Collision
Date: April 2, 2026
Location: Canada Life Center, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, Excalibur

It’s a rare Thursday night show and it would be nice to see this show be treated as something special for a change. There are some big names set for the card and I could go for seeing some of those stars in action for the week. That includes an open challenge for the TBS Title so let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

Jon Moxley vs. Anthony Bowens

Non-title Eliminator match. Moxley shoves him in the face to start so Bowens is right back up to fire off some right hands. Forearms and elbows have Moxley in more trouble but he slugs away against the ropes. A spinning faceplant drops Moxley though and Bowens clotheslines him to the floor. They go to the mat for some grappling and then trade right hands in the corner.

Bowens follows him to the floor, where Moxley takes it into the crowd with Bowens sending him into a wall. We take a break and come back with Moxley working on the arm, apparently after Bowens was sent into…something metal during the break. Bowens gets up for a superkick and they’re both down for a breather. A top rope superplex drops Moxley and Bowens grabs a spinning DDT out of the corner for two more.

Moxley manages a cross armbreaker, which Bowens escapes pretty quickly. They go outside again, where Bowens’ chair shots only hit various metal objects. Back in and Bowens drops him with a trio of discus forearms…but Moxley snatches him into a bulldog choke. Bowens is in trouble so Moxley throws him into the Death Rider for the pin at 14:58.

Rating: B-. Good enough opener here, though I had a bit of a problem buying Bowens hanging in there for fifteen minutes against Moxley. It’s not some totally ridiculous result, but it felt like Moxley could have put him away faster. Either way, there’s a good chance this will tie into Bowens wanting to join the Opps, which would at least be something to do.

Post match Will Ospreay runs in to Hidden Blade Moxley. Ospreay grabs a chair but the Death Riders run in to get Moxley out. Ospreay says Moxley usually has Claudio Castagnoli do his dirty work but at Forbidden Door, Moxley did it himself. They’ll be facing off at Dynasty, but Ospreay wants the Continental Title on the line so no one is allowed at ringside and he gets twenty minutes to do all the damage he can. Moxley doesn’t really answer…but Tony Khan makes it official via Tony Schiavone.

The Don Callis Family is ready for a tag match, even though Kyle Fletcher is injured. Kazuchika Okada says the replacement will be better than Konosuke Takeshita anyway.

Megan Bayne/Lena Kross vs. Kristara/Ava Lawless

Non-title. Bayne throws Kristara down without much trouble and adds an overhead belly to belly suplex. The champs hit stereo fall away slams and some running boots in the corner rock Lawless. For some reason Kristara fights back so it’s Divine Intervention to finish her at 2:28. Total squash.

Jon Moxley, with the Death Riders, isn’t surprised by Will Ospreay’s actions and Ospreay should expect no mercy. Ospreay is going to beat himself.

The Hurt Syndicate is back and they could use another member. All that matters is they’re back in business. Yeah I could go for them being back.

TBS Title: Willow Nightingale vs. ???

Nightingale is defending against…Hikaru Shida, who hasn’t wrestled here since November 2024. Feeling out process to start with Nightingale running her over but getting dropped by a shoulder. A running knee in the corner hits Nightingale and we hit the one armed camel clutch. That’s broken up and Nightingale runs her over with a Pounce and then drops Shida again on the floor.

We take a break and come back with Shida knocking her off the apron before setting up a chair. A running charge off of said chair connects and Shida throws her back inside for a top rope Meteora. Nightingale grabs a Death Valley Driver for two but misses the moonsault, allowing Shida to hit a pair of running knees for two each. A backslide out of nowhere retains the title at 9:35.

Rating: B-. The match was completely decent, with Shida being back as a nice surprise. With Toni Storm gone, the division is going to need some fresh blood and this might be the right way to go. Shida is someone with quite the resume in AEW so why not see what she can do in the spot? Nightingale gets a nice win of her own and her singles run continues to go rather well.

Post match Shida pulls out her kendo stick and teases swinging but everything is cool.

FTR vs. Mo Jabari/London Lightning

Non-title. Harwood drives Lightning into the corner to start and takes him down. Some chops and a clothesline have Lightning in trouble and he gets sent to the apron. A slingshot shoulder drops Harwood though and Jabari comes in. That’s fine with Wheeler, who takes Jabari into the corner for some clubberin. Jabari actually fights his way out and kicks both of them down, allowing the tag to Lightning. He tries to cover Harwood, who kicks out immediately and grabs the Shatter Machine to pin Jabari at 2:50.

Post match Christian Cage and Adam Copeland show up with chairs in hand to take out security and get inside for the brawl. The Impaler hits Wheeler but Stokely breaks up the Conchairto. One of the security guards takes it instead, which seems rather mean.

The Brawling Birds and Mina Shirakawa are happy with their win on Dynamite but Jamie Hayter wants Thekla at Dynasty. Shirakawa wants quite the beating.

Juice Robinson vs. Tommaso Ciampa

They trade headlocks to start until Robinson grabs a quick atomic drop. Another atomic drop lets Robinson send him face first into the buckle over and over, followed by the left hands. Ciampa heads to the floor and pulls Robinson face first into the apron to take over. Robinson is right back up with a slingshot dive but Ciampa sends him into the announcers’ table as we take a break.

We come back with Robinson getting fired up and winning an exchange of headbutts. A spinebuster drops Ciampa and Robinson strikes him down in the corner. Ciampa is able to send him to the apron for a running knee to the floor and they crash into the barricade. Back in and Robinson scores with a Cannonball into something like a Jackhammer for two.

Ciampa slips out of a powerbomb though and gets in a low blow, setting up the Willow’s Bell for two more. Robinson fights out of the corner and grabs a powerbomb (a nice one too) for two of his own. The forward DDT is blocked though and Ciampa hits a pair of running knees to the head for the pin at 13:56.

Rating: B. Ciampa’s hot run in AEW continues as he is getting to show what he can do in the ring, especially against good opponents. Robinson is someone who can work well and he’s playing it a bit more serious since his return, which made for a good match here. Now just find something bigger for Ciampa to do to capitalize on this streak.

Isiah Kassidy says he’s forced to change due to Marq Quen being injured. He wants an opportunity.

Darby Allin is ready for Andrade El Idolo when Brody King and Jack Perry come in. King and Perry talk about their history with Allin but they agree to team with him to face the Don Callis Family on Dynamite. Perry seems obsessed with Allin setting him on fire. Dude of all the dumb things Allin has done, that’s the one that sticks with you?

Don Callis Family vs. Rascalz

Andrade El Idolo/Mark Davis for the Family and Myron Reed is the odd Rascal out. The Family jumps them on the floor before the bell, much to Don Callis’, on commentary, happiness. The Rascalz are send inside, where they score with some dropkicks, setting up stereo suicide dives. Xavier and Davis get inside for the opening bell and some double teaming, including a Motor City Machine Guns Dream Sequence, has Davis in trouble.

Andrade gets in a cheap shot though and Davis adds a backsplash to take over. Andrade comes in and gets knocked outside, where he elbows Xavier’s dive out of the air. We pause for Andrade to take a photo with a fan and take a break. We come back with Andrade grabbing a chinlock as commentary talks about how the team is vicious and delicious. Come on, leave Norton and Bagwell out of this.

Andrade sends him into the corner but charges into a superkick, allowing Wentz to come back in and strike away. A bunch of kicks to the face set up a spinning high crossbody for two. Wentz blocks the piledriver and gets two off a hurricanrana. Everything breaks down and the Hot Fire Flame hits raised knees. Andrade takes out Xavier on the floor and it’s the piledriver to knock Wentz silly. The DM gives Andrade the pin at 10:48.

Rating: B-. The Rascalz seem to be a team who exists to make others look good in defeat, which isn’t the worst thing to see. At the same time, the Family team only means so much as the group is thrown into all kinds of pairings. It isn’t like there is a regular two man team, though Davis and that piledriver looked rather good.

Post match the Family leaves and here are more of the team to jump the Rascalz. Myron Reed comes in for the save and hits a big running flip dive. Apparently Kazuchika Okada was in for the beatdown to prove that he’s a better friend to Kyle Fletcher than Konosuke Takeshita. This company is WAY too obsessed with friendship angles.

Dogs/Death Riders vs. Conglomeration/Mistico/Kevin Knight

Tornado tag with Clark Connors/David Finlay/Claudio Castagnoli/Wheeler Yuta for the former team. The villains jump them on the floor to start fast until Castagnoli throws Mistico inside to start the real match. Mistico slips out of a gorilla press and grabs a rather spinning wristdrag. The Dogs pull Mistico outside but Cassidy cuts off a dive, allowing Knight to hit a big dive of his own.

Back in and the Dogs drop Knight and Cassidy, leaving Mistico to get double teamed by the Riders. Mistico manages a running hurricanrana to send Castagnoli outside, leaving Knight to frog splash Yuta for two. We take a break and come back with Cassidy in trouble in the corner but he manages to take them all out. The Dogs are back in but a suplex is countered into a Stundog Millionaire. Strong is back in to help clean house and Mistico adds a top rope hurricanrana to Castagnoli.

Mistico’s springboard hurricanrana hits Yuta and we hit the parade of knockdowns until Knight’s springboard clothesline gets two on Castagnoli. Finlay Dominators Knight into a spear from Connors but Strong is back in for the save. A triple Stronghold goes on but Castagnoli breaks up two of them.

The boots to the face don’t break up Strong’s though, as he comes up with chops instead. Most of the people head outside and Yuta hits a running knee to Knight. Mistico sunset bombs Castagnoli for two but he’s back up for the Swing. The Fastball Special misses and Mistico gets Castagnoli in La Mistica. Knight hits the UFO Splash to pin Yuta at 15:05.

Rating: B. This was completely insane throughout with all action and that made for a fun match. At the same time, I’m not sure why this needed to be tornado rules other than AEW thought it would be more entertaining that way. I’m also not sure why the Dogs need to lose again, though at least it was Yuta taking the fall here instead of one of them. What else is Yuta supposed to be there for anyway?

Overall Rating: B. The best thing about this show is it felt more like an episode of Dynamite, which is a good sign given the special time slot. There is no reason to make this show feel normal and they did a nice job of putting bigger names and stars out there this week. It would be nice to continue that when Collision is back in its regular spot, but I’ll take it for one week at least.

Results
Jon Moxley b. Anthony Bowens – Death Rider
Megan Bayne/Lena Kross b. Kristara/Ava Lawless – Divine Intervention to Lawless
Willow Nightingale b. Hikaru Shida – Backslide
FTR b. Mo Jabari/London Lightning – Shatter Machine to Jabari
Tommaso Ciampa b. Juice Robinson – Running knee
Don Callis Family b. Rascalz – DM to Wentz
Conglomeration/Kevin Knight/Mistico b. Dogs/Death Riders – UFO Splash to Yuta

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Dynamite
Date: March 25, 2026
Location: Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St. Paul Minnesota
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, Taz

Somehow we’re only about two and a half weeks away from Dynasty, which doesn’t have much set up as of yet. That’s really going to need to change and a lot of things could be added this week. We do already have a bit ready to go though and some of those things should get some extra boosts this week. Let’s get to it.

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

Kenny Omega vs. Swerve Strickland

Omega is putting up his EVP title and Strickland is putting up his #1 contendership. Prince Nana grabs Omega’s foot to start and Strickland hits an early clothesline. Omega gets dropped throat first across the top rope but he’s fine enough to grab a hurricanrana to send Strickland outside. The running flip dive connects and Omega adds a running hip attack against the barricade.

Strickland rams him into the barricade though and they back inside with Strickland grabbing something like a standing crossface. Omega breaks out and hits a running Fameasser into You Can’t Escape. They trade some hard strikes to the face until Omega sends him into the corner for the V Trigger. Omega goes up top but gets pulled down with something like a super Angle Slam as we take a break.

We come back with Omega winning a slugout and grabbing some snapdragons. They head to the apron, where Strickland distracts the referee so he can kick Omega low. A piledriver onto the barricade knocks Omega even sillier, followed by a suplex powerbomb for two back inside. Big Pressure is countered so Strickland hits a House Call to send Omega into the ropes.

The Swerve Stomp gives Strickland two but Omega kicks him into the corner. Strickland is able to hit a powerbomb into a powerslam for two more so Omega knees him into the ropes. The V Trigger and Vertebreaker are countered so Strickland goes to the eyes, setting up the Vertebreaker for the rather near fall. Another Swerve Stomp misses so Omega V Triggers him into the One Winged Angel for the pin at 20:34.

Rating: B+. This was a good way to go as you had two main eventers beating each other up with some important things on the line. The ending sets up Omega for a likely title shot in Canada at Dynasty, which isn’t a bad way to go. I’m not wild on Strickland losing so soon, but that’s the way to go given the stakes here.

We look at some of Darby Allin’s bigger stunts.

Will Ospreay wants to fight Pac and then he’s coming for Jon Moxley, who he wants to fight at Dynasty.

Death Riders vs. SkyFlight

That would be Jon Moxley/Marina Shafir/Daniel Garcia vs. Top Flight/Zayda Steel and Top Flight are the hometown stars. The men head to the floor as Shafir chokes Steel, who comes back with a headscissors. It’s off to Garcia, who takes over on Darius, followed by Moxley coming in to stomp away. Darius dropkicks his way out of trouble and Dante comes in to clean house. Everything breaks down and SkyFlight hits a triple dive as we take a break.

We come back with Dante in trouble but he fights out without much trouble. A jumping enziguri hits Shafir and it’s back to Steel to clean house. Steel has to escape a Doomsday Device attempt (with Moxley playing Hawk) and Top Flight is back in to take over. Wheeler Yuta knees Christopher Daniels down on the floor and Garcia Dragontamers Darius. Moxley adds a stomp and Garcia gets the pin at 11:03.

Rating: B-. This was ok, though there wasn’t much of a reason to believe that SkyFlight was going to have a change here. Granted there is always the chance that it could go badly for the Riders if Garcia is involved but he held up here. Steel held her own here and it’s nice to see her not take the fall, so maybe she has a bit more of a future than it seemed.

Post match Moxley accepts Ospreay’s challenge for Dynasty but warns him to not let his mouth get him in trouble.

