10 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Collision (June 24)

Ups...

1. The Pre-Titles Promos

Such a simple but effective thing, having AEW Collision serve up a couple of promos before the show's titles had even rolled, was fantastic.

Ahead of their main event match-up, CM Punk, Ricky Starks and FTR spent 25 seconds firing shots at their opponents. For their part, Jay White, Juice Robinson and the Gunns then spent 30 seconds lambasting the babyfaces who they'd be facing later in the night.

This was great, this felt fresh, and it caught your attention right from the get-go. All eight men were energetic and spouted lines that felt entirely natural for their characters, complete with a nice smidge of classic pro wrestling cheese in terms of getting their own catchphrases in.

Concise and, most importantly, entertaining, this segment took less than one full minute to immediately get the Collision audience hyped for what lay ahead.

A fresh spin on the cliched screaming multi-man promo format of yesteryear, this was pitch perfect. More of this, please.