AEW Collision 6/27 Results - Three Titles On The Line, Mone & Athena Vs. Hyan & World

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage of "AEW Collision," the last show before Sunday's AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door emanating from Rio Rancho, New Mexico. 

In a prelude to the Women's Owen Hart Cup final on Sunday, Maya World will team with Hyan to take on the woman she faces in the final, Mercedes Mone, and the woman she beat in the semi-final, Athena. They attacked her after her win over Athena, having feigned respect for the moment at the time. 

Persephone will defend her CMLL Women's World Championship against a student of Athena in Billie Starkz, and the AEW World Trios Championship will also be on the line as the Conglomeration's Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O'Reilly takes on the Opps' Hook, Anthony Bowens, and Katsuyori Shibata. Kevin Knight will be defending his TNT Championship against Dezmond Xavier.

Former Trios Champions alongside Knight, Mistico and Mike Bailey, will also be in tag team action against the Premier Athletes. And Chris Jericho will also be wrestling on the show against JD Drake. 

"AEW Collision" is scheduled to start at 8 PM ET on TNT and HBO Max for those in the US. International viewers can make use of the MyAEW streaming app.

The match starts with Katsuyori Shibata and Roderick Strong the legal men. They lock in a collar and elbow tie-up, with Shibata pushing Strong back to his own corner before breaking the hold. Strong tags Kyle O'Reilly in and Shibata tags in Hook. 

Hook and O'Reilly begin a grappling exchange in the middle of the ring, each taking turns at the advantage before O'Reilly gets the better with knees to the midsection. O'Reilly then tags out to Strong ho continues to work Hook. Strong tags O'Reilly back in for a double team in the corner, then O'Reilly tags Orange Cassidy to land an elbow drop from the top rope. 

Cassidy takes too long, per the gimmick, and gets dropped by Hook to create space for a tag out to Anthony Bowens. Bowens drops Cassidy and begins to boast before turning back to berate Cassidy. 

Cassidy puts his hands in his pockets, but Bowens pulls them back out. Cassidy simply puts his hands back in the pockets and begins to rally against Bowens. Bowens tags Shibata back in. 

Shibata calls for Cassidy to start a striking exchange, he obliges with super slow strikes. Shibata drops Cassidy, taking the action to the outside to beat him some more before putting Cassidy back in the ring with Hook tagged back in. Hook goes for a cover and gets a two-count, arguing with the referee before continuing to work Cassidy over. 

Shibata tags back in and continues to stomp down at Cassidy. He goes for a suplex, fails and attempts instead for a rear choke. Cassidy grapples out of it they go back to attempting to suplex one another to no avail. 

Shibata reverses it into a choke again, with Cassidy grappling out again before Shibata uses an octopus hold to get a roll-up, only for a two-count. Shibata cinches in the choke, sits Cassidy on the floor and goes for the PK. He kicks Strong off the apron as he seeks to intercept the move. 

Cassidy tags out to O'Reilly while Shibata tags Bowens back in. O'Reilly gets the better of him and cinches in an ankle lock, but Hook comes into the ring and cinches in a rear choke onto O'Reilly. O'Reilly fights both off and tags Strong back in. 

Strong meets Shibata in the middle of the ring, catching a boot to respond with several chops and eventually ensue a chopping exchange with him. Strong delivers a backbreaker to Shibata, Hook comes back in and gets a backbreaker too. Strong tags Cassidy in, throwing him into Shibata and Hook before setting up with another battering ram attack. But Shibata responds with an Orange Punch of his own. 

Shibata and O'Reilly now with a striking exchange in the middle of the ring, O'Reilly wins it only to get a T-Bone suplex from Hook. Cassidy comes in and lands a DDT on Hook, getting worked over then by Bowens as everyone enters the ring once more for another brawl. 

The field clears and Bowens has the better of Cassidy in the middle of the ring, goes for the cover but only for a two-count. 

Shibata comes in the ring and holds Cassidy for a superkick from Bowens. Bowens instead kicks Shibata, gets berated by Hook, and falls victim to an Orange Punch followed by an Olympic Slam for the losing pinfall. 

