8 Ups & 4 Downs For AEW Collision (19 August)

Another magnificent Collision main event, and the debut of the Golden Vampire.

by Andrew Pollard
AEW Collision Christian Cage Darby Allin
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Another week, another episode of AEW Collision is in the books.

Emanating from Lexington, Kentucky's Rupp Arena, this week's Fight for the Fallen special was the tenth episode of AEW's weekly Saturday night offering. And again, Collision delivered far more positives than negatives.

In the main event, Darby Allin took on Christian Cage ahead of facing Luchasaurus at All Out for the TNT Championship. Opening the show, it was Samoa Joe against the mysterious Golden Vampire. Elsewhere, Bullet Club Gold were in action twice, ROH favourite Dalton Castle made his Collision debut, Willow Nightingale battled Diamante, and there were short outings for Bill Bill and Powerhouse Hobbs.

Away from the ring, Toni Storm's descent into madness continued, Miro had a mild presence on the show, Ricky Starks' manager's license came into play, House of Block trashed some boots, and there was further movement towards both All In and All Out.

With all of that in mind, then, Saturday night's alright for fighting...

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