‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Nov 15th 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. Also, AEW’s official recaps are getting rather long, so we’ll be abbreviating them where we can to save your eyes! With that, let’s get into the review…
Match #1: Death Riders (Daniel Garcia, PAC & Wheeler Yuta) def. Jay Lethal, “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington and Adam Priest
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Back in Erie, the opening Trios Match pitted the Death Riders – still smarting from their Blood & Guts loss—against Lethal, Billington, and Priest. Tension flared immediately when Daniel Garcia slapped the headset off Daddy Magic, triggering a brief brawl before PAC and Yuta dragged him to the ring. As the opposing trio entered, Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir arrived, with Mox casually replacing Daddy Magic on commentary. Fast tags and quick exchanges kicked things off, highlighted by Lethal flooring PAC for the first pin attempt. Meanwhile, Billington and Priest isolated Garcia until Yuta and PAC shifted the momentum, sending both opponents to the floor. After the break, the Death Riders dominated Billington with relentless corner offense, culminating in PAC drilling him with a Tombstone—broken up just in time. Billington rallied with headbutts and a missile dropkick, but Garcia cut off his tag, creating chaos. Lethal finally tagged in, ran wild, and trapped PAC in a figure-four before Garcia and Priest reset the field. A missed Lethal Injection struck Priest instead, allowing PAC to lock in the Brutalizer for the decisive submission win.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: Mark Briscoe def. Mark Davis
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Mark Briscoe stormed the aisle to attack Mark Davis before the bell in this “Battle of the Marks.” Davis quickly overpowered him, throwing Briscoe into the barricade and then the ring, but Briscoe fired back with an apron dropkick and a running blockbuster to the floor—prompting Moxley on commentary to mock the high-risk approach. Davis regained control, battering Briscoe around ringside and hitting a huge top-rope superplex for two. After the break, Davis worked Briscoe over with chops, lariats, and wrist-control strikes, but Briscoe refused to stay down. He rallied with knife-edge chops, a shoulder block, and a suplex, nearly stealing a pin after a pump kick. The match escalated into heavy striking exchanges, with Davis landing a brutal clothesline and a short piledriver. Briscoe rolled outside, baiting Davis into a collision, then used a ringside chair to launch himself in a dive. Back inside, Davis tried to counter Briscoe in the corner, but Briscoe turned the tables, finally landing the Froggy Bow for the hard-fought three-count.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #3: MxM TV Casting Call – Tay Melo def. Taya Valkyrie
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With all four members of MxM TV in the ring, Mansoor grabbed a microphone and ran down Erie, as his style. “The only thing that’s going to be Erie is how ugly [their opponents] are going to be after we rearrange their face!” With that, Mansoor asked for the Casting Call opponent to be revealed. It was time to have a one-on-one women’s match, as Tay Melo answered the call to take on Taya Valkyrie, with Anna Jay home sick and Melo still looking for a fight! The bell rang, and Melo knocked Taya to the ground with a kick before Valkyrie could put down her oversized hat. Melo followed Taya into the corner, with Valkyrie trying to fight out and then ducking out of the opposite corner after an Irish whip. Valkyrie set Melo up on the ropes, kicked her in the back of the head, then slid under the bottom rope and sent Melo crashing face-first to the mat. On the outside, Taya grabbed Melo by the back of the hair and planted a kiss on Johnny TV, only for Melo to reverse the momentum and send Taya crashing into the steel steps. As MxM TV helped Taya up, Melo climbed the top rope and leaped off. Madden saved Taya, but Melo crashed onto Mansoor and Johnny TV! She then took out both Madden and Taya, rolling Valkyrie back into the ring and hitting the Tay-KO for the pinfall victory.
