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Tommaso Ciampa turns against Mark Briscoe on AEW Collision

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

After weeks of his debut, Tommaso Ciampa has turned heel on the latest episode of AEW Collision.

After winning the TNT title from Mark Briscoe and later losing it to Kyle Fletcher, Ciampa recently suffered another loss at the hands of Daniel Garcia after getting distracted by Briscoe, who was present on commentary.

Portraying a face character on AEW television for the past few weeks, Ciampa showed his true colors on the March 7 episode of Collision.

After losing the match, Ciampa confronted Briscoe before FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) came out and confronted the former NXT Champion. Briscoe got between Ciampa and FTR before leaving the ramp with him.

However, as an ode to his previous WWE DIY breakup angle with Johnny Gargano, Ciampa attempted a similar move and turned his back on Briscoe. Ciampa attacked Briscoe on the ramp before throwing him into the video screen. He finished the segment by hitting him with a running knee strike, which was similar to what he had done to Gargano in NXT. After a brief babyface run, Ciampa has turned heel.

Former WWE & WCW wrestler attends AEW Collision

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

The March 7th episode of AEW Collision was attended by WWE and WCW veteran Adam Bomb, aka WRATH.

Known for his time in WCW as a former two-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, Adam Bomb, also known as Bryan Clark, was present on the latest episode of Collision.

RJ City of AEW uploaded a photo on social media with Clark and wrote, “Of all the nuclear fission-themed wrestlers, he was my favorite.”

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful also confirmed Bomb/WRATH’s presence on Collision via a social media update.

His presence tonight was limited to that of an audience, and Clark was not directly involved in any of the televised storylines or programming angles.

Clark, 61, retired from wrestling in 2003 and was vividly remembered by fans for his runs in WCW and WWE. Three years later, in 2006, he underwent surgery on his lower back for the injuries he sustained during his in-ring career.

AEW Collision live results: FTR vs. The Rascalz

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

AEW Collision is live tonight from the Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.

The AEW World Tag Team Championships will be on the line as FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) put their belts on the line against The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier). The Rascalz earned the title shot by defeating FTR in an eliminator match two weeks ago. FTR is also scheduled to defend the titles against The Young Bucks at Revolution, provided they come out of this show still the champions.

Konosuke Takeshita will wrestle Claudio Castagnoli in singles competition. Castagnoli was the only wrestler to defeat Takeshita in the Blue League of the 2025 Continental Classic round-robin tournament.

Swerve Strickland will face Gravity, who is the brother of Bandido. Swerve will face Bandido’s tag partner, Brody King, at AEW Revolution.

The Outrunners vs. Private Party vs. Rush and Dralistico vs. The WorkHorsemen in a $200,000 four-way tag team match is also scheduled.

Our live coverage kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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AEW Collision opened with the Rascalz making their entrance, and highlighting their journey to this tag title match against FTR. Excellent video package to start the show.

The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachery Wentz) (w/ Myron Reed) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Stokley Hathaway) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship

The match opened slow, which was to FTR’s advantage, but soon escalated when Harwood slapped Wentz in the corner. Wentz responded with a slap of his own, and Harwood bailed from the ring to regroup. Xavier tagged in and resumed the match with Harwood, and hit some punches to fire up, but Harwood hit a back elbow and sent Xavier to the floor as Stokely Hathaway choked Xavier with a production cable as the referee was distracted by Wentz trying to get to him. Xavier did start throwing punches and moved to the side as Wentz came flying out of the ring with a corkscrew plancha to the floor.

The match turned to the favour of the Rascalz briefly, but Wentz ended up finding himself isolated in FTR’s corner. Harwood baited Wentz into a clothesline from Wheeler on the floor as they went to the ad break. During the break on Triller, FTR continued to get the heat on The Rascalz. Wentz managed to get a backslide as they came back rom break, but Wheeler saved Harwood. Wentz hit an enziguri on Harwood, and dropped Wheeler, but was left on the opposite side of the ring. Wentz dove over Wheeler and rolled through Harwood’s legs to make the tag, and Xavier ran wild, hitting a cutter on Harwood and then a dropkick on Wheeler.

Harwood got up and nailed Xavier with a lariat that turned him inside out. Wentz helped Xavier get sunset flip and he took down Wheeler in the process. The Rascalz then hit stereo tope suicidas to the floor. Xavier hit a frog splash on Harwood, and Wentz followed with a Senton Bomb for for a 2-count. Xavier was driven into the announce table and Harwood hit a super back suplex on Wentz for a 2-count. Wentz hit a series of chops and rolled Harwood up for a very close 2-count. Xavier tagged in and superkicked Harwood into a German suplex from Wentz and Xavier did a jackknife pin on Harwood for a 2-count.

The Rascalz went for the Hot Fire Flame, but Harwood got the knees up. FTR hit a BTE Trigger on Wentz (a very bad one) and went for a Meltzer Driver to mock the Bucks. Xavier pulled Wheeler from the apron, but Wheeler managed to shove him off, and as Wentz hit a handspring to the ropes, he turned around right into a Shatter Machine for the pinfall.

Result: FTR defeated The Rascalz to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship

This was an awesome match, with The Rascalz basically being given everything but the win, and FTR constantly finding a way out of the trouble.

–As FTR was leaving Mark Briscoe came out and met them on the ramp and he high fived FTR out of mutual respect due to their feud in ROH, but there was definitely tension there. I think Mark Briscoe is going to end up being Tommaso Ciampa’s partner when he faces off against them down the line.

–Hook was backstage with Shibata behind the camera, and he was wandering around backstage looking for recruits. Anthony Bowens walked up and said that he thought about what Hook said and that he was a killer. Hook told Bowens to take the camera and follow him. Hook choked out a random local wrestler backstage and then told Bowens to keep following. We got a show long storyline here, I think.

Daniel Garcia vs. Tommaso Ciampa

Ciampa was aggressive from the very start, with Garcia trying to slow things down. Garcia managed to smash Ciampa’s knee into the ring post, and began working over the knee for the next few minutes. Garcia sent Ciampa into the guardrail and set up his leg on top of the guardrail to dropkick it, but Ciampa stood up and hit some chops. Garica immediately countered it and hit a dropkick to the knee.

Ciampa managed to make a brief comeback with some strikes, including driving Garcia into the announce table multiple times, which had Mark Briscoe stand up and start cheering. Ciampa managed to hit Project Ciampa out of the corner on Garcia, but Garcia kicked out. Garcia rolled to the floor and shoved Briscoe and Briscoe got up to get in his face. This led to him accidentally clashing heads with Ciampa, and Garcia rolled Ciampa up and scored the pinfall victory.

Result: Daniel Garcia defeated Tommaso Ciampa

–Briscoe and Ciampa argued in the ring, and Ciampa slapped the hand of Briscoe away. As Briscoe was leaving, FTR came out, and Briscoe came back to the ring to defend Ciampa. FTR decided not to attack with Briscoe there, and Briscoe and Ciampa seemed to be getting along, so they left the ring together. As they got back to the entrance, Ciampa attacked Briscoe and started beating on him with FTR looking on. Ciampa hit a running knee, spit on Briscoe’s bandana, and left him laying. FTR looked impressed, and Ciampa has turned heel, for now.

–A recap video aired of Konosuke Takeshita and Claudio Castagnoli in the Continental Classic last December, when Castagnoli handed him his only loss. Excellent recap video here.

Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana) vs. Gravity

Swerve hit a hard kick to the back of Gravity, and Gravity eventually hit one of his own, but Swerve no sold it. Gravity used a la magistral cradle for a 2-count. Gravity tried to hit a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor on Swerve, but Swerve jumped into the air, stomping Gravity and then kicking him in the face with a House Call off the apron. Swerve yanked the hair of Gravity and then hit a huge Swerve Stomp off the top rope. Gravity slowly got back to his knees and Swerve hit a House Call for the win.

Result: Swerve Strickland defeated Gravity

–Kris Statlander was backstage and said that her and Thekla were 1-1 in their matches, and now they are going to a 2 out of 3 falls match at AEW Revolution, promising to end Thekla’s title run before it really gets started.

