‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Mar 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 McGuiness calling the action, so let’s get into our review!
Match #1: The Undisputed Kingdom (Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) def. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
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Cash and Roddy chain wrestled at the start of the match. Cash hip tossed Roddy. Kyle tagged in, as did Dax. Kyle kicked Dax in the chest, and Dax returned the favor with a chop. FTR used tandem offense to knock Kyle out of the ring. Cash connected with a sliding baseball dropkick on Roddy. Roddy blocked a DDT and then dropped Cash across the top of the barricade. Dax snap suplexed Roddy on top of Kyle. Dax cradled Kyle for a two count. Dax rocked Roddy with a short arm lariat. Dax spiked Kyle and pinned him. Kyle’s foot was on the rope, but the official didn’t see it. Dax said he didn’t want to win the match this way, so the referee restarted the match. Roddy tagged in and cleaned house on FTR with dropkicks and backbreakers. Roddy planted Dax with a fallaway slam. Kyle put Dax in an ankle lock. Dax escaped, using his boots to push Kyle into Cash, who cracked Kyle with a forearm. Roddy ran in to save Kyle from a spiked piledriver attempt. Dax superplexed Kyle and then Cash jumped off the top rope, but Kyle kicked out of the powerplex! The Undisputed Kingdom stopped the Shatter Machine from FTR and then countered with the high-low combination, and Kyle pinned Cash!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: Wheeler Yuta def. Willie Mack
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Yuta raked Willie in the eyes and followed up with a senton. Mack smacked Yuta with a discus elbow. Yuta hit a release German Suplex. Willie charged at Wheeler with a cannonball in the corner. Yuta ran into Mack with a knee strike and pinned Mack!
My Score: 2 out of 5
Match #3: Swerve Strickland def. Clark Connors
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Swerve side stepped Clark. Swerve connected with a flying uppercut. Clark knocked Swerve down with a shoulder tackle. Clark stomped Swerve in the corner. Clark chopped at Swerve. Swerve served up a back breaker and then snapped Clark’s arm backwards! Clark came back with a power slam, but he was unable to follow up because of the damage to the left arm. Swerve used an avalanche suplex on Clark for a near fall. Clark headbutted Swerve and then sent Swerve soaring with a German Suplex. Clark went for a spear but walked right into a spear! Swerve went for a double stomp, but Clark moved and scored with a spear. Strickland flattened Connors with the House Call kick and pinned Connors!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty and The Infantry) def. Nick Ruiz, Vinnie Massaro, & Dave Dutra
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The Infantry double teamed in the corner. Lee Moriarty flattened him quickly with The Fang and picked up the decisive pinfall.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #5: TNT Championship Match – Daniel Garcia vs. Adam Cole (No Contest)
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Garcia executed a swinging neck breaker to perfection. Garcia followed up with a clothesline in the corner. Cole kicked Danny and then blasted Danny with a backstabber. Cole nailed him with a neck breaker. Garcia fired back with a dragon screw leg whip between the ropes. Garcia charged at Cole and staggered him with a running dropkick. Cole pump kicked Garcia and then hit a neck breaker for a near fall. Cole stunned Garcia with another neck breaker. Garcia anticipated the Panama Sunrise and began to pound Cole on the turnbuckles. Garcia superplexed Cole and then spiked Cole with a piledriver. Danny covered Cole but Cole kicked out at the two-count. Cole served up a Panama Sunrise, but Danny kicked out. Garcia retaliated with a belly to back suplex. Cole rolled out of the ring, but Danny followed him. Cole connected with a thrust kick and then lowered the boom with a running knee strike. Garcia applied an ankle lock out of nowhere. Cole swam on the mat and reached the bottom rope, forcing the ref to break the hold. Garcia planted Cole with a piledriver on the apron! Fifteen minutes had gone by, with five remaining. Cole and Garcia were slugging it out when the Infantry and Lee Moriarty sprinted to the ring and swarmed Cole and Garcia, punishing them with strikes. The ref threw the match out! Daddy Magic got up from his seat, but Shane Taylor clubbed Daddy Magic! The Infantry crushed Cole with a double curb stomp. Moriarty put Garcia in the Border City Stretch.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #6: Queen Aminata def. Julia Hart
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“The Professor” Serena Deeb said she gave Queen Aminata the gameplan to win tonight, but it was up to the Queen to follow it. Hart connected with a running elbow. Queen Aminata chop blocked Julia Hart and then rammed Hart’s knee against the mat. Julia Hart used a leg trip and then a standing moonsault for a near fall. Queen Aminata cracked Julia with a headbutt and then a running kick and pinned Julia!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #7: Powerhouse Hobbs & Bandido def. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
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Keith charged at Hobbs with a shoulder block, but Hobbs didn’t budge. Hobbs hoisted up Keith and handed him off to Bandido, who pressed up Keith with one arm. Bandido tossed Keith to Hobbs and Hobbs planted Keith. Big Bill tagged in and went for a choke slam, but Bandido escaped. Keith pump kicked Bandido on the apron and then Big Bill booted Hobbs to the arena floor. Big Bill dropped a massive elbow on Bandido. Bandido dodged a splash from Big Bill. Keith tagged in and grabbed a side headlock. Bandido fought his way to the corner and tagged out to Hobbs. Hobbs cleaned house, taking Big Bill down with a leaping lariat. Hobbs splashed Keith in the turnbuckles. Hobbs planted Keith with a twisting slam from the second turnbuckle. Big Bill broke up the pin attempt! Big Bill blasted Bandido with a Bossman slam! Bandido and Bryan Keith chopped one another. They collided into one another with dropkicks, both men having the same idea. Big Bill and Hobbs traded strikes. Hobbs crashed into Big Bill, sending Bill to the arena floor. Bandido moonsaulted off the shoulders of Hobbs onto Big Bill on the floor. Hobbs pounced through Keith. Hobbs finished off Keith with a spinebuster and picked up the victory!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
A great improvement on last week’s show – this episode had some really great matches, including the debut of NJPW’s Clark Connors against Swerve Strickland; the TNT Championship match that was superb right until the dusty finish – though I can forgive it somewhat as this kind of match should be fought to a real finish on a PPV, not TV. Surprised to see Julia Hart and Queen Aminata run it back and even more surprised that Aminata picked up the win… Hopefully the pair will get an even bigger stage to have another go-around in future! Best of all this week? Only one squash match – and that was to show how strong STP are before their run-in during the TNT title match!