With less than 24 hours until AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, AEW Collision came back to Rio Rancho Events Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, on TNT and HBO Max! It was a very busy night of action, especially for the participants in the 12-Man Steel Cage Match tomorrow night in San Jose. Plus, three championships were on the line, and we saw a preview of the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Finals in our main event.

“The CEO” Mercedes Moné and ROH Women’s World Champion Athena beat Maya World and Hyan, which gives Moné the momentum and advantage heading into her second Finals in as many years, with the opportunity to be the first wrestler to repeat as Owen Cup champion. However, World struck the final blows and left Moné down as Collision came to a close!

The Conglomeration turned away The Opps to retain the AEW World Trios Titles, which was a good test for Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong before they step inside the steel cage at Forbidden Door. TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight, conversely, will be one of five teammates for MJF, and he’ll walk into Sunday with the TNT Title still firmly in his possession. The Don Callis Family also saw Jake Doyle with a dominant victory over Adam Priest in Doyle’s last chance to make an impact before Doyle’s AEW PPV debut. Plus, Jericho handled JD Drake for a serious victory ahead of his Dynamite Beach Break showdown with Tommaso Ciampa in less than two weeks on July 8. 

Check out everything that went down in Rio Rancho for Collision before Forbidden Door in San Jose tomorrow night! Here are your complete results!

AEW Collision Recap Tonight for Rio Rancho

AEW World Trios Championship Match: The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong) (c) def. The Opps (HOOK, Katsuyori Shibata and Anthony Bowens)

We began our night on Collision back in Rio Rancho with the first of three championship matches, as The Conglomeration defended the AEW World Trios Championship against The Opps. Of course, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O'Reilly are also part of Team Briscoe tomorrow at Forbidden Door. Shibata and Strong started this one off, and they were clearly being careful with each other. After a stalemate, O'Reilly tagged in and HOOK tagged in for The Opps. HOOK feigned a test of strength and booted O'Reilly in the gut. HOOK changed the pace and was able to trip up O'Reilly, but O'Reilly came back with a series of stiff kicks and brought Strong back into the matchup. HOOK found himself in the wrong corner and was double-teamed by Strong and O'Reilly, with Strong holding HOOK over his knee as Orange Cassidy went from the top rope to the second rope and then down to the mat to drop a very safe elbow. Cassidy made a couple of pin attempts but got a one-count each time, which he explained to the referee added up to two—a math lesson from Orange Cassidy!

That gave HOOK time to recover and hit a throw that put Cassidy on the mat. HOOK tagged Anthony Bowens, who bounced right on Cassidy with a back suplex of his own. Bowens tried to get some applause from the crowd, but they did not seem very interested. OC took the crowd over when he put his hands in his pockets. However, Bowens took the hands out of Cassidy's pockets and made them clap for him. Cassidy didn't keep them there, threw his hands back in his pockets, and took Bowens down with a dropkick. Rio Rancho gave that a standing ovation!

Shibata tagged in, but Cassidy kept his hands in his pockets. Shibata walked up to him and said, bring it on. Cassidy unloaded in his own special way with chops on Shibata and then rolled him up for a two count. Cassidy went to the ropes but took a knee to the back from HOOK, and Shibata took advantage by dropping Cassidy to the mat. HOOK tagged into the match. But first, Shibata took Cassidy to the apron and suplexed him on the corner of the ring before rolling over and suplexing him again on the floor. Shibata rolled Cassidy in, and HOOK covered for a two count. He wasn't happy with that, but The Opps were clearly in control of the champs.

Shibata came back in and tried to slow Cassidy down with a choke in the middle of the ring, but Strong saw this and kicked Shibata in the back to break it up. Shibata snapped Cassidy over, but instead of hitting him with a PK, he knocked Strong off the apron with a big boot. Shibata lifted Cassidy for a suplex, but Cassidy reversed it into a Stundog Millionaire and made the tag to O'Reilly. Bowens made a tag for his team, and O'Reilly unloaded on him with kicks and strikes at lightning speed. He took Bowens down to the mat with a leg sweep as Bowens fell to the corner. O'Reilly rushed in with a forearm to the neck and took Bowens' left arm to torque it a few times over his own shoulder. But Bowens shook it off and lit up O'Reilly with a few kicks. However, when he went for a leapfrog, he came down awkwardly on his knee, and O'Reilly sniffed it out immediately by locking him in an ankle lock. HOOK stopped that ankle lock by trying to lock a REDRUM on O'Reilly at the same time.

