‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Oct 25th 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, so let’s get into our review!
Match #1: PAC def. Tomohiro Ishii
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Ishii entered without the rest of The Conglomeration, while PAC was out with Marina Shafir, Wheeler Yuta, and Daniel Garcia of the Death Riders. The opening minutes of the contest were a series of reversals, as both men avoided any damage. Ishii won a challenge of shoulder blocks and followed with a vertical suplex. PAC bailed to the outside, so Ishii chased after him, only to be confronted by Garcia. That distraction allowed PAC to attack Ishii from behind before returning to the ring, while Garcia went back to work on Ishii with the referee’s back turned. PAC tried to grind down Ishii with a cravat, but Ishii fought out of it. PAC crushed Ishii in the corner and followed that with a dropkick from the top. PAC controlled the pace with a methodical plan to pick apart Ishii, including an extended beating on the outside. Finally, Ishii woke up with a couple of heavy chops out of the corner, followed by a big shoulder block. Ishii was clearly favoring his shoulder, but put PAC on the top turnbuckle for a stalling superplex, which connected, although Ishii’s injured arm kept him from an immediate pin attempt. PAC kicked out at two, as Ishii stayed in control. Despite the shoulder injury, Ishii was able to powerbomb PAC and hit a rebound German suplex, only for PAC to come back with one of his own! Ishii absorbed an enzuigiri to nail PAC with a lariat before collapsing to the mat in exhaustion. Ishii won a brief exchange of strikes, but had his leg pulled by Shafir near the ropes. She spat in his face for further distraction, and that allowed PAC to drop Ishii with a tombstone piledriver! He deadlifted Ishii off the mat for a bridging German suplex, but Ishii kicked out at two! The crowd chanted “ISHII!” and he responded by dropping PAC with a running clothesline. PAC got right back up to nail Ishii with a brainbuster, but again, Ishii was able to kick out in time. PAC sent Ishii to the outside so that Yuta could hit a flying knee with the referee distracted. He threw Ishii back in so PAC could put Ishii down with a full-speed lariat to get the victory!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #2: Thekla def. Mina Shirakawa
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Shirakawa decided to mock Thekla with a toxic-esque dance as the match got underway before she went right to work on Thekla all over the ring, eventually putting The Toxic Spider down with a dropkick. She wasted no motion to put Thekla in a bow-and-arrow before stomping on her hands. Thekla ducked a Shirakawa strike with a spider walk and tripped her up for a pin, so Shirakawa shimmied out from underneath and danced for the camera. Thekla rose behind Shirakawa and grabbed her by the hair, tossing her across the mat. Thekla hit a running boot to the side of the head for a two-count. Thekla tried to mock Shirakawa, but that mistake gave Shirakawa the opening for a DDT. She continued to work on Thekla’s right knee, as Skye Blue and Julia Hart, the other two members of Triangle of Madness, made their way to the ringside. That distraction allowed Thekla to strike Shirakawa in the back of the head and send her to the outside. The Toxic Spider remained in complete control for a considerable amount of time, even getting some help from Blue and Hart behind the referee’s back. A slingblade and a running clothesline got Shirakawa back into the mix, as the crowd cheered her on! With Thekla down, Shirakawa hit a tornillo from the apron back into the ring. She captured Thekla in a cloverleaf and dropped down to wrench the knee. She quickly landed a sliding lariat and mounted Thekla to rain down strikes, but Thekla turned it right back around and did the same. Thekla picked up Shirakawa, but Mina hit a spinning backfist for a two count! Mina went to the top rope, but Thekla stopped her with a right hand. The two traded huge shots on the turnbuckle until Thekla rose back up to spider suplex Shirakawa! After some theatrics, Thekla spider walked to go for a spear, but Shirakawa was ready with a running knee! She hit Thekla with two rolling elbows and a kick to the head before another spinning backfist, but Thekla stayed alive with a kickout. Mina nailed a slingblade from the top for a two count, so she called for the Glamorous Driver! Blue got on the apron for a distraction, so Shirakawa knocked her to the floor. Hart did the same, and got the same treatment. By that point, Thekla had recovered to nail a spear and locked Shirakawa in the Death Trap for the tap-out victory. That was Shirakawa’s first loss on Collision, while Thekla remains undefeated.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #3: MxM TV Casting Call – Olympia def. Taya Valkyrie
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Olympia quickly took down Valkyrie and stomped her in the corner to set up a stalled buster across Valkyrie’s chest. Valkyrie escaped to the outside, so Olympia went to the top for a crossbody that took out everyone in MxM TV except Valkyrie. Valkyrie climbed back in the ring, so Olympia snatched her up and did a few squats before swinging her face-first onto the mat for the quick victory!
