Championship … but that only applies if they’re still champs after facing The Hardys tonight.

The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega will be in different matches Sunday in London, but they’re coming together as The Elite on Dynamite to battle Juice Robinson and The Gunns. Three-quarters of a tag team match (and a Coffin match, at that) at Wembley will see AR Fox and Swerve Strickland step in against Darby Allin and Nick Wayne. And with Tony Khan saying there will be changes to the All In card this week, a match that has everyone watching it with that in mind will see Jon Moxley face off against Rey Fenix.

That’s not even close to all of it. Also promoted for tonight:

  • Jack Perry will “retire” the FTW Championship
  • Skye Blue will battle Ruby Soho
  • Chris Jericho and Will Ospreay have a contract signing for their match at All In
  • FTR and the Young Bucks have a face-to-face interview
  • And Renee Paquette will talk to Adam Cole and MJF before they both team together and fight each other at Wembley

Sounds like a lot, but if ever there was a time to just load up Dynamite to the hilt, it would be the week of the biggest show in AEW history. You’ll want to be watching on TBS beginning at 8 p.m. ET tonight, or simply join us back here at Wrestling Junkie for live AEW Dynamite Fyter Fest results and updates.

AEW Collision results 08/19/23: CM Punk has a surprise for Samoa Joe

AEW Collision from Lexington made one more match official for All In and several matches for All Out as well.

Even though we’re only eight days away from what is being billed as the biggest event in pro wrestling history, one gets the impression that the card isn’t quite finalized just yet. Fortunately, there are several AEW shows between now and then, one of which is AEW Collision tonight in Lexington.

The home of the Kentucky Wildcats won’t see too many big matches, though the main event between Darby Allin and Christian Cage is definitely intriguing. For a completely different reason, plenty of eyes will be on the segment where we’ll hear from FTR. It should be a talking point, let’s put it that way.

Let’s take a trip to Lexington together and find out what’s

AEW Collision Fight for the Fallen results:

  • Samoa Joe is supposed to have a squash match with “The Golden Vampire,” who stuns him with a quick assault and a GTS … then reveals himself to be CM Punk, who says “I accept, bitch” to Joe’s challenge for a match at All In
  • Jay White def. Dalton Castle by pinfall
  • Tony Schiavone talks to Bullet Club Gold, and White has a message for Kenny Omega: Gold is going to show it’s a cut above The Elite in London; also The Gunns and Juice Robinson want a match tonight, so the Iron Savages come out to accept their challenge
  • The Gunns and Juice Robinson def. Iron Savages by pinfall with White sitting in on guest commentary
  • A video message from House of Black is their version of a funeral for Billy Gunn
  • Rush wants to rebuild LFI and seems like he’s willing to go to some pretty wild lengths to do it
  • Ricky Starks talks to Schiavone and insists that he’s going to bring chaos live tonight … possibly with Big Bill?
  • There’s also a pre-recorded Starks promo before he accompanies Big Bill to the ring
  • Big Bill def. Derek Neal by pinfall in a quick squash match, and Starks lashes Neal with his belt after the match
  • Willow Nightingale def. Diamante by pinfall, with Kris Statlander arriving to help keep Mercedes Martinez at bay at ringside
  • Toni Storm is still confused about who’s interviewing her and offended that anyone would question the loyalty that The Outcasts have for each other
  • Powerhouse Hobbs def. Kevin Ku by pinfall, then puts him in Miro’s submission hold; Miro appears on the big screen to … challenge Hobbs, we guess?
  • Darby Allin def. Christian Cage by pinfall despite intervention by Luchasaurus
  • After the match, Schiavone talks to Allin, who is smashed from behind by Cage and chokeslammed by Luchasaurus, which amuses Swerve Strickland and AR Fox watching backstage

AEW Collision results 07/15/23: FTR wins instant classic, Starks takes a shortcut

AEW Collision from Calgary also saw Willow Nightingale capture the Women’s Owen Hart Cup.

Calgary is usually best known for its stampede, but tonight it’s going to be the site of a collision. AEW Collision, to be precise, which is offering up a high stakes card for this mid-July Saturday evening.

