AEW Collision Results
January 18, 2025 (Taped 1/16)
Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio
Results by: Jerome Wilen of Wrestleview.com
We go to the opener with the matches being hyped up by each competitors! I am so glad this is back on Collision.
We go right into the venue as the music of Hangman Adam Page hits first for our opening match of the night! Page walks out slowly to the ring, as Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuiness and Matt Menard welcome us to the show.
Up next is the music of Christopher Daniels, as he makes his way to the ring in his original Fallen Angel ring attire.
Texas Death Match: Hangman Adam Page vs. Christopher Daniels
Both men stare each other down, as the bell rings. Daniels jaws at Page as he jaws back. Page slaps Daniels. Page hits Daniels in the face, but Daniels fights back. Page comes back and bites Daniels and nails him with big rights in the corner. Page tosses Daniels, but he reverses it and hammers him as Daniels tries to fight him off. Page sends Daniels to the floor and tosses him back in the ring. Daniels runs at Page and connects with a running drop kick on the floor. Page, quickly recovers and then tosses Daniels into the guardrail and then nails Daniels in the head with a chair. Page tosses the chair into the ring. Daniels is busted open. Page tosses in another chair. Daniels is in the ring. Page grabs barbwire from under the ring. Page connects on Daniels forehead with the barbwire as Daniels continues to bleed worse. Page slaps Daniels in the back with the barbwire and then tries to put the barbwire across the jaw of Daniels. Daniels tries to fight back, but Page kicks him in the face. Page has the barbwire wrapped around his right arm. Page drops Daniels with a big lariat using the barbwire around his arm.
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Back from the break, there is a table set up by the ring. Daniels fight off Page and sends him back in the ring from the apron. Page grabs Daniels and tosses him into a chair set up between the ropes. Daniels rolls onto the table. Page leaps off the apron onto Daniels as the tables breaks, but not fully in half. The ref begins the count as Daniels is down. As Daniels gets up, Page lays big rights into him. Page pulls out a barbwire table from under the ring and puts it in the ring. Page sets up the table. Daniels makes his way onto the apron. Page is up on the second rope as Daniels is up on the rope as well. Page has Daniels up, as Daniels fights him of with headbutts. Daniels grabs Page and slams him into the table of barbwire as it breaks in half! Daniels grabs Page and takes him down, as the fans cheer him on. Page is down, as Daniels grabs him and chokeslams him down, but Page gets up and sends Daniels onto the rampway that leads into the ring. Page goes for a buckshot lariat, but Daniels ducks…Page grabs the barbwire and gashes him in the forehead. Page comes in with a buckshot lariat attempt, but Daniels counters with a flatliner…Page fights out of the hold using the barbwire. Both men are up as Page attempts a deadeye, but Daniels fights it off and drops Page with an angels wings. Both men are down, as the ref starts the ten count…both men get up as Daniels slams Page down. Daniels then connects with a best moonsault ever. Daniels sets up a piece of a table on Page and connects again with a best moonsault ever. The ref begins the ten count. Page is up at nine with a big surge of energy! Daniels chops Page, but he nails Daniels and then picks him up and drops him with a tombstone on a chair. Daniels is down and pulls himself up and holding himself up. Page grabs Daniels and drops him with a deadeye a chair. Page is on the apron as Daniels slowly gets up. Page connects with a buckshot lariat on the back of the neck of Daniels as the ref begins the ten count. Daniels doesn’t make the ten count as the bell rings. A ringside medical doctor comes in to check on Daniels, who is down and spilling blood.
Winner: Hangman Adam Page
After the match Page, who was leaving comes back in the ring and picks up Daniels and drops him with an angels wings. Page then finally goes to the back, as another member of the medical team and other officials check on Daniels who is bleeding from his head and his arm.
-COMMERCIAL BREAK- (ON MAX)
Back from the break with a clean mat that looks like nothing happened – no blood. Tony Schiavone is in the ring and welcomes Toni Storm. She makes her way out high-fiving the fans and is all excited.
Tony says that Toni made history winning the first ever women’s gauntlet. Toni says that her dreams are finally coming true and she is going to Australia and the building where she saw her first wrestling show…she talks about how her mom did everything she could to make it happen. Toni gets emotional as Tony directs things to Mariah May. Toni says that next week she will introduce herself to May as she has not introduced herself to May yet. Tony then starts to question Toni…Toni says to Tony that he is a Tony and she is a Toni and that its Toni time! Toni high-fives the fans as she leaves the ring.
