AEW continued its Summer Blockbuster week with a special edition of Collision taped Thursday night from the Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The episode will air Saturday, June 13th, at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and HBO Max as AEW continues building toward Forbidden Door.
The following spoilers are courtesy of Fightful.
Here are the full spoilers
- Kenny Omega defeated Bad Dude Tito.
- Kyle Fletcher blamed Konosuke Takeshita for Mark Davis failing to advance to the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals. Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada said the Don Callis Family needs to bring the AEW International Championship back into the group.
- Anthony Bowens said The Opps will return to the top of AEW. HOOK told Bowens to stop acting like the leader.
- The Rascalz — Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz — defeated Aaron Atlas and Austin Atlas.
- Kenny Omega addressed his upcoming match against Zack Sabre Jr. at Forbidden Door.
- AEW TNT Championship: Kevin Knight defeated Myron Reed to retain the title.
- AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion — Megan Bayne and Lena Kross — delivered a promo.
- Athena addressed Maya World.
- Athena defeated Tiara James.
- Athena continued attacking James after the match. Maya World attempted to make the save and initially ran Athena off, but Athena returned to the ring and attacked Maya.
- Ricochet said he is coming after Konosuke Takeshita.
- The Dogs — David Finlay and Clark Connors — defeated The Young Bucks.
- AEW announced that MJF and Mark Briscoe will reveal their respective teams for the Forbidden Door steel-cage match on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.
- Tony Schiavone apologized to Stardom for Thekla’s recent remarks. Thekla interrupted, refused to apologize and challenged Stardom to send its best wrestler to face her at Forbidden Door. She also invited Stardom president Taro Okada to attend.
- The Bang Bang Gang responded to The Dogs following their victory over The Young Bucks.
- TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Persephone defeated Julia Hart.
- Starlight Kid answered Thekla’s challenge for a match at Forbidden Door.
- Jake Doyle defeated “Speedball” Mike Bailey.
- TBS Championship Survival of the Fittest Qualifying Match: Hikaru Shida defeated Zayda Steel.
- Cincinnati Street Fight: The Death Riders — Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Daniel Garcia and Marina Shafir — defeated Shane Taylor Promotions — Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo, Shawn Dean and Trish Adora.
Final Thoughts
This looks like a worthwhile episode of Collision on paper, especially for a taped show airing in the middle of AEW’s Summer Blockbuster week. Kenny Omega picking up a win before facing Zack Sabre Jr., The Dogs defeating The Young Bucks and Starlight Kid answering Thekla’s challenge all give the show a clear purpose as the road to Forbidden Door continues.
The TBS Championship qualifiers also keep the Survival of the Fittest match moving forward, while the Cincinnati Street Fight gives the episode a chaotic closing match involving several wrestlers who remain connected to AEW’s larger storylines. It may not be a must-see show from beginning to end, but there are enough meaningful developments to make it worth checking out Saturday night.
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