Both the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament winners will be decided. The former will see CM Punk take on Ricky Starks in a battle that should see Absolute as the fan favorite, while the latter sees Willow Nightingale, fresh off a scintillating victory over Athena, go up against Ruby Soho.

On top of those intriguing bouts, the AEW World Tag Team Championship is also on the line at the Saddledome. The Bullet Club Gold duo of Jay White and Juice Robinson earned their shot by defeating the champs. But outwitting FTR for one fall is one thing, and taking two of three falls from them is quite another — though that’s exactly what White and Robinson will have to do tonight if they want to walk away with the belts.

And speaking of belts, there are even more of them up for grabs after Collision as Battle of the Belts VII will offer up three additional championship matches. But you know, that’s a tale for a different time, or in this case, a different post.

Let’s focus on Collision first, shall we?

AEW Collision results from Calgary:

FTR def. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White and Juice Robinson) 2-1 in a 2 out of 3 falls match to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship

This one starts off very slowly with a ton of posturing and mind games. Bullet Club Gold gets the better of things during the first picture-in-picture segment, but the crowd is trying to will the champs into the lead.

Dax Harwood takes a rare shortcut with White in an abdominal stretch, using the ropes for leverage. The announcers put over Robinson’s patience as he works against Cash Wheeler, and White also looks good when he re-enters the fray.

The big question is who’s going to get the first fall as White and Harwood both end up down on the mat with their partners urging them to rise. FTR looks for the Shatter Machine, but Robinson foils it and White hits a Blade Runner to give the challengers a 1-0 lead.

The assumption is that FTR will get the second fall and take it to a third and decisive fall, but it’s Bullet Club Gold who controls most of the next bit of action. Wheeler fights heroically to make a hot tag to Dax, who unleashes on both of the challengers. He pulls off a cool spot when he back drops White while still being tied up with Robinson, but his brainbuster on Juice gets only a two count.

White is also in trouble shortly after but manages to kick out at two … and then again. The fans are legitimately in disbelief. The challengers turn the tables on FTR with a frog splash by Robinson and a cover by White, but Harwood kicks out at the very last second. That proves vital, as FTR hits the Shatter Machine, finally, and evens the score at 1-1.

After a commercial break, all four men are fighting on the outside, and White and Harwood take a tough spill over the barricade to the concrete floor. Wheeler and some officials go to check on them, but it appears all is well as they continue on.

FTR ends up suplexing both of their foes on the floor, where only thin mats are there to cushion the impact. All four men make it back into the ring for a face to face showdown as the fans shower them with applause.

Harwood looks like he’s in big trouble as White locks him in the Sharpshooter, much to the dismay of the Calgary crowd. He manages to make it to the bottom rope, however, to force a break. The ring announcer reveals there are only five minutes remaining.

The fans roar back to life again as both members of FTR have their foes in Sharpshooters, but Robinson and White reach out for each other and are able to break free. Juice, still legal, goes for Pulp Friction but ends up back in a Sharpshooter, and Harwood leans back super deep and manages to get the tapout. Fantastic stuff.

FTR offers handshakes after the bout, but instead of accepting them, White spits on the mat in front of the champs.

A hype video is shown for Blood and Guts, with clips from both The Golden Elite and Blackpool Combat Club.

Willow Nightingale def. Ruby Soho by pinfall to win the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament final

Can Soho defeat Nightingale without cheating? We may never know, because that’s exactly what Ruby is trying to do. Willow does survive the No Future, barely, and at least the other Outcasts aren’t out there.

A Pounce sends the spray paint can flying, and Nightingale follows with a powerbomb to win the trophy and the belt that goes with it.

QT Marshall tries to convince Powerhouse Hobbs that he didn’t intentionally cost him a chance at the Owen Hart cup, but it remains to be seen what he’ll have to do to prove it.

Malakai Black and Brody King def. Randy Myers and Arty by pinfall

In what is otherwise a squash match, the most interesting thing to note is Andrade El Idolo coming out to watch right before Black wins the match with the Black Mass.

Ricky Starks def. CM Punk by pinfall to win the Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament final

Dueling chants break out for both men, sounding split about down the middle — though Punk certainly received more heels than boos while being introduced. Starks mocks some of Punk’s trademark mannerisms after getting the better of an early exchange, though Punk is able to hip toss him out to the floor.

