Dynamite
Date: February 25, 2026
Location: Mission Ballroom, Denver, Colorado
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness

We’re almost to Revolution and the big story this week is finding out what kind of stipulation we’ll be having for the World Title match. MJF gets to pick the stipulation for his match with Hangman Page, which could be just about anything. Other than that, we need to add some more things to the card so let’s get to it.

Here is Collision if you need a recap.

The Babes Of Wrath and Megan Bayne/Penelope Ford are ready to fight, with Lena Kross ready to help the villains.

We look back at FTR attacking the Young Bucks’ family on Collision so tonight it’s Mile High Madness.

Jon Moxley vs. El Clon

Non-title Eliminator match. They go with the grappling to start and Clon takes it to the mat, where his headscissors is quickly broken up. Back up and Clon’s running shoulder doesn’t do much so he puts Moxley down with a dropkick instead. Moxley is right back up to knock him outside for a beating against the barricade. Back in and a crash landing gives Moxley two and it’s off to something like a reverse Kofi Clutch, with Clon making the rope. Clon hammers away in the corner so Moxley rolls outside, where he gets taken out by a dive.

We take a break and come back with Moxley fighting out of a seated abdominal stretch and rolling outside again. This time Clon boots him in the face but Moxley fights back for a ram into the barricade. That and a suicide dive have Clon in more trouble and the big clothesline drops him again inside.

Clon flips over him in the corner and immediately has to escape the bulldog choke. Moxley is sent outside again, this time for a heck of a step up moonsault to the floor. Back in and Clon dives into a cutter (that looked good too) but pops up to drop Moxley again. The top rope double stomp gives Clon two but Moxley reverses into a Death Rider. The Paradigm Shift gives Moxley the pin at 16:16.

Rating: B+. It’s amazing how much easier it is to watch a Don Callis Family match when there’s no Don Callis. This was an interesting mesh of styles as Moxley would hit him really hard but Clon would pop back up to do a big dive. I got into this despite having no interest in Clon most of the time. Rather good match here and a hot opener to the show.

We look back at Swerve Strickland turning evil again on Kenny Omega last week.

Prince Nana comes in to say Swerve doesn’t care about his $100,000 fine and introduces Swerve, who stands on the announcers’ table. Swerve knows that some people don’t like what he did last week but he had to prove how dangerous he can be. He made a killing taking out the Elite over the last year and that takes him back to All In, where he talked to Hangman Page. Does he feel bad about what he’s done? Back then he said yes, but now he realizes he needs to go back to that way to get back on top.

Brody King is ready to take out Mark Davis on his path back to the World Title. Bandido approves.

Orange Cassidy vs. Gabe Kidd

Kidd stomps away in the corner to start and sends Cassidy crashing into the corner. A quick small package gives Cassidy one and he sends Kidd into a turnbuckle. Oddly enough, Kidd seems to like that and punches Cassidy out for two as we take a break. We come back with Cassidy’s tornado DDT being blocked and Kidd shoving him over the top. Cassidy starts posing a bit to mess with Kidd, which is enough for Cassidy to grab a Stundog Millionaire.

The top rope DDT gives Cassidy two and a spinning DDT puts Kidd down again. The Orange Punch is countered into a stacked up powerbomb to give Kidd two more and he blasts Cassidy with a clothesline. Back up and Cassidy goes with the lazy strikes and a Beach Break gets a quick two. Kidd hides behind the referee to avoid the Orange Punch though, allowing him to rake the eyes. A jumping piledriver finishes Cassidy at 10:14.

Rating: B-. Kidd beat him up pretty well here and beating Cassidy still feels like a big deal. Kidd is still getting established around here and he’s good enough as the slightly crazy guy who gets in violent fights. I’m not sure how much different that is than Moxley, but it’s pretty much what Kidd does.

Post match Clark Connors comes in to hammer Cassidy but Darby Allin makes the save with the skateboard.

Thunder Rosa gets a Women’s Title match next week and Kris Statlander says she’ll be in the corner. Just be careful. When asked why she cares so much, Statlander has nothing to say.

Kevin Knight vs. Mansoor

Mansoor actually takes him down to start and stomps away in the corner. An atomic drop into a spinebuster connect to let Mansoor miss a moonsault. Knight is back with a running hurricanrana and DDT, setting up the UFO Splash for the pin on Mansoor at 2:55.

Post match Knight says he knows Hangman Page will win the World Title and he’d love a shot. Makes sense.

Tony Schiavone is in the ring for the decision on the Revolution World Title match stipulation. Hangman Page and MJF come to the ring, with MJF telling the fans to keep it quiet. MJF recaps the idea of Page not being able to challenge again if he loses and references doing the same thing to Cody Rhodes. After throwing his gum into the crowd (“in the trash”), MJF suggests a coin toss to decide the stipulation. If Page wins, it’s a Texas Deathmatch, but if MJF wins, it’s a one way No DQ match, meaning MJF can do whatever he want but Page can be disqualified.

Page is on and talks about the variety of things he could do in a Texas Deathmatch. If Page can’t beat a piece of s*** like Page, he doesn’t deserve to be champion. MJF then wins the coin flip…but Page wants to see the coin. Jet Speed, Brody King and Bandido come out to cut off his escape and of course it’s a two sided coin. Therefore, according to Tony Khan, it’s a Texas Deathmatch. Fair enough here, as this made sense from all sides.

We look back at the Brawling Birds’ debut.

The Birds are happy with their win and don’t give a f*** who they have to fight.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Women’s Tag Team Titles: Megan Bayne/Penelope Ford vs. Babes Of Wrath

The Babes are defending. Bayne and Nightingale start things off with Nightingale winning an exchange of shoulders. Ford comes in and gets clotheslined in the corner, setting up the double backsplash to give Cameron two. The champs clear the ring but Bayne gets back up for a double suicide dive. Ford goes up for a moonsault but lands between Nightingale and Cameron (who go down anyway), with Ford’s knee not looking great on the landing.

We come back with Ford nowhere to be seen and Cameron fighting out of trouble to hand it back to Nightingale. Some corner clotheslines have Bayne down on the floor and the running flip dive off the apron connects. The Babe With The Powerbomb is blocked but Lena Kross comes into hit Nightingale with a belt for the DQ at 8:07.

Rating: C+. This is a hard one to grade as the injury changed everything they had going. Hopefully Ford isn’t hurt too badly as a knee injury of any kind can be devastating. It’s kind of hard to imagine that the titles were going to change hands here, and hopefully that ending sets up a rematch where Ford can stay healthy.

Post match the beatdown ensues with Bayne getting one of the belts.

Brody King vs. Mark Davis

Don Callis is on commentary. They chop it out to start with Davis going to the eyes to take over. A slam puts Davis down but King is back as the fans are chanting “F*** DON CALLIS! F*** ICE TOO!”). King hits a Death Valley Driver but gets sent crashing out to the floor as we take a break.

We come back with King winning the exchange of forearms and sending Davis outside. The suicide dive connects and a running crossbody drives Davis into the barricade. Back in and the cannonball connects but Davis slips over his back into a chinlock. That’s broken up in a hurry so they trade suplexes, followed by a clothesline from Davis to leave both of them down. Back up and King hits a pair of clotheslines of his own for the pin at 10:15.

Rating: B-. This was a straight up hoss fight and that’s a good way to use both of them. They got to beat each other up for a few minutes here and that’s always going to work with stars their size. I’m not sure what is next for King, but he’s on a roll right now and AEW would be smart to follow up on what he’s doing.

Post match Bandido comes out to check on King, who says he wants to face Swerve at Revolution. Bandido wants a fight of his own there so here is Andrade El Idolo.

Kyle Fletcher dubs his title Pinkie and Kazuchika Okada comes in to say they’re both champions, unlike Konosuke Takeshita. Okada wants to team up on Collision and yes they have a team name, because that’s the most important thing in the world these days.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Jack Perry/Young Bucks/Rascalz vs. The Demand/FTR

Anything goes and the villains jump Perry during his entrance. The Bucks and Rascalz run in and the brawl/match are on with Perry’s music still going. We go triple screen as the Rascalz hit some dives to take out the Demand, leaving FTR and the Bucks to brawl in the crowd. Stokely Hathaway is used as a weapon to knock Matt down the steps but Matt is back up to pour trash on Harwood.

Perry takes out Ricochet and Kaun on the floor but Liona Pounces him over the barricade. Matt beats up FTR in the crowd as everyone else (like you can tell) is back at ringside. The Gates throw Xavier down inside and we take a break. We come back with Myron Reed coming out with a fire extinguisher to save Xavier and clean some house. FTR catches his flip dive and drops him onto the announcers’ table but Perry is up with a vacuum.

A top rope DDT gives Perry two on Liona with Kaun making the save. The Bucks are back in with a trashcan for the save and the Swanton onto the trashcan onto Harwood connects. FTR bails away from the threat of superkicks and it’s time to set up a table. Liona’s double fall away slam is broken up with some dropkicks to the knees and Xavier shooting stars onto a bunch of people on the floor. Perry is backdropped over the top and through the table at ringside, leaving Wentz to get dropped with a headbutt.

A double powerplex into a springboard 450 gets two with most of the good guys making a save. FTR and the Bucks trade DDTs until the Rascalz give Ricochet a double Spanish Fly through another table. Some superkicks and a sunset bomb put Liona through another table and FTR is tossed through yet another. The BTE Trigger and an assisted running knee from Perry finish Ricochet at 18:59.

Rating: B. I enjoyed this about as much as I was going to as I’m not interested in any of the feuds in the match and I’m over these wild matches that feel more like big brawling segments. They did live up to the madness concept and that was fun, but dang I feel like I’ve seen a match like this every few weeks.

Overall Rating: B. The opener and main event were good and I rather liked the coin flip deal, just for the sake of it making sense. It’s a rather solid show this week with a fun main event and some matches being set up for Revolution. While it didn’t feel like the biggest Dynamite, the show flew by (a shorter overrun compared to previous weeks helped) and it was a nice use of two hours.

Results
Jon Moxley b. El Clon – Paradigm Shift
Gabe Kidd b. Orange Cassidy – Jumping piledriver
Kevin Knight b. Mansoor – UFO Splash
Babes Of Wrath b. Megan Bayne/Penelope Ford via DQ when Lena Kross interfered
Brody King b. Mark Davis – Lariat
Jack Perry/Young Bucks/Rascalz b. The Demand/FTR – Assisted running knee to Ricochet

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Collision
Date: February 21, 2026
Location: Frontwave Arena, Oceanside, California
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Excalibur

We’re inching closer to Revolution and things are starting to pick up, with a few matches officially set. That doesn’t include the World Title match, which has a few stipulations which may or may not be added in. There is a good chance we hear something about that match this week so let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Trios Titles: Hangman Page/Jet Speed vs. The Demand

Page/Jet Speed are defending and my goodness they’re actually on screen together. The Demand takes over to start but Page backdrops Ricochet to the floor. Jet Speed dropkicks the Gates out to the floor and we settle down to Kaun chopping at Knight. That doesn’t last long as it’s off to bailey for the rapid fire kicks. Everything breaks down and Liona does a Braun Strowman run around the ring series of tackles. The Demand gets to pose on the apron as we take a break.

We come back with Bailey kicking away at Liona, who misses a backsplash. Bailey dropkicks Liona down and it’s off to Ricochet vs. Page. Everything breaks down again with Page being knocked down so Ricochet can hit a springboard 450. Jet Speed start firing off superkicks but Liona fall away slams both of them at once.

We get a parade of knockdowns until Page Tombstones Ricochet, leaving everyone down. Liona gets Deadeyed onto the apron but Ricochet pulls the referee in the way to stop the Buckshot Lariat. Vertigo gets two but here is Jack Perry for a distraction (My goodness that feud is STILL going?), allowing Page to hit the Buckshot Lariat to retain at 14:29.

Rating: B. Why? Why would you keep the titles on Page and Jet Speed? They had teamed together once before winning the titles and then barely associate with each other after winning them. Also, Ricochet has beaten Perry twice and there is no reason to keep this feud going. Let someone else come after that useless title already instead of just doing the same thing over and over. As usual, these titles have pretty much no reason to exist whatsoever.

The Rascalz are in a smoky room when FTR come in to complain about the smoke. They’ll have a match tonight.

Young Bucks vs. The Swirl

The Bucks’ family is in the front row and Jay Lethal is here with the Swirl. He even dubs the team the Lethal Swirl because EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE A STUPID NAME THESE DAYS. Matt gets double stomped down to start and everything breaks down, with Christian and the Bucks doing a string of standing switches. The Bucks are sent outside for a running flip dive through the ropes from Christian but come back inside for more superkicks. The top rope elbow/splash connect for the Bucks as we take an early break.

We come back with Nick being kicked outside, leaving Matt to be caught in the Tree Of Woe for a 619. Matt northern lights suplexes both of them and brings Nick back in to clean house. Everything breaks down and the Bucks’ top rope stomp flips Christian into a sitout powerbomb for two. Matt hits a super hurricanrana to Christian and the Doomsday Device knocks Johnson onto Christian with a moonsault. The BTE Trigger finishes Christian at 10:00.

