Saturday is truly All Elite!

A very special Collision is also part two of the Continental Classic’s opening round! Will The Rainmaker be poised to hold onto HIS Continental Championship?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• AEW Continental Classic, Gold League: Will Ospreay VS Juice Robinson; Ospreay wins.
• Six Man Tag: Private Party & Mistico VS Johnny TV & MXM Collection; Private Party & Mistico win.
• AEW Continental Classic, Blue League: Kyle Fletcher VS The Beast Mortos; Kyle wins.
• The Outrunners VS The Iron Savages w/ Jacked Jameson; The Outrunners win.
• Hangman Page VS Wheeler Yuta; Hangman wins.
• Mina Shirakawa VS Leila Grey; Mina wins.
• AEW Continental Classic, Blue League: Kazuchika Okada VS Daniel Garcia; Time Limit Draw.

PLAY BY PLAY

AEW Continental Classic, Gold League: Will Ospreay VS Juice Robinson!

The Aerial Assassin may have lost Full Gear, but he’ll just shift gears and go for the Continental Championship! Will Ospreay keep pace with Brody King and Claudio Castagnoli? Or will he see the Juice is Loose?

The bell rings and we have our 20 minute time limit. Chicago is torn as Ospreay is great but Juice is from Illinois. Juice and Ospreay get the fans even more fired up, and then they circle. They feel things out, tie up, and Juice goes for the bandaged arm. Juice wrenches but Ospreay sues ropes to flip through! Ospreay headlocks for the takeover but Juice headscissors. Ospreay kips free and the two reset. Juice and Ospreay circle again, tie up, and Juice headlocks. Ospreay powers up and out but Juice runs him over! Cover, ONE, but Juice headlocks again. Ospreay powers out, drops down, and hurdles.

Juice waistlocks, Ospreay switches, but Juice bucks the O’Conner. Ospreay ducks the leg lariat, but Juice denies the Oscutter! Both men dodges but it’s Ospreay that RANAS! The fans fire up while Juice flounders. The fans are torn again as Ospreay runs up to ROCK Juice in the corner! Ospreay puts Juice in the Tree of Woe, and the fans rally as Ospreay goes corner to corner. DROPKICK and Juice falls out of the Tree! Cover, TWO! Ospreay stays cool and brings Juice up. Juice breaks free to knee low! Juice turns Ospreay, Ospreay ELBOWS free, then Ospreay wrenches to wrangle Juice into an IRON OCTOPUS!

Juice endures, and he fights as Ospreay pulls the arm. Juice powers up to backdrop, but Ospreay sunset flips !Juice stays up to SENTON onto knees! Ospreay is a step ahead of Juice there, and he CHOPS! Ospreay whips Juice, but Juice CLOBBERS him! Juice snarls and runs up in the corner to LARIAT! The fans fire up with Juice as he goes corner to corner and back again, CANNONBALL! Juice hauls Ospreay up, turns him, NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! The fans rally while Ospreay shakes out the bad arm. Juice fires up and the fans rally again. Juice goes up a corner, and he CROSSBODIES Ospreay down! Cover, TWO!

Juice grows frustrated but the fans continue to rally. Juice brings Ospreay up and in, but Ospreay fights the powerbomb! Ospreay CHOPS, whips, and swings, but Juice ducks, to stop the rana! Short bomb, but Juice deadlifts Ospreay back up! FALLING POWERBOMB! High stack, TWO!! Ospreay survives and Juice is surprised, but Collision goes picture in picture.

Juice drags Ospreay up, reels him in, and suplexes, but Ospreay slips free! Juice RAMS Ospreay into the corner, fires more elbows, then runs up. Juice blocks a boot but Ospreay reels him in to sunset flip! Juice rolls through, high stacks, ONE, into a BOSTON CRAB! Juice has a bearhug hold on those legs as he bends Ospreay back! Ospreay fights around, reaches out, and has the ROPEBREAK! Juice lets go and is a frustrated, but he also has a wild smile. Juice drags Ospreay to the apron, for a DRAPING DDT to the floor! Juice leaves Ospreay outside, at the mercy of the ring count as it begins. Ospreay stirs at 5 of 10, stands, but then flops over!

Ospreay reaches out, but his bad arm slows him down. He still rises up and leaps in! Juice covers, TWO! Collision returns to single picture while both men rise up. The fans rally and Juice stands Ospreay up. Ospreay CHOPS! And CHOPS! But Juice knees low! Juice whips, Ospreay reverses but Juice grabs ropes. Ospreay runs up but Juice tosses him to the apron! Ospreay counter punches Juice, then springboards, PIP PIP CHEERIO! The fans fire up with Ospreay, and he kips up! Ospreay fires hands on Juice, then whips. Juice reverses but Ospreay ducks ‘n’ dodges to CLOBBER Juice! The fans fire up again while Juice bails out.

Ospreay hurries and sets up to PLANCHA! Down goes Juice! Ospreay shakes out a leg and puts Juice in the ring. Juice goes to a corner and the fans fire up as Ospreay runs up, BOOT! Juice falls over, Ospreay STANDING SKY TWISTERS! Cover, TWO! Juice stays in this and the fans fire up! Chicago duels as Ospreay gives Juice some Kawada Kicks, and a CHOP! Ospreay runs, into a LEG LARIAT! Juice has a stinging, red chest and he’s gasping for air, but Chicago rallies behind him. Juice JABS, JABS, and JABS! Then the LEFT HAND- NO, Ospreay ducks it! Ospreay wrenches, spins and suplexes Juice, but Juice fights it!

Juice suplexes, but Ospreay STUN DOG MILLIONAIRES! Ospreay has Juice stuck in ropes, and he SUPERKICKS! SUPERKICKS! And SUPERKICKS! Juice pops free, falls forward, and Ospreay springboards! Juice ducks the cutter to LARIAT!! Cover, TWO!! Juice and Ospreay are both down and the fans rally up again! Juice rises and he powers up his fists! Ospreay stands, but again ducks the left hand! Ospreay lifts, Juice elbows free, and Juice roars! HOOK KICK from Ospreay! Then Ospreay tilt-o-whirls to sunset flip, and deadlift into STYLES CLASH!! Cover, TWO!! Juice survives and the fans are thunderous!

