AEW Collision Holiday Bash 2023 Notes: Results, Updated Continental Classic Standings, Four New & One Updated Matches Set for Worlds End

AEW
Dec 23, 2023

AEW Collision Holiday Bash 2023 Results – Dec. 23, 2023

December 23, 2023
San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center
Commentary – Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, and Kevin Kelly

Quick Match Results

  1. AEW Continental Classic Blue League match – Bryan Danielson drew Claudio Castagnoli via 20-Minute Time Limit
  2. AEW World Trios Championship – The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) & Billy Gunn (c) defeated Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) & Action Andretti via Roll-up (pinfall)
  3. Keith Lee defeated Brian Cage via Big Bang Catastrophe (pinfall)
  4. AEW Continental Classic Blue League match – Daniel Garcia defeated Brody King via Jackknife Pin (pinfall)
  5. Thunder Rosa & Abadon defeated Julia Hart & Skye Blue via Tijuana Bomb (pinfall)
  6. AEW Continental Classic Blue League match – Eddie Kingston defeated Andrade El Idolo via Northern Lights Bomb (pinfall)

Updated AEW Continental Classic Standings & Results

Saturday’s AEW Collision Holiday Bash 2023 show featured three group stage matches for AEW’s ongoing Continental Classic tournament, all for the Blue League.

The first Blue League match was Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli ending in a draw.

The finish to this match involved both Danielson and Castagnoli climbing up to the top turnbuckle and being locked in a tussle leading to Castagnoli hitting a superplex to Danielson for a near fall. Castagnoli hit a set of uppercuts to Danielson and attempted a Ricola Bomb only for Danielson to counter and grapevine Castagnoli leading to Castagnoli countering back with a Neutralizer for a near fall. Danielson responded with a Busaiku Knee in return to Castagnoli for a near fall. Danielson and Castagnoli then got into a kicks exchange which led to Castagnoli grabbing onto Danielson’s leg and locked in a Sharpshooter with one minute left in the match. After 30 seconds had passed, Castagnoli still had his Sharpshooter hold locked in while Danielson fought off from submitting. After 10 seconds were stated to be left, Castagnoli broke his hold and hit an uppercut to Danielson and attempted a pin as the bell rang to end the match. Both men earned one point for the draw and Danielson advancing to the Semifinal round of the Blue League as a result.

The second Blue League match was Daniel Garcia defeating Brody King.

The finish to this match involved King hitting a series of chops to Garcia who withstood the barrage and responded with his own chops to King in return. Garcia and King then exchanges a series of forearm strikes leading to Garcia attempting a backdrop driver that was blocked by King. King attempted a lariat to Garcia who dodged away and hit a backdrop driver to King for the near fall. King hit a series of attacks to Garcia finishing it off with a lariat for a nearfall. King then hit a Gonzo Bomb to Garcia for another near fall that resulted in a shocked look on King’s face. King then attempted to grab Garcia only to be caught in a Jackknife pinfall by Garcia who snatched the victory and earned himself his first three points and eliminated King from the tournament in the process.

The third Blue League match was Eddie Kingston defeated Andrade El Idolo.

The finish to this match involved Kingston attempting a Half-and-Half suplex to Andrade who blocked it and tossed Kingston out of the ring. Andrade then hit a moonsault to Kingston on the outside and followed it with a double jump moonsault to Kingston after he got back into the ring for a near fall. Andrade attempted a Hammerlock DDT to Kingston who blocked it and hit a belly-to-belly suplex in return for a near fall. After some more action, Andrade locked in a Figure Four to Kingston and transitioned it to a Figure Eight that was broken by Kingston grabbing onto the ropes. Kingston hit a pair of Urakens to Andrade and followed it with a Northern Lights Bomb for the pinfall victory to earn himself both another 3 points and secured his spot in the Blue League Semifinal round match against Danielson.

AEW Continental Classic Standings (as of Dec. 23):

Blue League:

  • Bryan Danielson – 10 points (3-1-1)
  • Eddie Kingston – 9 points (3-2-0)
  • Andrade El Idolo – 9 points (3-2)
  • Claudio Castagnoli – 7 points (2-2-1)
  • Brody King – 6 points (2-3-0)
  • Daniel Garcia – 3 points (1-4-0)

Gold League:

  • Jon Moxley – 12 points (4-1)
  • Swerve Strickland – 12 points (4-1)
  • Jay White – 12 points (4-1)
  • RUSH – 6 points (2-3)
  • Mark Briscoe – 3 points (1-4)
  • Jay Lethal – 0 points (0-5)

Full match results for Continental Classic 2023 tournament:

November 22nd (Gold League) – Chicago, IL:

  • Swerve Strickland defeated Jay Lethal
  • Jay White defeated RUSH
  • Jon Moxley defeated Jay Briscoe

November 25th (Blue League) – Pittsburgh, PA:

  • Claudio Castagnoli defeated Daniel Garcia
  • Brody King defeated Eddie Kingston

November 29th (Gold League) – Minneapolis, MN:

  • Jon Moxley defeated Jay Lethal
  • RUSH defeated Mark Briscoe
  • Swerve Strickland defeated Jay White

December 2nd (Blue League) – Eerie, PA:

  • Brody King defeated Claudio Castagnoli
  • Andrade El Idolo defeated Daniel Garcia
  • Bryan Danielson defeated Eddie Kingston

December 6th (Gold League) – Montreal, Canada:

