AEW Collision 4/16/2026 Collision Spring Break Thru

AEW Collision 4/16/2026 Collision Spring Break Thru

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/aew-collision-4112026.html

Note - This aired on a Thursday against Impact, WWE Main Event, JCW and multiple indies so it didn't have to air against Wrestlemania. 

We are in Seattle, WA. Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness and Excalibur are on commentary.

Adam Copeland comes out to talk. He says Dynasty didn't go their way. He has a black eye and says he has staples in his forehead. He said FTR did what they said they would do. He says Christian's arm is messed up. He says they took Christian's watch and you don't mess with his women, wine or watch. 

Cope tells FTR this is more than about titles and says they won't just walk away. He says Christian was retired for 7 years and he was retired for 9 years. He says they will take their pound of flesh.

FTR come out then Trent Baretta and Rocky Romero jump Cope. FTR joins in. The Young Bucks come out to help. Cope spears Trent. The Bucks and Cope shake hands. 

Jack Perry does a promo. He says he got a taste of defending his title at Dynasty. He says he beat Don Callis' most dangerous man in Mark Davis. He says he wants to shove his title up Don's nose and tells him to pick his favorite goon to face him next week for the AEW National Title.  

The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. The Rascalz (Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz)

A Buck wristlocks Zach. Zach backflips and armdrags him to escape. A Buck spinning heel kicks him. Zach takes a flipping neckbreaker + backbreaker combo. Reed takes a sunset flip german. Zach is catapulted into a kick then takes a to prope double stomp.

Reed pushes The Buck's into each other. Reed upkicks a Buck. Zach comes in and knocks The Bucks down. He germans a Buck then superkicks the other in the head. Zach then hits a double stomp on the back. Reed and Zack do stereo topes out. Zach jumps off his partner's back and suicide dives outside. 

A Buck sends The Rascalz into each other. He then gets hit with a stunner > superkick > german. We go to PiP break and return. A Buck walks up the buckles and does a diving armdrag + headscissors combo. Zach is caught off a handspring and is hit with triple northern lights suplexes. A Buck then northern lights suplexes both opponents.

A Buck ddt's Zach. Reed takes enzugiri's in the corner and The Bucks do high-five bulldogs. The Bucks hit stereo top rope moves for 2 counts. The Bucks hit stereo sunset flips into sharpshooters. The Bucks hit superkicks. Reed makes the one kick the other. Reed kips up and cutters a Buck. Reed runs into a superkick. Zach handspring jumping knees a Buck then springboard utters him. Reed jumps over the top and cutters a Buck from the apron to the floor.

Zach spiral taps a Buck. Reed top rope 450's a Buck for 2. A Buck top rope hurricanran's Reed. Reed takes a bte trigger for 2. Zack's 2nd rope tornillo is caught. The Buck's are pushed into each other. Zach lariats one to the apron. A Buck moonsaults off the apron onto Reed. Zach takes a meltzer driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was the same Bucks match as always with everything either having a flip attached to it or being part of overly complicated double team. It's just nothing more than a collection of spots. Reed's top rope cutter to the floor continues to look like it hurts him more than anything else.

The Dogs (minus Gabe) attack The Bucks. A Buck gets hit with a shillelagh. Dezmond Xavier comes out and is hit then powerbombed into the post. Reed is then pounced into a rail. Zack takes a suplex + top rope spear combo. 

Finlay says they may be down one dog but if you want to kill them, you have to kill all of them. He says they want bodies and gold. Clark says the tag division is about to get screwed.

We get a Divine Dominion video. They pose with people posing in Roman costumes. They says they domainte, have beauty and have unrivaled fury.

AEW World Trios Title Eliminator Match - The Conglomeration (Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong) vs. The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

Jay boots Kyle in the corner. Kyle hits punches. Jay is pulled down on a cartwheel and rolled up for 2. Jay takes an atomci drop into a facekick. OC chinlocks Jay with his sunglasses on. RS tags in and chops Lee. Lee takes chops and kicks in the corner. Jay takes a backbreaker + knee drop off the buckles. Lee takes a backbreaker + elbow drop from OC.