Rating: B-. This was indeed a Young Bucks match, where they did all of their impressive athletic stuff, posed a lot and followed the clearly defined step by step instructions for the match. Naturally they’re back in the title picture because they have to be every so often and hey look it’s against FTR. Again. Because this is a thing that has to happen.

We look back at the MJF vs. Hangman Page showdown from Dynamite.

MJF was at an indy show last night, where according to Schiavone, he defended the Ring Of Honor World Title. Naturally he retained, despite interference from Andrade El Idolo.

After the match, MJF went after Andrade, who said he wanted the title. MJF makes it clear that he’s going to beat Hangman Page, then he’ll deal with Andrade.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

CMLL World Title: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Josh Alexander

Castagnoli is defending and gets jumped to start fast, including a slam to put him down. A clothesline puts Alexander on the floor and a running uppercut knocks him down again. Back in and they chop it out with Castagnoli easily getting the better of things. They head back outside where Castagnoli is sent knees first into the steps.

We take a break and come back with Alexander slowly hammering away even more. Castagnoli manages a quick gutwrench suplex and uppercuts away in the corner to stagger Alexander. A jumping double stomp puts Alexander down again and the pop up uppercut gets two. Alexander is right back with the ankle lock but Castagnoli muscles him up into a suplex for two more. The Swing and Neutralizer retain the title at 13:46.

Rating: B-. It’s another hard hitting fight between two big men which wasn’t enhanced whatsoever by having a foreign title involved. Granted that’s the case with a lot of the titles around here and odds are it isn’t going to change anytime soon. Castagnoli is in pretty much the same place he’s been for years and Alexander has been beaten so many times that wins over him mean nothing, but it was a title match so that makes it interesting.

Megan Bayne vs. B3cca

Bayne throws her around to start and sends her into some buckles. The Mega Bomb finishes for Bayne at 1:32.

Tommaso Ciampa would love to face Mark Briscoe again, but he also wants the TNT Title back because he isn’t done with Kyle Fletcher.

Death Riders vs. Don Callis Family

Takeshita and the hatted Yuta start things off with Takeshita kicking him down. Clon comes in and exchanges flips with Pac. A monkey flip is cut off though and Pac gets sent into the corner, where Davis comes in to choke him down. Pac gets over for the tag off to Moxley, who comes in to hammer away on Davis. The Riders take turns firing off running shots in the corner until Moxley grabs the bulldog choke.

We take a break and come back with Moxley fighting out of a chinlock and sending Takeshita outside. Davis German suplexes Moxley, who pops up with a clothesline and brings Pac back in to pick up the pace. Pac’s big moonsault to the floor takes the Family out as everything breaks down.

Moxley’s double DDT only half works as Clon flips away and trades stereo kicks with Pac. Marina Shafir takes a chair away from Davis, who gets Cactus clotheslined out to the floor. Takeshita charges into a superkick and the Fastball Special gets two. Back up and Takeshita starts clearing the ring with kicks to the face. That leaves Yuta to get Raging Fired for the pin at 14:33.

Rating: B. Good stuff here, with a push towards the Moxley vs. Takeshita rematch, which should be a heck of a fight. At the same time you have more of the same feud between these two teams that has been going on for a few matches now. I’m not sure where that leads, but Blood & Guts seems like a realistic option.

Post match Moxley gives Takeshita a Paradigm Shift.

The Babes Of Wrath aren’t worried about Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Thunder Rosa vs. Julia Hart

This is Rosa’s first match in months and she snaps off some armdrags to start in a hurry. Hart rakes the eyes to cut her off and grabs a neckbreaker over the rope as we take a break. We come back with Rosa hitting a running clothesline in the corner, followed by a running dropkick against the ropes. Hart pulls her into a quick Tarantula and then a Black Widow to keep up the theme. A leg trip sets up the moonsault but Rosa gets her feet up for a painful looking block. The package piledriver slam finishes for Rosa at 9:11.

Rating: C+. It’s a nice comeback for Rosa, but she feels like a relic of the past after being gone for so long. That’s not her fault, but it’s her second really long layoff in just a few years. She’s basically starting from scratch for the time being and while she has the talent to make it work, that’s going to be tricky. At least she’s back though and that’s what matters.

Post match Thekla pops up to insult Rosa, who is apparently rather stupid. AEW is now toxic and Hart tries to jump Rosa, only for Kris Statlander to make the save.

Private Party is having a party and glad to be back.

Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors pop up to say they want to get rid of Darby Allin. Oh and Orange Cassidy is going to take a beating as well.

Rascalz vs. FTR

Non-title eliminator match, Myron Reed is here with the Rascalz and Stokely Hathaway is here with FTR. Harwood slaps Wentz in the face to start so Wentz flips around and hits him in the jaw. Back up and Harwood strikes away in the corner, allowing Xavier to hit a twisting splash for two. A cutter and rollup give Xavier two on Wheeler but Harwood low bridges him to the floor as we take a break.

We come back with Wentz hitting a middle rope moonsault to the floor, leaving Xavier to get two off a sunset flip. Harwood drops Xavier with a clothesline as commentary reveals Swerve Strickland was fined $100,000 for his attack on Kenny Omega on Dynamite. A tiger driver gives Harwood two on Wentz and everyone but the illegal Wheeler is down.

Wentz is back up for a handspring spinning kick to Harwood’s head but Harwood pops up with a brainbuster for two. Wheeler drives Reed into the steps and loads up his glasses but here are the Young Bucks to distract him. That’s enough for the Hot Fire Flame to pin Harwood at 10:55.

Rating: B-. It was a nice win and thank goodness if this results in the Tag Team Title match being something other than the Bucks vs. FTR, but the Rascalz aren’t exactly standing out. They’re just another team who can do a bunch of cool looking flips and dives, which is already covered around here. It’s not that they’re a bad team, but other than the smoke jokes, what makes them stand out?

Post match the Gates Of Agony run in to jump the Rascalz and FTR jumps the Bucks’ family. The big beatdown is on, including a spike piledriver to the Bucks’ brother, and the villains stand tall to end the show.

Overall Rating: B-. This was back to normal for Collision, as there was pretty much nothing going on that made the show feel important. The Trios Titles haven’t meant anything in the better part of ever and the CMLL World Title means even less. I do like having Thunder Rosa back and the Rascalz winning gives me a bit of hope, but this show being cut down to an hour would do it wonders. While there is no chance of that happening anytime soon, all I can do is keep waiting for the big stuff on Dynamite.

Results
Hangman Page/Jet Speed b. The Demand – Buckshot Lariat to Ricochet
Young Bucks b. The Swirl – BTE Trigger to Christian
Claudio Castagnoli b. Josh Alexander – Neutralizer
Megan Bayne b. B3cca – Mega Bomb
Don Callis Family b. Death Riders – Raging Fire to Yuta
Thunder Rosa b. Julia Hart – Package piledriver slam
Rascalz b. FTR – Hot Fire Flame to Harwood

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Dynamite
Date: February 18, 2026
Location: Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, Bryan Danielson

We’ve got a big match this week, as Kenny Omega will be facing Swerve Strickland. That is the kind of match that could easily be on the upcoming Revolution card but instead we have it this week. At the same time, we are getting ready for the pay per view, meaning MJF and Hangman Page need to go face to face this week. Let’s get to it.

Here is Collision if you need a recap.

Mina Shirakawa wants the TBS Title.

Willow Nightingale knows that it’s tough to be a double champ but may the best woman win.

Megan Bayne says she deserves gold.

Swerve Strickland needs to beat Kenny Omega.

Omega says Strickland is in his way.

Orange Cassidy has a replacement partner for Roderick Strong: Tomohiro Ishii.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Jon Moxley vs. Mark Davis

Non-title. Feeling out process to start with Davis grabbing a waistlock to little avail. Instead Davis tries some chops, which have Moxley chopping right back. A sunset flip is broken up with a sitdown splash and a sliding forearm in the corner knocks Moxley silly again. They go outside where Davis hits some rather loud chops but Moxley ducks one of them, which hits the post instead.

The suicide dive connects and Davis’ hand is bleeding (that’s a rare one) as the fans are way behind Moxley. Naturally Moxley bites and stomps on the cut as we take a break. We come back with Moxley biting the cut again and superplexing Davis down. A PK gives Moxley one and they strike it out, with Davis using the bad hand.

Davis gets smart by using an enziguri but the clothesline is countered with a jumping cutter. Back up and Davis manages to hit the clothesline, followed by a gutwrench piledriver of all things for two. Moxley shakes a lot and escapes a choke, allowing him to avoid a running enziguri. The stomp doesn’t leave Davis down for very long so they’re back up to trade clotheslines. Moxley pulls him into the bulldog choke for the win at 14:00.

Rating: B-. They did a nice job of beating each other up as Moxley is always going to be in for a big brawl. Davis still feels a lot better as a tag guy but it’s not his fault his partner got hurt. I can go with having him around for something like this, but he’s going to be better off with someone helping him out.

After winning on Collision, Hangman Page praised Andrade El Idolo but says he’s coming for MJF and the World Title at Revolution.

Here are FTR and Stokely Hathaway to complain about the Young Bucks. The Bucks coined the phrase FTR but now they’re the second best team in AEW’s history. Hathaway is sick of doing the same things over and over and they hate everyone around here. He insults the Bucks over and over…and here they are to superkick FTR. Hathaway (still in his wheelchair) gets superkicked as well and the Bucks want their title shot at Revolution.

After losing at Collision, Brody King says getting so close to winning the World Title and losing makes him want it that much more. On February 25, he’s getting back in the title hunt. I’ll avoid making a joke about the bag of ice on his knee.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

TBS Title: Marina Shafir vs. Megan Bayne vs. Mina Shirakawa vs. Willow Nightingale

Nightingale is defending and Penelope Ford is here with Bayne. Shirakawa is sent outside to start, leaving Bayne and Shafir to double team Nightingale. That’s broken up as Nightingale sends them outside for the cannonball off the apron, only for Shirakawa to hit a dive of her own. Back in and Nightingale gives the villains a double Codebreaker but Bayne is able to snap off a super hurricanrana. Shirakawa is sent crashing out to the floor and we take a break.

We come back with Shirakawa striking away and Bayne accidentally hitting Shafir. Nightingale fires back with three straight spinebusters before she and Bayne drop each other with a double clothesline. Bayne clears the ring and hits a big dive to the floor but Shafir breaks up the pin attempt. A powerbomb puts Shafir down on the floor but Nightingale puts Bayne down back inside. Shirakawa is right there with a missile dropkick and kick to the head for Nightingale. That lets her load up the Figure Four, which Nightingale reverses into a small package to retain at 11:15.

Rating: B. They got rolling here and it turned into quite the spectacle for all four. Nightingale gets to retain again and that’s always nice to see, even if it still feels like she has no need to be a double champion. At the same time, Shirakawa’s fall continues, as she loses the match not long after losing some of her hair. That’s just a bad run, unlike this good match.

Video on Grand Slam.

Commentary pays tribute to WWE director Kerwin Silfies, who passed away at 75. That’s rather touching.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Here are Hangman Page and MJF for their face to face showdown. MJF says he isn’t going to cut some cutesy wrestling promo to sell Revolution. The truth is that he hates everything about Page, from his attitude to his wrestling, and he hates the fact that the fans think Page is the main character of AEW. What makes it even worse though is that MJF has lost to Page twice.

Page is just a lucky shot and on March 15, MJF’s birthday, MJF is going to prove it. Page talks about how the fans carried him to two World Titles and says MJF basically stole the belt. The reality is Page hates MJF far worse than MJF hates him, because they’re so much alike. MJF’s desperation for love and acceptance feels just like Page and they have both always needed the fans’ reception. He wants to end this at Revolution for good so it needs to be something different.

MJF can think of a stipulation because Page already has his own, and the people can pick. MJF thinks he hears Texas Death but SHUT UP because this is going to be a regular match. Page is willing to sweeten the pot a bit: if he loses, he never challenges for the World Title again. MJF says that’s a deal, but he wants a week to think about his stipulation. That’s fine with Page, who wants Texas Death. They definitely raised the stakes, but hopefully they have a good stipulation because otherwise it could be quite the mess.

The Death Riders still hate the Don Callis Family and a challenge is issued for Collision. As for Revolution, Jon Moxley wants Konosuke Takeshita, no time limit. That’s not exactly under Continental Rules there Mox.

Orange Cassidy/Tomohiro Ishii vs. Gabe Kidd/Clark Connors

Cassidy has to duck a big swing from Kidd to start and immediately hands it off to Ishii. Kidd wastes no time in taking Ishii into the corner and it’s off to Connors, who dares to try chopping. That just ticks Ishii off and Connors gets double chopped in the corner (Ishii is a bit more into it than Cassidy) before everything breaks down. Cassidy gets chopped down and Ishii is sent into the announcers’ table as we take a break.