My Score: Squash out of 5
Match #4: TNT Championship Match – “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher def. Scorpio Sky
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Sky offered a handshake at the bell, but Fletcher slapped it away, setting the tone for a tense opening. After an early test of strength, Sky briefly gained control until Fletcher rolled outside, only to be mocked when Sky tried on his cape. That provoked the champion back into the ring, where Sky grounded him with arm and leg holds. The fight spilled outside, with Sky landing strikes until Fletcher countered by dropping him back-first on the apron—and then booting Christopher Daniels for good measure. Fired up, Sky smashed Fletcher into the steps, but after the commercial break the champ had recovered, trading heavy forearms with Sky until Sky bit Fletcher’s scalp and sent him over the top rope. A slick head-scissors from the apron kept Sky in it. Momentum swung wildly as Fletcher hit a half-and-half suplex and Sky answered with a dragon screw. A wild apron cutter wiped out both men, but Sky returned to hit a top-rope DDT for two. Fletcher escaped a single-leg Boston Crab, crushed Sky with a corner kick, and sealed it with a big boot followed by a sheer-drop brainbuster to retain the TNT Championship.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: Riho & Alex Windsor def. Maya World & Hyan
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iho and Windsor displayed outstanding tag-team chemistry from the opening bell, chaining together offense and tags to maintain control over Maya World and Hyan from the opening bell. That trend continued on the outside of the ring, as Windsor wiped out both women with a cannonball off the apron to the floor, then set up both of her opponents for Riho to come crashing off of the top rope onto World and Hyan. Back from commercial, Maya World was in control against Riho with a chin lock, but Riho managed to make the tag to Windsor, who came in like a house on fire, pummeling World with forearms and clotheslines off the rope. Windsor planted World with a swinging powerbomb variant, but Hyan made the save before the three count. Riho then came into the ring to counter Hyan, only for World to level Windsor with a German suplex. Riho then responded with a dragon suplex on World, followed by a combo crucifix driver/lariat from Riho and Windsor for the win!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #6: Bandido, Juice Robinson & JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey & “The Jet” Kevin Knight) def. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) and LFI (Sammy Guevara & RUSH)
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Bandido and Dax Harwood opened with a lock-up, Bandido grabbing a headlock before Dax slapped him and suplexed him into FTR’s corner. Wheeler tagged in but got stunned by Bandido’s quick strikes, prompting a tag to Speedball, who lit up Wheeler with rapid kicks until a slam gave Guevara his opening. After taunting, Guevara hit a thrust kick, only to be wiped out by Knight and JetSpeed’s tandem offense. Guevara recovered by driving Knight into the wrong corner, where he and RUSH double-teamed him. Harwood re-entered, but Knight escaped and brought in Juice Robinson, who ran wild—dropping Harwood, flooring Wheeler, smashing Guevara, and even knocking RUSH off the apron. A cheap shot from RUSH halted his momentum, sparking a wild sequence where Bandido, Juice, and JetSpeed cleared house. Double top-rope dives set up a near-fall on Harwood before the break. Afterward, Guevara isolated Speedball until Bandido finally tagged in and erupted, hitting a big frog splash on RUSH for two. The heels swarmed him, but Bandido fought them off. JetSpeed returned to neutralize FTR, leaving Bandido and RUSH trading heavy shots. Chaos spread outside – moonsaults, brawls, and near disasters – until Speedball was wiped out on the apron. With Bandido alone against FTR and RUSH, he somehow cleared the ring, sent RUSH crashing into FTR, and seized the opening. One perfectly executed 21 Plex later, the ROH World Champion secured the pin and the victory.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3/5
Collision delivered a steady but unspectacular show this week, feeling very much like a “bridge” episode on the road to Full Gear. The opening six-man tag with PAC, Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta getting a much-needed rebound win set the tone: solid wrestling, clear story direction, but nothing that truly surprised. Mark Briscoe’s clean win over Mark Davis was fun and fiery, though more a momentum-builder than a standout match. Kyle Fletcher retaining the TNT Championship against Scorpio Sky was technically sharp but lacked the urgency you’d expect from a title bout this close to a pay-per-view. The highlight of the night ended up being the chaotic eight-man tag featuring FTR, and LFI (RUSH and Sammy Guevara) mixing it up with Bandido, JetSpeed and Juice Robinson – fast, messy, but entertaining in all the right ways. A good episode overall, just missing that one defining moment.