Whether ROH titles should be defended so regularly on AEW programming is a topic for another day, but that aside, Eddie Kingston defending his ROH World Championship against Komander was solid enough.
In other circumstances, this match going ten minutes might have seemed a little too much when considering how Komander has long been positioned as an afterthought, an enhancement talent, a body to be disposed of within minutes.
However, this issue was nicely navigated by Ian Riccaboni noting how Kingston has historically always struggled against high flyers and luchadors, dating back to his Chikara days. The Mad King got the win, as he should do, with the Uraken, and Komander had enough moments to showcase his always impressive athleticism.
Not spectacular, not awful, but just fine for what it was as a way to round out the competitive in-ring action of this week's Collision.
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