The Young Bucks want the Tag Team Titles back.

Mike Bailey vs. Rocky Romero

Romero takes him down to start and, after dancing, hits a kick to the chest. Back up and Bailey fires off some rapid fire kicks to knock Romero outside, setting up the triangle moonsault. Bailey’s tornado kick misses back inside so Romero does his sliding dance. Bailey kicks him down twice and the Ultimate Weapon finishes Romero off at 2:43. Pretty much a squash.

We look at MJF beating Hangman Page in the Texas Deathmatch at Revolution. How many times do we need to look at this?

Here is MJF for a chat. He’s the World Champion and the man who hanged the Hangman and that means Page can never ever (repeat about 17 times) be World Champion again. That was the easiest win of his career and he holds the ultimate prize in this business. He hits both catchphrases but here is Kenny Omega to interrupt.

Omega mocks MJF’s appearance and smell before listing off his own nicknames. If MJF is the Devil, Omega might be the god of professional wrestling because he can cancel MJF out. Yeah MJF beat a weakened version of Omega but now Omega is back and better than MJF. The title match is set for Dynasty and no, MJF won’t shake hands. Omega gets in his own catchphrase before leaving.

Earlier today, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage talked about the choices that FTR have made to get here. It was going after Beth that went too far, as they have been friends for years, but now Copeland is swearing to take them out.

Here is FTR, with a now standing Stokely Hathaway. The team made a choice to dump Copeland and look at the result of that choice. Cash Wheeler talks about how he used to live in Copeland’s guest house and ate his food, but now he doesn’t need Copeland or his stupid kids. Dax Harwood says if he’ll drop Beth Copeland on her head, what will he do to Adam?

Conglomeration vs. The Dogs

That would be Orange Cassidy/Roderick Strong vs. David Finley/Clark Connors, though FTR shoves the Conglomeration on their way to the ring. Finlay and Strong lock up against the ropes to start before it’s off to Connors, who gets chopped in the corner. Cassidy sends both of them into the corner but the Dogs pull a double high crossbody out of the air. Connors rams both of them into the barricade and we take a break.

We come back with Strong getting knocked off the apron but Cassidy manages a Stundog Millionaire. Cassidy ducks a dive as well and it’s back to Strong to pick up the pace. The belly to back faceplant gets two on Connors, who is right back with a powerslam. Strong is back in to pick Cassidy up and ram him into the Dogs and Cassidy hits his top rope DDT on Connors. Finlay takes Cassidy out to save Connors and a high/low hits Strong. Cassidy is back up to put his hands in his pockets though and a running dropkick hits the Dogs. A chop block cuts Cassidy off though and the Full Clip gives Connors the pin at 10:40.

Rating: B. They had a good, fast paced match, though the Dogs have lost to the Conglomeration so many times that it’s hard to care about them very much. At least they won here, though it’s only going to mean so much for them. At the same time, both teams need to move on from this feud already.

Megan Bayne and Lena Kross are ready to beat the Babes Of Wrath again.

Kyle Fletcher is proud of his recent title defenses but he wants the World Title. Konosuke Takeshita comes in and they’re close as a team. Certainly closer than anything involving Kazuchika Okada.

Women’s Title: Mina Shirakawa vs. Thekla

Shirakawa is challenging and gets more flowers from her mystery admirer. Thekla gets sent into the corner and then back out of it to start, followed by a quick DDT. They head outside and strike it out as Shirakawa is looking more serious than usual. Back in and Thekla hits a running knee and knocks Shirakawa outside. That’s fine with Shirakawa, who sweeps the leg and hits a hanging DDT onto the floor.

We take a break and come back with Thekla holding something like a Rings Of Saturn. With that broken up, Thekla’s spear is cut off with a running boot, followed by a missile dropkick for two. Back up and they trade some shots to the face until Thekla gets in the spear. Thekla takes off her belt so the referee takes it away, allowing her to take out some brass knuckles to knock Shirakawa cold for the pin at 10:45.

Rating: C+. This is where the past catches up with them, as Shirakawa went from a regular loser to winning a single match and getting a title shot. That’s not enough to make this work and it didn’t here, as there was pretty much no reason to believe the title was changing hands. That being said, at least the secret admirer/who attacked Storm should be good enough to keep this part of the division going.

Kenny Omega is ready to take the World Title off of MJF. Mike Bailey comes in to shake Omega’s hand and say he wants the first shot when Omega wins the title. Works for Omega.

Ricochet admits that he lost it the last time they saw him because he had to defend his National Title in a battle royal. Now people like Kenny Omega is getting a World Title shot, even though Ricochet beat him. Anyway, Ricochet and the Demand will be back.

Rush vs. Darby Allin

No countouts for your weird stipulation of the night. Rush jumps him on the floor to start fast and sends Allin hard into the barricade. Another whip sends him into the steps, followed by the barricade again. Allin is sent hard into the steps, with his legs hitting the barricade but he’s able to fight back. The suicide dive only hits barricade though and Rush suplexes him off the apron as we take a break.

We come back with Rush stomping away in the corner as Allin is busted open. Rush tries the Tranquilo pose so Allin jumps him and hammers away, albeit to little avail. Instead Allin chops on the corner to set up a Coffin Drop to send Rush outside. Now the big dive connects so Allin puts him in the chair for a missile dropkick. The Code Red gives Allin two but Rush sends him flying into the corner with an overhead belly to belly. The Bull’s Horns miss though and Allin grabs a flipping rollup for the pin at 11:29.

Rating: B-. Believe it or not, Allin got beaten up for a good while here and took a lot of painful looking crashes. That’s pretty much the crux of a lot of his matches, though at least he won here. The stipulation didn’t make much of a difference at all here, which makes me wonder why this was even the main event in the first place.

Post match the Don Callis Family comes in to lay Allin out, though Andrade El Idolo isn’t sure about this to end the show.

Overall Rating: B. This was a nice edition of the show, with some stuff being added to Dynasty and a few good matches throughout the night. The opener should have been the main event, though I’m assuming they needed the extra time to hype up MJF vs. Omega at Dynasty. They had a good show here, though Dynasty still has a long way to go to really be ready.

Results
Kenny Omega b. Swerve Strickland – One Winged Angel
Death Riders b. SkyFlight – Stomp to Darius
Mike Bailey b. Rocky Romero – Ultimate Weapon
The Dogs b. Conglomeration – Full Clip to Connors
Thekla b. Mina Shirakawa – Punch with brass knuckles
Darby Allin b. Rush – Rollup

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Collision
Date: January 10, 2026
Location: eSports Stadium Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Commentators: Nigel McGuinness, Tony Schiavone

The Arlington residency continues as we are on the way to next week’s Maximum Carnage Dynamite. That is something that will likely get a lot of attention this week and it should make for a nice show. Collision tends to do well when it comes to advancing things for later so let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

Death Riders vs. SkyFlight

Jon Moxley is on commentary and SkyFlight’s newest member, Zayda Steel, is here as well. Yuta takes Sky down into a chinlock to start but Sky spins around into an armbar. Garcia comes in to chop away on Darius but Dante is in with a bulldog to send Garcia into Darius’ knee. Pac isn’t having that and comes in to stomp away but Dante makes the save. That’s cut off and the Riders kick him down in the corner as we take a break.

We come back with Dante fighting out of a chinlock but getting caught in a top rope Hart Attack for two. Dante’s dropkick allows the tag off to Yuta and a springboard Downward Spiral drops him again (Moxley: “Where do they come up with this offense?”). Yuta gets slingshotted into a cutter for two, with Garcia having to make a save. Darius gets caught in the corner for some rapid fire elbows. The Brutalizer makes him give up at 13:24.

Rating: B. Fun tag match to start things off here, which isn’t surprising as SkyFlight tends to do rather well. It was far from a squash and it got a lot more entertaining when things broke down near the end, which is where both teams tend to shine. Also of note: Moxley is rather good on commentary, as he is very energetic in the booth.

Post match Steel gets in a staredown with Marina Shafir…and gets laid out by a Megan Bayne Liger Bomb. So she gets pinned in her first match as part of SkyFlight and then gets laid out two days later. Why would I want to cheer for her?

The Conglomeration (and Roderick Strong) is ready for either bad guy faction that wants to come out of them. Mark Briscoe goes a bit nuts about being ready for Hechicero.

Brody King vs. Barrett Brown

This is billed as a standby match because the opener went short. Yeah apparently about thirteen and a half minutes is short. The Ganso Bomb finishes Brown at 26 seconds.

The Don Callis Family beat up more people in the back, with Don Callis himself apparently still in Tokyo celebrating Kazuchika Okada’s win at Wrestle Kingdom.

El Clon vs. Komander

They go technical with some rather spinning rollups to start with Clon getting the better of things. Clon knocks him down again and hits a quick moonsault for two. A rather springboardy wristdrag has Clon in trouble and a twisting top rope hurricanrana takes him down again. They go outside with Clon dropping him on the ramp as we take a break. We come back with Komander (whose knee was banged up during the break) going after the knee and hitting a DDT. Komander flips around a bit to show that the knee is ok and grabs a poisonrana for two.

Clon’s tilt-a-whirl is broken up and Komander runs to the top for a nice moonsault. Komander sends him outside for a dive but Cielito Lindo misses. Now the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker works for Clon but his spinning torture rack bomb is countered into a Canadian Destroyer (that was slick) for two. A leg trap powerbomb gives Clon two, followed by the torture rack bomb (McGuinness: “Now he’s dead.”) for the pin at 12:07.

Rating: B+. That might be a bit high but I was having a great time with this. They stopped trying to do anything but do one cool spot after another and that was quite the success. I had a good time with this match and Clon got to showcase himself, which is what he needs to be doing since he’s still establishing himself.

We look at the Don Callis Family’s night at Wrestle Kingdom.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Mina Shirakawa vs. Lady Frost

Shirakawa gets a bouquet of flowers at the bell and Frost kicks her in the face (naturally the referee is fine with starting the match as this happens). Frost stomps away in the corner but Shirakawa fights out, only to get caught in the corner again. A front flip Cannonball connects for Frost but Shirakawa strikes her in the head a few times. The Figure Four makes Frost tap at 2:48. They packed a lot into that time.

Post match Shirakawa gets the flowers but isn’t sure who sent them.

We look at Mercedes Mone’s downfall. She’s taking a break from AEW but is coming back to take more than just titles.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

TNT Title: Hechicero vs. Mark Briscoe

Briscoe is defending and they look at each other to start until Hechicero takes him down by the leg. Back up and Briscoe takes him down by the arm to little avail so he sticks the landing off Hechicero’s backdrop. Hechicero grabs the hammerlock into a spinning backbreaker for two and they go outside with Briscoe hammering away.

The Blockbuster off the apron drops Hechicero again but he breaks up Briscoe’s step up dive off the chair. A cross armbreaker on the floor has Briscoe in trouble and we take a break. We come back with Briscoe’s arm in trouble and another cross armbreaker sending him to the ropes. Hechicero grabs a rather impressive flip into the cross armbreaker again, with Briscoe needing the rope one more time.

They crash out to the floor, with Briscoe getting caught in a choke until he drops Hechicero onto the ramp. Back in and Briscoe hits the step up flip dive to drop him again and they both get back inside. The arm gives out on a Jay Driller attempt though and the running hurricanrana driver gives Hechicero two. Hechicero’s facebuster into another armbar doesn’t last long so they go up top, with Briscoe biting his way to freedom. The Froggy Bow gets two and the Jay Driller retains at 14:57.

Rating: B+. Another awesome match here as this show is on a roll. Briscoe fighting through the injury and managing to hit the two big finishers to retain was a good story, especially against someone as impressive as Hechicero. There are certain people who can just do things differently than everyone else and Hechicero certainly fits that description. Heck of a match here.

Post match the Conglomeration comes out to celebrate.

The Grizzled Young Veterans mock Eddie Kingston, who is going to take Ortiz down with him this time. Kingston says you reap what you sow, but they only reap.

Video on FTR, including their issues with Adam Copeland.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Babes Of Wrath/Kris Statlander vs. Hyan/Maya World/Vert Vixen

World rolls Statlander up for an early two but Statlander powers her down. Cameron comes in and gets dropped onto World for two, followed by a double side slam for two on Vixen. A series of running strikes take Vixen down and we take a break. We come back with Cameron getting thrown into the wrong corner for some running shots.

A shotgun dropkick gives Vixen two, with Nightingale actually having to make a save. Cameron tries to come back but gets kneed in the face…and she makes the tag without much difficulty anyway. Nightingale cleans house and hands it back to Statlander, with Cameron coming back in with a double high crossbody. Staturday Night Fever finishes Vixen at 8:57.

Rating: C+. It was fast paced, though I’m not sure how successful this was. The match was designed to set up the Babes and Statlander against the Triangle Of Madness but they had a pretty good bit of trouble here. I’d expect a bit more of a dominant performance from three champions, but at least they won.

Post match the winners are glad with the result but Thekla pops in to say she and her sisters will take care of them on Dynamite. Statlander promises to make them call her Big Stat Daddy.

Don Callis joins us from Tokyo (having gone back after showing up on Dynamite) and is thrilled with Kazuchika Okada’s win. Kyle Fletcher comes in to say they need to talk about Okada. Callis is confused but Fletcher talks about how Okada took his screwdriver at Worlds End. Callis kind of blows him off and says focus on getting the TNT Title back.

Video on Bandido vs. MJF.

Demand vs. JetSpeed/Anthony Bowens

JetSpeed runs in to start before Bowens even shows up. That goes well enough until Bowens gets in there to even the odds. The villains are quickly cleared out to the floor, where Knight is tossed into the post. Bowens gets triple teamed in the corner but rolls away for the tag off to Bailey. Everything breaks down and a UFO Splash gives Knight two on Kaun. Liona gets in a backsplash on the apron to crush Knight though and we take a break.

We come back with Knight fighting his way out of trouble but not being able to make the tag. Kaun and Knight hit stereo crossbodies for a double down and it’s Bowens coming in to clean house. Ricochet hits a big flip dive to the floor, followed by a springboard moonsault for two on Bowens.

