AEW Collision Notes: Christian Wins TNT Title, Will Ospreay Joins Don Callis Family, More New Matches for WrestleDream

AEW
Sep 23, 2023

Christian Cage Wins TNT Title for Real This Time at Saturday’s AEW Collision Show, New Match Added to WrestleDream

Saturday’s AEW Collision show in Grand Rapids, Michigan featured self proclaimed TNT Champion defeating Darby Allin and the real champion Luchasaurus for the TNT Championship.

The finish to this match involved Luchasaurus hitting a chokeslem to Allin and grabbed the TNT title belt that was on the ground from a failed attempt by Cage earlier to use it as a weapon. After giving it a lengthy stare and some hesitation, Luchasaurus handed the belt back to Cage. This gave Allin the time to recover and shoved Cage into Luchasaurus sending Cage to the ground. Allin then grabbed the TNT title and hit Luchasaurus on the head for a nearfall. Allin then hit a Coffin Drop to Luchasaurus but before he could attempt a pin, Cage tossed Allin out of the ring and covered Luchasaurus for the pinfall victory to become the new TNT Champion.

In a follow-up backstage interview segment, Cage thanked Luchasaurus and dedicated his win to Nick Wayne’s mother and claimed that he was finally done with Allin. Tony Schiavone interrupted stating that AEW CEO Tony Khan just made a new match for WrestleDream and this will be Cage defending his TNT title against Allin in a Best 2-out-of-3 match, which left Cage livid and he stormed off over the news.

Will Ospreay Announced as Newest Member of Don Callis Family & 3rd Member of Team Callis for WrestleDream

Saturday’s Collision show in Grand Rapids also featured one new updated match for the card of AEW WrestleDream, which takes place on October 1st at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.

This newly updated match was announced to be Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, & Kota Ibushi vs. Don Callis Family (Sammy Guevara, Konosuke Takeshita, & Will Ospreay).

In a backstage interview segment involving the Don Callis Family, Don Callis responded to Jericho and Omega’s Trios match challenge to his team. During his speech, Callis stated that he was not worried about Ibushi since he has a man on his team for WrestleDream who has beaten both Omega and Jericho in the last two moment. Callis revealed that this person is Will Ospreay who he proclaimed as the newest member of the Don Callis Family.

More New Matches Announced for AEW WrestleDream, Updated Card

Saturday’s Collision show in Grand Rapids, Michigan also featured an additional three more new matches announced for WrestleDream.

The first is a ROH World Championship & NJPW Strong Openweight Championship match of Katsuyori Shibata vs. Eddie Kingston (c).

This match was initially setup during last week’s Collision show following Shibata announcing that he would be competing at WrestleDream. During tonight’s Collision show, Kingston gave a video promo issuing a challenge to Shibata for a match at WrestleDream and would be putting both of his titles on the line. This match was confirmed by AEW announcer Kevin Kelly to be made official for the show afterwards.

The second is a TBS Championship match of Julia Hart vs. Kris Statlander (c).

This match was setup following Hart’s victory over Kiera Hogan on the show. After the match, Hart continued to attack Hogan leading to Skye Blue coming out to save Hogan. Brody King prevented Blue from attacking Hart which led to Hart giving a mist attack to Blue in return. King the grabbed a microphone and boasted about the numerous bodies Hart has laid to waste during her current lengthy win streak. King then stated that Hart’s goal to to avenge her last lost at the hands of Statlander and issued a challenge on behalf of Hart for Statlander and her TBS title at WrestleDream. Hart responded stating that the “House Always Wins.” This match was later confirmed to be official by AEW announcer Kevin Kelley.

The third new match is a Four-Way Tag Team match with the winner to receive a shot at the AEW World Tag Team Championship at any time. This is a match of The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn) vs. Orange HOOK (Orange Cassidy & HOOK) vs. The Lucha Bros (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo).

Updated card for AEW WrestleDream:

  • AEW World Tag Team Championship – Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c)
  • AEW TNT Championship Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match – Darby Allin vs. Christian Cage (c)
  • TBS Championship – Julia Hart vs. Kris Statlander (c)
  • ROH World Championship & NJPW Strong Openweight Championship match – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Eddie Kingston (c)
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship – The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) vs. Better Than You Bay-Bay (MJF & Adam Cole) (c)
  • Four-way match for future AEW World Tag Team Championship title shot – The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn) vs. Orange HOOK (Orange Cassidy & HOOK) vs. The Lucha Bros (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo)
  • Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
  • Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Adam Page
  • Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, & Kota Ibushi vs. Don Callis Family (Sammy Guevara, Konosuke Takeshita, & Will Ospreay)
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