‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Oct 4th 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: Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia & Claudio Castagnoli) def. Jay Lethal, Adam Priest & “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington
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The Death Riders attacked from behind at the bell, leaving Lethal in the ring with Garcia, who he controlled for a short while before diving to the outside to take out Castagnoli. Billington tagged in but wasn’t able to do much until he was launched over the top to the floor. Moxley made the tag, although he opted to follow Billington to the floor for a devastating suplex. The assault continued back in the ring with Castagnoli and Moxley making quick tags until Billington escaped long enough to bring in Priest. He went right to work on Moxley with a number of strikes in the two neutral corners before sending Moxley to the outside. Priest followed with a dive, which was caught by Castagnoli who launched Priest into the guardrail. Priest was in a world of trouble for the next few minutes, as he was grinded down over and over by the Death Riders as Wheeler Yuta antagonized from the outside. Castagnoli had Priest trapped in a neutral corner, as Priest made multiple attempts to escape to his corner, which he finally did when he evaded a flying uppercut and hit Garcia with an enziguri! When Billington made the tag, he opened up on Garcia with a mix of suplexes and aerial offense, including a diving headbutt. Garcia and Billington came to a stalemate when they both went for a crossbody, so Moxley and Lethal tagged into the match. Lethal went for the King’s Elbow, but Moxley was ready for it, catching Lethal in a choke. Lethal got back to his feet and broke it up by pushing Moxley to the corner, which allowed Garcia to tag Moxley. A Lethal Injection attempt meant for Garcia was stopped by Moxley who then dropped Lethal with a cutter. Garcia locked in a DragonTamer and with Lethal trapped, Moxley stomped him in the head as Garcia wrenched back even more, although it wasn’t necessary, as Lethal was already out, giving the victory to the Death Riders by referee’s stoppage.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: Jamie Hayter def. Anna Jay
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Jay showed a lot of fire early on, clearly not concerned by Hayter’s power. Surprisingly, Jay tried to go strike for strike with Hayter early on, which didn’t provide a lot of success. Hayter beat Jay down with her power before sending her to the outside. The two traded throws into the guardrail before returning to the ring. Once again, Jay tried to outstrike Hayter in the corner, but Hayter ate all the shots and came storming right out at Jay. They traded shots in the middle of the ring until Jay hit a low dropkick to Hayter’s face for a two count. Jay locked in the Queen Slayer, but Hayter was able to reverse it into a sleeper of her own. With Jay out of it, Hayter hit a second-rope dropkick followed by a shotgun kick to the corner, but Jay kicked out, which incensed Hayter. She stayed on Jay with a huge big boot and remained in control, although Jay kicked out of multiple pin attempts. Hayter picked up Jay on her back, but Jay fought up with elbows and then a DDT. As Hayter staggered up, Jay hit a Blockbuster from the second rope, getting another two count. Jay locked in the Queen Slayer only for Hayter to escape and flatten Jay with Hayterade to get the victory! The two shook hands after a hard-fought matchup.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #3: LFI (Sammy Guevara & RUSH) def. Shane Stetson & Cha Cha Charlie
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Guevara and RUSH started a busy night for LFI in dominant fashion. When Cha Cha Charlie tried to get Guevara to dance, RUSH was tagged in and immediately blasted Charlie in the mouth. Stetson wasn’t prepared when RUSH knocked him off the apron and took him on a painful tour of the ringside barriers. RUSH returned to the ring, stomped Charlie in the corner, and gave him the horns with a double kick to the face. The match should have been over, yet that wasn’t enough for Guevara, so he tagged in and hit a swanton bomb for the victory.
