AEW Collision 6/24/23 Results and Review

AEW comes through Canada this time for AEW Collision, and who knows what went down? Well I saw the results and am listening to Notorious B.I.G. and watching the show for review. I wish I could travel to see these shows, but oh well.

The opening showed us who would be on Sting and Darby Allin’s partner, and it was none other than NAITO! That should be great overall, sounds like a blast to me overall.

Hiroshi Tanahash defeated Swerve Strickland

A solid back and forth match, Strickland did not back down at all. Meanwhile Tanahashi got a lot of his moves in to make this one a great opener. Even though it was less than 11 minutes long, it had a good deal of back and forth action to make it a solid opening for the show. Tanahashi is always fun to watch and Swerve is rad at what he does. A good opener if I do say so myself.

Andrade El Idolo defeated Brody King by DQ

One hell of a match here folks, with a lot of brawling. The two were hitting hard, and Brody King was asserting his power a great deal of the match. Andrade was definitely present, but it was King that was impressive in this match, beating and wearing down Andrade for the most part. The match turned around and Andrade was ready to set the figure 8, but Buddy Matthews rand own and beat up El Idolo causing the DQ finish. A good match with a DQ finish, fun stuff overall if you ask me.

Willow Nightingale defeated Nyla Rose

A strong women’s match. It was incredible to see these women put on a showcase, with a lot of brawling, and some heavy handed moves. Willow hit a strong powerbomb after a pounce and pinned Nyla Rose. It was a good one if you ask me. I liked the pace, and the strong style overall, good stuff.

Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Jeremy Prophet

A quick match, and it was over. Nothing great here, just a burial, squash match.

Bullet Club (Jay white, Juice Robinson) and the Gunns (Austin and Colton Gunn) defeated CM Punk, FTR, and Ricky Starks

What a violent 20 some odd minutes of a tag match! Without using plunder of any kind, there was a lot of brawling, and a lot of big moves found on this night’s match. Great back and forth, great singles moments, but also tag team options that had both teams winning at various times during the matchup. Jay White hit the Bladerunner and boom, got the victory. This was a hard battle, and it was a great showing from both teams.

Overall thoughts

A great overall night of wrestling. Lots of wrestling, little to no talking, great stuff here. I loved it. The main event delivered, the opening match was great, the women’s match was good too, just overall solid wrestling, you can’t go wrong with Collision.

AEW Rampage 6/24/23 Results and Review

The fastest hour of professional wrestling was live from Chicago, well it was taped live. With that in mind, let’s get to the action.

Swerve Strickland and United Empire defeated CHAOS

A lot of work went through this matchup. Lots of back and forth here, with all sorts of brawling, moves, and more. There wasn’t “one” clear cut winning team at first, as there was a lot of back and forth between the two teams. The crowd was all over it, and I thought it was interesting to see the wrestlers get their moves in overall. The United Empire won this match after some great momentum. Fun match, great opening for the night.

Adam Cole got beat up by Tom Lawlor, so that was that, MJF kept saying he was going to save him but kept hesitating overall. Not bad, not great, just a good midpoint before a commercial.

Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed defeated Axel Rico, Darius Latrell, and Koda

This was a fast match. It took roughly 40 seconds or so and it was over. The match was done fast and meh.

Skye Blue defeated Anna Jay AS

A very neat package was found in this match up. Under 10 minutes, but it certainly had a lot of action. There were a lot of reversals and some power moves, and of course Sky Blue’s finisher for the win. This wasn’t an easy spot for  Blue, she moved through to the winning in a nice finisher.

Jack Perry defeated DOUKI

A strong contender for a great main event. It had some good back and forth, but it was  Jack that would the last laugh when he made Douki tap out. Not a whole lot to speak about there.

Sanada came to the ring and stood head to head with Jack Perry and that was the end of Rampage.

Overall Thoughts

I was a swift show with not a lot to write about. 18,000 people cheering and singing. A good night of wrestling, but nothing so special you have to watch. I liked it don’t get wrong, I’m just a little tired.