Ospreay takes off the elbow pad and he aims from a corner! HIDDEN BLADE!! Cover, Ospreay wins!

Winner: Will Ospreay, by pinfall (gains 3 points; Juice earns 0)

Ospreay breaks through Rock Hard Robinson and he joins Brody and Claudio at the front of the Gold League! Will Ospreay find a way to take the block, and then the Continental title?

Mariah May speaks.

On the same film set that she attacked Mina Shirakawa, with the glass shards of a champagne bottle still at her feet, The Glamour wants the cameraman to come closer. She’s ready for her interview now. “I’m a complicated woman. I do a lot of things that people don’t understand and that’s okay. So when people ask me why I broke up with Mina, I could give the simple answer of jealousy, or watching her prance around Japan with the ghost of my past, but… That’s not true. I never broke up with Mina Shirakawa. In fact, we’re closer than ever. Every time she came here, it was, ‘I love America! I love AEW! I want to be champion!’

“So who could I not give her a chance at everything she’s ever wanted? You want to be on top? Well this is what it takes to be on top. You beat me, you can have it all. AEW, you want Mina? Here she is. Now let’s see how long she lasts. You can cry. You can scream. You can bleed. But you can never say I didn’t love you.” Mariah May is twisted, but will this bad romance soon come to an end now that Winter is Coming?

Six Man Tag: Private Party & Mistico VS Johnny TV & MXM Collection!

Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy are still AEW World Tag Team Champions, and now it’s a fiesta as they join forces with the MLW World Middleweight Champion! But speaking of joining forces, Mansoor & Mason Madden are once again collaborating with the Guru of Greatness! Will AEW soon belong to #MXMTV? Or will Quen, Zay & Mistico show they’ve got their own style?

The trios sort out and though Mansoor insults Zay by ripping up the Private Party flyer, Mistico steps up against Johnny TV. The fans rally up as the two circle. They feel out a grapple, Johnny calling for knuckle locks. Mistico obliges, but then Johnny DECKS Mistico with a sucker punch! Johnny whips, Mistico ducks ‘n’ dodges, then handsprings! Johnny gets clear, Mistico comes back and RANAS! The fans fire up and Mistico blocks a shot! Mistico feints high to KICK low, then he goes up and up to FLYING ARM-DRAG! The fans fire up again as Mistico runs, tilt-o-whirls, LA MYSTICA already! Johnny scrambles, ROPEBREAK!

Mistico lets go, but Johnny pokes him in the eye! Mansoor tags in, he whips Mistico, but Mistico ducks ‘n’ dodges to RANA! Tag to Zay and Zay fires forearms on Mansoor. Tag to Quen, they whip Mansoor to a corner. Zay ELBOWS Mansoor, then sets up for Quen, PARTY IN MOTION! “SUCK IT!” Johnny! PARTY IN MOTION again, and then FLAPJACK BULLDOG! Zay taunts Johnny but Quen covers, TWO! Quen stalks Mansoor to ropes, scoops him, but Mansoor slips free. Tag to Mason, Quen dodges Mansoor but Mason KNEES him low! Mason tags Johnny before he runs, FASHIONABLE HART ATTACK!

Jonny runs in now, STANDING SHOOTING STAR! Cover, TWO! The fans cheer but Johnny stays between Quen and his team. Basement SUPERKICK! Johnny drags Quen over, tags Mason, and Mason tags Mansoor. Mason sends Mansoor in to LARIAT! Mason sends Johnny in to forearm SMASH! Mason adds an ELBOW! Mansoor atomic drops Quen, Johnny dropkicks the legs out, and Mason runs up to HIP ATTACK! The fans are torn as #MXMTV pose together. Mansoor drags Quen up, CLUBS him on the back, then brings him over. Tag to Johnny, then tag to Mason. Johnny and Mansoor double wrench Quen, then roll to hold the legs open?!

Mason runs to PUNT Quen in the butt! Cover, Zay breaks it! The ref reprimands all the extra men, but Mason puts Quen in the corner. Mason fires body shots while spelling out, “H O T T O G O.” Tag to Mansoor and he grabs Quen’s arm. Mansoor mocks the “Shots! Shots!” but Quen rolls him up! TWO! Quen is free but Mansoor CLOBBERS him! Mansoor drags Quen back, but Quen BOOTS him away! Johnny tags in and he jumps in to grab a leg! But Quen ENZIGIRIS! Quen reaches out, Mansoor reels him in, and Johnny helps with the double back suplex! Quen lands out, dodges, hot tag ot Zay!

The fans fire up as Zay leaps over Johnny, and he STUNNERS Mason! Zay rallies with LARIAT after LARIAT for Mansoor and Johnny, but then Mansoor kicks low. Mansoor & Johnny double whip, but Zay DROPKCISK them both! Johnny & Mansoor tumble out while Zay kips up! Zay builds speed to FLY! down goes Johnny at the ramp! The fans fire up and Zay goes back for Johnny. Zay puts Johnny in, but Mason grabs a leg. Zay kicks him and ASAI MOONSAULTS! The fans fire up again and Zay is right back up. Zay avoids Johnny to GAMANGIRI! Zay goes up but Mansoor runs up. Zay BOOTS Mansoor, adjusts, and SWANTON FLOPS!

Johnny has Zay in a ghost pin, TWO! Mistico adds a basement dropkick late, but then Mansoor runs up. Mistico dodges to springboard CROSSBODY! Mansoor gets up to atomic drop Mistico! And SPINEBUSTER! Quen is in, dodges and PELES! Mason grabs Quen for the SLAM DUNK CHOKE SLAM! Zay fires forearms on Mason! “SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS!” Mason HEADBUTTS Zay! Mansoor & Johnny TOSS Zay up for Mason’s SPINEBUSTER! Johnny covers, TWO!! Zay survives and MXM TV is frustrated. They coordinate, MXM goes for another Hart Attack, but Mistico & Quen trip Mason up! They drag him out, the fight is on!

Zay GAMANGIRIS Mansoor, but Johnny FLYING CHUCKS! Johnny goes up the corner, and he aims at the cluster outside! But Mistico trips him up first! Mistico goes up and up to SUPER CROSSBODY MXM! Quen gets up, goes up, GIN & JUICE!! Cover, Private Party y Mistico win!