My Score: Squash out of 5
Match #4: Ace Austin def. Bryan Keith
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In his first singles action as a member of the Bang Bang Gang, Ace Austin made his way to the ring accompanied by Juice Robinson and Austin Gunn. Keith talked a lot of trash after the bell rang, but Austin went right back at him and outmuscled him to the corner. Keith tried to outwrestle Austin, but Austin gained another quick advantage. Keith complained he wasn’t ready, as it was clear how frustrated he was with Austin. Keith hit a back elbow out of a hammerlock to show his first sign of offense, but Austin tripped Keith, kicked him in the back of the head, and rolled him up for a two count. Austin kept the pressure on with a dropkick and chop before flattening Keith with a springboard crossbody. Austin got a one count, so Keith bailed to the outside, but Austin followed to hit some more chops and sent Keith back in the ring. Keith went out the other side, so Austin tried to attack with a springboard but stopped on the apron. Austin avoided a trip with a handstand and escaped another trip to crack Bryan across the face with a big kick in a ridiculous display of athleticism and balance. Austin hit a couple more big chops on the outside before sending Keith back in, but when Austin tried to attack again, Keith pulled the referee in the way. Austin charged at Keith, who answered by throwing Austin over the top to the floor! Keith measured Austin for a big boot to the face and tore at his face, as he continued to deliver lots of punishment with the guardrails. The punishment slowed down Austin, but with lots of encouragement from the crowd, he started to get back in it by turning an exploder into a sunset flip for a two count. Austin kicked Keith off him and hit a back elbow to stagger his opponent. Austin yelled, “Hit me!” But it was Austin doing all the hitting, including a beautiful kick/knee/Russian leg sweep combo followed by a leg drop! Austin showed more of his innovative offense by trapping Keith between his ankles and slamming him face-first onto the mat, but Keith escaped at two. Keith hit a big headbutt on the jaw to cut off Austin and followed with a high-angle backdrop for a two count. Austin escaped a powerbomb and missed a kick, so Keith knocked him into the corner with a forearm. When Keith charged, Austin avoided, sending Keith into the top turnbuckle. With Keith staggered, Austin hit a kick to the face. Austin followed with The Fold to get the win!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #5: HOOK def. Griff Garrison
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Ahead of his chance to become the No. 1 contender to the AEW World Championship this Wednesday on Dynamite, HOOK had to deal with Garrison and the Frat House on Collision. HOOK controlled Garrison early, but a distraction from the Frat House gave Garrison the opening to drop HOOK with a big boot. HOOK came back with a pair of clotheslines and a double axehandle. He threw Garrison with an exploder suplex and locked him in REDRUM for the quick submission win!
My Score: Squash out of 5
Match #6: $400K All-Star 8-Man Tag – JetSpeed (Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight) & Jurassic Express (Jack Perry and Luchasaurus) def. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) & Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)
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In their first time as a team, JetSpeed and Jurassic Express got along famously from the jump, with Luchasaurus even bringing the bag of money he and Perry won from the Bucks at WrestleDream to show off. Oddly enough, FTR and the Bucks found some common ground when Matt snatched a beach ball out of the crowd and Wheeler destroyed it with a chair. Nick Jackson and Kevin Knight opened things up for their respective teams, but it was a blind tag that brought Matt in for an aided dropkick on Knight to gain an early advantage. That was negated when Speedball made a blind tag, as he and Knight put Matt down with a double hiptoss/big boot combo. Jackson escaped long enough to tag Wheeler, but Speedball lit him up with kicks before he tagged Perry. He nearly beat Wheeler by rolling through a powerslam to get a two count, which clearly angered Wheeler. Cash got right back up and clobbered Perry with a clothesline before making a tag to Dax. Perry escaped a suplex and slapped Dax, so he stomped after Perry, who retreated into a tag for Luchasaurus. Now it was Harwood backing up to his corner, as the crowd chanted for the new money dinosaur. Harwood circled so he could cheap-shot Perry, which distracted the referee long enough for the Bucks and Wheeler to beat down Luchasaurus undetected. Harwood quickly realized he couldn’t do much against Luchasaurus, so Wheeler came in and