–Thekla came out to the live audience to respond to the video Statlander recorded. Thekla said that the challenger didn’t get to say what the match was. Thekla initially said that she wouldn’t accept the match, and wondered why Statlander thought she could beat Thekla twice in one night. She said that Statlander was right about one thing though, and it was that Thunder Rosa should have been careful with her. She then told Statlander to take her own advice and quit, because everything Statlander is afraid of is everything she is. This was a great promo.

–Up Close with Renee Pacquette was previewed, as she interviewed Jon Moxley about his upcoming match with Konosuke Takeshita.

La Facción Ingobernable (Rush & Dralistico) vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) (w/ Dalton Castle) in a 200k Tag Match

Nigel McGuinness joking called Magnum Truth Martini, which popped Tony Schiavone (and me, as an old ROH fan). Dalton Castle joined on commentary, and it was immediately funny. Dalton Castle said that he and the Outrunners were going to buy expensive cacti, which is something I could actually see happening, oddly enough. LFI took Kassidy to the floor and beat him all around ringside, and The Swirl and LFI both hit 4 dropkicks simultaneously on Kassidy. Rush hit superplex on Johnson as Dralistico hit a hurricanrana on Blake Christian.

Rush got into the face of Dalton Castle, reminding Castle that he beat him in a match in 2019 in 10 seconds. Castle yelled, “It was 16 seconds!” I was there at match live, as it was in Madison Square Garden when New Japan and ROH sold the building out. The Outrunners finally tagged in and Dalton Castle went insane on commentary, which was great, and they bodyslammed everyone from the other 3 teams. Truth Magnum suplexed Blake Christian off the top rope to the floor onto all the other competitors.

The Outrunners were going to hit the SOB Elbow on Lee Johnson, but LFI cut them off. Isiah Kassidy hit Dralistico with a springboard stunner and then tried to strike Dralistico. This was a fatal mistake as Dralistico chopped the life out of him and hit a hurricanrana to the floor. Dralistico hit a lung blower on Quen flying off the top rope, and Rush went for the Horns dropkick, but The Outrunners cut him off and ate superkicks from The Swirl.

The Swirl and Private Party exchanged supericks until Quen was caught in the tree of woe, and they hit a dropkick. Christian hit a moonsault to the floor on Kassidy, then went back to the top rope, hopped onto the shoulders of Johnson and flew off them into a Canadian Destroyer on Quen for a 2-count that Kassidy broke up. The Swirl decided to mock Private Party and go for the Gin and Juice, but Kassidy countered, hit a Canadian Destroyer on Lee Johnson, then hit a doomsday cutter on Johnson for the victory. Great tag match.

Result: Private Party defeated The Outrunners, LFI, and The Swirl in a 200k Tag Match

–Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey were backstage with Lexy Nair. Knight talked about the frustration he had about losing to MJF when he had him pinned for 13-seconds, but no one was there. Knight was angry he was robbed, and then even more frustrated that he lost in the main event. Mike Bailey then talked about facing Kyle Fletcher next week on Dynamite for the TNT Championship, and how he had what it took to win. Swerve Strickland walked up and questioned this, and he targeted Kevin Knight directly saying that he had his foot on the neck of his opponent but couldn’t finish the job, and if he wanted to succeed among killers, he was going to have to become a killer himself.

They are definitely teasing a Knight heel turn here, but could go in several different directions with Knight and Swerve feuding, or Knight even joining Swerve as his new mentor to help him become the killer that Swerve wants him to be. This was fantastic.

–Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron were backstage and were attacked by Megan Bayne & Lena Kross, who left them laying.

Megan Bayne & Lena Kross vs. The Timeless Love Bombs (Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa) (w/ Luther)

Kross and Bayne easily overpowered Storm and Shirakawa early on, hitting stereo fall away slams on both women, sending Storm to the floor and allowing them to beat on Shirakawa alone in their corner. Lena Kross hit a big sidewalk slam on Shirakawa and tagged out to Bayne. Storm tagged in to face off with Bayne, and was sent to the floor as she dodged Bayne and then low bridged Kross. Storm then helped Shirakawa run up the ropes and hit a flying crossbody to the floor on both women.

Kross got up and hit an electric chair drop onto the apron on Storm, and Shirakawa just kind of stood there, so I think Kross may have forgotten to attack Shirakawa first. Bayne then hit a tope suicida on Storm and Luther, who was checking on Storm as they went to an ad break. Kross and Bayne continued to get the heat on Storm throughout the break. Storm floated over a corner charge from Bayne and then rolled into a tag to Shirakawa.

Shirakawa hit a headscissors on Bayne and then a shotgun dropkick of the middle rope. Bayne picked up Storm on her shoulders for a Samoan drop and Shirakawa tried to ruin that with a crossbody, but Bayne caught her and hit a combo fall away slam and Samoan drop. Bayne went to the top rope and Shirakawa cut her off and her and Storm tried for a double superplex, but Kross came in and powerbombed Storm and Shirakawa off the ropes with the old Tower of Doom spot.

Bayne and Storm started exchanging forearms, then Kross hit Storm with kick, Shirakawa kicked Kross, and Storm hit a DDT on Bayne before hitting the hip attack and tagging out to Shirakawa who hit a slightly botched slingblade for a 2-count, but locked in a figure four afterwards. Bayne fought out of it and turned it over, but Storm rolled her back. Kross then came in and rolled it the other way. That was quite funny. Kross decided to come in and hit a senton that broke it up. Marina Shafir ran down to ringside and pulled Storm from the apron and hit a judo throw and then pulled Storm under the ring to choke her out with Mother’s Milk on the floor. Lena Kross then hit a jackhammer on Shirakawa for the pinfall victory.

Result: Megan Bayne & Lena Kross

–Mark Briscoe was backstage and said that he sensed that Tommaso Ciampa was off since he got to AEW, and that he honestly expected Ciampa to be the killer that would attack him. Briscoe said that he should have trusted his instincts and that he was really angry that the people that call the Briscoes their greatest rivals, FTR, would be joined by Ciampa. Briscoe then challenged them to a trios match on Dynamite, and said he was going to team with another of the Briscoe’s greatest rivals: The Young Bucks. I love Mark Briscoe promos.

The Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, & David Finlay) vs. Three enhancement talents

This was a massacre as the former Bullet Club War Dogs destroyed the enhancement talent here, with David Finlay finishing Monroe with a Overkill.

–Toni Storm came out and said enough was enough, and it was time for her to fight Marina Shafir at AEW Revolution, and after she beat Shafir, she was going to take back her AEW Women’s World Championship.

–Persephone winning the CMLL Women’s title from Mercedes Mone was recapped here, and they announced that Persephone would be facing Willow Nightingale for the TBS Championship on AEW Dynamite.

Claudio Castagnoli (w/ Marina Shafir & Jon Moxley) vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Moxley joined the commentary desk for this match. We have two very strong, very big athletic men in this match. Castagnoli and Takeshita then, to no surprise, tried to over power each other with shoulder tackles. Castagnoli raked the eyes and then hit a shoulder tackle to lay Takeshita out. Takeshtia got his arm worked over by Castagnoli in the corner, and Schiavone noted that Moxley was going to likely narrow in on that when their match happens, as Castagnoli softens him up. I liked that bit of commentary.

When they went to break, Moxley noted that Hechicero was targeting the arm of Moxley on Wednesday, so this is just a bit of payback to make Takeshita feel what he did. Moxley said with disgust that they were trying to soften him up, and that the failed. That was also great. Takeshtia hit a big pump kick on Castagnoli as they came back from break, but Castagnoli countered with a kimura. Takeshtia countered a European uppercut attempt with a hard forearm.