Everything breaks down again and Bowens gives Ricochet a wind up DDT. Some dives to the floor put the Gates Of Agony down and a running kick to the face gets two on Ricochet. The Mollywop is broken up though and Kaun gives JetSpeed a double Big Ending. Bowens superkicks Ricochet and they trade rollups for two each. The Mollywop hits Ricochet but he makes a blind tag to Kaun. Open The Gates finishes Bowens at 13:42.

Rating: B-. I wasn’t feeling this one as much, as it was like they just wanted to do the wild brawling with all of the flips and such rather than an actual match. That’s how it started and ended, with only a bit of something different in the middle. Bowens was kind of a random partner for JetSpeed and him taking the fall isn’t a surprise, but I didn’t get into this one as much as the rest of the show.

Post match Max caster comes out for a distraction so JetSpeed can make the save. Caster comes in as well, followed by the Don Callis Family and the Conglomeration to end the show.

Overall Rating: A-. For a random Saturday night show, you can’t ask for much more than this. You had some rather entertaining action and things were advanced before next week’s big Dynamite. This worked well and was better than I was expecting, so we’ll certainly call this one quite the success all things considered.

Results
Death Riders b. SkyFlight – Brutalizer to Darius
Brody King b. Barrett Brown – Ganso Bomb
El Clon b. Komander – Torture rack bomb
Mina Shirakawa b. Lady Frost – Figure Four
Mark Briscoe b. Hechicero – Jay Driller
Kris Statlander/Babes Of Wrath b. Vert Vixen/Hyan/Maya World – Staturday Night Fever to Vixen

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Dynamite
Date: December 31, 2025
Location: Liberty First Credit Union Arena, Ralston, Nebraska
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone

We’re done with Worlds End and we’re wrapping up the new year with MJF back on top of the mountain. MJF won the World Title again at the pay per view, marking what I’m sure will be a humble title reign. Other than that, we also have a new Continental Champion in Jon Moxley, whose losing ways were completely erased with a pair of huge wins on Saturday. Let’s get to it.

Here is Collision if you need a recap.

We get a recap of the bigger events of Worlds End.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

MJF arrives and it’s time for a championship celebration. On Saturday, he beat the franchise (Swerve), the Samoan Submission Machine (the Samoan) and the main character (Page) at once and that makes him the top man. The World Title is thrown down and the Triple B is back. He loves the idea that anyone thinks they can catch him, because he’s a stallion and he’s tired of walking around so everyone can keep up.

It’s time to sprint….but Kenny Omega pops up on screen. Omega knows his time is coming to an end, but what if he becomes World Champion again? He isn’t collecting belts anymore, because he’s collecting one belt. There are a lot of people coming for the belt and his name is on the list. MJF says Omega wouldn’t say that to his face but here are Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland in (different parts of) the crowd.

Security runs out to cut him off and says they need to earn a title shot by getting some wins. Page and Swerve get in the ring so MJF bails, leaving security to get beaten up. The two of them say they’re coming for the title but the Opps appear on screen. Samoa Joe says he should be the #1 contender but he’s sick of hearing about these two. He wants to wrap this up next week so it’s a lights out match.

The Conglomeration is ready for tonight when Toni Storm comes up next to Orange Cassidy (“Citrus Boy”). Mina Shirakawa comes up and is NOT happy but Storm insists it’s not like that. Storm does have Luther produce an orange for a big bite, but Shirakawa pulls her away. Mark Briscoe asks for a bite and Roderick Strong wants no part of this.

Orange Cassidy/Toni Storm/Roderick Strong vs. Death Riders

Tornado match. The men go to the floor to start, leaving Storm to hammer on Shafir inside. Castagnoli knocks Storm outside but gets dropkicked by Strong, who gets hammered in the corner by Garcia. Cassidy is back in for the save and puts his hands in his pockets to escape Shafir’s full nelson. The Riders beat the fire out of Cassidy and we take a break. We come back with Strong chopping his way out of trouble and giving Castagnoli an Angle Slam.

Cassidy and Storm get back inside for the dancing offense, plus a double hiptoss to Castagnoli. Storm teases her own Swing on Castagnoli, which is broken up due to avoiding the battle against the laws of physics. Strong has to save Cassidy from Mother’s Milk and it’s a Stundog Millionaire to Castagnoli. Storm gives him the hip attack but Wheeler Yuta shows up for a distraction, allowing Castagnoli to uppercut Cassidy for the pin at 9:38.

Rating: C+. I’m not sure why this was a tornado match, but the match seemed to be more about having an excuse to do the Storm/Cassidy stuff. Now granted, there’s nothing bad about that as those two have some great chemistry, though I’m not sure if that’s going to be anything more than a funny bit. The match itself was nothing out of the ordinary for everyone else, with the Death Riders being up to their old shenanigans.

Post match Mina Shirakawa comes in to yell at Cassidy, with Storm calming her down.

Video on Mercedes Mone and her very long TBS Title reign.

Bandido vs. The Beast Mortos

Non-title. Bandido flips around to start and does the bullfighting deal, likely in a tribute to Tito Santana. Mortos knocks him outside for the running flip dive but Bandido is back with a leg sweep into the gun pose inside. This time it’s Mortos being sent outside so Bandido can put on the cape and dive.

We take a break and come back with Bandido snapping off a very spinny headscissors into a frog splash for two. Mortos is right back with his big backbreaker into the discus lariat for two, followed by another lariat for zero. The moonsault misses though and Bandido is up with an impressive X Knee, followed by the 21 Plex for the pin at 9:56.

Rating: B-. I’m hardly surprised that these two worked well together as Bandido can work against anyone and Mortos is a great choice to face a fast moving star. It’s also a good way to build up Bandido before his title match against MJF in two weeks. That being said, I could go for having champions lose less often, as there are more than enough wrestlers on the roster to find someone for this spot who doesn’t have a title.

Post break Bandido and Brody King are in the back, with Bandido saying he’s ready to be the World Champion. Er, the AEW World Champion. King loves the idea, and says he’s first in line for the new champ. Works for King.

Brody King vs. Lee Johnson

Johnson jumps him to start but gets chopped down hard on the floor. The bell rings and Johnson gets a foot up, only to be blasted with a lariat. The cannonball and the piledriver finish for King at 52 seconds. Note that Johnson is set for a big match tomorrow on Ring Of Honor. This certainly makes me want to see more of him. They finally hype up a match for Ring Of Honor with some weeks of build and hype: the Swirl vs. Jay Lethal/Bandido. Instead though, here is one half of the Swirl getting squashed in less than a minute. Either make ROH seem important or get rid of it already.

And then the night before on Dynamite, half of the Swirl gets squashed in less than a minute. Because of course he does.

Darby Allin talks about how pain gives him peace. He wants the World Title, but first he needs to beat Pac to end this with the Death Riders.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

Josh Alexander vs. Jon Moxley

Non-title contenders match, as Alexander, with his two singles wins in eight and a half months in AEW, gets a chance to earn a title shot. Alexander hammers him in the back to start but Moxley is back up for the exchange of forearms. Moxley pounds him down in the corner before hitting the big big forearm. Back up and Alexander knocks him outside for a crash, with Moxley coming up holding his knee. Some shots in the Tree Of Woe have Moxley in more trouble and we take a break.

We come back with Alexander still working on the knee and they trade their signature holds. Moxley makes the rope rather than tapping to the ankle lock and they go to the apron. Neither can hit a piledriver so they strike it out until Alexander hits a World’s Strongest Slam. Back in and Alexander misses the moonsault so they trade more forearms.

The running cutter gives Moxley two and a hard clothesline turns Alexander inside out. Moxley knocks him outside for a dive, though the knee is banged up again. Alexander wraps the knee around the post and grabs the Hartbreaker. They get back inside with Moxley grabbing the bulldog choke, followed by the elbows to the face and another choke for the pin at 15:33.

Rating: B-. So I guess Moxley is just awesome again. After a few months of having troubles where he kept giving up and going against everything he spoke about, he’s just….back? Like he just woke up one day, decided he was done losing, and is unbeatable again? And we’re supposed to cheer him? Hopefully that isn’t where we’re going (and it very, very well may not be, as it’s still early in the new turn) because that’s a lot to take.

Post match Shelton Benjamin and MVP come out to stare Moxley down and he seems to be fine.

The Triangle Of Madness liked seeing Kris Statlander drop Jamie Hayter on her head. Let them take her place and make it really toxic.

IMG Credit: All Elite Wrestling

National Title: Jack Perry vs. Ricochet

Perry, with Luchasaurus (whose shoulder is banged up), is challenging and the Gates Of Agony are here with Ricochet. Perry backs him up against the ropes to start so Ricochet grabs a wristlock. After some glaring between the big guys on the floor, Perry and Ricochet trade some flips until Ricochet is sent outside. Perry’s dive sends him into the barricade but Luchasaurus gets beaten down, allowing Ricochet to hit a dive of his own as we take a break.

We come back with Ricochet rolling some suplexes into a running shooting star press for two. A big running clothesline gives Perry two but the threat of the running knee sends Ricochet out to the apron. Perry follows him to the floor for a sitout bulldog, only to get crotched on top. He’s fine enough to give Ricochet a top rope tornado DDT but the Gates offer a distraction, meaning the Spirit Gun can retain the title at 10:15.

Rating: B-. I still have almost no idea why this title needs to exist but Ricochet cheating like a weasel to win is a fine way to go. It’s nice that they set this up on Saturday and then did the title match here, though there is still only so much to get out of Ricochet having the title. In theory they’ll have something better going forward, but this was about as basic as you can get (which isn’t a terrible thing).

Post match Luchasaurus gets beaten down, which might be a way to write him off to heal up that shoulder.

Jon Moxley, with the Death Riders, are fine with fighting Shelton Benjamin. As for Darby Allin, if he wants to face Pac, he…has to face Wheeler Yuta first.

Willow Nightingale is ready to get her title back.

MJF is ready to make his previous title run look like nothing but Bandido and Brody King interrupt. King says MJF needs to worry about Bandido, rather than Kenny Omega and company.

TBS Title: Mercedes Mone vs. Willow Nightingale

Nightingale is challenging and gets knocked outside to start fast, with Mone sending her into the barricade. Mone’s running knees only hit the barricade and Nightingale absolutely smashes her with a clothesline back inside. A middle rope dropkick knocks Mone outside again, with the apron cannonball dropping her again. Mone is able to send her into the steps though and the running knees connect as we take a break.

We come back with Nightingale hitting a Death Valley Driver and they’re both down. Nightingale hits a Pounce into another Death Valley Driver for two. The Babe With The Powerbomb gets the same as Mone gets over to the ropes. Nightingale misses a moonsault but she gets her knees up to block a frog splash.

An AA onto the apron drops Mone again but another cannonball misses. Mone can’t get the Three Amigos so Nightingale clears off the announcers’ table, where Mone hits the third suplex. Back in and Mone elbows her into the Statement Maker but Nightingale powers out rather quickly. The Babe With The Powerbomb is blocked so they trade rollups, only for Nightingale to hit the Babe With The Powerbomb for the pin and the title at 15:24.

Rating: B. This was a match where it felt like they were building up to something special and then they paid it off with the big title change. Mone has been losing a lot lately, but at least she finally lost the big title. I’m not sure what is going on with Mone next, but at least Nightingale got her big singles win. Nightingale has been having some success lately and that is great after seeing her come up short so many times. Nice ending here, which is a good way to close out the year.

Various stars, including Kris Statlander, come out to celebrate to end the show.

Overall Rating: B-. The ending was more than good enough to make the show a success, though there were a few things that got on my nerves here. That’s the usual for AEW, as they have quite a few good things and some less than appealing ones, though also as usual, the good outweighed the bad. MJF as World Champion again is good, but I’m going to need some more time with the new Moxley. Good show here, with a great finale.

Results
Death Riders b. Orange Cassidy/Toni Storm/Roderick Strong – Swiss Death to Cassidy
Bandido b. The Beast Mortos – 21 Plex
Jon Moxley b. Josh Alexander – Bulldog choke
Ricochet b. Jack Perry – Spirit Gun
Willow Nightingale b. Mercedes Mone – Babe With The Powerbomb

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Dynamite
Date: December 10, 2025
Location: Gateway Center Arena At College Park, College Park, Georgia
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Excalibur, Bryan Danielson

It’s Winter Is Coming and we have a few title matches. First of all, the inaugural Women’s Tag Team Titles will be decided as the Babes Of Wrath face the Timeless Love Bombs. Other than that, Samoa Joe is defending the World Title against Eddie Kingston in a match where the talking might be the best part. Let’s get to it.

Here is Collision if you need a recap.

Women’s Tag Team Titles: Timeless Love Bombs vs. Babes Of Wrath

For the inaugural titles. Shirakawa takes her down to start and does her dance, only for Cameron to shove Shirakawa’s face into her chest. Nightingale comes in to shoulder Storm down, setting up the exchange of forearms. Everything breaks down and Cameron kicks the Bombs out to the floor for a crash. Back in and Cameron gets dropped onto Storm for two and it’s off to Shirakawa.

Cameron belly to back suplexes her as well and hands it off to Nightingale for the rapid forearms. Storm gets Pounced out to the floor and we take a break. We come back with Shirakawa DDTing Nightingale and handing it back to Storm for the Mongolian chops. Shirakawa comes back in to wrench Cameron’s knee and DDT Nightingale at the same time. Nightingale takes Storm down for a leglock of her own while Shirakawa grabs a Figure Four on Cameron.

Both of those are broken up and they strike it out for a double down. Shirakawa’s top rope Sling Blade to Cameron sets up Storm Zero for two but Nightingale makes the save. Nightingale suplexes Storm on the floor but Cameron reverses the Glamorous Driver into That’s Her Finisher. The Babe With The Powerbomb finishes Shirakawa for the titles at 13:55.

Rating: B. I like the result as Cameron and Nightingale are the popular team and have good chemistry together. It felt like a bit of a surprise result but not an all time shocker, which fits that much better. Cameron has come so, so far in her still relatively short career and it’s great to see her pick up some gold.

Post match the Babes are so proud of each other and the Bombs get up for some respect.

Samoa Joe, with the Opps, is ready to take out Eddie Kingston tonight.

