‘AEW: Dynamite & Collision’ Review (Nov 19th 2025)
Welcome to this week’s review of AEW, which was broadcast from Boston, Massachusetts and was a three-hour Dynamite/Collision special ahead of this weekend’s Full Gear PPV! 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: #1 Spot in the Full Gear Casino Gauntlet – Bobby Lashley def. Ricochet
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Lashley chucked Ricochet by the throat to the outside onto Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona! Lashley followed to the outside with a pounce to Ricochet, a clothesline to Kaun, and then he bounced Liona over the railing into the timekeeper’s area. Back in the ring, Ricochet nearly stole one when Lashley missed a charge in the corner and got rolled up with Ricochet’s feet on the ropes, but there was a kickout. Ricochet didn’t let up with three different leg strikes before a running shooting star press, followed by a second rope moonsault, but Lashley kicked out at two. Ricochet went back to the ropes, so Lashley rolled out of the way, and Ricochet rolled through. Ricochet used the referee to shield himself from Lashley and raked Lashley’s eyes. With Lashley temporarily blinded, Ricochet went for the Spirit Gun, only for Lashley to catch him on one knee! He spiked Ricochet with a chokeslam and followed with the spear to get the win. Bobby Lashley will enter the Full Gear Casino Gauntlet Match to crown the inaugural AEW National Champion at #1!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5
Match #2: Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) & Josh Alexander def. SkyFlight (Scoripio Sky, Dante Martin and Darius Martin)
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Nick Jackson and Dante Martin opened with a fast exchange before tags brought in Ethan Alexander and Darius. Alexander overpowered Darius early, but Top Flight and Scorpio Sky used crisp triple-team offense to regain momentum. Chaos spilled outside: Sky was cut off by Alexander, who wiped him out with a low crossbody on the apron. Sky was isolated until Alexander tagged himself in, causing friction with the Bucks and allowing Sky a brief comeback – Matt even hit Alexander by mistake. Alexander still floored Sky, only for Sky to roll him up for a nearfall before tagging in Darius, who ran wild with a Spanish Fly and a dive. Top Flight hit an insane springboard sliced-bread/powerbomb combo, broken up by the Bucks. The Bucks set up the BTE Trigger, but Dante flipped out, sending them into each other and diving onto both outside. He nearly beat Alexander with a springboard crossbody. Alexander countered a sunset flip into an ankle lock; Dante escaped until Alexander shoved him off the ropes, letting the Bucks hit their flipping piledriver setup. Instead of taking the pin, Alexander reapplied the ankle lock for the submission victory while the Bucks begrudgingly held off Sky and Darius.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #3: #2 Spot in the Full Gear Casino Gauntlet – Shelton Benjamin def “Speedball” Mike Bailey
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MVP joined commentary as Bailey opened the match with a respectful handshake. The crowd was split as Benjamin used his power while Bailey attacked with kicks. The fight quickly went outside: Bailey smashed Benjamin into the ringpost twice and targeted the left arm, but Benjamin answered by slamming Bailey between the guardrail and apron. Back inside, Bailey nearly scored multiple quick pins before Benjamin retreated to the floor—only to catch Bailey’s dive and slam him down hard. Benjamin took control until Bailey fired back with a dropkick, combo kicks, and a running shooting star for one. Bailey kept chasing the armbar, but Benjamin overpowered him, even lifting and tossing Bailey over the top rope to the floor. Up the aisle, Bailey reversed a powerbomb into the guardrail and hit a DDT before beating the count. He followed with a shooting star that Benjamin somehow survived. Bailey unloaded more kicks and knees, but Benjamin kept powering out of submissions. A thrust kick nearly ended it, but the ref ruled Bailey’s shoulder wasn’t fully down – confusing even MVP. Benjamin refocused, hitting a German suplex, a corner knee, and a final thrust kick to secure the pin. Shelton Benjamin now enters the Full Gear Casino Gauntlet at #2, opening against Bobby Lashley.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #4: Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley) def. Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy
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Cassidy blindsided Moxley at the bell, sending them both outside while Strong and Castagnoli brawled in the ring. Strong tried to help Cassidy, but Castagnoli followed, leaving Strong isolated against the BCC duo. Cassidy re-entered with his hands in his pockets but was immediately dumped out again. Strong fired up on Castagnoli until Moxley clipped his knee and flattened him with a corner clothesline. Cassidy returned with a tornado DDT on Moxley, then tagged Strong as Castagnoli tried to dump him—only for Cassidy to counter into a Stundog Millionaire. Cassidy’s dive was caught and thrown into the rail, but Strong sent Castagnoli into the crowd and soon all four men were brawling through the stands, OC diving with his hands in his pockets. Back in the ring, Moxley and Castagnoli punished Cassidy until he escaped with a DDT. Strong tagged in and unloaded on both men, locking Mox in the Strong Hold before Daniel Garcia interfered. Mox hit the Paradigm Shift, broken up by Cassidy. Castagnoli deadlift-tossed Cassidy to the floor. Mox went up top for a Doomsday Device, but Strong countered, sending Castagnoli into Mox. Strong hit a fireman’s carry slam on Castagnoli and superplexed Mox. Cassidy tagged in, punched Garcia off the apron, escaped a Paradigm Shift, and nailed Mox with an Orange Punch. Wheeler Yuta distracted him, leading Cassidy to chase outside. When he returned, Castagnoli launched him into a pop-up uppercut, and Moxley immediately locked in the bulldog choke on the KO’d Cassidy for the win.
