AEW Collision - Christmas Collision 12/21/24 - Ospreay vs. Ricochet

 

The show begins with AJ and Big Justice bringing THE BOOM and hyping up Ricochet vs. Ospreay as the opener! Ricochet works heel and gets TP thrown at him that he uses to smother Will after a quick swipe. Lots of fuck him up, Ospreay fuck him up chants! Clash from Will turned into an Angel's Wings by Ricochet for 2! Cartwheel kick turned into an electric chair into a clash for 2! APRON DEATH VALLEY BOMB BY RICOCHET!

Back and forth powerbomb attempts lead to a stundog from Ospreay! SPIRIT GUN MEETS THE HIDDEN BLADE MID-RING! THEY SQUARE UP MID-RING WITH FOREARMS TO THE JAW! Ricochet shoves him into the ref but eats a stormbreaker without a ref! SPIRIT GUN HITS AND RICOCHET WINS IT AND GETS 9 POINTS OVERALL!

Cole and MJF are out for their mid-ring confrontation and MJF mocks him for not having a body, tan or even a dentist anymore. Cole gets on him for having 2 surgeries on his hair already and MJF promises to end Cole's world on PPV. They brawl and the UK ends it.

Sasha's killer week is recapped. Kris says she had a spiral before and now she's out to face Penelope Ford - they had a match in 2020 during the pandemic. Jeez, that was nearly 5 years ago now! Staturday night gun show by Kris and a big suplex hits. Ford blockbuster gets 2. Ford slings to the apron with a knee shot once, but misses again and eats a shotgun dropkick. Blue thunder gets 2 for Stat! Fisherman gets 2 for Ford before a Muta elbow is met with a German! POP UP POISON RANA BY FORD FOR 2.9! ROTATING GERMANS! Staturday Night Special ends it! This ruled! 

Mercedes makes herself versus Stat for the PPV. Shelton vs. Danny is up in the blue league before another Harley song ad. Jericho is out to interrupt Big Boom AJ and he doesn't like Costgo - HE GOES TO BODEGAS LIKE WALGREENS! Bowens comes down to help them and tells Jericho to shut the hell up and all the faces scissor. The Vendetta chats with Lexy and they threaten everyone and Toni comes in and Deonna is tired of her sick shit and she wants Taya vs. Toni. 

Danny runs wild to start before Shelton dominates on the floor. Big exploder by Shelton on the floor hits hard. Danny got the deathlock on before Shelton gets a Regal stretch but Danny gets a flash win! Lashley jumps him and GETS IN HIS BUSINESS before Mark Briscoe saves! SWERVE STOMP ON THE PILE! Mortos vs. Mark is up next and we get some HOSS BATTLING before Mark hits a flip dive off a chair. JAY DRILLER ends it. 

Julia Hart vignette about Jamie Hayter and they'll wrestle on Fight for the Fallen on Max. Mariah May talks shit and gets beaten up by Rosa talking about cooking. ROSA BUMRUSHES HER ON THE RAMP! Darby vs. Claudio is up for the main event! LIGHTING RIG DIVE BY DARBY after a plancha! 

Darby gets an RNC, but GETS TOSSED THROUGH THE RINGSIDE BELL TABLE! DAVEY BOY POWERSLAM OVER THE TOP ONTO THE APRON RIGHT ON THE K-TAPE ON HIS BACK! Darby avoided a superplex and the coffin drop meets knees. RICOLA BOMB HITS FOR 2! A second one hits for 2.9! Claudio clocks him with knucks to win it!

Ospreay comes out and grabs the knucks - so we'll probably see those in play on Wednesday, a legit Christmas Dynamite. 

ROH Final Battle 2024

Missed a bit of the Zero Hour, but Hanako vs. Harley was a fun match with Harley losing to a torture rack bomb. Opener is Mansoor vs. Atlantis Jr. with the latter winning after THE RETURN OF DANHAUSEN! Dynamite Kid vs. Shibata is up and it's a fine technical showcase with an RNC ending it for Shibata to win. MADNESS-ERA QT MARSHALL IS UP AGAINST BLACK MACHISMO JAY LETHAL! Karen's out as Sherri and a double figure four with Sonjay gets a big pop. HAIL TO THE KING GETS 2 off a kabong to Solo. CROSS RHODES BY QT GETS 2 OFF THE LETHAL INJECTION BEING COUNTERED! CUTTER AND THE INJECTION HIT FOR QT! Lethal Injection ends it for Lethal - odd finish there for the Savage tribute match. 

Legit Layla versus Red Velvet is up for the Women's TV Title. Buckle shot wins it for Velvet. Lee open challenge for the Pure belt. Lynn, Rocky and CD are the judges. TAIGA STYLE IS NUMBER ONE IN THE HOOD G AND NIGEL IS HIS OPPONENT! OOOOHHH NIGEL MCGUINNESSSSSSSS rings out! Nigel wants old Pure title rules in this one. 

