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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 Collision results 08/12/23: Samoa Joe’s rage spoils CMFTR’s title hopes

Also tonight on AEW Collision, we heard from Ricky Starks after he attacked a legend last week.

Since returning to AEW and reuniting with his good friends FTR, CM Punk has been on  pretty nice run. Can they win golf together now? That’s one of the big questions that will be answered tonight on AEW Collision from Greensboro.

FTR already knows it has a tough defense of its AEW World Tag Team Championship at All In toward the end of the month. In this case, however, the duo is teaming with Punk (the kids like to call them CMFTR) to try to take the AEW World Trios Championship from its current holders, the House of Black. That figures to be the night’s main event, and may also tell us what Punk may be up to when London rolls around.

The other match being promoted is a big tag team match in the women’s division. TBS Champion Kris Statlander will join forces with Willow Nightingale to take on Mercedes Martinez and Diamante. Oh, and The Acclaimed will be in action as well, but that’s usually the nice way of saying they’ll be on the winning end of a squash match.

What else have we got? Well, Powerhouse Hobbs has asked for some microphone time, and he’s not one you really want to refuse when he makes a request. Also, Ricky Starks is supposed to explain his actions from last week, when he beat down a legend. We’re sure that’s going to be a fun one.

Greensboro is of course smack dab in the middle of Flair Country, but there’s no reason it can’t also be Collision Country for a night. And if that hasn’t been trademarked yet, TK, call us and we’ll work out a deal.

AEW Collision results from Greensboro:

Tony Schiavone is in the ring since there’s a lot to talk about. And we’re starting with someone who should have something to say, Ricky Starks. He takes his belt off in a symbolic show, but Schiavone has some bad news: Starks is suspended for 30 days.

Ricky says there has to be consequences for actions, so he had to whip Ricky Steamboat with the belt for costing him the match last week. He reveals that he got his manager’s license so he can stay on the show while he can’t wrestle, and also asks CM Punk if he can live with his victory.

To finish it off, Starks vows to set the whole company on fire, starting next week.

A hype video is shown for the FTR-Young Bucks match at All In.

The Acclaimed def. Iron Savages by pinfall

Poor Anthony Bowens is sad when he gets to the “scissor me Daddy” part of their intro shtick, turns and realizes that Daddy Ass isn’t there.

Maybe a squash match will make him feel better. One big dude hitting both of them with a fallaway slam definitely won’t, however.

After a commercial break, The Acclaimed looks better, but the Savages rally to score a near fall, and now the framing is “maybe The Acclaimed isn’t as sharp without Billy Gunn with them.”

Everything is about to be right with the world, however, as some scissoring leads to a double Fame-Ass-er, and that’s enough for Bowens and Max Caster to seal up the dub.

After the match, Caster grabs the mic while holding Billy’s boots and declares that The Acclaimed is back. He says the duo will wrestle again on the next Dynamite, while Bowens offers the fans a chance to say goodbye to Billy by throwing their scissors in the air and saluting Daddy Ass.

Jay White says Bullet Club Gold is the most elite version of Bullet Club ever. And the group says The Gunns will head to Dynamite to prove the Young Bucks aren’t the best brother tag team.

Mercedes Martinez and Diamante def. Willow Nightingale and Kris Statlander by pinfall

Willow and Kris have dubbed their team “Saturday Nightingale,” which is awesome on its own but perhaps even better now that AEW has a weekly show on Saturdays. Martinez and Diamante are working well together, however, giving our heroes all they can handle early on.

Nightingale even gets placed in the Paradise Lock, much to her chagrin. A picture-in-picture segment is exactly what Willow needs to rally, capped by a tag to the TBS Champion.

After Nightingale takes a healthy bump to the floor, the heels rally again, with Diamante flipping the world the double bird as her teammate throws her over the top rope onto their foes.

All four women are in the ring hitting moves now as the ref has somewhat lost control. That works to the advantage of the villains, as Martinez cheats and pins Nightingale.

Toni Storm takes exception to the idea that she’s been a little out of sorts. But she’s feeling a bit better since she’s in the four-way title match at All In, and the presence of Saraya means there will be no “funny business.” Storm is upset when it’s brought up that Hikaru Shida is also in the match, and Toni storms out. Uh, pun intended, we guess.

