AEW Collision 5/2/2026

AEW Collision 5/2/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/aew-collision-4252026-playoff-palooza.html

We are in Peoria, IL. Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

The Dogs (Clark Connors and David Finlay) and The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, PAC and Claudio Castagnoli) vs The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz, Dezmond Xavier and Myron Reed) and Top Flight (Dante and Darius Martin)

The faces dive on the heels to start. Everyone fights all over the place. Claudio gorilla presses Reed. Reed enzugiri's him. Reed suicide dives Claudio. Everyone fights outside. 

Clark hits shots on Zach. Zach hits chops and forearms on him in the corner. Zach 2nd rope springboard tornillo's Clark for 2. DF stomps on Zach in the corner. DF gets kicked by Dez and Reed when he gets in. Dez standing ssp's DF. Darius armdrags Pac. Mox lariats Darius down. Mox corner lariats Darius then hits mounted corner punches. Mox then bites him.

Darius dropkicks Mox. Dante flying corner lariats Mox. Mox takes a suplex into a slingshot swanton. Reed and Mox trade chops. Reed springboard dropkicks Mox. Reed is thrown out. Shafir kicks Reed outside. Dez flying ddt's Claudio off the apron. Dez is thrown into the post by DF. Clark pounces Zach over the commentary table. Darius swings off the post to kick Pac. Reed legdrops Mox over the 2nd rope. Reed comes off the top and Claudio euros him. We go to PiP break and return.  

Reed and Clark fight. Clark suplexes him. Reed hits upkicks on Clark. The heels knock the faces off the apron. Reed hits a double cutter on the heels. 3 faces hit stereo topes on the heels outside.

Dez cutters DF. Dez cardiac kicks Clark for 2. Clark is catapulted into a superkick and held for a top rope double stomp. DF dominators Zach and Clark spears Zach for 2. Clark knees Zach in the gut. Zach handspring jumping knees him. 

Darius and Pac go at it. Darius backslides him for 2 then la magistral's him. They trade pin attempts. Dante springboard crossbodies Pac for 2. Dante superkicks Pac. Darius bottom rope flatliners Pac for 2. Claudio double suplexes Top Flight. Claudio giant swings Dante and Mox basement dropkicks Dante as he swings.

Claudio takes superkicks to the knee and a 5 person basement dropkick. DF takes a triple superkick then corner attacks. Dez takes a high/low. Reed and Zach hit stereo bottom rope springboard codebreakers. Darius tornado ddt's Mox. Pac superkicks Dante. Darius rolls up Pac for 2. Darius takes corner attacks. Pac running lariats Darius then submits him with the brutalizer.

Thoughts: It was a good tag. It was full of action, creative multi-person spots and one of the longest runs outside I've ever seen where people would just take one big move after enough. This delivered and was a lot of fun.

We see Luchasaurus diving Jack Perry around in a bus. Jack takes the mic and says the road is long. Jack says they aren't stopping for anyone. We then see them stopping to urinate. Jack says he's the National champ and says f*ck you if you don't like it. Jack then pushes the camera man out of the bus.

AEW National Title - Jack Perry (c) vs Mascara Dorada

They lock up. JP wristlocks him and MD cartwheels and flips out. MD armdrags him. JP trips MD then side headlocks him. JP akes him over with it. JP shoulders him over. MD reverse monkey flips him then dropkicks him. 

MD corkscrew headscissors JP. MD walks up the ropes, does a flip and armdrags him down. MD then walks up the ropes and does a similar spot into an armdrag. MD tornillo's him over the top. MD is sent into the post and JP wraparound kicks him on the post. They fight on the rail. MD canadian destroyers him on the rail top. 

We go to PiP break, full break and return. MD flips off the top. JP superkicks him then is superkicked back. JP poisonrana's him. MD code red's him. MD hits forearms. JD spinning side slams him for 2. MD enzugiri's him from the apron. MD goes for a springboard and is forearmed down. JP top rope moonsaults him outside.

JP gutwrench sitout powerbombs him for 2. JP hits mounted corner punches. MD 619's his leg. MD electric chairs him and flips him into a neckbreaker for 2. JP is knocked off the 2nd rope. MD top rope 450's him for 2. They fight on the apron and Jack 2nd rope diving headscissors him down to the floor. Jack comes off the top and takes a pumping knee. MD sitout dominators him for 2. 