We come back with Ishii and Kidd chopping it out until Kidd bites the head. Something like a Pounce puts Kidd down and they slap each other in the face over and over. Kidd hits a hard running lariat to put Ishii down and it’s back to Connors, who drops Ishii again. Ishii, who is favoring either his back or hamstring, manages a belly to back suplex and brings Cassidy back in. Everything breaks down and Kidd is sent outside, where Darby Allin kidnaps him into the crowd. Ishii grabs the brainbuster (really a suplex but it’s understandable as he seems injured) to pin Connors at 9:53.

Rating: C+. This was kind of a messy match, though that might be due to Ishii getting hurt. They kind of had to go to the ending in a hurry, though they got the big deal with Allin in and that’s all that matters. It’s certainly better than having Allin get beaten up all the time, as he has a reason for revenge here and is actually taking it for a change.

The Don Callis Family beat up a bunch of people in the back and accept the Death Riders’ challenges, both for Collision and Revolution. Kazuchika Okada comes in to say he’s here because he’s a champion while Konosuke Takeshita couldn’t even show up. Andrade El Idolo comes in to say he wants the World Title. Don Callis wants the CMLL World Title for the Family.

Hook wants to bring some new members into the Opps.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Brawling Birds vs. B3cca/Viva Van

Windsor hammers on Van in the corner to start and quickly powers out of a headlock. A sunset flip takes Van down and Hayter comes in for a running boot to the face. The Birds chop away in the corner but Van slips out of a double suplex. B3cca comes in and gets catapulted into an Irish Curse. A Hart Attack finishes for Windsor at 3:58.

Rating: C. Total squash here and that’s a nice start for the Birds. They’re pretty much two women with nothing else to do being thrown together and that’s a tried and true way to build a tag division. It was just a small sample size but it was a good way to start, so maybe they have something here.

Renee Young brings in Kris Statlander, who wants the Women’s Title back, and Thunder Rosa, who is back and cleared to return. That’s good to hear.

Kevin Knight vs. The Beast Mortos

Mike Bailey is here with Knight, who avoids a charge to start and sends Mortos crashing out to the floor. Knight slingshots over the post and takes Mortos down as we take a break. We come back with Mortos sending him outside for a running flip dive, which is quite the sight. Back in and the pop up Samoan drop gives Mortos two but Knight hits a great looking dropkick. A jumping clothesline drops Mortos again and Knight even manages a slam. The running splash gets two and Knight plants him with a running DDT. The UFO Splash gives Knight the pin at 8:36.

Rating: B-. They did some good stuff here, which shouldn’t be a surprise, and they didn’t waste any time. Knight continues to feel like a star in the making, with some outstanding athleticism. At the same time, I have absolutely no idea why Page/Jetspeed are the Trios Champions, as I don’t remember the last time they were even together on TV.

Video on Will Ospreay.

The Demand wants the Trios Titles. Say on Collision. They go to their dressing room, where they find a knife in the door. Eh must be nothing.

Swerve Strickland vs. Kenny Omega

Prince Nana is here with Swerve. They fight over a lockup to start with Swerve knocks him down. Omega is back with a running shoulder so Swerve slaps him in the face. Swerve is knocked outside but it’s way too early for the Terminator dive. They head outside with Omega chopping away and moonsaulting off the barricade as we take a break. We come back with Omega grabbing a suplex to put them both down.

You Can’t Escape gives Omega two and he drops Swerve face first onto the top turnbuckle. The snapdragon drops Swerve for two more but he manages to send Omega into the buckle right back. The Vertebreaker is countered though and Omega grabs a snapdragon on the apron for the big knockdown. Swerve is able to escape a snapdragon from the apron to the floor but then has to flip out of a German suplex to the floor.

That lets Swerve grab a suplex on the floor as they’re both starting to feel this. Back in and a 450 in the general vicinity to Omega’s back gets two but Omega is able to hit a running knee in the corner. The snapdragon superplex plants Swerve for two but he pulls the referee into the V Trigger (though it might have been due to her checking on Swerve’s banged up shoulder).

The One Winged Angel is countered into the House Call but there is no one to count. Instead it’s a Swerve Stomp to the apron before Swerve catapults him throat first into the exposed turnbuckle. Another Swerve Stomp gets two from another referee but Omega grabs another snapdragon. The poisonrana looks to set up the One Winged Angel but Swerve escapes for the House Call. Big Pressure finishes Omega at 20:10.

Rating: A-. These two had a pay per view quality match and I’m still not sure why it wasn’t on the pay per view. Swerve was definitely going more violent here, though I’m not sure how easily he would be able to turn heel. Either way, it was a heck of a match and definitely worth a look, as Swerve gets to show how good he can be in a huge match.

Post match Swerve beats Omega down even more and even hangs him over the top rope with the chain. A Vertebreaker through the announcers’ table ends the show.

Overall Rating: B. The main event is great and the TBS Title match was worth a look, but the rest of the show wasn’t quite as awesome. The good thing is that they’re setting up Revolution, which has the potential to be quite the show. They still have some time to add a few things in and I’m curious about what is next for Swerve. For now though, the excellent main event more than carries the show.

Results
Jon Moxley b. Mark Davis – Bulldog choke
Willow Nightingale b. Marina Shafir, Megan Bayne and Mina Shirakawa – Small package to Shirakawa
Brawling Birds b. B3cca/Viva Van – Hart Attack to B3cca
Kevin Knight b. The Beast Mortos – UFO Splash
Swerve Strickland b. Kenny Omega – Big Pressure

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Collision
Date: February 14, 2026
Location: Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Excalibur

It’s the Grand Slam show as we’re down in Australia for a change. The card is absolutely stacked here too, with the Continental Title on the line, a tag team hair vs. hair match, a ladder match for the TNT Title, and MJF defending the World Title against Brody King. And somehow that’s not all. Let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

Continental Title: Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Moxley is defending. They both try their finishers to start fast and the escapes give us a staredown. Moxley pulls him down by the arm, which is quickly reversed into a headlock. Back up and Moxley sends him outside for the suicide dive but Takeshita is back up with a boot against the barricade. That’s shrugged off and it’s a piledriver to drop Takeshita back inside.

A running dropkick sends Takeshita to the floor and we take a break. We come back with Takeshita fighting out of a chinlock and kicking Moxley in the chest. The Blue Thunder Bomb gives Takeshita two and a powerbomb out of the corner gets the same. Back up and Moxley sends him to the apron for a stomp but Takeshita beat the count back in. That’s fine with Moxley, who hits another stomp for two at the five minute call.

The choke and cross armbreaker are broken up and Takeshita hits some exploders, followed by a running knee for two. Moxley gets in a Death Rider for two more so they grab hands and trade headbutts with a minute to go. They pull themselves out of the corners and Moxley’s big clothesline gets two with thirty seconds left. Takeshita’s running knee gets two and we’re out of time at 20:00.

Rating: B. I was expecting a big showdown here but only got something good instead. They didn’t do the best job of building up the drama and the clock just popped up as a thing near the end. In theory this sets up another showdown at Revolution with special non-Continental (yes non-Continental) rules or something, but for now, it was a good match with two guys beating each other up.

Post match Takeshita lays him out with a Raging Fire.

We run down the rest of the card.

Video on Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe.

Kris Statlander isn’t done with Thekla, who is thrilled with winning the Women’s Title.

Women’s Tag Team Titles: Penelope Ford/Megan Bayne vs. Babes Of Wrath

The Babes are defending. Bayne and Cameron start things off but all four are in for an early brawl. Nightingale drops Cameron onto raised knees and it’s Cameron getting caught in the wrong corner. That’s broken up and it’s back to Nightingale to clean house, including sending them both into the same corner. A double middle rope dropkick connects for Nightingale and we take a break.

We come back with Cameron hammering on Ford, followed by a double high crossbody. Ford finally kicks Cameron in the face and hands it off to Bayne, who gets victory rolled for two. Cameron grabs a half crab, with Ford making a quick save. All four are in for a double slugout with the champions getting the better of things. That means a double backsplash for two on Bayne but Nightingale misses a charge out to the floor. Bayne dives onto her but Ford’s moonsault misses, allowing Cameron to grab a backslide to retain at 12:04.

Rating: C+. They felt like they were flying through this one and the ending felt like it was out of nowhere, but the fans were more than into it and that’s always going to help. Cameron getting the win in her home country is a good way to go and the crowd went nuts. Nice match here, though I could have gone for the champs being in a bit more trouble.

Post match Australian wrestler Lena Kross runs in to help Ford and Bayne lay out the champs. So I guess the feud isn’t done, which isn’t a great idea when the champs just won clean.

Ricochet tells Jack Perry to know when to fold them. He’s already beaten Perry twice. Why would the story continue?

Video on Hangman Page vs. Andrade El Idolo.

Andrade El Idolo vs. Hangman Page

For the World Title shot at Revolution and Don Callis is on commentary. Andrade tries a backflip to start but gets dropkicked down. The Tranquilo pose is kicked out to the floor but Andrade fights back. We pause for the photo with the woman until Page knocks Andrade down again…and takes the photo instead. Back in and Page moonsaults into a failed tombstone attempt but Andrade is up with a springboard reverse Spanish Fly.

We take a break and come back with Page fighting out of a headlock but getting kicked in the face. A discus lariat works a bit better for Page and a sitout powerbomb gives him two. They head to the apron where the Deadeye is blocked so Page goes with a sliding lariat instead. Back in and a top rope clothesline gives Page two but Andrade grabs Three Amigos. Complete with the Eddie Dance, to make the fans cheer him, despite him being a villain, because of course.

Page is able to send him to the apron for a triangle clothesline but they quickly change places. That’s fine with Page, who counters a dive into a fall away slam into the barricade. The Deadeye gives Page two, which is enough to bring Callis to the ring. Page chases him off and hits a quick Buckshot Lariat for the pin at 16:29.

Rating: B. Another good but not great match here, with Page moving on to Revolution, which is the right call out of the two options they had. If nothing else, Page gets points for causing Callis to get off commentary for a few moments. Andrade is going to be pretty much fine, as he can wrestle his way back to the top of the ladder without much trouble.

Orange Cassidy/Toni Storm vs. Death Riders

Tornado tag and the person who takes the fall gets their head shaved. It’s a brawl in the crowd to start with the pairs splitting off, and Shafir sitting on Storm’s back. That doesn’t last long but Yuta piledrives Storm onto a platform to knock her silly. Cassidy is taken inside and we take a break.

We come back with Storm, uh, storming down the aisle and getting inside to clean house with German suplexes. The dancing offense and a Beach Break put Shafir down so Yuta gets back inside. A Stundog Millionaire and a tornado DDT plant Yuta so Shafir is back up to go after Cassidy’s leg. Storm is back in to chickenwing Yuta before the women drop their holds to forearm it out. Yuta is up with a running knee for two on Storm but another hits Shafir by mistake. Cassidy takes her down with a dive and it’s the running hip attack, an Orange Punch and the Storm Zero to pin Yuta at 11:29.

Rating: C+. As much as I criticize AEW, they’re far too smart to have Storm come to her home region and lose in a humiliating fashion. Shafir losing her hair wouldn’t mean much, so going with the annoying heel losing his long hair is the right move. They did this exactly as it should have gone and that’s very nice to see, as Yuta taking the fall is the only thing that needed to happen.

Post match Mina Shirakawa brings out the stool so Yuta can be shaved, despite his massive objections. Yuta tries to leave but Jon Moxley comes out to say oh yes you will. Yuta gets back inside (now with Luther appearing as an old school barber) so Shirakawa can do a lot of the cutting. The electric clippers are brought out to pick up the pace, with Cassidy and Storm getting in the expected verbal jabs. Yuta, with most of his hair cut off, eventually leaves in shame. Classic old school wrestling segment here.

TNT Title: Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe

Fletcher is defending in a ladder match and Don Callis is on commentary (again). Briscoe knocks him to the floor to start and there’s the running flip dive to put him down. Fletcher snaps off a suplex but Briscoe is back up to drop him with a ladder. Said ladder is set up on the floor and Briscoe climbs, allowing Fletcher to toss him onto the apron.

The ladder is put on the top rope and Fletcher lawn darts Briscoe into it for a really painful looking crash. That’s already enough to draw some blood but he’s able to grab a Russian legsweep to bring Fletcher off the ladder. We take a break and come back with Briscoe knocking him onto a ladder bridged between the ring and a standing ladder on the floor. Naturally that means a Froggy Bow rather than going for the title and they’re both down.

Briscoe is up first and goes up, where Fletcher powerbombs him down through a ladder. Another ladder is bridged into the standing one, with the fans requesting that the two of them don’t die. A Jay Driller through the ladder knocks Fletcher silly but he’s able to catch Briscoe climbing. That means a super brainbuster from the ladder but they’re both up on a ladder each. Fletcher shoves him down and pulls the title to retain at 16:02.

