AEW: New Matches for Sat. Collision, Darby Allin on Sting’s Sons Not Interested in Wrestling Careers, Tony Khan on Why AEW Runs Larger Arenas Despite Low Attendances

Feb 24, 2024

Two New Matches & One Updated Match Announced for Saturday’s AEW Collision Show

AEW recently announced two new matches and one updated match for the card of tonight’s AEW Collision show at the Great Southern Bank Arena in Springfield, Missouri.

In regards to the new matches, the first new match announced was a singles match of “The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith vs. Malakai Black. In an interesting note, this will be Black’s first singles match in AEW since June of 2022.

TOMORROW!@GSBArena Springfield, MO
Saturday Night #AEWCollision
TNT, 8pm ET/7pm CT@bountykeith vs @malakaiblxck

TOMORROW on TNT
The Bounty Hunter collides vs Malakai Black!

But first, before tomorrow’s Collision, don’t miss BK in the huge 3 Way Trios on #AEWRampage TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/2bimJnCL8N
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 23, 2024

The second new match announced was a No Disqualification match of Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Sammy Guevara.

TOMORROW!@GSBArena Springfield, MO
Saturday Night #AEWCollision
TNT, 8pm ET/7pm CT

No DQ@TrueWillieHobbs vs @sammyguevara @TheDonCallis Family + @IAmJericho will be banned from the building + there must be a winner when Hobbs collides vs Sammy on TNT in a No DQ Match TOMORROW pic.twitter.com/jn9qBWf3iE
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 24, 2024

In regards to the updated match, this was announced to be a singles match of Serena Deeb vs. Lady Frost.

TONIGHT@GSBArena Springfield, MO
Saturday Night #AEWCollision
TNT, 8pm ET/7pm CT@RealLadyFrost vs @SerenaDeeb

With Kiera Hogan not cleared to compete tonight due to illness, the exciting Lady Frost will step up and collide vs The Professor Serena Deeb on @TNTdrama TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/Dw9MZDuyPf
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 24, 2024

Current card for February 24th AEW Collision show:

Bryan Danielson vs. Jun Akiyama
Thunder Rosa vs. mystery opponent
Serena Deeb vs. Lady Frost
FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor)
Trios match – Bang Bang Scissor Gang (Jay White, Billy Gunn, & Colten Gunn) vs. mystery opponents
No Disqualification match – Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Sammy Guevara

Darby Allin Comments on Sting’s Sons Not Currently Interested in Pursuing Wrestling Careers

The February 7th AEW Dynamite show in Phoenix, Arizona featured Sting’s sons Garrett Lee and Steven Borden Jr. being involved in a storyline angle featuring The Young Bucks attacking Darby Allin and Sting following Allin and Sting’s AEW World Tag Team Championship victory on the show. Besides Allin and Sting, Sting’s sons were also attacked by The Young Bucks to close out the show.

Digital Spy held a recent interview with Allin. One of the topics discussed included Allin’s thoughts about if Sting’s sons are currently interested in following their father’s footsteps in pursuing careers in professional wrestling.

“They’re not interested at all. I’ve asked [Sting] I was like, ‘I’m just curious, I really want to know have your sons ever tried this?’ He said, ‘No, they’re not interested.’ It just wasn’t a thing that they wanted to do, but I was curious because they’re pretty big dudes. They should get together, become a tag team – that would be cool.”

Tony Khan Comments on Reason for AEW Running Larger Arenas Despite Low Attendances for Show

GV Wire held a recent interview with AEW CEO Tony Khan. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts about why AEW runs their events at larger arenas despite having lower attendances for their shows.

“It depends on the market and the time. A lot of times, those arenas have a lot of big advantages like email lists and marketing and they are a destination venue for shows. It depends on the market and the timing. Certainly, bigger arenas do have a lot of advantages. They have a lot of sale contacts and really good marketing resources.”

Khan also gave his thoughts about if not utilizing the entire arena has other advantages for AEW shows.