‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Jan 10th 2026)
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, as usual, we’ll be abbreviating AEW’s huge match recaps where we can to save your eyes and your time! With that, let’s get into the review…
Match #1: Death Riders (PAC, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia) def. SkyFlight (Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin and Darius Martin)
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Scorpio Sky and Wheeler Yuta started for their teams, trading quick pin attempts before Darius Martin tagged in. Daniel Garcia entered, but Darius avoided a double-team, landed a back elbow, and after a blind tag, Dante sent Garcia face-first into Darius’ knee for a near fall. Sky returned, but PAC stormed in, wiping out SkyFlight and shifting momentum. The Death Riders isolated Dante, with PAC’s sliding dropkick on the apron earning a two-count. Dante briefly rallied, but a Garcia–Yuta Hart Attack kept control with the Death Riders. After more punishment from PAC, Dante finally tagged Darius, who exploded with a Spanish Fly on Yuta, wiped out Garcia outside, and nearly won with a fisherman’s suplex before PAC saved. Chaos followed: dives from Sky and Dante, Marina Shafir and Zayda Steel causing a distraction, and near-falls all around. Garcia broke up a Dante cutter on Yuta, then Yuta hit a low blow behind the referee’s back. The Death Riders ran their conveyor-belt attack, and after a criss-cross sequence, PAC flattened Darius and locked in the Brutalizer for the submission win.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: Brody King def. Barrett Brown
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As King made his way down the aisle, Brown tried to dive at him through the ropes, but King was ready and caught him! King chokeslammed Brown on the apron! That allowed King to remove his entrance attire, and the bell rang. King squished Brown in the corner and followed with a cannonball. A Gonzo Bomb finished Brown to give King a quick victory!
My Score: Squash out of 5
Match #3: El Clon def. Komander
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Komander and El Clon opened with a rapid exchange of pinning combinations that ended in a stalemate. El Clon shifted momentum by catching Komander midair, dropping him across the knee, then firing off a corner strike combo and a middle-rope moonsault for a near fall. Komander answered with a hurricanrana, springboard armdrag, rising kicks from the apron, and a tornillo into a top-rope hurricanrana. A dive to the outside backfired when El Clon caught him and dumped him onto the ramp, followed by a suplex to keep control. Back inside, Komander fought back with a kick and inventive DDT, then stunned El Clon with a Poisonrana for two. El Clon countered again, but Komander landed on his feet from a lungblower attempt and hit a moonsault for another near fall. The pace never slowed: moonsaults to the floor, a Pele kick from El Clon, and multiple reversals of the Portal Bomb. Komander escaped a Samoan Driver, but El Clon finally connected with the Portal Bomb to score the decisive three-count.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: Mina Shirakawa def. Lady Frost
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Frost yelled at Shirakawa as she kicked away at her in the corner, but that only fired up Shirakawa! She attacked Frost’s knee and nailed a tornillo from the apron for a two count. Shirakawa charged into the corner, but Frost stopped her and turned things around to put Shirakawa on the apron. Frost crushed Shirakawa with a cartwheel cannonball! Frost went to the top rope, so Shirakawa kicked her in the back of the leg, and Storm was straddled on the second rope. Storm escaped a German suplex and struck her way free, but Shirakawa came back with two rolling elbows followed by a kick to the back of the head and a backfist. She locked Frost in a figure four leglock, which gave Frost no choice but to tap out!
My Score: 2 out of 5 (nearly a squash match TBH)
Match #5: Mark Briscoe def. Hechicero
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Hechicero took control early, targeting Mark Briscoe’s arm with slick mat work, a running kick, and his hammerlock spin into a backbreaker. Briscoe briefly shifted momentum on the outside with chops and a blockbuster from the apron, but Hechicero cut him off with an armbar, sent him shoulder-first into the post, and continued dissecting the injured arm. Briscoe survived repeated armbars, reaching the ropes and fighting back with a dive to the floor and a fisherman’s buster for two. He tried for the Jay Driller, but the damage stopped him, allowing Hechicero to answer with a headscissors and an armbreaker. After a tense exchange on the ropes, Briscoe broke free, hit a Froggy Bow, and finally fought through the pain to land the Jay Driller for the hard-earned pinfall victory.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #6: Kris Statlander and The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) def. Maya World, Hyan and VertVixen
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Statlander began things for her team with her power on full display until she tagged in Cameron and slammed her on top of Hyan for a near-fall. VertVixen tagged in, so Cameron put her down with a slingblade. Nightingale tagged in, and she hit a double-team side suplex with Cameron. Nightingale ate a forearm smash from VertVixen, but cartwheeled out of further danger and hit an enzuigiri for a two-count. Nightingale, Statlander, and Cameron hit rapid-fire tags to triple team VertVixen before Statlander stayed in control. Cameron came in and found herself in trouble, so when she nearly made the tag, her partners were attacked and knocked off the apron. Cameron was triple-teamed, and then VertVixen came off the top with a dropkick, but Nightingale came in to break up the pin. World and Hyan smashed Nightingale and threw her to the outside, but Statlander turned it into a double hurricanrana. VertVixen ran over Statlander with a big boot! Cameron escaped from VertVixen with a kick, and Willow tagged in! She splashed VertVixen in the corner, and then Cameron jumped on Willow for a backpack senton onto VertVixen. Nightingale dropped Hyan with clotheslines, followed by a spinebuster on World. Statlander tagged in, and she and Statlander ran World and Hyan into each other before Cameron came off the top with a crossbody. VertVixen rolled in and escaped Staturday Night Fever, but Statlander nailed a kick to the head followed by Staturday Night Fever to get the three count!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #7: The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) def. Anthony Bowens and JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey & “The Jet” Kevin Knight)
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JetSpeed jumped The Demand before Anthony Bowens could even enter, but Ricochet, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun quickly took control until Bowens sprinted in to even the odds. He dumped Liona over the top and triple-teamed Ricochet with JetSpeed, setting the early tone. The Demand soon isolated Bowens, using their numbers to wear him down in the corner. Bailey and Knight finally got rolling with a flurry of dives and double-team offense, highlighted by Knight’s twisting UFO Splash for two. The Demand answered by cutting off Knight, posing over him after a brutal sequence on the apron. Bowens later re-entered and went on a hot streak, flooring Ricochet and surviving a triple-team near fall. Chaos followed with all six men trading big moves, dives, and near falls. Bowens nearly had it after a MollyWhop on Ricochet, but Kaun made the tag, wiped Bowens out with a clothesline, and The Gates of Agony finished him with Open the Gates to secure the hard-fought main-event victory.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
Collision delivered a rock-solid, no-nonsense Saturday night that leaned on in-ring quality over storyline bombast. The Death Riders and SkyFlight set the tone with a frantic, spot-heavy opener, while Brody King’s gloriously one-sided squash was the kind of palate cleanser the card needed. El Clon vs. Komander and Briscoe vs. Hechicero were the night’s workrate highlights, both blending pace with personality, and the women’s six-woman tag was lively without overstaying its welcome. The main event brought the energy back up, with The Demand and JetSpeed/Bowens trading chaos in a satisfying closer. Not every bout hit top gear, but nothing actively dragged the show down. Overall, this was Collision doing what it does best: dependable wrestling, a few standout matches, and a show that never feels like a chore.