Rating: B. There were a lot of big spots here, but they didn’t seem overly interested in selling much of anything. In other words, it was the usual ladder match stuff of “here’s a big spot, here’s another big spot, then someone wins”. That’s about what I was expecting as soon as the match was announced, but again it was about giving the fans a win from their hometown star, which is fine. Granted they might have been better off by just having win him the title there in the first place, but then we wouldn’t have had a ladder match. Which we just had to have.

Video on MJF vs. Brody King for the World Title. King won a non-title match and this is the result.

AEW World Title: Maxwell Jacob Friedman vs. Brody King

King is challenging and the fans do not seem thrilled with ice. Fair enough as it’s summer in Australia right now. MJF bails out to the floor before coming back in for a boot to the ribs and some barking. King’s chops have MJF in trouble and a gorilla press (MJF: “OH S***!”) has him down again, but King seems to hurt his knee. Naturally the knee is wrapped around the post and MJF cranks on the leg back inside.

We actually get the Kangaroo Kick, complete with MJF flipping off the fans, but he can’t get a sunset flip. Instead he pulls King into a legbar until a rope is reached. We take a break and come back with King fighting out of an ankle lock and hitting a suicide dive. The leg is banged up so King mostly stands still and chops away, but MJF cuts off the sleeper with a bite to the arm.

Not to be outdone, King bites the head and sends MJF outside for a running crossbody against the barricade. Back in and King hits a Cannonball for two but the leg is really banged up. MJF grabs a sleeper and the leg goes out, putting them both on the mat. Cue Bandido to give King a pep talk, which is enough for him to break free. MJF drops him across the middle rope for a break but King is able to Death Valley Driver him into an open chair.

They barely beat the count so MJF loads up the diamond ring, which is quickly taken away. The sleeper knocks MJF out and the Ganso Bomb connects for two and that’s pretty much King’s last big chance. Another Ganso Bomb on the apron is broken up by some shots to the leg and MJF tombstone slams him onto the apron. The Heatseeker retains the title at 21:39.

Rating: B+. This was good stuff, with King showing that he can do more than just run through people. He sold the leg well here, as it slowed him down enough to keep MJF in there against the monster. MJF winning is hardly a big surprise, but it was more a case of how he would get around the big challenger, which isn’t a bad way to go. Rather solid match here and they did very well.

Post match Hangman Page comes out to sign the contract and scare MJF down to end the show.

Overall Rating: A-. They had a big time feel here and they more than delivered, as this felt like a mini pay per view. You had the big World Title match and all of the matches were at worst good or at best, borderline great. AEW has long since established a reputation of doing well with their big shows and they continued that trend here.

Results
Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita went to a time limit draw
Babes Of Wrath b. Penelope Ford/Megan Bayne – Backslide to Ford
Hangman Page b. Andrade El Idolo – Buckshot Lariat
Orange Cassidy/Toni Storm b. Death Riders – Storm Zero to Yuta
Kyle Fletcher b. Mark Briscoe – Fletcher pulled down the title
Maxwell Jacob Friedman b. Brody King – Heatseeker

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Dynamite
Date: February 11, 2026
Location: Toyota Arena, Ontario, California
Commentators: Bryan Danielson, Tony Schiavone, Excalibur

It’s time to get ready to head down to Australia for Grand Slam later this weekend and that should make for an interesting show. This week is quite the warmup as we have a pair of title matches, with both the TNT and Women’s Title on the line. Other than that, we have more build towards Revolution so let’s get to it.

Here is Collision if you need a recap.

Tony Schiavone is in the ring and brings out Kenny Omega and Swerve Strickland for a chat. Strickland says Omega was on top of his game five years ago and everyone wanted to face him, including Strickland himself. It took him two years to get to the top of AEW but then Omega was nowhere to be found. Omega was either in the hospital bed or suspended and in his absence, AEW needed someone else to step up into that role.

Then everyone was shouting SWERVE’S HOUSE, but now Omega wants back in this spot. It sounds like he’s using his EVP powers and Strickland is ready to knock another one of them down. Omega said the people called him the god of professional wrestling and that’s in the eye of the beholder, but he takes that as a personal responsibility. Now the fans want Omega back so while it may be Swerve’s house, there might not be any lights on in the house.

Omega knows someone who can burn down a house and he’s ready to face Swerve if that’s where this is going. Swerve offers to put Omega back in the hospital bed so Omega slaps him, which Swerve says is Omega making a choice. The fight is on and they go up to the stage, with Swerve escaping the One Winged Angel and spearing him down through a table. This was two big names having a clear issue and arguing about it to set up a top level match. That’s always going to work.

We run down the card.

Kyle Fletcher is ready to regain the TNT Title and Don Callis can sit back and watch. This is different than anything else he does how?

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Death Riders vs. Don Callis Family

Davis powers Pac down to start a few times before it’s off to Moxley. That goes a bit better as Davis is driven into the corner for some chops, followed by Castagnoli for the uppercuts. Davis fires off some chops of his own and a running shoulder actually puts Castagnoli down. Back up and Castagnoli grabs a big suplex before Takeshita comes in and goes right after (the illegal) Moxley.

Everything breaks down and the fight heads to the floor, leaving Castagnoli to tilt-a-whirl backbreaker Takeshita back inside. Pac gets pulled down onto the apron though and the Riders are in trouble as we take an early break. We come back with Pac hiptossing his way out of a neck crank and handing it off to Castagnoli. That means the running uppercuts in the corner until Davis hits a hard running clothesline.

Takeshita and Moxley come back in for an exchange of failed finisher attempts and Takeshita is taken into the corner. The Riders fire off some running uppercuts but the Family is back in to roll German suplexes on Moxley. Back in and the Riders clear out most of the Family, leaving Moxley to choke Alexander. The Death Rider finishes Alexander at 15:06.

Rating: B+. This was a fast paced, hard hitting match and it was a heck of an opening match. The match was a way to help set up the Takeshita vs. Moxley showdown and that’s the real main event of the whole thing. At the same time, Alexander is just the jobber to the stars of the team and that’s all he was pretty much ever going to be.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

TNT Title: Kyle Fletcher vs. Tommaso Ciampa

Fletcher is challenging and Don Callis is on commentary. Fletcher backs out to the floor to start before coming back in (as invited by Ciampa) for a running shoulder. A boot to the face drops Ciampa again but he snaps off a DDT for a knockdown of his own. Back up and Fletcher hits a quick full nelson slam so Ciampa gives him a jumping clothesline. The running knee sends Fletcher outside for a ram into the barricade and yes Ciampa will applaud himself. Fletcher snaps off a half and half suplex on the floor though and we take a break.

We come back with Fletcher missing a running knee in the corner but avoiding a running knee into the steps. Ciampa’s knee is fine enough to hold Fletcher up for an Air Raid Crash onto the steps, followed by a running knee for two back inside. A reverse DDT gets the same and Ciampa takes him up top, where Fletcher reverses into a spinning belly to back superplex.

The sitout Last Ride gives Fletcher two and he powerbombs Ciampa onto the apron. Fletcher’s brainbuster gets two and both of them look stunned on the kickout. Ciampa is able to get in a superplex of his own and a running knee gets two more. Fletcher spits at him and manages a lawn dart into the corner. Ciampa is right back with a running knee into a brainbuster for two but Fletcher blasts him with a clothesline. The brainbuster gives Fletcher the title back at 16:34.

Rating: A-. Yep that worked, as they just beat the daylights out of each other and it was even better than expected. While I could have gone with Ciampa holding the title longer, this was about getting the belt on Fletcher before he goes back home to Australia. Either way, awesome match here with both guys looking outstanding.

Post match Fletcher is proud of his title win and he’s ready for his hero’s welcome in Australia. He’ll even defend the title against anyone so here is Mark Briscoe to interrupt. He’s proud of Fletcher for winning again but brings up that they’re 3-3 so he’s willing to give Fletcher home field advantage. Fletcher is sick of Briscoe but wants it to be bigger than ever, so we’ll make it a ladder match. Deal. Of course it is.

Video on the Babes Of Wrath defending the Women’s Tag Team Titles against Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne on Saturday.

Daniel Garcia/Clark Connors vs. Roderick Strong/Orange Cassidy

Strong whips Connors into the corner to start fast and hits the big dropkick. Connors knocks him down into the corner and hammers away, allowing Strong to come in and fire off the chops. Cassidy comes in with the Stundog Millionaire but the tornado DDT is countered into a sleeper from Garcia. That’s broken up and we take a break, coming back with Cassidy escaping a full nelson.

Strong walks out on a tag attempt though and that means Cassidy gets double stomped down in the corner with no one around to help. Connors hits a spear on the apron but misses a charge into the barricade. Cue a man in the crowd (clearly Darby Allin) to take out Connors, leaving Cassidy to small package Garcia for the pin at 9:08.

Rating: C+. Now this was a better use of Allin, as he’s someone who can sneak up on people and take them out rather than getting beaten up every week. Cassidy and Allin as a potential team is….I guess intriguing? It’s either amazing or not so good and I’m not sure which. Strong walking out on Cassidy makes sense and hopefully it lets him go off and do his own thing.

Post match Toni Storm pops up on the platform to say if Marina Shafir can knock her out, she can shave her head bald, but Storm will be the most beautiful bald woman in the world. On the other hand though, Storm plans to shave her so bald that they’ll sell Shafir’s head at Spirit Halloween. Cue Wheeler Yuta, who says “bring her out”. Cue Shafir, holding Mina Shirakawa in Mother’s Milk and cutting off some of her hair. Ok that was a nice touch.

Last week, Don Callis (yes again) praised Andrade El Idolo for his win, with Andrade threatening Hangman Page.

Page wanted to face Kenny Omega again and threatens Andrade’s….pants?

Jet Speed is looking for challengers to the Trios Titles but want singles titles. Why are these two part of the Trios Champions? It feels like they’re almost never even around Page.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Young Bucks vs. Rascalz vs. ???

For a future Tag Team Title shot and the wild card team is…the returning Private Party, for their first AEW match in over a year. Quen headlocks Xavier to start and the Rascalz are quickly cleared out. That leaves the Bucks to take out Private Party and then drop the Rascalz as well.

Reed is back in with a big dive to the floor, followed by another one from Kassidy. Xavier’s shooting star takes out the pile at ringside and we take a break. We come back with the Bucks cleaning house again, including a bulldog/running clothesline to Private Party. A stereo top rope elbow and 450 get two on Private Party as Hook is watching.

Silly String (not named) drops Xavier and a bunch of superkicks leave everyone down. The Bucks fire off superkicks and Reed’s big diving cutter over the top (that always looks great) takes out Private Party on the floor. We mix it up a bit with the Bucks firing off even more superkicks until the TK Driver finishes Reed to give the Bucks the win at 13:17.

Rating: B. The result isn’t a big surprise, as Reed was debuting and therefore he had to lose the match. I guess I’ll take that over Private Party returning and losing the fall, but what matters the most here is that it was another fast paced match. At the same time, it sets up the Bucks vs. FTR 97 or so, because I guess Australia needs to see it as well.

Post match FTR comes out for the staredown. Dax Harwood says they’re both great teams but FTR are ahead. The Bucks needed to make their own company to become the top stars and….superkicks drop FTR. The Bucks scare Stokely Hathaway before leaving him alone.

Video on Will Ospreay.

Video on MJF vs. Brody King for the World Title on Saturday.

Women’s Title: Kris Statlander vs. Thekla

Statlander is defending in a strap match. They pull on each other to start and Statlander drops her with a clothesline. Statlander knocks her to the floor but Thekla WHIPS HER IN THE FACE with the strap. That’s a violent enough one so Statlander is back with a big boot. Thekla pulls her into the steps and flips her off, which is enough to bust Statlander open.

We take a break (the match started after 10pm EST) and come back with Thekla grabbing the upside down leg choke in the ropes. Thekla does her spider pose, which allows Statlander to pull her into a superkick. Statlander goes up top and gets pulled down with a Spider superplex. A discus lariat drops Thekla again and Statlander (bleeding quite a bit now) unloads with the whip. Statlander hits a Tombstone but here are the Sisters Of Sin for a distraction, allowing Thekla to hit the spear. A Stomp gives Thekla the pin and the title at 14:03.

Rating: B-. It was violent, but the ending was kind of flat, with the villains coming in and Thekla just getting the win. At the same time, it’s the result that should have happened in their first title match. Thekla is on a roll right now and it makes more sense for her to win the title, though I’m not sure why they needed the delay. Either way, the end result is the right one.

Post match the beatdown is on but the Brawling Birds make the save (commentary does make it clear that the Babes Of Wrath are already in Australia) to end the show.

Overall Rating: A-. Those opening matches are more than enough to carry the show and anything else on the night was just going to be gravy. While I’m not wild on having Ciampa be a really short transitional champion, it’s going well if that’s the low point of the show. Other than that, you had the big title change at the end and the show was quite a hit. Heck of a show here and I’d be rather pleased if AEW can keep this up.