OC puts Blake's hands in his (OC's) pockets. OC then puts his hands in his own pockets. OC then tries an armdrag like that. OC stunners BC out of a suplex. Jay hits Kyle in the leg with a title belt. RS is dropkicked off the apron then Blake asai moonsaults him outside. OC takes corner attacks. Blake is monkey flipped into a lariat on OC. The Twist then strut.

We go to PiP break and return. OC back bodydrops Lee while he blocks a sunset flip. RS tags in and hits offense on the heels. RS backbreakers Blake then lariats Jay over the top. RS throws OC into Blake then throws him into a ddt on Lee. RS olympic slams Blake for 2. RS boots Lee off the ropes. 

Kyle flying knees Jay off the apron. Kyle hits shots on Lee then russian legsweeps him. Jay dragon screws Kyle then Kyle cradles him. Kyle takes a double team. Kyle takes a suplex +handspring corkscrew kick. Jay top rope elbow drops Kyle for 2.

OC and Blake trade weak leg kicks. They superkick each other. Everyone starts doing some kicks. Kyle gets clipped then Jay figure fours Kyle. Kyle ankle locks Lee and submits him.

Thoughts: It was the usual OC match with him and his opponents screwing around even though there was a title shot on the line. I hated it and it's a shame as it would have been fine without all the screwing around.

Hook and Anthony Bowens talk. Bowens asks if he's in or out of The Opps. Hook says he will tell him next week as he's the boss of The Opps and what he says goes. Hook talks about a coffee shop to Shibata.  

Hikaru Shida & Kris Statlander vs. Big Anne & Danika Della Rouge

Kris backs up DDR in the corner then backdrops her. DDR hits some shots. Kris trips her then catapults her into the buckles. Anne comes in and takes corner attacks. Shida and Kris hit attacks on the jobbers in the corner. Shida flying knees them.

Shida kneelifts Anne on the apron edge. Shida falcon arrows her. Kris hits staturday night fever on DDR and pins her.

Thoughts: It was all squash and not too much of note. Shida's team won as expected.

AEW Continental Title Eliminator Match - Jon Moxley vs. Nick Wayne

Nick hangs out with the fans to start. Mox side headlocks Nick. Nick rolls Mox and armlocks him. Mox trips him. Nick backs up Mox on the ropes and forearms him. Nick snapmares Mox then kicks him in the back. Mox chops Nick down. Mox hits mounted punches on Nick. Nick flying euros Mox.

Nick legdrops Moxthen back kicks him in the side of the head. Nick poses. Mox goes out and is seemingly deciding what to do to Nick. Mox offers a Nick a handshake. Nick shakes his hand. Mox piledrivers him.

We go to PiP break and return. Mox boots Nick in the corner then release suplexes him for 2. Nick dropkicks Mox off the 2nd rope. They headbutt each other then trade forearms. Nick standing shiranui's Mox. Mox lariats him then Nick dragon suplexes him. Nick rolls into a code red on him for 2.

Mox cutters Nick for 2. Mox facekicks Nick. Nick hits forearms and Mox bites his nose. Nick spits in his face then high kicks him. Nick top rope moonsaults Mox outside. Mox chinlocks Nick. Nick jack knife's him for 2. Nick high kicks him. Mox's bleeding from the eyebrow. Mox bulldog chokes Nick and releases it.

Nick hits forearms on Mox. Mox double underhook high angle ddt's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It went long a over 15 minutes and Mox got his eyebrow busted open. It was kind of a lose-lose situation as both guys are champs and someone had to lose here. This was a random one and was really only done because Nick is in his hometown. I think they mostly did okay with it as they didn't overdo it and Nick played up the cock young heel role okay.