Winners: Private Party & Mistico, by pinfall

MXM TV was showing good teamwork, but the championship team wins out! Will Quen & Zay party all the way to Christmas day?

Backstage interview with Anna Jay.

Lexy Nair is with The Queenslayer, and notes that while she lost to Mariah May in that last chance title match, she did bounce back at Full Gear against Deonna Purrazzo. Anna says her career has been full of ups and downs, but she’s never backed down from swinging for the fences. She put it all on the line against Mariah, and lost. So what does that mean? It means she has nothing left to lose! Deonna found out an Anna with nothing to lose is one fat ass that can’t be kicked. So no, she can’t challenge for the AEW Women’s World Championship right now, but there are other titles that she can.

And Anna doesn’t mind on taking that one big swing. Just try her. Or maybe, she’ll try someone! Anna heads out, will she make herself The Star of the Show one way or another?

AEW Continental Classic, Blue League: Kyle Fletcher VS The Beast Mortos!

The Protostar won perhaps his biggest match last week on Full Gear, but now he’s going for a big prize in the Continental Championship. But in his way is a BIG beast, as The Beast Mortos wants to prove his worth to La Faccion Ingobernable. Will the menacing minotaur make big strikes towards a championship? Or will he be struck down by Don Callis’ Aussie Arrow?

Speaking of Don Callis, he finds a loophole in the No Cornermen rule by simply being on commentary. Kyle and Mortos circle at the bell, tie up, and are in a deadlock. Mortos pushes Kyle back and the fans rally behind the beast. Kyle shrugs that off and soaks up heat as he circles with Mortos. Kyle slips around, headlocks, but Mortos powers out. But Kyle pulls on the mask! The ref reprimands but Kyle has the headlock again. Mortos powers up and out, Kyle RAMS Mortos, and the fans fire up. They RAM each other again and again, and Kyle staggers back. Kyle comes back to RAM Mortos, Mortos RAMS Kyle, but Kyle BOOTS Mortos!

The fans boo but Kyle soaks it up, only for Mortos to CLOBBER him! The fans fire up and Mortos runs in to go up and MONKEY FLIP! Kyle tumbles away, Mortos runs up to UPPERCUT! GAMANGIRI! SNAP POWERSLAM! Cover, TWO! The fans fire up but Kyle scoops and SLAMS Mortos down! The fans rally for Mortos but Kyle hauls him up to scoop and SLAM! Kyle soaks up heat, drags Mortos up and scoop SLAMS again! Kyle paces while fans rally, then Kyle whips. Mortos ducks ‘n’ dodges to RANA! The fans fire up as Kyle staggers around! Mortos runs in at the corner, but Kyle stops the Monkey Flip!

Kyle puts Mortos up top and SMACKS him down to the floor! Kyle grins while Collision goes picture in picture.

Mortos flounders and a ring count starts. Kyle goes out the side, runs in around the way, and he BOOTS Mortos down! Kyle flexes while he soaks up heat and the ref reprimands. Kyle goes back to Mortos, drags him up, and the fans tell Kyle off while he puts Mortos in the ring. Kyle pretends he can’t hear them, and then he storms over to stomp away on Mortos! The ref counts, especially as Kyle stands on Mortos’ face! Kyle says “SUCK IT!” Kyle runs corner to corner, forearm SMASH! And then a BIG back suplex! Cocky cover, TWO! Mortos stays in this but Kyle paces around. Kyle blows a kiss and Collision goes to break.

Collision returns, Mortos runs up on Kyle! But Kyle scoops to MICHINOKU DRIVER! Cover, TWO!! Mortos survives and Kyle argues with the count, but the count was fair. Kyle seethes while the fans rally up behind Mortos. Mortos goes to ropes but Kyle smirks. Kyle runs and CALF KICKS! Mortos flounders, Kyle brings him around, but Mortos BACKDROPS free! The fans fire up, Mortos runs up, and he blocks a boot. But not the SUPERKICK! Kyle swings, Mortos dodges, ROLLING DDT!! Kyle flops out of the ring while the fans fire up again. Mortos runs to build speed, and he TORNILLO TOPES!

Direct hit at the ramp and the fans fire up again! Mortos and Kyle stir, Kyle drags himself into the ring, but Mortos gets mad. The fans rally up, Mortos climbs up, and Mortos MARIPOSA FLOPS! Kyle hurries to get Mortos up and in, for the LAST RIDE!! Cover, TWO!! Mortos survives and Kyle is furious! Callis says he’ll have to talk with the ref later. Kyle waits on Mortos to rise, and then runs corner to corner. GAMANGIRI! Kyle puts Mortos up top, climbs after him, and has that wild look in his eyes. But Mortos fights the lift! Mortos HEADBUTTS Kyle down! Mortos stands to FLYING CRUCIFIX DRIVER!! And then DISCUS LARIAT!! Cover, TWO?!?

Kyle survives and shocks everyone in Chicago, but Callis is still worried. “This is Awesome!” Mortos aims and spins, but DOUBLE LARIATS collide! Mortos HEADBUTTS a lariat away! Kyle SUPERKICKS! Mortos HEADBUTTS again! Kyle ducks ‘n’ dodges but so does Mortos! Kyle LARIATS first!! Kyle fires up, the fans boo, but Callis says it’s closing time! GAMANGIRI and then suplex! BRAINBUSTER!! Cover, Kyle wins!

Winner: Kyle Fletcher, by pinfall (gains 3 points; Mortos earns 0)

The Aussie Arrow strikes, and not only does he keep pace with Shelton Benjamin in Blue League, but he keeps pace with Will Ospreay. Ospreay and Kyle both won tonight, could they end up meeting at Worlds End?

Backstage interview with Kyle O’Reilly.

Lexy Nair wants to talk with the Violent Artist, but he’s being pestered by The Undisputed Kingdom’s Matt Taven & Mike Bennett. Taven apologizes to Lexy, but now’s not the time. Lexy excuses herself and Bennett says he doesn’t get why Kyle won’t listen to them when Kyle knows what this is about. How long have they known each other? 14, 15 years? Bennett has known Adam Cole, Roderick Strong and Matt Taven just as long, so Kyle knows this is bigger than wrestling. This is about loyalty, friendship, and standing up for one of their own.

