‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Oct 15th 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW: Collision, which aired on Wednesday night straight after Dynamite as part of a three-hour go-home show for this weekend’s Wrestledream. With that, let’s get into our review!
Match #1: Death Riders (Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta) def. The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly & Orange Cassidy)
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This was the first time we’d seen Garcia and Yuta tag together as part of the Death Riders, even though they had history as rivals in ROH. Orange Cassidy and Yuta were about to start things off in a battle of former Best Friends, but Yuta decided against it, so Garcia took over. Garcia tried to show up Cassidy with his mat wrestling, so OC responded by busting out Garcia’s old dance. The frustration came out in Garcia, which OC was able to take advantage of so he could bring in O’Reilly. Some beautiful Conglomerating resulted in Cassidy and O’Reilly chopping away at both Yuta and Garcia. When Garcia tried to pull Yuta out of the ring, they were both dropped by stereo suplexes on the floor. The Death Riders fought back by using the guardrails to punish their opponents, including a brainbuster to Cassidy on top of the barrier. In the ring, Garcia and Yuta rained down elbows on a wide-open O’Reilly, who had no one to tag. O’Reilly tried to fight back with kicks and eventually took both down with dragon screw leg whips. Cassidy tagged back in, and it was time to sink those hands deep in his pockets. Garcia and Yuta charged, but Cassidy was ready. He dropped Garcia with Sole Food and was ahead of both men every time they tried to attack, including a DDT to spike Yuta. Garcia floored OC with a blind side, so Cassidy came right back with a Beach Break that nearly put Garcia away. Cassidy called for the Orange Punch on Garcia, only for Yuta to cut him off with a slam. As Jon Moxley made his way through the crowd, Cassidy hit a Stundog Millionaire on Yuta and then held him for O’Reilly to deliver a devastating kick. O’Reilly and Garcia jockeyed for position until O’Reilly locked in a dragon sleeper. At the same time, Cassidy knocked Yuta off the apron with an Orange Punch and followed that with a dive to the outside as Moxley watched from a short distance. Back in the ring, Garcia tapped out, but the referee never saw it because he was distracted by Marina Shafir. On the outside of the ring, PAC arrived to take out Cassidy, only to walk right into a flying knee from O’Reilly coming off the apron. Unfortunately for O’Reilly, Castagnoli also arrived at ringside and flattened him with an uppercut as the referee remained distracted by Shafir. O’Reilly was tossed back in the ring, so Garcia quickly covered him for the win.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: Megan Bayne def. Harley Cameron
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An angry Bayne immediately went on the attack against Cameron. Bayne’s power was on display as she crushed Cameron in the corner and then threw her across the ring. Two bodyslams put Cameron down, but she got out of a third and choked Bayne over the ropes with her legs. Bayne fought back and stopped Cameron on the top rope to bring her in the hard way. Cameron did everything she could to fight from behind, but it was a mistake from Bayne that got Cameron back in the match. She cut off Bayne on the top turnbuckle and trapped her in the tree of woe. After hammering away at the helpless Bayne, Cameron followed with a DDT for a two count. Bayne fought back with a Falcon Arrow, but this time, Cameron kicked out. Bayne put Cameron on her shoulders and climbed to the second rope, only for Cameron to escape with a sunset flip from the top for a nearfall. Cameron hit a pair of clotheslines in the corner, although the biggest shot was a flying clothesline by Bayne to get out of the corner. Bayne tried to make Cameron bow down with a tornado slam, yet somehow Cameron kicked out again! Cameron showed one more flash of hope, but Bayne ended the match with a running Liger bomb!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #3: Mark Briscoe and Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) def. The Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer & Rocky Romero)
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Briscoe started for his side but didn’t get to Fletcher until he had to fight through Romero and Archer first. Three days before they battle for the TNT Title at WrestleDream, we then got a short preview of Fletcher and Briscoe before Brodido joined Briscoe to triple-team Fletcher. Unfortunately, Brody King still refused to dance with Bandido. Fletcher took advantage with a cheap shot and stayed in control until a double clothesline dropped both men. King and Archer tagged in, with King nearly finishing Archer with a Death Valley Driver. Bandido tagged in, but Archer was able to separate them with a crossbody to King. Bandido tried to slam Archer until his already-injured shoulder gave way. Archer, Fletcher, and Romero now showed their triple-team offense to target Bandido, although he refused to stay down. Fletcher took Briscoe and King down with half-and-half suplexes and aimed at Bandido, but the ROH World Champion was waiting with a kick! King and Briscoe recovered to go after Romero, who Bandido dropped with a press slam! Fletcher saved Romero before he was pinned and then started trading blows with Briscoe in the middle of the ring until Fletcher ended up on the outside. Briscoe followed with a running blockbuster from the apron! Brodido then hit a double-team sitdown piledriver on Romero to get the win for their team in the main event!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
This week’s Collision largely succeeded as a go-home-style show, as did the earlier Dynamite — it struck a good balance between delivering must-see moments and preserving momentum for WrestleDream. While not everything landed perfectly, the show elevated the major feuds, offered solid in-ring work, and teased narrative payoffs without overextending itself.