‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Aug 9th 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, with actor AND wrestler Paul Walter Hauser as guest commentator, so let’s get into our review!
Match #1: TNT Championship Match – Kyle Fletcher def. Tomohiro Ishii
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The collision between TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher and Tomohiro Ishii began with both men going nose-to-nose in the center of the ring. Fletcher struck first with a forearm, triggering an extended exchange of heavy shots until a single blow from the champion staggered Ishii. They traded shoulder tackles, with Ishii finally dropping Fletcher with a lariat. A rapid series of counters followed, Fletcher ducking an enzuigiri before both men retreated to opposite corners. Fletcher rolled to the floor to regroup. Back inside, Ishii chopped away at the champion, but Fletcher fired back with one massive chop that forced Ishii to a knee. Fletcher sent Ishii into the corner, only for the challenger to explode out with a shoulder tackle. Ishii followed with more chops in the corner, but Fletcher broke free with a big boot to the jaw and a scoop slam. Ishii recovered to land a Saito suplex, but Fletcher regained control with a devastating Michinoku Driver. Coming out of the break, Ishii rocked Fletcher with a leaping headbutt on the top rope before hitting a superplex for a near fall. The battle spilled to the apron, where Fletcher blasted Ishii with two sharp kicks to the jaw before delivering a punishing brainbuster on the edge of the ring. Back in the ring, Fletcher connected with a top-rope flying elbow for two. Fletcher aimed for another knockout kick, but Ishii countered with a German suplex and an enzuigiri. The two traded forearms until Fletcher floored Ishii with a lariat and another big kick in the corner. The champion set up for an avalanche brainbuster, but Ishii slipped free and drilled Fletcher with a running powerbomb. The match built to a fever pitch as both men countered suplex attempts. Fletcher hit a high knee in the corner and a powerbomb for two, then blasted Ishii with a kick to the midsection and another to the head. Ishii answered with a lariat out of the corner, but Fletcher absorbed it and immediately planted the challenger with the sheer drop brainbuster to secure the pinfall and retain the TNT Championship.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #2: Megan Bayne def. Emily Rose
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At the bell, Megan Bayne blasts Emily Rose with a running kick to the jaw, then hurls her into the corner for a big splash. Bayne continues the onslaught with a double-underhook butterfly suplex and climbs to the middle rope to nail a diving lariat. Rose answers with an elbow to the jaw and heads up the turnbuckles, but Bayne cuts her off, snatches her into position, and drives her down with a Running Powerbomb. Bayne holds the cover for the three count to seal the win.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #3: Ricochet def. Juice Robinson
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Ricochet plays cat-and-mouse at the bell—out to the floor, back in, then out again—before chopping Cardblade for good measure. Austin Gunn chases him off and hoists Cardblade in celebration. Back inside, Juice sends Ricochet off the ropes; the shoulder tackle doesn’t budge Robinson. Juice feints a kick, Ricochet doubles over, and Juice slaps the top of his head before planting him and hitting a standing senton for two. Juice bounces Ricochet’s head off the top turnbuckle, then the middle, then launches him into the opposite corner’s top buckle, flipping Ricochet to the mat. A headbutt in the corner sets up ten punches on the turnbuckles as Toa Liona appears on the ramp. With the official distracted, Bishop Kaun yanks Juice down and slams him on the floor, and Ricochet follows with a tope suicida. After the break, Juice strings together his signature jabs and drops Ricochet with a heavy right. When Ricochet tries to reset, Juice catches him with a leg lariat for two. Ricochet fires back—counters the leg sweep, ducks the back elbow, sends Juice to the corner, springboards to the apron for a kick, then springs back in with a stomp to a seated Robinson. Ricochet rolls him up for two, but Juice answers with a hard clothesline for his own near fall. Ricochet stuns Juice across the top rope twice, then hits a springboard forearm, a springboard moonsault, and a standing shooting star press for two. He lines up the Spirit Gun, but Juice ducks and spikes a Flatliner for a near fall. Juice kicks to the gut, Kaun jumps on the apron, Austin Gunn yanks him down, and Toa Liona pounces Gunn into the announce table. In the chaos, Big Bill storms in and levels Juice—opening the door for Ricochet to land the Spirit Gun and score the three-count.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #4: FTR & Big Stoke def. Joe Keys, Josh Fuller & Ryan Zukko