When Kyle chose not to join The Undisputed Kingdom a year ago, Taven wasn’t sure why. He thought it was finally going to be what they all wanted, all five of them together as one. Taven even called Kyle after Cole called them because Taven wanted to know why. Kyle wasn’t ready physically and mentally, and they respected it. Then Kyle and Roddy had it out, Taven & Bennett stayed out of it because they respected Kyle’s wishes. But now Kyle needs to understand and respect The Kingdom’s wishes! They need to exorcise some demons, exorcise those devils in them. So they aren’t asking much, just that Kyle let them finish this chapter in their careers.

Kyle wants The Kingdom to understand, he respects it plenty. Kyle leaves but The Kingdom doesn’t understand what Kyle means by that. Is he going to let Adam Cole win the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royal to go after MJF?

Backstage interview with the Don Callis Family.

Callis is with his Alpha, Konosuke Takeshita, and he explains that Callis is here to do something that he likes better than anything else, and that is talking about Takeshita! Talking about the Alpha! Callis had a front row seat to Konosuke DESTROYING Ricochet at Full Gear, and that made him very happy. And what also makes him happy is thinking of the coming year for The Alpha! They’re rolling into Tokyo Dome and Konosuke’s gonna blow the roof off of it! Then they’ll come back to AEW, and make 2025 the Year of the Don Callis Family, and the Year of the Alpha! Tell ’em, Champ!

Konosuke says in Japanese first that he is going to the Tokyo Dome to conquer it in the name of the Don Callis Family, and then in English, he says he will dominate this ring, this title, and dares anyone to come and take it! Callis repeats, “Come and take it, if you can!” Will The Alpha be ready for whoever it is that wants his gold in the New Year?

The Outrunners VS The Iron Savages w/ Jacked Jameson!

Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd could not take the tag titles at Full Gear, but these throwbacks still have “the stuff!” Will nothing stop the Youngest Men Alive from going for the gold?

Wait, Jacked Jameson has the mic to tell the fat morons and skinny idiots to shut up! There seems to be some confusion about the new Iron Savages’ shirt! They aren’t the meat riders, everyone else is! And that includes “these two spinning idiots!” The Savages will beat them down, put them in their place, and take their spots! Because they are the Iron Savages! Sippin’ sauce, livin’ hoss, and taking all the Low T Meat Riders to #TIDDYCITY! The Outrunners aren’t intimidated and the teams sort out. Truth starts against Beefcake Boulder, and the fans rally up at the bell. Boulder flexes on Truth, but Truth flexes back!

The fans cheer Truth, but Boulder TOSSES him to the corner! Boulder throws ELBOW after ELBOW, then he tags Bronson. Bronson fires body shots and haymakers, then flexes to mock Truth. Bronson ROCKS Truth, tags Boulder, and the Savages mock the spin. Boulder sends Bronson in to SPLASH, then Bronson sends Truth into Boulder’s scoop. SIDEWALK SLAM! Cover, TWO! The fans rally up for Truth but Boulder goes to a corner. The Savages gyrate, and Boulder goes up, but he slips and falls! Truth may have gotten a bit lucky there, but Boulder hurries to tag Bronson. Bronson runs in but Truth dodges!

Bronson hits buckles. Truth hurdles, hot tag to Turbo! Turbo rallies with haymakers on both Savages! Turbo winds up and he ROCKS Boulder! Turbo scoops to SLAM Bronson! And then he scoops and SLAMS Bronson again! Truth becomes the human weapon, SLAM SENTON onto Bronson! Wait, Turbo scoops Boulder!? Boulder’s too much for one man! Boulder grabs both Outrunners, but the Outrunners fight up! The fans cheer as The Outrunners kick, and DOUBLE SCOOP SLAM! The fans fire up and Truth says, “Turbo Floyd! YOU SONOVABISH!” DOUBLE ELBOW DROP! Bronson staggers up into a scoop! TOTAL RECALL!! Cover, Outrunners win!

Winners: The Outrunners, by pinfall

Chicago cheers as the retro filter takes us back to the 1980s while The Outrunners get back on a winning track! But wait! FTR is here! Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler join Truth & Turbo in the ring, and they all HANDSHAKE! The fans cheer as the #TopGuys are happy for their friends, but will either of these teams be headed for the tag titles before Worlds End?

Backstage interview with Max Caster.

Lexy Nair is with Platinum Max and brings up the rather erratic behavior as of late. Yeah, well, Swerve Strickland is crazy! He attacks Caster outta nowhere! He ripped The Best Wrestler Alive jacket! Caster could sue Swerve but that’s not real rap. So Swerve, look in Caster’s eyes. Swerve doesn’t deserve what he’s gotten here in AEW! But here Caster is, giving that “gold toothed b*tch” a chance to take on The Best Wrestler Alive. Caster wants Swerve this Wednesday Night Dynamite! Okay, but then where is the rest of The Acclaimed? Oh, he hasn’t talked to them since Full Gear.  Anthony Bowens was so pissed after he lost that match for them.

Caster told the guys that they could take the week off, it was Thanksgiving after all, and as the leader, Caster knows his guys have his back against Swerve. Swerve, if you’re a real champion, a real rapper, then you’ll accept the challenge and take this ass whooping like a man! And that is a mic drop! Caster heads out, but is he the crazy one thinking he should face The Realest in a match?

Hangman Page VS Wheeler Yuta!

Speaking of crazy, the Blackhat Cowboy was so out of his mind after his loss to Jay White, he decked Christopher Daniels! Not only that, but he more or less handed Christian Cage a cash-in opportunity at the end of Full Gear. The Death Riders do not appreciate this, and so now The Decoder is stepping up. Will Yuta make sure Hangman understands what he’s getting himself into? Or is Hangman going to make Yuta an example to Jon Moxley?

