AEW Collision Live Coverage – July 29, 2023: ‘CMFTR Challenge For The Trios Titles’
Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting!! All Elite Wrestling invades the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, for tonight’s episode of AEW Collision.
The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) will defend the AEW Trios World Championships against CMFTR (‘Real World Champion’ CM Punk and the AEW World Tag Team Champions Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) in tonight’s main event.
Meanwhile, TBS Champion Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale will be in tag team action against Diamante & Mercedes Martinez
The Acclaimed will also be in action tonight, while Ricky Starks, Powerhouse Hobbs, and more are also advertised to address the AEW Galaxy.
Stay tuned with us as we bring you the latest from AEW Collision!
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Opening the show is Tony Schiavone, and he introduces Ricky Starks. Starks is wearing a weird outfit, and I mean something along the lines of Seth Rollins, but Starks is also wearing the same belt he used to whip Ricky Steamboat last week, as so eloquently pointed out by Schiavone.
Schiavone informs that Starks has been suspended following his actions last week. Starks says Steamboat cost him the match, so he had to whoop his ass. He still loves Steamboat. What he did last week hurt Starks more than it did Steamboat.
Starks says that he may be suspended as a wrestler, but he has got a manager’s license, and he’ll be on Collision every week. He threatens Tony again before blaming CM Punk for what happened to ‘The Dragon’ last week. He warns Punk that he is not on Starks’ level. Starks is gonna set AEW on fire next week onwards and vows to bring a war to your front door. Mic drop.
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We see a video package looking at The Young Bucks and FTR’s history ahead of their AEW World Tag-Team Championship showdown at AEW All In.
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#1. The Acclaimed vs. Jon Guys – Winners: The Acclaimed
The Acclaimed is out next, and Max Caster and Anthony Bowens do their thang before squashing a couple of job guys. They hit double Fame-Asser’s in honor of Billy Gunn to get the 1-2-3. Following the match, they paid tribute to Daddy Ass.
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Backstage with Lexy Nair is Bullet Club Gold, who cut a promo on The Elite. The Gunns issue a challenge to the Young Bucks.
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#2. Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Martinez & Diamante – Winners: Mercedes Martinez & Diamante
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Lexy Nair who is standing backstage with Toni Storm, who is having some kind of breakdown as she loses it on Nair. She discusses Saraya being in the four-way match for the Women’s Championship at All In alongside her and how it’s advantageous to The Outcasts. Nair asks Storm her thoughts on Shida, and Storm loses it again, threatening her and then storming off.
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#3. Samoa Joe vs. Job Guy – Winner: Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe grabs a mic following his squash win and says he is your now and forever… baybee… forever… the ROH World Television Champion. He then shifts his focus to CM Punk, who hasn’t responded to his All In challenge from last week.
Joe calls the “Real” World Champion nothing but a real bitch. Joe extended Punk the courtesy of asking him for the match. Now, Joe’s gonna convince Punk, one way or another, Make of that what you will.
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