O'Reilly took HOOK down with a back suplex. But Bowens knocked O'Reilly to the ropes. He rebounded right back, so Bowens hit him again. O'Reilly rebounded again and hit a double clothesline on HOOK and Bowens. He made the tag to Strong, and Shibata made a tag on the other side. These two hard hitters met right in the middle of the ring with a vicious chop fest that seemed only to strengthen them the more they went on. Shibata got a bit of an advantage with a few chops in a row and followed up with an uppercut that dropped Strong to the second rope, but when Shibata tried to run to the ropes, Cassidy tripped him up. Strong hit a uranage backbreaker on Shibata and then another on HOOK. Strong tagged Cassidy and picked him up to throw as a weapon. He threw him into Shibata in one corner and then HOOK in the other. Strong ran back after Shibata, but Shibata came out of the corner with his own version of the Orange Punch!

Shibata held Strong for Bowens, who tagged into the match, but Strong booted his way out of it by hitting Bowens in the face and then dropping Shibata with a version of a DDT. O'Reilly got in the match and started slugging it out with Shibata in a battle of forearms. Neither man wanted to go down, and somehow both stayed on their feet! Shibata tried to hit the ropes, but O'Reilly met him with a high knee. HOOK came in, and O'Reilly lit him up with a combination of kicks. But when he went for the leg trip, HOOK was ready for it and launched him over his head with an exploder suplex. Cassidy came back in the ring and tornadoed around HOOK for a DDT. Bowens snuck back in, but Cassidy dropped down for a backslide. Bowens kicked out at two. He pulled Cassidy up on his shoulders and dropped him across his knee with a Ushigoroshi and followed with a running knee to the downed Cassidy. Strong came back in, but immediately, Bowens knocked him out of the ring with a big kick. Bowens put his attention on O'Reilly and took him down to the mat with a leaping leg lariat to the back of the neck.

After trapping Cassidy in the corner, Bowens came through the second rope with a straightjacket DDT, but Cassidy kicked out at two. Rio Rancho erupted in a "THIS IS AWESOME!" chant. And for the opening match of the night with the AEW World Trios Titles on the line, it certainly was! Shibata held Cassidy for Bowens, but Cassidy ducked, and Bowens knocked Shibata out of the ring with a thrust kick to the chin. HOOK and Bowens argued, but Cassidy ran Bowens into HOOK, knocking him off the apron. Bowens turned things around and rolled up Cassidy, only for Strong to break it up with a kick to the back of Bowens' neck. Strong followed with a strike to Bowens, and Cassidy came off the ropes with an Orange Punch to Bowens while Strong knocked HOOK off the apron. Strong finished Bowens off with a fireman's carry slam and threw Cassidy on top of Bowens for the three count. The Conglomeration successfully defended their AEW World Trios Titles and can now focus on the Steel Cage Match at Forbidden Door!

The Demand Have a Chance Meeting with The Lethal Twist

Ricochet was in the back with Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun as they spoke about their quest for gold. Toa Liona said he's tired of waiting. But as they went to continue speaking, The Lethal Twist made their way down the stairs behind them. Ricochet and Jay Lethal complimented each other's haircuts, and then Ricochet decided they should go talk. So all six men left together.

Will Ospreay Gets Marching Orders from Jon Moxley

As Jon Moxley spoke over a laid out Daniel Garcia with the rest of the Death Riders surrounding him, he addressed Swerve Strickland by letting the most dangerous man in AEW know he is now being targeted. Moxley said the way they're going to handle this is that Will Ospreay is going to pull the trigger and hit him where it will hurt the most. Ospreay responded, "Message received," and began to speak about the ten years of friendship that he's had with Swerve Strickland. But for what? Ospreay admitted that for all the neck bridges he's done, if he gets hit with another vertebra break, he's headed for another surgery.