The bell rings and the two circle. They feel things out, Yuta goes for a leg but Hangman HAMMERS away on him for it! Yuta goes to ropes and Hangman backs off. The fans rally as the two reset, and they tie up. Yuta grabs that leg, trips Hangman, but Hangman kicks free. Yuta headlocks, Hangman powers up and out, but Yuta dodges. Yuta leaps but Hangman catches him for a SLAM! Hangman stands Yuta up, bumps him off buckles again and again, and again and again, but stops at the ref’s count of 4. Hangman wants to pull the buckle pad off but the ref says don’t. They argue, but Yuta kicks low!

Yuta whips, Hangman reverses but Yuta grabs ropes. Hangman LARIATS Yuta up and out! The fans fire up and Hangman goes out after Yuta. The fans rally behind Hangman as he fireman’s carries Yuta, SNAKE EYES Off the apron! Yuta staggers around, Hangman storms over, and he CLUBS away on Yuta. Hangman drags Yuta up and SMACKS him off the apron. Yuta staggers, Hangman follows, but Yuta kicks the leg! Yuta pushes Hangman at the ring, but Hangman rebounds to CLOBBER Yuta! Hangman drags Yuta up, puts him in the ring, but Yuta swings! Hangman catches Yuta to a clinch, and BELLY2BELLY! Cover, TWO!

Hangman snarls but he stalks Yuta to a corner. The fans rally up and Hangman stands Yuta up. Hangman CHOPS Yuta down, then tells the ref to back off. Hangman storms over to Yuta at the apron, and he triangle jumps, but Yuta ducks the lariat! CHOP BLOCK! The fans boo but Yuta stomps away on Hangman’s leg. Yuta wraps the leg around ropes and stands on it! The ref counts, Yuta steps off, and then Yuta drags Hangman by his leg. Yuta steps through for a spinning toehold! Then another spinning toehold! Then another! Yuta flexes, the fans boo, but Hangman KICKS at Yuta! The fans rally, but Yuta blocks the kick!

Yuta steps through and has the standing toehold! Hangman kicks at Yuta, gets free, but Yuta is after him in a corner. Yuta CHOPS, and Collision goes picture in picture.

Yuta CHOPS Hangman again, but Hangman scowls. Yuta CHOPS, but Hangman eggs him on! The CHOPS keep going but then Yuta kicks a leg! Yuta trips Hangman, and he fights to turn Hangman over. HALF CRAB! Hangman endures while fans give thumbs down. Hangman crawls his way over, ROPEBREAK! Yuta holds on until the ref counts 4, and mocks Bryan Danielson by saying he has ’til 5. Yuta then storms up on Hangman to ROCK him, BITE him, and then climb up. The fans boo as Yuta mocks the Yes Movement. Yuta rains down fists, but Hangman stops him at 5 to then carry him out! Atomic drop!

Yuta flounders, Hangman storms up, but Yuta has the leg! DRAGON SCREW! Hangman flounders to the apron, but Yuta runs to basement DROPKICK the legs! Yuta cheers himself on and drags Hangman to center. Yuta twists the foot but Hangman kicks at him again and again. Yuta staggers back, Hangman swings, but Yuta dodges! Yuta dodges, catches a haymaker, and wrenches to a RIGHT ANGLE SLAM! Cover, TWO! Hangman goes to a corner, Yuta runs up, but Hangman puts him on the apron! Yuta ROCKS Hangman, climbs up, but Hangman ROCKS Yuta! Hangman climbs up, and he brings Yuta to the top!

Collision returns to single picture as both men are up top! Hangman goes to scoop but Yuta fights! Yuta BITES Hangman’s ear! Yuta hops down, TRIPS Hangman, and Hangman tumbles to the mat! Yuta hurries to flip him into the Tree of Woe! Yuta climbs up to CLUB away on the bad leg! The fans boo and the ref counts, but Yuta stops at 4 to soak up heat. Only for Hangman to SPIDER-GERMAN!! Hangman glares even while upside-down, and he slips free of the Tree. Hangman storms up on Yuta to fire a haymaker! Yuta fires back! They go shot for shot, Hangman gets the edge, then ROLLING ELBOW!

Yuta wobbles, roars, and he trips Hangman! Hangman kicks Yuta away, but Y uta rewinds, into a BOOT! The fans fire up as Hangman goes out to get Yuta up and whip him into railing! The fans fire up for Hangman as he whips Yuta hard into more railing! Yuta writhes and Hangman points to the other side. The fans cheer and Hangman whips again. Yuta reverses, but Hangman reverses back! Yuta hits railing hard! The front row fans love as the railing gets pushed back! Hangman puts Yuta in and fans rally for “Cowboy Sh*t!” Hangman storms up, but Yuta KICKS the bad leg! Yuta runs up, but into a DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Cover, TWO!

Hangman snarls but wait, here come Pac & Claudio Castagnoli. They walk down the steps in the crowd, but Hangman dares them to bring it on! Yuta rolls Hangman up! TWO!! Hangman escapes, and he POP-UP- NO! Yuta fights the bomb! Hangman blocks a lariat, BOOTS Yuta, but Yuta rewinds! Yuta waistlocks, Hangman throws him off, DISCUS LARIAT! Hangman glares at The Bastard & The Swiss Superman as he goes to the apron, but now Marina Shafir & Jon Moxley have joined them! Hangman slingshots, but his leg buckles! Yuta rolls him, shifts around, SEATBELT! Cover, TWO!!

Hangman scoops Yuta, DEADEYE!! Cover, Hangman wins!!

Winner: Hangman Page, by pinfall

The Death Riders tried to intimidate Hangman into defeat, but that’s not a thing when it comes to Hangman. Moxley simply talks things over with Claudio, perhaps they’re more impressed than anything. Wait, Hangman HAMMERS away on Yuta! Moxley and crew do not even take a step forward!? So Hangman ups the ante by grabbing a chair! Hangman puts that chair around Yuta’s neck! Hangman is going to use something out of the Death Rider playbook, and yet they do not flinch. But here comes Jay White?! The Switchblade has his own beef with the Death Riders, but also with Hangman!

White has a chair, Hangman takes his chair away to run off, so Yuta is saved. But then White clinches Yuta, BLADERUNNER!! Moxley again smirks, perhaps just as impressed with White as he was Hangman. The Death Riders leave Yuta behind, will Yuta understand he is just a pawn? White tells the pawn to tell his king that KING SWITCH is coming for him! Will Jay White soon make The Maniac breathe with the Switchblade?