Samoa Joe def. Andrew Everett by submission

Everett briefly looks like someone who doesn’t realize he’s supposed to get squashed, but after Joe finally finds him with a big clothesline (which Everett sells like a champ), he’s tapping out to the Coquina Clutch.

Joe takes the mic after his match and accuses the “Real World Champion” of acting like a real bitch right now. He’s very upset that CM Punk hasn’t answered his challenge for All In, it seems. Joe warns that he’s done asking for what he wants and will now turn to convincing him.

Christian Cage tells the crowd he doesn’t know much about North Carolina and doesn’t want to know much, but that doesn’t stop him from insulting the fans and the area.

He also taunts Darby Allin, promising to complete making him 100% dead inside. Someone needs to stop Christian, but surprisingly, it’s Arn Anderson with son Brock. Double A says this is Horsemen Country, hallowed ground for pro wrestling, and he reminds Luchasaurus that he’s the actual champion, not Cage.

Christian has said no more open challenges but would be willing to make an exception for Arn. If it was 20 years ago … Arn sends Brock into the ring, but Cage has Luchasaurus fight in his stead, of course.

Luchasaurus def. Brock Anderson by pinfall to retain the TNT Championship

Tony Khan has apparently made this for the title, so off we go, apparently. Brock is in trouble early, though.

It gets no better afterward, as the dinosaur pins him to retain his title, but …

… Allin attacks Luchasaurus right after the bell, driving both the heels away before challenging Cage to a match next week. Christian accepts, but Allin also warns Luchasaurus he’s coming for the championship at All In.

Powerhouse Hobbs says an opportunity presented itself at All Out, and that while he hasn’t found much peace lately, he went back to the Book of Hobbs. In the book, the next chapter is called ‘Redemption.’

How can he redeem himself after losing his title? It can only come by challenging The Redeemer. Miro obliges and comes to the stage, slowly making his way toward the ring.

But while he does, Miro is attacked from behind by some of QT Marshall’s guys. Miro takes them out when they get to the ring, but Hobbs then nails Miro with a spinebuster and lays the Book of Hobbs on his chest.

Jim Ross is back for the main event, and it’s good to see him healthy enough to do it (and apparently battled numerous travel issues to make it to Greensboro).

House of Black def. CMFTR by pinfall to retain the AEW World Trios Championship

It’s funny to hear cheers for FTR and a mixed reaction for Punk as their partner. He does have a SAG-AFTRA strike shirt on, which is cool to see.

Buddy Matthews and Cash Wheeler start out, but Wheeler immediately tags in Punk. But Wheeler is back in shortly after as the fans continue to make their voices heard.

Wheeler wins the wrestling battle with Matthews and tags in Dax Harwood to continue in that vein. But Brody King manages to catch his partner while being whipped into the ropes and tag himself in, where he happily exchanges strikes with Dax.

Harwood is able to chop King down to size, and now CMFTR has some good teamwork going against their largest opponent. King is sent to the floor, where his teammates manage to calm him down to refocus.

Malakai Black enters for the first time and is up against Punk. Black knocks both members of FTR off the apron but finds Punk has a counter ready for him, sitting on the mat before being joined by Black doing the same. All six men are in the ring now, and they just start throwing hands so we can go to picture-in-picture.

Harwood is in some trouble when the full broadcast returns, though the fans attempt to rally him. He eventually makes the hot tag to Punk, who uses a DDT to get a near fall on Matthews.

Punk hits Black with a head kick but is nearly rolled up for three by Matthews. He heads up top but gets crotched when he is delayed just a sec by Julia Hart hopping on the apron.

King tags in and crushes Punk with a cannonball, taking us back to side-by-side action for what should be the final time tonight.

After taking an extended beating, Punk is able to hit Matthews with the GTS, but he still desperately needs a tag. Wheeler is the one who gets it, but he needs to be smart to work over King. He powerslams Black and goes to work with corner punches on King, then joins with Harwood to send King to the floor. For good measure, Wheeler dives over the ropes and lands on King.

A big bulldog off the top rope allows Wheeler to score a near fall. Harwood takes over for his team, but he has to hustle to prevent King from leaping from the top turnbuckle. That doesn’t stop the big man for long, but crotching him does.