After a commercial break, the fans sound more anti-Punk as he slowly takes control of the action. Starks is able to take advantage as Punk is too slow to come off the top rope, and we go side-by-side during ads again.

Simultaneous cross body attempts leave both men down and make it appear we’re headed toward a finish. They get to their knees and start slugging it out, with Starks hammering home forearm shots. But Punk is able to counter Starks with a piledriver, nearly winning it even though he’s slow to cover.

Starks is able to slide away from the Go to Sleep and hit a spear, but Punk rolls to the outside. Ricky’s next spear is countered into a guillotine, forcing Starks to stretch his foot to the ropes to break the hold.

A top rope hurricanrana for Punk leads to a trade of covers back and forth, but Starks grabs the ropes on one of them and get the three count.

AEW Collision results: Toronto isn’t Punk Country (but it does like Naito)

See the final matches and actions of AEW and NJPW’s finest the night before Forbidden Door on AEW Collision.

If someone had come back in time from 2023 to tell a slightly younger version of me that “hey, there’s a second big U.S. wrestling promotion and they work hand in hand with New Japan Pro-Wrestling,” younger me would have thought, “wow, that sounds pretty cool!” And as it turns out, it definitely is, as we’ll see tonight on the second episode of AEW Collision.

As you no doubt are already aware, AEW and NJPW are teaming up for their second annual Forbidden Door supershow Sunday night in Toronto. But as it turns out, a bunch of wrestlers from both companies will also be in action tonight.

One very intriguing crossover match has already captured our imaginations. Swerve Strickland has been superb these last few months as a heel, even though AEW hasn’t exactly booked him toward the top of the card. That hard work pays off on Collision, when he’ll take on none other than New Japan’s Ace, Hiroshi Tanahashi. It should be a really fun matchup, to say the least.

The main event has some of the flavor of last week’s, with CM Punk and FTR joining forces once again, this time adding Ricky Starks to the mix. Bullet Club Gold is on the other side for the second straight week as well, bolstered by The Gunns. Could Jay White and company have some other devious tricks up their sleeves? You can’t put it past them.

We’ll also see Miro and Andrade El Idolo, plus another first round match in the Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament. Plus Darby Allin and Sting will announce their mystery partner for Forbidden Door. Sounds like a fun two hours, and we’re looking forward to recapping it.

AEW Collision results from Toronto:

  • CM Punk, FTR and Ricky Starks do a cold open of sorts, along with the other side of the main event: Bullet Club Gold and The Gunns
  • Tony Schiavone calls out Darby Allin and Sting, but he gets Chris Jericho instead, flanked by Minoru Suzuki, and they plan on torturing Schiavone to tell them who the mystery partner is; happily for Schiavone, Allin and Sting come out and tell Jericho their partner is someone who already kicked Jericho’s ass … at the Tokyo Dome … yep, it’s Tetsuya Naito, who appears in the flesh to confront Jericho in the ring

  • Miro says he’s been in exile for almost a year, but says he must walk alone so he has renounced his god, his gold and his beautiful wife

  • Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Swerve Strickland by pinfall, then saw MJF on the big screen promising to embarrass him and claiming he asked Tony Khan for their match to lead off Forbidden Door

  • Andrade El Idolo def. Brody King by disqualification after Buddy Matthews invades the ring while King is about to submit to the Figure Eight, and the House of Black teammates administer quite the beating
  • Christian Cage and Luchasaurus come to the ring to talk with Schiavone, and Cage spends his time running down his own hometown and acting like he’s the TNT Champion, not Luchasaurus

  • A video package hypes the field of the Men’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament

  • Willow Nightingale def. Nyla Rose by pinfall in a Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament first round match; The Outcasts surround the ring after the match, but Skye Blue runs down with a chair to deter an ambush
  • Scorpio Sky says he wasn’t thrilled by the video package last week because he let his first big break control him, so now everyone will find out who he really is
  • Powerhouse Hobbs def. Jeremy Prophet by pinfall
  • Bullet Club Gold and The Gunns def. Ricky Starks, FTR and CM Punk as Jay White pins Starks

AEW Dynamite results 06/21/23: Leave the (Forbidden) Door open

Chicago hosts the final AEW Dynamite before Forbidden Door, and we’re tracking the action live.