We get a recap of the Hurt Syndicate in their victory on Dynamite. We then go to a vignette with Hurt Syndicate challenging Private Party to a tag title match on Dynamite.
The music of Adam Cole hits next, as the Undisputed Kingdom make their way out to the ring. Up next is the music of Shane Taylor Promotions as Lee Moriarty and Infantry come down to the ring.
Trios Match: Undisputed Kingdom – Adam Cole, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (The Infantry – Carlie Bravo and Sean Dean and Lee Moriarity)
The bell rings as we are underway. Cole and Lee start things off. Lee tries to take down Cole, but he counters. Cole grabs Lee as Strong is tagged in. Lee makes his way the corner and tags in Captain Sean Dean. Strong fights him off and tags in O’Reilly. Strong and Cole double team Dean, as O’Reilly makes the cover for only a two count…Dean gets kicked by O’Reilly…Carlie Bravo distracts the official, allowing Dean to get offense on O’Reilly.
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Back from the break, Lee tags in Dean and Cole is tagged in. Cole drops Dean with a big elbow. Cole then sends Dean down with a neck-breaker. Cole is up on the second rope as Dean is up. Cole missing the Panama Sunrise, but nails Dean with a pump kick…Strong is tagged in as he Dean with a big knee and then picks him up and slam him down. Strong covers him, but Lee and Bravo make the save…Cole drops Lee who was nailed by O’Reilly with a Panama Sunrise. O’Reilly then drops Dean with a leg sweep and gets the pin.
Winners by pinfall: Undisputed Kingdom
After the match, Shane Taylor enters the ring and takes out Cole, O’Reilly and Strong. Matt Menard leaves the announce table yelling at Shane. The music of Daniel Garcia hits. He comes out, taking out The Infantry and then hits the ring apron and nails Taylor. The Undisputed Kingdom get up as they all fight of Taylor, sending him packing. Garcia holds the TNT Title about his head as Undisputed Kingdom looks on, while Matt Menard stands in between all the men to end the segment.
We go to a video package with the return of Kenny Omega. We go to a backstage interview with Will Ospreay from last Wednesday after Dynamite was off the air. Ospreay says that it is time for Ospreay and Omega to have a chat. Ospreay calls out Omega for Dynamite.
Up next is the music of Lance Archer and Brian Cage, as they make their way to the ring. Top Flight is already in the ring.
Lance Archer and Brian Cage vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin and Darius Martin) (No Graphic Available)
The bell rings as Cage and Archer attack Top Flight. Archer and Cage sends Dante to the floor and go after Darrius. Cage tags in Archer, as Darrius is double teamed. Archer picks up Darrius and drops him with a back breaker and then Cage kicks Darrius in the head. Darrius is in the corner as Archer runs as Darrius, but he moves out of the way. Archer tags in Cage as he and Archer continue the offense on Darrius as Dante is up on the apron. Cage runs at Darrius who gets his feet up and kicks Cage. Dante is tagged in as well as Archer being tagged in. Dante leaps on the ropes, but he is caught…Dante is fired up and nails Archer, but its not enough to take him down. Dante is up on the trop rope and nails Archer…Cage is in, but Archer and Cage come back and take down Dante and Darrius. Cage and Archer picks up Dante and chokeslams him hard to the mat. Cage covers Dante for the win.
Winner by pinfall: Brian Cage and Lance Archer
Action Andretti comes out as Top Flight are still down in the ring. As Darrius gets up to jaw at Action, Lio Rush hits him from behind and sends Dante out to the floor. Rush attacks Darrius. Rush comes down with a huge frog splash on Darrius to end the segment.
We go backstage with Lexy Nair and her guests The Learning Tree…Nair asks Jericho how Jon Moxley can be trusted if he is not here…Big Bill interrupts and says what the heart doesn’t know, makes it grow fonder…Jericho tells Lexy to quit muckraking. Jericho says he and Moxley were the first two AEW World Champions…Jericho says tonight they have some common enemies…Jericho says he needs to trust The Learning Tree…Nair asks what does that mean…Jericho then asks the same question back…(This was actually a funny segment).
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Back from the break, Matt Menard, Daniel Garcia and The Undisputed Kingdom are backstage with Lexy Nair. Garcia and Matt Menard agree to a six-man tag with the Undisputed Kingdom, as Cool Hand Ang will make his return to be the partner of Garcia and Menard.
