Rate AEW Collision 12/9

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Show me your score.

[FinalGwen]

Going 7. Eddie/Claudio was everything I expect from those two, fantastic match, and really enjoyed Ethan/Kenny as well. But lots of little weird things with booking tonight.

- Willow gets destroyed with a big cool looking finisher then just wins and stops selling (did they screw up a rollup spot maybe?)
- They undercut the drama of Eddie and Claudio going right up to the time limit before a decisive win by doing the exact same thing later in the night rather than spreading out these plot beats.
- I also thought that Bryan/Andrade match had maybe 2 minutes worth of plot with the eye injury being exposed and targeted and the announcers saying "HOW CAN HE CONTINUE HE'S GOTTA BE OUT OF IT" over and over until they were like "yeah see, we said that would happen".

["Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik]

10 - three excellent matches and everything else delivered.

[Cyno]

Going with a 9. Some really strong matches tonight. Eddie/Claudio, Omega/Page, and Danielson/Andrade were all excellent. And while the match itself wasn't as strong as the singles, Penta/Komander vs 2point0 had an insane finish.

[Soultastic]

8

Everything was great but the Bryan thing got me worried and also the Miro storyline f***ing sucks.

[daaave]

I thought this show was awesome. Danielson vs Garcia was incredible. Just brutal and gripping, I couldn't (no pun intended) take my eye off it.

For me this has been a super strong week of tv for AEW. Across all 3 shows there has been a lot of very very good wrestling.

[Bo Rida]

Dec 9, 2023 22:06:33 GMT -5 FinalGwen said:

- I also thought that Bryan/Andrade match had maybe 2 minutes worth of plot with the eye injury being exposed and targeted and the announcers saying "HOW CAN HE CONTINUE HE'S GOTTA BE OUT OF IT" over and over until they were like "yeah see, we said that would happen".

Glad in not alone in that. Despite the tight time limit there was absolutely no urgency from Andrade until the end, he had one of the best wrestlers on the planet on the ropes and was happy to pose and stall. At one point deciding he'd stop working the eye and do a random figure four. Can't believe they wasted a clean Danielson loss on him.

Danielson wasn't much better, clumsy a few times, tbf to Andrade his elbows usually look great so I'll put them looking weaker on Bryan. Going for headbutts at one stage was ridiculous. Would have been much better if he knew he was beat and tried every trick possible to stall and try to get the draw.

Nigel was good though, him being a little concerned for his enemy was a nice touch. Except Kevin Kelly immediately undercut it and and Tony had to try and rescue that. Somehow not even KK's worse call as he tried to claim Danielson couldn't read the sign he held up last week or something.

[KME]

I'm actually going to go for the full 10, I loved basically everything and that's rarely the case with Collision which I feel like can have more filler than necessary.

Opener was awesome, Willow/Mercedes was really good and I'm excited by the idea of some kind of tag team street fight following the post match, Kenny/Ethan was f***ing great, Wardlow's squash was as good as it could possibly be, the Powerbomb where he caught Willie in mid air and the last one were both incredible, the tag match was really fun and massively elevated by the crowd going nuclear for Daddy Magic & Cool Hand, and then the main event was awesome too, Danielson is a mad man. Thought that was easily the best Kevin Kelly has been on commentary too, still hate everything about his real life views but he's improved imo.

Awesome, awesome show.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Damn, I forgot it was on again

[Doo Doo is a Ratings Expert]

Dec 9, 2023 22:00:53 GMT -5 Seth Drakin of Monster Crap said:

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I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

[bob]

I can't give it a 10 because of Kevin Kelly... so 8

[4real]

8 for Danielson v Andrade, Claudio v Eddie & Omega v Page. Rest was fine. Wardlow man handling Willie Mack was impressive.