The Conglomeration def. The Opps via Pinfall to retain the AEW World Trios Championship

We head backstage for a segment with Ricochet and the Gates of Agony. Jay Lethal, Blake Christian, and Lee Johnson appear. Lethal and Ricochet begin talking about having a similar haircut, and walk off together after Ricochet says they should talk some more. 

The bell rings and Kevin Knight delivers a kick to the midsection as Dezmond Xavier looks to tie up. Knight takes Xavier into the side headlock, takes over and goes for the cover for a one-count. Xavier manages to break the hold and push Knight back. 

Xavier goes for a cover himself and gets a two-count, followed by another after some grappling to get another two-count. Knight rolls Xavier up and puts his feet on the ropes for leverage, the referee sees it and stops the count at two. 

Xavier delivers a hurricanrana to send Knight out of the ring, looking to fly to the outside before Knight sees him and walks away. Knight refuses to get back in the ring until Xavier backs up, Xavier tries to push past the referee but gets dragged by the feet outside of the ring. 

Knight goes to send Xavier into the steel steps, Xavier jumps them but Knight follows with a leaping clothesline over the steps. Knight continues to put the boots in on the outside, beating Xavier down before going for a chop against the apron. He misses, with Xavier instead laying in some kicks before sending Knight back in the ring. 

Xavier delivers a standing shooting star press for the two-count. Knight gets the better of Xavier once more and wrenches in an arm lock in the middle of the ring. Knight fights out of it with a hip toss and drops Knight with a cutter. 

Xavier follows that up with a running uppercut in the corner, followed by a pair of kicks and a flying DDT for the two-count. Xavier goes to the top rope and gets dropped back down with a hurricanrana from Knight. Knights hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and goes for the cover for a two-count. 

Knight now goes to the top rope looking for the UFO Splash. Xavier sees him and rolls towards the ropes to avoid it. Knight goes for a springboard clothesline, Xavier avoids it and gets a pair of near-falls on roll-ups. Knight takes Xavier out with a snapping dropkick. Xavier responds with a spiking hurricanrana. Both men are down in the middle of the ring. 

Knight gets to his feet first and continues to beat down Xavier. He takes a break to jaw with the fans before getting a right hand from Xavier to rock him. Xavier lands a suicide dive to take out Knight on the outside. 

Xavier carries Knight back to the ring in a fireman carry. He goes to the top rope and goes for the Sky Twister Press, Knight gets the knees up and drops Xavier with the Crash Landing for the winning pinfall. 

Kevin Knight def. Dezmond Xavier via Pinfall to retain the AEW TNT Championship

Thekla, Skye Blue, and Julia Hart come out to address Forbidden Door. Blue says she cannot wait to show Maika just how violent she is and Thekla says if she has to burn the Forbidden Door down then she will. 

The match starts and Chris Jericho and JD Drake begin jawing at one another in the middle of the ring. 

Jericho gets the better of Drake early on and goes for punches in the corner, perched on the ropes over his opponent. Drake goes to the outside of the ring and Jericho flies from the top rope to meet him there. 

Jericho drives Drake into the steel steps and throws Drake back in the ring. But Drake gets the better of Jericho and goes to the top rope, looking for a moonsault. Jericho rolls out of the way and thus ensues a striking exchange when Drake makes his way back to his feet. 

Jericho rolls Drake up for a two-count, following that up with a Codebreaker and a running knee. Commentary plays that up as a nod to Tommaso Ciampa. Jericho now locks in the Walls of Jericho. Drake taps out. 

Chris Jericho def. JD Drake via Submission

After the match, Jericho calls Tony Schiavone into the ring and cinches in the Walls of Jericho on Drake again. He tells Schiavone to say that Chris Jericho is better than Tommaso Ciampa, which he does. Jericho said he had Schiavone give that message because he has been looking for Ciampa, but has been unable to find him. 

He says he just wants to see Ciampa face-to-face so he can thank him, for leaving him beaten and bloody, because he needed it. He tells Ciampa that he will see him at Beach Break on July 8, and a graphic pops up to confirm the match.