AEW Collision: A Strong match facing Jon Moxley for a Blood and Guts advantage

Tommy "Milagro" Martinez

AEW Collision: A Strong match facing Jon Moxley for a Blood and Guts advantage
Roderick Strong is in a calf killer by Jon Moxley on this AEW Collision.

The stakes are getting higher on this AEW Collision, as we will have an Advantage Battle to determine which team will have the advantage heading into Blood and Guts on this upcoming Dynamite for both the men and women. The main event will feature Jon Moxley and Roderick Strong to see who can best the other for their team.

With that, it’s Saturday night, and it’s still all right for fighting. So you know what that means?

Yes, the US government is still shut down, but this AEW Collision is just getting started.

We come to you from the Bayou Music Center in Houston, TX. Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone have the call, and your First Match of the Night is…

FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, with Stokely) vs. The Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson)

Fans chant, “Gunns Up! Whoop whoop!” and you can tell this is a Ban Bang Gang of fans. Gunn and Harwood start, and he runs roughshod through FTR. Then Robinson tags in, and fans want the Juice as he and Harwood go hold for hold, which is very puroresu. Backstage, Big Bill and Brian Keith watch intently from a monitor, but…who cares, they ain’t involved, and the Gang dump FTR out of the ring.

Once the order is restored in the ring, Robinson gets isolated, and Wheeler chop blocks him; he is just a Juice in Peril. He manages a sunset flip to Harwood for a two count, and at that point, FTR tried to stop the tag, and Robinson gives them a double DDT for their trouble. Gunn tags and the barrel is a’blazing with bullets flying. He gets sent over the top rope and crashes hard on the apron edge back-first.

During Picture in Picture, the Bang Bang Gang appears to be firing blanks as Gunn is in trouble. He manages to throw out Harwood, and he and Wheeler double clothesline each other to knock themselves out silly.

Hot Tag to Juice, and he is on the loose on FTR. A crossbody to Harwood, and he rolls over with tights for another two count. It’s a Pier Four brawl, and while the ref tries to restore order, Stokely deals with Bandido and Gravity in the audience. He knows things are bad as he tries to make a getaway, and that’s when JetSpeed appears.

Robinson delivers a flatliner to Harwood and gets the win

Your Winners via Pinfall: Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson

Renee Paquette interviewed Kyle Fletcher after AEW Dynamite about his TNT Title defense against Mark Briscoe in a No DQ match at the Full Gear PPV. Fletcher isn’t sweating it, and that’s when the AEW Unified Champion Kazuchiaka Okada comes into the picture. He explains that they are the captains of the Don Callis Family. While Takeshita is not there he says he will be, and suggest that they are the…ProtOkada.

I wonder how the other half of ProtoShita will feel about that?

With that, your next match is for the…

TNT Championship Match: Kyle Fletcher(c) vs. Ace Austin

This is another big opportunity for the newest Bang Bang Gang member. There is some nice chain wrestling, yet the ProtoStar is in the driver’s seat. Austin goes for a crucifix pin for a close two, and he makes sure Fletcher knows how close it was.

Fletcher takes a breather and then comes back with a big, nasty boot, but Austin manages to take control and goes for a crossbody, but it’s caught by Fletcher, who nails a backbreaker to a full nelson slam. Fletcher picks him apart during Picture in Picture and then…

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We come back, and Austin starts to mount a comeback and nails a legsweep to a guillotine leg drop. Austin returns with a modified sheerdrop brain buster for a two count, but Fletcher battles Austin on the apron and powerbombs on the apron edge.

That leads to a running knee to the back, followed by a high powerbomb, and the champ still gets a two count. Both men unload with all their arsenal, and Austin hits a delayed huracanrana followed by a spike stomp to the head, but gets a near fall. Both men are going for the fences, and Fletcher catches Austin and hits the sheerdrop brain buster for another two count. Fletcher has had enough as he nails a running roundhouse and a brain buster that connects with the top rope instead of the top turnbuckle, and that’s enough for Fletcher to retain.

Your Winner via Pinfall, and Still AEW TNT Champion: Kyle Fletcher

Kris Statlander cuts a promo on her upcoming match with Mercedes Moné and says the Women’s championship is not some “side piece” she can collect. Things are different since the last time they faced each other last year, and she looks forward to their match at Full Gear.

We see what took place after Dynamite as The Death Riders met with Don Callis, and let’s just say both sides have a mutual understanding, even though both sides are wary of the other.

Now for women’s tag team action with…

Tay Jay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay) vs. Maya World and Hyan

For those not in the know, Maya World has been featured in Mission Pro Wrestling, and Hyan is a veteran of promotions like Reality of Wrestling.

But, we know why they are here, so allow me this Haiku in Review™:

*ahem*

Tay Jay shows off their
Tag prowess. Innovative
In One, two, and three.

I will say this, TayJay leaves things with their opponents in the rearview.

Also, allow me an…

(Author’s Note: Get over it, ya prudes!)

Lexi Nair is with Athena, and she’s upset she got pinned by that evil puppeteer, Harley Cameron, in the Women’s Tag title tournament. She makes a promise that if she survives Blood and Guts, Athena will turn her into her own puppet.

