Collision Course - Collision recap for May 11, 2024

The Blackpool Combat Club ("The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson and Claudio Castagnoli) beat Top Flight (Darius and Dante Martin). (With this match airing on TBS instead of TNT, this is the first time TBS has aired a wrestling match on a Saturday night since the end of WCW Saturday Night.) After the match, Danielson asks the fans to give a round of applause to Top Flight, saying that they are what AEW is all about. He says that the "AEW" chant at the start of the match warmed his heart before leading the fans into one. He also says that the first Anarchy In The Arena match almost ended his career, but he wants to be in the upcoming one so much because he loves AEW, and while The Elite (Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry) are part of AEW's formation, they do not represent AEW anymore. Danielson states that founder and President Tony Khan has been at every show in AEW's history while The Elite, who help run the company, are not even here, then reiterates that he is in Anarchy In The Arena again because of what AEW represents and does. He also makes it very clear that he will do anything to protect AEW.

Roderick Strong guests on commentary for the next match.

Will Ospreay beats "Taiga Style" Lee Moriarty after teasing the Tiger Driver '91 only to hit Moriarty with the Storm Breaker to spite Roderick Strong. After the match, Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett) confront Ospreay, who is then attacked from behind by Shane Taylor, who knocks Ospreay out.

We see footage from earlier today of Mercedes Moné throwing the first pitch for the Boston Red Sox.

"The Machine" Brian Cage and Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) beat The Voros Twins (Chris and Patrick Voros) and Evan Rivers. After the match, Tony Schiavone interview Gates of Agony and Brian Cage. Brian Cage says it is not Swerve Strickland's house any more, then says that Swerve and Prince Nana are selfish and did nothing but take while leaving them high and dry until they needed them. He says that the three of them were looking for the leadership and guidance of someone like The Elite (Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry), then Swerve Strickland's music hits. Swerve shows up and chokes Kaun from behind with a chain, and avoids Toa Liona. Brian Cage is able to catch Swerve out of the air, but Swerve escapes his grasp and lays him out before hitting Toa Liona with the Swerve Stomp off the apron. Bishop Kaun ends up being the recipient of another Swerve Stomp, much to the delight of the fans, before Swerve chokes him in the corner with the chain and tells him that he is coming for everything. Toa Liona soon barrels towards Swerve and tackles him, then tells Prince Nana that what he is going to do to Swerve will be his fault. He rushes halfway around the ring to hit Swerve again, but Swerve hits him with a cinder block. Brian Cage watches as Swerve presses Toa Liona's head on the top of the ring steps and smashes his head with a metal folding chair.

Backstage, Swerve Strickland says he tries to be the company guy and what AEW wants him to be, but people have told him that he has gotten soft since becoming AEW World Champion, including his own people. He says that he brought the former Mogul Embassy ("The Machine" Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona) into AEW and that he can take him out, and next week, he will take out "The Machine" Brian Cage.

"Daddy Magic" Matt Menard guests on commentary for the next match.

Daniel Garcia beats KM with the Dragon Sleeper. After the match, a fan charges the ring and is quickly subdued by security, and the camera is able to quickly cut away from the ring.

Dax Harwood beats "Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington (who is the nephew of the original Dynamite Kid, whose real name is also Tommy Billington) by countering a Victory Roll with a slingshot powerbomb.

It is announced that The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson) will face Kyle Fletcher and Jeff Cobb next Wednesday on Dynamite, with Jeff Cobb being brought in by Don Callis for revenge over what happened to Powerhouse Hobbs in his recent match with Moxley.

In backstage footage from after this week's Dynamite, "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada challenges Dax Harwood to a match next week, and Jack Perry says that all of his Anarchy In The Arena opponents are dead. All of a sudden, as The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) speak, they stop Christopher Daniels, and Matthew chews him out only for Daniels to yell back and threaten to beat his ass if he speaks to him like a lackey again.

Backstage, Christopher Daniels says he has not forgotten the sacrifices he has made for his success and where he has come from, but The Elite (Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry) has. He says he has been with AEW since day one and helped make AEW what it is, but now The Elite want to make AEW about themselves. He says The Young Bucks tried to start a riot, but after he did his job to stop, they talked down to him. He says he will not back down and cower when they speak, but now they are punishing him with a tag team much. He picks Matt Sydal as his tag team partner, and when the bell rings, his heart, not his badge, will be in play, and The Elite's titles will not matter when they get punished.

Backstage, we hear from FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler). Dax Harwood says he has been in the business for twenty years and has never been in a match like Anarchy In The Arena, and after facing "Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington, he now has to face "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada. He tells Okada that he has never wrestled a man like him.

Thunder Rosa beats Robyn Renegade with a double foot stomp followed by a Cobra Clutch.

Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie. After stating that Vancouver is full of "Van-Losers" after the recent NHL hockey game, Taya and Johnny say they are here in AEW because it is where the best wrestler, and Johnny TV issues a challenge to PAC and plans pull out a win before he and Taya make out.

We hear from Hook, who says that when Chris Jericho first made the offer to advise him and stand by his side, he had his hesitation, and told Jericho that he knew who he was. He says that Jericho has pissed him off, and that none of this surprised him, especially when Jericho said he knew who he could be. Hook tells Jericho he does not know who or what he can be, and that he cannot wait to show him.

Adam Copeland retains the TNT Championship against Kyle O'Reilly.