‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Nov 1st 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Collision, which brings wrestling back to Saturday nights. We’ve got the commentary team of Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness calling the action, so let’s get into our review!
Match #1: Konosuke Takeshita & Kazuchika Okada def. Anthony Bowens & Max Caster
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Bowens and Takeshita started things off, harkening back to their excellent singles match in the AEW Unified Title Eliminator Tournament on Collision back in September. Bowens took Takeshita down twice in the early moments, celebrating after each successful move, so Caster stopped the momentum by tagging himself into the match. Takeshita shook off a couple of Caster strikes, but when Caster went to the ropes, he got a kick across the back from Okada. When Takeshita tried to take advantage, Caster ducked, and Takeshita nearly hit Okada. Caster pushed Takeshita into Okada to knock him off the apron, and then Bowens came in for a double clothesline with Caster, sending Takeshita to the outside. Bowens asked Caster to move out of the way so he could go to the top rope. Caster responded by flying to the floor to take out both Okada and Takeshita, which left Bowens with nothing to do. He chased Caster away for a few moments, which allowed Okada and Takeshita to recover and hit stereo DDTs on Caster and Bowens. Back in the ring, Okada hit an elbow drop on Caster and turned his Rainmaker pose into a middle finger for Takeshita! Caster rolled up Okada for a two count, so Takeshita blasted Caster after the kickout and entered the ring at Okada’s request. Takeshita begrudgingly helped Okada whip Caster to the corner. Okada followed with a running elbow, but Takeshita missed his and was openly frustrated. Okada hit a neckbreaker on Caster for another near-fall. Takeshita and Okada had another tense face-off, so Bowens tagged in and opened up on the two. He sent Takeshita to the outside but turned into a flapjack from Okada, who regained control for the Family. Bowens hit a defensive kick to send Okada to his corner, so Takeshita tagged, but so did Caster! After a quick flurry of offense, Caster hit a Death Valley Driver that nearly gave his team the win. He dragged Takeshita to his corner and tagged in Bowens, who didn’t appear to be ready. Caster went for a double-team, but Takeshita escaped and hit a cutter on Caster, only for Bowens to run through him with a knee! Okada made the save and dragged Takeshita to the corner for a tag. Bowens was waiting for Okada with a Cobra Clutch Neckbreaker. Bowens took too much time going to the top rope, so Okada met him and went for a superplex, only for Takeshita to sneak underneath to powerbomb both Okada and Bowens in a tower of doom that Okada may have gotten the worst of! Caster charged after Takeshita, but was low bridged. Takeshita followed Caster out and sent him into the guardrail. Bowens avoided an Okada dropkick and nearly put Okada away with a spinning fireman’s carry slam, but he kicked out at the last moment. Okada ducked a Mollywhop from Bowens, but Takeshita slid in the ring to put Bowens down with a Blue Thunder Bomb! Takeshita set up for his patented running knee, but Okada was already picking up Bowens for the Rainmaker. Bowens ducked out of the way, and luckily for Takeshita, he did the same, although the near-miss gave him enough reason to shove Okada. Bowens hit a leaping Fame-asser on Takeshita from behind and then turned into a picture-perfect dropkick from Okada. Okada went for another Rainmaker, but Bowens reversed it into a urange and tried to get the pin, only to learn that Bowens had made a blind tag. Caster and Bowens argued and got into a shoving match that quickly devolved into the two exchanging blows, with Bowens getting the best of Caster. Takeshita tagged in, but Okada picked up Bowens for a Rainmaker and connected. He went for another on Caster, but Takeshita knocked Okada out of the way and drilled Caster with a forearm. He put Caster away with Raging Fire as an angry Okada watched the pinfall.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: CMLL World Women’s Championship – Mercedes Moné def. Olympia
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Moné did her best to stay away from Olympia’s power, but when she didn’t, Olympia hit hard. She took Moné down in the corner and followed with a handstand kick. She squatted Moné until Moné escaped out the back and into the corner. Olympia grabbed Moné from the turnbuckles with a gorilla press that she shifted to one arm before letting Moné fall to the mat! What an unreal display of power. Olympia tried to suplex Moné from the apron to the floor, so Moné escaped and caught Olympia between the turnbuckles to deliver a huge knee lift. Olympia struggled to get up from the floor and wound up turning into a Meteora from the apron, which allowed Moné to celebrate in front of Statlander. Moné threw Olympia back in for a cover, but it got a two. She hit another Meteora for another two count and tried to calm herself down, frustration starting to show. She followed with a snap suplex that got another two count, so Moné went right into a submission and just threw Olympia to the mat. She put a single boot on Olympia for a pin, as her cockiness was getting the best of her. Moné tried to grind down Olympia with a chinlock, and when Olympia nearly escaped, Moné threw her to the ground. Moné went to the second rope, but was caught by Olympia on the way down