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #4: Eddie Kingston def. Dralístico
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Kingston outwrestled Dralístico, clearly frustrating him, as he tried to stall on the outside. When Dralístico got back in the ring, the two got in a shoving match, which turned into Dralístico asking for more from Kingston. That was a trap, as Dralístico drilled Kingston with a big kick and combo. He followed with another kick on the apron and a running knee, leaving Kingston gasping for air. Dralístico remained in control by slowing the pace down significantly, as he punished Kingston with strikes and kicks in the corner. As Dralístico taunted him over and over, Kingston got fired up and started to fight back to his feet with some big chops. The two began trading blows until Dralístico crumpled Kingston to the mat with the biggest chop of the back and forth. Kingston fought back again, but another jumping kick from Dralístico dropped Kingston once again. He targeted Kingston’s surgically repaired leg and followed with a shotgun dropkick that was only good enough for a two count. Kingston avoided a springboard attempt from Dralístico only to drop him with an STO. Both men got back to their feet and Kingston asked for more, so Dralístico dropped him with a forearm and came right back with a leaping Codebreaker! He couldn’t do anything with it, as Kingston rolled to the outside. That brought Guevara off commentary, but HOOK was right there to back up Kingston. Back in the ring, Dralístico went for a suplex that Kingston reversed into a small package for a two count. Kingston ducked another spinwheel kick and crushed Dralístico with a Uraken to get the win, his third straight since returning to action!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: The Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita & Josh Alexander) def. MxM TV (Mason Madden, Mansoor & Johnny TV)
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After insulting the Lakeland crowd, Mansoor announced the first-ever MxM TV Casting Call, an open challenge putting any combination of MxM TV vs. any combination of anyone who wanted to answer the call. Arkady Aura announced this would be a trios match and the music of Konosuke Takeshita hit, as we learned members of the Don Callis Family would be the opponents. Johnny TV felt confident starting things until he was leveled by a Takeshita forearm to the face. Mansoor made a blind tag and caught Takeshita with a knee to the back, which he shook off and forearmed Mansoor to the floor. Johnny was sent to the apron by Takeshita with Fletcher following right behind with a huge boot. Alexander tagged in and hit a slingshot powerslam, which was broken up by Madden. He fought through Takeshita and Fletcher to hit a double clothesline, but when MxM TV hit their pose, they each fell victim to German suplexes. Fletcher hit a dive to Madden on the outside while Takeshita put Johnny down with a Blue Thunder Bomb. Mansoor hit a superkick to Takeshita and avoided Fletcher’s running kick in the corner, giving him a chance to scale the top rope. However, Fletcher recovered to hit Mansoor with an overhead suplex. Takeshita followed with a wheelbarrow suplex on Mansoor right into Alexander’s C4 piledriver. Fletcher finished Mansoor off with his Shear Drop Brainbuster to win the first-ever MxM TV Casting Call!
My Score: 0 out of 5
Match #6: “The Jet” Kevin Knight def. Dax Harwood
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Both Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood were dressed to wrestle and circled Knight before the bell, but it was Wheeler who bailed as Harwood attacked Knight from behind, officially declaring himself as the FTR representative for the match. Harwood took the early advantage, punishing Knight in the corner with repeated blows. Knight fought back with a back bodydrop and a dropkick to the face of Harwood before clotheslining him to the floor. Harwood stalled while complaining about his broken nose before finally re-entering the ring. Knight’s quickness frustrated Harwood, so he went back to the outside to slow the pace. When Knight got frustrated and pulled him back in, Harwood responded with a pointed elbow. The two traded chops in multiple corners and when Harwood tried to bail outside again, Knight followed him with a crossbody to the floor. They fought back up to the apron, where Knight reversed a piledriver attempt into a back bodydrop. Harwood recovered and grabbed Knight in a powerbomb position and tossed him over the guardrail. While Knight struggled to get back to his feet, Harwood kept attacking to keep him from beating the count. Even Wheeler got involved to keep Knight from hopping back into the ringside area. Finally, Knight exploded off the guardrail to nail Harwood before running up the apron to get extra leverage