Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage of AEW "Collision" on February 8, 2025 from the Fort Bend County Epicenter in Houston, Texas.
We're one week away from "Grand Slam: Australia". Next week Buddy Matthews will challenge Kazuchika Okada for the Continental Championship, but tonight they'll be face-to-face. Ahead of his tag match in Australia, Kyle Fletcher will take on Mark Briscoe in a Continental Classic rematch.
Before Mariah May defends the Women's Championship against "Timeless" Toni Storm, May will compete in a GLAMOROUS Exhibition match. TBS Champion Mercedes Mon will also make an appearance. Will she catch Harley Cameron's Halftime Concert? A couple of weeks ago, Penelope Ford challenged Thunder Rosa and they'll finally face off tonight.
After Bandido returned last Saturday and took out Big Bill and put Bryan Keith through a table, Chris Jericho put a $200,000 bounty on Bandido's head for The Learning Tree's "Bounty Hunter". Tonight, the former ROH World Champion will take on Keith. On "Dynamite", Dustin Rhodes cut an electric promo on MJF. He'll be in action tonight before he faces MJF on Wednesday.
Following weeks of confrontations and feuding, Shane Taylor Promotions will take on Undisputed Kingdom and the team on Daniel Garcia and 2point0 in a 3-way Trios match.
While commentary was running down the card, a security guard went flying through the shot. The camera cut to Marina Shafir, who was then joined by Jon Moxley. He said "the show starts when I say so." He is tired of Cope and he's not giving him a title shot. He has "thousands of reasons why he doesn't want to give him a title shot. Number One is I don't like you." He did accept the Brisbane Brawl with Claudio Castagnoli against Jay White and Cope.
Shane and Roddy start us off. Taylor lifted Roddy before Roddy got in chops. Roddy kicked Shane in the face and KOR tagged in. He double clotheslined Roddy and KOR. STP teed off on KOR in the corner.
Daddy Magic tagged in and was arguing with KOR when Shawn pushed Daddy Magic into KOR, sending KOR outside. Cole took Shawn down with a pump kick while Magic jumped on commentary. STP had Cole in their corner. Cole sent The Infantry together. Daniel tagged in and punched Shawn in the corner. Carlie got added to the mix and they both got right hands. Daniel and Shane went at it. Daniel tried a gut wrench and got headbutted. Shawn pulled Garcia out of the ring and left him hanging over the apron. Carlie did an elbow drop and Shane did a leg drop on Garcia's back.
Following the break, Taylor and Garcia were exchanging blows. Garcia with a gut wrench on Shane. Garcia went to his corner, but The Infantry pulled 2point0 down off the apron. Then they double teamed Garcia. Garcia tagged in KOR, who tagged in Roddy and went after Carlie before tagging in Cole, who superkicked Taylor. Roddy and KOR clotheslined Taylor out of the ring.
Cole with a neckbreaker on Carlie, but Menard broke up the pin. Ang did a Gory Special on KOR. Shane kicked Garcia before Cole Superkicked Shane. Cole did his pose when Carlie rolled him up. Everyone in the ring is down.
All 9 men are in the ring and go after one another. Some fought on the outside. KOR did a backbreaker on Menard. KOR and Garcia exchange blows. Garcia with a side suplex. The Infantry beat down Garcia. Ang joined the fray and took out The Infantry. Taylor headbutted Ang and did a package piledriver. Undisputed Kingdom take down Shane. They sent him to the outside for a combination move.
Cole missed the Panama Sunrise, but hit a running knee on Carlie and pinned him for the win.
Winner: Undisputed Kingdom
After the match, Yuta and PAC attacked people on the outside and focused on Cole. Claudio joined them and told Cole they wanted to remind everyone who the real Trios champions are. Cole said he picked the wrong team and Roddy attacked Claudio. KOR put Yuta in an ankle lock. Cole said he's sick of Death Riders doing whatever they want. He challenged them for their titles on "Dynamite".