Kazuchika Okada and Don Callis are interviewed. Don says he watched the tape and says Takeshita didn't play by the arrangement they set up. Don says he can get Okada out of the title match with Takeshita. Okada says he wants the match as he's a champ and knows he can beat him, unlike Takeshita.

PAC vs. Lio Rush

Lio talks to himself in the corner and says you gotta dig deep. Pac pokes him but backs off. Pac then stomps him and backs off in fear. Lio offers a handshake. Pac spin kicks him in the gut.  Lio does goofy screams. Lio jumps on him then Pac shoulders him over. Lio bridges for no reason and is stomped. Lio enzugiri's him out. Lio tells him to come back and grabs him by the chin.

Lio chases Pac around the ring then jumps on Daniel Garcia. Garcia screams and Pac boots Lio over. Pac foot chokes Lio. Garcia then boots Lio. Pac tombstones Lion on the floor. We go to PiP break and return.   

Lio sends Pac into the buckles and Lio takes an overhead belly to belly into the buckles. Pac goes up top and Lio makes odd yelling sounds. Lio hits strikes on him and handspring kicks him off the apron. Lio low topes him.

Lio gets on his back with a sleeper. Lio poisonrana's him for 2. Garcia gets on the apron. Lio stares him down. Garcia throws water at him. Pac germans Lio then rebound germans him. Pac running lariats Lio then puts him in the brutalizer. Lio is out with a smile on his face.

Thoughts: I don't know what Lio is doing but he's trying and it's getting people to notice him, even if it's for the wrong reasons. Lio's a decent worker and good on the mic, but he never really got to show off his mic skills or do longer feuds, so it made no difference how good he was on the mic. This would have been better without the theatrics.

We get a Bandido county western style video.

Brody King, Mascara Dorada & Mistico vs. Bull Rivera, KC Riff & Ricky Gibson

Riky hits King from behind and is chopped down. Bull takes chops from the faces. Mist topes the jobbers outside. MD tornillos Bull outside. King over the shoulder piledrivers Ricky and pins him.

Thoughs: It was a short squash and not much of note. I was surprised they were able to squeeze dives in from the faces here.

Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida are there and Mina Shirakawa comes in. Mina wants to talk to Shida. She says she doesn't trust her. Mina pushes her and Kris breaks it up. Mina tells Kris she doesn't trust Shida.

AEW Women's World Title Match - Thekla (c) vs. Alex Windsor

Thek ducks a lock up. Alex chases her around the ring. Thek pounds on Alex. Alex shoulders Thek over then hits mounted shots. Alex chops Thek. Thek forearms her. Alex lariats her down. Alex suplexes her then russian legsweeps her for 2. Thek stalls outside. Thek sweeps Alex on the apron. Thek then facekicks her off the apron. Thek top rope plancha's her outside. We go to PiP break and return.

Thek hanging headscissors Alex over the top rope. Thek superkicks her in the head. Thek chops her in the corner. Alex corner lariats her then flying lariats her. Thek hits upkicks. Alex blue thunders her for 2. 

They trade forearms. Thek slaps her. Alex headbutts her down. Alex sharpshooters her. Thek ropebreaks. Thek does an octopus on her.Alex lariats her. They fight on the buckles. Thek tries to hit her with brass knuckles. Alex headbutts her then Thek hits her with the knucks. Thek curbstomps Alex and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that interesting of a match. It was mostly all striking and I didn't buy that Alex was winning here. The finish didn't help either.

Overall thoughts: It was a show with a lot of in-ring action on it. Copeland did a promo and got jumped by FTR to start things. The Bucks had their usual match that I didn't like as did Orange Cassidy. Shida and Kris won a squash. Mox/Nick Wayne wasn't bad. I'm not sure what to make of Pac/Lio due to Lio's new gimmick. We had another squash then a somewhat boring main. We surpisingly didn't hear from MJF or Darby here. I'd give it a 5 out of 10. I thought it was an average show.