We’re just four days away from Forbidden Door 2023, where the worlds of AEW and NJPW will once again collide, this time in Toronto. But unlike last year, tonight’s final AEW Dynamite before the supershow isn’t even the go home show.

The arrival of Collision has seen to that, giving Tony Khan and the brain trust behind the collaboration time to add matches almost literally right up to the last minute. That said, there should definitely be more pieces of the Forbidden Door puzzle that fall into place tonight in Chicago, and there will definitely be New Japan talent in the house.

Two of the promoted matches for tonight are proof of that. One will see Orange Cassidy and Katsuyori Shibata team up to tangle with Zack Sabre Jr. and Daniel Garcia. There’s a pretty decent chance this tag team bout is going to set up Cassidy vs. ZSJ in Toronto, a matchup yours truly would love to see.

In trios action, Minoru Suzuki will once again align himself with Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara. But things have changed since last year, as Suzuki no longer has his army behind him, and Jericho and Guevara aren’t exactly best buds these days either.

We will, of course, hear from a number of people, including Bryan Danielson, who has a high profile Forbidden Door match already lined up against Kazuchika Okada, and Adam Cole, who does not. There have also been reports that a certain favorite son of Chicago is in the building and may appear, and if you need me to tell you who that is, congrats on taking your first dive into pro wrestling. Hope you enjoy it enough to stick around.

Let’s dive into it, shall we Chicago?

AEW Dynamite results from Chicago:

  • The Gunns def. The Hardys by pinfall after a distraction from Bullet Club Gold, who proceed to help beat down Jeff and Matt after the bell; Ricky Starks and FTR join the fray on the side of the fan favorites, as does … CM Punk, who helps clear the ring and says the two groups can settle things in the ring on Collision

  • A video package promotes the Concession Stand Brawl between Jeff Jarrett and Mark Briscoe, which is well timed because it leads right into …
  • Jeff Jarrett def. Mark Briscoe by pinfall in a Concession Stand Brawl that sees Sonjay Dutt, Karen Jarrett, Papa Briscoe, Christopher Daniels, Best Friends and Lucha Bros. all get involved

  • Blackpool Combat Club and Konosuke Takeshita challenge The Elite to a 10-man tag (they’ll also have Shota Umino on their team) at Forbidden Door, while Bryan Danielson says he’s going to the ring to call out Kazuchika Okada and that the Rainmaker is a coward if he doesn’t show up

  • Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara and Minoru Suzuki def. Action Andretti, AR Fox and Darius Martin by submission when Jericho gets Martin to tap out to the Lion Tamer
  • Renee Paquette talks to the winners after the bell, giving Jericho a chance to call out Sting and challenge him, Darby Allin and a partner of their choice to a match at Forbidden Door; Sting and Allin come to the ring to accept and say they’ll reveal their partner at Collision

  • Tony Schiavone and RJ City kick off the draw for the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament, the brackets for which will be unveiled next week on Dynamite
  • The Elite (in a pre-taped bit, we assume) acknowledge the challenge from the BCC, but they say they have friends all over and a lot of people hate the BCC too … like Eddie Kingston, who also says he’ll pick the fifth member of their team and make the announcement

  • Adam Cole hits the ring to give the Devil his due, admitting that MJF gave him one of the toughest matches of his career last week and calling out the champ to talk rematch; but not only does MJF refuse, Tony Schiavone informs them they’re a tag team for the tournament, but that’s not all …
  • … because Hiroshi Tanahashi appears on the big screen to remind MJF of the challenge the Ace made for Forbidden Door, and Cole manages to goad the AEW World Champion into accepting

  • Daniel Garcia and Zack Sabre Jr. def. Orange Cassidy and Katsuyori Shibata by pinfall as Garcia pins Shibata following a miscommunication by Cassidy and Shibata
  • Alex Marvez catches up with Will Ospreay, who doubles down on his criticism of Canada, to which Don Callis blames Kenny Omega for Will’s troubles and pledges his private security to aid Ospreay
  • Toni Storm disses the people that like Willow Nightingale, who takes the high road and says she respects the champ’s fight; the two women will meet for Storm’s title at Forbidden Door
  • Kris Statlander def. Taya Valkyrie by pinfall to retain the TBS Championship
  • Eddie Kingston says he thinks there’s one member of BCC who might have a problem with him teaming with The Elite, and sure enough, Jon Moxley comes out to confront his old friend before Kingston confirms the fifth member of their team is Tomohiro Ishii; the Stone Pitbull comes to the ring but is waylaid by the BCC, and Danielson’s threats bring Kazuchika Okada to the ring as well, and he gives the Rainmaker to Wheeler Yuta