FTR hits King with a double superplex, and Punk, now the legal man, hits a top rope elbow that can’t quite win it. Here comes a flurry of signature moves from both sides, and there are bodies everywhere. Most fans rise to their feet in appreciation.

Harwood hits a diving headbutt off the top but King kicks out, and as Hart is on the apron, Samoa Joe is choking Punk out on the floor. King hits a running lariat and pins Dax to retain the belts for the House.

AEW Battle of the Belts VII results: 3 champs retain in Calgary

AEW Battle of the Belts VII saw three championships up for grabs, but did any change hands?

Does one good show deserve another? AEW Collision, which featured both Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals and an absolute banger of a tag team title match between FTR and Bullet Club Gold, just rolled right into Battle of the Belts VII.

We mean that literally, too, as the streamers were still coming down from the Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament final when the broadcast switched over. Let’s roll with it as well and see what’s going down.

AEW Battle of the Belts VII results from Calgary:

Jushin “Thunder” Liger is out to hand out the Owen Hart cup, but Ricky Starks takes it from him and heads to the back.

Orange Cassidy def. Lance Archer by countout to retain the AEW International Championship

This … is not the guy you want to be facing if you’re Orange Cassidy and already worn down from tons of title defenses. He seems to have a solution, however, by piling security guards on top of Archer on the floor. It doesn’t work for long but was a nice idea, anyway.

Both men take some huge moves and keep on going, but lots of it is going on outside the ring. Orange takes advantage of that by knocking Archer off the apron and rolling back into the ring just before the ref counts to 10, allowing him to retain by the skin of his teeth.

The Acclaimed have arrived in Calgary. Max Caster is upset about QTV talking smack about them, so he vows to beat them in the ring and on the mic Friday on Rampage. But that’s not all: Anthony Bowens says next Saturday on Collision, The Acclaimed will get their rematch for the Trios Championship.

Toni Storm def. Taya Valkyrie by pinfall to retain the AEW Women’s World Championship

A somewhat bitter Ruby Soho accompanies Storm to the ring. Buoyed by her home fans, Valkyrie races out to a quick start, but one can’t help but feel the numbers game is going to get her eventually.

The feed cuts out during the match, however, and the show moves on when the broadcast returns, so we didn’t get to see the finish of the match. A replay at the end of the show verifies that, yep, Soho made the difference to help her Outcasts teammate keep her gold.

Tony Schiavone welcomes Dr. Martha Hart to present Starks and Willow Nightingale with their Owen Hart Foundation belts and trophies. She gives a nice speech, and even though it seems like it might be a setup for Starks to fully commit to a heel turn after he cheated to win, everything stays peaceful.

Luchasaurus def. Christian Cage by pinfall to retain the AEW TNT Championship

You know the fans would love to see Spears get his hands on Cage, but that way leads to danger as Luchasaurus takes advantage … and Scorpio Sky watches on a monitor backstage.

The dinosaur man ends up winning in fairly short order, allowing Cage to pose with the belt as he is wont to do.

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 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.

AEW: Collision — Date, card for Chicago debut

Take a look at the match card for AEW: Collision ahead of its premiere episode this weekend.

After months of hype and speculation, AEW: Collision will finally premiere. How will two more hours of wrestling impact the company’s storylines with a full summer of pay-per-views? Fans will find the answers ahead.

Collision is being built around CM Punk‘s return to the ring after dealing with injuries and the aftermath of the infamous brawl at All Out in 2022. Promising Punk a microphone in his hand, AEW will give him the chance to speak in his hometown of Chicago at the United Center. One can only imagine what he will say after so much time off, and who his first program will be with, especially with Forbidden Door near.

Punk will also wrestle on Collision, as he and FTR will team up to face Samoa Joe, Juice Robinson and Jay White in a star-studded main event.

Miro and Andrade El Idolo will also make their returns to the ring at AEW’s Collision premiere after extended absences due to injury and other factors. Fans did not see much of either wrestler in 2022, as Miro only wrestled four times and El Idolo last competed at All Out in September.

Wardlow and Luchasaurus will compete for the TNT Championship in the lone title match of the night (at least so far), and Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale will team up to face Toni Storm and Ruby Soho, continuing the events of Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.