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Cash Wheeler opens against Joe Keys, testing him with shoulder tackles that don’t move the big man. Cash switches gears, takes Keys to the mat, and tags Dax Harwood—telling Big Stoke to “watch how it’s done.” With the crowd chanting “We want Stoke!”, Dax backs Ryan Zukko into the corner. Zukko wrenches Dax’s arm and tags Josh Fuller, but Dax drags Fuller to FTR’s corner and hammers him down before tagging in Big Stoke. Fuller snatches Stoke by the collar, sending Stoke scrambling back to tag Cash. Cash kicks Fuller down and brings Dax back in, only for Fuller to land an enzuigiri. Fuller tags Zukko, but FTR immediately cut him off with the Shatter Machine. They tag in Big Stoke, who climbs to the middle rope and spikes Zukko with a Spike Piledriver from the middle rope. Big Stoke covers for the three-count.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #5: Hechicero def. AR Fox
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Daniel Garcia joins commentary for this one. As the bell rings, Hechicero immediately blasts AR Fox with a big boot, then mounts him with punches on the mat. In the back, Lee Moriarty and STP watch on a monitor. Hechicero hits the ropes; Fox goes for a leapfrog, but Hechicero snatches him out of the air, slams him down, and hammers the top of his head with strikes. A chop and an Irish whip follow, but Fox reverses with chops of his own and a slingblade. Hechicero bails to regroup; Fox wipes him out with two dives through the ropes and a flipping dive over the top. Back inside, Fox heads up for a senton—Hechicero gets the boots up and Fox eats it. Fox looks for a tornado DDT, but Hechicero catches him, swings through into a backbreaker, then crushes him with a rising knee in the corner as we go to break. Returning, Hechicero cranks a side headlock until Fox fights free and levels him with a kick, taking a breather in the corner. Hechicero misses a cannonball, rebounds off the far ropes, and crushes Fox with a lariat. Both men reset. Fox fires back, ducks a clothesline, lands a head kick, hits a splashing elbow in the corner, and rolls into a cutter. With Hechicero down center-ring, Fox connects with a swanton for two. Hechicero pops up, hits a head-scissors to ground Fox, then vaults him into a rear chin-lock with a body scissors. The pressure is immediate. Fox taps, and Hechicero takes the submission victory.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #6: Triangle of Madness (Skye Blue, Julia Hart and Thekla) def. Queen Aminata, Tay Melo & Willow Nightingale
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Aminata and Thekla start fast—Aminata snaps Thekla over and plants Chocolate Kisses before Skye Blue slides in with a basement dropkick to break it up. Triangle of Madness swarm Aminata for a quick triple-team and Thekla covers for one. Aminata answers with a heavy slap and tags Tay Melo. Julia Hart tags in for the Triangle; Hart ducks a kick but Melo lands the follow-up for two. Melo corners Hart and brings in Willow Nightingale, who hammers away. Thekla rushes in to pull Willow off; Hart and Thekla try a double suplex, but Willow powers both over instead. Blue makes a blind tag on Hart and launches from the top with a crossbody—Willow catches her, slams her to the mat, and clamps on a Steiner Recliner. Thekla tries to make the save but Melo cuts her off; Aminata does the same to Hart. With Willow holding the chin lock, Melo and Aminata each grab a wrist and stretch Blue as we head to break. Back from commercial, the Triangle have flipped it—Thekla has Willow cinched in a front facelock. Willow makes a tag the referee doesn’t see, then tosses Thekla down. All six women pile in; chaos spills bodies to the floor, leaving Willow and Thekla down in the ring. Aminata and Blue reach their aprons, and both get the tags. Aminata strings offense together: snap suplex, running lariat in the corner, and a spinning neckbreaker for two. Hart saves but gets tossed; Blue capitalizes with a kick to Aminata’s chin. Aminata fires back with a headbutt and tags Melo, who runs hot—clearing all three members of the Triangle and drilling Blue with a hammerlock DDT for a near fall until Thekla breaks it up. Willow wipes out Thekla, but Blue low-bridges Willow to the outside. Melo sets for a Gory Special; Hart yanks Blue free, and Hart and Blue immediately hit an assisted uranage on Melo for the three-count.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #7: Platinum Open Challenge – Katsuyori Shibata def. Max Caster
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Caster pats Shibata’s chest to start, Shibata smacks Caster to the mat then backs him into the corner with chops. Caster falls to the ground and crawls to the center of the ring. Shibata encourages him to get up and kicks him across the chest, sending Caster crashing down to the mat again. Shibata grabs Caster by the wrist and connects with three more kicks to the chest, then sends him somersaulting backward into the ropes with another. Shibata misses a kick on Caster against the ropes, allowing Caster to roll him up for a two count. Caster lands a kick on the chin of Shibata, who fires up and lands a running knee on Caster in the corner, then a series of forearms, then a running dropkick on Caster leaning against the bottom turnbuckle. Shibata puts Caster into a sleeperhold, takes him to the mat, then hits the PK for the pin.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #8: “Hangman” Adam Page & JetSpeed (Speedball Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight) def. LFI (RUSH, Dralístico and The Beast Mortos)
