In a backstage segment during AEW Collision, Lexy Nair attempted to get Shane Taylor's reaction to Lee Moriarty's loss to TNT Champion Dustin Rhodes. Taylor's terse response, simply questioning, "Loss?" conveyed immediate displeasure, but that was the only word he got in before Don Callis interrupted: "You know what? You're hot. I can tell you're hot. Not all that happy myself." Callis quickly shifted focus to their impending alliance in the high-stakes $400,000 8-Man Tag Team Match scheduled later that evening.