AEW Collision results: CM Punk gets the pin in his first match back

Get all the details on the main event match from the very first episode of AEW Collision in Chicago.

Jim Ross joins the new Collision announce team of Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness for the first main event in the series’ history. Jay White and Juice Robinson get boos as they enter, but the Chicago fans cheer for Samoa Joe. FTR pauses on the ramp to do the “clobberin’ time” deal with CM Punk.

The crowd quickly gets into a “CMFTR” chant as Dax Harwood tries to get a quick rollup on White, with Kelly joking about nearly needing to load up some standby matches. Dax nails Switchblade with chops in the corner, then takes him down with a clothesline. White regroups on the floor with Robinson before rejoining the fray.

Juice looks good as he tags in, but Harwood cools him off with some chops and gives Cash Wheeler an opening to continue their assault. He nearly gets Robinson with a backslide, then runs into a bodyslam. Wheeler returns the favor and tags Harwood back in. The fans want someone else, however, and Punk is legal for the first time. He tries to pin Juice after FTR hit him with a double team move but only gets two.

Punk wants the GTS and sees Robinson scurry into the corner to allow Joe to tag in. There’s an electric feeling as they stare each other down, and Punk weathers some heavy chops before grabbing a side headlock.

During a side-by-side segment, the heels re able to seize control, working over Harwood as a team. Dax is finally able to deliver a high German suplex to Juice, then tag in Cash. Wheeler rains down corner punches, then drops Juice with a big powerslam for two.

Punk is back in, as Kelly says they are “managing his minutes” in his return match. He’s mostly a bystander as the match goes picture-in-picture again, and now it’s Wheeler taking a beating from all three members of the heel side.

As Joe goes for a cover, Punk storms in to break up the pin. That doesn’t save Wheeler from suffering at White’s hands, Cash finally dives so Punk can receive the hot tag, and he comes in guns blazing. His swinging neckbreaker to White is a nice one, and he signals for the GTS again.

White rakes the eyes to prevent the finisher but eats a kick to the head. Punk goes up top but gets crotched by Robinson. Switchblade connects on a uranage for a near fall. He wants a Blade Runner too but is countered by a lariat.

Harwood tags in, and FTR has White in trouble. Superplex, splash and a big elbow from Punk leave CM looking for the pin, but Juice bails out his Bullet Club Gold partner. Joe is back in and Punk looks woozy. They slug it out and suddenly all six men are in the ring.

Punk and Joe end up isolated again, with Joe getting the Coquina Clutch applied. FTR can’t get to him to help right away, but Harwood is finally able to free himself and smash a shoulder into Joe.

Robinson tags back in, but FTR hit him with the Big Rig. That sets up the GTS, and Punk scores the pinfall in his first match back.

Click here for full AEW Collision results for the debut episode from Chicago.

AEW Collision results 06/17/23: Saturday night’s alright for CM Punk

Can AEW Collision make Saturday night must see TV for wrestling fans? Tonight’s Chicago debut will start putting that to the test.

Is the world ready for another two hours of prime time All Elite Wrestling each week? We’ll begin to find out tonight as the highly anticipated debut of AEW Collision comes to us live from the United Center in Chicago.

Call it the ultimate test of one of Tony Khan’s longtime assertions. He’s made it known that AEW has a big and talented enough roster to support more hours of programming each week. Warner Bros. Discovery agreed and said “let’s see what you can do on Saturday nights.”

The debut episode has some extra buzz around it thanks to a story you might have heard about if you follow wrestling at all: the return of CM Punk. Back in action for the first time since a combination of injury and suspension following All Out last fall, he’s been a boon to ticket sales for tonight’s show in his hometown, and curiosity over what he might say may attract plenty of TV viewers too.