Thunder Rosa speaks.

La Mera Mera introduces herself and says tonight on Rampage, you will see the best wrestlers of CMLL! Hechicero, Mascara Dorada, Mistico, and many, many more! And, oh, also this girl who thinks she’s part computer. But never mind that. What made Rosa sad is that she keeps seeing people stabbing each other in the back when you think they’re all your friend. Like Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May. And why do they do that? Because they want to “be on top.” They’re hungry for the title. And y’know what? That makes Rosa hungry, too. So after Rosa is done with “Harley-gram,” Rosa will keep a close eye on Mina and Mariah.

Because remember: Rosa was a champion, too! And she beat Mariah May! Winter is Coming, but La Mera Mera NEVER left. Will the Thunder rumble up to whoever survives the cold?

Backstage interview with Hangman Page.

Lexy catches the Cowboy as he makes his way to the locker room, and she brings up that while he got a win on Yuta, his bigger issues seem to be with The Death Riders and Jay White. Hangman gets mad now, and says he doesn’t know who told her there would be an interview, but there’s not. Hangman storms off but Christopher Daniels finds him. The Fallen Angel says he’s been looking for Hangman. Daniels was going to fine Hangman for that shot at Full Gear, but he wants to talk not as an EVP but as a wrestler, as someone who has known Hangman for 15 years. Someone that cares about Hangman!

This thirst for vengeance is not fueling Hangman, it is poisoning him! It is taking him away from his true goals. And this stuff in the past, if Hangman could just let it go, he’d not only be the leader AEW needs, but the man that Hangman should be. Hangman says Daniels does NOT tell Hangman who can be or who he is, because he knows damn well who he is! If what happened to Hangman happened to Daniels, Daniels would feel exactly the same! Any man would! And the last thing Hangman needs right now is advice from an old man like Daniels. Hangman storms off, his anger only growing worse. But will nothing but that AEW World Championship bring him peace?

Mina Shirakawa VS Leila Grey!

We heard both sides of the tragic romance, and the title match is made for December 11th. Will the Fighting Gravure Idol be red hot for Winter is Coming? Or will the Top Flight Attendant look to earn her own trip to the title scene?

The bell rings and the two circle. They feel things out, tie up, and Leila waistlocks. Mina wrenches out, wristlocks, but Leila rolls and wrenches back. Leila headlocks, Mina powers up and brings Leila down. Mina headlocks, then spins around to SOBAT! Mina runs, ducks ‘n’ dodges, then slides to pose! The fans cheer but Leila is annoyed. Leila KICKS Mina in the back, then runs, but Mina trips her up! Mina KICKS Leila in the back, and the fans cheer! Leila storms up on Mina and throws a forearm! Mina fires back, and now the forearms fly! Mina has the edge, then winds up to ROCK Leila! Leila staggers, Mina whips.

Leila reverses and runs up but Mina dodges in the corner. Mina ROCKS Leila, goes in and up, FLYING CHUCK! Then NECKBREAKER DROP! Cover, ONE!! Leila shows some grit but Mina is still having fun. The fans rally up and Mina runs corner to corner. Leila dodges and Mina hits buckles! Leila SHINING WIZARDS, then brings Mina out for a snap suplex! Roll back and underhook, but Mina fights the butterfly! Mina wrenches out, Leila ducks the kick! Leila shoves, Mina dodges a kick to URAKEN! Cover, TWO! Leila toughs it out again and Mina is frustrated, but the fans rally up again. Mina storms up on Leila and dragon sleepers!

Mina drags Leile up, but Leila fights free of the inverted suplex! Roll-up, TWO! Mina runs, Leila trips, jackknife bridge! TWO, and Mina ROLLING ELBOWS! Leila falls, Mina goes up a corner, but Leila rises at the ropes. Mina leaps to FLYING SLINGBLADE! The fans fire up and Mina has Leila in the dragon sleeper! GLORIOUS DRIVER MINA! Cover, Mina wins!

Winner: Mina Shirakawa, by pinfall

Winter is Coming for AEW, and Mina is coming for Mariah’s head! Will the Glamour’s gold soon belong to the Fighting Gravure Idol?

BREAKING NEWS for next week’s Collision!

Collision returns to its usual time as AEW arrives in Columbus, Ohio, and the WrestleDynasty International Women’s Cup Qualifiers continue! Willow Nightingale and Serena Deeb will battle it out, who moves on to face Jamie Hayter at Collision’s own Winter is Coming?

Backstage interview with Willow Nightingale.

Lexy Nair is with the Babe with the Power, and we saw her help Orange Cassidy against The Death Riders. What is her sights set on now? Well, it is always great to help a friend in need. But now she is going to pivot her focus and saw all that about WrestleDynasty, International Women’s Cup, Tokyo Dome! It just feels right to represent AEW there. And most recently, she was CMLL Women’s Champion. She was the first woman to defend the TBS Championship overseas in Stardom. And of course, she was the inaugural NJPW Strong Women’s Champion. So you can already call her the Global Ambassador of AEW, or even an international superstar!

But you cannot call her an International Women’s Cup winner unless she wins these qualifiers. So that might feel right in her heart but it also felt right that Cassidy should be AEW World Champion, and that Ishii should be ROH World Champion. Those things didn’t happen. So after a month away, Willow has to make the dream happen. She’ll put her head down, get back to work, put on this lovely smile, and make the dream happen! Will Willow power her way through The Professor and the Hayter until she’s the one going to the Tokyo Dome?

New York, make your holidays All Elite!

Christmas may be 25 days away, but AEW is going to celebrate a few days early. The Manhattan Center will host a Christmas Collision on Saturday, December 21st, and then a Dynamite on 34th Street on Sunday, December 22nd (to be aired on Christmas day that Wednesday), and all of this follows ROH Final Battle on Friday the 20th! Tickets on sale now, get you and yours the gift of a three-day weekend of All Elite Wrestling!

BREAKING NEWS for Dynamite!

