New AEW Collision Promo Released, Willow Nightingale Wants Rematch With Mercedes Mone

AEW has posted a new promo for Collision, which debuts on June 17 from the United Center in Chicago.

The video features fresh footage of Miro, Thunder Rosa, Scorpio Sky, Samoa Joe, and Andrade El Idolo. These five wrestlers, among others, were included in advertisements when AEW Collision was announced earlier this month.

Three years ago, #AEWDynamite changed wrestling forever.
On Saturday, June 17th, we change everything once again!
Watch a new night of wrestling as #AEWCollision takes over Saturday Night on @TNTDrama! pic.twitter.com/1qlCPSkY3h

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 29, 2023

In an interview with Busted Open Radio, Willow Nightingale reflected on winning the NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship at NJPW Resurgence where she defeated Mercedes Mone.

While Mone was originally slated to become the inaugural NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion, the leg injury she suffered during the event caused NJPW to put the title on Nightingale.

Willow stated that she is open to giving Mone a title shot when The CEO returns from injury. She said,

“It’s very heavy. I think people, at this point, are aware that Mercedes is probably going to be out for some time. She’s the only that can tell you how long and exactly what happened. I do hope she gets well and recovers as quickly as possible. If I still have this title by the time she gets back, I would love a rematch. With that being said, I think there are more eyes on me than ever before. I’m someone who is very used to people being on my side and cheering for me. After this championship win, I did see a lot of people saying, ‘You deserve it’ and say ‘it’s about time,’ but there have also been a handful of people who don’t think that I can live up to what being a champion is, especially to this caliber. The championship is on me, they can’t change that, the only thing I can do is step up and prove to them that I am worthy of this title. One of the things that I’m doing is trying to find some time to head to LA and train over at the LA Dojo, look over my schedule and figure out how much training I can do with being on the road on top of what I’m doing. Those are the first steps. I don’t want this to be something where, when they look at the history books, and they see Willow Nightingale as the first NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion, I don’t want to see a little asterisk and them being like, ‘she only won because her opponent got hurt and it was an easy victory.’ That’s pro wrestling, that’s how it happens. If you get hurt that day, the fight wasn’t on your side. The fight was on my side that night. The only thing I can do is move forward as champion, wear this title with pride, and do all I can to continue to defend as long as I can.”

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