‘AEW: Collision’ Review (Nov 8th 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: Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson) def. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
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The opener revisited the long-running feud between FTR and the Bang Bang Gang, just two weeks before FTR challenge Brodido for the AEW Tag Titles. With Ace Austin preparing for his TNT Title shot, Gunn and Robinson were on their own, and a loud pro-BBG crowd rattled Harwood early. Gunn out-wrestled both FTR members in the opening stretch, and Juice’s early top-rope antics forced Wheeler to retreat. Harwood briefly regained control with heavy chops, but the Bang Bang Gang answered with double-team offence that sent FTR crashing to the floor. A blind tag let Wheeler chop-block Robinson’s knee, allowing FTR to isolate Juice and grind him down. Juice fought desperately, hit a double DDT, and finally tagged in Gunn, who tore through both opponents. A series of roll-up attempts followed before FTR cut off Gunn’s momentum, isolating him as Juice waited to re-enter. Gunn and Harwood eventually collided, opening the door for a huge hot tag to Robinson. Juice exploded with jabs, atomic drops, a cannonball, and a dive to the floor, fighting essentially alone while Gunn recovered. Harwood nearly stole it with a counter to a top-rope crossbody, but Juice kept swinging, landing the Left Hand of God. Chaos broke loose when Stokely tried unmasking two “fans,” revealing Bandido and Gravity beneath. They chased him up the ramp into JetSpeed, and Stokely ate a superkick. Bandido and Gravity then wiped out Wheeler behind the ref’s back. Harwood tried to intervene, only for Gunn to catch him on the apron with a Fame-asser. Juice cracked Harwood with another Left Hand of God and finished him with The Juice Is Loose for the win.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #2: TNT Championship Open Challenge – Kyle Fletcher def. Ace Austin
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Both men entered alone, though Austin got a quick pep talk from Gunn and Robinson before the bell. The early exchanges were a cautious feeling-out process, with Fletcher shutting down Austin’s reversals and flooring him with a shoulder block. Austin immediately answered with a tight crucifix that nearly stole the TNT Title, forcing Fletcher to regroup outside. Back in the ring, Fletcher faked a lock-up and drilled Austin with a vicious big boot, then followed with a backbreaker and full nelson slam to take firm control. Austin fought back from the apron, landing a forearm and a flurry of strikes, then hit a guillotine leg drop that sent Fletcher to the floor. Austin followed with a risky shooting star press to the outside, then a double-arm capture brainbuster for two. Fletcher escaped to the apron and caught Austin with a brutal powerbomb before hitting an avalanche powerbomb that Austin somehow survived. Austin rallied with repeated corner lariats and a stunning top-turnbuckle hurricanrana reversal. Sensing momentum, he drilled Fletcher with double knees and readied The Fold, but Fletcher dodged. They traded reversals, with Fletcher lawn-darting Austin into the buckle before missing a rising boot. Austin countered again and went for The Fold, only for Fletcher to counter into the sheardrop brainbuster—still not enough to finish Austin. A rapid series of roll-ups and heavy kicks followed until Fletcher crushed Austin with a short-arm lariat. When Austin staggered in the corner, Fletcher hit the rising boot clean and sealed the win with a top-rope brainbuster.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #3: TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay) def. Maya World & Hyan
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Melo and World began this one with Melo quickly hitting a German suplex. She missed a knee, but connected with a big right hand. Jay tagged in with a snap-mare on World, so Melo came back in with a running knee to the face, followed by Jay floating over with another snap-mare. Jay went for the cover, but Hyan broke it up in time. TayJay smashed World’s face between their backsides, but she escaped long enough to tag Hyan. Hyan entered right into a right hand from Jay, who tagged in Melo. While Hyan struggled to get up, Melo sprinted across the ring to knock World from the apron. She followed with a pump kick on World in the corner. Jay picked up Hyan in the Gory Special and dropped her onto a rising knee from Melo. Three seconds later, TayJay had a dominant victory.
