‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Mar 7th 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: AEW World Tag Team Championship – FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) def. The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier)
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The AEW World Tag Team Title match kicked things off at a frantic pace as Wentz and Wheeler started things off, with Stokely providing constant distractions from ringside. FTR quickly tried to isolate the action, but Wentz escaped to tag Xavier, only for Harwood to regain control and send Xavier to the floor—where Stokely briefly choked him from the wheelchair while the referee was distracted. The Rascalz fired back with a spectacular tornillo from Wentz and a series of dives that swung momentum their way. FTR responded by cutting the ring in half and keeping Wentz away from Xavier, using their trademark tag-team strategy to grind the challengers down. Eventually Wentz broke free and made the hot tag, with Xavier unloading on both champions and the Rascalz coming close to victory with a frog splash and swanton bomb combination. The closing stretch turned chaotic with near-falls, counters and double-team moves from both sides. Just as Wentz seemed poised to steal the win with a roll-up, FTR regained control and planted him with the Shatter Machine to secure the three-count and retain the AEW World Tag Team Championships.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Daniel Garcia def. Tommaso Ciampa
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Ciampa frustrated Garcia early, prompting Garcia to bail to the outside before returning to slap Ciampa—only to get blasted with chops and a neckbreaker in response. Ciampa even mocked Garcia with his old dance, which only fired Garcia up. Garcia countered on the apron with a dragon whip and quickly shifted focus to Ciampa’s knee, repeatedly driving it into the ring post and targeting the leg around ringside. Garcia continued the assault back in the ring, working submissions and slowing Ciampa down. Ciampa battled back with a bicycle knee and a burst of offense, even planting Garcia with a Project Ciampa for a near-fall. But Garcia kept attacking the injured leg and briefly jawed with Mark Briscoe at ringside, even pie-facing him. In the closing moments, Garcia reversed a whip that sent Ciampa into Briscoe on the apron, then quickly caught him in a jackknife pin to steal the three-count and pick up the sudden victory.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #3: Swerve Strickland def. Gravity
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Swerve controlled Gravity from the jump and quickly shut him down with a big boot. Gravity got some separation and went to the top, where he came off with an armdrag. That angered Swerve more than anything, so he chopped Gravity to the mat. Gravity backdropped out of Swerve’s grasp and kicked him in the back! Gravity went into his moonwalk and rolled Swerve into a near-fall. Gravity sent Swerve to the floor, so Swerve jumped on the apron to cut off Gravity’s dive attempt. Gravity slid under and tried a powerbomb, but Swerve hung onto the ropes and stomped Gravity on the apron. Swerve walked down the apron with a kick to Gravity! He went to the floor and threw Gravity into the steel steps. Swerve tried to add insult to injury by ripping at Gravity’s mask! Swerve repeatedly slammed Gravity into the turnbuckles and then came off the top with a Swerve Stomp! Swerve finished Gravity off with a House Call for the pinfall victory!
