‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Feb 21st 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 Excalibur 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: AEW World Trios Championship – Jet Set Rodeo (“Hangman” Adam Page, Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight) def. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)

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Ricochet kicked things off by knocking Knight off the apron and helping GOA isolate Bailey early, double-teaming both him and Knight. Page briefly shifted momentum, but Liona restored control for The Demand. Jet Set Rodeo rallied with triple-team offense on Ricochet, though a hair-pull from the AEW National Champion allowed Ricochet to tag Kaun. Bailey fired back with sharp kicks and a running shooting star press for two. Chaos escalated as Liona steamrolled everyone at ringside, and The Demand cut Bailey off again. A missile dropkick finally freed him, allowing the hot tag to Page. Page ran wild—springboard lariat to Kaun, fallaway slam to Ricochet, dive to the floor, and a powerbomb-lariat combo—only for GOA to break the pin. Ricochet answered with a 450 splash, but Page kicked out. The closing stretch was frantic: poisonrana, piledrivers, moonsaults, and near-falls galore. Ricochet countered a Buckshot attempt and hit Vertigo for two. As he set up the Spirit Gun, “Jungle” Jack Perry appeared on the stage, distracting him. Page recovered, blasted Ricochet with a Buckshot Lariat, and secured the three-count as Jet Set Rodeo retain the AEW World Trios Titles.

My Score: 3.5 out of 5

Match #2: Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) def. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson)

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Nick Jackson and Blake Christian opened, but Johnson blindsided Nick as The Swirl jumped ahead, mocking the Bucks in the process. The Bucks quickly responded with an assisted German suplex and lungblower, then wiped both men out with stereo planchas. Christian flipped the momentum with a twisting dive, and Johnson followed with a swanton to the floor. Back inside, a superkick party broke out before the Bucks regained control with a splash/elbow combo. The Swirl soon isolated Matt, planting him with a double stomp/Death Valley Driver combo until Nick made a crucial save. Matt created space with rolling Northern Lights suplexes, allowing Nick to explode in with a rapid headscissors/arm-drag sequence. The Bucks hit the MMMBop Drop, but Johnson broke up the fall. A frantic closing stretch saw hurricanranas, crossbodies and near-misses, culminating in a doomsday device that sent Johnson crashing onto Christian. Moments later, the Bucks nailed the BTE Trigger on Christian to seal the win.

My Score: 3 out of 5

Match #3: CMLL World Heavyweight Championship – Claudio Castagnoli def. Josh Alexander

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With CMLL rules in play, Marina Shafir backed Claudio Castagnoli while Lance Archer supported Josh Alexander at ringside. Alexander jumped the champion early, but Castagnoli quickly flipped the script with a tilt-a-whirl slam, a brutal uppercut that sent Alexander into the crowd, and a top-rope double sledge for two. Momentum shifted when Alexander dodged a charge and drove Castagnoli into the steel steps, injuring the champion’s left knee. From there, Alexander zeroed in—chopping the leg, locking in submissions, and countering the Giant Swing into an ankle lock. Castagnoli showed freakish strength throughout, deadlifting Alexander multiple times, including a vertical suplex to escape a grapevined ankle lock. The closing stretch saw uppercuts and Germans traded until outside chaos erupted—Archer confronted Shafir, distracting the champion. Castagnoli booted Archer away but ate a German from Alexander for a near-fall. A spinning uppercut and short Giant Swing left Alexander dazed, allowing Castagnoli to land the Neutralizer and score the pin, retaining the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

My Score: 4 out of 5

Match #4: “Megasus” Megan Bayne def. B3cca

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This was a standby match, as neither championship match went to the time limit. At the bell, Bayne ran across the ring with a flying boot to B3cca’s face! Bayne followed with a German suplex and chopped B3cca in the corner. Bayne sent her to the opposite corner, but missed a charge. Bayne quickly overpowered B3cca and brought her back from the apron with a back suplex. Bayne nailed a MegaBomb for the impressive victory! After the match, Bayne signaled for championship gold around her waist!

