AEW: International Title Match Announced for Sat. Collision Show, Kenny Omega Injury Update, Thunder Rosa Injury Update

Dec 16, 2023

Bryan Keith vs. Orange Cassidy for International Title Set for Saturday’s AEW Collision Show

Ring of Honor’s Final Battle 2023 event on Friday in Garland, Texas featured one new match announced for tonight’s AEW Collision show in Garland.

This new match announced was an AEW International Championship match of “The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith vs. Orange Cassidy (c).

This match was setup following a backstage segment involving Keith and Cassidy. AEW backstage interviewer Tony Schiavone gave an interview with Keith discussing his future plans in ROH. Keith stated that he wanted to capture some gold which led to Cassidy showing up and responding that he has some and issued a challenge for his AEW International title at Saturday’s Collision show.

"The Bounty Hunter ALWAYS collects, and I'm here to collect GOLD"

After an impressive performance at #ROHFinalBattle, @bountykeith will challenge #AEW International Champion @orangecassidy for the title TOMORROW NIGHT on #AEWCollision LIVE at 8pm ET/7pm CT on TNT! pic.twitter.com/5SZnnDnu6U
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 16, 2023

Current card for December 16th AEW Collision Winter Is Coming 2023 show:

AEW Continental Classic Blue League match – Daniel Garcia vs. Eddie Kingston
AEW Continental Classic Blue League match – Bryan Danielson vs. Brody King
AEW Continental Classic Blue League match – Claudio Castagnoli vs. Andrade El Idolo
AEW International Championship – “The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith vs. Orange Cassidy (c)

Kenny Omega Injury & Hospitalization Status Update

As noted before, Kenny Omega revealed on Friday that he has been hospitalized due to an undisclosed medical issue.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources stated that prior to his hospitalization, Omega had been feeling ill throughout the last week and was still ill by the time of his match against Ethan Page at last week’s AEW Collision tapings.

Sapp reported that despite his illness, Omega still performed his scheduled match against Page and did some promos work and sought medical attention afterwards resulting in his hospitalization.

In regards to the medical issue, Sapp reported that Omega was diagnosed with suffering from diverticulitis.

Thunder Rosa Injury & AEW Return Status Update

As noted before, Thunder Rosa has been out of action for AEW since September of 2022 due to her suffering a spinal-related injury.

The San Antonio Express held a recent interview with Rosa. One of the topics discussed included Rosa’s thoughts about her being currently hopeful of being able to make her return from injury to AEW by next week.

“There was hope ‘Maybe I can do it in Oakland.’ It’s in God’s hands right now. If it’s in God’s hands, I return on December 23. I think that would be such a blessing. I would be doing it again in front of my people. People that have been with me throughout this whole entire journey, the good and bad moment. What better way than to repay them with a happy moment. At the end of the day, I return, and life has given you another opportunity to do something you love is such a blessing.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com