AEW Collision Notes: Willow Nightingale Advances in Women’s Owen Hart Cup, Saraya Returns, More Forbidden Door II Matches

Willow Nightingale Advances in 2023 Women’s Owen Hart Cup Tournament

Saturday’s AEW Collision show in Toronto, Canada featured a 2023 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament First Round match of Willow Nightingale vs. Nyla Rose.

The finish to this match involved Rose escaping from Nightingale’s powerbomb attempt leading to Rose hitting a suplex and gourdbuster for a nearfall. Rose then picked up Nightingale for her Beast Bomber finisher only for Nightingale to fight out of it and hit her with a Pounce. Nightingale then hit Rose with her Babe With the Powerbomb finisher for the pinfall victory and advancing to the next round of this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament.

Nightingale will face off against the winner of the Athena vs. Billie Starkz match, which takes place on this Sunday’s Forbidden Door II event, for the Semifinals Round of this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament.

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Saraya Makes Her Return at Saturday’s Collision Show

Saturday’s AEW Collision show in Toronto also featured Saraya making her surprise return to AEW.

Following the Willow Nightingale vs. Nyla Rose match, The Outcasts’ Toni Storm, Ruby Soho, and Saraya ran out and surrounded the ring. Storm taunted Nightingale ahead of their AEW Women’s Championship match at this Sunday’s Forbidden Door II event. Before The Outcasts were able to get into teh ring to attack Nightingale, Skye Blue’s music played and she ran out to save Nightingale. This led to The Outcasts backing out from a potential fight and walking away to the back.

Toni Storm of The Outcasts tries to intimidate Willow Nightingale before they clash tomorrow night at Forbidden Door for the #AEW Women’s World title.

Watch #AEWCollision LIVE on TNT!#ToniStorm | @willowwrestles pic.twitter.com/OL7b7AgMW3

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 25, 2023

Prior to her appearance, Saraya had been absent from AEW for the past several weeks due to unknown reasons.

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Three New Matches Added to Forbidden Door II, Updated Card

Friday’s AEW Collision show in Toronto also featured three new matches officially added to the card of AEW and NJPW’s Forbidden Door II event, which takes place this Sunday at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

These three new matches were all announced to be for Forbidden Door’s Zero Hour pre-show.

These new matches are a single a match of Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo, a Trios match of United Empire (TJP, Jeff Cobb, & Kyle Fletcher) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & BUSHI), and a Trios match of The Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland & Gates of Agony) vs. Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, & El Desperado.

Updated card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II:

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Open Challenge match – Jungle Boy Jack Perry vs. SANADA (c)
• IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship – Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega (c)
• AEW World Championship – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. MJF (c)
• AEW International Championship Four-way match – Daniel Garcia vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kasuyori Shibata vs. Orange Cassidy (c)
• AEW Women’s World Championship – Willow Nightingale vs. Toni Storm (c)
• 2023 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament First Round match – CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
• 10-Man Tag Team match – Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta), Konosuke Takeshita, & Shota Umino vs. The Elite (Hangman Adam Page, The Young Bucks (Nick & Matt Jackson)), Eddie Kingston, & Tomohiro Ishii
• Le Suzuki Gods (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, & Minoru Suzuki) vs. Darby Allin, Sting, & Tetsuya Naito
• Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada
• Adam Cole vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor
• Zero Hour pre-show: 2023 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament First Round match – Athena vs. Billie Starkz
• Zero Hour pre-show: Stu Grayson vs. El Phantasmo
• Zero Hour pre-show: United Empire (TJP, Jeff Cobb, & Kyle Fletcher) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, & BUSHI)
• Zero Hour pre-show: The Mogul Embassy (Swerve Strickland & Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun)) vs. Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, & El Desperado