Let’s head back to the ring for the …

Women’s Blood and Guts Advantage Battle Match 2: Jamie Hayter vs. Skye Blue

With Megan Bayne picking up the win on this last Dynamite, Hayter needs to tie this up. Right away, Hayter tries to put Blue away to no avail. As she runs away, Hayter gives chase, and then she tosses her to the steel steps.

Back in the ring, Hayter chops back and lands a spinebuster with a beatdown. Then she mounts Blue with punches to the crowd’s delight. Hayter is in control but misses a missile dropkick, and Blue counters with a short thrust kick for a two count. During Picture in Picture, Blue is in control, but Hayter fires up with a suplex to the floor. Blue comes back and rolls her in the ring for a near fall. Both women are throwing bombs, and it’s a head butt by Hayter that lets both women collapse in the center of the ring, and she collapses on Blue for a count of two. They jockey for position, but Blue drinks the Hayterade, which allows the win and secures the pin.

Your Winner via Pinfall: Jamie Hayter

After the match, Julia Hart and Thekla come in and try to take out Hayter, and that’s when Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron interject. We get cecurity and refs trying to restore order, even though fans chant, “Let them fight.”

Well, your wish is granted since the next match is the…

Women’s Blood & Guts Advantage Battle Match 3: Harley Cameron vs. Thekla

With both teams tied at one apiece, this match is a “do-or-die” moment to determine which team gets the advantage at Blood and Guts next week.

The match is underway as fans chant, “Let’s Go Har-ley!” The fight goes outside the ring, and Cameron lands a Russian legsweep to the floor. She throws the Toxic Spider in the ring, then whips her to the corner and Cameron mounts with punches, but Thekla takes her eyes and then lands a big boot to dump her outside. She nails her with suplexes to the floor, and Thekla toys around with administering around the ring. During Picture in Picture, the Toxic Spider spins her web and makes sure she is hurting Cameron, and then…

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We come back, and Thekla has Cameron tied up, and she gives a Tarantula (a Hanging figure four necklock) and tries to choke the life out of her before the five count.

Cameron comes back with sling blades and covers for a two count, and then they battle up top. Thekla fights back, and Cameron bites her head. They come crashing down, but it’s a spear by the Toxic Spider that gains her team the advantage.

Your Winner via Pinfall: Thekla

Lexi Nair is with JetSpeed, and Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey announce they’re throwing their names into the Casino Gauntlet Match for the AEW National Championship.

Since I cover the National Wrestling Alliance, I’d like to hear more about this at a later date, so stay tuned.

Nair also talks to Anthony Bowens and MaxCaster about the upcoming Tailgate Brawl. They state they are not a team, even though Nair says that, according to Tony Khan, they need to be a thing.

My only response is, “Why is this still a thing?!”

It is time for the Main Event, and this is your…

Men’s Blood and Guts Advantage Battle Match 3: Roderick Strong vs. Jon Moxley

The men’s teams are split at one apiece, so whoever wins will get the home court advantage. There are some “Mox-ley” chants at the start, however brief.

Once the bell rings, they jockey for position, and both The Messiah of the Backbreaker and The Death Rider are evenly matched. Mox is getting outwrestled, and he gives fans the number one salute. Then it’s chops ahoy, and Strong is dominating, but Mox mounts with punches. He stomps on the elbow of Strong, and he continues to wear him down. Mox snaps his fingers, but Strong whips him into the steel steps and gives him a backbreaker on the guardrails.

Mox fires back by throwing him back-first to the steel steps, and during Picture in Picture, Mox slams him face-first into the steps. Strong fires back with a chop, and Shafir spits at him.

That said, allow me an…

(Author’s Note: I know they’re both married. I can’t imagine how awkward that conversation will be back home.)

Back in the ring, Mox gives him a dragon legsweep into a grapevine ankle lock. Strong fights out, but it has taken a toll. Then Mox goes for a half crab and then transitions to a calf killer, but Strong manages to get a hand to the bottom ropes to release the submission.

He sets him up top and rakes his back before giving the double fingers to the ref and then nailing a superplex. Strong comes back with a powerbomb for two, and then goes for a Boston crab, but he rolls out of the hold. They slug it out, and Strong nails Mox with a superplex and then follows with a gutbuster. He runs the ropes and gets tripped by Shafir as Mox hits a double DDT, but gets a two count. Now Yuta is out, as is O’Reilly, and he gets chop-blocked to the knee.

Strong is thrown out, and Yuta has a chair, but the ref sends him out. Now PAC is out and gives Strong a boot. As the ref counts, he gets in at eight, and Mox covers for two.
He goes for the ground and pound into an armbar, but Strong blocks, and the grip is loosened. He gets a foot on the rope to break the hold.

PAC is back with a table, and Mox attempts to powerbomb him on the wooden structure, but he holds on. O’Reilly comes back to knee strike PAC. That leads to Daniel Garcia coming out, but Strong ensures he rides the pine.

Back out of the ring, and Strong makes Mox feel the steel steps. He tries to climb back, but a hand grabs him from under the ring, and the ref counts to ten. So that means…

Your Winner via Countout: Roderick Strong

As Yuta inspects under the squared circle, he gets a shock (literally) from a taser by Darby Allin. Seems he has a vested interest in Blood and Guts as we close the show.

Top Photo: Roderick Strong is in a calf killer by Jon Moxley on this AEW Collision

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