AEW: Collision premieres on Saturday, June 17. The show starts at 8:00 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on TNT. Here are all the matches on the card to date, which we’ll update as necessary until showtime:

  • CM Punk and FTR vs. Samoa Joe, Juice Robinson and Jay White
  • Wardlow (c) vs. Luchasaurus – TNT Championship match
  • Miro in action
  • Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale vs. Toni Storm and Ruby Soho
  • Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo
  • CM Punk will speak

AEW Dynamite results: The Forbidden Door gets kicked wide open in D.C.

Get live AEW Dynamite results from D.C., featuring MJF vs. Adam Cole and more pieces of Forbidden Door falling into place.

Sometimes you can just feel when wrestling companies want to put their best foot forward, and tonight is one of those nights as AEW Dynamite airs from the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.

Not that Tony Khan isn’t trying to hit every show out of the park, mind you. But with the debut of AEW: Collision this Saturday, followed quickly by Forbidden Door next week, it behooves this particular episode to have that “can’t miss” feeling about it.

Whether it does or not is in the eye of the beholder, but the card looks compelling from here. MJF and Adam Cole will battle in a world title eliminator, and while “beat the champ to get a shot at the champ” matches are sometimes silly, this one appears very legit.

The Blackpool Combat Club and The Elite may literally fight forever at this point, which will be the case again tonight as they meet in trios action. AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends her title against Skye Blue, and Wardlow does the same with his TNT Championship against Jake Hager, and a big eight-man tag team match sees the Mogul Embassy go up against a fan favorite group made up of Darby Allin, Sting, Keith Lee and Orange Cassidy.

Plus Sammy Guevara will be on Dynamite for the first time since his unsuccessful world title bid at Double or Nothing. Add it all up and it has the makings of a very fun two hours, and that’s not even counting the fact that perhaps a NJPW talent or two will drop by.

AEW Dynamite results from Washington D.C.:

  • Adam Cole vs. MJF goes to a 30-minute time limit draw after MJF’s two attempts to cheat both backfire, and Cole has him beaten with the Panama Sunrise only to have the bell ring with the count at two; Cole asks MJF for five more minutes, but the champ takes his title belt and leaves

  • A video package promotes the return of CM Punk at AEW: Collision

  • Sammy Guevara talks to Renee Paquette about the highs and lows of his last few weeks and says he has to make some personal changes; Darby Allin arrives and suggests Guevara needs to leave the Jericho Appreciation Society to reach the next level … which in turn brings Chris Jericho to the ring, demanding an apology; that in turn brings out Sting, who has a brief, tense staredown with Jericho amid suggestions they might all be in a tag team match next week

  • IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Sanada issues an open challenge for his title at Forbidden Door and says he’s anxious to see who from AEW will step up and accept it

  • Darby Allin, Sting, Keith Lee and Orange Cassidy def. Mogul Embassy by pinfall when Sting pins Brian Cage
  • Paquette asks The Gunns about their relationship with Bullet Club Gold, but they play dumb and would rather talk about their challenge to The Hardys for next week … and then they diss Renee’s hair for some reason

  • Wardlow def. Jake Hager by pinfall to retain the AEW TNT Championship, with Brock Anderson helping fend off outside assistance for Hager by the JAS; afterward, Christian Cage and Luchasaurus appear on the screen to accept Wardlow’s challenge on Collision and show that they’ve beaten up Arn Anderson
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi makes a challenge to MJF for Forbidden Door, and Paquette gives the bad news to the AEW world champ backstage and he says he’s not doing it

  • Paquette is talking to Orange Cassidy about what the future holds when Zack Sabre Jr. says it should be the two of them facing off for the AEW International Championship at Forbidden Door; Daniel Garcia arrives as well, so Cassidy says he and Katsuyori Shibata will face ZSJ and Garcia next week on Dynamite

  • Toni Storm def. Skye Blue by submission to retain the AEW Women’s World Championship, with help from the other Outcasts, of course; Willow Nightingale sprints down to prevent a post-match beating
  • “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry tells the very busy Paquette he’s accepting Sanada’s title challenge for Forbidden Door and asks Hook to have his back; Hook looks like he accepts with a fist bump

