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

5. Continuing To Tick Over

Mariah May vs. Angelica Risk and the post-match happenings did enough to keep a couple of issues ticking over nicely, even if certain elements of all of this are verging towards feeling a little too overdone.

The match itself was obviously what it was; a squash match to keep Mariah's undefeated streak going, with her scoring the win with the May Day. That bout wasn't the focus of this segment, though, with the two bigger stories clearly being Toni Storm brushing past May, and the issues between Toni and Deonna Purrazzo ahead of their AEW Women's Title match at Revolution.

The Storm and Purrazzo stuff has started to drag a smidge, and their Revolution match feels like it can't get here soon enough. Both are incredibly talented workers, and this bout has the potential to be a show-stealer. It just feels as if this feud has rumbled on for an age, even though the Virtuosa has only been with the company for two months.

Other highlights of this were the brilliant Nigel McGuinness essentially taking a bump for an air kiss from Mariah May, Deonna's great line about Timeless Toni being unable to wipe her own ass once Purrazzo breaks both of Storm's arms, and May taking a nice pilderiver. Also, it's good to see Deonna now back to cutting confident, assertive promos after her first few times on an AEW mic showed some clear nerves.

As mentioned, Storm vs. Purrazzo will be great, the slow seeds of an eventual Toni Storm/Mariah May split continue to be delicately planted, but Revolution has certainly come at the right time for all of this - with Toni possibly having Mercedes Moné in her sights once the Blue Print gets established in AEW.

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