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Darby Allin’s opponents line up and he knocks them down, and it was proven again on All Elite Wrestling’s (AEW) “Collision” show Saturday night.
Sammy Guevara challenged Allin to an AEW World Championship match at Ring of Honor’s Supercard of Honor event. Guevara is one half of the Ring of Honor tag team champions. He entered the world title race as Allin looked set to face Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) at Double or Nothing next week in New York.
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Darby Allin competes in the ring during AEW Collision on October 3, 2024, at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
Allin has defended his title five times in a row since winning the MJF title. He beat Tommaso Ciampa, Brody King, Kevin Knight, Pac and Konosuke Takeshita. Guevara became another number on Saturday.
When it came to Allin and Guevara, fans expected some high-flying action even if it put both men in danger. Guevara set Allin up on a table and climbed a ladder in hopes of doing enough damage to keep his opponent down for good.
Guevara hit a locomotive which plunged from the ladder. But it wasn’t nearly enough to put Allin aside.
Allin survived a Spanish fly and avoided a 450 splash from Guevara from the top rope. Guevara crashed into a table. Allin brought Guevara back into the ring and hit a Coffin Drop to put the challenger away.
Mark Briscoe makes an electrifying return
Mark Briscoe returned to AEW after being absent for a few months, following an attack from Tomaso Ciampa.
He teamed with Orange Cassidy and Kyle O’Reilly, part of the faction known as The Conglomeration, to take on Lee Moriarty, Shawn Dean and Jay Triller, known as Shane Taylor Promotions, in an elimination match for the Trios World Title.
Briscoe got the title and the crowd in Sailsbury, Maryland went wild. He used a chair to eliminate his three opponents. He hit a Froggy Bow and a Jay Driller to pin Dean.
He will now turn his attention to Ciampa in a no disqualification match on the next episode of “Collision,” which takes place Wednesday as part of a three-hour special with “Dynamite.”
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Will Ospreay speaks to Samoa Joe ahead of Owen Hart clash
Will Ospreay competes in the ring during AEW Dynamite at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 2, 2024. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
Will Ospreay will face Samoa Joe in the first round of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament as he looks for a shot at the AEW World Championship at All In.
Joe had been trying to keep Ospreay away from the Death Riders in recent weeks as Ospreay trained with the group in order to be allowed to return to an AEW ring. Ospreay even seemed to have the Death Riders in his corner as Joe sent Katsuyori Shibata and Anthony Bowens to attack him.
In “Collision,” Ospreay had words for Joe.
“Joe, my apologies for not responding to any of your messages – I’ve been a little busy training and preparing for the Owen,” he said. “Surprise, surprise to see you here in the first round, buddy. It’s going to be tough, but if you can just bear with me for a hot second while I explain. Six months of my life were taken away from me, buddy. Six months of sitting in front of a TV screen watching AEW, watching it, trying to gather strength in my arms, rushing to get back. You know, six months. Six months of frustration, six months of anger and then I finally got my I shot Dynasty and lost since then, I’ve had a hard time with my matches. The doctor even stopped one for my own safety.
“But I’m more upset at the thought that I can’t be the guy AEW trusted once upon a time. No matter how I feel about Jon, no matter how I feel about the Death Riders, there’s nothing I can say that will ever make people understand. But Jon Moxley, he’s the ace. He’s a trooper for this place and while his methods may be sick, the people who stand in front of him are elevated. So what could happen with him in my corner?
“Joe, I have nothing but respect for you – everything you’ve done in this industry. You were in the match that made me want to become a professional wrestler. But no one, no one is stopping me from winning the Owen. And I find it very poetic that the man who took away my old life gave me a second chance to win the world championship.”
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Results of the match “Collision”
Willow Nightingale enters the ring during the Stardom women’s professional wrestling event at the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan on May 18, 2024. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
Mark Briscoe, Kyle O’Reilly and Orange Cassidy def. Shawn Dean, Lee Moriarty and Anthony Ogogo.
Willow Nightingale def. Red Velvet will retain the TBS Championship.
Samoa Joe and Anthony Bowens def. Jay Lethal and Lee Johnson.
Megan Bayne and Lena Kross def. Allie Katch and Kaia McKenna.
David Finlay, Clark Connors and Mark Davis def. Myron Reed, Desmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz.
Darby Allin def. Sammy Guevara will retain the AEW World Championship.
