‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Feb 1st 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW’s, Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights and is now all alone in AEW’s weekend programming following the end of Rampage. We’ve got the commentary team of Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness calling the action, so let’s get into our review!
Match #1: Samoa Joe & HOOK def. Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian
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Hook hurled Wayne with a suplex and tagged in Samoa Joe. Wayne quickly tagged out to Kip Sabian. Kip Sabian gouged Samoa Joe’s eyes. Samoa Joe fired back with a sit out senton after avoiding a springboard press from Sabian. Nick Wayne grabbed Hook’s ankle from the outside. Kip capitalized with a fisherman’s buster. Nick tagged back in and stomped on Hook. Nick threw Hook into the corner with a hammer throw. Sabian and Wayne double teamed Hook, showing off effective tandem offense. After a desperate suplex to Nick Wayne, Hook tagged Samoa Joe, who cleaned house on Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian. Samoa Joe planted Kip with the Muscle Buster and picked up the pinfall victory.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #2: The Beast Mortos def. Adam Priest
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Priest tried to chop down the Beast Mortos, but the Beast Mortos popped up Priest with a Samoan Drop, followed up with a discus lariat, and then finished off Priest with the Destination: Hell Hole finisher to pick up a decisive win!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #3: Rush def. Max Caster
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Rush clocked Caster with a right hand strike. Rush stomped on Max in the corner. Rush rocked Caster with the Bull’s Horns and pinned Caster!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #4: Chris Jericho & Bryan Keith def. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)
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Jericho and Truth traded strikes. Truth knocked down Jericho with a running clothesline. The Outrunners back dropped Jericho over the top rope. Big Bill booted Truth outside the ring as Jericho distracted the referee. Turbo Floyd tagged in and cleaned house on the Learning Tree. Bryan Keith knocked down Truth, giving Jericho enough time to get to his feet and put the Walls on Turbo! Keith came in and kicked Turbo in the face. Jericho used a head scissor takeover on Turbo. Truth body slammed Jericho and Keith. The Outrunners hit the double bicep elbow drop on Jericho and Keith! They were looking for the Total Recall but Big Bill grabbed Truth’s ankle. Keith rolled up Turbo after the assist from Big Bill and pinned Turbo!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: Megan Bayne def. Hyena Hera
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Bayne splashed Hera in the corner. Bayne blasted Hyena Hera with a pump kick! She followed up with a driving lariat. Bayne hoisted up Hera, planted her face first and pinned her!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #6: Harley Cameron def. Taya Valkyrie
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Taya took early advantage, stomping Harley in the corner. Taya kicked Harley in the back. Harley served up an arm drag. Taya blocked an area code kick and countered with a sliding German Suplex. Harley used flying head scissors to take down Taya. She followed up with a running knee on Taya for a near fall. Taya power bombed Cameron out of the corner. Harley hit an Australia Destroyer! Taya dodged a senton and clobbered Cameron with a spear. Taya went for the pin, but Harley cradled Taya and scored the upset!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #7: TNT Championship – Daniel Garcia def. Kyle O’Reilly and Lee Moriarty
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All three competitors chain wrestled to start the match, going to a stalemate. Lee rocketed out of the ring and wiped out Kyle and Danny outside the ring. Back in the ring, Moriarty tried for a double wrist lock on Garcia. Lee kicked Danny and Kyle in the head. Both men got to their feet, having enough of Lee, and swarmed him with offense. Kyle and Danny traded forearms. Garcia used a high angle back drop driver. Danny dished out a double clothesline. Garcia nailed Kyle with a swinging neck breaker. Garcia put Lee in the Dragon Tamer. Kyle grabbed Danny and locked in a triangle. Shane Taylor walloped Garcia with a punch. Moriarty put Garcia in the Border City Stretch! Garcia escaped and rolled up Lee, winning it with a jackknife pin.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #8: Mid-South Street Fight – FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) def. Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta)
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FTR charged at the Death Riders as the Death Riders were making their entrance through the crowd. Dax bashed a garbage can over Mox’s head. Yuta ran and hit a sliding dropkick into a ladder, knocking it into Cash’s face. Yuta body slammed Cash onto the ladder while Mox whipped Dax into the steel ring steps. Marina Shafir grabbed Cash and rammed him into the steel post. Moxley had a pair of pliers and squeezed Dax’s nose with it. Wheeler Yuta whipped Dax into a ladder that was propped up between the turnbuckles in the corner. Moxley spilled open a bag of thumbtacks. Cash power bombed Moxley into the tacks, countering the Death Rider DDT. Cash jumped out of the ring with a suicide dive onto Yuta. Moxley grabbed Cash and spiked him with a DDT on the floor. Dax blasted Yuta with a brain buster. Marina jumped in the ring and applied a rear naked choke with a steel chain on Dax. Dax jumped backwards and put them both through a table! Dax crushed Mox with a piledriver on a steel chair. Claudio Castagnoli ran down, but Dax clotheslined him out of the ring. Moxley hit a cutter on Dax and then curb stomped Dax onto a steel chair. Cash jumped into the ring to break up the pin attempt. Yuta, Moxley, and Claudio triple teamed Cash. “Switchblade” Jay White and “The Rated R Superstar” Cope sprinted to the ring, joining the melee to even up the sides for FTR! FTR spiked Yuta through the announce table with a piledriver and pinned Yuta! FTR hit the Shatter Machine on Mox. Cope speared Mox! Claudio pulled Moxley out of the ring before any more damage could be inflicted on the leader of the Death Riders!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3/5
An OK episode of Collision this week, one that suffered from too many squash matches and a number of average matches early doors. Thankfully things turned around with the Taya/Harley match and continued on a higher level from there on out, culminating in some violent action in the main event. We also got some interesting promos that actually felt necessary to the ongoing storylines rather than the throwaway stuff we see from wrestling promotions across the board. Worth sticking with to get to the meat and potatoes of the action this week.
