FTR are still AEW World Tag Team Champions after defeating the Bang Bang Gang’s Juice Robinson and Austin Gunn within the most important event of the “AEW Collision” portion of the corporate’s Holiday Bash special on Wednesday. Robinson and Gunn got their shot on the gold for being the last team to defeat Dax Harwood and Money Wheeler before their championship victory over Brodido at Full Gear.
Gunn and Wheeler start off the match and the Bang Bang Gang showed why they were the last team to topple the champions, with Robinson taking out each men with a flying cross body, though FTR took control of the match back during a industrial break. Gunn tried to show things back around as he locked in a sleeper on Harwood, but Wheeler was in a position to make the tag. Robinson rallied for his team, taking down each of the champions and really nearly had Harwood with a roll-up.
Stokely Hathaway attempted to interfere within the match with a handful of powder, but Robinson knocked his head against Wheeler’s to take them each down. Wheeler sent Gunn over the barricade into the timekeeper’s area, but Gunn rallied quickly to take Wheeler out before FTR could hit the Shatter Machine. Robinson pinned Harwood and it looked as if the Bang Bang Gang had the titles won, however the champion got his foot on the underside rope on the last second.
The distraction allowed for FTR to get Robinson in a figure 4, and Wheeler delivered a stomp to his knee for good measure while Hardwood had the hold. Harwood locked within the figure 4 once more, and Robinson needed to tap out.