3/23 AEW Collision: Slam Dunk Sunday Results – We’re still in Omaha, Nebraska for another one-hour edition of Collision. Tony Schiavone & Nigel McGuinness were on the call as the Trios Champions made their way to the ring for their seventh defense of the titles.
AEW World Trios Title Match – Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC & Wheeler Yuta) (c) defeated AR Fox & Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin)
An energetic opener, with the crowd behind Fox after his performance against Will Ospreay on Wednesday’s Dynamite. The Cru issue with Top Flight needs to have some type of conclusion some time soon, as it’s been going on in the undercards for months.
The announcers made sure to bring up Fox & Top Flight’s win in the $300,000 Three Kings Christmas Casino Trios Battle Royal from a 2022 Rampage. I don’t know if anyone has got more out of winning one battle royal than these three have.
Yuta and Darius Martin started, but it didn’t take long for Castagnoli to take control of the match. Dante Martin sent Castagnoli flying to the floor with a headscissors and took PAC down before tagging in Fox. Fox sent Yuta to the floor and PAC to the apron, then hit a flipping stomp onto PAC before diving onto Yuta. Castagnoli took him down with a boot on the floor.
The Death Riders isolated Fox in the ring, but Fox ducked a lariat and got the tag into Darius, who quickly took out the Death Riders. The match broke down quickly, with Yuta scoring a Right Angle Slam on Darius as we went to a commercial. After the break, the crowd chanted for Fox to get the hot tag as the Death Riders isolated Darius. Instead, Dante got the hot tag and ran wild.
Dante hit a double springboard dive and tagged Fox in, who hit a step-up moonsault off of the ring post onto Castagnoli. Fox hit a big Swanton Bomb on Yuta for a nearfall. Castagnoli cut off Fox briefly, and PAC took down Top Flight with a low blow to both men on the outside. The Death Riders circled Fox, and while Fox fought valiantly, the Death Riders eventually ran a train of back elbows on him. PAC laid him out with a Tombstone, and the Fastball Special scored the win.
After the match, The Cru jumped Top Flight and choked them out with their chains. The referees ineffectively pointed and pulled at The Cru to stop them.
During this match, a special Dynamite was announced for April 16th titled Spring Break Thru. Tony Schiavone noted, without saying any trademarked show titles, that this would be the show where Dynamite surpassed WCW Monday Nitro for the longest-running primetime wrestling show in Turner history. I’m sure everyone will take that news with grace.
We got a recap of the TNT Title match from last night’s Slam Dunk Saturday show between champion Daniel Garcia & challenger Adam Cole. Lexy Nair’s guests at this time were the Undisputed Kingdom, who asked Cole if the draw felt worse than a loss. Cole said that he had Garcia beat and promised that there would be no interference and no time limit in their rematch. Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong talked about the waved-off handshakes from FTR, saying that they wouldn’t accept the disrespect for a third time.
After a commercial, Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada, who talked about how he beat both members of the Hounds of Hell and “put those b****es to sleep.”
Bandido defeated Johnny TV
This was a showcase for Bandido, with the quick win over Johnny and getting his brother’s mask back from The Learning Tree. With Supercard of Honor coming up in May, a Title vs. Mask match that’s been built on AEW television would be a nice headliner.
Johnny threw his jacket at Bandido and started with the advantage. Bandido quickly came back and monkey flipped Johnny all the way over to his stomach. Bandido dropped Johnny with a one-armed Gorilla Press as we went to commercial. After the break, Bandido dropkicked a charging Johnny for a nearfall. Bandido hit the X-Knee, then landed the 21-Plex to score the win.
After the match, Bandido demanded Chris Jericho to bring his brother Gravity’s mask back. All three members of The Learning Tree came out, as Jericho had Gravity’s mask in hand. Jericho said that he wished it could be different, but he had to show people what happened when they took Chris Jericho too lightly. Bandido could ask his disgraced brother and weeping mother about that, as that’s what happened when you messed with Jericho.
Jericho refused to give Bandido the mask back, saying that he wanted Bandido to remember the shame he felt when Jericho took it. Jericho said that the only thing worse than taking a luchador’s mask was putting it on. Jericho put the mask on and asked if Bandido was going to stand there and cry like his mother. Bandido punched Jericho, then evaded the Learning Tree before swiping the mask off of Jericho’s face to a big pop. Bandido celebrated getting his brother’s mask back as Jericho held Big Bill and Keith back in the ring.
We got a Megan Bayne hype video. Bayne spoke about none of the other women having true power and called herself the All Elite Goddess. She said that this was her kingdom now.
Toni Storm was backstage, wondering who died and made Megan Bayne God. She promised to cut off the head of the mighty Megasus and stand tall with her title. The title match was made official for Dynasty.
Harley Cameron defeated Aminah Belmont
Cameron got a quick win with Her Finishing Move.
Lexy Nair’s guest at this time was Don Callis, who was asked about Kyle Fletcher. Callis said that having talent like Fletcher allowed the Family to put nights like Revolution behind them. Callis introduced Fletcher to the interview, who said that he was still destined to be the greatest of all time. He promised to be at Dynamite on Wednesday, and promised to make it clear what was next for him and the Family. Tony Khan later announced that Fletcher would be in action on Dynamite against Brody King.
Los Titanes Del Aire (Hologram & Komander) (w/Alex Abrahantes) defeated La Faccion Ingobernable (Dralistico & The Beast Mortos)
A sick lucha tag that I may have opened one of these shows with. This was eye-catching action with a hot crowd and standout characters. I also would have put the hype for Dynamite and Dynasty earlier on in the shows as well. We know the audiences for these post-sports shows dwindles toward the end of the night, so front-load them with big action and hype for the next shows.
As promised last night, Harley Cameron stuck around for commentary for this match. When asked about the identity of Harleygram, she didn’t know who she was, but she had a fantastic chest. I am inclined to agree.
We got some quick action to start, with Dralistico taking Komander off the apron with a headscissors and Mortos diving onto Hologram. Cameron said that she had to make a phone call, so she left the announce desk and went to the back. After a commercial, Titanes were on offense and Harleygram was rooting them on at ringside. Harleygram was wearing Harley Cameron’s gear, so hopefully Harley had something else in her bag.
Komander hit a step-up Phoenix Splash on Dralistico, and Hologram hit a Destroyer on Mortos. Hologram hit a massive dive onto Mortos, and Komander hit his rope-walk Shooting Star Press for a nearfall that Dralistico broke up. Dralistico tagged in and cut Komander off on the top rope, but Komander slipped free and hit a step-up poisonrana.
The match broke down into a Pier Six brawl with sick moves before Komander landed on top of Dralistico for a nearfall. Dralistico and Komander traded chops before Dralistico hit a springboard Destroyer for a nearfall. Dralistico hit a hurricane kick on Hologram, but Hologram came back with a big dive. Mortos chucked Abrahantes away, but got distracted by Harleygram. That allowed Komander to hit the rope-walk dive to the floor. Titanes put LFI away with a Portal Bomb into a rope-walk Shooting Star Press for the win.
During this match, the rest of the Dynamite card was announced: Toni Storm & Thunder Rosa vs. Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford, Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Mark Davis, Mark Briscoe vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Kenny Omega vs. Blake Christian, MJF answering MVP’s offer, and a sitdown interview with Rated FTR.
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3/23 AEW Collision: Slam Dunk Sunday Results