Wednesday, December 4th, Jay White will have his own fight against The Death Riders when he takes on Pac! Will The Bastard be one to Breathe with The Switchblade? And the Continental Classic of course continues with perhaps the hardest hitting match-up yet: Brody King VS Claudio Castagnoli! Will the King of Death bring the Swiss Superman back down to Earth?

BREAKING NEWS for Winter is Coming!

Well, win, lose or draw, Claudio and Brody King are going to keep up the heat as Claudio will take on Will Ospreay and Brody will take on Ricochet! The Continental Classic is only heating up, but who will blaze their trail to Worlds End?

AEW Continental Classic, Blue League: Kazuchika Okada VS Daniel Garcia!

Being the second C2, this is a very special match. Not only is it the first time THE Continental Champion competes in the round robin that determines if he stays champion, but he’s facing a fellow champion! Red Death is the NEW TNT Champion after defeating Jack Perry, will he get another big win here tonight? Or will Okada prove he is still The Rainmaker that won G1 after G1?

The bell rings and the fans rally up as the two circle. They knuckle lock, then Okada shoots in for a waistlock. Garcia wrenches and hammerlocks, but Okada slips around to hammerlock back. Garcia headlocks but Okada cranks the arm. Garcia still headlocks, then slips his hand free to have the hold on tight. Okada rolls but Garcia holds on. The fans rally up as Okada stands, and Okada fires body shots. Okada powers up and out, but Garcia RAMS him! Neither man falls and the fans are dueling as Okada brushes himself off. Garcia runs, RAMS Okada again, but Okada still doesn’t fall. Garcia fires a flurry of forearms!

Okada fires up and he UPPERCUTS, but into a backslide! TWO, and Okada storms up. Garcia drop toeholds, Oklahoma Roll, TWO! Trip and ghost pin, TWO!! Okada escapes and backs away while the fans fire up. Okada applauds, he also admits Garcia is good. Okada uses ropes as a defense and the ref has Garcia back off. The two reset and circle, but Okada offers a handshake. Garcia is wary, as are the fans, but then Okada leaves Garcia hanging. Garcia CHOPS and fires hands on Okada for it! Garcia whips, Okada grabs ropes, but Garcia blocks the boot! Garcia throws Okada down and basement dropkicks!

The fans fire up and Garcia nods. Okada crawls to the ropes but Garcia stalks over, and Collision goes picture in picture.

Garcia snapmares Okada, runs, and SLIDING FOREARMS! Cover, TWO! Okada stays in this but Garcia stays on him. Garcia stomps away on a leg, then GROUND DRAGON SCREWS! Okada writhes, but Garcia stalks Okada. Garcia whips, but Okada blocks! Garcia still tries but Okada again blocks. Garcia ROCKS Okada, runs, but Okada FLAPJACKS! The fans fire up while both men are down. Okada stalks Garcia now, and he drags Garcia up. Okada turns Garcia for a NECKBREAKER! Cover, ONE!! Garcia is tougher than that but Okada stays cool. Okada CLUBS Garcia, and Garcia goes to a corner.

Okada is after Garcia, whips him corner to corner, then runs up to ELBOW! Garcia staggers and falls, but Okada is cool as ice. Okada paces, scuffs Garcia, and he taunts Garcia a bit. Okada kicks Garcia, but Garcia rises to fire forearms! Okada just leans into the shots! Then he UPPERCUTS Garcia back down! Collision returns to single picture while the fans rally up. Okada drags Garcia to his feet, scoops and SLAMS, then SENTON FLOPS! Okada tried changing the formula and pays for it! The fans rally again as Garcia drags himself up, only for Okada to CLUB him down! Okada then scoops Garcia to SLAM him again!

Garcia goes out to the apron, and slingshot SENTON, but he has to roll through as Garcia moves! Garcia blocks punches to give punches again and again, then whips. Okada reverses then dodges a lariat! Okada catches Garcia into the MONEY CLIP! Garcia endures but he’s as red as his new boots! The fans rally as Okada squeezes tight, a big grin on his face! Garcia feeds on the energy from Chicago and he fires body shots! Garcia JAWBREAKERS free, but Okada scoops! Garcia slips free to kick and TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT! The fans fire up and Garcia shakes the ropes! Garcia runs corner to corner to LARIAT Okada!

Garcia keeps going, he LARIATS again! Garcia keeps moving but Okada follows! But Garcia dodges Okada to put him in the other corner, and he stomps a mudhole into the Rainmaker! The fans fire up but the ref counts, and Garcia stands on Okada’s face until 4! Garcia runs side to side and he BOOT WASHES Okada! Garcia drags Okada up but Okada wrenches out. Garcia ducks the lariat to have a SLEEPER! Garcia squeezes tight, sits Okada down, and runs to PENALTY KICK! Cover, TWO! Okada survives the shoutout to Shibata but Garcia grits his teeth. Garcia drags Okada by his legs, steps through, and has the DRAGON TAMER!!

Okada endures, flails, and has the ROPEBREAK quick! Garcia lets go and Okada bails out. The fans rally as Garcia goes out and CLUBS Okada! Garcia makes Okada take a seat in the corner, and then he climbs up to rain down fists! The fans count along, and Garcia goes to nine, puts up the fists, and then hits TEN! The fans cheer and Garcia goes to the far side. Garcia runs back in, flipping those middle fingers before he SHOTGUNS Okada down! The ref checks Okada as he clutches an arm. Garcia wants after Okada but the ref has him hold on. Okada says to get the medic so the ref hurries away. But Okada grabs a chair! Okada JAMS Garcia up!!

The fans boo as Okada says he’s okay now. The ref isn’t sure what that’s about, but Okada hits a DDT to the floor! Okada grins, laughs, even blows a kiss to the camera, and Collision goes picture in picture.

Okada shrugs as he soaks up heat from the fans. Okada takes his time walking back to the ring while the count climbs. Okada decides to roll in at 4, but then he rolls out to refresh the count. Okada drags Garcia up and SMACKS him off the steel steps! Okada stands Garcia up to RAM him into railing! And now Okada leaves Garcia behind for the count. The fans cheer Garcia on and Garcia rises up! Garcia has new life and he slides in, only for Okada to DDT him again! Cover, TWO!! Garcia survives and Okada is furious! Garcia scuffs Okada, and again, and that frustrates Okada. Garcia reaches out and he nods to the fans.

