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All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Willow Nightingale was forced to relinquish her TBS Championship due to injury, which also forced her out of the Owen Hart tournament.
A new champion will be crowned in the near future as it was announced on Saturday on “Collision” that a survival of the fittest match would take place in AEW for the first time.
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Mercedes Mone attacks Kris Statlander with the championship belt during AEW Dynamite at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio on October 30, 2024. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
Usually reserved for Ring of Honor, Survival of the Fittest is a multi-man elimination match where the last remaining competitor will be the winner. Contestants are eliminated as they are pinned. Ring of Honor’s Supercard of Honor featured a survival of the fittest match for the Women’s World Championship. Athena retained the title in this match.
The new champion will be crowned on the July 1 episode of “Dynamite.” There will be six matches to determine the competitors who will later participate in the match.
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)
The TBS Championship has been the equivalent of the TNT Championship as one of the best belts for female competitors not in the main event title picture per se.
Nightingale held the title for 140 days after defeating Mercedes Moné for the belt at “Dynamite: New Year’s Smash”. It was her second reign as champion.
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Chaos ends the “collision”
Konosuke Takeshita wins the title at AEW Double or Nothing in Queens, New York on May 24, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)
Konosuke Takeshita defeated Daniel Garcia to retain the AEW International Championship in his first title defense since defeating Kazuchika Okada at Double or Nothing.
But as Takeshita had seemingly been kicked out of the Don Callis family, the faction made its presence felt by the end of the match. Rocky Romero, Brian Cage, Lance Archer, Trent Baretta and a returning Jack Doyle hurt Takeshita after the match.
Meanwhile, Jon Moxley, who was commentating the match, was attacked by Shane Taylor, Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo. Death Riders member Marina Shafir also got in on the action.
“Speedball” Mike Bailey, Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong rushed to the ring to help Takeshita.
The fight continued as “Collision” went off the air.
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Results of the “Collision” match:
Orange Cassidy addresses the crowd during AEW Dynamite on October 30, 2024, at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)
Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly def. Rocky Romero, Trent Baretta and Lance Archer will retain the AEW World Trios Championship.
Tay Melo and Anna Jay survive Megan Bayne and Lena Kross in AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship elimination match to earn title chances.
Hazuki def. Mayan world.
Lee Moriarty def. Tim Bosby.
Jon Moxley and Pac def. Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo.
David Finley and Clark Connors def. Gunn Austin and Colten Gunn.
Brian Cage and Jack Doyle def. Jimmy Wild and Tommy Mars
Konosuke Takeshita def. Daniel Garcia.