Results
Death Riders b. Don Callis Family – Death Rider to Alexander
Kyle Fletcher b. Tommaso Ciampa – Brainbuster
Roderick Strong/Orange Cassidy b. Daniel Garcia/Clark Connors – Small package to Garcia
Young Bucks b. Rascalz and Private Party – TK Driver to Reed
Thekla b. Kris Statlander – Stomp

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Collision
Date: February 7, 2026
Location: Pearl Theater At Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Excalibur

It’s another title match tonight as the new TNT Champion Tommaso Ciampa is defending in a three way match against Claudio Castagnoli and Roderick Strong. Other than that, the Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Eddie Kingston/Ortiz continues (for some reason) in an eight man parking lot brawl. Let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

Opening sequence.

Young Bucks vs. Gates Of Agony

The winners are in a three way #1 contenders match on Dynamite. Liona shoves Matt down to start so Nick comes in and charges into a slam from Kaun. Everything breaks down and the Bucks take over by sending the Gates outside. The stereo dives are pulled out of the air and it’s off to a double nerve hold on Matt back inside.

The Gates hit each other by mistake but Nick’s running flip dive is cut off as well. That means the Bucks can be rammed into each other and a headbutt drops Matt as we take a break. We come back with Matt sliding between Kaun’s legs and making the tag off to Nick to clean house. A high crossbody gets two and everything breaks down (meaning the referee gets to just stand there) as the Bucks take over.

The Bucks come off the top at the same time for stereo near falls but Liona is back with a double Samoan drop. The Gates hit their own dives onto the floor (because they can do that), followed by a wheelbarrow cutter for two on Matt. Nick is back in to help with the BTE Trigger for two, with Kaun making the save. The TK Driver finishes Kaun at 13:56.

Rating: B. It’s a good match, though the idea of getting anywhere closer to the Bucks vs. FTR again makes my head hurt. The Bucks got to do their usual stuff so it was entertaining enough, though I still don’t see much of a reason to get interested in them. It’s a good example of match quality not making the biggest impact, as they continue to just be there, often in a prominent spot.

Post match FTR and Stokely Hathaway pop up on screen. Hathaway can’t believe that in the year of our lord Beyonce Knowles, the Elite still wants to hold all of the gold like in the good old says. Dax Harwood says that’s the problem with the good old days: they’re not here anymore, unlike FTR, who are the top guys. And they’re out.

Video on the TNT Title triple threat.

Brody King is ready to win the World Title next week.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Here is Kris Statlander to announce the stipulation for her rematch with Thekla. Cue Thekla to spear her down though, with the Triangle Of Madness holding Statlander to the mat. Thekla whips her with the belt and promises to make things toxic no matter what. The villains go to leave but Statlander calls Thekla a stupid b**** and makes it a strap match.

Kyle Fletcher wants the TNT Title back and here is Kazuchika Okada for a quick pep talk.

Scorpio Sky vs. Kevin Knight

Christopher Daniels, Leila Grey and Mike Bailey are here too. They stare at each other to start and we get an SCU chant, which doesn’t impress Knight. The fight over a lockup goes around the ropes but doesn’t get either very far. A test of strength lets Sky shoulder him down and they exchange nipups. Knight makes fun of Sky’s lack of hair and gets chopped into the corner but Knight sends him outside.

The big dive drops Sky on the ramp and we take a break. We come back with Sky planting him down for two but Knight’s small package gets the same. A DDT gives Knight two more but Sky catches him on top with a superplex. Knight is right back with a springboard clothesline, followed by the UFO Splash for the pin at 11:44.

Rating: C+. This was kind of a weird one, as it felt like they were having something of a personal issue, despite the two of them not having any important interactions in a good while. I do like Knight winning a match on his own though, as he’s quite fun to watch. At the same time, given that most of the team wrestles in singles matches at the moment, I have no idea why Knight/Bailey/Hangman Page are the Trios Champions. Then again, the Opps barely ever defended them anyway so this does at least continue the tradition.

Hook says Samoa Joe is out injured so in the time being, he’s the new captain of the Opps. Sure. I completely believe that this will be the thing that gets Hook over after years of trying.

Mina Shirakawa vs. Viva Van

Shirakawa works on the arm to start but Van flips away and does Shirakawa’s dance. Some knees to the face put Shirakawa down and Van snapmares her into a chinlock. That’s broken up and Shirakawa starts firing off the kicks. A Stunner to the leg over the rope sets up a slingshot dive but Van blocks the Figure Four. Back up and Van’s flipping kick to the head gets two but Shirakawa is back with the top rope Sling Blade. They trade strikes to the head until the Figure Four finishes Van off at 5:42.

Rating: C-. This was a bit of a disappointment, as it felt like Van was wrestling in slow motion and not exactly working smoothly. It doesn’t help that Shirakawa is just kind of floating around at the moment while her partner teams with Orange Cassidy. She needs something to do, and a five minute match on Collision isn’t exactly much to see.

Death Riders vs. Sky Flight

Jon Moxley is on commentary. It’s a brawl to start with the men going outside while Shafir easily wrestles Steel down. The leglock is reversed into a quick choke and Steel gets two off a small package. A distraction from the floor lets Shafir get in another knockdown but it’s off to Dante Martin to take over. That lasts all of ten seconds before Yuta pulls him down into a chinlock and we take a break.

We come back with Yuta holding Martin up top and raking his back. One heck of a chop puts Yuta down though and the top rope flip dive connects. Yuta is back with a bridging German suplex into the elbows to the head but Martin fights up again. Steel comes in to take over on Shafir and even gets in a shot to Yuta on the apron. Shafir pulls Steel out of the air though and Mother’s Milk (with Shafir yelling at the camera and treating Steel like an afterthought in a nice touch) finishes at 9:21.

Rating: B-. This was basically a warmup for the Riders before their big hair vs. hair match next week and naturally Steel needed to take the loss. That’s all she’s done since showing up around here, which is apparently the new favorite way to debut stars. At the same time, Martin (and Sky Flight in general) feel even less important than ever, which is quite the feat.

Post match the Riders go for Steel’s hair but Toni Storm and Orange Cassidy make the save.

A man hits on Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter, earning himself a beating. They dub themselves the Brawling Birds.

After Dynamite, MJF went nuts and ranted about all the people coming for his title, which he’ll keep. He’s at his most dangerous when his back is against the wall and that will be the case next week.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Thekla vs. Brittnie Brooks

Thekla knocks her down to start and finishes with the spear at 28 seconds.

Post match Thekla whips Brooks with the strap and…no one makes the save.

Video on Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita next week for the Continental Title.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Eddie Kingston/Ortiz/Rascalz vs. Grizzled Young Veterans/Big Bill/Ortiz

Parking Lot Brawl. Kingston throws in a trashcan full of weapons and charges in as the brawl is on with a fast start. A missed shot breaks a car window and Bill kicks a side view mirror off. We settle down to general chaos until the Rascalz hit Hot Fire Flame off the top of a car. Bill takes over again with the heavy forearms before tossing Xavier over the top of a car for a big crash.

We take a break and come back with Keith and Xavier fighting over a hammer until Wentz and Xavier fight into the back of the limo. Kingston cleans house with a stick and Xavier shooting stars off the limo roof. Bill is up again to start wrecking everyone and Wentz is chokeslammed through a windshield (with a camera suddenly inside the car). Some double teaming drops Bill on the concrete and a double suplex drops Keith on the top of the limo.

The Veterans get in a slugout with Kingston and Ortiz, with Kingston getting choked. Ortiz is up with a cable of some kind but Isla Dawn pops up to hit Ortiz in the head with a sheet. Myron Reed (the third Rascal) pops up with a flip dive off a car before stealing Dawn. Kingston DDTs Gibson onto the car for the pin at 12:31.

Rating: C+. Ok then. I mean what else am I supposed to think here? Kingston has destroyed the Veterans for the entirety of their feud and he did it again with this match. I’m not sure why this match needed to exist, as it felt like AEW wanted to do another parking lot brawl and then put the feud into the match as a result. It was your usual good carnage, but I had no reason to care about any of these people.

Post match Schiavone has trouble remembering how many people were in the match.

Roderick Strong says he needs to change things around here but Mark Briscoe interrupts. Briscoe thinks Strong has what it takes to win the title, but he wants a title shot against the winner. Strong appreciates that, though he’s not in the Conglomeration.

TNT Title: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Roderick Strong vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Only Ciampa is defending. Castagnoli is knocked outside to start fast and the other two are left to strike it out. Strong is sent flying over the top, with Castagnoli easily catching him to show off a bit. Back in and Ciampa kicks Castagnoli in the face but Strong is back with a jumping knee to Ciampa. Castagnoli hits his running shots in the corner but Ciampa grabs a Downward Spiral/DDT to drop both of them.

A double suplex drops Castagnoli and the other two get to strike it out a bit. They all head outside with Strong chopping away against the barricade and a charging Castagnoli is sent into said barricade. Naturally Castagnoli is fine enough to drop Ciampa face first onto the announcers’ table as we take a break. We come back with Castagnoli striking Ciampa down again and muscling him up top.

Strong pulls Castagnoli down though and dropkicks Ciampa out of the air. A backbreaker sets up the Stronghold, with Castagnoli making the save. Castagnoli gets to show off a bit with a double suplex but Ciampa is right back with a DDT. The Fairy Tale Ending gets two on Castagnoli but the running knee is cut off. Castagnoli’s Swing is broken up as well and an uppercut hits Strong for two. Strong’s jumping knee drops Castagnoli but Ciampa’s running knee knocks Strong silly to retain at 11:43.

Rating: B. So this was the match designed to prove that Ciampa’s win last week wasn’t a fluke. That’s a fine way to go as Ciampa was more than good enough to hang in there. It made for a strong main event with Castagnoli getting to show off the insane power. Strong can work well with anyone as well and that made Ciampa look even better retaining. Odds are he loses it to a big name soon, but at least they’re starting somewhere.

Post match Kyle Fletcher comes out to hold the title, which he hands back to Ciampa. Fletcher asks how it feels to know that Ciampa will never fill his shoes. He wants the title match next week and it seems to be set for Dynamite (I’m assuming Ciampa kissing him on the cheek counts) to end the show.

Overall Rating: B. This was the run of the mill Collision, with good action but little that felt important. The opener and main event both felt big enough that it made for a good show, though as usual, it’s not exactly a show you need to see. At least next week is Grand Slam so things should feel bigger. The show looked good on paper and lived up to the hype, though it had its usual Collision issues.

Results
Young Bucks b. Gates Of Agony – TK Driver to Kaun
Kevin Knight b. Scorpio Sky – UFO Splash
Mina Shirakawa b. Viva Van – Figure Four
Death Riders b. Sky Flight – Mother’s Milk to Steel
Thekla b. Brittnie Brooks – Spear
Eddie Kingston/Ortiz/Rascalz b. Grizzled Young Veterans/Big Bill/Ortiz – DDT onto a car to Gibson
Tommaso Ciampa b. Roderick Strong and Claudio Castagnoli – Running knee to Strong

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Dynamite
Date: February 4, 2026
Location: Pearl Theater At Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone

We’re out west this week and the big question now is who gets the next title shot against MJF. While we have something of a tournament for the title shot going on at the moment, this week will also feature Brody King vs. MJF in a Proving Ground match. Other than that, the Grand Slam Australia show needs to start coming together. Let’s get to it.

Here is Collision if you need a recap.

The venue looks small but in a good way, with some cool balconies and a closer feel.

MJF, Brody King, Kenny Omega, Don Callis, the Babes Of Wrath, Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne are all ready to fight tonight. Well Callis says his goons are at least.

Death Riders vs. Don Callis Family

Garcia takes Alexander down by the leg to start and then drops him with a running shoulder. That means it’s off to Pac vs. Clon, with the former grabbing a headlock takeover but Clon breaks it up without much trouble. Takeshita and Moxley come in for the exchange of forearms and everything breaks down in a hurry.

We settle down to Takeshita being sent into the corner so the Riders can take turns striking away. A backdrop sends Pac outside though and Takeshita suplexes Moxley into the corner. That’s enough for the tag off to Clon, who is German suplexed by Pac. Everything breaks down again and we take a break.

We come back with Alexander’s northern lights suplex dropping Pac for two, followed by a Regal Roll. Pac avoids a middle rope knee though and the diving tag brings in Moxley to forearm it out with Takeshita. Moxley gets the better of things and cutters a diving Clon out of the air. Garcia Dragontamers Takeshita but it’s broken up, meaning it’s time for a dive from each team. Takeshita Blue Thunder Bombs Garcia for two and a wheelbarrow slam drops him again. Raging Fire finishes Garcia at 13:18.

Rating: B. This was the kind of wild brawl that AEW tends to do rather well and that was the situation again here. In theory this continues the road to Takeshita vs. Moxley, which is certainly a big time match. That would make for a fine main event at Grand Slam and given the timing, that very well may be where it’s going.