Nigel tells Shane that just because he has hair around his mouth, that doesn't mean he can talk like a pussy and Shane is Lee's asshole before telling him to sit by and ring the bell when he wins it and the judges aren't needed tonight. Lots of groundwork before a floor brawl and Shane gets run into by Lee! London Dungeon is mid-ring and Lee only has 1 rope break left! Border City Stretch to Nigel! REBOUND LARIAT HITS FOR 2.9! TOWER OF LONDON HITS but the foot is on the rope for 2.9 - AND HE USES HIS LAST ROPE BREAK!

A BILLION UPPERCUTS EACH WAY! REBOUND LARIAT BY LEE GETS 2.9! BORDER CITY STRETCH IS MID-RING AND NIGEL HAS NO ROPE BREAKS LEFT! STACK CRADLE GETS 2 FOR NIGEL! FANG hits and while Nigel is in the rope, he has no breaks left and it gets 2.9! BORDER CITY STRETCH USING THE ROPES WINS IT FOR LEE! This ruled! Nigel seems to be done after this and it's beautiful. 

Dustin and Sammy vs. The Righteous is up in a double bullrope bloodbath! Everyone's in white! A walk and brawl to start until Dutch brings out a barb wire table! Dustin PUTS HIM THROUGH THE TABLE! Vincent uses scissors to escape the rope! Dustin gets hanged by the rope UNTIL SAMMY SAVES! SWANTON BY SAMMY THROUGH A TABLE OFF A LADDER MISSES! COWBELL SHOT TO DUSTIN GETS 2! TEXAS DESTROYER TO VINCENT AND THE GTH TO DUTCH! COWBELL SHOT ENDS IT! This was a fun one.

MEAT DIVISION BATTLE as Cage and Davis go at in the survival of the fittest 6-way for the TV Title. Willie standing moonsaults Davis for 2. MEAT DIVISION WITH DAVIS AND CAGE AGAIN! FOREARMS AND DUELING GERMANS! F5 HITS AND DAVIS CRADLES HIM FOR 2.9! MASSSIVE MULTI-ROPE RUN LARIAT TO CAGE! PILEDRIVER HITS! DAVIS TAKES OUT BRIAN CAGE - THERE WILL BE A NEW CHAMPION! Blake low-blows Davis and CRADLES HIM TO WIN! Komander is in the finals with BLAKE AND IT COULD BE A KOMANDER WIN! Blake does the Komander salute and a missile dropkick - but doesn't follow up. OHFUCKYOUBLAKECHRISTIAN breaks out before a super poison rana hits for Komander! ROPEWALK DIVE BY KOMANDER! Blake kicks the ref into the rope and curb stomps Komander for 2.9! Baby-rocking side suplex off the top gets 2 for Blake! MEXICAN DESTROYER! 619 AND THE ROPEWALK SSP WINS IT!

Cardona comes in from the streets in Ghostbusters gear! Jericho gets the Nuevettes to perform "Start Spreading the News" and doing the Rockettes dance. Walk and brawl until Jericho piefaces Dad Ryder and back suplexes Cardona on the steps. Tiger driver gets 2 for MC. BIG BILL BOOTS MATT! AVALANCHE RADIO SILENCE! BUT GOONS GET INVOLVED! AND JERICHO RETAINS!? Well, if they're getting TV - he should be the champion, but this felt like an easy Cardona win. BANDIDO MAKES THE SAVE! 

THE MINION POWERS EXPLODE TONIGHT! BILLIE STARKZ IS OUT WITH SUMIE SAKAI GEAR! THE GODDESS IS IN TWO-FACE GEAR! Bobby Cruise is perfect for the intros in this one. Athena whoops her ass before selling her ass off on the floor for forearms. POP UP POWERBOMB ON THE FLOOR BY ATHENA! SPINNING TOMBSTONE BY BILLIE GETS 2.9! 

ALABAMA SLAM ON THE APRON BY BILLIE! SWANTON TO THE FLOOORRRRRR! Dive takes out Billie and the ref before a shotgun dropkick hits Athena! Poisonrana by Athena! O FACE HITS TO WIN IT! WHAT!? WHAT!? HUH!? Well if they're getting a TNT deal, okay - get the win on the biggest amount of eyeballs. But if not, damn what a weird call.

AEW Dynamite 12-18-24 - Holiday Bash

 

It's been a trying week. Enjoyed last week's Dynamite a ton, but post-Rampage, Kadie broke off all contact with me and that has put me in a massive funk since then. Fortunately, I was able to say my peace after the fact and get a bit of closure if that is the case - and I hope that things unthaw with time. Tonight's show is pretty loaded with Mortos, Ospreay vs. Darby and while it would have been fun live, travel plans fell through - so that will have to wait until the next Dynamite in DC or Fairfax. Trios match main events and Jay says that their focus is on the AEW World title and tonight, he'll gain momentum. Hangman says he's getting Mox TONIGHT! All right that ruled!