Okada looms over Garcia as Garcia again feeds off Chicago’s energy. Garcia stands to fire a forearm! Okada shakes that off and eggs Garcia on, but Collision has to go to break.

Collision returns as now Garcia has Okada up top! They brawl with forearms and the fans rally behind Garcia. Garcia fires a flurry of HEADBUTTS! The fans fire up and Garcia brings Okada to the very top! SUPER DUPER PLEX! The fans fire up while both men writhe! Garcia crawls to a cover, TWO!! Okada stays in this if only barely, but Garcia shakes his head. Garcia rises and he has the legs. Okada scrambles to the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Garcia lets go in frustration, and Okada bails out. Garcia rushes outside to kick Okada and put him back in the ring. Garcia runs corner to corner, but Okada pops him up! REVERSE NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO!!

The fans fire up as Garcia stays in this, and Okada is almost amused by it. Okada drags Garcia up, scoops and SLAMS him down! Okada climbs, for the MACHO ELBOW! Okada rises and the fans are torn. Okada mocks Garcia’s dance! Okada flips Garcia off, but Garcia grabs a leg! ANKLE LOCK!! The fans fire up as Okada is caught for getting cocky! Okada endures, reaches out, crawls forward, but Garcia TWISTS the foot! Okada flails, reaches, and has the ROPEBREAK! The ref counts, Garcia lets go and runs to DROPKICK Okada! The fans fire up with Garcia as he runs again, but into Okada’s DROP- NO! Garcia catches the legs!

Okada kicks free but Garcia comes back to CHOP, CHOP, CHOP! Garcia winds up, Okada spins him, but Garcia flips Okada! Okada cradle counters, TWO!! Garcia stands, ducks a lariat, but then Okada ducks one! Both men come back, DOUBLE LARIATS collide! The fans fire up again while both men are down! “This is Awesome!” as a standing count begins! Okada sits up, Garcia stirs, but Okada drags him up. Okada brings Garcia around to short arm LARIAT! The fans rally but Okada stands Garcia up again. Garcia ducks the lariat but not the DROPKICK! Okada scoops Garcia to MICHINOKU DRIVER! And then the ripcord! RAIN- NO, Garcia body scissors Okada!

Garcia has Okada’s legs, steps through, DRAGON TAMER!!! And we have one minute left?! Okada endures, fights around, reaches out, but Garcia drags him back! Garcia sits deep!! Okada endures even more pain, but he flails and claws at the mat! Okada crawls but Garcia sits DEEP! Okada bites his hand to ignore the pain! Time is running out! TIME IS UP!!! It’s a DRAW!!

Time Limit Draw; both men earn 1 point

Chicago cannot believe it! Garcia could not beat Okada in under 20 minutes, but he surely had Okada beat all the same! But Chicago shows respect by applauding both men as they both stand up. Okada offers a handshake, does he mean it this time? Garcia accepts, but then Okada flips him off! Well, of course that’s how it goes. But if this is how hard they had to fight and only got a draw, how much harder must both Okada and Garcia fight to take the Blue League?

My Thoughts:

A great Collision, even for being prerecorded. And for some reason, more matches here than Dynamite, but Mina Shirakawa was of course beating Leila Grey and The Outrunners were of course beating The Iron Savages. Good promo from Mariah May to put her spin on the build to her match with Mina, and even a nod to Mina hanging out with Toni Storm. I would think Mariah wins at Winter is Coming so that Worlds End can perhaps be Mariah VS a returning Toni Storm, who might not even be Timeless but back to rockstar Toni. FTR showing up to hang out with Outrunners was find, but kind of filler if there wasn’t something more than the handshake.

Very good promo from Caster to not only put his own spin on everything that’s happened while also putting himself over as the apparent leader of The Acclaimed. You can bet Bowens & Billy will have something to say on Dynamite right before Caster has his match with Swerve, and all this just adds to Caster ditching Bowens for The Hurt Syndicate. Good promo from Anna Jay, but I feel like that while she clearly wants Mercedes Mone and the TBS Champion, The Vendetta is going to get in the way, maybe striking a business deal with The CEO for protection. After all, Kamille quit so Mone’s gonna need new bodyguards.

Good promo from Rosa to hype up both tonight’s Lucha Libre Rampage, which includes her match with Harley Cameron, while also throwing her name into the hat for the world title match. Maybe we get both Storm and Rosa going for the title at Worlds End, or maybe it’s Rosa while Storm waits it out until 2025. To be fair, Storm could wait because then she can challenge for the title at Grand Slam: Australia. And good promo from Willow to hype up her part in the International Women’s Cup. Willow VS Deeb feels like a toss up, but I’m leaning towards Willow. She should make it to WrestleDynasty for the reasons she gave, especially when you consider Julia Hart is calling out Jamie Hayter with her spooky vignettes.

Good promo from The Kingdom and Kyle O’Reilly, but I’m pretty sure Kyle is not throwing the match for Cole’s sake. Kyle and Cole will probably be the last two in the battle royal, and if Cole is going to win, he’ll have to be vicious to do it because Kyle is so tough. I still feel Cole and MJF should fight for the diamond ring so that the ring becomes the new physical object of their grudge, but they might use Kyle VS MJF to further delay Cole VS MJF so it can happen for Worlds End. I believe that would put their match on the anniversary of when Cole started the “Who is the new Devil of AEW?” story with Face MJF, so it would be a fitting stage for this new chapter.

Very good promo from Callis and Konosuke to hype up the Tokyo Dome shows, which as it stands, we’ll get Konosuke VS Takagi in a Champion VS Champion showdown, no idea if it’ll be for a title, both titles, or just pride between AEW and NJPW. And of course, great stuff in the Continental Classic matches. Ospreay VS Juice was a great opener, and Juice looked good, but of course Ospreay won here to get his first three points. The same goes for Fletcher VS Mortos, as Mortos looked great even though he lost. Then we got an awesome main event, and I love that Okada VS Garcia went to a draw. Neither champion could really lose without owing a title match after the tournament, and this really adds some drama to the standings.

My Score: 8.9/10