Jon Moxley knows his back is against the wall in the Continental Classic but he’s ready to do anything to win. Daniel Garcia knows that they’re willing to fight harder than anyone else, which is why they’re great.

Continental Classic Gold League: Jack Perry (3 points) vs. Kazuchika Okada (3 points)

Perry is taking Darby Allin’s place due to injury and inherits his standing, including the points, in the tournament. Perry charges at him to start and fires off some shoulders in the corner. They fight around ringside and Perry takes him inside for an elbow. Some right hands in the corner have Okada in more trouble but he shoves Perry off the top for a crash onto a camera man. Perry is sent over the barricade and a hanging DDT drops him onto the floor as we take a break.

We come back with the exchange of forearms until Perry hits a rebound clothesline. Perry flips over him in the corner (didn’t quite stick the landing) and grabs a German suplex for two. Okada knocks him down again though and hits the top rope elbow, followed by the perfect dropkick.

Perry’s poisonrana into a running knee gets two but Okada bites the hand to escape the Snare Trap. Okada loads up a tombstone…and Perry bites his crotch to pull him into the Snare Trap. That’s escaped, with Okada bailing to the floor to deal with the aftermath of the bite. Back in and Okada avoids another running knee, setting up the Rainmaker for the pin at 12:11.

Rating: B. Another hard hitting match here with Okada getting the win, which makes the most sense. Perry being thrown into the tournament as an injury replacement doesn’t mean he’s suddenly on Okada’s level so having Perry as a near guaranteed win for a few opponents is about all you should expect from him. At least it came after a good match.

Gold League Standings

Kyle Fletcher – 6 points (3 matches remaining)
Kazuchika Okada – 6 points (2 matches remaining)
Kevin Knight – 3 points (3 matches remaining)
Pac – 3 points (3 matches remaining)
Mike Bailey – 0 points (4 matches remaining)
Jack Perry – 0 points (3 matches remaining)

Post match the Don Callis Family comes out and Perry gets up. Don Callis himself offers Perry a spot on the team and a signing bonus, as paid out of the Young Bucks’ money. Callis threatens him with violence but Perry says for the second time tonight, he’s biting off more than he can chew. Perry goes after him but Luchasaurus and the Young Bucks run in for the save. Callis hands the Bucks the money and runs, leaving the money behind as the Bucks superkick various Family members.

The Conglomeration celebrates the Babes Of Wrath’s title win, though Roderick Strong looks miserable.

We look at Mercedes Mone’s losing streak.

Eddie Kingston is nervous watching and realizes it’s the anniversary of Terry Funk winning the World Title. He knows Funk, and his own parents, are watching and he doesn’t want to get emotional. He’ll bring the fight to Samoa Joe.

Here is Mark Briscoe for a chat. Briscoe talks about how there are people who didn’t think he could win the big one and they can kiss his big white a**. It’s one thing to win a title but it’s another to defend the title, which he’ll be doing on Collision. Cue Wheeler Yuta and the Death Riders in the crowd to say Briscoe has more children than teeth. Daniel Garcia (challenging Briscoe on Saturday) to say he’s going to win the title and break Briscoe’s leg. The fight is nearly on but Garcia is held back by the rest of the team.

The Triangle Of Madness jumps various women but Kris Statlander makes the save.

Hangman Page/Swerve Strickland vs. Opps

Tornado tag. Page and Swerve come through the crowd with a chain and staple gun to beat up the Opps Dojo. The regular Opps come up into the crowd for the fight and they head into the concourse before the opening bell. Page puts Hobbs through a table and stops for a beer as Shibata kicks Swerve in the face.

We take a break before the match has officially started and come back with Page bringing a chair in for the opening bell. The referee takes the chair away and Shibata drops Page with a suplex. Shibata’s running dropkick connects in the corner and Hobbs adds a powerslam as Swerve is still down in the crowd. Hobbs goes after Prince Nana but Swerve is back to make a save.

Swerve hits a middle rope elbow to Shibata’s back but he avoids the Buckshot Lariat. A low blow drops Page, only for Shibata’s armbar to be broken up by Swerve’s top rope double stomp. Hobbs runs Shibata over by mistake and the 450 crushes him as well. A double powerbomb sends Hobbs through a table at ringside and the Buckshot Lariat into the House Call finishes Shibata at 7:16.

Rating: B-. I’m not sure why this needed to be a tornado tag but that’s a minor issue. This was all about Swerve and Page teaming together and it gives them a chance to do it again on a bigger stage. Beating the Opps makes sense for them and now we get to move on to whatever is next for both of them, which could be either together or on their own.

Don Callis wants the Young Bucks to find a partner and fight them next week for the million dollars.

FTR doesn’t like the Bang Bang Gang having delusions of grandeur because they’re addicted to the camera. They can have their Tag Team Title match and then after the loss, it’s time to go to the back of the line.

Continental Classic Gold League: Mike Bailey (0 points) vs. Kyle Fletcher (6 points)

They trade knockdowns and rollups for two each to start and Fletcher bails outside, with the fans approving. Back in and Fletcher stomps him down but Bailey snaps up with a heck of a springboard hurricanrana. That sends Fletcher outside so Bailey gives him another hurricanrana but Fletcher is back in with a spinning backbreaker.

Bailey dropkicks him down and hits a springboard corkscrew dive to the floor. That doesn’t work for Fletcher, who hits a heck of a superkick and slams him hard onto barricade. We take a break and come back with Bailey dropping him on the apron and snapping off the moonsault knees. Back in and the Flamingo Driver is broken up and the shooting star press hits raised feet.

Fletcher’s sitout Last Ride gets two but Bailey manages a running Spanish Fly. A quick hurricanrana gives Bailey two and he kicks Fletcher in the head for two more. The tornado kick gives Bailey a rather near fall and the Ultimate Weapon gets two more. Bailey misses the knees to the floor though and an apron powerbomb sets up the brainbuster….for two. They strike it out until Bailey traps the arms and grabs a sunset flip for the pin at 19:10.

Rating: A-. This was an awesomely entertaining match, which is what you need to see in this kind of a tournament. Bailey is someone who is the definition of junk food wrestling, as it might not be good but it can certainly be exciting. At the same time, I’m not sure if I would have Fletcher lose like this, but DANG this was a blast and that’s what they were shooting for here.

Gold League Standings

Kyle Fletcher – 6 points (2 matches remaining)
Kazuchika Okada – 6 points (2 matches remaining)
Kevin Knight – 3 points (3 matches remaining)
Pac – 3 points (3 matches remaining)
Mike Bailey – 3 points (3 matches remaining)
Jack Perry – 0 points (3 matches remaining)

Hangman Page wants the World Title back and is coming for it at World’s End.

The Young Bucks ask Luchasaurus to be their partner but he’s not interested. Instead they go to Kenny Omega and he’ll do it for free.

AEW World Title: Eddie Kingston vs. Samoa Joe

Joe, with Hook, is defending. They circle each other to start until Hook grabs a foot, which is enough to get an early ejection. Joe takes him down and starts striking away but some knees to the face wake Kingston up. Kingston grabs a running bulldog and we take a break. We come back with Kingston kicking away and asking Joe to do the same. Joe strikes him down and hits the enziguri in the corner, which might break Kingston’s nose.

Kingston gets up to exchange strikes until Joe’s scoop powerslam gets two. Joe knees away so Kingston fires off the chops and grabs an exploder for two of his own. Another knockdown lets Joe grab an STF, only for Kingston to bite the finger. The DDT drops Joe, who rolls to the floor, followed by a cutter back inside. The spinning backfist misses though and Joe Koquina Clutches him for the tap at 12:18.

Rating: B. This was the definition of “as advertised”, as these two beat the fire out of each other. Joe and Kingston are bigger guys who can hit each other rather hard, which is exactly what we got here. Kingston losing isn’t a surprise, though seeing him actually tap is a bit out of left field. Good match here though, with Joe getting Kingston out of the way before moving on to his next big opponent.

Overall Rating: A. Well dang that was great. You had nothing but solid to great matches all night and the title win at the beginning was awesome as well. This show flew by and never came close to dipping, which is about as much as I can ask for in a television show. Outstanding show here and something that felt like it would have fit back in the older days of AEW.

Results
Babes Of Wrath b. Timeless Love Bombs – Babe With The Powerbomb to Shirakawa
Kazuchika Okada b. Jack Perry – Rainmaker
Hangman Page/Swerve Strickland b. Opps – House Call to Shibata
Mike Bailey b. Kyle Fletcher – Sunset flip
Samoa Joe b. Eddie Kingston – Koquina Clutch

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Dynamite
Date: October 22, 2025
Location: Boeing Center At Tech Point, San Antonio, Texas
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Bryan Danielson

We’re done with WrestleDream and the big story coming out of the show is Darby Allin managing to make Jon Moxley quit. That’s quite the way to go and in theory it should end the feud between the two of them. Other than that, Mercedes Mone is coming after Kris Statlander and the Women’s Title. Let’s get to it.

Here is WrestleDream if you need a recap.

We run down the card.

WrestleDream recap.

After successfully defending the World Title, Hangman Page promised to ruin Samoa Joe as soon as he saw him.

Trios Titles: Opps vs. Hurt Syndicate

The Syndicate is challenging. Shibata headlocks Benjamin to start but Benjamin reverses into one of his own. They go to the mat for a second, only for Benjamin to come up with a clothesline. Lashley comes in for a staredown with Hobbs but Joe tags himself in. That’s fine with Lashley, who knocks Joe into the corner and hammers away to take over. Benjamin comes back in and goes up, with Joe doing the walk away. Everything breaks down and a series of strikes leaves most of them on the floor. Hobbs powerslams Benjamin and we take a break.

We come back with Shibata stomping on Benjamin in the corner before handing it off to Joe for the chinlock. Benjamin fights up and slaps away, followed by a DDT for a knockdown. Lashley comes back in to clean house and now we get the big showdown with Hobbs. The Hurt Lock attempt is blocked and Shibata comes back in to PK Lashley for two. MVP comes back in and hits Ballin for two but cue Ricochet for a distraction. That’s enough for Joe to get the Koquina Clutch to finish MVP at 12:31.

Rating: B-. So we’re not done with the Syndicate vs. the Demand? Fair enough, but it felt like the feud was pretty much done. That being said, I do like the idea that the Opps don’t lose the titles just a few days after turning heel at WrestleDream. Beating the Syndicate is a big deal as they’re one of the most dominant factions around here so this was a logical and correct way to go.

Post match the Syndicate chases Ricochet off, leaving Tony Schiavone to get in the ring for a chat with the Opps. Samoa Joe is glad to be in San Antonio because Powerhouse Hobbs enjoys the fat women around here. Joe talks about how he’s always hunting for titles and is ready to take out Hangman Page anytime. The Opps stand in opposition to everyone and they are always ready. This would be better if Joe hadn’t been pinned clean on Saturday.

Kris Statlander is happy to have stripped and cuddled with Toni Storm but now she’s ready for Mercedes Mone. The title match is set for Full Gear and Statlander wishes her a happy celebration tonight.

Here is Darby Allin for a chat. Allin lays out the flag he took to the top of Mt. Everest and talks about how people said he was irresponsible for climbing the mountain. Instead it meant that he would take AEW to places it has never been before. Allin was never going to quit on Saturday, no matter what was done to him. He knows the Death Riders aren’t going away and he won’t be far behind. So this whole thing was to say the feud isn’t over?

Jurassic Express is happy with beating the Young Bucks. They’re back.

Penelope Ford/Megan Bayne vs. Sisters Of Sin vs. Harley Cameron/Willow Nightingale vs. Queen Aminata/Jamie Hayter

The winners get to pick their first round opponents in the Women’s Tag Team Title tournament and the Sisters are Julia Hart/Skye Blue. Nightingale knocks Blue down to start and drops Cameron onto her for two. Ford comes in to take Cameron into the corner and everything breaks down until Hayter comes in to slug it out with Bayne. Hayter knocks her into the corner and hands it off to Aminata…so Bayne suplexes both of them at once. Bayne and Ford hit big dives to the floor and we take a break.

We come back with Hart going Old School on Aminata but she sends Blue into Hart. That’s enough to bring Nightingale in to clean house as everything breaks down. Nightingale has to escape Bayne’s Doomsday Device and they fight to the floor. Hayter comes back in with Hayterade to finish Ford at 9:34.

Rating: C+. It’s a unique setup for the first round and I can go with something like that for a change. If nothing else, it’s nice to see some actual teams for the tournament, though we still need to see the other half of the field. While I still don’t think the titles need to exist, it’s nice to see them being put together in a thought out way.

Post match Hayter gets right to the point by picking the Sisters for the first round.

The Young Bucks try to talk to Tony Khan because they need a match for money. Khan comes out and says he’ll give them a chance in a four on four match, with the Bucks facing Jet Speed and Jurassic Express. They can team with these guys, and FTR walks out of his office. The Bucks are a bit nervous, but Stokely Hathaway gives them a few dollars.

Renee Paquette is in the ring for Mercedes Mone’s celebration. We get the parade of belts….and Mini Mone pops up from beneath the table. She makes Renee do the Mone dance until Mone herself comes out to interrupt. After sending the belts, and Renee, to the back, Mone rants about how Harley Cameron is so pathetic. Tonight is about her and she is tired of the disrespect. Mini Mone is sent into the cake…but she’s being held by Kris Statlander. Mone is sent into the cake and through the table.

Jon Moxley talks about how Darby Allin’s strength was his destruction and now it is time for the Death Riders to get back to being themselves.

Kyle O’Reilly vs. Jon Moxley

They go technical to start and that’s good for an early standoff. Back up and they trade knees to the body up against the ropes until O’Reilly tries a cross armbreaker. Moxley has to rake the boot over the eyes for the break before sending O’Reilly outside. We take a break and come back with O’Reilly kicking him to the floor, followed by a running dropkick for a bonus.