It’s almost secondary (but not quite, since Punk has never wrestled at the United Center) that he’s in the main event, teaming with FTR to take on Bullet Club Gold and Samoa Joe.

Several other interesting returns are set for the Collision premiere. Both Miro and Andrade El Idolo will return to the ring after months away. Plus Wardlow will defend the TNT Championship, and The Acclaimed are scheduled to be in the house.

There’s a brand new (to AEW, that is) announce team. The set will likely be different from the one used on Dynamite. And Khan paid for a famous Elton John song to be the show’s opening theme.

AEW Collision results from Chicago:

(click on any match with a link for more details)

  • “I am the truth, and the truth is painful.” Fittingly, CM Punk starts off the show, walking to the ring to a huge reaction and carrying a bag with him; Punk says he’s done being nice and tells the crowd to tell him when he’s telling lies, saying people can call him whatever they want because they know he’s the truth

  • (cont.) Punk takes a shot at Young Bucks and also still has his title belt with him (presumably, as he never takes it out), saying it belongs to him until someone pins or submits him; he also has his boots and says until there’s someone in the company can fill them, he’s the one who needs to wear them

  • Luchasaurus def. Wardlow by pinfall after Christian Cage blasts Wardlow in the head with a camera he took from ringside, and Luchasaurus is the new TNT Champion (though Cage is celebrating like he won)
  • QT Marshall says Powerhouse Hobbs will win the Owen Hart tournament, something Hobbs himself asserts

  • Andrade El Idolo def. Buddy Matthews by submission, utilizing a move his wife made famous, the Figure Eight; afterward, Andrade tries to shake Matthews’ hand, but the lights go out to reveal he’s surrounded by the House of Black

  • A video package shows Scorpio Sky highlights and teases his return

  • Tony Nese tries body shaming the Chicago fans and says it’s time for group training, but he’s mercifully cut short by the return of Miro
  • Miro def. Tony Nese by submission
  • Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale def. Toni Storm and Ruby Soho by pinfall as Blue pins Soho, who accidentally was hit by spray paint in the eyes from Storm
  • Ricky Starks announces he’s entering the Owen Hart tournament and feels like it’s “absolutely” meant for him
  • Jeff Jarrett challenges Mark Briscoe to a Concession Stand Brawl, saying he’s played the long game and never loses at it
  • The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass say they’re about to get back on track for the trios titles and that AEW now also stands for “Acclaimed Every Weekend” before doing the first ever Collision Scissor, which includes Tony Schiavone as well
  • FTR and CM Punk def. Jay White, Juice Robinson and Samoa Joe by pinfall as Punk pins Robinson

AEW: Collision preview — CM Punk, more set for Chicago debut

Can AEW make a big impression with the premiere of Collision in Chicago?

It’s probably a little bit of hyperbole to suggest that the eyes of the entire pro wrestling world will be on Chicago tonight — but only a little. The highly anticipated nd much discussed premiere of AEW: Collision takes place at the United Center, ushering in a brand new era of AEW that will offer five hours of televised wrestling each week.

Can Collision become must watch TV? It’s taking a big swing early on with a return you might have heard about. CM Punk will not only get a chance to get some things off his chest, but he’ll also feature in the six-man tag team match that serves as the main event. Punk will team with good friends FTR to take on the Bullet Club Gold duo of Jay White and Juice Robinson, along with Samoa Joe.

Wardlow will also put his TNT Championship on the line, perhaps fittingly since the show is on TNT. He’ll battle Luchasaurus, but will have to keep his head on a swivel for Christian Cage too.

The women’s division will see yet another effort to shake it free from the grasp of The Outcasts when Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale step in against Ruby Soho and Toni Storm. And two other wrestlers who have been absent from AEW programming for some time, Andrade El Idolo and Miro, will return to the ring as well.

On top of all that, it stands to reason that Tony Khan and company may toss in a few surprises too. After all, they want people not just to tune in tonight, but to make Collision appointment viewing on a night that isn’t usually set aside for that for many people.

We’re anxious to see if they can pull it off. The premiere of AEW: Collision will kick off at 8 p.m. ET on TNT, and we’ll have full coverage right here on Wrestling Junkie.