"The most dangerous man in AEW. You're about to see how dangerous I can be. This isn't Swerve's House. You're a squatter. And you are occupying space on my road to Wembley." Garcia reached his hand up from the ground and said, "Hey, yo, Billy. Bring it home, my boy." And it's become apparent yet again that the bond Ospreay has formed with the Death Riders seems to be going deeper than just training.

TNT Championship Match: “The Jet” Kevin Knight (c) of the Don Callis Family def. The Rascalz’ Dezmond Xavier

The crowd chanted "you sold out" at Knight as the match got underway, although he didn't seem to mind. Knight tried to keep Xavier grounded from the jump, working him down to the mat with a headlock until he broke free. Xavier tied up Knight and nearly pinned him for a quick victory, and Knight wasn't happy about it. Knight ran Xavier into the ropes and tried a schoolboy cradle — maybe Xavier had gotten in Knight's head off the jump. Then, Knight rolled up Xavier, but put both of his legs on the second rope to try to steal a pin. That was sniffed out by referee Rick Knox, who scolded Knight for the cheating.

Knight charged Xavier in the corner but missed on a shoulder thrust. Xavier was able to go over the top and springboard back in with a hurricanrana that sent Knight sprawling to the outside on the opposite side of the ring. Xavier considered a dive, but Knight moved and Xavier put on the brakes. Knight tried to keep the distance between the two on the outside, but Xavier called him back into the ring. Whether it be mind games or frustration, Knight had very little interest in returning to the ring, and Xavier got impatient — which allowed Knight to pull him out of the ring and run him back-first into the corner of the apron multiple times. A mistake by Xavier and some cunning by Knight put him back in the advantage. Knight threw Xavier into the steel steps, but Xavier jumped and flipped over them to land on his feet, only for Knight to follow up behind, jump off the steps, and clobber Xavier with a clothesline!

Knight continued to punish Xavier around the ringside area before bringing him back into the ring to continue picking apart his challenger. Knight went for The Crash Landing, but Xavier rolled out of it. He blocked a couple of shots from Knight and fired back with shots of his own. A quick combo into a cutter put Knight down and gave Xavier the opening to get back in the match. Both men pulled themselves up to opposite corners, but Xavier charged Knight with an uppercut and a thrust kick, followed by an enzigiri. Xavier jumped off the second rope and planted Knight with a DDT in the middle of the ring. 1-2-Knight kicked out! We nearly had a new TNT Champion right there!

The match had clearly shifted with Knight now on the mat gasping for air and Xavier planning his next move. Xavier missed a Meteora, but when Knight charged after him, he ran into a back elbow. Xavier sprung himself up to the second rope, but Knight jumped up with a hurricanrana to take him down. Knight picked up Xavier and spun him off with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Knight made his way to the top rope, but Xavier rolled all the way into the corner, so Knight dropped back down to the apron. Xavier reached for Knight, but Knight draped him over the top rope. Knight tried a springboard clothesline, so Xavier moved and rolled him through for a two count. Xavier missed a kick but connected on the second. But when Xavier tried to bounce off the ropes, Knight waited for him with a dropkick to the face!

Knight picked Xavier back up, but Xavier floated over the back and spiked Knight into the mat with a hurricanrana! With both men down, the referee started a ten count. At seven, both got back to their knees and started slugging it out. They got back to their feet with Knight hitting a few uninterrupted shots, but Xavier kicked Knight under the armpit and used a slingblade bulldog to slam Knight into the mat. Xavier hit a Meteora and covered Knight, but only got a two count. Knight rolled to the outside, so Xavier dove out after him! Xavier knew he had to get Knight back in the ring if he wanted to win the title, so he picked him up in a fireman's carry and deposited him back in the ring.

Xavier scaled the ropes, and from the top turnbuckle he tried for a Spiral Tap, but Knight got his knees up. Knight stumbled back to his feet and dropkicked Xavier in the back of the head. Knight folded Xavier into The Crash Landing and pinned him to retain the TNT Championship.

The Creation of a Steel Cage

We took an interesting, ominous look at the process of building the steel cage for the main event of Forbidden Door. Crafting a cage of chaos may take time, but it won't take long for any of those men to turn that cage into their own personal playground.

