AEW Collision (7/1/2023) Results: Samoa Joe vs. Roderick Strong | Owen Hart Foundation Match
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– MJF will be in action
– Owen Hart Foundation Quarterfinal: Powerhouse Hobbs vs Dustin Rhodes
– Miro is in action
– Owen Hart Foundation Quarterfinal: Ricky Starks vs Juice Robinson
– AEW TBS Championship: Kris Statlander (c) vs Lady Frost
– Owen Hart Foundation Quarterfinal: Samoa Joe vs Roderick Strong
plus more
MJF vs Kip Morst
MJF defeats Kip Morst quickly with a LeBell Lock.
Winner: MJF
MJF cuts a promo slandering Hamilton, Ontario and challenges anyone else from Hamilton. Ethan Page comes out and answers the challenge. Page cuts a passionate promo, and MJF accepts the challenge.
AEW World Championship Match
“All Ego” Ethan Page vs MJF (C)
The match went back and forth for a few minutes and through a commercial break. MJF hits Ethan Page with a piledriver and pins Page.
Winner: MJF
Owen Hart Foundation Quarterfinals Match
Dustin Rhodes vs Powerhouse Hobbs (w/ QT Marshall & Harley Cameron)
QT Marshall pushes Dustin Rhodes into the corner post outside the ring, and Rhodes gets busted open. Rhodes hits Hobbs with a Code Red; now, Rhodes goes for the pin, but Hobbs kicks out. Hobbs hits Rhodes with a spinebuster, but Rhodes kicks out. Rhodes would soon hit Hobbs with a powerslam, but Hobbs kicked out. Powerhouse Hobbs defeats Dustin Rhodes by pinfall after getting an assist from QT Marshall. Hobbs advances to the semifinals in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament and will face the winner of the Ricky Starks and Juice Robinson quarterfinal match.
Winner: Powerhouse Hobbs (w/ QT Marshall & Harley Cameron)
Miro vs Anthony Henry
Miro and Anthony Henry lock up, but Miro quickly takes control and tosses Henry around. Henry gets some boots in on Miro, but they don’t affect Miro much. Miro hits Game Over, and Henry submits.
Winner: Miro
– Tony Schiavone interviews Bullet Club Gold’s Jay White, Juice Robinson and The Gunns in the ring. The Club is unhappy with Schiavone when Tony says they will be banned from ringside for the Starks vs Robinson match. The Gunn Club warned FTR and said they’re coming for the AEW World Tag Team Titles. Punk, FTR and Starks interrupted from the big screen and said they were ready to fight any time.
Owen Hart Foundation Quarterfinals Match
Juice Robinson vs Ricky Starks
The match goes back and forth. Juice Robinson goes for a pin attempt and grabs Ricky Starks by the tights. However, Starks still kicks out. Starks hits Juice with a spear, and he pins Juice Robinson. Starks advances to the semifinals in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament and will face Powerhouse Hobbs.
Winner: Ricky Starks
After the match, Bullet Club Gold surrounded Starks, but before they could attack, out came CM Punk, and FTR made the save. The two groups have a stare-down.
AEW TBS Championship
Kris Statlander (c) vs Lady Frost
Kris Statlander and Lady Frost go back and forth to start things off. Lady Frost gets a ton of offense in on Statlander; however, Statlander hits Frost with a piledriver to get the victory.
Winner and still AEW TBS Champion: Kris Statlander
Owen Hart Foundation Quarterfinals Match
Roderick Strong vs Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe and Roderick Strong lock up, and Joe goes right at Strong’s arm and has him in a wristlock. Strong gets out of the hold and forces Joe to grab the ropes, and the referee forces a break. The match would go back and forth, but Joe was too much of a force for Strong. Roderick Strong passes out, and Joe gets the victory to advance in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. After the match, Joe attacks Strong, which forces CM Punk, who was on commentary, to enter the ring, and Samoa Joe rushes off. There is a stretcher out for Roderick Strong. Adam Cole enters the ring in concern. Punk watches Samoa Joe walk up the entrance ramp as the show goes off the air. Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk is now a semifinal match for the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.
Winner: Samoa Joe
