Owen Hart Cup Winners Crowned On AEW Collision

Willow Nightingale vs. Ruby Soho, and CM Punk vs. Ricky Starks...

by Andrew Pollard
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With the finals of this year's Owen Hart Cup taking place on last night's AEW Collision, it's Willow Nightingale and Ricky Starks who emerged victorious in their respective finals matches.

In the second match of the night, Nightingale scored the 1-2-3 on Ruby Soho after hitting the Outcasts member with a powerbomb. This win came after Willow overcame Ruby's shenanigans involving her patented can of spray paint. Post-match, Tony Khan presented Nightingale with the women's Owen Hart Cup at the top of the Collision stage.

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The main event of Collision saw Ricky Starks overcome the odds to hand CM Punk his first lost since the Second City Saint returned to AEW last month. That's not to say this was an entirely clean victory, mind. For the finish, Absolute grabbed the second rope to gain extra leverage on a roll-up.

Whereas Willow Nightingale was presented with the Owen by Tony Khan, it was a different scenario for Ricky Starks. Collision went off the air before Starks could get his hands on the trophy, but the opening moments of AEW Battle of the Belts VII - a show which immediately followed Collision - had the legendary Jushin 'Thunder' Liger come out to present the Stroke Daddy with his prize. Unfortunately for Liger - who famously trained in the Hart Dungeon, worked for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling, and is an iconic rival of Owen Hart's - Ricky completely blew past him as Starks grabbed the trophy for himself.

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Battle of the Belts VII would later see an official ceremony for Willow and Ricky, with Dr. Martha Hart on hand as part of this celebration.

Elsewhere on this week's AEW Collision, FTR retained the AEW Tag Team Titles against Bullet Club Gold's Jay White and Juice Robinson in yet another Match of the Year contender; Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler securing a 2-1 victory in this two-out-of-three-falls bout. Given how that match went just shy of an hour, that left just enough time for Malakai Black and Brody King to get a squash victory sandwiched between the two Owen matches.

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