Daniel Garcia overcame Katsuyori Shibata to retain his TNT Championship throughout “AEW Collision.” The bout was introduced forward of Saturday’s present, confirmed to be Garcia’s second title protection since beating Mark Briscoe final weekend, and would see Garcia coming towards a mentor in Shibata, towards whom he held a 0-1 singles report. The bout itself began as a grappling contest, damaged up with chop exchanges and an tried shoulder deal with from Garcia, just for Shibata to get the benefit to drive him into the nook. He then delivered a butterfly suplex to ship the champion throughout the ring as he continued to claim dominance, till Garcia fought again into the affair. Challenger and champion then exchanged strikes till each had been laid on the bottom; with seconds left to go for a count-out, they sat up concurrently.
Shibata then locked in an octopus stretch, with Garcia escaping with a dragonscrew to lock within the dragon-tamer, just for Shibata to reverse that into the figure-four leglock till Garcia reached the ropes. The challenger sought to lock in yet one more submission however the champion had it scouted, touchdown one other dragonscrew. Shibata gave Garcia one final slap of defiance earlier than Garcia utilized the ripcord, turning it right into a roll-up for the pinfall. After the match, they each shook and held each other’s arms within the air, earlier than Shibata left for Garcia to have fun. Garcia was proven speaking to the digicam earlier than the feed reduce out to a backstage vignette, throughout which he gave the impression to be calling out Gabe Kidd — Kenny Omega’s Wrestle Dynasty opponent.