Back in and O’Reilly starts in on the arm, setting up a triangle choke. Moxley powers him into the ropes and catapults O’Reilly’s throat into the bottom rope for a creative escape. O’Reilly is right back on the knee and gets two off a Boom. The cross armbreaker goes on but Moxley is quickly out with a piledriver for two. The bulldog choke sends O’Reilly over to the ropes and the Stomp misses, allowing O’Reilly to go right back to the leg. That’s broken up and Moxley tries another choke, only to get reversed into the ankle lock. Moxley is in trouble so he decks the referee for the DQ at 11:58.

Rating: B. The idea here was that Moxley didn’t want to give up again so he punched the referee instead. That’s a good enough idea and plays into the idea of Moxley’s toughness starting to crack, though I could have gone with a break from seeing Moxley in action. If the loss at WrestleDream was such a big deal, maybe have him away longer?

Post match the Conglomeration runs in so the Death Riders come in for the brawl.

Conglomeration vs. Death Riders

Cassidy and Yuta fight over crucifixes for a string of near falls each until Garcia comes in to take Cassidy down. Garcia stops to yell at the crowd, allowing Briscoe to come in and strike away. It’s off to Strong to chop away at Castagnoli, plus a half nelson backbreaker on Garcia. Castagnoli is sent outside for a drop onto the barricade but he’s fine enough to drop Strong throat first onto the barricade as well.

We take a break and come back with Strong giving Castagnoli an Angle Slam. Cassidy comes in to clean house, including a Stundog Millionaire to Castagnoli. It’s off to Briscoe to clean house, including the big running flip dive to all three Riders. Back in and a fisherman’s buster gets two on Garcia but Briscoe gets caught in the wrong corner. Some running clotheslines set up the running knee for two on Briscoe but Cassidy makes the save. That’s enough for Briscoe to hit the Jay Driller for the pin on Yuta at 12:51.

Rating: B. These matches often work well and it’s nice to see Briscoe branching out a bit. He should be able to beat people on the level of Yuta and Garcia so this was a nice result all around. Briscoe could still be a big player around here, but at some point he’s going to need to win big matches a lot more frequently.

Post match Pac runs in for the brawl but Tomohiro Ishii makes the save. The Death Riders jump Cassidy but Darby Allin is there with a baseball bat for the save. You mean this feud is STILL GOING?

Mercedes Mone is freaking out about the cake but Athena comes in to pitch a tag team. Mone is in.

Here is Kyle Fletcher, with Don Callis, for a chat. Fletcher brags about beating Mark Briscoe and says their series is done, because he is the better man. Cue Briscoe to say Fletcher doesn’t need to talk so much. Briscoe isn’t going to let Fletcher run his mouth, because Briscoe needs one more shot. Callis brings up Briscoe having a bunch of kids to feed and he’s sounding desperate. Therefore, the answer is NO. I’d like to believe that, as this is another feud where they both need to move on.

Here are the brackets for the Women’s Tag Team Title tournament:

Queen Aminata/Jamie Hayter
Sisters Of Sin

Willow Nightingale/Harley Cameron
Mercedes Mone/Athena

Alex Windsor/Riho
Toni Storm/Mina Shirakawa

Megan Bayne/Penelope Ford
Tay Melo/Anna Jay

Mina Shirakawa says she and Storm fight and love together but Thekla interrupts to mock her. A match is made for Collision.

Unified Title: Bandido vs. Kazuchika Okada

Only Okada is defending. They trade headlocks to start and Bandido ducks the Rainmaker. Okada gets sent outside, where he avoids a baseball slide and starts in on Bandido’s arm. Bandido manages an armdrag on the floor though and we take a break. We come back with Okada flipping off the crowd and getting caught with the spinning corkscrew high crossbody.

Okada is sent outside for a big dive, followed by an Eddie Guerrero dance inspired frog splash. Back up and Okada snaps the arm over the top rope, followed by a shoulder breaker. Bandido needs to go over to the trainer but Okada throws him back inside. The X Knee is blocked but the second attempt connects.

The 21 Plex gets a very delayed two, only for Okada to hit a heck of a dropkick. Another Rainmaker attempt is countered into the same thing from Bandido, setting up the X Knee. The 21 Plex is loaded up again but Okada cuts him off and hits the Rainmaker to retain the title at 14:24.

Rating: B. There was only so much drama here as it is hard to believe that anyone not named Takeshita is taking that title from Okada. At the same time, they have the out of the Continental Classic to get the title off of him if necessary. Bandido’s incredible year continues and it has been great to see him blossom so much now that he is finally healthy.

Post match the Don Callis Family comes out to celebrate but Konosuke Takeshita comes out to glare to end the show.

Overall Rating: B+. On one hand, the action this week was a blast, with the last three matches all more than delivering. It made for a very entertaining how and I could go for more of that. At the same time, seeing so many of the feuds seemingly continuing on from WrestleDream is less than thrilling, as some of the people involved really need to move on. All that being said, the wrestling more than carried things here, making this a better than usual show.

Results
Opps b. Hurt Syndicate – Koquina Clutch to MVP
Jamie Hayter/Queen Animata b. Penelope Ford/Megan Bayne, Sisters Of Sin and Harley Cameron/Willow Nightingale – Hayterade to Ford
Kyle O’Reilly b. Jon Moxley via DQ when Moxley punched the referee
Conglomeration b. Death Riders – Jay Driller to Yuta
Kazuchika Okada b. Bandido – Rainmaker

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WrestleDream 2025
Date: October 18, 2025
Location: Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
Commentators: Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness

We’re back with the annual Antonio Inoki tribute show because…well it was the best theme they could think of at the time. The big draw here is an I Quit match between Jon Moxley and Darby Allin, which should be more about who will attempt to maim the other one (or themselves) worse. Samoa Joe is also challenging Hangman Page for the World Title so let’s get to it.

Kickoff Show: Death Riders vs. Conglomeration/Roderick Strong

Strong knocks Garcia down to start and it’s off to O’Reilly to strike away. Cassidy adds his basement dropkick but Yuta slams him down to cut things off. We take a break and come back with Ishii and Castagnoli trading forearms until Ishii is knocked into the corner. The Riders take turns beating on him until a double clothesline drops Garcia and Yuta.

The tag brings in Cassidy to clean house but Castagnoli is back in with a Swing. That’s reversed into a choke and the other Riders all get caught in abdominal stretches. Those are all broken up and we take a second break. We come back again with Cassidy not being able to sunset flip Castagnoli.

Instead he gets over for the tag off to Strong and everything breaks down. Ishii rolls some German suplexes but Castagnoli blocks one to him. Pac is back up with a German suplex to Ishii but Cassidy grabs a tornado DDT. Ishii lariats Pac, only for a chop block to cut him down. The running knee gives Pac the pin at 15:46.

Rating: B-. Well that was long. If there is one way to get the fans into a show, it’s a heavy dose of Garcia and Yuta, as the two of them can bring down just about anyone if given a chance. The Riders needed the momentum after some less than successful outings and it’s not like Ishii is going to be hurt by taking a fall. This makes the most sense, but dang that’s a long opener of a Kickoff show.

Kickoff Show: Hook/Eddie Kingston vs. Frat House

The Frat House is answering an open challenge and we immediately go to a split screen interview with La Faccion Ingobernable at the bell. We go back to full screen with Hook throwing Garrison down but a cheap shot drops Kingston. Karter comes in with a dropkick but Kingston manages a middle rope shoulder. It’s back to Hook to clean house until Garrison breaks up a suplex attempt. Everything breaks down and Kingston hits the spinning backfist. The Redrum finishes Karter at 3:22.

Rating: C. That’s what this needed to be as there was no reason to do anything but have Kingston and Hook win a squash. Kingston and Hook aren’t likely to be a big deal in the tag division as it feels like the latest attempt to get Hook over by attaching him to someone popular. It hasn’t really worked yet, but at least they kept it short here.

The Costco Guys are going to face the Don Callis Family at Full Gear when Rocky Romero and Trent Beretta interrupt. AJ is beaten down.

Kickoff Show: Penelope Ford/Megan Bayne vs. Willow Nightingale/Harley Cameron

Nightingale knocks Ford into the corner and fires off the clotheslines to start. Cameron comes in for a basement dropkick but she’s smart enough to hand it back to Nightingale to face Bayne. Nightingale clotheslines both villains down at once and drops Cameron down onto Ford. That doesn’t last long as Ford is up with a moonsault to the floor onto both of them and we take a break.

We come back with Cameron managing a spinning DDT to drop Bayne, allowing the tag off to Nightingale. The Babe With The Powerbomb is countered into a hurricanrana and Bayne tosses Ford into Nightingale for a Stunner. Everything breaks down and a series of knockdowns leaves them all on the mat.

Nightingale clotheslines Bayne, who is right back with a middle rope double clothesline. Cameron rolls out of a Doomsday Device but Ford hits a fireman’s carry….we’ll say gutbuster to drop Cameron for two. Cameron’s pumphandle suplex drops Ford though and the Babe With The Powerbomb gives Nightingale the pin at 12:13.

Rating: B-. They were working hard here and I like Nightingale getting a win. In theory these people might be a part of the upcoming Blood & Guts match, though Bayne still needs to be moving on to the next level already. Unfortunately there is a good chance that she and Ford will be going after the Women’s Tag Team Titles, which doesn’t exactly feel like what is best for Bayne. For now though, I’ll take Nightingale getting a pin.

Kickoff Show: FTR vs. Jet Speed

So the bell rings with 4:20 to go before the pay per view starts so yes, this show (one of two Kickoff Shows) is going to have an overrun. Knight gets taken into the wrong corner to tart but he jumps over them and brings in Bailey to clean house. FTR is sent outside and taken down again with some stereo dives. Knight dives off the barricade to take Harwood down but a running DDT is blocked back inside.

They all crash to the floor…and the Kickoff Show ends, meaning we’ll pick it up on the main show. We get some pyro while the match is going on and Harwood piledrives Bailey for two. Knight’s DDT gets the same and he rams Wheeler into Stokely Hathaway. Wheeler sends Bailey into the apron and the Sharpshooter goes on, with Knight having to make the rope.

The PowerPlex is broken up but the Shatter Machine connects, only for Bailey to shooting star knee in for the save. Bailey kicks away at Harwood and another PowerPlex attempt is blocked with raised knees. Bailey’s suplex is broken up with a trip from Hathaway, who holds the leg so Harwood can get the pin at 12:19.

Rating: B. The match was fine, though the break between shows in the middle didn’t so much make me think it was interesting as much as “good grief this is already feeling really long”. Aside from that, at least FTR won their first big match after the big attack on Beth Copeland, which feels like it has already been forgotten for the time being. At least Jet Speed didn’t win either, which is always a nice perk.

We recap Jamie Hayter vs. Thekla. Hayter returned and was attacked by Thekla, leading to a long running feud. It seems to have set up Blood & Guts next month, with this as a stopping point.

Lou Thesz’s widow is here.

Thekla vs. Jamie Hayter

Everyone is banned from ringside. Hayter kicks her in the face to start and hammers away on the mat before pulling Thekla back up. Thekla needs a breather on the floor, so Hayter follows her out for some rams into various things. Some chops connect in front of Thesz’s widow (a rather sweet woman named Charlie) but Thekla is back up with a big dive off the top to the floor. Hayter’s back seems to have been banged up on the crash, which tends to be a recurring theme for her.

Back in and Thekla slows things down, including the triangle choke over the ropes. Hayter gets in a forearm to cut her off though and snaps off a suplex for a needed breather. A running clothesline looks to set up a brainbuster but Thekla knees her in the head for the escape. Thekla catches her on top, only to get dropped with a headbutt. Some kicks to the head set up a fireman’s carry backbreaker to put Thekla down again.

They forearm it out from their knees until Thekla is back up with a Black Widow. Well that makes sense. Hayter reverses with a backbreaker but Thekla pulls her into something like a Black Widow on the mat. That’s broken up as well and the rather small Thekla hits a spear. Hayter shrugs that off and hits a clothesline, followed by Hayterade for the pin at 15:25.

Rating: B-. This was rather long and didn’t really feel like anything but a Collision main event. It’s ok enough for the start of a show (or at least the first match that aired in full) and should help build towards Blood & Guts. In theory it would be better for Thekla to win as she’s not quite as big of a deal as Hayter, but they both needed to win here given their current situations.

Post match Queen Aminata comes out to celebrate with Hayter.

We recap the Young Bucks vs. Jurassic Express. The Express returned last month and the Bucks attacked them. As a bonus, the Bucks are broke and this is for $500,000.

Young Bucks vs. Jurassic Express

For $500,000 (which is just sitting in a bag on the announcers’ table). We get a graphic showing that the Bucks have about $32 and a repeating electronic voice saying “INSUFFICIENT FUNDS, TRANSACTION DENIED”. Perry and Matt start things off with an exchange of shoves until Matt hammers him down. That’s cut off and Perry goes after the arm before handing it off to Luchasaurus.

Nick comes in and gets powerbombed onto Matt so the Bucks head outside, where Luchasaurus moonsaults onto both of them. Perry dives onto them as well and gives a rather Adam Cole looking smile. Matt is able to come back with a Sliced Bread on the floor, leaving Nick to check on the money. Back in and a backbreaker/slingshot legdrop combination has Perry in more trouble.

Matt knees Luchasaurus off the apron and drops Perry again, allowing the Bucks to do their double biceps pose. Perry is hung on the top rope for a double stomp to the back…which makes him bounce off for a hurricanrana to Matt. That’s either terribly stupid, totally awesome or both. Either way it allows the tag off to Luchasaurus who has to flip away from the double superkicks. Matt gets chokeslammed onto Nick and a reverse powerbomb/cutter combination gets two.

It’s back to Perry, who gets draped over the top rope, with the double stomp into the sitout powerbomb working this time. Perry gets kicked in the head and winds up on Matt’s (on the floor) shoulders. Nick winds up on Luchasaurus’ shoulders and it’s time for an electric chair slugout. That doesn’t last long until Perry has to escape the TK Driver. A powerbomb onto the apron sets up a spike piledriver/double stomp combination (ala the Lucha Bros), followed by the BTE Trigger for two, with Luchasaurus making the save.

Back up and a chokeslam into a standing moonsault gives Luchasaurus two and a Doomsday Device gets the same. A TK Driver gets two on Matt with Nick making the save this time. The Bucks fire off the superkicks and the BTE Trigger gets two on Perry. Luchasaurus is back in as Perry grabs a poisonrana, followed by the Extinction for the pin on Matt at 23:08.