on a dropkick back down to the floor. Finally back in the ring, Knight tried a sunset flip from the top, but Dax rolled him through, only for Knight to come back to a huge DDT for a two count! Harwood cut off Knight on the top rope, but Knight knocked him down and went for the UFO, which Harwood countered with a pair of boots to the face. Dax tried to get the win right there and then, but Knight kicked out. The two had a battle of strikes that Harwood initially won until Knight hit a desperation powerbomb to leave both men exhausted on the mat. Knight reversed a rebound powerbomb into another sunset flip, but Harwood escaped. Knight grabbed him in a backslide for another two count. This time Harwood hit the rebound powerbomb, but now it was Knight who kicked out in the nick of time. A frustrated Harwood started yelling at Knight, so Knight answered with a high-angle dropkick. He quickly followed with a springboard clothesline, and Harwood was in trouble! Sensing that, Wheeler tried to get involved until Nightingale pulled him off the apron and Bailey came out of nowhere to hit a dropkick and a moonsault. With Wheeler out of the mix, Stoke got in the ring to block Knight from coming off the top rope, so he showed him a pair of his biggest fingers and leapt right over Stoke with a UFO onto Harwood for the win!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #7: Orange Cassidy & Paragon (Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong) def. The Don Callis Family (Hechicero, Rocky Romero & Lance Archer)
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Hechicero and O’Reilly got our main event started with some mat wrestling, although they found themselves in a stalemate, so Strong and Romero tagged into the match. Strong powered Romero into the corner and O’Reilly came back in with knee lifts. Cassidy tagged in to hit some OC-like chops as O’Reilly continued to punish Romero with kicks that had a little more oomph on them. Strong tagged back in, as Paragon went back to work on Romero until Archer came to break it up. He caught Cassidy out of the air and used him as a weapon to take out O’Reilly and Strong. Archer then formally tagged into the match with the Family in firm control. Strong was the poor recipient of merciless offense from Archer, as he was totally cut off from his teammates. When he finally got close, Cassidy put on his sunglasses, so Archer knocked him from the apron to the floor. Strong had to fight through Romero and Hechicero to make the tag to Cassidy, which brought Archer back in the ring. OC got his hands in his pockets and frustrated Archer by avoiding his big swings while hitting a low dropkick. Cassidy avoided another attack, sending Archer to the floor, where he was immediately met with a flying knee from O’Reilly. Romero went sneaky style with a rollup on Cassidy, but he kicked out. Romero and Cassidy traded shots with OC’s strikes picking up more and more intensity. Cassidy hit a diving elbow from the top before O’Reilly made a blind tag. Cassidy hit Romero with a Stundog Millionaire and held him in place for O’Reilly to hit a spinning forearm. Hechicero and O’Reilly went at it again, although this exchange was more about brutalizing each other with knees. Romero was still the legal man and rolled up O’Reilly for a two count, only to follow with an enziguri. Before Romero could make a tag, O’Reilly trapped him in an abdominal stretch, although that was quickly broken up by Archer. Cassidy went for an Orange Punch, but was goozled by Archer along with O’Reilly. Before he could do anything else, Strong made the save with a flying knee, which freed up OC for a successful Orange Punch, followed by the high low attack from Paragon. Hechicero got back in and tried to Slingblade Strong over the top, but Cassidy stopped it with another Orange Punch and Strong followed with a double boot through the ropes. Romero missed a splash in the corner, which gave O’Reilly the chance to hit a tornado DDT. He locked Romero in an armbar to get the submission win in our main event!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
This week’s AEW Collision leaned heavily into storyline progression rather than standout matches, but it still delivered a solid, character-driven episode that did its job setting up next week’s Title Tuesday. While not a show of classic bouts or shocking moments, it was packed with developments that pushed multiple feuds forward and gave several wrestlers meaningful screen time. While the episode didn’t feature any true “match of the year” contenders, its focus on character work and build-up was effective. Still, there were stretches where it felt more like a bridge to bigger things than a must-watch show in its own right. The pacing lagged at times due to the heavy number of promo segments, but the direction of the stories feels clear and that’s an encouraging sign.