Following his surprise appearance on the January 28 episode of “AEW Dynamite,” Tommaso Ciampa made his highly anticipated in-ring debut for All Elite Wrestling on the January 31 episode of “AEW Collision.” He stepped as much as challenge Mark Briscoe for the AEW TNT Championship, and after a hard-hitting bout, Ciampa shocked the world and defeated Briscoe to grow to be the brand new AEW TNT Champion.
Each men were evenly matched through the opening moments as neither the champion or the challenger could establish any form of dominance, but Briscoe made the breakthrough after an Enzuigiri and a Tope Con Hilo to the skin. Briscoe stayed on top until Ciampa ducked out of the best way of a chop and immediately went on the offensive, whipping Briscoe into the corner. Nonetheless, the champion evaded Ciampa and took the motion to the apron as he attempted to Suplex the challenger to the ground. This got here back to haunt Briscoe as Ciampa countered and landed a nasty Psycho Driller on the apron to take control because the match entered the business break. In the course of the break, Ciampa kept the aggression going by wearing down the champion and stayed on top until the ten minute time call.
Coming out of the break, Briscoe got back into things with a series of strikes, but when he went for an Exploder Suplex, Ciampa blocked it. The champion decided to take the motion back to the skin with a Drop Kick through the ropes before throwing Ciampa into the ring post and following up with a Blockbuster off the apron. When the motion returned to the ring, Ciampa had enough left within the tank to hit a Draping DDT, and decided to take the motion to the highest rope on the hopes of hitting an Avalanche Psycho Driller. Nonetheless, Briscoe would block it and hit a Froggy Bow which got a near fall, which led to him going back to the highest rope, but Ciampa followed him up and landed the Avalanche Psycho Driller, which only got a two count.
With only five minutes left, each men ended up on the skin over again, which resulted in Briscoe hitting a Froggy Bow on a standing Ciampa from the highest rope to the skin and thru a table. Briscoe and Ciampa beat the ten count on the ground as only two minutes remained on the clock, and when Briscoe fired up after being hit with a German Suplex, Ciampa hit a running knee that finally put Briscoe down for the three count and a shocking victory. The “Psycho Killer” becomes the second AEW wrestler after Mercedes Mone to win a title of their debut match.