My Score: 3 out of 5
Match #5: AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarterfinal – Timeless Love Bombs (Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa) def. Alex Windsor & Riho
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Shirakawa and Riho opened with slick pin attempts and unique bridges before Storm and Windsor tagged in for a brief test of strength and traded armdrags. Windsor cut Storm off and tagged Riho, using her as a weapon to attack both opponents. Riho hit a flying kick for two, but Storm answered with a backbreaker and brought in Shirakawa for double-team offense and a tornillo nearfall. Riho and Windsor regained control with a double suplex on Storm and a dive-assisted attack to the floor. Shirakawa escaped the wrong corner by twisting Windsor’s knees and DDTing Riho. Storm returned with snapmares and a DDT, then assisted Shirakawa on another tornillo for two. Windsor fired back with a blue thunder bomb nearfall, and Riho followed with a sharp combo on Shirakawa. After Windsor cannonballed Storm, Riho missed a top-rope stomp and Shirakawa landed a spinning backfist into a figure four. A chaotic series of reversals ended with everyone crashing down to break the hold. Riho hit a German for two; Shirakawa answered with another spinning backfist. Storm and Windsor tagged in, with Storm fending off the sharpshooter attempt. A roundhouse from Shirakawa set up Storm’s release German. Riho was big-booted into a Mina German, and the Timeless Love Bombs hit stereo hip attacks before Storm finished Windsor with Storm Zero to advance to the semifinals.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Match #6: “Hangman” Adam Page def. Katsuyori Shibata
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Page threw Shibata around the ringside guardrails while Joe was unable to do anything because of the mandate that he not get involved while on commentary. Page threw Shibata in the ring, but he gave too much time for Shibata to recover, so Shibata nailed him with a big boot to the outside. Now it was Shibata who sent Page around the ringside area before setting him up on a chair. Shibata went for a running boot, but Page escaped and took down Shibata. They returned to the ring and exchanged big shots until Page put down Shibata with a backbreaker and a lariat that got a two count. Page walked over to the ropes and started jawing with Joe, which gave Shibata the opening to attack him from behind. Shibata followed with a trio of suplexes on the floor, as Joe clapped in approval. Back in the ring, Page fired up to turn an exchange of chops into a fallaway slam. Page hit a springboard lariat to knock Shibata off the apron and followed with a plancha, as Joe continued to taunt Page from the desk. They returned to the ring, where Shibata took Page down with a heel trip, and had his PK attempt get caught by Page. Shibata turned it around to hit a big boot in the corner and feigned a running kick, but stopped and kicked the turnbuckle pad and inside of Page’s leg, which was dangerously close to a low blow. Page avoided a low drop kick and missed a Buckshot Lariat out of the corner. Shibata went for a German suplex, but Page blocked it, and the referee nearly got hit by it. When he ducked, Shibata hit a low blow on Page and locked in a cross armbreaker. Page got his boot on the ropes to break the hold, but Shibata went to an ankle lock, and Page crawled to the ropes and escaped when he slipped out of his own boot! Page leveled Shibata with a clothesline and caught his boot, so he put it back on and hit a Buckshot Lariat to get the 1-2-3 on Shibata!