Takeshita hit a flying forearm and an exploder suplex, leading to cheers from the audience. Takeshita went for the Power Drive knee, but Castagnoli countered into a big swing and then locked on a combo armbar and STF. Takeshita eventually rolled out, but Castagnoli went right back to the arm. Takeshita responded with forearms and pulled Castagnoli into a Blue Thunder bomb for a 2-count. Takeshita threw Castagnoli around like he weighed nothing, and then Castagnoli popped Takeshita up into a pop-up uppercut. That ruled.

Castagnoli only got a 2-count so he grabbed two chairs from ringside and threw them into the ring, and as the referee was taking the chairs out, Castagnoli grabbed the CMLL Heavyweight Championship to hit Takeshita, but Hechicero pulled the title away from Castagnoli, coming out of nowhere, and distracted Castagnoli. This led to Takeshita hitting a huge tope con giro. Takeshita hit a Power Drive knee for a 2-count, and went for a second, but Castagnoli hit a European uppercut and went for the Neutralizer. Takeshita found out, and Castagnoli and Takeshita started exchanging forearms and uppercuts. Takeshtia countered another Neutralizer attempt into a hurricanrana and rolled back onto his feet, hit the Power Drive knee and then the Raging Fire for the pinfall.

Result: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Claudio Castagnoli

Oh my gosh, this match ruled. Castagnoli and Takeshita had an incredible match here. Go out of your way to watch this one.

–As Moxley and Takeshita were facing off on the floor, Hechicero ran towards Moxley and hit a forearm dropping him. Takeshita didn’t want this, saying he wanted a fair fight with Moxley. Moxley got up and immediately started brawling with Takeshita and Hechicero and Castagnoli came over and evened the odds. The show went off the air with mid-brawl, and this felt like a 1997 WCW Nitro ending as they ran out of time, and left us on a cliffhanger. Please, do what they did back in the 90s and show us the brawl being pulled apart on the next episode. Tremendous angle to close the show.

Final Thoughts

This might have been the best episode of AEW Collision this year, as it drove home a lot of angles to build to the AEW Revolution PPV. I was left very excited for next Wednesday with the matches announced, and left looking forward to Moxley and Takeshita, Shafir and Storm, the Bucks vs. FTR, and others. Excellent edition of AEW Collision.

AEW Dynamite – March 11, 2026

  • TBS Championship: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Persephone
  • MJF & Hangman Adam Page Press Conference
  • Dem Bucks (Mark Briscoe & The Young Bucks) vs. Tommaso Ciampa & FTR
  • TNT Championship: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Mike Bailey
  • Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy vs. David Finaly & Gabe Kidd

Tag Team title match, Takeshita vs. Castagnoli part of updated AEW Collision lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR will defend against The Rascalz as part of this Saturday’s updated AEW Collision lineup.

Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz earned the opportunity in a title eliminator against FTR last week with the winners of the match moving on to defend against The Young Bucks at this month’s Revolution pay-per-view.

At one point earlier on Dynamite, Dax Harwood challenge Tommaso Ciampa to a match on Collision that never came to be.

In a clash between the CMLL Heavyweight Champion and NJPW TV Champion, Claudio Castagnoli and Konosuke Takeshita will go one-on-one. Takeshita will challenge Castagnoli’s Death Riders teammate Jon Moxley at Revolution. It will be their third-ever singles match with their last being a 20-minute time limit draw at this past year’s Continental Classic.

Former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will take on Bandido’s brother Gravity after Strickland choked out Brody King Wednesday followed by Bandido coming out for the late save. It’s Gravity’s first AEW match since the much-discussed tag bout featuring he and Komander against Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews from a November 2023 Collision.

The new additions join a previously announced four-way tag team match that will see the AEW return of Rush & Dralistico.

Current AEW Collision lineup | Tucson, AZ | This Saturday

  • AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz)
  • Claudio Castagnoli vs. Konosuke Takeshita
  • Swerve Strickland vs. Gravity
  • place at Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.
  • LFI (Dralistico & Rush) vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)

AEW Collision ratings down against WWE Elimination Chamber

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 365,000 viewers on TNT, down 22.3% from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience reported for the show since January 24th, prior to when Nielsen made their latest adjustments to the way they determined ratings using the Big Data + Panel measurement system.

Collision averaged a 0.06 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 25% from last week and is also the lowest number the show had done in that category since the January 24th episode. The show had major competition with an NBA game on ESPN, College basketball on CBS and WWE’s broadcast of Elimination Chamber on ESPN+.

As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was up 30.4% while the 18-49 rating was identical.

Listed below are the last 10 weeks of available overall viewership and 18-49 rating, with the numbers for the January 17th show still not being reported, as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 1.8% in overall viewership and 20% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

DateCollision 18-49Collision overall
12/17/20250.05333,000
12/25/20250.04217,000
1/3/20260.03241,000
1/10/20260.03271,000
1/17/2026
1/24/20260.02253,000
1/31/20260.07492,000
2/7/20260.07388,000
2/14/20260.1561,000
2/21/20260.08470,000
2/28/20260.06365,000
*10 wk avg0.05358,444

WOL: Why WWE deserves credit for taking a chance on Danhausen

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: WWE

On a new Sunday Wrestling Observer Live, Josh Nason fills in for Andrew Zarian and recaps the big news from WWE Elimination Chamber which included the debut of Danhausen.

Josh makes the case why WWE should be applauded for the signing, plus gives his thoughts on the Chamber winners, Seth Rollins’ return and the news of the night.

He also looks at AEW Collision, next month’s Revolution, his experience trying to find wrestling on TV while on vacation, and more.

Click here to listen to the ad-free version or stream free on either Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

La Faccion Ingobernable in-ring return set for next AEW Collision

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

Rush and Dralistico of La Faccion Ingobernable are now confirmed for their in-ring return for the upcoming AEW Collision episode.

LFI member Rush and Dralistico will now take part in a 4-way tag match on the March 7 episode of Collision. Rush and Dralistico are now scheduled to face The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson), The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum), and Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) with $200,000 on the line.

Rush has been out of in-ring action and sidelined with a knee injury since November, 2025. He was previously scheduled to face Bandido for the ROH World Title at ROH Final Battle, which was later scrapped for a Survival of the Fittest match. His tag team partner, Dralistico, underwent surgery in December, 2025.

AEW Collision lineup | March 7, 2026

The upcoming March 7, 2026, episode of AEW Collision is set to take place at Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.

LFI (Dralistico & RUSH) vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) – $200,000 4-way tag team match

AEW Collision live results: Andrade El Idolo vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Posted on by Marc Quill

AEW Collision tonight is a taped show from the Mission Ballroom in Denver, Colorado.

One night after headlining NJPW The New Beginning USA in Trenton, New Jersey against Yota Tsuji, Andrade El Idolo will be in action against Tomohiro Ishii.

The Sisters of Sin, Julia Hart & Skye Blue, will face Kris Statlander and Thunder Rosa in tag team action.

Kazuchika Okada and Kyle Fletcher, known as ProtoKada, will wrestle Top Flight, Dante and Darius Martin

“Timeless” Toni Storm will be in action against Zayda Steel.

There will be an eight-man tag team match featuring members of the Don Callis Family against members of the Death Riders.

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Jay Lethal is also scheduled for the show.

The Brawling Birds, Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter, will be in action.

We will also hear from AEW World Champion MJF and AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla.

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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– Our show opened with Tony Schiavone introducing himself, Excalibur, and Nigel McGuinness before Maxwell Jacob Friedman interrupted.

MJF Opens Collision

The AEW World Champion angrily stormed down the ring and demanded that the Revolution situation be rectified, because he stated that he was a real wrestler and not an “indy deathmatch” wrestler. MJF wanted Tony Khan to change the match between him and Hangman Page and that Collision would not start until that was changed.

Kevin Knight’s music interrupted, as one-third of the current AEW Trios Champions interrupted Friedman. Knight said that he heard MJF said that he wanted something done, as then put himself over as someone who gets the job done in recent weeks. Knight said that tonight’s job was getting ahead of the whiny “crybaby ass bitch” that is MJF. Knight told Friedman that the people were tired of hearing about how MJF was better than everyone and how much money he has over everyone. Knight said that he had more “swag” than MJF and that the whole world knew that “The Jet” was way more handsome than him. Knight then went for the jugular and stated that maybe he was a better World Champion than Friedman, as he was the here and now.

