More like colliding with bedtime, right? Instead of doing two hours of AEW Collision after basketball and going well after 1 a.m., we got one hour on Saturday and another tonight.
You can kind of see the logic to keep both hours with good lead-ins, though it’s asking a lot for people to watch new wrestling until after midnight on a school night.
We’re certainly in the target audience in the sense that we’ll recap AEW Collision whenever they show it. Read on for the proof.
Top Flight and AR Fox vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Pac and Wheeler Yuta) (c)
When we look back a few years from now on the Death Riders era, there’s a good chance we’re going to see Pac in the same light as an actor who gives an outstanding performance in an otherwise crappy movie. It’s not even that he understands the assignment, it’s like he’s working on another assignment altogether.
Claudio remains a real one as well, but he’s lost in whatever it is AEW is trying to do with this group. In any case, this is a fun style matchup and a just reward for Fox after his stellar work with Will Ospreay this week (work recognized by the announce team). Dante Martin and Fox combine for some fun spots that lead to a Swanton Bomb by Fox for a near fall.
But Pac hits double low blows on Top Flight on the outside, which leaves Fox one-on-three. The fans try to rally him against some intimidating odds, but a conveyor belt of corner clotheslines, a Tombstone by Pac and Claudio throwing Wheeler into a splash on Fox add up to a successful title defense.
Winners … and still AEW World Trios Champions: Death Riders by pinfall
To make matters worse for the good guys, Action Andretti and Lio Rush arrive after the bell and lay out Top Flight. They also use the chains they are wearing to choke both Martin brothers, adding injury to insult.
Adam Cole says he had Daniel Garcia beaten and only the time limit saved him. That won’t happen next time, he vows. Meanwhile, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong still have some pent-up feelings about FTR as well.
Kazuchika Okada gets a chance to brag about a few of his 2025 victories, with an especially pointed quip about defeating Brodie King and Buddy Matthews: “I put those pitches to sleep.”
Johnny TV vs. Bandido
This gives Nigel McGuinness time to talk about Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie making out, so there’s that. Bandido is able to get the fans into it with some pretty unique offense, which is nothing new for him.
A lot of it unfortunately comes during a side-by-side commercial break, which is unfortunate, but he’s able to finish Johnny off right shortly after the full broadcast returns.
Winner: Bandido by pinfall
Bandido immediately grabs a mic to demand that Chris Jericho return his brother’s mask immediately. That brings The Learning Tree to the ring at full force, and hey Jericho does have the mask with him. The Nueve is still upset about being taken for granted, and says that while he can be very generous, he can also be very dangerous. Bandido’s family knows this, according to Jericho, and while he’s sorry for making Bandido’s mother cry, that’s what happens when you try to take something from Jericho. Oh, and he’s not giving the mask back.
Recognizing that putting on a lucha mask is the only thing worse than removing it from its rightful owner, Jericho does exactly that. Bandido has enough and floors Jericho with a right hand, and he manages to make all of The Learning Tree look dumb before grabbing Gravity’s mask and getting out of dodge. That was silly but fun.
A Megan Bayne vignette allows her to talk about her rampage through AEW in her own woods. That brings a rebuttal from Toni Storm, which features some incredible lines: “I have an Oedipal complex with myself.” Heh.
Harley Cameron vs. Aminah Belmont
Feels like a squash for Harley to get her some additional screen time. Belmont gets in a tiny bit of offense, but she’s about to feel the wrath. Tony Schiavone can only call out “It’s her finishing move!” Which I’m guessing is because he doesn’t know what the finisher is called, but it’s still funny to hear it out loud.
Winner: Harley Cameron by pinfall
Don Callis is irritated by Lexy Nair’s question about Kyle Fletcher, who hasn’t been seen since losing to Ospreay. The Protostar arrives to set the story straight: He’s not in a hospital and he’s destined to be the greatest of all time. Fletcher says that on Dynamite this Wednesday, he’ll make it very clear what is next for him personally and for the Don Callis Family.
Los Titanes del Aire (Hologram and Komander) vs. Dralistico and The Beast Mortos
Pretty cool to see this lucha showdown as the AEW Collision main event. Cameron joins the announcers to assist with commentary, the better to root on her friend Hologram.
Harley leaves pretty early on to go “call a friend,” heading to the back just as things are heating up. Lo and behold, after some commercials, there’s Harleygram ringside. I’m not saying Harley is Harleygram, just saying we’ve never seen them both in the same place at the same time.
All four of these guys are entertaining, but Hologram really seems to be getting over with the crowd. Harleygram and Alex Abrahantes urge on the fans in tandem to keep them hype.
Komander hits a springboard top rope poison rana, maybe? But that’s only the start of an insane sequence of moves from all four competitors that draws enthusiastic A-E-Dub chants.
Abrahantes ends up in harm’s way on the outside and Komander has to run the ropes and dive onto the heels to save Harleygram from the same fate. The good guys get the action back in the ring and manage to get the pin for a feel good ending to this special Sunday night edition of AEW Collision.