Swerve Strickland doesn’t want to talk about his loss last week but Prince Nana with an Embassy towel, says they aren’t going anywhere.

We run down the card.

Video on Will Ospreay, who is working to come back.

Orange Cassidy/Toni Storm vs. Jordan Oasis/Brittnie Brooks

Oasis was formerly a regular on WWE Evolve and Storm is in denim ala Cassidy. Speaking of Cassidy, he puts his hands in his pockets to start and takes over on Oasis with a flying mare. Brooks comes in and shouts a lot but gets caught with a German suplex. Everything breaks down and, after some dancing from Cassidy and Storm, it’s a tornado DDT to plant Brooks. The running hip attack hits Oasis and the Orange Punch finishes Oasis at 2:52. Total squash for the sake of showcasing the entertaining Cassidy/Storm pair.

Post match Cassidy and Storm aren’t sure if it was a good idea to accept the hair vs. hair match because they both like their hair. But it’s ok, and either Cassidy is giving Yuta a makeover or Marina Shafir will look like Mox.

Darby Allin skateboarded into the show (of course) but was attacked by the War Dogs (Clark Connors/Gabe Kidd). This involved throwing him in the trunk of a car and driving away.

Hangman Page vs. Mark Davis

Page jumps him to start but Davis fires off some chops. A missed charge sends Davis crashing over the top though and Page rams him into the announcers’ table. Page is crushed against the barricade though and we take a break. We come back with Davis blocking a sunset bomb but getting pulled off the ropes for two instead. Some triangle clotheslines don’t knock Davis off the apron and he sits on Page’s chest to block a sunset bomb.

Davis misses a charge into the barricade, allowing Page to hit a moonsault for two back inside. Davis’ Razor’s Edge is countered into a hurricanrana for two but he’s right back with a heck of a clothesline. An exchange of clotheslines goes to Davis but Page grabs the Deadeye for two more. The Buckshot Lariat is blocked so Page Tombstones him on the ramp and now the Buckshot can finish Davis at 11:24.

Rating: B-. Well, it’s kind of a shame but it seems that Davis’ run is over due to Doyle’s injury. After becoming part of a nice power team, Davis is right back to doing what he was doing before. I’m not sure what is next for him, but right now his future isn’t looking so bright. Page is on his way to Australia to fight for a title shot, which is about where he should be right now.

Post match Page says he hopes to face Kenny Omega, but he’s coming for MJF and the World Title at Revolution.

Video on Kevin Knight.

Kenny Omega vs. Andrade El Idolo

The winner faces Hangman Page in Australia for the Revolution title shot and Don Callis/Lance Archer are here with Andrade. They chop it out to start until a knee sends Andrade outside. A One Winged Angel on the floor is blocked though and Andrade suplexes him out there instead. Back in and Andrade takes his shirt off but gets caught on top for some headbutts.

Omega’s superplex gets two and the You Can’t Escape moonsault connects for the same. Andrade is right back with Three Amigos, with the third connecting on the floor. A springboard corkscrew dive to the floor drops Omega again and Andrade poses with some attractive fans as we take a break.

We come back with Andrade grabbing a Figure Four, which is turned over so the rope is grabbed for the break. They slug it out from their knees until Omega snaps off a snapdragon, followed by the V Trigger in the corner. A super One Winged Angel is countered as well and a hammerlock DDT gives Andrade two.

The running knees in the corner crush Omega for another two and it’s time to chop it out again. A quick V Trigger drops Andrade but he scores with the discus elbow. The screwdriver is thrown in but Swerve Strickland runs out to take it away. The distraction lets Andrade hit Omega low and the DM gives Andrade the pin at 16:33.

Rating: B. At first I wasn’t wild on having to see another Andrade match, but that might be more about not wanting to hear from Callis until Australia is done. I’m good with the idea of Andrade getting built up to face Page for the title shot, as there are far worse ideas. At the same time, this could set up Omega vs. Swerve, which sounds pretty intriguing. Just don’t let Callis talk as much maybe?

Post match Omega and Swerve have to be held apart, which makes sense.

Video on Brody King.

Kris Statlander gets to pick the stipulation for her rematch with Thekla next week…but she’ll tell us on Collision. That fits well as Collision’s main story tends to be “announcing things for Dynamite”.

Babes Of Wrath vs. Penelope Ford/Megan Bayne

Non-title but if Ford and Bayne win, they get a future title shot. Ford and Cameron start things off but they both tag rather than do anything. Bayne takes over until Nightingale whips the villains into each other, with Cameron being dropped onto Ford for two. It’s back to Bayne to take over on Nightingale and a super hurricanrana sends her to the floor. Bayne’s big dive connects and we take a break.

We come back with Nightingale Pouncing Bayne, allowing the tag to Cameron. House is cleaned for a big, only for Ford to knock her down again. Cameron catches Bayne up top and a double superplex brings her crashing right back down. Ford hits a double running Blockbuster and all four of them are down. Nightingale’s spinebuster gets two on Bayne, who throws Ford at Nightingale for a cutter. The Doomsday Device finishes Cameron at 9:35.

Rating: C+. I’m still not wild on seeing the champions lose, especially without cheating, but at least we have a title match set up. Ford and Bayne don’t feel like the next big bad team and I’m still not sure why Bayne isn’t going after a singles title. At least the double champion didn’t get pinned here, but that’s only so much better.

Video on Tommaso Ciampa winning the TNT Title from Mark Briscoe in a heck of a match.

Ciampa issues an open challenge for Collision and has dubbed his title Silvie.

Here’s what’s coming on Collision.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

National Title: Ricochet vs. Jack Perry

Ricochet, actually without the Gates Of Agony, is defending. Perry jumps him on the ramp before the bell and knocks him to the floor to start fast. They get inside with Perry hammering away but Ricochet is back with a shot of his own to take over. Some right hands wake Perry up a bit and he knocks Ricochet outside, where he drops Perry onto the announcers’ table.

We take a break and come back with Perry knocking him outside again for a running flip dive. Back in and Ricochet suplexes him on the mat, then onto the apron, and then adds a Death Valley Driver on the floor. The belt is thrown inside so the referee takes it away, only for Ricochet’s low blow to be blocked.

A poisonrana and cutter give Perry two and it’s off to the Snare Trap. Perry has to let it go when Ricochet gets too close to the ropes but here are the Gates Of Agony to pull Ricochet to said rope. Cue the Young Bucks to cut them off, only for Perry to be sent into the belt. Vertigo retains the title at 13:26.

Rating: B-. That makes two losses in title matches to Ricochet, who got pinned to set those matches up. Unfortunately that’s dipping into the old WWE style of setting up title shots and that’s less than great. Ricochet cheating to win is a fine way to go for him, but don’t have him lose so much on the way there. It just makes him look weak, which doesn’t need to happen so often.

The War Dogs have taken over the production truck and make us watch them dragging Darby Allin behind their car in the desert. Yeah Allin gets beaten up and hurt in some wacky stunt. I absolutely do not care anymore.

Maxwell Jacob Friedman vs. Brody King

Non-title but if King wins, he gets a title shot in Australia. They stare at each other to start, Hangman Page shows up, King chokes MJF out and the Cannonball into the Ganso Bomb finishes MJF at 1:19. That’s the whole match. It’s certainly different and I do like it, though having two champions lose to set up title matches on the same show is a bit much.

Post match Andrade El Idolo comes in to drop King but Page takes Andrade out. MJF kicks Page low but walks into another Ganso Bomb to end the show. They pretty much didn’t need to include any of this post match stuff.

Overall Rating: B. It definitely wasn’t boring and it set up the main core of the Grand Slam card. That’s the most important thing they can do at the moment and they did it well enough. The show is feeling like a mini PPV and having MJF defend against King feels like a good In Your House level main event. I liked this well enough, though I’m completely over Allin’s shtick anymore. Good show which did its job.

Results
Don Callis Family b. Death Riders – Raging Fire to Garcia
Orange Cassidy/Toni Storm b. Jordan Oasis/Brittnie Brooks – Orange Punch to Oasis
Hangman Page b. Mark Davis – Buckshot Lariat
Andrade El Idolo b. Kenny Omega – DM
Penelope Ford/Megan Bayne b. Babes Of Wrath – Doomsday Device to Cameron
Ricochet b. Jack Perry – Vertigo
Brody King b. Maxwell Jacob Friedman – Ganso Bomb

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Collision
Date: January 31, 2026
Location: eSports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness

I believe this is the last show of the Arlington residency and hopefully that means we’re going out with a good one. Last week’s Collision was quite good and it would be great to see them match that here. Mark Briscoe is defending the TNT Title against Tommaso Ciampa, which should be interesting. Let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

Opening sequence.

Darby Allin vs. Clark Connors

Connors jumps him from behind to start fast and it’s a powerslam for an early two. Allin strikes back and grabs a Code Red for two but gets knocked outside in a crash. The big whip sends Allin into the barricade and a running knee knocks him off the apron. Clark drops him onto the barricade and apron as we take a break.

We come back with Clark dropping an elbow for two and hitting a spear through the ropes to send him into the apron again. The steps are loaded up but Allin rakes the eyes and hits a running dropkick off of said steps. The suicide dive connects for Allin but Clark sunset bombs him into a spear for two of his own. A crossarm choke has Allin down again and something like a powerbomb gets two more. Allin is able to flip him forward into the Scorpion Death Drop, setting up the Scorpion Deathlock for the win at 11:51.

Rating: C+. This is where Allin loses me, as his matches are turning into “he gets beaten up a lot and should be broken in half but wins anyway”. I like him doing the Sting finishers as they fit him well and it’s one less big bump to not have the Coffin Drop, but I’ve kind of seen enough of him getting destroyed. That’s been done for years now and the charm is pretty lost.

Post match Allin talks about beating the Death Riders and now he wants to be atop AEW. Cue Gabe Kidd to jump him from behind and the big beating ensues. Allin is dropped onto the steps and the steps are then dropped onto him. Kidd says this isn’t Death Riders business and he’ll follow Allin to the ends of the earth to destroy him.

Video on the Babes Of Wrath vs. the Sisters Of Sin.

Jet Speed is ready to fight the Don Callis Family. They are officially dubbed Jet Set Rodeo, because Jet Speed And Hangman Page isn’t good enough.

Cru vs. Rascalz

That would be Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz for the Rascalz with Xavier and Rush fighting over a headlock to start. That goes nowhere as Xavier takes him down without much trouble, with Rush staggering into the wrong corner. Wentz comes in and hits a Bronco Buster so Andretti comes in for a double springboard armdrag. The spinning crossbody gets Wentz out of trouble and the big running dive takes Cru down as we take a break.

We come back with Xavier getting forearmed and kicked down for two as we get a countdown to the TNT Title match. Wentz kicks his way out and it’s off to Wentz for a German suplex to Andretti. Everything breaks down and Cru kicks them outside for the stereo suicide dives. Wentz is back in to clean house, followed by some running elbows to keep Cru in the corners. Hot Fire Flame (Wentz does a standing moonsault and Xavier shoves him through the air onto Andretti) for the pin at 11:46.

Rating: B-. It was nice to see the Rascalz win a match rather than losing their first several outings. That being said, maybe it’s not a great idea to have them out there against a team who wrestles a similar style. Cru being similar doesn’t make the Rascalz stand out but rather make the teams seem interchangeable. Maybe come up with something better?

Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor think they can be a great team together.

Jon Moxley wants the best competition and he wants to beat Konosuke Takeshita to get his win back after Takeshita beat him in the Continental Classic. He doesn’t seem to like the Don Callis Family either.

Orange Cassidy/Toni Storm vs. Gino Medina/Lady Bird Monroe

The men start things off with Cassidy rolling backwards and putting his hands into his pockets. Monroe comes in and Cassidy does the lazy kicks until Storm comes in for the running dropkick. Storm beats Medina up too and the Orange Punch finishes him off at 1:47. Yeah that worked.

Post match Wheeler Yuta and Marina Shafir run in and beat down Cassidy and Storm. Yuta grabs the mic and interviews Cassidy, who Shafir has in a full nelson. Cassidy mocks Yuta’s hair and gets beaten down again. Yuta goes for some scissors to cut Cassidy’s hair but Storm makes the save. Storm wants hair vs. hair in two weeks.

Eddie Kingston/Ortiz and the Grizzled Young Veterans have another face to face meeting in the back and Kingston wants a parking lot fight. Big Bill and Bryan Keith run in to beat down Kingston and Ortiz, with the Veterans paying them off. The match is on, because Kingston beating them three times isn’t enough.

Video on Mark Briscoe vs. Tommaso Ciampa.

TNT Title: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Mark Briscoe

Briscoe is defending and we do get an intense handshake to start. Briscoe backs him into the corner to start and Ciampa does the same (with the roles reversed that is) so they can go to a test of strength. That doesn’t go anywhere so they trade shoulders and forearms. Briscoe knocks him outside for the running flip dive before they head to the apron for a chop off. An Air Raid Crash knocks Briscoe hard onto the apron and Ciampa applauds himself as we take a break.