My Score: SEMI-SQUASH out of 5
Match #4: $200K 4-Way Tag Match: Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) def. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum), LFI (RUSH & Dralístico) and The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson)
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All four teams erupted into action from the start, with RUSH making the biggest early impact by battering Private Party around ringside before sending Kassidy back into the ring for more punishment from Dralístico. LFI briefly worked together before turning on each other once the $200K prize came into focus. The Outrunners eventually joined the chaos, with Floyd delivering a huge superplex off the top that wiped out several competitors on the floor. The action stayed frantic as Dralístico launched Kassidy to the floor with a hurricanrana and LFI double-teamed Quen with a German suplex/dropkick combo. Momentum shifted constantly until Kassidy fought back, hitting a destroyer on Johnson and setting up a big finishing sequence. With Quen lifting Johnson onto his shoulders, Kassidy flew off the top with a doomsday cutter to score the three-count, giving Private Party the win and the $200K prize.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: “Megasus” Megan Bayne & “Colossal” Lena Kross def. Timeless Love Bombs (“Timeless” Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa)
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Bayne and Shirakawa started things off, with Bayne quickly using her power advantage before Kross tagged in to help isolate Cameron. Storm rushed in to even the odds, but Bayne and Kross responded with stereo fallaway slams and continued to dominate, keeping Storm away from Shirakawa with effective double-team work. The momentum shifted briefly when Storm escaped and tagged Shirakawa, who fired up with a series of kicks, a DDT and a shotgun dropkick before Storm rejoined the action for an assisted tornillo that nearly ended it. Bayne quickly swung things back with a fallaway slam/Samoan drop combo, leading to a chaotic stretch where all four women exchanged big shots. Shirakawa nearly secured the win with a figure-four, but the submission sequence was repeatedly broken up. The turning point came when Marina Shafir suddenly dragged Storm under the ring, leaving Shirakawa alone. Bayne dropped her with a flying clothesline, and Kross followed with a jackhammer to secure the victory.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #6: The Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors & David Finlay) def. Cosmo Orion, Gmo Kaminari & Jaden Monroe
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It seemed like Finley would start the match, but Kidd walked right by him to knock Kaminari and Orion off the apron. Connors speared Monroe, and Finlay followed with a powerbomb. The Dogs absolutely decimated their three opponents in what Schiavone called “a mugging.” Monroe ate a brainbuster from Connors, a piledriver from Kidd and an Overkill knee from Finlay before Finlay pinned him in a dominant victory!
My Score: TOTAL-SQUASH out of 5
Match #7: Konosuke Takeshita def. Claudio Castagnoli
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With AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley watching on commentary, Takeshita and Castagnoli delivered a hard-hitting main event built around Castagnoli targeting Takeshita’s arm. After an early exchange that sent Castagnoli to the floor, the Swiss powerhouse regained control by wrenching the arm over the ropes and relentlessly attacking the injury. Takeshita fought through the pain, firing back with forearms, a flying elbow and an exploder, but Castagnoli shut down the momentum with the giant swing and a submission focused on the damaged arm. The closing stretch saw both men trade huge strikes and near-falls, including a Blue Thunder Bomb from Takeshita and a pop-up uppercut from Castagnoli. Castagnoli briefly tried to introduce chairs and even his CMLL World Title, but Hechicero stopped him, allowing Takeshita to dive onto him with a tope suicida. Back in the ring, Takeshita survived a barrage of uppercuts, countered a Ricola Bomb attempt and blasted Castagnoli with a Power Strike Knee before finishing the match with Raging Fire to score the pinfall.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
This week’s episode of Collision was a solid, easy-to-watch show that never quite hit “must-see” territory but still delivered enough quality wrestling to make it worthwhile. The opening tag title match between FTR and The Rascalz set the tone nicely, blending frantic athleticism with FTR’s classic tag psychology, while Daniel Garcia vs. Tommaso Ciampa offered a more grounded, story-driven bout built around Garcia targeting the leg. Elsewhere, the show dipped into the usual Collision rhythm of squashes and spot-heavy multi-man chaos. Swerve Strickland’s win over Gravity and the Dogs’ destruction of their opponents were both more about reinforcing dominance than providing competitive matches, while the $200K four-way tag bout was entertaining but ultimately a little too frantic to truly stand out. On the women’s side, Megan Bayne and Lena Kross picked up the win over Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa, adding some storyline intrigue thanks to Marina Shafir’s interference. The clear highlight of the night came in the main event, where Konosuke Takeshita and Claudio Castagnoli delivered the kind of hard-hitting, high-level match you’d expect from two of AEW’s best in-ring performers. It was physical, dramatic and easily the standout bout of the episode. Overall, this was a steady episode that leaned heavily on strong in-ring action rather than big storyline developments. A couple of squashes and the chaotic four-way tag kept the show from reaching the next level, but the opener and the excellent main event ensured the night still delivered where it mattered most.