tried for a double-team, but Luchasaurus ran through FTR and then dropped each man with a bodyslam. The Bucks came in to take Luchasaurus down with a double leg trip, but they couldn’t do anything with Perry, as he fought through both of them, taking out Nick. Matt clobbered Perry from behind, but walked right into a missile dropkick from Bailey. FTR tried to double suplex Bailey, but he escaped on the way down, so Knight came off the top with a dropkick to Wheeler and Harwood. Speedball, Knight and Perry hit triple moonsaults from the top rope and aprons onto the Bucks and Wheeler on the floor in a tremendous display of teamwork. Meanwhile, back in the ring, Luchasaurus almost won the match with a standing moonsault on Harwood. Perry tagged back in and tried to keep the punishment going on the outside, but Harwood reversed a whip into the steel steps, which put Perry in a world of hurt. FTR smelled blood in the water and started to pick apart Perry in the ring, isolating him from the rest of his team. When Perry had a brief window, all his teammates were attacked. Matt hit a kick through the ropes to the outside and then held the top rope down for Nick, but Wheeler stopped him and hit a somersault dive of his own onto Luchasaurus and Knight on the outside. Bailey tried to take on Matt and Dax, but was dropped by a DDT. Matt then ran off Dax for a sliced bread on Perry, which allowed Dax to lock on a sharpshooter. As Perry closed in on the ropes, Nick hit a springboard facebuster so Dax could pull Perry back to the middle while Nick hit a moonsault from the apron to Speedball on the floor! Luchasaurus ended the sharpshooter with a massive boot to Dax. Wheeler tagged in, but Perry escaped and tagged Knight! He took on the Bucks by himself and brought the crowd alive! A standing UFO splash on Matt nearly won it, but FTR came in for the save. They tried to double-team Knight, but Bailey came in, and they sent FTR to the outside with a pair of dropkicks. JetSpeed hit stereo planchas onto the Bucks and FTR, as FTR tried to help the Bucks. In the ring, Knight launched Matt from the top with a hurricanrana right into a sitout powerbomb by Speedball, but Matt kicked out. Speedball ran to his corner, where Knight tagged him, and then hit a springboard moonsault to FTR on the outside. Knight went to the top, but with the referee distracted by the Bucks, Stokely threw powder in Knight’s eyes! Matt hit Knight with a superkick, but he kicked out at two! Knight was dominated entirely for the next several minutes until he avoided a Wheeler charge in the corner and thought he had a chance to tag out, but Harwood cut him off and then took a cheap shot at Luchasaurus. Knight came back with a desperation dropkick and finally made the tag to Luchasaurus! He punched his way through FTR and the Bucks and put each team in a corner. Each side got a massive hip attack and big clotheslines, as Luchasaurus took them all down. Perry took the Bucks down on the outside, but when FTR was in trouble in the ring, Big Stoke faked an injury on the apron. That gave FTR the chance to connect with Power and Glory on Luchasaurus followed by an elbow from Matt and a 450 from Nick! Speedball and Perry made the save before the count. In another wild display of teamwork, FTR and the Bucks hit stereo Shatter Machines on Speedball and Perry! They tried a 4-way BTE Trigger on Luchasaurus, but he ducked and they all struck knees. Luchasaurus chokeslammed Matt then double chokeslammed FTR and hit Nick with a flipping chokeslam onto Dax! Luchasaurus lifted Dax for an aided wheelbarrow cutter by Perry. Luchasaurus ran to his corner, where Speedball made the tag, as Luchasaurus hit a moonsault from the apron to the Bucks on the floor. Speedball hit a hurricane kick on Dax, as Knight took down Cash. Knight went to the top and hit the UFO Splash, as both members of JetSpeed pinned both members of FTR for good measure. JetSpeed and Jurassic Express are $400K richer!
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
This week’s AEW Collision was a strong showing from start to finish, delivering a balanced mix of storytelling and in-ring action. “Hangman” Adam Page opened the night with a passionate promo that gave real emotional weight to his ongoing feud, setting an engaging tone early on. The tag team match featuring FTR and The Young Bucks brought the expected blend of high energy and technical excellence, keeping the crowd hooked throughout. The women’s division also got a solid spotlight, with Mina Shirakawa and Thekla putting on a crisp, fast-paced bout that showcased both athletes’ growing chemistry. While the pacing occasionally dipped between segments, the energy never truly faded thanks to tight production and purposeful booking. Overall, this was a well-rounded, entertaining episode that did not disappoint.