We come back with Briscoe knocking him to the floor for the running Blockbuster off the apron. Back in and the Willow’s Bell (hanging elbow) gives Ciampa two but Briscoe knocks him right back down. The Froggy Bow gets two so Briscoe goes up again, with Ciampa hitting a super Air Raid Crash for two of his own.

Ciampa knees him out to the floor, where Briscoe loads up the table. Ciampa’s posing on the table takes too long and Briscoe gets up top for a Froggy Bow to a standing Ciampa through the table. Back in and Briscoe gets the better of the strike off, setting up another Froggy Bow. The Jay Driller is countered into a German suplex though and Ciampa hits the running knee for the pin and the title at 18:41.

Rating: B+. Well dang they actually did it. This was one of the better matches Collision has had in awhile and it made Ciampa feel like an instant star, which is the right idea. I was worried that he would lose and get lost in the midcard shuffle right off the bat. These guys beat the heck out of each other and it worked rather well. Heck of a match here and a great start for Ciampa.

Post match respect is shown again and Kyle Fletcher comes out to slowly applaud.

The Don Callis Family beats up more people while Josh Alexander talks about the team wanting various titles.

International Title: Kazuchika Okada vs. Adam Priest

Okada is defending and Rocky Romero is on commentary. A neckbreaker and slam put Priest down and he misses a charge in the corner. Okada follows him in but seems to hurt his knee, which is only a ruse so Romero can get in a cheap shot. We take a break and come back with Okada missing a charge and Priest striking away in the corner.

A neckbreaker gives Priest two and a German suplex out of the corner drops Okada again. Priest’s top rope legdrop gets two more and he grabs the Figure Four. Okada makes the rope and hits the dropkick and, after Priest grabs a rollup, hits the Rainmaker to retain at 10:16.

Rating: C+. Here’s the thing: it’s not a bad match, but I absolutely could not bring myself to believe that Priest was giving Okada this much trouble. Okada is one of the most successful stars in AEW history and he has trouble beating Adam Priest? I’m fine with Priest getting a better spot, but this was way too much of a leap. Cut the time down and let Priest get in some offense here and there, or give him a better opponent and it’s that much better.

The Rascalz think they should help Eddie Kingston in the parking lot. Kingston comes in and apparently it’s now an eight man parking lot fight. Sure.

We look at the World Title situation.

Tommaso Ciampa is happy to be here and respects Mark Briscoe. Now he’s ready to do something special as TNT Champion.

Women’s Tag Team Titles: Sisters Of Sin vs. Babes Of Wrath

The Babes are defending. Hart and Cameron start things off with Hart knocking her to the floor early on. That means it’s off to Blue, who is knocked down for a double splash. Hart comes back in and gets rolled up for two before it’s back to Cameron for the rapid fire kicks. We take a break and come back with Cameron rolling Blue up for two. Nightingale comes in to clean house, including a big Pounce to Blue.

Hart is back in for an attempted Old School hurricanrana, with Nightingale falling down while trying to catch her (fair enough). The Babe With The Powerbomb is countered into an X Factor and the double superkick gets two, with Cameron making a save. More superkicks have the champions in trouble but Cameron is back with a DDT for two on Blue. Eat Defeat sends Blue into something like the Paige Turner to retain the titles at 11:23.

Rating: B-. It was a fine way to give the champions a title defense and that’s about all it needed to be. What mattered here was getting the Babes in the ring as the fans certainly seem to love them. That worked well enough and the Sisters can now get out of the way for Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford. Perfectly acceptable main event.

Post match the brawl stays on, with Thekla and Kris Statlander coming in. Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford run in and the champs are left laying.

Overall Rating: B-. Yeah it was ok, with the Ciampa vs. Briscoe match absolutely stealing the show. As usual, Collision only feels so important, with most of its appeal being setting up things for later. The closing segment is interesting, but Allin vs. Kidd doesn’t exactly do much for me, as it feels like just more of Allin vs. the Death Riders. Check out Briscoe vs. Ciampa, but the rest was the usual just ok Collision fare.

Results
Darby Allin b. Clark Connors – Scorpion Deathlock
Rascalz b. Cru – Hot Fire Flame to Andretti
Orange Cassidy/Toni Storm/Gino Medina/Lady Bird Monroe – Orange Punch to Medina
Tommaso Ciampa b. Mark Briscoe – Running knee
Kazuchika Okada b. Adam Priest – Rainmaker
Babes Of Wrath b. Sisters Of Sin – Paige Turner to Blue

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Dynamite
Date: January 28, 2026
Location: H-E-B Center At Cedar Park, Cedar Park, Texas
Commentators: Excalibur, Taz, Tony Schiavone

We’re continuing the march towards Revolution and the question is who will be challenging MJF for the World Title. Kenny Omega has thrown his hat into the ring and that means it is time to start getting him ready for his chance. It might take some time to get there, but there is still more than a month remaining before the show. Let’s get to it.

Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Kenny Omega vs. Rocky Romero

They’re starting fast and this is described as “massive”. Rocky Romero is not in a massive match. There is no way around this. Romero jumps him to start fast but gets elbowed in the corner right back. A slingshot dive to the floor drops Romero again as we’re told that Samoa Joe has suffered an injury during training.

Omega hits the Kitaro Crusher but it’s too early for the V Trigger, with Romero bailing out to the floor. Back in and a running Sliced Bread drops Omega, who kicks Romero in the face. Romero stops to dance and is promptly kneed in the back of the head for a great comeback. The V Trigger into the One Winged Angel finishes Romero at 3:48.

Rating: C. This worked and it worked well, with Omega just running through Romero, including that awesome running knee to the head. It’s also nice to see a match just come and go without stretching out too long. That was the situation here and it went exactly as it should have. Nice job, and Romero getting beaten up was a nice bonus.

Post match Tony Schiavone (in neon yellow shoes) comes in to announce that Omega one of the four top contenders to the World Title. Omega says he hasn’t felt this good in years and he’ll beat anyone in his way to get there. Cue Hangman Page to say he’d rather be fighting beside Omega rather than against him, but he made the mistake of looking ahead.

Page is going to be the next champion, which brings out Swerve Strickland to say he’s here for the World Title. He hasn’t been pinned since he came back and it doesn’t matter who he has to beat to get the title back. Omega says it sounds like Swerve is looking for a fight, which Swerve says is truer than Omega knows. Cue Don Callis, who says Swerve’s undefeated streak ends tonight against Andrade El Idolo. Then Andrade is coming for Omega, because the Don Callis Family runs this show. Omega says Callis is the one who should worry and the chase is on.

Video on Thekla vs. Kris Statlander.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Jon Moxley vs. Ace Austin

Non-title. Moxley jumps him to start and hammers away in the corner before glaring at the referee. Austin takes it to the mat for a rather spinning rollup, followed by a springboard (from the bottom rope) armdrag. Moxley is sent outside and we take an early break. We come back with Moxley getting out of a headscissors on the mat and taking him to the top for a back rake.

A superplex brings Austin down with a crash but he’s back with a Russian legsweep. That doesn’t work for Moxley, who blasts him with a clothesline and they go to the pinfall reversal sequence. One heck of a spinning kick to the head gives Austin two and a springboard spinning kick to the head gets the same. Moxley isn’t having this as it’s a cutter into the Death Rider for the sudden pin at 10:05.

Rating: B. Austin was trying his best here and some of those kicks looked rather good. Losing to Moxley is one thing but hopefully they don’t do the same thing of “here’s someone new, watch them lose over and over” for a few weeks. It was a nice start for Austin though as Moxley seems set for an eventual showdown with Konosuke Takeshita.

Post match here is Konosuke Takeshita for a staredown with Moxley. Davis And Doyle run in from behind and Moxley gets taken out. No Death Riders make the save for some reason.

TNT Title: El Clon vs. Mark Briscoe

Briscoe is defending and Don Callis is on commentary because this has been his show thus far. Clon actually knocks Briscoe down to start but Briscoe Red Neck Kung Fus his way out of trouble. With Clon sent outside, Briscoe loads up the chair but Clon starts flipping around. That just earns him a clothesline, followed by the dive off the apron. Clon manages to tie him up in the ring skirt though and a running dropkick sends us to a break.

We come back with Briscoe knocking him outside for the running flip dive. The snap jabs have Clon in trouble but he gets in a kick to the head. A brainbuster drops Clon again and the Froggy Bow connects for two. The Jay Driller is loaded up but Clon bounces out of it (I’m not sure if that was a no sell or a counter but it looked cool. Illogical but cool.) and knocks him outside. Back in and Briscoe rolls him up to retain at 11:18.

Rating: B-. Clon is fun to watch with his flips and such, but it feels like we’re just waiting around for Hologram to come back for their one big match. Otherwise, Clon feels like just another warm body for the Don Callis Family. That’s not exactly a great place to be, but at least he got to do something here.

Post match Briscoe says it’s an Open Challenge for Collision, but he’s tired of the Don Callis Family so no one from them. The lights go out and a beating heart is on screen. And it’s Tommaso Ciampa making his debut to quite the reception. We get the big staredown and the match is apparently set for Collision. Ciampa even kisses him on the cheek.

Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada have a meeting in the back, with Okada saying he wasn’t thinking when he took the screwdriver at World’s End. It was just about winning and he wasn’t trying to hurt Fletcher. That’s acceptable to Fletcher and they shake hands in peace.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Here is MJF for a chat. After asking Taz why they’re working in a dump like this, MJF gets cut off by Brody King. For some reason MJF calls him dumb and stupid before saying King needs to win something to get the title shot. MJF accuses King of following people around, such as Malachi Black with their spooky light tricks. Or Buddy Matthews with his scary name and his bad ankle.

Maybe King should follow MJF, who can use a big scary man, even if MJF has, quote, “never in my life have I met a liberal man who looks more like a nazi”, unquote. The reality is that to be World Champion, you need to be a leader rather than a follower, but he needs to beat someone. King agrees, which is why he has gotten an eliminator match against MJF for next week. If he wins, he gets a title shot in Australia.

Video on the Young Bucks’ issues and their rise back up, with their return next week. They were gone?

Women’s Title: Thekla vs. Kris Statlander

Thekla is challenging and slaps her in the face to start. That earns her a glare out to the floor and some chops back inside. Thekla hangs in the ropes to avoid a charge but Statlander knocks her outside without much trouble. A delayed vertical suplex drops Thekla on the floor and a catapult sends her into the steps. Statlander takes too long getting up though and is knocked outside, followed by a double stomp to the back as we take a break.

We come back with Thekla grabbing the headscissors choke in the ropes, which is countered with a reverse Alabama slam. A Falcon Arrow gives Statlander two and a running clothesline knocks Thekla silly again. The 450 is broken up and a spider suplex (Taz: “Black Widow Jones.”) sends Statlander crashing down.

She heads outside so Thekla can hit her with a big dive, only for Statlander to come back with a spear. Thekla spits in her face and pulls her into a Black Widow, which is broken up just as fast. A Stomp give Thekla two but she charges into a superkick. Thekla’s quick rollup gets two but Statlander gives her a gutwrench powerbomb and Staturday Night Fever to retain at 11:45.

Rating: B. This was an interesting case of the powerhouse having to figure Thekla out and get the win to retain. It worked well with Thekla being weird enough to offer Statlander a challenge but not being able to trip her up. I’m not sure who is next for the title but there should be a solid group of challengers available.

Post match the Babes Of Wrath come out to celebrate but Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford are there for the staredown.

Don Callis wants the Family to bring him some gold. However, he does want Konosuke Takeshita to apologize to Kazuchika Okada. With Callis gone, Takeshita is not pleased with Fletcher forgiving Okada and walks away, leaving Fletcher worried.

Video on Jack Perry vs. Ricochet.

Earlier today, the Demand beat Perry up, with Ricochet trying to interview Perry at the same time.

Tag Team Titles: Davis And Doyle vs. FTR

FTR, with Stokely Hathaway, is defending. Doyle shoves Wheeler into the corner to start and then runs him over with some shoulders. Wheeler is able to send Davis into the corner for some clubberin but he’s right back with some chops. Davis and Doyle are sent outside, where Wheeler’s dive is easily cut off and we take a break.

We come back with Harwood and Davis chopping each other out until everything breaks down. FTR gets splashed in the corner until Doyle gets DDTed onto the apron. That leaves Davis to get belly to back superplexed into a top rope splash to give Wheeler two. Wheeler is knocked outside and Davis grabs a sleeper…but here are the Death Riders to clock Davis with a belt. The Shatter Machine retains the titles at 9:28.

Rating: B-. I’m worried about Doyle, who just disappeared after that DDT on the apron. Hopefully he’s not injured. Either way, this was another nice defense from FTR as they turned back a different kind of challengers. Again I’m not sure who is next for the titles, but in this case there aren’t as many ready to go challengers.