  • A video package promotes the main event for the debut episode of AEW: Collision on Saturday night
  • The Elite (Hangman Adam Page and Young Bucks) def. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta) by pinfall as Page pins Yuta, leaving Bryan Danielson on commentary going “you’ve got to be kidding me”
  • After the bell, the BCC attacks The Elite, but Eddie Kingston comes rushing down and goes right after Castagnoli, eventually clearing him from the ring; Kingston and Moxley have a brief showdown and Eddie tries to play peacemaker, but Konosuke Takeshita runs down and attacks Kingston from behind before Kenny Omega joins them and battles Takeshita … but gets assaulted in turn by Will Ospreay, who hits the Stormbreaker on Omega to end the show

AEW Dynamite results 05/17/23: Hangman sides with The Elite, spelling Anarchy for the BCC

This week’s AEW Dynamite includes a big women’s tag team match and Roderick Strong vs. Chris Jericho in a Falls Count Anywhere match.

When someone says you’re more than a friend to them and are indeed more like family, it takes a special kind of jerk to betray them in a very public and violent fashion. Don Callis is proving to be exactly that kind of jerk, which is relevant for tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite from Austin.

See, Callis turned on Kenny Omega in the middle of a Steel Cage match, making him bleed with a screwdriver and gift-wrapping a victory for Omega’s bitter rival, Jon Moxley. So far, he hasn’t explained himself, but he’s supposed to tonight on AEW Dynamite.

Other parts of tonight’s show will need much less exposition. For example there’s no mystery about why Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida and Jamie Hayter want to get their hands on The Outcasts. Heck, the only thing to wonder about is why it took so long (OK, probably because of the need to wait for Shida to return, but still).

Similarly, there’s not much mystery around why Ricky Starks is eager to step in the ring to face Jay White, or why Roderick Strong is sticking up for his friend Adam Cole to the point where he’s facing Chris Jericho in a Falls Count Anywhere match. The battle lines in these programs have been pretty well drawn.

There’s also a good chance we’ll find out more about the big wrestling news of the day, which was the official announcement of AEW: Collision. Will there be another name revealed as a star for the new show? A certain Second City Saint, perhaps?

Let’s find out.

AEW Dynamite results from Austin:

  • Wardlow wants Christian Cage to back up his tough talk, but he’s not about to let Cage actually spit on his face; the problem is that Luchasaurus is there too, and the two of them beat Wardlow down with a ladder
  • Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin def. Big Bill and Lee Moriarty by pinfall
  • The Young Bucks get approached by the Blackpool Combat Club in the parking garage, which stinks for them since they’re outnumbered; Jon Moxley grabs the camera and says they’re the only elite in this business
  • Renee Paquette is on hand to see Wardlow and Arn Anderson discuss what just happened, which leads Wardlow to challenge Cage to a Ladder Match at Double or Nothing
  • Paquette talks to Cassidy, who tells Kyle Fletcher, or anyone really, to find Tony Khan and ask for a title match at Double or Nothing
  • Sammy Guevara def. Exodus Prime by pinfall in a squash match, then cuts a short promo about his long, winding road leading to his championship opportunity at Double or Nothing
  • Tony Schiavone tries to summon Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett, but they get attacked by FTR before they can even make it to the ring … which ends badly for the outnumbered tag team champs as they take twin guitar shots

  • A very busy Paquette gets a word with Allin when he’s visited by Guevara, who says he won’t be laying down for MJF and gets a “may the best man win” fist bump from Darby
  • Ruby Soho and Toni Storm def. Britt Baker and Hikaru Shida by pinfall, with some cheating involved, naturally
  • Paquette tells Cassidy 20 people asked for a shot at his title, so he says he’ll fight them all in a 21-person (including him) battle royal for the Intercontinental Championship

  • Tony Khan promotes the June 17 premiere of AEW: Collision, including the fact that the first few shows will be in Canada
  • Roderick Strong def. Chris Jericho by pinfall in a Falls Count Anywhere that ranged all over the arena and eventually outside the building, meaning Adam Cole could lend a hand … which he did

  • “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry def. Rush by pinfall, then gets a hand from Allin and Guevara to fight off an attack from Rush’s teammates
  • MJF angrily knocks the microphone out of Paquette’s hand instead of answering her question about his title match at Double or Nothing

  • Paquette talks to Storm, who mocks Jamie Hayter for not being there tonight and challenges the champ to put her title on the line at Double or Nothing
  • Jay White def. Ricky Starks by DQ after Starks is caught using a chair introduced to the match by Juice Robinson
  • “We are … THE ELITE!” Instead of talking about what he did to Kenny Omega, Don Callis wants to talk about what Omega did to him, and when Kenny comes out, the Blackpool Combat Club immediately beats him down; the Young Bucks limp out there with weapons and are joined by Hangman Adam Page, who says at Double or Nothing it’s The Elite vs. Blackpool Combat Club, Anarchy in the Arena

AEW Dynamite live results: The battle for Takeshita’s soul turns bloody

Plus there’s two title matches and an appearance by Tony Khan.