and slammed for a nearfall! Olympia hit a low running dropkick and tried to follow with an attack to the downed Moné, but she missed only to recover by skinning the cat back in and right onto Moné! That was innovative. Moné escaped a vertical suplex with a nearfall and then blasted Olympia in the face. She tried the MonéMaker, but it was Olympia who escaped and rebounded to hoist Moné into a one-armed powerbomb! Moné kicked out! Moné gained some separation with a headbutt and then used the ropes to springboard into a DDT! Olympia kicked out, and Moné looked worried! Olympia and Moné traded reversals, with Moné trying to lock in the Statement Maker. Olympia got out of it and squatted Moné a few times before slamming her on the mat for yet another nearfall. They went to the outside, where Moné threw Olympia into Statlander before returning to the ring. Statlander came off commentary to face off with Moné, but the distraction allowed Olympia to drag Moné back into the ring. However, Moné quickly countered into the Statement Maker and got the tap out for the successful title defense!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #3: Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir def. Nixon Newell & Miranda Alize
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Newell and Alize attacked Bayne and Shafir from behind at the bell, which earned them a compliment from Moxley for their “spunk” as Bayne was isolated with Shafir knocked to the outside. Alize and Newell hit a pair of running uppercuts, followed by an Alize facewash kick and a Newell cannonball. Shafir saw enough and came in to break up the double team, but Newell and Alize turned their attention to her and hit an assisted stomp to send Shafir back to the apron. Moxley wondered what would happen if Bayne was pissed off, and he got his answer quickly. Bayne recovered from the early onslaught and snatched both Alize and Newell for a double German suplex. Shafir tagged in for the first time and lit up Newell with kicks and a throw before booting Alize back into her corner. Bayne tagged back in. While Shafir trapped Alize in Mother’s Milk, Bayne hit a running Liger Bomb on Newell for the 1-2-3. Shafir and Bayne celebrated in the ring with Penelope Ford after a dominant victory.
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #4: Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe & Komander def. LFI (Sammy Guevara, The Beast Mortos and Dralístico)
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Guevara thought he had a quick advantage on Strong, so he celebrated just seconds into the match, which turned out to be the wrong move. Strong chopped Guevara into the corner so Komander could tag in. Guevara put Komander down with a dropkick and suplex before tagging in Dralístico. Komander and Dralístico traded arm drags and reversals before ending up in a stalemate. Briscoe and Mortos tagged in for the first time, with Briscoe getting the better of the initial exchange until Mortos fought out of the corner and hit a back body drop. He tried another, but Briscoe landed on his feet before showing Texas some redneck kung fu. Komander tagged in, and so did Guevara. Guevara was sent to the outside, and Komander climbed the ropes to try to walk across the ring, but LFI came in to stop it. Strong and Briscoe were right there to take them out, so Komander tried again, but Guevara was already back in the ring and knocked Komander to the mat. Mortos and Dralístico slammed Strong and Briscoe around the guardrails with LFI in complete control. Komander nearly had his mask ripped off during an extensive beatdown in the LFI corner, but he fought back only to have Dralístico hit a springboard destroyer for a near-fall! Komander finally made the tag to Strong, as Guevara tagged in on the other side. Strong opened up on LFI and nearly put Guevara away with a backbreaker/fireman’s carry slam combination. Mortos came in to help Guevara make the tag to Dralístico and ran across to take out Briscoe before double-teaming Strong with Dralístico to hit a nasty stomp for a two count. Strong escaped to tag Briscoe, who was able to successfully handle Mortos and Dralístico before turning his attention to Guevara. He knocked Guervara to the floor and came down with a twisting moonsault from the top rope. Mortos saved Dralístico from a Jay Driller with a headbutt on Briscoe, but Komander immediately followed with a poisonrana on Mortos. Guevara took out Komander with a jumping knee, so Strong did the same to Guevara, only to walk into a jumping codebreaker from Dralístico. Briscoe got back in, avoided an enzuigiri, and nailed Dralístico with a Jay Driller to get the win!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: MxM TV Casting Call – Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn & Ace Austin) def. Mason Madden, Mansoor & Johnny TV
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Mansoor tried to go on the attack at the bell, but wound up by himself with Gunn, who punched Mansoor right out of the ring. Gunn then launched Ace over the top rope onto Mansooor! Ace and Johnny paired off briefly, but Mansoor tried to return for a double team. Ace got out of it and made the tag to Robinson, who unloaded on Mansoor and Johnny. He spiked TV with a DDT, but Mansoor mounted Robinson in the corner for punches, only for Robinson to powerbomb his way out. Madden tagged in, but was immediately double suplexed by Gunn and Ace. Gunn dropped Mansoor with a Fame-asser, and Ace followed with The Fold! Robinson made the cover to make quick work of MxM TV.