MJF responded by taking offense at Knight thinking that he wanted to tell “Big Hebrew” how to do his job, as he told Knight to take a jet to El Paso and face him for the World Title at Dynamite. Friedman told Knight that once he was through with him, he was going to be nothing more than “history”.

This was a great opening segment to kick off the show. Kevin Knight hung tough against someone like MJF on the microphone and held his own quite well. Knight seemingly getting an AEW World Title shot against MJF on this coming Wednesday’s Dynamite is a good call and already adds a lot of fire to an intense World Title picture.

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– We got words from Mark Briscoe as he talked about Tommaso Ciampa’s match against Jay Lethal, as we then got remarks from the two competitors.

Eight-Man Tag: The Death Riders (PAC, Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli) (w/ Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir) vs. The Don Callis Family (Josh Alexander, Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, Lance Archer)

Moxley joined the commentary booth for this one, as the crowd chanted “F*ck Don Callis / F*ck ICE Too” before the match started.

Garcia and Romero started things off for their respective teams. The stalemate between the two was broken by a shoulder block, then a dropkick by Garcia on Romero. PAC was tagged in as he and Garcia showed some strong double-team action against Romero. Alexander and Castagnoli entered the match and sized one another before Alexander went on the attack. Sunset flip by Castagnoli got turned into a show of raw power with a deadlift gutwrench superplex on Alexander. Archer tagged in as he took Castagnoli down with a clothesline. In the corner, Archer repeatedly battered Castagnoli with running forearms. The RPG Vice duo of Romero and Beretta tried to double up on Castagnoli, but to little success.

Yuta tagged in and tried to go for a dive, but he got swept by Alexander, who tried to rip at Yuta’s toque covering his bald head. Things broke down a bit as Romero again tried to go after Yuta’s hat, then it escalated in and out of the ring with the teams brawling. Archer held Yuta in his hand, but his hand was bit, which allowed Yuta to take Archer down with a DDT. Yuta then took off and hit a diving cannonball on the Callis Family members outside the ring.

As things calmed down, Yuta hit a snap suplex on Beretta before he tagged PAC into the match. PAC flattened Beretta with a running dropkick, as he then hit a pump kick in the corner. As PAC tried to go up top, Romero grabbed at his leg, whidch allowed Beretta to hit a suplex on PAC. RPG Vice showed some nice teamwork on PAC as we went to break.

Collision’s opening bout returned as Alexander worked over PAC in the corner before he applied a sleeper on him. PAC tried to battle out of it, but a rolling senton put a stop to that. PAC eventually recovered and hit a release German suplex on Alexander to create an opening. RPG Vice took out the Death Riders members on the apron, as Romero fell victim to a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker from PAC. Finally, PAC was able to tag Castagnoli into the match.

Castagnoli battered Beretta and Alexander with roaring uppercuts a-plenty before he took Alexander for a ride with the Giant Swing. As Beretta leapt from the top rope, he was swatted down by Castagnoli’s European uppercut. Yuta tagged in and hit a variation of the Doomsday Device for a near-fall. Yuta smashed Beretta with the hammer-and-anvil elbows, but RPG Vice again got out of the chaos. Archer tagged in and chokeslammed Yuta, which almost knocked his hat out. The Death Riders tried to intercept, but were warded off. Castagnoli entered the ring with a chair, which allowed Marina Shafir to get into the mix, as she applied a sleeper on him. After Archer tossed Shafir aside, the Death Riders’ quartet hit a series of successive running uppercuts in the corner before Castagnoli slammed Archer. Yuta was thrown for the Fastball Special by Castagnoli on Archer, but the Don Callis Family members interrupted the count.

Back in the ring, Romero hit Sliced Bread on Yuta, but couldn’t get the win. Yuta got his wind back as he hit the Busaiku Knee on Romero to pick up the win in this fun opener.

After the match, Konosuke Takeshita appeared with a microphone and confronted the victorious Death Riders. He entered the ring and started mixing it up with Moxley in the ring. Complete chaos as their respective factions tried to break the two apart, but they were unsuccessful in doing so. Moxley and Takeshita continued to brawl up the ramp until things finally settled down.

The Death Riders def. The Don Callis Family via pinfall

This was a damn good opener, and this Callis Family vs. Death Riders feud has become quite interesting to see, especially as it’s technically a heel vs. heel feud. That hasn’t stopped things from feeling intense and this Moxley vs. Takeshita match with no time limit at Revolution should be a hell of a match.

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“Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa vs. Jay Lethal (w/ The Swirl)

Lethal and Ciampa got into a battle of chain wrestling in the early stages of this match before they stared one another down. After a shove from Ciampa, Lethal responded with a slap to the face. This turned into an exchange of strikes as Ciampa caught Lethal with a back elbow, followed by the back suplex. Ciampa chopped away at the chest of Lethal in the corner, as he held on to the ropes to block a suplex. After Lethal bumped into referee Paul Turner, Blake Christian got involved and hit a sliding German Suplex behind Turner’s back.

Now with the advantage, Lethal did the Ric Flair strut as he threw Ciampa out of the ring. Lee Johnson tried to attack Ciampa, but got punched instead. Ciampa got his pound of flesh on Christian as he hit him with a lariat. Meanwhile, Lethal took advantage of The Swirl’s involvement and hit Ciampa with a suicide dive that sent him over the commentary table as we took a break here.

We resumed from commercial as Lethal and Ciampa were both on the top rope fighting it out. Ciampa got pushed down, which allowed Lethal to go for the Macho Man Elbow. It was blocked as Lethal’s figure four was turned into a pin attempt by Ciampa. Kick out and the match continued. The Lethal Combination connected, which again gave Lethal the opportunity to go for the diving elbow, but Ciampa got out of the way. As both men recovered, they traded strikes as Ciampa avoided a Lethal Injection attempt. However, Ciampa could not avoid the cutter from Lethal. Another attempt at the Lethal Injection was blocked with a dropkick, as Ciampa lifted him up for the lifting lumbar slam. Near-fall as Lethal kicked out. Again, Christian and Johnson tried to interject, but were sent out of the ring for their troubles. Roll-up by Lethal is unsuccessful, as Ciampa eventually put an end to this with two brutal knees to the face of Lethal for the three.

Tommaso Ciampa def. Jay Lethal via pinfall

A solid match here, as Ciampa continues to feel like a revitalized talent in his AEW sojourn thus far. This signing of Ciampa has worked wonders and it shows in the quality of matches he’s had so far. I enjoyed this one a good deal, as it personifies the kind of wrestling that makes Collision an easy watch Saturday nights on the Mothership.

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– The Iinspiration had some remarks regarding The Brawling Birds for ruining their debut in AEW in Australia. We learned that the two would make their television debut on Dynamite this Wednesday.

– We got a really nice vignette about Clark Connors after the break, where Connors stated that he wasn’t afraid of the fightg.

The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor & Jamie Hayter) vs. Gypsy Mac & Tyra Russamee

Hayter started this match off working against Mac, as she struck with hard hitting fists, followed by a suplex. Hayter then took Mac to demand a tag to Russamee. Windsor entered the match and continued to live up to her team’s name as she struck Russamee with blows to the chest, followed by a kick to the back. Side headlock on Russamee by Windsor led to a blind tag from Hayter, which led to the Birds hitting a tandem attack on Russamee.

Outside the ring, Windsor took out Mac with a hard lariat. With Russamee isolated in the corner, Hayter and Windsor hit a double team chop on her before they connected with a double suplex. On opposite corners, Hayter and Windsor hit a double clothesline, followed by a variation of the Hart Attack to easily get the win.

The Brawling Birds def. Gypsy Mac & Tyra Russamee via pinfall

Pretty much just a showcase for the Brawling Birds. Not much else to say other than Hayter and Windsor do look solid as a team.