Rating: B. Good match here as you might have expected given the talent involved, though the Broke Bucks thing has lost a lot of its charm. It feels like something we’ve done to death at this point and thankfully we don’t have to watch them lose it again. At the same time, the Express is getting a bit of momentum after their return, which could turn into something good if it continues.

Post match Perry teases making amends with the Bucks but the Don Callis Family runs in to beat him down. The Bucks leave so cue Kenny Omega to glare at the Bucks and then run in for the save. Omega gets a red scarf and does a quick Antonio Inoki tribute because that’s still a theme on this show.

We recap the Hurt Syndicate vs. the Demand. They’ve been fighting for a few weeks and traded wins so it’s time for a tornado tag to blow it off.

Hurt Syndicate vs. The Demand

Tornado Trios match and the winners get a future Trios Titles match. The brawl starts in the aisle with the Demand taking over and sending MVP into the barricade. A running Spirit Gun cuts Lashley down and he gets sent into the steps. Back in and Benjamin takes over on the Gates until Ricochet makes a save. Ricochet’s suicide dive and Liona’s Pounce drop Lashley and he’s laid on a table.

Benjamin is Open The Gates’d through him and the table, leaving MVP mostly surrounded. Ricochet knocks him down and some running shots in the corner set up running boot/Russian legsweep combination for two. MVP manages to send them outside though and Lashley is back up with some running clotheslines. The Dominator gets two on Ricochet but a superplex is turned into a double powerbomb for a slightly modified Tower Of Doom.

Benjamin suplexes Ricochet over the top onto the pile at ringside and then busts out a great looking running flip dive (being able to do that at any age, let alone 50, is nuts). MVP is back in with Ballin to Ricochet but Liona makes the save. Benjamin gives Liona an enziguri and Lashley spears him to the floor. That leaves Ricochet alone against the entire Syndicate (nice mirroring from earlier) but Kaun pulls him outside to take his place. The spear gives Lashley the pin at 13:27.

Rating: B. These guys work well together, though the Syndicate moving forward is the right move. They feel like bigger stars and while I don’t care to see them go after the Trios Titles, I’ll take it over the Demand winning. Just let this be it for the feud, which it certainly seems to be.

We recap Kyle Fletcher defending the TNT Title against Mark Briscoe. They’ve done this four times now and this is round five.

TNT Title: Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe

Briscoe is challenging and takes him down by the arm to start, which is broken up rather quickly. Fletcher gets up and strikes a double bicep but Briscoe knocks him outside. Back in and they stare each other down as commentary bickers over Briscoe’s IQ. Briscoe knocks him outside and chops away, setting up the Bang Bang Elbow. A superkick knocks Fletcher back to the floor, where Briscoe sits him in a chair.

The big running flip dive sends Fletcher through the chair but he’s able to get back up and superkick Briscoe down. Fletcher powerbombs him onto the steps and stomps away in the corner, followed by a Michinoku Driver for two. Back up and they trade forearms, big boots, and then clotheslines to put them both down again. Briscoe fights up but can’t get a Death Valley Driver or a Jay Driller.

Fletcher’s sitout powerbomb gets two, with Briscoe’s belt being broken on the impact. They go to the corner where Fletcher slips out of a super Razor’s Edge and grabs a top rope superplex for the big crash instead. They head out to the apron again where Briscoe hits a Jay Driller, leaving them both down on the floor. Back in and Fletcher can’t hit another superplex, instead being laid on the top rope for a Froggy Bow (that’s a new one).

Another Froggy Bow to the floor connects with a standing Fletcher, followed by a regular version for two back inside. Briscoe Jay Drillers him down but Fletcher reaches over and gets a single finger on the rope. The Cutthroat Driver is broken up but Fletcher slips out and nearly crushes the referee. A low blow and brainbuster get two, followed by a lawn dart into the corner. The brainbuster onto the turnbuckle retains the title at 24:47.

Rating: B+. This was a heck of a match with the two of them beating the fire out of each other. Fletcher getting a win helps make up for last month’s loss and it was cool to see him come out fighting after surviving a bunch of things from Briscoe. I liked this a good deal and Fletcher’s rather impressive rise continues.

Post match the Conglomeration comes out to help Briscoe up.

We recap Toni Storm challenging Kris Statlander for the Women’s Title. Statlander won the title last month by pinning Storm in a four way. Storm needs to know if she can win one on one and now it’s the big showdown. Logical storytelling there.

Women’s Title: Toni Storm vs. Kris Statlander

Statlander is defending and Storm gets a weird entrance, talking about how she is ready to meet her murderer but death isn’t ready for her. Statlander gets a singing entrance, which sounded like either Storm or Harley Cameron. They go with the grappling to start and Storm grabs a headlock takeover. Statlander’s headlock is broken up with a headscissors but she slaps it right back on.

Storm is able to send her to the apron for a hip attack but the tornado DDT to the floor is broken up. Instead Statlander kicks her to the floor for a quick moonsault, followed by a slingshot hilo for two back inside. A bodyscissors stays on Storm’s ribs and a hard lariat drops Storm for another near fall. Storm is back up with a shot of her own, setting up a tiger driver.

Statlander shrugs that off and electric chairs her into something like a Black Widow on the mat. Storm’s leg makes the rope and her choke sends Statlander over to the ropes as well. Something like a Blue Thunder Bomb puts Storm back down and a 450 gives Statlander a rather near fall. Storm shrugs off a German suplex but walks into Staturday Night Fever. A headscissor choke with the arm trapped has Storm in more trouble until another Staturday Night Fever retains the title at 16:35.

Rating: B-. This was a hard enough hitting match but it never hit that next level. I like the idea of Statlander winning and it’s the right call, though having her try for the submission and then let it go, seemingly in frustration, wasn’t the best look. It was a good enough match with the right result though and that’s what matters the most.

Post match Mercedes Mone comes to the ring for the big staredown. She brings up her open challenge for a title vs. title match and it’s on.

TBS Title/ROH Interim Women’s TV Title: Mercedes Mone vs. Mina Shirakawa

Title for title. Shirakawa kicks at the knee to send Mone outside, meaning it’s time for some quick dancing. Back in and the Statement Maker is broken up but a second attempt works a bit better for Mone. That’s broken up so Mone goes with a Backstabber into a gutbuster for two. Mone knees her out of the corner for two and Three Amigos connect. Shirakawa breaks up a Figure Four attempt and gets Meteoraed right back down.

Back up and they trade forearms until Mone twists the knee around. The knee is bent over the rope and Shirakawa hits a top rope Sling Blade for two. The Glamorous Driver and Mone Maker are both blocked so Shirakawa grabs a Glamorous Driver for another near fall. Now the Figure Four can put Mone in trouble but she gets to the ropes rather quickly. Naturally that means a running Meteora, followed by a middle rope version AND a running version in the corner.

The third one misses so Shirakawa hits a discus forearm and a big kick to the head. Another Figure Four is escaped so Mone pokes her in the eye and gets two off a rollup. The Statement Maker goes on until Shirakawa reverses into a rollup for two. The Mone Maker connects with Shirakawa getting a hand on the rope to save herself. Mone is rammed into the buckle a few times but reverses into a rollup and puts a foot on the rope to retain at 16:12.

Rating: B-. Well at least Mone won. It’s been so long since she won anything that the only solution was to give her another win. They’re trying to promote the idea that she has all of the titles and…yeah I’m still not caring, as ROH means nothing in the first place so the Interim (again: stupid concept that needs to go FAR away) midcard title doesn’t exactly mean much. Throw in Mone not selling the knee and it was a bit annoying to watch. If Mone won’t sell the knee, why should Shirakawa even bother?

Post match Kris Statlander comes out to scare Mone off.

We recap the Tag Team Title match. Bandido and Brody King are the new champions who have been an instant success, while Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita are having trouble getting along.

Tag Team Titles: Bandido/Brody King vs. Don Callis Family

The Family is challenging. Bandido and Okada lock up to start and we actually get a clean break. Okada gets backed up against the ropes for a standoff but manages to take Bandido down for an elbow. Takeshita comes in for the exchange of forearms and it’s off to King, who gets knocked into the wrong corner. Okada’s neckbreaker drops King again and Okada knocks Bandido off the apron in a smart move.

King gets fired up and fights back, allowing Bandido to come back in with a spinning high crossbody. Bandido’s big moonsault to the floor takes the Family down, followed by King dropping Bandido onto Takeshita back inside. We pause for the Macarena, with Okada breaking it up in a hurry (as he should have). That leaves Okada to do a middle finger Macarena before going after Bandido’s banged up shoulder. Takeshita sends the arm into the buckle, followed by a posting from Okada.

King gets knocked outside and sent into the barricade, leaving Okada to drop a top rope elbow. The Family bickers though and Bandido chops away, allowing the much needed tag off to King. That means the Family gets stacked up in the corner for a double Cannonball but Okada is back with an Air Raid Crash onto the knee. Bandido’s Code Red gets two on Takeshita and they trade some big strikes to the face. Takeshita counters the 21 Plex though and Okada dropkicks Bandido into the corner.

King Cannonballs Okada again and Takeshita gets planted for a shooting star press from Bandido for two in a great sequence. Back up and Takeshita shrugs off Bandido’s chops and knocks him down hard. The running knee is loaded up but Okada tags himself in, much to Takeshita’s annoyance. The confusion lets Bandido get over for the tag to Bandido and Takeshita is sent outside. Running shots in the corner set up a fire thunder driver for two on Okada.

Takeshita slips out of a Doomsday Device attempt and manages to wheelbarrow suplex King. The 21 Plex is blocked though…leaving King to German suplex all three of them at once. Everyone is down so King is sent outside, leaving Bandido to kick at both of them. Okada Rainmakers Takeshita by mistake…and doesn’t seem to mind. Naturally Bandido can X Knee Okada with one arm but the arm gives out on the 21 Plex. King is back up with a suicide dive to Takeshita though and now the 21 Plex can hit Okada to retain the titles at 27:30.

Rating: A-. This turned into a heck of a match at the end, which is a great thing to see. Bandido is doing some incredible work at the moment and King compliments him very well. This was a nice mixture of multiple stories at the same time, with Takeshita and Okada’s issues possibly near the top. Awesome match here, as tends to be the case with Bandido and King.

Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa say they’ve lost everything but still have each other. Sounds like the Tag Team Titles are up next.

We recap Samoa Joe challenging Hangman Page for the World Title. Page accidentally disrespected Joe (even Page said he was confused by what happened) and it’s time to fight.

AEW World Title: Hangman Page vs. Samoa Joe

Page is defending and after the Big Match Intros, we’re ready to go. Joe backs him into the corner for a cocky clean break to start before grabbing a headlock. That’s broken up so Joe knocks him hard to the floor for a breather. Back in and Page’s kick to the face is shrugged off, allowing Joe to run him over with an elbow. Page fights out again and tries the moonsault, which is broken up rather quickly.

Instead Joe is low bridged to the floor, where he avoids the moonsault again. Page dropkicks him against the barricade and they head back inside, where Joe plants him with the Rock Bottom out of the corner. The double arm crank keeps Page in trouble and the backsplash gives Joe two. Page charges into a powerslam for two but the jabs to the face just wake him up. An enziguri staggers Joe and they trade kicks to the head.

A running boot sends Joe outside so he slides back in, where Page almost entirely misses a moonsault. It gets two anyway but Joe powerbombs him into the STF. That’s switched into the crossface, which is switched into something like the Rings of Saturn. Page gets out and powerbombs him out of the corner for two more. The Deadeye is broken up and Joe shouts COME ON MOTHERF*****, which is exactly what Page does. The comeback is cut off with a Koquina Clutch, with Page getting a foot onto the rope. Joe can’t get the MuscleBuster and walks into a Deadeye for two. Three straight Buckshot Lariats retain the title at 19:02.

Rating: B. This still didn’t feel like a big time title match but it had some good moments. The good thing about these two is they can have a hard hitting fight and make it work. That’s what they managed to make happen here, with Joe always being able to bring it and Page more than holding up his end. I wasn’t buying the threat of a title change, but that’s ok in a match like this.

Post match the Opps come out to check on Joe and respect is shown…and then the Opps beat Page down. The MuscleBuster onto the belt knocks Page silly. I’m glad to see Joe as a heel again, but it might be better had he not just gotten pinned clean.

Mercedes Mone yells about Kris Statlander ruining her big night and wants the Women’s Title at Full Gear.

We recap Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin. They hate each other, they’ve hated each other for a long time, and they hate each other enough to have an I Quit match. And something about climbing Mt. Everest.

Darby Allin vs. Jon Moxley

I Quit and Marina Shafir is here with Moxley. Allin whips out the flag from the top of Mt. Everest and they’re already on the floor. That doesn’t last long as Moxley comes back in and snaps off a shotgun dropkick. Moxley starts hammering away and sends him ear first into the rope. Allin is sent into the steps and the barricade before Moxley stretches the arm across the steps. Shafir brings in some skewers, which are jammed under Allin’s fingernails.

After making sure that his nail is still there, Allin wins a slugout and grabs a Code Red for a needed breather. Allin gets simple by choking with the flag before just hamming on the apron. The Coffin Drop only hits apron though and Moxley stomps on his head. Some whipping with a belt sets up a piledriver and Moxley yells at him a lot. Allin invites him to whip with the belt and is immediately knocked down again.

Somehow Allin gets over to the corner and whips out some lighter fluid to spray in Moxley’s eyes. More Death Riders run in but get chased off, allowing Moxley to hit a cutter. Moxley wipes the fluid off and shocks him with a taser (of course). A Stomp sets up a bulldog choke but Allin flips him off instead of quitting. Castagnoli gorilla presses Allin from the ring onto the announcers’ table and Moxley adds a Death Rider through a regular table at ringside. The fans declare this murder and it’s time for…an aquarium?