It’s time to find MJF a top contender once and for all tonight on AEW Dynamite from Sunrise, Fla.

You may recall that the AEW World Champion has been called one of the Four Pillars of the company, and that the other three all made it clear they’d like a shot at his title. MJF skillfully played them off against each other, even aiding Sammy Guevara in defeating “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry.

But now Guevara is just a victory over Darby Allin away from getting that title shot himself. Is having Sammy win part of MJF’s plan too, or does he have another trick up his sleeve?

There are also two title matches on the AEW Dynamite card tonight. Jade Cargill will put both her TBS Championship and her undefeated record on the line against Taya Valkyrie, possibly her most powerful opponent to date. And since it’s another week, it must mean another Orange Cassidy title defense, this time against Bandido.

Also, as you may have heard Tony Khan will be appearing on this week’s episode as well. Is he about to confirm to the world that we’ll all be watching two more hours of AEW action every week on Saturday night? Or is this particular announcement about something else?

There’s only one way to find out, and that’s to tune in tonight at 8 p.m. on TBS. Well, actually two ways, because you can also return to this post as we update it with AEW Dynamite live results as they happen from Sunrise.

AEW Dynamite results from Sunrise, Fla.:

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

  • Orange Cassidy def. Bandido by pinfall to retain the AEW International Championship; after the match, the two men share signs of respect, including Cassidy putting his sunglasses on Bandido
  • Adam Cole tells Renee Paquette he’s going to call out Chris Jericho … and if Jericho doesn’t come out, Cole will go find him; Cassidy and Bandido are told what’s going on and say “oh”
  • Darby Allin tries to squash things with Jack Perry, but they seem too competitive with each other to be sure that Perry will prevent any hijinks in Allin’s match tonight
  • Jeff Jarrett def. Dax Harwood by pinfall … by cheating, of course, then poses with Harwood’s tag team title bout
  • Tony Khan announces the Owen Hart Foundation tournaments are back again this year, and will include matches at Forbidden Door with the finals in Calgary this summer
  • Wardlow def. a jobber by pinfall in a quick squash match, and has another staredown with Luchasaurus
  • MJF and Sammy Guevara sure seem to still be on the same page as they vow that Sammy will defeat Darby, and they exchange gifts (vests and scarfs)
  • Poor RJ City gets laid out backstage by the Blackpool Combat Club
  • Sammy Guevara def. Darby Allin by DQ when MJF makes it seem like Darby used a skateboard to hit Sammy … but an announcement is made that Allin and Perry will team to face MJF and Guevara next week, and if the faces win, both of them are added to the title match at Double or Nothing
  • MJF and Guevara are furious, but Sammy gets left behind as MJF leaves the building
  • “Jericho, I know you can hear me you son of a bitch!” Cole swears he will beat Jericho within an inch of his life, but all he gets is The Ocho on the big screen sending the JAS to the ring … but Cassidy, Bandido and the debuting Roderick Strong help even the odds and clear the ring
  • QT Marshall tells the QTV crew they need to “go to Plan B” after a visit from an angry Powerhouse Hobbs
  • Jade Cargill def. Taya Valkyrie by pinfall to retain the AEW TBS Championship
  • Britt Baker and Jamie Hayter look somewhat the worse for wear but vow that even though The Outcasts declared war, the only way they’ll stop coming is if they are sent to the morgue
  • Ricky Starks and Shawn Spears exchange trash talk with Jay White and Juice Robinson ahead of their match on Rampage this Friday
  • Kenny Omega and Konosuke Takeshita def. The Butcher and The Blade by pinfall, but Bryan Danielson is with the announcers and distracts them for a full scale BCC assault … until the Young Bucks arrive, though Takeshita stops Omega from using a screwdriver on Jon Moxley and ends up having Mox use it on him