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– We got a promo for a $200,000 4-way tag match for the upcoming episode of Collision in Tucson, AZ. This match will feature The Outrunners, The Swirl, Private Party, and La Faccion Ingobernable

ProtOkada (Kyle Fletcher & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) (w/ Christopher Daniels)

Don Callis joined commentary for this match.

Okada and Darius started off the match for their teams as they got into an exchange of side headlock takeovers and head scissors. Okada then struck Darius with a boot to the gut as Fletcher got the tag. The ProtOkada duo showed some good teamwork with a double big boot on Darius, perhaps to the chagrin of Konosuke Takeshita. Top Flight got the advantage as they had Fletcher in their corner. Slingshot splash by Dante only got a near-fall. Okada pulled at Dante’s leg, which gave Fletcher the chance to hit a clothesline on Dante. Outside the ring, Okada dropped Dante with a DDT to the mat, which led to a break in the action.

This tag match returned as Dante struggled to get to his corner for a tag. He countered a back suplex attempt by Fletcher into a splash, but Okada clotheslined Darius out of the ring. Back in the ring, Dante did an awesome dodge of an Okada kick, which finally got Darius into the match. Darius was a furious flurry on offense as he connected with a Spanish fly, then a spear in the corner on Okada. Darius’ offense was snuffed out by a flapjack from Okada, which allowed Fletcher to tag in.

Fletcher sized Darius out for a running boot, but missed, which led to Dante tagging in. Dropkick into a German suplex, followed by the double team Angel’s Wings only got a near-fall. Outside the ring, Okada pulled out Dante and blasted Christopher Daniels with a boot to the face. In the ring, Fletcher took out Darius. Okada tagged in and hit his breathtaking dropkick, as he then dropped Darius with the Rainmaker. However, instead of going for the pin, Okada offered to tag in Fletcher. Dante was taken out in the corner by Fletcher, who then won this match with a brainbuster on Darius.

After the match, Fletcher demanded that Denver say his full name. He then put himself and Okada over as the two greatest champions in the history of AEW. But now, together as ProtOkada, they were unstoppable. That’s when they were interrupted by JetSpeed, Kevin Knight and “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

Bailey pointed out that Okada and Fletcher couldn’t possibly be the greatest since he beat Fletcher, and Knight beat Okada in the Continental Classic. In response, Fletcher did Okada’s “Bitch” catchphrase. Knight said that once he beats MJF for the AEW World Title, he’d love for Okada to be his first opponent. Bailey then said that he, Knight, and “Hangman” Adam Page would be more than happy to defend their AEW Trios Titles against Okada, Fletcher and any member of the Callis Family they chose.

ProtOkada def. Top Flight via pinfall

Some solid tag team action here between ProtOkada and the Martin brothers. Fast-paced action on a Saturday night certainly never hurts.

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– We got words from Darby Allin and Orange Cassidy about their challenge to Clark Connors and Gabe Kidd.

“Timeless” Toni Storm (w/ Luther)vs. Zayda Steel (w/ Christopher Daniels)

Storm offered a hand to Steel, who then kissed it as we got underway here. Storm held Steel’s hands in a test of strength as she then withstood two running shoulder blocks. Steel got the edge with the hurricanrana, followed by a dropkick to a seated Storm for the two-count. Storm recovered and hit a scoop slamp, then the snap suplex.

Steel got out of a Storm Zero attempt as she hit a lungblower on Storm. Tope suicida from Steel to Storm outside the ring kept momentum in her favor. On the top rope, diving crossbody by Steel on Storm got a near-fall. Unprettier attempt by Steel got reversed into a series of German suplexes from Storm. With Steel stunned in the corner, Storm made no mistake with the running hip attack, followed by the Storm Zero for the win in this quick bout.

After the match, Marina Shafir got in the ring as she and Storm began to brawl. Wheeler Yuta tried to get involved by grabbing Storm, but had his toque pulled outr, revealing his bald head for all the world to see. As Yuta scurried away into the crowd, Storm put on Yuta’s hat and stared down Shafir from the ring.

“Timeless” Toni Storm def. Zayda Steel via pinfall

A bit on the short side here, but the Storm and Shafir angle was good stuff after the match, as was Yuta’s bald head getting exposed.

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– Backstage, we got Hook talking about how everyone wanted to join The Opps as he mocked a random person. Hook was confronted by Anthony Bowens as he talked about being Hook’s best friend, which means he was offering to join The Opps as a result. However, Hook said that The Opps were a group of killers, but he wasn’t so sure if Bowens was enough of a killer to join the group. Hook said he’d think about Bowens’ status.

The Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue & Julia Hart) vs. Kris Statlander & Thunder Rosa

Hart and Rosa started off hot as the latter unleashed strikes on her foe. Rosa bashed Hart’s head across turnbuckles as she followed that up with a dropkick. Rosa connected with the sliding clothesline, but only got a two-count out of it. Skye grabbed at Rosa’s hair, which allowed Hart to take advantage. Skye tagged in as she and Hart hit a double flapjack, followed by kicks on Rosa.

Rosa recovered and left Skye isolated in her corner as Statlander tagged in and hit a hard running boot, followed by the Michinoku Driver. Skye escaped a suplex attempt by Statlander and retreated to her corner, as Hart tagged in. Back suplex countered by Hart as Skye made the blind tag. Statlander took Hart out, but Skye ambushed her with a running boot, as she and Hart had the advantage heading into the break.

We continued from commercial as Hart wrenched Statlander’s arm across top rope. However, Statlander dodged Skye’s running knee, which caused her to hit Hart on the apron instead. Statlander tossed Skye into Hart in the corner, which gave her the opening to tag Rosa in.

Rosa was a house of fire as she held her own against both Sisters of Sin. Rosa threw Hart out of the ring, as Skye got ahead of her with a jawbreaker. Hart tagged in, but couldn’t maintain any sort of advantage. Things descended into chaos with all four women into the ring. Rosa was deposited out of the ring as Skye and Hart hit a double thrust kick on Statlander after a double slam. Rosa stepped in and broke the count by shoving Skye into Hart covering Statlander. All four women were down, but recovered as we got a duel in the middle of the ring. Rosa dragged Hart out of the ring, which allowed Statlander to take care of Skye in short order. Hart was brought back in the ring, as Statlander hit her piledriver, followed by Rosa getting the win in this match.

After the match, the AEW Women’s Champion Thekla interrupted the celebration. She called Statlander and Rosa two “dumb bitches”, as she asked Statlander how she made her cry, bleed and how she took the AEW Women’s World Title. Thekla said that she didn’t fight to win, she fought to kill, stating that Rosa and Statlander were the past of the AEW Women’s Division, as it now belonged to her.

Thunder Rosa & Kris Statlander def. The Sisters of Sin via pinfall

A nice little women’s tag match, and it’s always great to see Thunder Rosa back in action after a long layoff. Her match with Thekla for the AEW Women’s World Championship on Dynamite this Wednesday should be a great one. I can’t wait. We should be in for a banger.

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Andrade El Idolo vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Don Callis once again joined commentary before this match.

Andrade had Ishii in the corner, but was forced to back away by referee Aubrey Edwards as the two then stared one another down. Andrade had the side headlock applied on Ishii, but got outmuscled out of the hold. Ishii threw Andrade into the ropes, but he tranquillo’d his way between the ropes to avoid a crash outside the ring. On the top rope, Andrade hit a nice crossbody on Ishii for a two-count. Ishii got back up and chopped Andrade’s chest, as he then took him down with a pitbull-sized shoulder tackle. Andrade responded by nailing an Okada-style dropkick on Ishii, which sent him rolling out of the ring. On the apron, Andrade’s attempt at the dive was stopped as Ishii pulled at the legs to slam him face-first onto the hardest part of the ring.

Back inside the ring, Ishii targeted Andrade’s chest with chops, but got met with a boot to the face afterwards. Andrade raked at Ishii’s eye and hit a running pump kick afterwards. One, two…. not quite. Andrade sent Ishii out of the ring and dragged him across to the commentary table and slammed him across it.. Don Callis flinched and was afraid of Ishii going after him. Meanwhile, Andrade took a selfie with a female fan in the crowd while enjoying a bite out of a bar of chocolate. This took us into the commercial.