Triangle of Madness Address Their STARDOM Enemies

AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla, Skye Blue and Julia Hart came out to the top of the ramp, as opposed to Thekla’s customary appearance in the crowd. Thekla said all the companies are playing “nicey nice” with each other, and it makes her sick. She’s the one making Forbidden Door actually forbidden. If she wants to fly to Japan, she does it. If she wants to attack the president of STARDOM, she does it. 

“And if I’m going to destroy the Forbidden Door, I’m gonna light that bitch on fire!”

Hart said this war won’t be fought alone because everyone in Triangle of Madness operates on their own time. Blue addressed her opponent at The Buy In, Maika, whom she called another hopeless, pathetic girl from STARDOM. Blue and Maika will meet in a TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest match with the winner claiming the sixth and final spot in the Survival of the Fittest this upcoming Wednesday on Dynamite. Thekla addressed them all, including STARDOM, NJPW, CMLL and even AEW.

“You all built the Forbidden Door, and now you’re gonna watch it burn!”

Jericho def. The WorkHorsemen's JD Drake

Before the match began, we took a look back on the events that brought us to Jericho vs. Tommaso Ciampa at Dynamite Beach Break on July 8, including last week on Collision when Ciampa left Jericho bloody and beaten. With Ciampa wanting the serious version of Jericho, it should be noted that Jericho came to the ring without any of his typically flashy entrance attire.

Drake shoved Jericho at the bell, so Jericho lit into him with chops until Drake fought back with some shots of his own. Jericho avoided Drake in the corner but walked right into a back elbow. Drake put himself on the top turnbuckle, but Jericho quickly went up to meet him with 10 punches and an avalanche hurricanrana! Jericho came back with a jumping enzuigiri to send Drake to the floor. He climbed to the top rope and flew to the ground to take out Drake on the floor! Jericho stayed on Drake by throwing him into the steel steps before sending Drake back into the ring.

Jericho continued to pound away on Drake until he came off the ropes, and Drake caught Jericho with a swinging side slam that got him a two-count. Drake hauled off on Jericho with chops in the corner and continued with a big splash. That knocked Jericho to the mat, so Drake took advantage with a cannonball. With Jericho down, Drake went to the top rope and missed a huge moonsault! Jericho got back to his feet first, but Drake soon followed, and a chop battle ensued. Jericho escaped Drake’s grasp and rolled him up for a two-count. Jericho dropped Drake with a Codebreaker. When Drake started to stumble up, Jericho hit him with his version of Ciampa’s bicycle knee! Jericho locked Drake in the Walls of Jericho to get the submission victory.

After the match, Jericho called Tony Schiavone into the ring and put Drake back in the Walls of Jericho. He demanded that Schiavone say Jericho is better than Ciampa, which Schiavone gladly did, so Jericho let go of the submission. Jericho took the mic from Schiavone and told Ciampa he had Schiavone deliver that message because Jericho had been looking everywhere for Ciampa. Ciampa wasn’t there, but Jericho wanted to say thank you for leaving him beaten and bloodied because he needed it. He said Ciampa won’t want to thank him for what happens at Beach Break!

Divine Dominion Face Off With Thunder Rosa

Lexy Nair was backstage with “Colossal” Lena Kross and “Megasus” Megan Bayne, the AEW Women's World Tag Team Champions, and one of their challengers at tomorrow's Forbidden Door Buy-In, Thunder Rosa. Olympia, who will team with Rosa tomorrow, was not able to make it for this face-off. As Nair reminded everyone, there was no physical contact allowed. Rosa asked Divine Dominion if they were surprised she showed up by herself. She's not afraid of them. Kross wondered if that face paint was seeping into Rosa's skull, and they don't care if she's afraid of them.

Rosa asked if they knew about the heart of Mexican fighting spirit, the heart of the odds, the heart of the fight. Kross responded by saying nothing says fighting spirit more than two women hiding their faces. Rosa questioned why Cross would bring up her heritage and then threw a couple of insults at her about the "double Ds" and their stupid hats. Rosa ripped her shirt off and was ready to take on both members of Divine Dominion by herself, although, they decided to walk away respecting the no contact rule.

CMLL World Women's Championship: Persephone (c) def. Billie Starkz

If Persephone can successfully defend her championship in this matchup, she will walk into the Survival of the Fittest TBS Championship match this Wednesday at Dynamite with the chance to walk out with two championships. Before the match began — as it is tradition in CMLL — Tony Khan and referee Aubrey Edwards were there to present the CMLL World Women's Championship.

