6 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Collision (15 July)

3. The Correct Winners

Ahead of this year's Owen Hart Cup Tournament getting started, many fans had hoped to see Willow Nightingale and Ricky Starks emerge victorious in their respective tourneys. And whilst it may have felt a smidge predictable to see Willow and Ricky indeed as the victors on Collision, such predictability isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Simply put, Nightingale and Starks were undoubtedly the correct choices to win this year's Owen trophies.

Considering the phenomenal job Athena has done in establishing herself as a vicious, clinical, dominant force as the ROH Women's Champion, it would've felt like a waste should Willow have bested Athena on Friday's Rampage, only to ultimately come up short in the Owen. When someone is on a tear the way Athena is, a win over them should absolutely be part of a bigger picture. In this case, that win was part of Willow's journey to win the Owen, and also to likely lead to Nightingale once again challenging for the ROH Women's Title.

While there would have been positives to a Ruby Soho win on Collision, there were far less positives to a potential CM Punk win in the Owen. Ricky Starks winning was - no pun intended - the absolute right choice. Utilising the second rope for leverage in securing the pin over Punk, Starks now seems to have a heel turn in his future. Regardless of a turn or not, getting a win over CM Punk in any fashion is a major deal and will only further the Stroke Daddy's stock.

As for CM Punk, the loss here is one that offers up plentiful possibilities for the Straight-Edge Superstar and his future path. Could he begin a descent into villainy, irked by defeat and the manner in which he suffered it? Could this be the start of a crisis of confidence for Punker? Could a babyface Second City Saint vow revenge on the underhand antics of Ricky Starks?