We go to the ring with Max Caster and a duffle back. Caster says there has been a lot of issues going on with The Acclaimed. Caster asks Anthony Bowens to come to the ring. Bowens grabs a mic. Caster tells Bowens there is a huge misunderstanding. They are a great team and great friends. Caster says the problem is he won’t admit he is the best wrestler alive…Bowens tells Caster for the last five years he has done what he can to protect him in the ring, the back and with the media…Bowens says that Caster has made him a liar and who Caster is as a person. He says that Caster is a piece of S—! Bowens says that the people thinks he sucks. Caster pulls out a trademark that says best wrestler alive. Bowens says Caster has not been doing any scissoring. Bowens says he has the tools to become the world champion…Bowens says he is the best tool player and doesn’t need a piece of paper to prove it. The Acclaimed’s music hits as Billy Gunn makes his way out to the ring.
Billy asks what is wrong with Caster and Bowens and they got everyone to scissor because its cool. Caster says Billy doesn’t care, as he attached himself to a young team to make himself look good. Caster says Bowens is his best friend and tells Billy every team he has been a part of breaks up, just like his sons…Caster tells Bowens to choose between a washed up Billy or Caster…Bowens seems conflicted. He puts out his hand scissor and gives Caster the finger…Caster calls Bowens Bad decision Bowens and tells Billy and Bowens its their fault and the fans fault and everyone here sucks. Caster gets a huge you suck chant…Bowens tells Caster he didn’t need him then and doesn’t need him now…Bowens and Billy scissor in the ring as Caster looks on…
We go backstage with Lexy Nair talking to Prince Nana and Swerve Strickland about his match coming up February 5 against Ricochet in Atlanta. (It will actually be College Park, which is 14 minutes south of Atlanta).
The music of Tomohiro Ishii hits next as he makes his way to the ring. Up next is the music of Kazuchika Okada, as the Continental Champion makes his way to the ring for this title match.
AEW Continental Championship Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) defends against Tomohiro Ishii
The bell rings as we are underway. Okada backs away as the fans boo him. Once again Okada backs up as he now goes after Ishii, who chops Okada and then nails him with elbow shots. Okada tries to take down Ishii, as he chops Okada, who leaves the ring and goes to to the floor. Okada is sent to the barricade as Ishii then drops him with a lariat.
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Back from the break, Ishii nails the champion in the corner. Both men are up on the top rope, as Ishii superplexes Okada.. Ishii covers Okada, but he kicks out at two. Ishii tries to pick up Okada, but Okada counters and slams down the challenger. Okada comes off the top with a big elbow drop on Ishii, who gets up and grabs the fingers of Okada. Okada goes for a drop kick, but Ishii moves. Okada goes for the rainmaker, but Ishii counters it…Okada then takes down Ishii with a big drop kick…Ishii headbutts Okada and sends him down. Ishii then nails Okada with a big running lariat. Ishii covers Okada, but he kicks out at two. Okada recovers and drop kicks Ishii, sending him to the floor. Okada goes to the floor to grabs the ring bell. The ref grabs the bell and as he is distracted, Okada lowblows Ishii and then drops him with the rainmaker and covers him for the win and to retain.
Winner by pinfall and still AEW Continental Champion: Kazuchika Okada
Gates of Agony will be in action next week.
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Back from the break, the music of Dustin Rhodes hits as the ROH Six-Man Tag and Team Team Champion makes his way to the ring. Adam Priest is already in the ring.
Dustin Rhodes vs. Adam Priest
The bell rings as Rhodes looks for a handshake but doesn’t get one. Both men lock up. Rhodes takes down Priest, but he fights back on Rhodes with big rights in the corner. Rhodes powerslams Priest as he rolls to the corner. Priest is set up in the corner by Dustin, who then goes to kick Priest, but the ref stops him. Priest then nails Dustin from behind…Dustin fires back and then drops Priest on his head and covers him for the win.
Winner by pinfall: Dustin Rhodes
It was announced during the last match, Gates of Agony will take on Brody King and Buddy Matthews at Collision Homecoming next week at Dailys Place in Jacksonville, Florida.
Up next is the music of Julia hart as she makes her way slowly down to the ring. The music of Harley Cameron is up next, as she makes her way out to the ring.
Harley Cameron vs. Julia Hart
The bell rings as Cameron has and Hart lock up. Cameron drops Hart and nails her with big right hands…Harley charges at Hart, but Julia fights her off. Harley drops Hart and then covers her, but Hart kicks out at two. Hart pokes Harley in the eyes and then puts her fingers in the eyes of Cameron as she is against the ropes.
