This past Saturday night’s AEW Collision had one of the best matches you will ever see as FTR defended the AEW Tag Team Titles against Jay White and Juice Robinson.
The 2 out of 3 falls match started the show and went for nearly an hour. FTR won via submission when Dax submitted Juice with the sharpshooter to retain the titles. Post-match, FTR went to shake their hands, but the heels spit on them and walked off.
Jay White in the middle of the ring with the sharpshooter applied!
Watch #AEWCollision on TNT!#AEWWorldTagTeamTitles@JayWhiteNZ | #JuiceRobinson | @DaxFTR | @CashWheelerFTR pic.twitter.com/rMLC9VhpGL
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 16, 2023
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted some backstage notes on the bout, including them working most of it on the fly and didn’t have much planned.
“An interesting aspect of this match is that they did not work a lot out before the match. I mean, I’m not saying it’s all called in the ring, but there were things that happened. Juice got there at two [in the afternoon]. The match started at six [at night]. I know that there was a thing of let’s, you know, they started the Collision with the match, six o’clock, whatever it is. Calgary time, I think it was. Whatever it was, they started the match. Well, six was mountain time. They started the match and there was, you know, at the start of the show there was definitely talk. I know that they wanted to get a little bit of time to work it out and start the match later. But I think that because of the nature of it being a two-hour show and you have to do this hour match, they just wanted to start it with it. Really impressive. It would’ve been impressive if they worked the whole match out. It still would’ve been. It was super impressive. But, that was another aspect of the story.”
“I thought that was the best American tag team match ever on television” – Dave Meltzer on FTR vs Juice Robinson and Jay White pic.twitter.com/sCGFMSJROT
— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) July 17, 2023
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