Persephone worked Starkz into the corner and let her go as if to say, I'm in control. Starkz took Persephone down a couple of times and started doing jumping jacks. That angered Persephone, who took Starkz back down and dropkicked her in the face. She did a few jumping jacks of her own to mock Starkz. Starkz popped back up, but Persephone caught her and threw her backwards with a fallaway slam. That did some damage to Starkz, but on the apron, she was able to hit a jawbreaker and stunned Persephone before spiking the champion with a DDT on the corner of the apron. Starkz was fired up. She ripped the top off the commentary desk and had bad intentions. With Persephone down on the floor, Starkz jumped off the commentary desk with a senton. Starkz was pulling out all the stops early in an effort to become the CMLL World Women's Champion.

Despite the damage, Starkz stayed on that momentum and controlled the matchup for the next couple of minutes as she continued to work on the back of Persephone. Persephone finally fought back and got to her feet, stopping Starkz with a big knee to the gut against the ropes. Starkz fired back with a slap to the face and laughed at Persephone, which only upset the champion that much more. In fact, that seemed to give Persephone a second wind as she took Starkz down to the mat multiple times. Persephone lifted Starkz off the mat for a German suplex, but Starkz elbowed her way free. Starkz was pushed into the corner and booted a charging Persephone out of the way before rolling her up for a two count.

Starkz went up to the top rope for Persephone to meet her with a shot to the face, and she locked Starkz up for a superplex, which connected, but Persephone rolled through it. However, Starkz stopped her and hit a neckbreaker on Persephone across her knee. With both women down, Rio Rancho broke out into a "THIS IS AWESOME!” chant. Starkz tried to run a knee into the downed Persephone, but Persephone caught it and flipped her over into another near-fall. Persephone started to make her way to the top rope, but Starkz pulled her down hard and went to the top herself for a senton, but she missed. Persephone speared Starkz in the middle of the ring and picked her up with a crucifix bomb to get the victory. Persephone retained the CMLL World Women's Championship and will head into the TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest match on Wednesday with a chance to bring home two titles.

As Persephone celebrated after the match, one of her opponents in the Survival of the Fittest match, Hikaru Shida attacked her from behind with a kendo stick and trapped her in a vicious submission. Three other opponents in Survival of the Fittest, Kris Statlander, Harley Cameron and Queen Aminata, hit the ring to run Shida off. Statlander, Aminata, Cameron and Persephone all faced off in the ring with Shida retreating up the ramp The sixth and final participant will be decided when Skye Blue faces Maika tomorrow on the Buy-In at Forbidden Door.

ROH World Tag Team Champion, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, CMLL World Trios and World Light Heavyweight Champion Místico & "Speedball" Mike Bailey def. Premier Athletes (Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari)

The crowd was primed for the magical entrance of Místico, who was teaming with Speedball for the first time since they were AEW World Trios Champions. Místico was riding even higher after winning the ROH World Tag Team Titles alongside Máscara Dorada from Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos last night in the main event at Arena México for CMLL!

Speedball and Nese opened this one with Bailey getting the better of Nese with one of his dangerous kicks. Daivari grabbed Bailey’s hair, so Bailey fired back at him. Nese had a chance to recover, so the Athletes were able to pound Bailey down to the mat. Místico had had enough and came in to stop the double-team, but was cut off by a pair of boots. Bailey and Místico came back with stereo headscissors takeovers, sending Nese and Daivari to the floor. Místico and Bailey wanted to follow with dives, but slid under when their targets moved. Daivari booted Bailey while chucking Místico into the steel steps. Daivari hit a nasty DDT variation to Bailey on the floor! Daivari threw him back in to get a two-count. 

Bailey cut Daivari off, but Nese grabbed Bailey on the apron, which allowed Daivari to wail away at Bailey. That is, until Místico charged around the ring to Nese, who cartwheeled off the apron and dropped Místico with a headbutt. Back in the ring, Bailey was sent into the mat with a double-team DDT, but Místico came in to break up the pin. Místico took down both Athletes with a double back elbow and then controlled Daivari’s arm to come off the top to take down both Nese and Daivari. Bailey and Místico tried for another set of stereo dives, but this time, they connected! 