Orange Cassidy talks about dealing with Wheeler Yuta for five years now and even mocks Yuta’s beard. Yuta, with Marina Shafir, comes in to get in Cassidy’s face but Toni Storm evens things out. A mixed tag seems ready, with Cassidy and Storm tangoing away.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Swerve Strickland vs. Andrade El Idolo

Don Callis (of course) is on commentary (of course) and the winner faces Kenny Omega next week. Andrade grabs a headlock, which doesn’t last long, as Swerve is up for the forearm off. They both trade flips away from headscissors and the fans approve. Swerve takes him down and Andrade begs him to come off the ropes, with Swerve sending him outside instead.

Back up and Swerve gets whipped into the steps and we pause for Andrade to hit on….well it’s supposed to be a fan but that would be independent wrestler Jazmin Allure. We take a break and come back with Andrade cutting off a comeback, followed by the double moonsault for two. Swerve pulls him off the top though and it’s a Death Valley Driver onto the apron. They fight onto the barricade, with Swerve getting backdropped hard onto the edge, which has the fans feeling his pain.

Both of them dive back in at nine and Andrade fires off some forearms but the DM is blocked. The spinning back elbow drops Swerve (Callis: “We worked on that one all week.” Schiavone: “Oh for crying out loud.”) but the double knees are countered with the House Call for a rather near fall. A super poisonrana sends Swerve into the corner for the running knees, followed by the hammerlock DDT for two. Big Pressure is countered so Swerve hits the House Call, only to get pulled into the DM to give Andrade the pin at 14:51.

Rating: B. Giving Swerve’s first pinfall loss since his return to Andrade is certainly a way to go, though egads it means having to hear from Callis even more. Swerve will be around the World Title picture sooner than later as he pretty much has to be, though he might have to work to get back there for awhile. I’m assuming Omega beats Andrade next week, as the idea of putting any kind of long term faith in Andrade sounds a bit misguided.

MJF is ready for Brody King next week but Kenny Omega comes up to say it’s one more win and then they’ll see each other at Revolution. MJF walks off and runs into Andrade, who wants the title. That’s enough to send MJF outside, where Hangman Page is waiting on him. MJF gets in his car and has the driver speed off to end the show.

Overall Rating: B+. I liked the show and they did a nice job of not making this feel like a skippable show on the way to the bigger shows. Having so many people come after the World Title is a good way to go, assuming it doesn’t set up some multiman match. There are some openings for the title pictures and that’s a nice place to be on the way to the next pay per view. Good show here, and hopefully they keep it up for the next few weeks.

Results
Kenny Omega b. Rocky Romero – One Winged Angel
Jon Moxley b. Ace Austin – Death Rider
Mark Briscoe b. El Clon – Rollup
Kris Statlander b. Thekla – Staturday Night Fever
FTR b. Davis And Doyle – Shatter Machine to Davis
Andrade El Idolo b. Swerve Strickland – DM

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Collision
Date: January 24, 2026
Location: Addition Financial Arena, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight, Excalibur

This is kind of a weird one as the show was originally going to air live but the weather forced a double taping after Dynamite. That could mean a bit of a rushed show but hopefully the talent can make it work out. The big main event this time is for the CMLL World Title as Claudio Castagnoli defends against Roderick Strong. Let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

Opening sequence.

Hangman Page vs. Katsuyori Shibata

They go straight to the slugging to start and head outside, with Shibata being sent into the announcers’ table. Shibata misses a running big boot and gets booted over the barricade, meaning it’s time to brawl in the timekeeper’s area. Page keeps hammering away and takes him inside for a fall away slam. The triangle clothesline is cut off with an elbow to the face though and Shibata starts in on the leg. An early Figure Four is reversed, with Page making it to the rope.

We take a break and come back with Page cutting off the kicks the chest so they can chop it out. Shibata hits a running boot in the corner and they trade release German suplexes. They knock each other down for a double breather and the fans approve, as usual. The referee misses Shibata’s low blow and they head to the apron, where Page hits the Deadeye (that low blow didn’t exactly do a lot of damage). The moonsault to the floor hits Shibata but he’s right back with some kind of a neck crank. That’s broken up and Page hits a clothesline into the Buckshot Lariat for the pin at 13:23.

Rating: B-. It was a hard hitting fight as Page and JetSpeed continue their battle against the Opps. Odds are we’ll see a big showdown as a Dynamite main event in the near future, though the Trios Titles still don’t feel overly important. At least Page is getting some nice wins, as he feels like one of the biggest stars in the company and is coming off like one, which is something he has been needing.

Earlier this week, Don Callis and Ricochet were on a golf course and seem to be on the same page. Davis and Doyle beating people up in the background was funny.

Isla Dawn vs. Kris Statlander

Non-title and the Grizzled Young Veterans are here with Dawn. Statlander forearms away in the corner to start and a catapult sends Dawn into the corner. Dawn avoids a charge though and forearms away, followed by a Saito suplex for two. Statlander is right back with a Falcon Arrow into Staturday Night Fever for the fast pin at 2:49.

Post match Thekla pops up on screen wearing a Statlander shirt, which she takes off, spits on, and makes a Star Trek reference.

Jack Perry, holding his knife, says he wants Ricochet’s National Championship. Ricochet took Perry’s friend from him and now he’s taking the title, but it won’t be enough. Nice promo here.

We actually talk about Ace Austin winning on Ring Of Honor but he can’t be here due to travel issues (I’m guessing due to not being there for Dynamite, which is fine), so we have a replacement.

Don Callis Family vs. Billy Gunn/Austin Gunn

Don Callis is on commentary. Fletcher backs Austin up against the ropes to start and then throws him down without much trouble. Austin is back up with a running neckbreaker and it’s off to Billy, who is starting to look his age. Billy tells Fletcher to suck it so it’s off to Takeshita instead. Takeshita powers him into the corner and then out to the floor, where Callis offers a distraction. That means a cheap shot to put Billy down and we take a break.

We come back with Fletcher avoiding the Fameasser, only to get caught with the second attempt. The 3:10 To Yuma drops Fletcher, with Takeshita having to make the save. The Quick Draw is blocked though and Fletcher hits a dragon sleeper to put Austin down. Takeshita comes in with the Blue Thunder Bomb and Billy has to make the save. The running knee misses so Fletcher kicks Austin in the corner, setting up Raging Fire for the pin at 10:20.

Rating: C+. This was little more than a nice moment with Billy teaming with his son under bad circumstances. There wasn’t much else they could have done so this was about as good as it could have gone. Fletcher and Takeshita weren’t going to lose a match to the regular Bang Bang Gang lineup so this was actually a slight upgrade.

Post match Takeshita and Fletcher seem to be ok but here is Kazuchika Okada. Fletcher has to hold Takeshita back, which can’t be good.

Ricochet says Jack Perry will get his National Title shot in Las Vegas, which is the only place with enough luck for a Jack to have a chance against a King.

The Grizzled Young Veterans are still mad at Eddie Kingston and Ortiz and weapons are teased. Why in the world would this feud continue? The Veterans have lost every time. Why?

Alec Price/Jordan Oliver vs. Davis and Doyle

Doyle runs both of them over without much trouble to start and Davis comes in for a German suplex. Price and Oliver are tossed at each other in a nice idea and we settle down to Davis dropping Oliver. The kickout just annoys Davis so it’s off to Price for a running boot in the corner. Oliver and Price are thrown at each other again and a piledriver/swinging Boss Man Slam get the double pin at 3:53.

Rating: C. I can go with an entertaining squash as Davis and Doyle got to run through these two, with the toss spots being rather fun. Davis and Doyle are a good example of what happens when you do what should be obvious, as they’re big guys who look alike. Don’t make this more complicated than it should be and you’ll be fine. Unlike Price and Oliver, who are losing so much that they’re reaching levels of pitiful.

Post match Callis talks about having a vision of destroying FTR and owning the Tag Team Titles.

FTR and Stokely Hathaway pop up on screen, with Hathaway saying Callis lies a lot so FTR is keeping the titles.

Darby Allin goes to see Bam Margera and they skateboard a lot.

TBS Title: Julia Hart vs. Willow Nightingale

Nightingale is defending and they start with some running, followed by blocking the other’s hiptoss attempt. Hart bounces off of her, which doesn’t seem to be a great idea. A fisherman’s suplex gives Nightingale two so Hart strikes away to some more success. An Old School hurricanrana drops Nightingale, who pops right back up.

Cue Skye Blue for a distraction so here is Harley Cameron to cut her off. Nightingale’s Cannonball misses though and Hart grabs a neckbreaker for two. We take a break and come back with Hart hitting some running corner clotheslines. Nightingale hits a much harder clothesline (Wight: “She started swinging in Florida and stopped in Nebraska.”) but Hart superkicks her off the corner.

They head outside, where Nightingale pulls her off the barricade for a suplex and the Cannonball gets two back inside. Hart is right back with something like a Black Widow, which is broken up just as quickly. The Babe With The Powerbomb is countered into a hurricanrana for two, only for the second attempt to retain Nightingale’s title at 10:43.

Rating: B-. Hart continues to look smooth in the ring and she’s good at this kind of a match, where there is only so much drama about a title change but it’s an entertaining match anyway. Nightingale getting to beat someone is a good thing to see and the fans still love her. That’s a fine use of time on this show and I was never bored so call it a success.

The Rascalz are eating and talking about the nice couch they have. They’re ready to fight the Cru and Myron Reed is eventually out after losing some Rock Paper Scissors. This wasn’t as funny as the team usually is but they’re still new.

Magnus vs. Andrade El Idolo

Andrade chops him up against the ropes to start and a backdrop puts Magnus down again. A very loud chop connects for Andrade but Magnus knocks him outside. The dive is cut off, allowing Andrade to seemingly give a woman his number. We take a break and come back with…Andrade having lost his pants. Dang it that’s never good.

Andrade hits Three Amigos into an Eddie Dance but pulls Magnus up at two. The double arm crank goes on and Andrade gets to start untying the mask, which isn’t overly nice. Magnus fights back and hits a dive into the announcers’ table, followed by a Swanton for two back inside. Andrade sends him hard into the corner though and the running knees set up the DM for the pin at 11:08.

Rating: C+. This was about what you would expect from Andrade, as he had a fine match that didn’t exactly offer much in the way of interest. It was just Andrade doing his stuff and getting a win over someone who doesn’t mean much around here. Magnus got in a bit of offense but at least he only dragged this a bit beyond a squash.

Post break Andrade says he wants the World Title and is coming for Swerve Strickland on Dynamite.

CMLL World Title: Roderick Strong vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Castagnoli, with Wheeler Yuta, is defending, Jon Moxley is on commentary and Strong has Orange Cassidy with him. Castagnoli jumps him during the entrances but Strong chops back and tells Castagnoli to hit him harder. A headlock works a bit better for Castagnoli but Strong is back up with some right hands in the corner. They go outside with Strong striking away, only to get dropped hard onto the barricade.

Back in and Castagnoli starts in on the leg with some cranking, plus a slam to send the leg into the rope. A neckbreaker doesn’t work for Castagnoli as Strong sends him outside, only for Castagnoli to ram the leg into the barricade. We take a break and come back with Castagnoli staying on the leg but Strong kicks him to the floor. A dropkick through the ropes connects and Strong is back in with the belly to back faceplant for two.

Castagnoli goes right back onto the leg but the Neutralizer is blocked. Instead Castagnoli goes with an uppercut for two and kicks away at the leg in the corner. They go up top where Strong manages a super Angle Slam for two, setting up the Stronghold. The rope is grabbed (Moxley: “Oh boy.”) and Castagnoli Swings him into the half crab.

Strong gets out so the knee is wrapped around the post, with Yuta getting in a cheap shot. Cassidy Orange Punches him, only for Castagnoli to drop Cassidy right back. They head back inside, with Strong hitting a knee to the face but Castagnoli goes back to the leg. A one legged Swing sets up the Neutralizer to retain the title at 18:20.

Rating: B. This was a solid main event with Castagnoli getting to avenge his loss to Strong in the Continental Classic. That’s a good way to set up the main event of Collision and while the title doesn’t mean much around here, it’s at least something with a bit of a connection to AEW. The leg stuff worked well too, with that swinging single leg crab looking awesome. Nice job here.

Overall Rating: B. Maybe they should tape the show after Dynamite more often. This was a rather entertaining show and while it felt like it was another case of setting up Dynamite, it did so well enough. That’s mostly what Collision tends to be and while it didn’t have anything you really needed to see, it did a nice job of making me more interested in Dynamite. Throw in a good main event and I’ll take that week to week.

Results
Hangman Page b. Katsuyori Shibata – Buckshot Lariat
Kris Statlander b. Isla Dawn – Staturday Night Fever
Don Callis Family b. Billy Gunn/Austin Gunn – Raging Fire to Austin
Davis and Doyle b. Jordan Oliver/Alec Price – Double pin
Willow Nightingale b. Julia Hart – Babe With The Powerbomb
Andrade El Idolo b. Magnus – DM
Claudio Castagnoli b. Roderick Strong – Neutralizer

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