The Death Riders put water into said aquarium so Moxley can attempt to drown him. Rather than murder Allin, Moxley lets him out and yells a lot…as the lights go out. STING is here (with white hair and a big white/black beard) to clear out the Death Riders (and smash the aquarium). Sting throws Allin the bat and leaves, kidnapping Shafir in the process. Moxley tells Allin to hit him with the bat, which he does, followed by a Scorpion Death Drop with the flag. The Coffin Drop into the Scorpion Deathlock (in the water from the aquarium) makes Moxley give up at 26:05.

Rating: B. I’m not sure what to say here and that’s a good thing in this case. My biggest worry coming into the match was that it was going to be total insanity with some really stupid ending. The aquarium got close but it didn’t quite get that far. Sting not attacking Moxley was a good touch as well, as he didn’t so much help Allin beat Moxley as much as he evened the odds, which is a fine way to go. It didn’t go too far and it didn’t reach a level of insanity, so I’ll call this about as much of a success as it could be.

Allin celebrates to end the show.

Overall Rating: B+. I’ll call it a good show overall, with the Tag Team and TNT Title matches being the highlights. As usual, there’s nothing bad on the show but the biggest problem is that it ran so long. I wasn’t so much interested by the end as much as I was wondering how much longer this was going to go. Other than that though, it’s hard to get overly annoyed here, as tends to be the case with the pay per views.

Results
Death Riders b. Conglomeration/Roderick Strong – Running knee to Ishii
Hook/Eddie Kingston b. Frat House – Redrum to Karter
Willow Nightingale/Harley Cameron b. Penelope Ford/Megan Bayne – Babe With The Powerbomb to Ford
FTR b. Jet Speed – Rollup with Hathaway holding the leg
Jamie Hayter b. Thekla – Hayterade
Jurassic Express b. Young Bucks – Extinction to Matt
Hurt Syndicate b. The Demand – Spear to Kaun
Kyle Fletcher b. Mark Briscoe – Brainbuster onto the turnbuckle
Kris Statlander b. Toni Storm – Staturday Night Fever
Mercedes Mone b. Mina Shirakawa – Rollup with foot on the ropes
Bandido/Brody King b. Don Callis Family – 21 Plex to Okada
Hangman Page b. Samoa Joe – Buckshot Lariat
Darby Allin b. Jon Moxley – Scorpion Deathlock

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AEW is back on pay per view and it doesn’t seem like they’ve been away for very long. The card is not so much centered around the main event for the World Title as much as it is built around a violent grudge match. That is something that could work out well, though hopefully they aren’t still going into Sunday morning. The card is looking ok enough though so let’s get to it.

Kickoff Show: Hook/Eddie Kingston vs. ???

It’s an open challenge, because wrestling loves those things these days. Kingston is the latest star Hook is being attached to in an effort to get him over and as usual, it’s only kind of working. I’m not sure what that is going to mean, but it almost has to be better than watching Kingston wrestle on his own. Hopefully it winds up working here, but it might depend on the opponents.

I’ll bet on Hook and Kingston winning here and it’ll likely be against the Swirl (or the MxM Collection). Either way, it’s not a match that needs to be on this show at all and is just a way to get Kingston back in the ring. As usual, AEW feels the need to get as much action as they can out there and Hook/Kingston are hardly the most interesting idea, as the whole “we’re from New York” deal doesn’t feel like it has the longest shelf life.

Kickoff Show: FTR vs. Jet Speed

Well, it’s better than no FTR. Jet Speed is the latest team that AEW is pushing every chance they can, though that shouldn’t matter when FTR is coming off what happened at All Out. FTR had the big angle with Adam and Beth Copeland and yet here they are on the Kickoff Show. That’s quite the way to go, though it’s not like they have anything else going on at the moment.

I’ll take FTR to win here as they have a bigger story going on, though you never know with what they might do around here. Hopefully sanity prevails here, as there is no reason to have them lose in their first pay per view match after the whole taking out Beth Copeland. The match should be good, even though it feels like it should be the main event of a Collision, which is almost what this show is so maybe it fits.

Kickoff Show: Willow Nightingale/Harley Cameron vs. Divine Vanity

So here we….hang on. DIVINE VANITY? Sweet goodness can we stop with the team names that sound like discount perfume? Megan Bayne is a star and could be the next challenger for the Women’s Title, but she’s now part of a team with a horrible name. I have no idea who thinks of these names but they do it in all kinds of promotions these days and it’s really annoying.

With that out of the way, give me Bayne and Ford to win, with Bayne hopefully getting away from the tag team almost immediately. She’s been presented as a major star and a dominant force, though that’s only going to last so long if she’s stuck going after the Tag Team Titles. Odds are that’s what happens, but either way she should be on the winning side here.

Kickoff Show: Conglomeration/Roderick Strong vs. Death Riders

It feels like we’ve seen this match about a dozen times in recent weeks, but that might just be due to how frequently the Death Riders are in the ring. This is likely the big main event of the Kickoff Show and should get a bit of time, with the Death Riders being such a big deal. At the same time, it isn’t a guarantee that they’ll win, as they have only had so much success as of late.

Give me the Death Riders to win here, as it would be strange to have Pac lose again so soon after his big return. Orange Cassidy already beat him once so doing it again might be a bit of a stretch. Either way, I could certainly go for a break from the Death Riders, as the idea has been beaten into the ground for a long time now and the impact is rapidly losing its impact. Odds are they win here though, as they are always featured in some way.

Jamie Hayter vs. Thekla

This is another match in the build towards next month’s Blood & Guts, which is happening despite the story not really feeling like it’s going in that direction. Thekla vs. Hayter has definitely been a feud that has been set up for a few months now, though this definitely doesn’t feel like the big blowoff to the whole thing. Both of them need a win before they get to the big match in November, so we’ll see where we go from here.

I’ll take Hayter to win here, as she can beat Thekla and then get beaten down by the rest of the Triangle Of Madness. That allows both of them to move forward towards November, which is the whole point of this. It’s a great example of a match that could be taken off the show without much being taken away, or it should have been on the Kickoff Show at best. Either way, I’ll take Hayter to win here as she continues to get back to where she was before her injury.

Jurassic Express vs. Young Bucks

This is another match for money, because just having a match for the sake of winning a match is too passe. I’m also not sure why Tony Khan would put the Bucks, who have wasted his money for years and abused their power, in a match where they can get what they want more than anything else. Other than that, it’s the Express’ first real match since they came back so now we get to see how serious they’ll be treated.

In theory, there is no reason for the Express to lose here so I’ll take them to win. They’re freshly back and seemingly popular, plus the whole point of the Bucks is that they need to be broke. Otherwise, how could they be on TV doing their wacky comedy that they’ve been doing for weeks now? Just let the Bucks lose again, as I’ll take that over them dominating the tag division for months on end.

Hurt Syndicate vs. The Demand

Speaking of terrible names, we have the Demand getting another shot here, albeit in a Tornado Trios match. I’m glad they added the stipulation as it was looking like a regular six man tag coming into this, would would make for a terrible rematch after the street fight. They’ve done a nice job of making me wonder who wins here, and that’s made this a lot more interesting than it could have been.

I’ll actually go with the Demand to win here, mainly on a total hunch. In theory, they’ve got something to do going forward, as the Hurt Syndicate has already had a long Tag Team Title reign. Unless they’re going after the Trios Titles (please no), it might be time for them to see what they can do in some singles matches. The Demand might be interesting getting a push of their own and they can start that with a win here.

TNT Title: Kyle Fletcher(c) vs. Mark Briscoe

These two have been feuding for a good while now and it’s nice to see Briscoe getting this kind of a chance. They’re in their fifth match together and that should make for a bit more drama. It’s easier to believe that the title could change hands here, though I’m not sure I can buy the idea of Fletcher losing on back to back pay per views. That’s where things kind of fall apart here.

As you might guess, I’ll take Fletcher to retain the title here as it would be a not so great idea to have him lose another pay per view title match. Fletcher is likely going to become a big star in AEW sooner than later and is already one of the bigger names in the Don Callis Family. I’ll go with him winning here, as Briscoe winning another big match feels like quite the stretch.

Women’s Title: Kris Statlander(c) vs. Toni Storm

Statlander took the title from Storm last month in a four way match where she did manage to pin Storm, so at least she doesn’t feel like a paper champion. They did need to do a singles version of the title match as well though and this is it, even with Storm’s rather odd way to build towards the showdown. They could have a good match here, though I have a feeling I know where it’s going.

I’m going with Statlander to retain here due to a mixture of two things. First of all, Storm has had the title for such a long time now and it’s well past the time for someone new to get a chance. Statlander can be that someone, at least for the time being, as that brings us to the other factor. That would be Megan Bayne, who seems like she could be ready to be the first (and perhaps last) challenger to Statlander’s title reign. For that to happen, Statlander has to win here, which she will.

Tag Team Titles: Bandido/Brody King(c) vs. Don Callis Family

So here we have something of a dilemma, as there are two options in this case. You could go with Okada and Takeshita falling apart and losing the title shot as a result, leaning into their long teased feud. On the other, and far more annoying hand, there is the option of “these guys don’t get along but they’re the new Tag Team Champions!” That doesn’t interest me in the slightest, so here we go.

I’ll take the Family to win, as the idea of the two of them being partners who don’t get along but have to face off in the Continental Classic is likely too tempting for Tony Khan to pass up. Bandido and King have been a nice surprise as champions, but the idea of someone being the IWGP World Champion and an AEW champion is something that AEW would pounce on if given the chance, which is what they have here. New champions abound in an annoying booking trope.

AEW World Title: Hangman Page(c) vs. Samoa Joe

This is the latest mostly thrown together title match for Page, who really hasn’t had much to do since winning the belt. That’s quite the problem, but it’s what you get when there are about fifteen people tied up in two heel stables. Your options to come for the title are limited and that’s what we’re seeing here. Joe is a fine choice for a challenger, but it all feels like we’re treading water until we get to the real challenger.

I don’t see any reason to believe that Joe is winning here so we’ll go with the logical pick of Page retaining. Page needs to beat some big names before MJF gets back to be his major challenger and Joe meets the qualifications, though he has pretty much no chance of winning here. That was obvious from the time the match was set, but at least they’ll get to beat the daylights out of each other.

Darby Allin vs. Jon Moxley

Whether it goes on last or not, this is absolutely the real main event of the show in the form of an I Quit match. The idea here is that these two will do all kinds of horrible violent things to each other and….yeah I don’t care. I’ve been utterly sick of the Death Riders and Moxley in particular for months now, and the whole deal with Allin pulling out a Molotov Cocktail the other night was the point of no return for me. It’s silly at this point and….something about climbing Mount Everest? Either way, they’re going to fight and that’s what matters here.

The thing is though, I actually think Moxley wins. They’ve been building up the idea that ALLIN WILL NOT QUIT NO MATTER WHAT for weeks now and it feels like a way to set up some big swerve where he does in fact quit. Giving Moxley another win is about as dumb of an idea as they can have, but it would not surprise me in the slightest to see them do this one more time at Full Gear. I’ll pick Moxley in a choice that already feels wrong but AEW can do some wacky things.

Overall Thoughts

As has been the case with a few of AEW’s recent shows, this does not feel like a major pay per view. The World Title match feels slapped on, the Tag Team Title match is more about the challengers’ issues with each other and Moxley vs. Allin feels like it’s going to be about doing the wackiest stunts possible. There are some interesting matches on here (Joe vs. Page should at least be entertaining and the Hurt Syndicate is always worth a look), but a 12 match card that is likely to go about five hours total (minimum) is going to make for a long, long night. As always.

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Collision
Date: October 15, 2025
Location: Cable Dahmer Arena, Independence, Missouri
Commentators: Bryan Danielson, Excalibur, Tony Schiavone

It’s the second half (or last third, depending on how technical you want to get) of the night as we have another hour of AEW to go. This is the last show before we get to WrestleDream on Saturday and we’ve got a good bit more build towards the show to go. Hopefully the show is on the better end of Collisions so let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

Death Riders vs. Kyle O’Reilly/Orange Cassidy

Yuta immediately tags out from Cassidy (just like Josh Alexander did with Kenny Omega on Dynamite) so Garcia wrestles Cassidy down to the mat. Back up and Cassidy mocks Garcia’s dance before a suplex lets O’Reilly come in. O’Reilly hammers away and it’s some kicks/lazy chops up against the ropes. Yuta gets chopped as well until Garcia pulls him outside and we take a break.

We come back with Yuta and Garcia taking turns elbowing at O’Reilly before doing it at the same time. O’Reilly kicks his way out of trouble and manages a double dragon screw legwhip. Cassidy comes in to send both of them into the buckle and a tornado DDT plants Yuta hard.

The Orange Punch is loaded up but Jon Moxley is in the crowd (Excalibur: “It’s the first time we’ve seen him since the first hour of our broadcast.” That long eh?) for a distraction. Garcia and O’Reilly strike it out as Cassidy dives onto Yuta. Marina Shafir distracts the referee, allowing Pac to jump Cassidy. O’Reilly goes after Pac but gets jumped by Claudio Castagnoli, leaving Garcia to get the pin at 12:23.

Rating: C+. Hey did you know there are a lot of Death Riders and they cheat to win? I wasn’t sure if you had gotten the point yet but here they are again. This was pretty much every Death Riders match you would see on this show, with not much of note until the ending with all of the cheating going on.

Post match the beatdown is on, with Tomohiro Ishii and Roderick Strong failing to make the save. Moxley grabs the microphone but Darby Allin limps out…and gets run over by Castagnoli. Allin keeps crawling to the ring, where Shafir gives him a running shot to the head. Allin climbs inside as everyone else but Moxley brawls to the back. That leaves Allin to pull out the AEW flag from Mt. Everest and say that Moxley can always quit. Moxley gives him a Death Rider onto the flag.

Megan Bayne comes out for her match but FTR and Stokely Hathaway join her with something to say. Actually Bayne gets the microphone to say that Willow Nightingale gave her everything she had but it wasn’t enough. Now Nightingale is coming at her with another partner and that just makes Nightingale stupid. No matter what, Nightingale will always bow down to her.

Hathaway praises Kevin Knight, but doesn’t understand why Knight hangs out with Mike Bailey, who looks like Billy Ray Cyrus with an autoimmune disorder. Harwood brags about FTR’s success but Jet Speed, Nightingale and Harley Cameron pop up on screen. They aren’t scared and are ready to fight so here they are (apparently with some tricky video work as they’re in the ring rather quickly) to take FTR out. And now for our scheduled match.