Bailey tagged Místico, who Nese immediately pulled down to the floor. Back in the ring, Daivari leveled Bailey with a hammerlock lariat! Nese tagged back in, and they tried a double-back suplex on Bailey, but he slopped out the back. Daivari charged, but Bailey was ready and sent him to the apron. Nese charged Bailey and ate a huge front kick. Bailey went back to Daivari and took him down with a leg sweep. Nese stumbled into a big crossbody from Místico, and it didn’t take long for Místico to connect with La Mística to get the tap-out from Nese!

Gabe Kidd Is Returning Soon … and is Waiting for Shota Umino

Kidd said he’s been waiting three months to figure out what he’ll do when he comes back. And the timing is funny for Forbidden Door because he was told he’s at the mercy of the U.S. government. For five years, he’s been about making this a competition of company vs. company and who is the best. Everyone wants to say it, but no one wants to prove it. 

“Forbidden Door is not a one-day event to me. It’s an everyday thing to me. It’s about the team that I rep. It’s about AEW, now. It’s about Death Riders. It’s about showcasing who’s the best. It’s not about putting two guys together from different companies seeing how good they can have a match. F THAT!”

Kidd addressed his recent attack on Shota Umino right after he won the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title at NJPW Dominion, and said it’s not about the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title. Kidd said he’s waiting for Umino in his home country.

Don Callis Family's Jake Doyle def. Adam Priest

Doyle will be part of team DCMJF in the twelve-man steel cage match in the main event of Forbidden Door. Last week, Priest took Zach Sabre Jr. to the absolute limit ahead of Sabre's match with Kenny Omega tomorrow night at Forbidden Door. Doyle used his power to throw Priest away multiple times at the beginning of the match, although Priest was not intimidated and even did a few push-ups as he tried to fire up the Rio Rancho crowd. Doyle stuffed a takedown attempt and battled Priest into the corner, following up with a few massive shoulder tackles. He threw Priest out of the corner with a biel. When Priest tried to continue the offense, he hammered away at Doyle's arm. Doyle didn't last long in the arm hold and just pushed Priest away.

Doyle admired his handiwork and ran over Priest with three consecutive shoulder blocks, only for Priest to show resilience and hit a dropkick into the chest of the massive Doyle. He followed up with an axe handle, but when he hit the ropes for a third time, Doyle flattened him with a clothesline! The power of Doyle was just too much and continued to be an issue for Priest in this matchup. Priest once again tried to target the arm of Doyle by wrenching it over the top rope multiple times. With Doyle trying to shake off the damage, Priest springboarded over the ropes with a tornado DDT, and Doyle was finally in trouble for the first time in the matchup!

Priest wrenched the arm once again, beating up both the triceps and biceps with hammer blows. Priest tried to use his speed to go off the ropes, but Doyle simply stepped on his foot and clobbered Priest to the mat. Doyle fired Priest off the ropes, and when he tried to grab him again, Priest snapped him over and attempted to put the bigger Doyle in a cross armbreaker, which he eventually did. Doyle was in trouble in the middle of the ring! Doyle rolled over and deadlifted Priest, bringing him down with a sit-out powerbomb to break the hold. Unreal strength from Doyle, not only breaking the hold but delivering some devastating offense at the same time.

Doyle was first to his feet, but when he went over to pick up Priest, he got a pair of boots to the face. Doyle missed the charge in the corner and collided with the second turnbuckle. Priest came rushing in, but caught Doyle's foot. He spun Doyle around and gut-wrenched him with a German suplex out of the corner. Priest followed with a DDT. 1-2-Doyle kicked out! What a flurry of offense from Priest, who was once again putting all of his tremendous skills on display! Priest tried to fire up the crowd as he made his way to the top rope. He measured Doyle on his way down, but Doyle just swatted him out of the air with a forearm to the side of the face. But maybe Doyle gloated too long, because Priest tried for a small package and got a two count. That pissed off Doyle, who threw Priest into the ropes and ended him with Intro the Void for the pin! Doyle takes an impressive victory and some momentum into his first pay-per-view match in AEW as part of team DCMJF.

Mercedes Moné and Maya World are on a Collision Course Tonight and Tomorrow!

