Collision Course - Collision recap for May 18, 2024

Undisputed Kingdom (Roderick Strong, Matt Taven, Mike Bennett) guest on commentary for the next match.

Will Ospreay beats Shane Taylor. During the match, Matt Taven and Mike Bennett get ejected after Will Ospreay shoves Shane Taylor into them and throws water After the match, Roderick Strong confronts Will Ospreay, who is attacked from behind by Matt Taven and Mike Bennett. Ospreay soon fights back and gets the better of Undisputed Kingdom (Strong, Taven, Bennett).

We see a video package for FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) and Lance Archer for later tonight, where FTR and Danielson are here and are fighting because they love AEW.

We hear from The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli). Moxley says that Konosuke Takeshita has been "a hell of a blue chipper" for some time yet still came after him to put a notch on his gunbelt, but he has done far worse. Moxley says that he is used to being a target, and that while The Don Callis Family are in it for championships and money, he and Claudio do this because this is who they are and they hunt because they are lions. Claudio says that he is the voice of reason even if nobody listens, and while he does not like talking to the camera, he says that what matters is proving himself week after week while everyone else comes off as fake while he and Moxley are the real deal. Moxley says that Takeshita may have started this, but he and Claudio will finish this.

In backstage footage from after Dynamite, Chris Jericho says he cannot be mad at Hook because Hook is learning to become a champion again as part of "the Jericho vortex," even though he is hurting and needs stitches, and wishes him luck in his qualifying match.

Hook beats Johnny TV with Redrum to qualify for the FTW Championship Three-Way Eliminator Match next week on Dynamite.

Katsuyori Shibata beats Rocky "Azucar" Romero with the Figure Four Leg Lock to qualify for the FTW Championship Three-Way Eliminator Match next week on Dynamite.

Before the next match, Jacked Jameson calls the fans as well as the people of the city they are in "trash" and says that he cannot wait to leave before introducing Boulder.

"The Outlaw" Bryan Keith beats Boulder to qualify for the FTW Championship Three-Way Eliminator Match next week on Dynamite.

Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews PAC, who says he could not care less and says that The Bang Bang Bang ("Switchblade" Jay White, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn) are "very funny chaps" whose behavior would usually ruffle his feathers, but not today. He says he has not felt a thing in weeks, and dares The Bang Bang Gang to make him feel anything and make him care. He then tells Lexy Nair to leave him alone.

The Bang Bang Gang ("Switchblade" Jay White, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn) appear on the stage with a beaten-down PAC on the stage after the lights go out, then "Switchblade" Jay White says PAC must care now.

Backstage, we hear from The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne, Mama Wayne). Christian Cage mentions Nick Wayne's match tonight and says that he will have their support. Nick says he was just a kid when Swerve Strickland attacked him last year, but he has become a man since then. He says tonight is a warm-up, but he knows he can beat Swerve on his own.

Orange Cassidy beats Isiah Kassidy. During the match, Trent Beretta shows up from inside the crowd and watches from the front row, nearly costing Orange the match from just ditracting him, and Don Callis also watches from backstage. After the match, Lexy Nair interviews Trent Beretta at the front row. Trent says it is obvious that he is a better wrestler than Orange Cassidy and that Orange only beat him because he is a cheating sociopath who acts like rules do not apply to him. He then challenges Orange to a one-on-one match at Double or Nothing, and Orange punches him in the face in response.

Serena Deeb beats Anna Jay with the Serenity Lock as Luther walks off with Serena's flag. After the match, "Timeless" Toni Storm and Mariah May show up, and Toni gets behind the flag and proceeds to do a striptease before Luther and Mariah drape her in the flag. Toni is halfway down the ramp before Serena chases Toni, Luther and Mariah away.

We see a video package chronicling the events leading to Swerve Strickland vs. "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne next week on Dynamite.

"The Prodigy" Nick Wayne beats Jack Cartwheel after hitting the House Call to send a message to Swerve Strickland.

FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson beat The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) and Lance Archer in a trios match. After the match, The Righteous and Lance Archer attack Danielson and FTR, and Archer hits Dax with a metal folding chair before slamming Cash into another one with the Blackout. Vincent lays a chair on Dax and hits the Swanton Bomb, then Daniel Garcia show sup with a chair of his own and makes the save for FTR and Danielson.

Here are the highlights for tonight's show!