Megan Bayne vs. Harley Cameron

Bayne kicks her down to start fast but misses a charge into the corner. A running splash crushes Cameron and Bayne gives her an overhead belly to belly suplex. Back to back slams make Cameron fight back and she uses her legs to choke in the ropes. Bayne manages to pull her back in with a bottom rope superplex and we take a break.

We come back with Bayne going up top and getting pulled into the Tree Of Woe. Cameron hits a running dropkick into a spinning DDT for two as the fans approve. Bayne’s Falcon Arrow gets two but a sunset bomb out of the corner gives Cameron the same. Bayne has had it and this a running clothesline into Fate’s Descent…for two? A running Liger Bomb finishes for Bayne at 8:07.

Rating: B-. Cameron was trying hard here but she’s not going to be someone who beats Bayne at this point. Bayne is pretty clearly on her way into the title scene sooner rather than later (or at least she should be) so stacking up wins is the right way to go. I wouldn’t have had Cameron kick out of Fate’s Descent, but at least the powerbomb looked good.

Eddie Kingston and Hook want to move into the tag division so it’s an open challenge for Tailgate. It’s going to be the Swirl isn’t it?

Anthony Bowens and Max Caster bicker again and beg Tony Khan to not make them team again. AND IT’S NOT THE ACCLAIMED!

Don Callis Family vs. Mark Briscoe/Bandido/Brody King

Briscoe and Fletcher start things off and Fletcher immediately tags out (third time tonight) to Romero. Briscoe beats him up but gets distracted for a shot to the back of the head. Archer comes in and gets kicked in the head, meaning it’s off to Fletcher. That’s fine with Briscoe, who sends him into the corner so all three good guys can run him over.

We take a break and come back with Briscoe and Fletcher clotheslining each other, allowing King and Archer to come in for the slug out. Archer’s running crossbody hits King and he goes after the still banged up Bandido. Romero gets two off a double stomp but Bandido gives him the press slam. King’s backsplash gets two with Fletcher making the save. Briscoe’s running Blockbuster off the apron takes out Fletcher, leaving Romero to get caught with a sitout Tombstone for the pin at 10:57.

Rating: B. Usual nice, fast paced main event tag match here, even with Callis continuing to do the same stuff he always does to the detriment of anything he’s involved with on the show. I would have expected Briscoe to pin Fletcher here to give their match some more momentum, but this works as well with Bandido and King still establishing themselves as a top team. Good stuff here and easily the best match on the show.

Briscoe and Fletcher brawl to the back and here is El Clon for a distraction. Kazuchika Okada comes in to take out Bandido and Brody King on his own to pose with the titles to end the show.

Overall Rating: B-. Nice enough show here, though I’m only somewhat interested in WrestleDream. AEW just does not have much in the way of hot stories at the moment and it was showing here. Instead, it’s a lot more of the Death Riders and the Don Callis Family, which doesn’t offer much in the way of excitement. The action was good, but come up with something a bit more interesting to get that action going.

Results
Death Riders b. Kyle O’Reilly/Orange Cassidy – Clothesline to O’Reilly
Megan Bayne b. Harley Cameron – Running Liger Bomb
Mark Briscoe/Bandido/Brody King b. Don Callis Family – Sitout Tombstone to Romero

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Collision
Date: October 11, 2025
Location: Daily’s Place, Jacksonville, Florida
Commentators: Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness

It’s Homecoming, meaning we’re back where the show has only been a few times over the years. It’s hard to say what we’re getting here, but with WrestleDream in a week, I would hope that some more of the pay per view card starts to come together. Hopefully the show is a bit more interesting this time around. Let’s get to it.

Here is Dynamite if you need a recap.

Triangle Of Madness, Harley Cameron, Kris Statlander, Toni Storm, Bryan Keith, Big Bill, Anthony Bowens, Max Caster (bickering with Bowens), FTR, Penelope Ford, Jet Speed and Willow Nightingale are ready to fight.

Opening sequence.

Kota Ibushi vs. Josh Alexander

Don Callis is here with Alexander. Feeling out process to start with Alexander taking him up against the ropes. They do the same thing with the roles reversed and Alexander bails out to the floor. Back in and Alexander shoulders him down but Ibushi slips out of a fireman’s carry to send Alexander outside. The slingshot dive drops Alexander again but he’s right back with a DDT on the floor as we take a break.

We come back with Ibushi grabbing a powerslam but getting caught on the top. Ibushi slips out of that and grabs a dragon suplex before kicking Alexander in the face. A standing moonsault gives Ibushi two but Alexander rolls through into an ankle lock. That doesn’t last long (it rarely does for Alexander) and he hits a torture rack bomb.

Ibushi shrugs that off and hits a running knee for two more. Alexander is right back with a World’s Strongest Slam onto the apron, followed by a running forearm for another near fall. They go up top and crash down to the floor…Ibushi has broken his leg. Alexander wins via a quick countout at 14:01.

Rating: B-. They were getting going near the end here before the injury and egads there is nothing good about that. I’m not sure how much of a future Ibushi is going to have given his injury issues, but odds are this is going to be another long time away from the ring. That’s going to be a big change of pace for everyone and hopefully AEW has a fresh idea in mind for where to go next.

Post match Callis grabs the mic and says this is what happens when you mess with the Family. Mark Davis returns to go after Ibushi but Kenny Omega runs in for the save. It was a messy angle, but given the circumstances, I’m thinking that can be excused.

Mark Briscoe knows Kyle Fletcher fears him and it’s time for Briscoe to finally win the TNT Title.

Video on Hangman Page vs. Samoa Joe.

Bryan Keith/Big Bill vs. Max Caster/Anthony Bowens

Caster and Keith start things off, mainly due to Caster tagging himself in. Keith takes him down to start but Bowens tags himself in, with Caster kicking some of Bowens’ magazine covers away. A facebuster takes Keith down and it’s off to Bill for a change. Caster and Bowens argue over who has to fight him until Caster gets his eyes raked and back forearmed.

A shot to the face staggers Bill though and Bowens comes in with a running Fameasser. Bowens and Caster stare at each other until Bill pulls Bowens outside. Caster gets double teamed and we take a break. We come back with Keith holding Bowens in a headlock, which is broken up so Caster can springboard in to start the comeback. A Death Valley Driver gets two on Keith but Bowens breaks up a top rope elbow. That’s enough for Bowens and Caster to argue, leaving Bowens to Mollywop Keith for the pin at 10:20.

Rating: C+. Well, it’s better than the five minute challenges and Bowens just floating around with nothing important to do. I’m not sure where this is going, but it seems something like a reunion where they get along in spite of their issues. The team was great in their day and it’s not like either of them was doing anything on their own anyway, so this is at least an upgrade.

The Bang Bang Gang is in the back when Bryan Keith and Big Bill run in for the argument.

Anna Jay/Tay Melo vs. Dream Girl Ellie/Carolina Cruz

Jay backs Cruz into the corner to start and a double hip attack crushes her head. A running faceplant drops Ellie and everything breaks down. Some running kicks in the corner set up a Gory Bomb into a knee from Melo for the pin at 2:11.

The Conglomeration is ok while Mark Briscoe is away. They don’t like that other Kyle and Willow Nightingale does Briscoe’s sendoff. And better than she should be doing.

Video on the Demand vs. Hurt Syndicate, who will fight again at WrestleDream.

We look back at Darby Allin almost lighting a Molotov Cocktail on Dynamite. Because that was a thing. Nigel McGuinness: “They have lost the plot.” Allin and Jon Moxley got in a fight at New York City Comic Con as well.

The Death Riders don’t think much of Allin, with Pac accusing him of using too many weapons and props.

Toni Storm/Kris Statlander/Harley Cameron vs. Triangle Of Madness

Storm jumps Thekla and knocks her into the corner to start, followed by a Thesz press. Cameron comes in and, after escaping Blue’s fireman’s carry, hits a basement dropkick. Statlander drops Cameron onto Blue for two but Blue pulls Statlander into the corner. Hart comes in and takes Cameron down with a DDT and we take a break.

We come back with Cameron fighting out of trouble but Blue knocks Storm off the apron. That doesn’t last long as Storm is back up and gets the tag to come in and clean house. Storm Zero is broken up and Blue’s superkick allows the tag back to Hart. The double suplex is broken up and Storm hands it back to Statlander, who drops Blue onto Hart for two. Everything breaks down and Statlander almost superkicks Storm by mistake so the villains throw them into each other. Thekla spears Cameron for the win at 11:27.

Rating: C+. The Triangle is a good enough team, though I’m almost worried about who is going to join them for Blood & Guts next month. The lineups are still moving around a bit, though Storm and Statlander would make perfect sense. This was a nice way to get the Triangle looking stronger, which has been done fairly well since their debut.

Kenny Omega is sick of Don Callis and is ready to deal with him. Jack Perry comes in and Omega isn’t happy, but Perry is sorry for what happened to Kota Ibushi. Perry has his back and goes to leave but Omega wants to know what is going on. Perry says they have the same enemies, though Omega isn’t convinced. He does not have Perry’s back, but if Perry wants to prove something, he can do it on Dynamite. This was a more serious than usual Omega.

Kris Statlander and Harley Cameron say things are not getting tense between Statlander and Toni Storm. Cameron says she can’t team with Statlander to win the Women’s Tag Team Titles but Statlander gets it, as she has to defend the Women’s Title. Cameron thinks that means she’s a tag team orphan (she manages to make that sound so sad) but Wheeler Yuta interrupts. Storm interrupts the interruption and yells at Statlander before pulling her shirt open.

Here is MxM TV for their casting call. They’re ready to fight, as last week the Don Callis Family failed to defeat them, just like the people here failed to make their parents proud.

MxM TV vs. La Faccion Ingobernable

Dralistico takes over on TV to start and drops him with a spinning kick to the head. Guevara comes in for a dropkick but gets to face Maddin, who chokebombs him down for two. Dralistico and Rush come in for a double basement dropkick to Maddin, only for Taya Valkyrie to hurricanrana Dralistico on the floor. Everything breaks down and Dralistico hits a top rope Codebreaker on Mansoor. The Bull’s Horns and an ugly Swanton finishes Mansoor at 3:47.

Rating: C+. They didn’t have much time here but they crammed in quite a bit with the amount they had. LFI is getting some more attention and television time in the last few weeks, which is only so much of a good idea in a company with multiple big heel stables. TV losing over and over isn’t a bad thing, though it feels a lot like what Max Caster was doing a few months ago.

Eddie Kingston vs. The Beast Mortos

They trade running shoulders to start with Kingston getting the better of things. The threat of the spinning backfist sends Mortos bailing to the floor, with Kingston grabbing a headlock back inside. Mortos knocks him down though and we take a break. We come back with Mortos getting two off a running clothesline but missing a running knee in the corner. A hangman’s neckbreaker gives Kingston two and they take turns biting each other’s hands. Mortos gets two off a spear but he misses a corkscrew moonsault. The spinning backfist finishes for Kingston at 8:00.

Rating: C+. This was the best Kingston has looked since he’s come back, which might be due to the match not running very long. At the same time, Kingston got to brawl a bit more here, which suits him that much better. He’s still finding his footing after such a long break, but there is only so much you can get out of matches like these.

The Triangle Of Madness is jumped by Jamie Hayter and Queen Aminata. Security breaks it up.

Katsuyori Shibata is back and issues a challenger to LFI for a Trios Titles match on Dynamite.

FTR/Megan Bayne vs. Jet Speed/Willow Nightingale

Stokely Hathaway and Penelope Ford are here too. The women start things off and shove each other away a few times, with an exchange of shoulders goes nowhere. Bayne knocks her down but Nightingale is back up with some clotheslines in the corner. Knight and Harwood come in, with Harwood taking over, only for Knight to fire off some dropkicks. Wheeler gets dropkicked off the apron and Knight hits a springboard clothesline on Harwood. Nightingale Cannonballs Harwood to give Knight two but Bayne shoves Harwood out of the way of a dive.

We take a break and come back with Bailey getting the tag to clean house, including Knight dropkicking Harwood into a rollup for two. Everything breaks down and Bayne hits a dive to the floor. Harwood brainbusters Bailey for two but Bailey is back with his bouncing kicks. A tornado DDT drops Wheeler but Bayne comes in to forearm Bailey. He takes her down for a change and hands it off to Nightingale, who beats up FTR (to the fans’ delight).

Knight dives onto Wheeler as Nightingale spinebusters Harwood for two. Ford’s distraction breaks up the Babe With The Powerbomb but the villains get caught in stereo half crabs. Those are broken up so Jet Speed dives onto FTR on the floor. That leaves Bayne to powerbomb Nightingale out of the corner for the pin at 14:41.

Rating: B. This was a fun brawl with Nightingale being strong enough to hang with FTR. That made for some good moments, though Bayne continues to smash through most of the competition. There is a good chance that she’ll wind up in Blood & Guts, though after that she needs to win some singles gold in a hurry.

Post match Bayne and Ford go after Nightingale again but Harley Cameron makes the save with a guitar handle.

Overall Rating: B-. Nice show here, though they are banking a lot on that women’s Blood & Guts match. It’s the dominant story around here and that’s kind of an issue, as we don’t even know a lot of the lineup yet. You can piece enough of it together from here, but dang that’s a bit of a gamble. Other than that, it was the usual midcard content around here, which went well enough, though it was a pretty run of the mill week.

Results
Josh Alexander b. Kota Ibushi via countout
Max Caster/Anthony Bowens b. Bryan Keith/Big Bill – Mollywop to Keith
Anna Jay/Tay Melo b. Dream Girl Ellie/Carolina Cruz – Gory Bomb/knee lift combination to Ellie
Triangle Of Madness b. Toni Storm/Kris Statlander/Harley Cameron – Spear to Cameron
La Faccion Ingobernable b. MxM TV – Swanton Bomb to Mansoor
Eddie Kingston b. The Beast Mortos – Spinning backfist
FTR/Megan Bayne b. Jet Speed/Willow Nightingale – Powerbomb to Nightingale

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