My Score: Squash out of 5
Match #6: ROH World Championship – Bandido def. Máscara Dorada
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Both men tested the waters with each other early on, as Dorada targeted Bandido’s injured shoulder multiple times, including a surfboard, which Bandido immediately powered out of! He reversed the move, and Dorada tried to power out, but Bandido rolled through and reapplied the hold. The two traded spectacular reversals until they both backflipped off the ropes into a stalemate. Bandido flipped Dorada over the top rope, but he landed on the apron. When Bandido went to the outside, Dorada avoided him by flipping back into the ring. Dorada charged back at Bandido, but Bandido dove back in, so Dorada landed a handstand on the apron, winding up standing on the floor. Bandido came rushing back with a dive, but Dorada pushed him aside for a rough landing. Bandido was clutching his shoulder, so he received medical attention to determine if he could continue the match, which he insisted on doing. Dorada now had a clear game plan to target the injured shoulder. Dorada allowed Bandido to get back to his feet for a chop exchange, which allowed him to hit a tornillo from the top and then a one-handed press slam using his healthy shoulder! A pump kick sent Dorada to the outside, so Bandido went after him with a baseball slide and missed. Dorada charged at Bandido, looking for a hurricanrana, but Bandido reversed the momentum and slammed Dorada face-first into the apron! Bandido followed with a huge dive that sent them into the base of the announce desk, including Bandido’s injured shoulder. Back in the ring, Bandido missed a frog splash attempt, but quickly recovered to hit one on the second try to earn a two count, as his shoulder continued to take damage even when he was on offense. Dorada hit a flipping crucifix bomb from the top and followed with a tilt-a-whirl DDT, but Bandido kicked out in the nick of time! Bandido blocked a suplex attempt on the apron, but Dorada nailed him with a boot. As Dorada ran at Bandido, Bandido tossed Dorada into the air and onto Bandido’s knees as both men spectacularly crashed to the floor. The two staggered back into the ring and traded huge shots until Bandido missed a shotgun dropkick and charged to the corner, which allowed Dorada to hit a crossbody from the top. Instead of going for the cover, he stayed on the attack, sending Bandido to the outside with a flying head-scissors! Dorada followed with an amazing tornillo and a shooting star press from the second rope to Bandido on the floor! The ROH World Champion was in trouble. Dorada blocked another knee, and he went for another tornado DDT, only for Dorada to outmuscle him into a suplex. Bandido then hit a pop-up, sitout powerbomb, and got back up to inflict more damage until both men took each other out with simultaneous big boots. Bandido missed a charge in the corner, so Dorada ran to the top for an armdrag and turned that into a sugarbag pin for a near-fall. He rolled through again, but once again, Bandido kicked out. Dorado captured Bandido in another pin attempt, but the champion still wouldn’t stay down for three. Dorada went to the top for a shooting star press, but came down right on Bandido’s knees and had to kick out to save the match. Bandido rolled over Dorada on a 21 Plex attempt, so he changed course and scaled the top rope. Dorada met him with a kick to the side and tried to run up the ropes to stand on Bandido’s shoulder for a super hurricanrana, but Bandido caught him and reversed the momentum into a near fall. A second attempt at the 21 Plex connected, and Bandido came away with a successful defense of the ROH World Title in a tremendous main event!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
This week’s show was a strong episode that fully embraced its “Fright Night” moniker. The presentation was colourful and energetic, with a focus on in-ring action that balanced fun with intensity. The show opened with Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita defeating The Acclaimed in a hard-hitting tag bout that set the tone perfectly. The Women’s World Title match saw Mercedes Moné retain against Olympia in a fast-paced, crowd-pleasing contest that highlighted both competitors. Meanwhile, the ROH World Championship main event, Bandido vs. Máscara Dorada, capped the night with high-flying brilliance and a decisive finish. The women’s tag tournament match featuring Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir against Nixon Newell & Miranda Alize added depth to the division, though a few backstage segments dragged the show’s momentum. Overall, Collision blended great wrestling, engaging presentation, and crisp storytelling – another top-notch episode!
