Summary

AAW Pro Wrestling held Crush & Destroy on April 24 at Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, Illinois, with the show streaming on YouTube. The night featured a surprise appearance from Seth Rollins, who praised AAW, the Berwyn Eagles venue, and independent wrestling before the card moved into its championship matches and main event.

The biggest in-ring development came in the main event, where Rafael Quintero defeated Trevor Lee to win the AAW Heavyweight Championship.

Results

Jake Crist and Twist And Flip (Darren Fly and Nate Kobain) defeated Erik Surge, Joey Avalon and Thomas Hein.

Ryan Matthias (with Davina Thorne) defeated Sean Logan.

Amazonga defeated Koa.

Maggie Lee defeated Aminah Belmont, Rae Larson and Rory Shield.

Seth Rollins made a surprise appearance and put over AAW, Berwyn Eagles, and independent wrestling.

The Hellhounds (Russ Jones and Schaff) defeated The Bravo Family (AOD and Bruss Hamilton) (with John E. Bravo) to retain the AAW Tag Team Championships.

Isaiah Moore defeated Ren Jones by disqualification to retain the AAW Heritage Championship.

Heather Reckless defeated Sierra to retain the AAW Women's Championship.

Maggie Lee attacked Heather Reckless after the match.

Matt Riddle defeated Stephen Wolf.

Donovan Marcelous, Joe Alonzo and Josh Bishop defeated Rich Swann, Robert Anthony and Solomon Tupu.

Rafael Quintero defeated Trevor Lee to win the AAW Heavyweight Championship.

Seth Rollins and Rafael Quintero give AAW a bigger spotlight

Rollins showing up at an AAW event instantly gave the promotion a higher-profile moment than a standard results show usually gets, especially with the appearance tied directly to praise for the local independent scene. Quintero then closed the same card with a heavyweight title win, which gives AAW a fresh top champion coming out of a night that already had extra attention.

Maggie Lee attacking Heather Reckless also stands out as one of the clearest next-step angles from the show, since it came immediately after Reckless retained the AAW Women's Championship.

Sources

As reported by Fightful