‘AEW Collision: Slam Dunk Sunday’ (Mar 23rd 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW’s, Collision, which this week is the second of a two-night show, Slam Dunk Sunday! We’ve got the commentary team of Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuiness calling the action, so let’s get into our review!
Match #1: World Trios Championship Match – The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, “The Bastard” PAC, & Wheeler Yuta) def. AR Fox & Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin)
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Yuta grabbed an ankle lock on Darius. Darius escaped and put Yuta in a side headlock. Dante tagged in and used a leg sweep then put Wheeler in an arm bar. Claudio tagged in for his team and kicked Dante in the midsection. Claudio drilled Dante with a forearm to the face. AR Fox entered the fray and dropped a double knee on Pac and then flipped onto Yuta outside the ring. Claudio quickly grabbed Fox and neutralized him. Fox was punished in the corner of the Death Riders. Fox stunned Yuta with a jawbreaker. Darius tagged in and hit a flatliner on Yuta. Yuta dropkicked Darius. Claudio came in but Darius dropkicked Claudio. Both men were looking for tags. Yuta and Dante tagged in for their respective teams. Dante jumped from the top and crash landed onto Yuta and Pac. Fox flipped out of the ring onto Claudio! Fox connected with a senton on Yuta for a near fall! AR Fox climbed back up, but Claudio stopped him long enough for Yuta to block Fox. The Death Riders swarmed Fox and stomped on him. Pac stuffed Fox with a tombstone piledriver. Claudio threw Yuta from the top with the fastball special and Yuta scored the pin!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Bandido def. Johnny TV
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Johnny TV sneak attacked Bandido at the start of the match. Johnny kicked Bandido in the back. Bandido fired back with three flying forearms. Bandido monkey flipped Johnny TV. Bandido press slammed Johnny TV with one arm. Johnny TV poked Bandido in the eyes. Johnny charged at Bandido, but Bandido kicked him out of midair. Johnny cracked Bandido with a thrust kick. Bandido ate a kick from Johnny TV. Bandido clobbered Johnny with a knee strike. Bandido finished off Johnny TV by smashing him with the 21-plex, pinning Johnny!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #3: Harley Cameron def. Amina Belmont
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Harley hit a Russian leg sweep. Harley used a pump handle slam on Belmont. Harley used her Finishing Move and made Belmont feel the wrath, grabbing another victory!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #4: Los Titanes Del Aire (Hologram & Komander) def. Dralistico & The Beast Mortos
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Beast Mortos blasted Hologram with a headbutt. Komander tagged in and dropped the Beast with head scissors. Dralistico grabbed a tag and walloped Komander with a shoulder tackle. Dralistico kicked Komander in the face. Harleygram ran down to the ring and joined Alex Abrahantes in supporting Los Titanes Del Aire. Komander splashed Dralistico from the top, but the Beast Mortos broke up the pin attempt. Hologram unleashed a flurry of offense on the Beast Mortos, including a poison rana. Hologram rocketed out of the ring with a tope suicida to the Beast Mortos. Komander and Dralistico traded chops on the turnbuckles. Dralistico went for a superplex, but Komander escaped. Komander rocked Dralistico with an avalanche poison rana. The Beast Mortos jumped on Komander. Hologram hit another tope on Dralistico. Harleygram distracted the Beast Mortos until Dralistico snapped him back to reality. Komander walked the ropes, jumped, and wiped out both members of LFI! Hologram used the portal bomb and then Komander splashed Dralistico from the ropes and pinned Dralistico
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
Saturday’s show was a surprisingly great episode of Collision, even more so it was only HALF a show… But this half was even better, mainly due to the tremendous main event tag team match – which even outshone the opening trios match, which in itself was great! I don’t get having a squash match on a one-hour show but when it’s Harley Cameron dominating I can forgive it somewhat. Hard to believe we got a two-part show as good as this weekend’s when AEW could’ve just done a perfunctory episode because of the televised interruption. Or worse, could’ve cancelled this week’s show altogether.