My Score: Squash out of 5
Match #4: Women’s Blood & Guts Advantage Battle Match 2 – Jamie Hayter def. Skye Blue
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Hayter had to win this to force a deciding Match 3 between Harley Cameron and Thekla. Blue went for a couple of quick covers, but bailed to the outside to get away from Hayterade. She ran away from a chasing Hayter and was able to send Hayter shoulder-first into the steel steps. Blue wasn’t able to take advantage, as Hayter came back with a big spinebuster and 10 punches in the corner. Hayter charged in the opposite corner, but Blue was ready with a flatliner into the turnbuckle. Blue hit a crescent kick on a downed Hayter for a two count, but she stayed on Hayter to slow things down. Hayter battled back with her power, nailing Blue with multiple clotheslines and a suplex for a two count. She nailed Blue with a big boot for another two-count. The two traded reversals for multiple nearfalls and then went back and forth with forearms until Hayter collapsed onto Blue for another two-count. The two fought on the turnbuckles until Blue trapped Hayter between the top and middle turnbuckles for another crescent kick to the head. She nailed Hayter with a running Liger Bomb, but Hayter somehow kicked out! Blue was clearly frustrated, so she went for a Code Blue, only for Hayter to fall on top for yet another two-count. Blue missed a spin kick, which allowed Hayter to hit a ripcord Hayterade for the win!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: Women’s Blood & Guts Advantage Battle Match 3 – Thekla def. Harley Cameron
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Thekla was ruthless from the jump, as she beat down Cameron, but Cameron fought back with a dropkick, so Thekla went to the outside. Cameron followed her and hit a Russian leg sweep on the floor. Back in the ring, Cameron stayed on the offensive with punches in the corner until Thekla fought her off. Thekla hit a boot to send Cameron through the ropes and followed up with a suplex. She walked Cameron around and hit another on the floor. She continued the tour of the outside with yet another suplex. She ripped away at Cameron’s face, but was scolded by referee Aubrey Edwards. Thekla didn’t pay any mind to Edwards and trapped Cameron in her web over the ropes until a five-count broke it. Cameron finally battled back with a defensive slingblade before going to work in the corner on Thekla with big shots in succession, as she started to feed off the crowd more and more. Cameron avoided a charge from Thekla and the two battled on the turnbuckles until Thekla was knocked down. As we’ve seen before, she rose back up only for Cameron to bite her! Cameron stayed on the offensive with a running dropkick for a near-fall. Cameron went to the top and missed a swanton bomb. Thekla popped up into her spider walk and speared Cameron to get the win and earn the advantage for her team!
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #6: Men’s Blood & Guts Advantage Battle Match 3 – Roderick Strong def. Jon Moxley (Countout)
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The main event determined Blood & Guts advantage, with Moxley entering through the crowd alongside Shafir, while Strong came out alone and laser-focused. After some early mat wrestling and a brief feeling-out period, tempers flared and the action spilled outside. Strong hurled Mox onto the safety rails twice before Mox countered a third attempt and drove Strong into the steps, shifting momentum. Back in the ring, Moxley targeted Strong’s knees and hit a butterfly suplex for two. Strong fought back with a jawbreaker, Sick Kick, lifting slam and a Tiger Driver into the Strong Hold, but Mox escaped with a small package. They traded heavy shots until Strong drilled a dropkick and a huge superplex to a roaring crowd. Strong hit a gutbuster before Shafir tripped him, prompting O’Reilly to confront her—only to be blindsided by Yuta. Mox tried to capitalise, Yuta tried to use a chair, and both he and Shafir were ejected when the ref caught it. In the chaos, PAC blasted Strong unseen, nearly giving Mox a countout win, but Strong made it back in and kicked out of a stomp. Moxley followed with heavy strikes and a cross armbreaker, while PAC set up a table. Before Mox could piledrive Strong off the apron, O’Reilly wiped out PAC. Garcia rushed in next, but Strong countered with a uranage through the table. Mox tried for a Paradigm Shift on the steps; Strong reversed with a full nelson slam on the steel and slid back into the ring at six. When Moxley tried to follow, someone grabbed his leg from under the ring—causing a shocking countout. Strong earned the Blood & Guts advantage. The Death Riders checked under the ring, only for PAC to get zapped with a cattle prod by Darby Allin, who kept them at bay before disappearing into the crowd to end the show.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 3.5/5
This week’s Collision was an angle-heavy, compulsively watchable sprint to Blood & Guts. The opener upended expectations as the Bang Bang Gang nicked a cheeky win over FTR, injecting some much-needed chaos into the tag scene. Kyle Fletcher then steadied the ship with a crisp TNT title defence against Ace Austin – tight pacing, clean escalation, decisive finish. The women’s advantage series delivered too: Jamie Hayter’s thudding Hayterade flattened Skye Blue before Thekla coolly sealed the tiebreak, a smart showcase for AEW’s female roster. The main event was pure theatre as Moxley vs Roderick Strong spiralled into a clever count-out twist thanks to Darby Allin’s under-the-ring mischief, handing Strong the crucial edge and stoking Wednesday’s stakes. Overall this was a go-home that stuck the landing.