Our main event continued as Ishii hit a suplex on Andrade to stop the Three Amigos. This caused Don Callis to jump out of the commentary desk to try and rally Andrade to get back up. In the ring, Ishii nailed a back suplex on Andrade as he targeted him for a lariat. Andrade dodged that attempted and this time got a chance to hit the Three Amigos with no mistake. One, two…. Ishii kicked out at two! Ishii tried for a running attack in the corner, but Ishii dodged it and hit a German suplex. Andrade landed on his feet following that suplex, but found himself crushed by a headbutt from the Stone Pitbull. Sliding lariat by Ishii on Andrade, but that only got a near-fall. Now both men were giving each other their best strikes until Andrade drove Ishii down into the middle turnbuckle. With Ishii in a supine position in the corner, this gave Andrade the chance to hit the running Meteora into the corner. Again, Ishii showed some great endurance as he kicked out at two.

Andrade dragged Ishii to the middle of the ring and headed to the top rope, connecting with the moonsault prerss on his foe. Uno, dos… no mas! Andrade set up Ishii for the DM, but he got hit with an enzuigiri. Ishii couldn’t connect with the brainbuster, as Andrade responded with his deadly back elbow. One, two… 2.99999999! Finally, Andrade got the win after finishing Ishii off with the DM to cap off another fantastic night of action on Collision, or so we thought.

After the match, Bandido made his presence known and stared down Andrade, who took off his pants and stared down his Revolution foe.

Andrade El Idolo def. Tomohiro Ishii via pinfall

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A heck of a hard hitting main event between Ishii and Andrade to end our night. I’ve been on record as calling Collision the perfect “cozy wrestling” show where you can just tune in and enjoy some great AEW action, and tonight was no exception.

The opening eight-man tag match, ProtOkada vs. Top Flight, and Andrade vs. Ishii were my standouts for tonight, and I liked that the world title scene gets a little more interesting with Kevin Knight calling his shot at MJF. Just another entertaining AEW Collision from start to finish.

AEW Collision spoilers from Denver, Colorado

Posted on by F4W Staff

The following are spoilers for this Saturday’s AEW Collision from Mission Ballroom in Denver, Colorado. The episode was taped on Wednesday after Dynamite and will air on Saturday, February 28, 2026.

The following results are courtesy of PWInsider.

Collision spoilers from Denver, Colorado:

  • Nigel McGuinness was back.
  • AEW Champion MJF and Kevin Knight had a face-to-face segment in the ring.
  • The Death Riders (PAC, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, & Claudio Castagnoli) defeated The Don Callis Family (Rocky Romero, Trent Beretta, Josh Alexander, & Lance Archer). Konosuke Takeshita and Jon Moxley got into a brawl after.
  • Andrade el Idolo defeated Tomohiro Ishii.
  • Toni Storm defeated Zayda Steel.
  • Tommaso Ciampa defeated Jay Lethal.
  • The Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter & Alex Windsor) defeated Gypsy Mac & Tyler R.
  • Kyle Fletcher & Kazuchika Okada defeated Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin).
  • Kris Statlander & Thunder Rosa defeated Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue).

AEW Slam Dunk editions of Collision returning in March, Zero Hour update

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW will once again be holding Slam Dunk editions of Collision in March due to NCAA tournament coverage on TNT.

The HBO Max listings for March have one hour editions set for 11 pm Eastern on both Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22 after NCAA coverage.

Those week’s episodes will be taped in Fresno, California, after the March 18 Dynamite.

Other AEW notes from the Max listings:

  • A one hour Zero Hour pre-show will return for next month’s Revolution, listed at 7 pm Eastern for March 14 with the PPV beginning at 8 pm Eastern. The Revolution countdown show will air after that Saturday’s Collision per usual.
  • Last September’s All Out from Toronto will be uploaded to the HBO Max archives.
  • On March 27, episodes of AEW Dynamite and Rampage from 2023 during MJF’s first World title run will be uploaded to the archives.
  • All other new Dynamite and Collision will begin at their usual start times.

MJF, Toni Storm, Tommaso Ciampa announced for AEW Collision lineup

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

After having his plan thwarted on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, reigning World Champion MJF will appear on this Saturday’s AEW Collison.

MJF attempted to use a trick quarter on a coin flip to get his preferred stipulation for his title defense against Hangman Page at next month’s Revolution. However, Page called him out and he got his own stipulation instead: a Texas Death Match.

AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla will also be heard from ahead of her title defense against Thunder Rosa on next week’s Dynamite. Rosa and Kris Statlander will take on the Sisters of Sin.

Former AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm will be in action against Zayda Steel.

After Kazuchika Okada again propositioned Kyle Fletcher to team up, Protokada will team for the first time ever as they face Top Flight.

For the first time since losing the TNT title, Tommaso Ciampa will compete, taking on former ROH World Champion Jay Lethal for the first time since 2015.

After answering Bandido’s challenge for a match at Revolution, Andrade El Idolo will go one-on-one with Tomohiro Ishii for the first time ever.

In an eight-man tag match, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Daniel Garcia of the Death Riders battle Rocky Romero, Lance Archer, Josh Alexander & Trent Beretta of the Don Callis Family.

The show is rounded out by the Brawling Birds in action against opponents to be named.

AEW Collision lineup | This Saturday (taped Wednesday) | Denver, CO

  • MJF appearance
  • Thekla appearance
  • Protokada (Kyle Fletcher & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin)
  • Toni Storm vs. Zayda Steel
  • Tommaso Ciampa vs. Jay Lethal
  • Andrade El Idolo vs. Tomohiro Ishii
  • Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, PAC & Daniel Garcia) vs. Don Callis Family (Rocky Romero, Lance Archer, Josh Alexander & Trent Beretta)
  • Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter & Alex Windsor in action
  • Sisters of Sin (Skye Blue & Julia Hart) vs. Kris Statlander & Thunder Rosa

WOR: AEW Collision & WWE SmackDown recaps, Booker T

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

Dave and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio. Bryan Alvarez will be back on the next show.

We recapped AEW Collision and Friday Night’s SmackDown.

We also discussed the weekend news including the following:

  • The situation in Mexico
  • NXT being preempted in some markets this week
  • Booker T
  • Bruiser Brody and Jimmy Snuka
  • Will Hobbs/Royce Keys

Click here to listen (sub needed) or watch on YouTube

The Rascalz earn future AEW Tag Team title match on Collision

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The Rascalz have earned a future AEW title match.

In the main event of Saturday’s Collision, The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier) defeated FTR to earn a shot at their Tag Team titles.. The Young Bucks played into the finish, coming out and distracting Harwood long enough for him to walk into a superkick. The Rascalz then hit the Hot Fire Flame for the surprise victory.

A big angle took place after the match when GOA ran down to attack The Young Bucks. FTR meanwhile turned their attention to the Jackson family at ringside. They proceeded to throw powder at The Young Bucks’ father while dragging their brother Malachi, a former wrestler, into the ring. They proceeded to give Malachi a stuff piledriver as Jack Perry attempted to make the save, only to be laid out by Ricochet who blindsided Perry from the crowd. The closing moments of Collision saw The Rascalz and The Young Bucks tend to Malachi.

FTR are currently set to defend the AEW Tag Team titles against The Young Bucks at Revolution after Nick & Matt Jackson defeated The Rascalz and the returning Private Party in a three-way number one contender’s match on a recent episode of Dynamite.

AEW Collision live results: The Demand vs. JetSet Rodeo

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

All Elite Wrestling presents a live episode of Collision tonight.

Three matches have been advertised for the show ahead of time, including two championship bouts.

The AEW World Trios titles will be on the line as JetSet Rodeo’s Hangman Page, Kevin Knight, and Mike Bailey defend against The Demand’s Ricochet, Bishop Khan, and Toa Liona.

Claudio Castagnoli will defend the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against Josh Alexander. Alexander was at Arena Mexico last night defending his Maple Leaf Pro World Championship in CMLL.