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RUSH and Hangman start, exchanging massive forearms in the center of the ring, then an exchange of chops that thunders through the arena. Hangman gains the upper hand, but The Beast Mortos kicks Hangman in the upper back as Page bounces off the ropes. All three members of LFI hit the ring to beat on Page, but JetSpeed neutralize Beast Mortos and Dralístico as Hangman and RUSH continue to go at it. Hangman takes RUSH to the outside, then climbs to the top for a moonsault to the floor, wiping out RUSH. Back in the ring, RUSH counters an Irish whip by Hangman and kicks a ducking Page, then tags in Dralístico. Dralístico lands big overhand chops on Page. Dralístico hits the ropes, but Page answers with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Hangman tags in Speedball; Knight and Speedball double-team Dralístico, hitting a double gourdbuster followed by double dropkicks. Knight exits to his corner, Dralístico takes Speedball to LFI’s half of the ring, and LFI unload triple-team offense as they crush Speedball in the corner. RUSH tags back in and taunts Hangman before grounding Speedball with an arm drag, taking him to the corner as RUSH tags in Beast Mortos. Mortos maintains the advantage until Speedball counters a charging Mortos in the corner, allowing Speedball to tag Knight. Dralístico comes in only for Knight to fend him off, then Knight hits a scoop slam on RUSH, followed by a dropkick on RUSH. Knight charges Dralístico in the corner and takes him off the top rope with a hurricanrana, then dives to the outside to take out both Dralístico and RUSH as we go to commercial. Back from the break, Knight kicks out of a two-count from RUSH. As Knight recovers, RUSH goes to punch Hangman, who ducks out of the way, giving Knight time to take RUSH down and tag Hangman. Hangman comes in with his hair on fire, taking RUSH down with a pump kick to the jaw after bouncing off the ropes. Hangman takes RUSH into the corner and beats him down with forearm shots. The Beast Mortos tries to make the save, but Hangman throws him onto the apron, then takes out Dralístico with a fallaway slam. Hangman kips up and slingshots to the outside to take out Beast Mortos. RUSH tries to take advantage of the chaos to charge Page, but Hangman lifts RUSH up for a Death Valley Driver and a two-count. Hangman lifts RUSH up and goes for the discus lariat, but RUSH counters and tosses Hangman into the corner. RUSH stomps on Page in the corner and sets up to give Hangman the horns, but Knight cuts off RUSH. Dralístico then takes out Knight with a Destroyer before Speedball takes out Dralístico with a kick to the chest and a standing backflip knee drop. Beast Mortos throws Speedball off the ropes into a Samoan drop, only for Hangman to take out Beast Mortos. RUSH rolls up Hangman for a two-count, then hits a belly-to-back suplex on Page. Dralístico tags in and takes out Hangman with a springboard crucifix, but Page kicks out at two. LFI triple-team Page, but Knight pulls Dralístico off the apron, allowing Speedball to level RUSH with a kick to the chin. Beast Mortos sends both members of JetSpeed to the outside, then hits an incredible tornillo to the floor to take out JetSpeed. RUSH then hits a plancha of his own to keep them down. Back in the ring, Dralístico attempts a leaping hurricanrana off the top on Page, but Hangman plants him with a powerbomb and sets up for the Buckshot Lariat. Beast Mortos tries to make the save—Hangman fends him off. RUSH tries to stop Hangman—Hangman fends him off. Dralístico lands a kick on Page, leaving him dazed on the apron. JetSpeed take out Beast Mortos and RUSH, then wipe them out on the outside with stereo dives off the top rope. Page recovers and hits the Buckshot Lariat on Dralístico for the win.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
This week’s show delivered a thrilling mix of top-tier in-ring action and storyline progression that kept the energy high from start to finish. Kyle Fletcher’s TNT Championship defence against Tomohiro Ishii was an absolute war, combining stiff strikes, high-impact offence, and a gutsy title retention that firmly cemented Fletcher as a fighting champion. The night also saw an electric trios main event with Hangman Adam Page & JetSpeed battling La Faccion Ingobernable in a chaotic, crowd-pleasing brawl that had fans on their feet until the final bell. Elsewhere, Collision kept its momentum strong with well-paced segments that advanced rivalries, teased exciting future matchups, and gave nearly every act a moment to shine. Between the intensity of the wrestling, the freshness of the matchups, and the clear direction moving forward, this was one of Collision’s most complete and enjoyable episodes in recent memory.