The Continental Traditional continued with its second evening of motion throughout “AEW Collision,” which aired Saturday after being taped on November 27. Following on from Wednesday evening’s wins from Shelton Benjamin, Claudio Castagnoli, and Brody King over Mark Briscoe, Ricochet, and Darby Allin respectively, Saturday evening was opened with Will Ospreay chalking his first factors within the Gold League with a win over Juice Robinson. The bout was fought aggressively on the aspect of Robinson, focusing on the injured neck of Ospreay in an try to floor the “Aerial Murderer.”
Ospreay would, nevertheless, take flight a number of occasions all through the bout. However one time this virtually labored to his detriment was for an tried hurricanrana, which Robinson appeared to have caught for a powerbomb however fell ahead, dropping Ospreay to the mat on the again of his head and neck. “The Juice” continued to let free, in search of the Left Hand of God earlier than Ospreay had it scouted and sought an Oscutter, which Robinson then averted to land a stiff lariat for a near-fall. Ospreay fought again right into a place to hit Types Conflict for his personal near-fall, however adopted up with the Hidden Blade to get the successful pinfall and his first three factors. The Gold League after the primary spherical of bouts now has Ospreay, King, and Castagnoli main with three factors to Robinson, Allin, and Ricochet’s zero.
Kyle Fletcher and The Beast Mortos kicked off Saturday evening’s pair of Blue League ties, seeking to even the three factors earned by Benjamin earlier within the week. Fletcher carried the momentum from his Full Gear win over Ospreay final weekend towards Mortos, however the match itself was fought pretty evenly, with Fletcher taking the lead in its early levels earlier than Mortos rallied via into his personal offensive and an in depth near-fall. Fletcher would battle again, in the end touchdown the brainbuster for the pin.
Kazuchika Okada and Daniel Garcia shared the spoils
The principle occasion of “Collision” noticed TNT Champion Daniel Garcia battle to a stalemate with the reigning Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada. Okada is the defending champion on this yr’s match, having defeated final yr’s winner Eddie Kingston in March, and is the primary champion to take action; per the match guidelines, he must win the complete factor to stay the Continental Champion. Because the final of the opening spherical matches within the Blue League, it was left to Garcia and Okada to maintain up with Fletcher and Benjamin’s tally going into the subsequent. However they’d share the spoils after a full 20 minutes of motion, in addition to the match guidelines enjoying their very own benefit for the champion with Garcia denied a seemingly assured victory.
Okada and Garcia had typically gone blow-for-blow all through the early and center levels of the bout, the previous utilizing underhanded ways to get the benefit on the skin; Okada laid on the ground feigning damage, prompting referee Aubrey Edwards to go for the ringside physician to decide, and opening issues up for Okada to seize a metal chair to hit Garcia. After doing so, he referred to as Edwards again to point out he was positive. Okada introduced Garcia again into the ring as a substitute of going for the count-out, however Garcia fought again into the benefit to lock in an ankle lock. Okada reached the ropes, and Garcia sought to observe up with two operating knees, however Okada had the second scouted and delivered a dropkick of his personal. He regarded to land The Rainmaker, however Garcia as soon as extra countered with a cradle right into a Sharpshooter in the course of the ring. Garcia regarded to have an imminent submission, however the bell rang for the time-limit draw to make sure each males walked away with a degree every.