Former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa will return to the ring for the first time in eight months when she faces Julia Hart tonight. This will be her first match since competing in the Casino Gauntlet at AEW All In Texas. The night before that event, she wrestled Athena at Supercard of Honor.

Tonight’s show takes place at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California.

Our live coverage kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, & Toa Liona) vs. Jet Set Rodeo (Hangman Adam Page, Mike Bailey, & Kevin Knight) for the AEW World Trios Championship

Bailey and Ricochet started the match, but it was not long before Ricochet shoved Bailey into Knight, and then Kaun and Liona took out Hangman Page and Knight on the floor. The Demand isolated Page in the early part of the match, but Page continued to fight back, sending Ricochet to the floor and countered a back suplex attempt leaving an opening for Knight, who spring boarded in and hit a dropkick on Kaun and Toa.

Knight tagged in, but Ricochet yanked his hair and tagged out to Kaun, who quickly pounced and started beating on Knight. Bailey tagged in and hit a standing shooting star press on Ricochet after a moment. Bailey ate a knee to the back from Kaun, allowing Ricochet to attack from behind, sending Bailey to the floor, and Kaun started driving Bailey into the guardrail before sending Bailey into a charging Liona as they now started their first extended heat segment on the babyfaces.

Bailey and Liona started facing off after a few minutes, and Bailey had to use his speed and kicks to wear Liona down until he hit a dropkick from the top rope to create the opening that let him tag in Adam Page. Page then ran wild, hitting a fallaway slam on Ricochet, a dive on Kaun, and a Yakuza kick on Liona that sent him into the timekeeper’s area. Kaun and Liona rushed the ring and sent Knight and Bailey to the outside before allowing Ricochet to hit a 450 splash on Page for a 2-count.

Liona hit a fallaway slam/Samoan drop combo on Bailey and Knight, but it wasn’t long before Knight hit a springboard lariat on Liona in response while Bailey hit a moonsault to the floor on Kaun. Ricochet, however, hit Hangman Page with a poisonrana. Bailey hit a kick on Ricochet, Kaun hit a Pedigree on Bailey, Knight hit a DDT on Kaun, Liona took out Knight, Bailey took out Liona, Ricochet took out Bailey, and Hangman hit a tombstone on Ricochet and everyone was down.

Page hit Dead Eye on the apron on Liona, but ate a knee from Ricochet. Bailey hit a kick on Ricochet and then hit a triangle moonsault on Kaun. Ricochet pulled the referee in front of a Buckshot Lariat and hit Vertigo on Page for a 2-count. Ricochet went for the Spirit Gun but Ricochet was distracted by Jack Perry’s music hitting. Ricochet sent Hangman out of the ring and turned back to face Perry, but Hangman actually landed on the apron, so Ricochet turned around into a Buckshot Lariat for the pinfall.

Result: Jet Set Rodeo defeats The Demand and retains the AEW Trios Championship

–FTR walked up on The Rascalz, talking about their smoking habits and how they disapproved. FTR said he wish they won the tag team match to face FTR at the PPV, but they didn’t. The Rascalz then challenged them to an eliminator match, and FTR decided if they wanted a fight that badly, they would give it to them.

The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson)

The entire family of Matt and Nick Jackson were in the crowd, including their brother Malachi, and all their own kids plus nieces and nephews, and their dad, who they once superkicked on a ROH PPV years ago. As The Swirl made their entrance, a promo aired with them and Jay Lethal, and it appears Lethal is acting as a mentor to The Swirl now. They promised to take it to the Young Bucks, and they threw a superkick at the camera, which made Jay Lethal laugh.

To say this match was fast would be an understatement, as all 4 guys moved at a ridiculous pace. The Bucks hit planchas to the floor on both men, but as Blake Christian got into the ring, he hit a tope suicida into a moonsault on the Bucks while Lee Johnson hit a tope con giro on both Bucks. An exchange of superkicks started, but it ended with Nick Jackson rolling up Blake Christian into a superkick from Matt Jackson, and Johnson was subsequently taken out with a superkick as well.

During the break, The Swirl managed to isolate Matt Jackson and started working him over, taunting Nick, allowing them to isolate Matt further when Nick tried to get in the ring but the referee stopped him. As they came back, Blake Christian was hitting a springboard moonsault to the floor on Nick Jackson, then hitting a combo Death Valley Driver and double stomp on Matt Jackson for a 2-count, but Nick made the save.

Matt Jackson got locked in a front face lock by Blake Christian, but Matt Jackson hit two Northern Lights suplexes until Lee Johnson knocked Nick Jackson off the apron, then Matt Jackson hit a Northern Lights suplex on both men before tagging out to Nick Jackson, who continues to be ones of the best hot tags in wrestling. The Bucks hanged Blake Christian on the ropes and Nick Jackson hit a double stomp on Christian that sent him flying off the ropes into a powerbomb from Matt Jackson for a 2-count.

Blake Christian hit a Fosbury Flop to the floor on Matt Jackson, catching him in a reverse DDT position, which was cool looking. Lee Johnson floated over the ropes and hit a splash off the apron into a Scorpion Death Drop on Matt Jackson on the floor. However, the Bucks regrouped quickly, hitting a Doomsday device on Lee Johnson which sent him moonsaulting onto Blake Christian. They then hit Christian with the BTE Trigger for the win.

Result: The Young Bucks defeated The Swirl

Great tag match here, with The Young Bucks again looking like the best tag team in the world. To be fair, they usually do that.

–A recap of MJF and Adam Page’s face to face on Dynamite aired. That was a great segment, so it was good seeing it recapped her.

–A recap of MJF facing Zilla Fatu at HOG wrestling aired, showing his successful defence of the AEW Championship, but also Andrade El Idolo’s interference in the match. Andrade said that MJF has a line of people looking for a shot in AEW, but he only gives shots to someone at HOG, and suggested MJF Was scared of him. MJF said that if Andrade wanted the AEW title, he better make sure he doesn’t miss when he takes his shot. This was great.

Josh Alexander (w/ Lance Archer) vs. Claudio Castagnoli (w/ Marina Shafir) for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship

Like the last CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, they had Tony Khan present the title before the match, following CMLL rules. Alexander and Castagnoli started fast, with Claudio hitting the ropes so hard he looked as fast as the Young Bucks, and he caught Alexander in midair and hit a backbreaker. Castagnoli sent Alexander into the front row with a European uppercut. Castagnoli and Alexander exchanged chops and strikes in the middle of the ring.

Castagnoli sent Alexander back into the corner and hit a series of chops before hitting an overhead chop on Alexander in the middle of the ring. When they went to the floor, Alexander managed to attack the knee of Castagnoli’s knee, working it over the next few minutes to try and take the larger Castagnoli off his feet. Alexander locked a figure four leglock on Castagnoli as they came back from the break. Castagnoli rolled back and forth until he was able to turn the move over, forcing Alexander to break the hold.

Alexander responded by kicking Castagnoli’s leg out of his leg, but Castagnoli was still able to deadlift Alexander and drop him, leading to another striking battle, with Castagnoli using a series of hard European uppercuts. Castagnoli hit a cutter out of the corner that would have made DDP proud for a 2-count. Castagnoli went for the Giant Swing, but Alexander transitioned into a Boston Crab. Alexander got shoved away with Castagnoli’s leg strength, but managed to dodge a pump kick from Castagnoli before hitting a suplex on the apron. Castagnoli managed to counter a roll up into a double stomp on Alexander.

Alexander hit an enziguri on Castagnoli, but Castagnoli popped him up into a huge European uppercut for a 2-count. Castagnoli picked him up, but Alexander countered into a leg lock. Castagnoli countered it into a massive deadlift vertical suplex, which was insane. Castagnoli went for the Gotch Style Neutralizer, but Archer got on the apron. Marina Shafir hopped on the apron too and got in the face of Archer, letting Castagnoli hit a pump kick that sent him to the floor. Alexander hit a German suplex on Castagnoli. Castagnoli dodged a corner charge, did the giant swing, and hit the Neturalizer for the pinfall victory.