OSPREAY VS. DARBY OPENS THE SHOW! Or not - good back and forth promo tho. Mercedes vs. Anna Jay is the opener - and that's a good choice for a crowd starved for action. Mone vs. Hazuki is shown in highlight form and I need to watch that one. THREE AMIGOS BY MONE! Anna got 2 off a flipping neckbreaker. TORNADO BACKSTABBER BY MONE! Draping neckbreaker INTO THE QUEENSLAYER! BUT SHE BIT THE ARM TO BREAK IT! Statement Maker/crossface is on for Mone, but it's turned into a cradle for 2! Mone Maker turned into a double buckle smash for 2 off a backslide! SUNSET BOMB AND METEORA HIT! MONE MAKER ENDS IT! This ruled! Ospreay and Darby are going to have work hard to follow that.

FTR promo from Asheville and they say they're blocked from wrestling medically until January 1 and they'll face the Death Riders and THEY AREN'T COMING ALONE! MJF buries the Wizards and some boo and some agree before he buries Santa and gets a SANTA chant for it. He does Photoshop comedy with Cole and he jumps MJF, who avoids the sunrise. 

OMEGA HYPE VIDEO for Wrestle Dynasty! Hook and Shibata vs. Cage and Wayne is up and WE GET AN AMAZING LOCKUP FROM SHIBATA AND CHRISTIAN before Cage does wacky heel shit to Hook. SHIBATA CORNER CHOPS AND FOREARMS UNTIL THE DELAYED DROPKICK GETS 2! STOS BACK AND FORTH FOR CAGE AND NICK WAYNE! Kip gets rocked on the floor and Cage eats an exploder! WAYNE'S WORLD IS MET WITH AN RNC! Cage hits a Killswitch and Nick wins it - this ruled! 

CHRIS JERICHO IS THE KING OF NEW YORK - this is such a great gimmick. Bandido hype video - now with match clips! That'll be great stuff. HARLEY CAMERON SINGING SHOPAEW VIDEO! Mariah May promo about hating heroes and saying that she isn't one - she looks out for her and it's worked out well. She buries Rosa and says she's made the division better just by being in it. Tony brings out Ricochet to talk about this Saturday's Ospreay match at Hammerstein. The Hurt Syndicate is out and Ricochet asks if they saw him beat Brody and Komander and he talks a bit of shit to Shelton about facing him later.  MVP grabs the card and tears it up for him being a kiss-ass. 

Shelton vs. Mortos is up with Shelton already mid-ring. MASSIVE run-up armdrag is countered by Shelton into a run-up knee on the ropes! DAMN! MASSIVE CORKSCREW SWANTON BY MORTOS GOT 2.9! Killer near-fall! Running powerslam by Shelton hits! DEADMAN SITUP! CLONKING HEADBUTT, DISCUS ELBOW BUT A SUPERKICK BY SHELTON! GERMAN TRIFECTA! CORNER RUN-UP KNEE BY SHELTY! AND A SECOND ONE! Exploder powerslam ends it and it's now the Hurt Fall - FINALLY HAS A NAME! Lashley attacks Mortos afterwards and I NEED THAT MATCH! DG and Mark Briscoe run out and get beat up and Shelton vs. DG is set up with MVP putting the TNT Title on him.

Ospreay vs. DARBY IS UP NEXT! But first, Swerve and Ricochet is hyped up and TONI STORM IS HYPED UP! PORTRAIT OF A ROCKSTAR TIME with Toni Storm. She's excited to be in AEW and calls Saraya a legend, Mercedes an icon and Mariah is the best in the business. She's hyped about TONI TIME! 

Will chops him to start after being a cocky shit to play heel here. Fast action to start with a springboard blind crossbody getting 1 for Darby. CHOP BATTLE and an Alabama slam is countered by a backflip INTO A HIDDEN BLADE BUT THE STORMBREAKER IS TURNED INTO A CODE RED FOR 2.9! CHOPS! FOREARMS! Ospreay holds onto a series of chops! Oklahoma roll gets 2.999999 for DARBY AND A COFFIN DROP GETS 2.9! STYLES CLASH OFF THE APRON TO THE FLOOR!

"YOU KILLED DARBY" chant! AND HE'S IN AT 9.9! OSCUTTER HITS FOR 2.9! Stormbreaker turned into the death drop!COFFIN DROP TO THE BACK! COFFIN DROP ENDS IT! DARBY WINS IT! This was a damn near classic! Unreal how good that was to see on TV! Darby vs. Claudio is up for Collision BUT IT'S TIME FOR THE DEATH RIDERS TO FUCK ABOUT! 

Beach Break to Mox! SNAP GERMAN BY PAC TO JAY! CUTTHROAT SUPLEX TO YUTA! OC and his partners argue and OC gets cradled and pinned. This was...all right but this team in matches isn't clicking for me.