Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage of "AEW Collision" emanating from the Berglund Center in Roanoke, Virginia."Collision" is scheduled to kick off with the return of "Hangman" Adam Page, ending his four-month absence in his home state of Virginia. He may surely have something to say about Kenny Omega's AEW World Championship win during Wednesday's "AEW Dynamite," dethroning the same champion in MJF that had beaten him at Revolution, thus forbidding him from challenging for the title again.Hikaru Shida will be making the first defense of her TBS Championship against Harley Cameron, having won the Survival of the Fittest match for the vacant title on June 1.Mark Davis will also be defending his National Championship against "Speedball" Mike Bailey, with Bailey looking to get through one Don Callis Family to get to another in Kevin Knight. Should Davis beat Bailey, he could have another title defense to look forward to against Andrade, provided he beats Jake Doyle during next week's "Dynamite."Rounding out the scheduled title contests, Bandido will be defending his ROH World Championship against Katsuyori Shibata."AEW Collision" is scheduled to begin at 8 PM ET, available via TNT and HBO Max for those watching in the US. Those watching internationally can use Triller TV or MyAEW depending on their region.
The show kicks off with a package recapping Kenny Omega's AEW World Championship win over MJF on Wednesday.After that package, Tony Schiavone stands in the ring to announce the arrival of "Hangman" Adam Page. Page comes out, his hair cut shorter than before but otherwise the "Cowboy" fans have come to know and love. Schiavone welcomes Page back in his home state of Virginia.Page says is a gardener after the past few years, mostly native plants. His butterfly weed is incredible, he says. He says he has found something beautifully therapeutic about planting a seed. He has gone for four months, and says in the time he wasn't in physio he was planting. But he says it was important for him to be here tonight because he wanted to plant one more seed. He doesn't know what it will grow into but he'll do that.Page recalls his March Championship match to MJF, putting up his ability to ever challenge for the World title so he could get the Texas Death Match. He doesn't know whether he underestimated MJF or overestimated himself, but he lost.He says he always tried to be a man of a word, and he knows there is no contract strictly preventing him from challenging for the title, but he has decided to stay true to his word and never challenge for the World title again.He says that he looks beyond the World title won by Kenny Omega, whether it be the TNT Championship held by Kevin Knight, the National Championship held by Mark Davis or maybe Mike Bailey if he wins later tonight, the Continental Championship held by Jon Moxley, or the International Championship held by Kyle Fletcher.He asks, "Who is Hangman Page without the World Championship?"He says he does not know, but he is looking forward to finding out.
