AEW Collision Preview 7/29/2023

AEW Collision Live tonight on TNT at 8/7C from the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

  • AEW Tag Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. Adam Cole & MJF
  • Andrade’s Mask Ladder Match: Andrade El Idolo vs. Buddy Matthews
  • El Hijo Del Vikingo, Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Bullet Club Gold (Juice Robinson & The Gunns)
  • Samoa Joe vs. Gravity
  • Mercedes Martinez vs. Kiera Hogan
  •  We’ll hear from CM Punk

Billy Gunn Leaves His Boots In The Ring On AEW Collision

After The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn were unsuccessful in winning the World Trios Titles on Saturday night’s AEW Collision, Gunn unlaced his boots, took them off and left them in the center of the ring. Gunn was pinned after Malakai Black hit him with a side kick to the head.

After being pinned, Black whispered something in Gunn’s ear, before the House of Black themselves made their own exit from the ring. It was after this, Gunn began to unlaced his boots.

As Gunn was beginning to unlace his boots, the fans started a “You still got it!” chant, while Max Caster and Anthony Bowens looked on with confusion. After Gunn walked off, Anthony Bowens grabbed Gunn’s boots from the center of the ring.

Source: eWn

I believe it’s just a story line angle. Whether or not Gunn has wrestled his last match, it’s very likely that we will learn more about this development in the coming weeks on AEW television.

AEW Collision Preview 7/22/2023

Tonight’s AEW Collision Live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey tonight at 8/7c on TNT.

  • Ricky Starks celebrating his Owen Hart Cup win in the opening segment
  • CM Punk will be on-hand looking for a fight
  • Taya Valkyrie vs. Skye Blue
  • FTR appearance
  • Action Andretti & Darius Martin vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson)
  • AEW Trios Champions House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) defend against The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn

AEW Collision Preview 7/15/2023

Tonight’s AEW Collision Live at 8/7c on TNT from the Calgary Stampede Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

  • 2 out of 3 Falls for AEW World Tag Team Championship: FTR (c) vs. Jay White & Juice Robinson
  • Owen Hart Cup Tournament Finals: Ricky Starks vs. CM Punk
  • Owen Hart Cup Tournament Finals: Willow Nightingale vs. Ruby Soho

Jushin “Thunder” Liger To Be At Saturday’s AEW Collision

This week’s AEW Collision will feature the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals for both the men’s and women’s tournaments. 

WWE Hall of Famer Jushin “Thunder” Liger noted on Twitter that he would be at the finals as he had classic matches with the late great star. He wrote the following on Twitter: 

“I am at Haneda Airport now. From now on, I will go to Calgary, Canada via San Francisco. I was invited as a guest at Owen Hart’s memorial tournament ☆ I’m looking forward to Calgary after a long time.”

Source: eWn

AEW Collision Preview 7/8/2023

AEW Collision live tonight from the Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada on TNT at 8/7c.

  • Owen Hart tournament men’s semifinal: CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe
  • Owen Hart tournament men’s semifinal: Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
  • Owen Hart tournament women’s semifinal: Willow Nightingale vs. Athena
  • AEW Tag Team title eliminator: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Juice Robinson & Jay White)

AEW Collision Preview 7/1/2023

AEW taped tonight’s (7/1) episode of Collision on Thursday night (6/29) at the FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The reason AEW taped this week’s Collision is because July 1 is Canada Day.

AEW will resume live episodes of Collision on Saturday, July 8 at the Brandt Centre in Regina, SK.

Announced lineup for tonight’s new Collision: 

  • Owen Hart Foundation men’s quarterfinal: Samoa Joe vs. Roderick Strong with CM Punk on commentary
  • Owen Hart Foundation men’s quarterfinal: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Dustin Rhodes
  • Owen Hart Foundation men’s quarterfinal: Ricky Starks vs. Juice Robinson
  • TBS Championship: Kris Statlander (c) vs. Lady Frost
  • MJF makes his Collision in-ring debut
  • Miro in action

AEW Collision Preview 6/24/2023

AEW Collision, tonight at 8/7c from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

  • The road to AEW & NJPW: The Forbidden Door 2 winds down tonight.
  • CM Punk, FTR & Ricky Starks vs. Jay White, Juice Robinson & The Gunns
  • Swerve Strickland vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • Powerhouse Hobbs will be in action
  • We’ll hear from Miro
  • Andrade El Idolo vs. Brody King
  • Willow Nightingale vs. Nyla Rose Owen Hart Memorial Quarterfinal Match
  • Christian Cage will address the AEW TNT Championship
  • Sting and Darby Allin reveal their partner for Forbidden Door 2

Update On Ticket Sales Following Saturday’s AEW Collision Premiere

It was reported last week that All Elite Wrestling had been struggling to shift tickets for upcoming live episodes of “AEW Collision” in Canada and the United States. The premiere broadcast of “Collision” took place this past Saturday night, and now an update has been provided regarding ticket sales across the board. 

“AEW has picked up on ticket sales, though, in a lot of markets since Saturday,” Dave Meltzer said on the “Wrestling Observer Radio” show. “‘Collision’ and ‘Dynamite.’ You know what? It sometimes only takes a big angle, and people think there’s a big angle. The problem is there may not be a big angle. But I think people think that there is because if you watch the TV, you’d probably come to the conclusion that there is. 

“So yeah, ticket sales are up for several of the shows. Some of the Canadian shows are also having to do with lowering ticket prices. Hamilton and Toronto both lowered prices. I think they were doing four packs, where you could get four tickets for, like, 16.50 each. So that sold a decent amount of tickets. Toronto’s still down, but it’s for Saturday, but it’s over three thousand, so it’s not horrible. If they get to four, I would say, based on what they’ve been doing, I would say that’s okay. If it’s at 2,500 or 3,000, I wouldn’t call that good. Chicago might sell out Wednesday night, though.” 

The debut episode of “Collision” saw CM Punk return to the promotion for the first time since the All Out pay-per-view last September. It has been reported that Punk may appear on this week’s episode of “AEW Dynamite” at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. 

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Jim Ross Apologizes For How He Sounded At AEW Collision – Stepping Away To Heal

AEW commentator Jim Ross has apologized for his performance during the premiere episode of AEW Collision.

Ross appeared during last night’s episode of Collison, mere hours after suffering a fall that resorted in the legendary broadcaster sporting a nasty black eye.

Taking to Twitter, Ross apologized for the way he sounded on commentary and announced that he would be taking time off to heal.

Source: eWn