Result: Claudio Castagnoli defeated Josh Alexander to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship

This was a very good title match. I have really enjoyed the CMLL title matches we have seen in AEW.

Megan Bayne vs. Becca

Poor Becca ate a dropkick as the bell rang and Bayne hit a German suplex and shoulder thrusts in the corner. The fans actually chanted quite loudly for Becca, but unfortunately it did not help as Bayne threw her around the ring, including a back suplex into the ring while Becca was on the apron. Bayne hit the running Liger Bomb for the pinfall finish.

Result: Megan Bayne defeated Becca

–We saw highlights of Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe, starting with Fletcher’s win over Tomasso Ciampa, and then Fletcher’s ladder match with Briscoe.

–Tomasso Ciampa was backstage with Lexy Nair, and he talked about how Kyle Fletcher took the TNT title to Australia and stayed there after beating Briscoe, but that he wanted to make it clear – when Fletcher was done with his vacation, he wanted to get his title back.

The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, PAC, & Wheeler Yuta) (w/ Marina Shafir) vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Mark Davis, & El Clon)

Yuta was wearing a touque (a beanie for my American friends) to cover his baldness, which is hilarious. This is a nice happy medium between using headgear and a wig, and just not caring about the baldness. PAC and El Clon had a fast exchange until Clon lured PAC into a punch from Davis, who tagged in and started to beat on the smaller PAC. Moxley ended up tagging in for a hot tag, and he hit a cutter on Davis, before the res of the Death Riders stacked Davis in the corner and all three men hit a series of attacks on him.

Moxley locked in the Bulldog Choke on Davis, but Takeshita came into the ring and broke up the submission before Davis hit a double sledge into the face of Moxley as they went to a break. Takeshita pulled Moxley to the floor and sent him into the barricade, and then back into the ring for Davis to hit a big forearm to the seated Moxley.

Moxley and Takeshita ended up exchanging forearms on the floor, but Moxley get sent into the steps and was down again. Clon and PAC ended up back in the ring, and it ended with PAC hitting a flying forearm on Clon and then a running hurricanrana on Takeshita, then a missile dropkick on Davis before hitting a top rope moonsault onto all three men on the floor. PAC and Shafir exchanged a high five and fist bump because PAC rules.

PAC hit a tombstone on Clon and went to hit something off the top rope, but Takeshita hit him with a forearm. Yuta hit the busaiku knee on Takeshita, and Moxley hit a double DDT on Davis and Clon, but Clon managed to pop up and handspring back onto his feet and hit a kick on Moxley. PAC hit a shotgun dropkick on Clon, and everyone was down.

Davis brought a chair into the ring, but Marina Shafir stole it from him, and Yuta blind tagged in on PAC before hitting Takeshita with a splash and going for Bryan Danielson’s Cattle Mutilation. Takeshtia hit a hard pump kick on Yuta, but Yuta grabbed the ropes and slingshotted back in but ate a forearm from Takeshita. Takeshita hit the Raging Fire on Yuta for the pinfall. Yuta managed to keep his touque on.

Result: The Don Callis Family defeated The Death Riders

–Takeshita and Moxley faced off against each other in the ring after the match, but Yuta and Davis came back in, and as Takeshita took out Yuta, Moxley took out Davis. Moxley then hit Takeshita with a Paradigm Shift, leaving him laying like Takeshita left Moxley laying in Australia last Saturday.

–The Babes of Wrath were backstage talking about how they had three title defences in the last week or so, and that every single time Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne have tried to beat them, they have failed, so if they were going to keep coming at them, Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron will keep beating them.

Julia Hart vs. Thunder Rosa

This was a decent match, though really not anything special. Thunder Rosa was clearly excited to be back. Hart, being a star, did get more offence than someone would normally get in this one, so it was more back and forth than some of the other return matches we have seen for stars against local enhancement talent. Hart locked on an Octopus Stretch after a tarantula, but Rosa powered out with a sidewalk slam. After a leg trip from Hart, she went for a moonsault, but Rosa countered by getting the feet up and hit the Fire Thunder Driver for the pinfall.

Result: Thunder Rosa defeated Julia Hart

–Thekla was in the crowd and cut a promo on Thunder Rosa. As Rosa was distracted, Julia Hart went to attack from behind, but Kris Statlander ran down to make the save.

–Private Party, the Bang Bang Gang, Dalton Castle, The Outrunners, and Anthony Bowens were partying backstage, and the men all identified the problem – there were no women there, to which Bowens was the only guy that cheered. That was funny. They then vowed to continue the party. That was fun, though I’m not sure its going anywhere.

–Gabb Kidd and Clark Connors interrupted Tony Schiavone and Excalibur running announced matches for the next few shows, and talked about how they are going to target Orange Cassidy next because he got involved in their business, and Kidd challenged Cassidy to a match anytime, anyplace.

The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) (w/ Myron Reed) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Stokely Hathaway) in a Title Eliminator Match

The family of the Young Bucks all booed FTR heavily, while they threatened the children of Matt and Nick Jackson. That was some good heel work there. Stokely eyed them all with disgust as they booed him. This was great. As Excalibur said Dax Harwood had the striking advantage over Zachary Wentz, Wentz slapped him so hard he collapsed. Wentz hit a torneo on Harwood and then tagged out to Xavier. Xavier was driven back into the corner and immediately dropped by FTR.

Wheeler sent Xavier into the guardrail multiple times and then got in the face of Matt Jackson’s kids, telling them this is what would happen if they didn’t stay in school while chopping Xavier. That was funny. They also shoved Malachi, Matt & Nick’s brother. FTR continued to beat on Xavier in the ring. Harwood went for a slingshot suplex on Xavier, but he countered it and escaped it, hitting a kick and going for a sunset flip. Wentz leapfrogged Harwood, who was hanging onto the ropes, and hit Wheeler while Xavier got a nearfall on Harwood.

As this was going on, Tony Schiavone announced that Swerve Strickland was fined $100,000 for his attack on Kenny Omega after their match on AEW Dynamite, further establishing his heel turn. I liked that note, though it would have been good to hear it after a recap video. That said, I’ll take what I can get. Harwood hit a Tiger Driver on Wentz for a 2-count. Xavier made a save and helped Wentz hit the Hot Fire Flame, but Harwood got the knees up and then hit a brainbuster on Wentz for a 2-count.

Dezmond Xavier went for a tope suicida on Cash Wheeler, but he hit a flying knee as Xavier came out and crashed face first to the floor. Myron Reed was then attacked by Wheeler, and as he was attacking, The Young Bucks came down to shoe the referee what was happening. This distracted Cash Wheeler, who grabbed a chair to chase off the Bucks, but Harwood turned into a superkick and The Rascalz hit the Hot Fire Flame and pinned Harwood!

Result: The Rascalz defeated FTR in a Title Eliminator Match

–GoA ran down to the ring and attacked the Young Bucks, and Papa Buck shoved Harwood, so Stokley Hataway threw powder into the face of Papa Buck and dragged Malachi into the ring and hit a spike piledriver. Jack Perry tried to run down to make the save, but had his head taken off by Ricochet with a Spirit Gun, and the Bucks and The Rascalz tended to Malachi, who sold that piledriver really well (he was once a wrestler as well, but only worked from 2004-2010, but that sell was great).

Final Thoughts

The closing angle for the show was a big heat angle, and further establishes FTR as attacking family members of the people they are facing. They have not done this since Toronto against Beth Phoenix, but now did it again here with Malachi Jackson. It seems like a pretty strong hint that Adam Copeland and Christian Cage are going to be back soon, but also helped add heat to the match with the Young Bucks, while the main event itself established yet another contender for the tag titles in The Rascalz, and hinted at GoA being in the picture too. I like having multiple teams gunning for the tag titles the way there are multiple people going after MJF for the World title. That makes the programs around the titles interesting, and it means we have several different directions they can go, which is always good. Good episode of AEW Collision this week.