AEW Collision Live Coverage – July 22, 2023
Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting! AEW Collision emanates live from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, tonight, and the eWn’s live coverage is brought to you fine folks by Tathya.
The House of Black will defend the AEW World Trios Championship against The Acclaimed & Daddy Ass on tonight’s show, while Jay White & Juice Robinson will be in tag team action against Action Andretti & Darius Martin. Also on tonight’s show, Taya Valkyrie will collide against Skye Blue.
Finally, we will also witness the fallout from last week’s main event, which featured Ricky Starks defeat CM Punk by nefarious means to lift the Owen Cup. Stay tuned and chat it up in the comment section…
******
Tony Schiavone is kicking off the show, ad he introduces Ricky Starks. Starks is out to a huge ovation from the crowd. Schiavone asks him about the circumstances under which he defeated CM Punk last week, as well as the disrespect he showed to Jushin Thunder Liger, but Ricky isn’t having it.
Mr. Absolute talks about the clothes he’s wearing and how sexy he is. He got the job done last Saturday, by any means necessary, and that’s that. Out comes CM Punk… no music, and the typical CM Punk reaction we’ve come to witness over the past several weeks. Punk says he gets it. He’s not mad at Ricky, he’s actually kind of proud of him. Fans are chanting STFU. That’s kinda rude…
However, Punk does say that Starks will have to live with the fact that he couldn’t beat him without cheating. That’s all he has to say. As Punk exits, Ricky Starks mocks him and his red bag. Punk comes back and asks if Starks wants a shot at what’s in the bag, if Starks wants a shot the real AEW World Champion.
Out next are Christian Cage and Luchasaurus, one of whom is the TNT Champion (clearly it’s Christian). Christian is doing his thang, and sneaks in a cerebral insult as he asks what kind of man carries a championship he didn’t win. Christian continues to do his thang before out walks the No, 1 contender, Darby Allin.
Allin says he too hates the term “pillar,” before calling CM Punk his friend. He asks who really is the TNT Champion, but then says that it doesn’t really matter. Come All Out, he will be the next TNT Champion. He proposes a tag team bout between himself & CM Punk and Ricky Starks & Christian Cage in tonight’s main event. IT’S OFFICIAL!
******
We see footage of Andrade El Idolo being refused entry into the building earlier tonight.
******
#1. Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Juice Robinson & Jay White – Winners: Bullet Club Gold
Following the match, Austin and Colten Gunn rush the ring to join in the assault on Andretti and Martin.
******
#2. Miro vs. Nick Comoroto – Winner: Miro
******
#3. The House Of Black (C) vs. The Acclaimed & Daddy Ass – Winners: The House Of Black
After the match, we see Billy Gun unlacing his boots. The crowd chants “NO!” as Gunn signals retirement. As Bowens goes to hug him, Billy Gunn pushes past him and Caster and heads backstage alone. Bowens grabs Gunn’s boots and he and Caster head back together.
******
Up next, Tony Schiavone is in the ring and introduces FTR. Massive vation for the AEW World Tag Team Champions! Dax & Cash discuss their epic battle with Bullet Club Gold last week, before addressing their title defense against Adam Cole & AEW World Champion MJF next week. They warn Cole about MJF, and on that note – “Top guys — out!”
******
#4. Taya Valkyrie vs. Skye Blue – Winner: Taya Valkyrie
After the match, Valkyrie takes digs at the AEW Galaxy in Newark, before issuing a challenge to Britt Baker for next week’s Dynamite in Albany.
******
#5. CM Punk & Darby Allin vs. Ricky Starks & Christian Cage – Winners: Ricky Starks & Christian Cage
Top class match here, no doubt about it. The climax saw Starks use the ropes to pin Darby, same as he pinned Punk last week.
That’s it for tonight! Another great episode of the best two hours in professional wrestling. I’ll see you next week for Friday Night SmackDown and AEW Collision. Until then, stay tuned to eWn for the latest from the world of wrestling.
This is Tathya, signing out! Happy weekend folks!
You can keep up with all your wrestling news right here on eWrestlingNews.com. Or, you can follow us over on our Twitter and Facebook pages.