My Score: SQUASH out of 5

Match #5: Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, El Clon & Mark Davis) def. Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & PAC)

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Round two between the Death Riders and the Don Callis Family kicked off with Takeshita and a knit-cap-wearing Yuta. Takeshita struck first with a diving lariat, bringing El Clon in, but PAC soon tagged up and ramped up the pace with sharp kicks and mockery. Davis eventually grounded PAC, only to miss a senton and allow Moxley to storm in. Mox wiped Davis out with a dive and cutter, and the Death Riders briefly took control with triple-team offense and a Bulldog choke. The Callis Family regained momentum, targeting Moxley until chaos erupted again. PAC soared with a moonsault to the floor and nearly finished Clon with a tombstone before Takeshita intervened. The closing stretch broke down into wild exchanges—DDTs, superkicks, chair teases, and near-falls—before Yuta and Takeshita squared off. Yuta fired strikes, but Takeshita absorbed the punishment and flattened him with a knockout elbow, then sealed it with Raging Fire for the win. Post-match, Moxley and Takeshita stood nose-to-nose. A brief skirmish ended with Mox dropping Takeshita with a Paradigm Shift, the Death Riders standing tall as tensions continue to simmer.

My Score: 3.5 out of 5

Match #6: Thunder Rosa def. Julia Hart

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Despite this being Thunder Rosa’s first match since All In Texas, she controlled Hart from the bell and quickly sent her to the floor. Hart tried to gather herself, but Rosa followed and chopped Hart around the barricades. Hart cut off Rosa and sent her to the corner, but Rosa came back with an armdrag and dropkick. Rosa hit a basement clothesline to get a near-fall. Hart stopped Rosa with a rake of the eyes, then worked her arm with a tightrope walk, finishing by hanging it over the top rope. Hart hit a sickening neckbreaker over the second rope and was totally in control at this point. Rosa was able to fight back with stiff chops and a cutter to send Hart to the corner. Rosa hit a jumping lariat, followed by a dropkick to a sitting Hart. She continued her offense with a Northern Lights suplex to get another two-count. Hart escaped a double underhook and hit a Sole Food to Rosa’s midsection. Rosa escaped a charge in the corner, but Hart quickly turned it into a tarantula over the ropes. Hart locked Rosa in a flying octopus in the middle of the ring, but Rosa escaped the submission with a slam. Hart kicked out at two! Rosa tried to strike Hart, but Hart got out of it with a leg trip. She stomped Rosa and went to the top for a moonsault, only to eat both of Rosa’s boots on the way down! Rosa hit a Fire Thunder Driver for the win and a successful return to AEW!

My Score: 3 out of 5

Match #7: AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator – The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier) def. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)

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The main event saw FTR wheel a battered Big Stoke to ringside, and Dax Harwood looked just as shaken early—Wentz blasted him so hard he may have lost a tooth. The Rascalz came out flying with tornillos and slick double-team offense, but FTR slowed the pace, isolating Xavier and punishing him on the outside to regain control. Momentum swung wildly. The Rascalz answered with a moonsault/dive combo to the floor, near-falls off sunset flips and cutters, and a gorgeous shooting star press that nearly ended it. FTR countered with brute force—tight drivers, a brainbuster, and a teased Shatter Machine—but couldn’t keep Wentz down. As the 10-minute warning sounded and chaos spilled outside, the Young Bucks appeared, distracting Wheeler at ringside. That opening was all the Rascalz needed. Superkicks rocked Harwood, and a decisive Hot Fire Flame finally put him away. Wentz scored the pin, sealing a huge main event win in a frantic, momentum-heavy showdown.

My Score: 3.5 out of 5

Final Verdict: 3.5/5

This week’s Collision was a rock-solid Saturday night wrestling show: not necessarily groundbreaking, but consistently entertaining from top to bottom. The in-ring quality was the real MVP here, with the Claudio Castagnoli vs. Josh Alexander bout stealing the night in a stiff, technically rich title defence that felt like it belonged on a pay-per-view. The Trios opener delivered chaos in all the right ways, and the main event gave The Rascalz a genuinely meaningful win that shakes up the tag picture nicely. If there’s a criticism, it’s that very little felt truly seismic. The distractions and interference-heavy finishes are starting to feel a little formulaic, and the Megan Bayne squash, while effective, was more table-setting than substance. Still, Thunder Rosa’s strong return and the escalating Don Callis Family/Death Riders tension kept things moving. Collision continues to thrive as AEW’s “workrate-first” brand. Not an all-timer, but a very enjoyable two hours of wrestling.