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AEW officially announces Spring BreakThru episodes, schedule change

Posted on by Josh Nason

After a WBD HBO Max lineup initially revealed it before being changed, the Spring BreakThru theme is indeed returning to AEW TV for this week along with a schedule change.

First introduced last year, the theme will be part of this Wednesday’s live episode of AEW Dynamite and also part of this week’s Collision that will air on Thursday instead of Saturday which had been previously announced. The reason is to avoid going head-to-head with WWE WrestleMania 42 which airs on Saturday and Sunday this weekend.

In a change from last year when AEW ran back-to-back nights live in Boston, this Thursday’s show will be taped in Everett, Washington, after Wednesday’s Dynamite. Last year’s show featured Owen Hart tournament semifinals matches while this year’s tournament has yet to be announced.

Both shows will be Dynasty fallout episodes.

It will be the second of three straight weeks of pre-taped Collisions as the following week will see Dynamite and Collision emanate from Portland, Oregon.

Two title matches set for AEW Collision Spring BreakThru

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Two title bouts, plus a women’s division tag match are set for Thursday’s special live AEW Collision Spring BreakThru episode.

Adam Cole will make his first defense of the TNT Championship on Thursday’s show in an open challenge. Cole defeated Daniel Garcia for the title at the Dynasty pay-per-view on April 6.

Prior to the title change, Cole and Garcia went to a time limit draw in a TNT title match at Collision Slam Dunk Saturday on the episode that aired on March 22.

In another title bout announced for the Thursday, April 17 Collision Spring BreakThru, Komander will defend the Ring of Honor TV Championship against Nick Wayne. Komander has made five successful defenses of the TV title since winning it at ROH Final Battle last December, including a victory over Wayne on the February 13 edition of Ring of Honor TV.

A women’s division tag team bout is also set for Thursday’s show, with Mercedes Mone and Harley Cameron teaming against Kris Statlander and Julia Hart. Mone advanced to the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation women’s tournament with a win over Athena on Wednesday’s Dynamite, while Statlander will face Jamie Hayter in an Owen semifinals matchup on next week’s Dynamite.

Everything announced for Thursday’s Collision Spring BreakThru is listed below.

AEW Collision Spring BreakThru, Thursday, April 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on TNT & Max —

  • TNT Champion Adam Cole defends in an open challenge
  • ROH TV Champion Komander defends against Nick Wayne
  • Mercedes Mone and Harley Cameron vs. Kris Statlander and Julia Hart

AEW Collision to air live on Thursday, April 17

Posted on by Ethan Renner

AEW Collision will air live on Thursday, April 17.

On the schedule section of the TNT website, the network lists the Thursday, April 17 AEW Spring BreakThru Collision episode as airing live at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Collision typically airs at 8 p.m. Eastern on Saturdays, but is often time-shifted on weeks where it would go head-to-head with a WWE PLE. Night one of WWE WrestleMania 41 is set for Saturday, April 19.

The Spring BreakThru Collision will take place in Boston at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, the same venue that will host the Dynamite Spring BreakThru the night before.

AEW announced the Spring BreakThru events earlier this week as part of a celebration of Dynamite becoming the longest-running prime time wrestling show in the history of TNT and TBS. Dynamite will surpass WCW Monday Nitro in longevity on the April 16 episode as it reaches its 289th episode.

Mercedes Mone, MJF, Kenny Omega, Jon Moxley, Toni Storm, Kris Statlander, and Marina Shafir are on the advertising poster for Dynamite Spring BreakThru, while Storm, Statlander, Willow Nightingale, Rated FTR, Christian Cage, and Jay White are on the Collision poster, with both noting that the card is subject to change.