7 Ups & 5 Downs For AEW Collision (26 August)

2. An Outlandish Squash

AEW Collision Keith Lee Zicky Dice
AEW

Having two squash matches on the same show can often feel a little much, but Zicky Dice certainly made the most of his minutes in his loss to Keith Lee on this week's Collision.

For those not familiar with Outlandish, he was once a mainstay of Billy Corgan's NWA - before that place went to sh*t, of course - and then had a solid spell in IMPACT Wrestling. A product of Seth Rollins' Black and Brave Wrestling Academy, Dice is an extremely entertaining athlete, and so it was nice to see him matched up with Limitless here.

Did Keith Lee need to decimate Zicky in barely 90 seconds? You could certainly have maybe given this match another couple of minutes, but the larger picture here was to give Big Keith a dominant win to help re-establish him as a potential major player, and it's not like Zicky Dice is employed by AEW at this point.

Of course, that may change in the future, for Dice pulled off the rare feat of managing to impress and show a glimpse of charisma despite being on the losing end of a 90-second squash match.

Advertisement
Senior Writer
Senior Writer

Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.