Before the Forbidden Door preview in the upcoming tag team match, World and Moné offered final words towards each other with Moné telling World that she’s been carrying the industry on her back for too long and won’t lose it to her biggest fan. 

Willow Nightingale is on the Comeback!

For the first time since her injury, we saw Willow Nightingale and the beginning of her comeback. As footage played of her training both in and out of the ring, Nightingale said she had always dreamed and strived of being the best, but somewhere along the way of her journey and success, she let that dream die. Now, she’s on her way back and knows what she’s made of.

“But I guess I just got comfortable.”

"The CEO" Mercedes Moné & ROH Women's World Champion Athena def. Maya World & Hyan

Our main event gave us a preview of the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament with Moné and World on opposite sides of this tag match. Athena stormed out of the curtain for her entrance, as she clearly was still upset about last week’s loss to her mentee, World, in the Semifinals of the Owen Cup. All four women fought at the bell, but it was Hyan who caught Athena and dropped her across World’s knees. Moné and Athena were stacked up in the corner, so Hyan sent World into them with a cannonball. They bailed to the floor, but World and Hyan soon followed with a pair of dives. 

World picked up where she left off last week with a plethora of offense on Athena, but she was stopped when Moné grabbed World’s hair behind the referee’s back. Moné continued to punish World on the floor and back in the ring before tagging Athena. They put World on the mat with a double vertical suplex for a two-count. Athena unloaded on World on the apron and stunned her with a big hip attack. Moné dropkicked World to get a two-count and tagged Athena. Athena controlled and tagged Moné back in for another double suplex on World, but she floated over and rolled to the corner to tag Hyan!

Hyan was a house of fire once she entered the ring, quickly taking down both Moné and Athena. Athena sent Hyan to the corner, but Hyan bounced right out for a running boot to Athena’s face! That changed the complexion of the match. Hyan connected with a side suplex for a two-count. Moné tagged back in and stayed on the apron to grab Hyan. She threw her into Athena, who caught and lifted Hyan for a powerbomb on the apron! Moné followed with a meteora to Hyan on the floor. Hyan is in major trouble! Moné and Athena stayed on Hyan with quick tags. Athena and Moné hit double back elbows, and Athena followed with an aggressive senton splash for a near-fall!

Moné rolled Hyan into Three Amigos, but on the third, Hyan rolled her up and nearly won the match! Moné missed a running meteora in the corner and tried to stop Hyan from making a tag, but Hyan kicked free and tagged World as Athena tagged in on the other side. World lit Athena up with a variety of kicks to send her to the corner, which she followed with a running European uppercut! World rolled through Athena and double-stomped her in the gut for a near-fall. World went up to the second rope, but Moné held her long enough so that Athena could recover and rip World down to the mat. Athena booted Hyan off the apron and tagged Moné. Athena hit a lungblower right into Moné’s backstabber on World. What a combo! Moné covered, but Hyan speared Athena into Moné to break up the pin!

“THIS IS AWESOME!”

Moné and World fought to their feet and exchanged big forearm shots. World caught a pump kick and kicked World in the chest. Moné was up against the ropes, where Athena made a blind tag. As World charged, Moné got her boot up while Athena made a blind tag. World hit a cutter on Moné, but Athena was still legal. Athena suplexed World at a dangerous angle, but turned right into an explosive knee from Hyan! What a match! What a main event!

World tagged Hyan, who went right to Athena and picked her up for the start of a double-team maneuver, but Moné pulled World out of the ring. Hyan and Athena exchanged quick nearfalls. Hyan avoided a rolling elbow and tried for a powerbomb, so Athena slipped out of it and landed on her feet. Hyan stayed on her with a foot to the gut and threw Athena to the corner. Athena ran up the ropes and connected with a lightning-fast O-Face out of nowhere to get the pinfall victory while Moné had World locked in the Statement Maker on the floor! Moné and Athena attacked Hyan after the bell, just as they did to World last week. Finally, World dropped Athena and then Moné with stiff thrust kicks to their respective jaws. World followed them to the floor with a moonsault from the second rope that nailed Moné and Athena! World stared down at Moné from the ring, while Moné gathered herself at the base of the Owen Cup as Collision came to a close!

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