AEW Collision Outcomes: Winners, Stay Grades, Response and Highlights Earlier than All In

Welcome to Bleacher Report’s reside protection and recap of AEW Collision on August 26. That is the ultimate present earlier than All In on Sunday, so this was AEW’s final probability to promote the present to anybody who was nonetheless on the fence about watching.

We acquired a few smaller matches with the likes of Keith Lee and Large Invoice going through smaller rivals, however we additionally noticed a few of AEW’s greatest stars in motion.

Sting, CM Punk, Darby Alling and a fourth companion took on Swerve Strickland, Luchasaurus, Brian Cage (no relation) and Jay White.

We additionally noticed Orange Cassidy, The Darkish Order and Willow Nightingale in motion. :Et’s check out all the things that occurred on Saturday’s episode of Collision.

Jack Perry got here to the ring with the FTW title being carried to the ring. He held a particular ceremony to retire the championship for good, however he was interrupted and suplexed by a desk by Hook. He picked up a mic and easily stated “Wembley.”

The primary match of the night time was a trios bout with Eddie Kingston, Penta El Zero Miedo and Orange Cassidy taking over The Butcher, The Blade and Kip Sabian.

Sabian and Penta began for his or her groups with a little bit of taunting. As quickly as Penelope Ford shoved Alex Abrahantes to the ground, all hell broke unfastened.

It took a very long time for this to quiet down. As soon as it was down to only the authorized rivals preventing within the ring, the tempo slowed a bit and we noticed extra cohesive motion.

This match had six guys who all had completely different kinds, however they had been additionally all seasoned rivals who might work towards any type, so the match had loads of nice motion. Nonetheless, it additionally had some awkward moments that would have been simply averted with some completely different digicam angles.

The Mad King scored the win for his group by pinning Sabian. He and his group celebrated as they ready for Stadium Stampede on Sunday night time.

Winners: Kingston, Cassidy and Penta

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

The Darkish Order was represented by John Silver and Alex Reynolds this week after they took on the pairing of Darius Martin and Motion Andretti.

Silver and Andretti began with some fundamental grappling. Silver flexed within the 25-year-old’s face earlier than going after his arm.

Andretti spent lots of time within the ring on protection whereas The Darkish Order stored him lower off from his nook with fast tags and double-team spots.

This was the sort of tag group match that AEW made its identify on. It was easy, however efficient. The foundations had been noticed for essentially the most half, each groups had an opportunity to point out off, and the group appeared to be having an excellent time.

With a lot taking place over the following two weeks in AEW, it is unlikely anybody will bear in mind this match by subsequent week, however all 4 guys nonetheless put all of their efforts into delivering an excellent efficiency for the group.

The Darkish Order picked up a victory with the double jackknife powerbomb. This was a stable match from high to backside.

Winners: The Darkish Order

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

Ricky Starks accompanied Large Invoice to the ring for a match towards an area competitor named Differ Morales.

Large Invoice often towers over his rivals, however he regarded additional imposing subsequent to this younger man, who could not have been taller than 5’6″. Clearly, Invoice received with ease.

This was by no means actually about getting the large a win. This was about giving Starks an excuse to be on TV and make gentle of his assault on Ricky Steamboat.

Winner: Large Invoice

Grade: Incomplete

The subsequent match noticed Robyn Renegade tackle considered one of AEW’s hottest rising stars, Willow Nightingale.

Charlett Renegade was at ringside to help her sister, however Nightingale was going to win this match it doesn’t matter what. This wasn’t fairly as one-sided because the earlier bout, but it surely actually wasn’t a back-and-forth battle more often than not both.

Willow acquired the win, however Robyn did handle to get in some offense through the break whereas the match was being proven in picture-in-picture. This was a good match that acquired extra aggressive because it went, so it ended up ending stronger than it began.

AEW’s girls’s division positively deserves extra display screen time, particularly relating to PPVs. With All In solely having one girls’s bout, it could have been good to see extra on the weekly exhibits main into it.

Winner: Willow Nightingale

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

Keith Lee took on Zicky Cube within the subsequent matchup. They spent lots of time posing and speaking trash earlier than The Limitless One took Cube out with a clothesline.

Lee received with a powerbomb in simply a few minutes. This was just about a squash match, but it surely was extra entertaining than most bouts which can be this brief, which is a testomony to how entertaining Cube and Lee might be.

Winner: Keith Lee

Grade: Incomplete

Notable Moments and Observations

The ultimate match of the night time was an enormous eight-man tag bout with CM Punk, Sting, Darby Allin and Hook taking over Swerve Strickland, Luchasaurus, Brian Cage and Jay White.

Swerve and Punk began off with a fast lockup. The chief of Mogul Embassy took the Straight-Edge Famous person with a fast arm drag and appeared to shock him together with his velocity a bit.

This match had effectively over the ultimate 20 minutes of the present, so all eight rivals had an opportunity to be within the ring with at the least one or two of their opponents at completely different instances. We acquired to see fairly just a few combos, however essentially the most attention-grabbing was most likely White and Punk as a result of they spent lots of time speaking trash to one another.

With lots of these guys competing at All In, it wasn’t stunning to see a few of them take it a bit simple, however that does not imply this wasn’t a enjoyable important occasion. For a match with so many shifting elements, they managed their time effectively.

Punk’s group ended up popping out on high when he hit Brian with the GTS after which locked him in Joe’s personal submission. As quickly because it was over, Joe rushed the ring and attacked his former finest buddy.

The present ended with everybody brawling and chaos ensuing, which appears to be a pattern with go-home exhibits earlier than PPVs in each promotion.

Winners: Hook, CM Punk, Darby Allin and Sting

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

So far as this go-home present earlier than a PPV goes, these episodes all the time have the duty of making an attempt to not solely hype the upcoming occasion but in addition produce a present that night time that’s definitely worth the value followers paid for admission.

This week’s Collision did a good job mixing in some good professional wrestling motion with the video packages and interviews wanted to construct All In. A few the squash matches felt pointless, however that may be a minor criticism within the grand scheme of issues.

Was it essentially the most memorable episode of Collision? Not by an extended shot, but it surely achieved its aim of being a go-home episode and a cromulent episode in its personal proper.

The cardboard for All In may not be what some followers had been hoping for, but it surely positively has loads of matches which can be able to stealing the present.

Grade: B-