After they laid out the Rock ‘n’ Roll Express Wednesday and formally aligned with Stokely Hathaway, the new-attitude FTR will take on The Paragon’s Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong on tonight’s AEW Collision.
Live coverage begins shortly after the NBA playoff action ends on TNT.
In a title eliminator match, AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will put a future title shot up against Queen Aminata.
ROH World Champion Bandido will have the first defense of his title reign as he takes on Dralistico. The challenger’s brother Rush will go one-on-one with AR Fox.
Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will face Blake Christian while Max Caster will host yet another open challenge in search of his first win.
In a tornado tag team match, Cru (Lio Rush & Action Andretti) will take on rivals Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin).
Past title challenger Anna Jay returns to AEW for the first time since December against an opponent to be named.
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AEW Collision opened with Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana coming down to the ring. Before Swerve could say anything, The Young Bucks came out with mics to confront him. Nick Jackson was deeply offended at the crowd booing him, and Matt Jackson said Nick was a hot head, but Swerve’s match, which was scheduled for later, was now moved up to be the opener and Swerve had to wrestle without his gear on.
Swerve Strickland defeated Blake Christian (w/ Lee Moriarty)
Swerve hit the ropes and Moriarty tripped him, allowing Christian to get a jump on him at the start of the match. Christian hit his backflipping suicide dive on Swerve, but Swerve raked the eyes of Christian and threw him into the barricade. Christian, however, drove Swerve into the ring post and continued his short heat segment. Christian tried to hit a spear on the apron to Strickland, but he caught Christian and placed him on middle ropes before hitting aneckbreaker as Christian was draped between the ropes. That was a really cool spot.Swerve rolled out of the way of 450 splash and popped up, hitting a House Call that immediately ceased all of Christian’s offence. Swerve hit a JML Driver for the pinfall.
Lee Moriarty attacked Swerve after the bell, but Swerve fought him off. However, the Young Bucks ran in and hit the EVP Trigger, leaving Swerve laid out as Nick Jackson did a dance to mock Swerve and Prince Nana. The Bucks went for the Meltzer Driver on Swerve, but Kenny Omega ran down to make the save. The Bucks immediately started stomping him but Omega managed to hit a snap dragon suplex on Nick Jackson, but before he could hit V-Trigger, the Matt Jackson pulled Nick from the ring. AEW then announced Mark Briscoe, Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, and Kenny Omega against Kazuchika Okada, Ricochet, and The Young Bucks for Dynamite next Wednesday. That match is going to rule.
–Samoa Joe talked about Jon Moxley in a backstage promo, saying Moxley was not unpredictable. He was always looking to create chaos, but Samoa Joe was not someone that would be bothered by it, and he was coming for Moxley. This promo was awesome. Samoa Joe is still one of the best promos in the business.