  • Jon Moxley defeated RUSH
  • Swerve Strickland defeated Mark Briscoe
  • Jay White defeated Jay Lethal

December 8th (Blue League) – Montreal, Canada:

  • Bryan Danielson defeated Daniel Garcia

December 9th (Blue League) – Montreal, Canada:

  • Eddie Kingston defeated Claudio Castagnoli
  • Andrade El Idolo defeated Bryan Danielson

December 13th (Gold & Blue League) – Arlington, TX:

  • Blue League – Andrade El Idolo defeated Brody King
  • Gold League – RUSH defeated Jay Lethal
  • Gold League – Jay White defeated Mark Briscoe
  • Gold League – Jon Moxley defeated Swerve Strickland

December 16th (Blue League) – Garland, TX:

  • Claudio Castagnoli defeated Andrade El Idolo
  • Eddie Kingston defeated Daniel Garcia
  • Bryan Danielson defeated Brody King

December 20th (Gold League) – Oklahoma City, OK:

  • Swerve Strickland defeated RUSH
  • Mark Briscoe defeated Jay Lethal
  • Jay White defeated Jon Moxley

December 23rd (Blue League) – San Antonio, TX:

  • Bryan Danielson drew Claudio Castagnoli
  • Daniel Garcia defeated Brody King
  • Eddie Kingston defeated Andrade El Idolo

Four New Matches & One Updated Match Announced for AEW Worlds End, Updated Card

Saturday’s Collision Holiday Bash 2023 show featured three new matches officially announced, one potential new match, and one updated match for the card of AEW’s Worlds End event on December 30th in Long Island, New York.

In regards to the new matches, the first new match announced was a FTW Championship match of Wheeler Yuta vs. HOOK (c).

This match was setup following a video promo segment involving HOOK. During the segment, HOOK was seen outdoors walking down a set of stairs and flanked by two people whose upper bodies were not shown. HOOK responded to Yuta’s recent actions against him and Yuta wanting his FTW title. HOOK stated that if Yuta wants a match, then he will give him one next week in his turf at AEW’s Worlds End event.

The second new match announced was a TNT Championship No Disqualification match of Adam Copeland vs. Christian Cage (c).

This matchup was setup following an in-ring promo segment involving Cage, Nick Wayne, and Wayne’s mother Shayna. Cage grabbed a microphone and talked about Nick’s mother smashing Copeland in the head with the TNT title during their match for the title in Montreal. Cage stated that he did not need to explain why it happened since they can all hear it from Nick’s mom instead which led to Shayna coming out. Shayna grabbed a microphone and berated the crowd for booing a mother who is single and Copeland for his chair attack on her son. Shayna stated that she did what any loving mother would do in her situation, protect her son. Shayna also stated that there is one other person who really loves and cares for her son as much as she does, which she stated was Cage. Cage responded bashing Copeland and praised Shayna for being a hard working mother so that her son’s dream of being a pro wrestler could be true unlike Copeland’s mom. After some more bragging about his win in Montreal to retain his TNT title and insults towards Copeland, Cage accepted Copeland’s challenge for a No DQ match for his TNT title at Worlds End. This match was later made official for the show.

The third new match announced was a TBS Championship match of Abadon vs. Julia Hart (c).

This match was initially announced prior to the start of Saturday’s Collision show and was setup following Abadon’s issues with Hart over the past several weeks revolving around Hart constantly teasing and taunting Abadon with her TBS title. During the show, a match graphic was shown confirming that this match has been officially added to Worlds End.

In regards to the potential new match, this was announced to be a tag team match of FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. House of Black (Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black).

This match was setup following Daniel Garcia’s win over Brody King in a Continental Classic Blue League tournament match. As Garcia was celebrating, the lights went off and went in came back on, House of Black’s Matthews and Black were in the ring holding up Garcia for King to attack. This led to Matt Menard trying to save Garcia only to be quickly taken out. King snapped Garcia’s fingers leading to FTR coming out to save Garcia and Menard and ran out HoB. Harwood grabbed a microphone stating that they had enough of HoB’s antics and actions and challenged them to a tag match at Worlds End to end things between the two once and for all.

In regards to the new updated match, this was announced to be an AEW World Tag Team Championship match of Chris Jericho & mystery partner vs. Big Bill & Ricky Starks (c).

This updated match was setup following a backstage interview segment involving Big Bill, Starks, and Jericho. AEW backstage interviewer Lexy Nair asked for Bill and Starks’ thoughts about their tag title match against the Golden Jets at Worlds End being called off due to Kenny Omega’s injury. Bill and Starks responded mocking Omega and claimed that his diverticulitis injury sounded like a made up injury and just Omega not having the guts to go through with his challenge for their belts. This led to Jericho showing up to interrupt and stated that while Omega might be out of action, he still has a signed contract for a tag title match at Worlds End. Jericho also stated their match is still on and he is going to find someone to be his tag team partner.

Current confirmed card for AEW Worlds End:

  • AEW World Championship – Samoa Joe vs. MJF (c)
  • AEW Women’s World Championship – Riho vs. Toni Storm (c)
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship – Chris Jericho & mystery partner vs. Big Bill & Ricky Starks (c)
  • TNT Championship – Adam Copeland vs. Christian Cage (c)
  • TBS Championship – Abadon vs. Julia Hart (c)
  • FTW Championship FTW Rules match – Wheeler Yuta vs. HOOK (c)
  • AEW Continental Classic Finals – Winner of Gold League vs. Winner of Blue League
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