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #7: AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarterfinal – Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir def. TayJay (Tay Melo & Anna Jay)
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Melo and Shafir began things with an exchange of judo throws and stiff shots until Jay tagged in, but Bayne came in and wound up on the outside. The four women fought on the floor until TayJay hit stereo dives from the guardrails to take out Shafir and Bayne. Back in the ring, Bayne tagged in and ran through TayJay with a clothesline. TayJay fought back and attacked Bayne and Shafir with running shots in the corner, and they were in control! Both Jay and Melo locked in guillotines, but Bayne and Shafir powered out. However, Shafir was knocked to the floor, so Bayne had to fight both members of TayJay and found herself in trouble when Jay locked on the Queen’s Slayer. Bayne backed into her corner, so Shafir tagged in and broke the hold with a back rack before locking in the Mother’s Milk on Jay for the submission victory, accentuated by a few kisses on Jay’s head.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #8: Double Jeopardy Match – Kazuchika Okada def. Máscara Dorada
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The winner of this match would earn a future title shot: Either Okada would earn a CMLL World Trios Title match for the Don Callis Family or Dorada would win a future AEW Unified Championship match. Okada stalled on the outside in the opening minutes in an effort to slow things down and frustrate Dorada, which worked until Dorada turned the pace back up and nailed Okada with a dive on the outside. Dorada went to the top, but Okada knocked him to the floor with a dropkick. Dorada turned things around with a kick to Okada on the apron and nailed a sloppy diving DDT on the apron, which showed the damage Dorada had already taken in this match. Still, Dorada kept the offense up with a headscissors followed by a tornillo over the top to Okada on the outside. Dorada whipped Okada into the guardrail and followed with a diving cutter over the rail. He came back into the ringside area with a hurricanrana and sent Okada back into the ring. Dorada missed on a 450 from the top with a crash and burn landing. Okada came back with a neckbreaker and a bodyslam to set up an elbow drop from the top. Okada posed and went for the Rainmaker, but Dorada escaped, only to get floored by Okada’s perfect dropkick. Okada went for another Rainmaker, but Dorada turned it into a near-fall. Dorada put Okada on the top rope and nailed a kick to the head before dropping Okada onto the mat to set up a successful 450 splash, but Okada kicked out. The two fought on the top rope, as Okada reversed a top-rope hurricanrana into a nasty powerbomb! He picked Dorada up for another Rainmaker attempt, but that was reversed into a small cradle for a near-fall! Okada nailed another dropkick and hit Konosuke Takeshita’s Raging Fire, followed by a Rainmaker to get the pinfall win.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5
Match #9: Undisputed ROH Women’s World TV Championship Match – Mercedes Moné def. Red Velvet
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Moné toyed with Velvet early on but got too cocky, so Velvet was able to turn it around. On the outside, Moné got back in control and threw Velvet into Statlander. Statlander chased Moné back to the ring, where Velvet tossed the ROH Women’s World TV Title to Moné and pretended like she got knocked out. The referee turned around and saw this, so Velvet rolled up Moné for a two count and then nailed her with a roundhouse kick for another near-fall. Moné turned things back around and started toying with Velvet again until Velvet found a second wind. She crushed Moné across the ropes for a two count but took too long to attack again and got caught in the Statement Maker. However, Velvet was able to escape into a La Magistral for a near-fall and turned that into a bicep submission. Moné got out with a rollup, but missed a Meteora in the corner, and Velvet followed with a kick and a release German suplex for another nearfall. Velvet trapped Moné in a full-body armbar, only for it to be reversed into a lungblower for a two count. The two fought on the top rope until Velvet used a body scissors to launch Moné to the mat for another near-fall. They wound up back on the top turnbuckle, where Moné turned the momentum into a top-rope lungblower to earn a very hard-fought pinfall win.
My Score: 4 out of 5
Final Verdict: 4/5
This week’s AEW delivered a solid go-home stretch heading into Full Gear, balancing strong in-ring work with some slightly uneven execution. Bobby Lashley staking his claim as the #1 entrant in the Casino Gauntlet gave the show a real sense of direction, while the tag team clash featuring Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli against Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong added grit and urgency to the Death Riders’ momentum. Not everything landed perfectly — the closing sequence of Benjamin vs. Speedball definitely wobbled and broke the pacing — but the overall flow still worked. Energetic crowd, big-match feel, and enough storyline movement to keep things rolling. A great go-home show for Full Gear.