AEW Collision: July 13, 2024 (and Rampage July 12)

July 14, 2024 4:06 PM - Season 2, Episode 5

This pre-taped episode wraps up AEW's current excursion into Calgary: Takeshita faces a local hero, Roddy Strong and Dalton Castle vie for a championship shot, the trios titles are marred by shenanigans, Top Flight continues their beef with Shane Taylor Promotions, and Malibu Stacy Skye Blue is wearing a new hat!

RAMPAGE -- July 12

Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black & Brody King) defeated Tony Nese & Ari Daivari (w/ Mark Sterling & Josh Woods)

Roderick Strong (w/ Mike Bennett and Matt Taven) defeated Ben Bishop

"Bishop is huge. He tossed around the much smaller Strong in the beginning, but Strong chopped him down to size by attacking his knees. Strong gave Bishop the Angle Slam, then hit him with a running knee to get the pinfall. Tomorrow night, Strong will take on Dalton Castle, and the winner of that match is the #1 Contender for the ROH World Title at Death Before Dishonor."

Four-way match: Rey Fenix defeated AR Fox, Angelico and Komander

Thunder Rosa defeated Rachael Ellering

"Ellering hit a rolling forearm and senton for a near fall. Rosa came back with a dropkick in the corner and a diving dropkick against the ropes. Rosa tried for her finisher, but Ellering backdropped out of it. Rosa tied up Ellering with a cobra clutch/camel clutch to get a submission. After the match, Deonna Purrazzo attacked both Rosa and Ellering, and put Rosa down with a pump kick."

Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty & Anthony Ogogo defeated Top Flight & Action Andretti

COLLISON -- July 13

Konosuke Takeshita defeated "The (New) Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington

"An excellent opener, as Billington brought a ton of fight to Takeshita. The angle afterward was interesting, as FTR inserted themselves into Callis Family business. Could we see the Dynamite Kid walking out at Wembley Stadium?"

Bullet Club Gold (Juice Robinson, Austin & Colten Gunn) defeated London Lightning, Michael Allen Richard Clark & Shaun Moore

"This felt like a way of getting the titles off Jay White without setting a Freebird Rule precedent in AEW. Meanwhile, Christian Cage has taken out members of two different trios in the past few weeks and is a step closer to getting the Trios Titles."

Interestingly, while Tony Schiavone was happy with this on commentary, the crowd seemed to be down on the idea, making the Bang Bang Gang unlikely faces under the threat of Christian Cage and the Patriarchy.

ROH World Title #1 Contendership Match – Roderick Strong (w/Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated Dalton Castle (w/ The Outrunners)

"Castle outwrestled Strong on the mat, forcing Strong to boot Castle in the face. The Outrunners fired up Castle by flexing at him, leading Castle to set Strong up on the ropes and hit a running knee. Strong tried to make space on the floor, but Castle hit a headscissors off the apron. There were some distractions on the floor between the Kingdom and the Outrunners, allowing Strong to hit a baseball slide and a backbreaker on the barricade.

After a commercial break, Castle caught a kick and turned it into a back suplex as he peacocked up. Whoops, this is on TNT, he Max’ed up. Castle hit a set of gutwrench throws and a high knee, but Strong came back with a backbreaker on the apron. Strong tried to counter out of a Bangarang attempt, but Castle countered the counter and stuffed him for a nearfall. Castle went for another Bangarang, but Strong fought out and hit a jumping knee to score the win and a shot at becoming a two-time ROH World Champion at Death Before Dishonor."

Nyla Rose defeated Ava Lawless

Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) (w/Action Andretti) defeated Shane Taylor Promotions (Anthony Ogogo & Lee Moriarty) (w/Shane Taylor)

"The two teams traded the advantage until Dante helped Darius counter a suplex attempt, then hit a tope con hilo over the ropes. Ogogo caught Darius in the ropes, then took the referee as Moriarty booted his arm. After a commercial break, Darius countered a Moriarty uppercut with a German suplex, then tagged his brother. Dante ran wild, hitting a high cross on Ogogo for a nearfall.

Ogogo hit a pop-up punch to Dante to send him out of the ring. Moriarty caught Darius with a lifting lariat for a nearfall. Darius and Moriarty traded strikes before Darius hit a bulldog through the ropes. Taylor hooked Darius’s leg from the outside, forcing Andretti to hit him with a high cross to the floor. Darius countered a move from Moriarty and hit an F-5 into a DDT for the win. After the match, Taylor jumped Top Flight and laid Andretti out with a right hand."

Skye Blue defeated Harley Cameron (w/Saraya)

"A lot of cowboy hats are going around in this one. Cameron got the advantage with a gamengiri in the corner and a clothesline. Blue came back with a superkick in the corner and a boot off the apron. Saraya got in Blue’s face, allowing Cameron to drop her from behind as we went to a commercial. After a commercial, Blue made her comeback with a rising knee and a neckbreaker. Cameron caught Blue with a sunset flip for a nearfall. Cameron hit a running knee for a nearfall. Blue held onto the ropes on a backstabber and got Cameron up for a TKO. Blue locked on something approximating a Dragon Sleeper for the win."

The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) defeated The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly & Orange Cassidy)

"A much-needed shot of energy here in this main event. These guys went 160 kilometers an hour to get the crowd into this one, and it worked to an extent. We had more converging stories here, as Beretta still hasn’t let go of his issues with Cassidy."

posted by The Pluto Gangsta (1 comment total)

Finally caught up with Collision earlier today, having skimmed Rampage. The Shane Taylor Promotions vs Top Flight/Action stuff really isn't doing much for me...

More positively, great to see FTR back, and I thought Tommy Billington looked good in the match and that the post-match stuff with Callis and FTR was really well done. Main was the other highlight, and I actually gasped when Orange snapped and nailed Trent with the wrench.
posted by eternalhedgehog at 6:30 PM on July 17 [1 favorite]