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Back from the break, Cameron is in control. Harley has Hart up on her back, but Julia transitions into an octopus on Cameron, who fights out of the hold, but Hart gouges the eyes of Cameron…Harley rolls up Hart for only a two count. Cameron is in the corner as Hart nails Cameron with a big elbow and drops her face first. Hart covers Cameron for only a two count…Julia then tries for the heartless, but Cameron gets a foot on the rope to break the hold…Julia takes down Cameron and applies the heartless, as Cameron is quick to tap out.
Winner by submission: Julia Hart
We get a recap of Samoa Joe returning on Dynamite this past Wednesday. He will take on Nick Wayne…
Tony Schiavone says something is going on backstage…The Learning Tree is shown with baseball bats, as Powerhouse Hobbs in down. One of the production crew calls for help.
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*I will do my best to keep up with all the wild action for the 12-Man Tag Team Match*
Back from the break, The Outrunners are already out…FTR is out next. YOU THINK YOU KNOW HIM! Out next is The Rated R Superstar Cope (UGH! such a stupid name) Powerhouse Hobbs is not out…
Up next is the music of The Learning Tree, as they make their way out of the tunnel. Big Bill is holding up the knee brace of Powerhouse Hobbs. Next is the music of the Death Riders, as they are walking from the concourse area and to the ring.
12-Man Tag Team Match: Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum) and Powerhouse Hobbs vs. The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) and The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill and Bryan Keith)
For now we have five on six…Dax and Jericho are set to start things off as the bell rings…Both men lock up as Jericho fends off Dax. Jericho the pie faces Dax and slaps him. Dax slaps back and chops Jericho…Jericho then drop kicks Dax as he tags in Bryan Keith. Dax fights off Keith and drops him with a leg drop…Dax grabs the nose of Keith…Cash Wheeler is in as they double team Keith….Yuta is tagged in. Cash grabs the arm of Yuta, but he nails Cash and then chops Cash in the corner. Cash then comes back and chops Yuta and drops Yuta with a big back body drop…Truth Magnum is tagged in. Yuta chops him, but he fires back and sends him down…Turbo Floyd is in as they double team Yuta….all eleven men enter the ring for a big brawl…
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Back from the break, Big Big has Dax down in the corner…Jericho is tagged in. Bill picks up Dax as he is double teamed. Jericho sends Dax against the ropes as Yuta is distracted and sends Yuta to the floor. Jericho reaches his hand out to tag in Mox. The World Champion looks at Jericho as Mox picks up Dax and drops him with a piledriver…Mox tags in Yuta who then sends Dax to the corner of the heels. Yuta hits Dax with a knee and covers him for only a two count. Yuta picks up Dax and slams him down again. Yuta covers Dax, but he kicks out at two. Dax fights back, as both men trade sleeper holds. Yuta sends Dax to the ring post…Yuta tags in Bill…Cope is tagged in as he takes down Bill and then Jericho who is tagged in…Cope goes after Mox…Cope runs at Jericho, going for a spear, but Jericho counters and hits him with a codebreaker…Turbo is tagged in. He picks up Jericho and slams him…Magnum is tagged in as The Outrunners double team Jericho and Keith…we get a double elbow drop…Claudio comes in and takes down The Outrunners….Dax is up and takes down Yuta…Cope sends Mox to the outside…Bill is in as he dropped with a shatter machine by FTR…on the outside, Cope and Mox are fighting on the rampway…Cope drops Mox with a flatliner on the rampway. Marina Shafir comes in the ring, but the ref stops her…as Cope goes for a spear on Mox, PAC comes in and kicks him…Death Riders pick up Cope and put a bag on his head…FTR comes to make the save…we get a brawl through the crowd…in the ring Turbo takes down Jericho and Keith hits the apron. The music of Powerhouse Hobbs hits as he hobbles to the ring apron! he is tagged in by Turbo. Hobbs comes in and takes out Keith and Jericho with double clotheslines! Bill is up on the apron. Bill, who looks shocked, enters the ring and attempts to hit him…Hobbs fires rights on Bill, but Bill grabs the throat of Hobbs, but he powers out…Bill goes after Hobbs but he sends him to the floor…Hobbs takes out Jericho which allows The Outrunners to drop Jericho with the total recall…Keith has the ROH World Title Belt and then gets it away from Keith and picks him up and powerslams him for the win.
Winners by pinfall: Rated FTR (Cope, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum) and Powerhouse Hobbs
The show quickly goes off the air.
Next week show returns to the live format and will emanate from Dailys Place in Jacksonville, Florida as it will be Collision Homecoming.