7 Ups & 2 Downs For AEW Collision (June 8 - Results & Review)

1. Yet Another Great Collision Main Event

Much like it can feel like a broken record when it comes to AEW's handling of its female talent on Collision - something that was marginally better this week - it can also feel like a broken record to constantly harp on about good-to-great-to-exceptional Collision main events.

On that front, Orange Cassidy vs. Kyle O'Reilly was a fantastic contest, which itself comes on the heels of another excellent Collision main event for KOR last week against Will Ospreay.

For the early part, so much of this was Kyle O'Reilly as the wrestler, the martial artist, the kickboxer who wanted to mix it up with Freshly Squeezed. On the other hand, Cassidy did his usual mind games to frustrate his opponent before things exploded into life, as exemplified by the pair exchanging playful light kicks that slowly got more and more vicious with each passing strike.

Following a whisper-in-the-ear from Roderick Strong - the Undisputed Kingdom being in the front row for this one - Kyle targeted Orange's leg in the sort of way that only Kyle O'Reilly can, and he'd later switch focus to an arm. When it comes to honing in on a select body part, few are as impressive and believable as O'Reilly, and of course OC is a masterful seller as the broken, beaten-down babyface that continues to just about hang on.

And hang on he did, getting the win after hitting two Orange Punches on O'Reilly. Much like last week was the case for Will Ospreay, this again very much felt like somebody surviving Kyle O'Reilly rather than necessarily beating him.

After the bell, O'Reilly returned to the ring to save Orange from an attack by Trent Beretta and Kyle Fletcher, with Kris Statlander and then Willow Nightingale joining the action as the heels retreated up the entrance way and the babyfaces stood tall in the ring.