MD top rope moonsaults and JP gets his knees up. They fight on the buckles. JP top rope hurricanrana's him and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like this at all. They did too much, they didn't sell much and it just went on and on. Jack won as expected because this company just loves him. This was tiring to sit through.

Renee tries to interview Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida after Dynamite. Shida gets mad about losing and says it wasn't her fault. Stat says she didn't listen and kept tagging herself in. She slams her against the wall and says Shida cost her everything. Shida says she will make it up to her and gets shoved.

The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Kyle O'Reilly) vs MxM TV (Madden, Mansoor and Johnny TV)

Mansoor mocks Kyle then takes a leg kick. Kyle leg kicks Madden, who then tags out. JTV takes a chest kick from Kyle. Kyle hits mounted corner punches on JTV. RS then hits some. OC goofs around and tries to but is brought down. 

JTV tornillos out onto Kyle and RS. MxM then pose. OC poses with them. OC takes a leg lariat + german suplex. JTV hits starship pain on OC for 2. Mansoor is up top and gets crotched then Madden is pushed into him. Madde double chops OC down.

RS hits chops on Madden. RS olympic slams Madden. OC is on RS' shoulders and he ducks a lariat somehow. OC then punches Mansoor while Mansoor is on the ropes. OC pushes him off onto an opponent outside. OC top rope elbow drops JTV for the win.

Thoughts: It was short. OC goofed around like always and I didn't appreciate that. MxM were basically used as jobbers like always.

Tomasso Ciampa comes out after.

The announcers talk about Rebel having health problems and say they are praying for her.

AEW TBS Title - Willow Nightingale (c) vs Anna Jay

Willow blocks a roll up and side headlock takeovers her. Anna headscissors her. Willow puts her on the top rope and tells her to show her her fire. Anna hits forearms then Willow shoulders her over. Anna sunset flips her for 2. Anna cradles her for 2 twice.

Willow hits lariats in the corner then misses a senton. Anna flipping neckbreakers her for 2. Anna basement dropkicks her for 2. Willow sweeps her on the apron. Willow cannonballs her off the apron. We go to PiP break and return.

Willow spinebusters her. Anna back elbows her and forearms her. Anna bulldogs her for 2. Willow backsplashes her in the corner. Willow superplexes her then death valley drivers her for 2. Anna side kicks her then facebusters her for 2. Anna sleepers her. Willow rams her in the corner to break it. Willow doctor bombs her and wins.

Thoughts: They are pushing this gimmick where Willow beats girls who are returning being out. She beat Anna here who was returning from being out. What we got was acceptable but nothing too special. Willow won as expected. 

Shida, Statlander, Harley and Mina Shirakawa are interviewed by Renee. Shida tells Statlander she's sorry and says she has got her a tag match vs Harley and Mina to make it up. Harley mocks her about not being on her level. Mina asks how she can trust Stat and asks where she was when Toni Storm was attacked. 

The Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia) vs The Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson and Ace Austin)

Yuta and JR go at it. JR is hit from behind and double teamed. JR takes a double back elbow. Ace tags in. He hits shots on The Riders and russian legsweeps DG. Ace legdrops DG. Yuta superkicks Ace in the gut.

Ace kicks Yuta on the mat. Ace basement dropkicks Yuta. Ace handstands on the apron but Yuta dropkicks him down. Shafir and DG beat up on Ace outside. Yuta fisherman suplexes Ace for 2. We go to PiP break > full break and return.

Ace takes corner attacks. Ace takes a double basement dropkick. DC headscissors Ace on the mat. Ace spears DG in the gut. DG rolls through a slingshot sunset flip. Ace death valley drivers DG. 

JR tags in. He hits shots on the heels then sentons Yuta. Yuta topes DG on accident outside. Yuta's head is banged off the commentary table and he gets busted open hard and fast. JR hits jabs on Yuta. Shafir distracts JR. Yuta is pushed into Shafir. JR backrolls Yuta for 2. JR leg lariats Yuta for 2. 

DG back body drops Ace over the top and Ace hits his head off the steps. DG piledrivers JR. DG rocket launchers Yuta onto JR for 2. We get some fast action. Yuta suplexes Ace. JR ddt's Yuta and pins him.

Thoughts: This was notable for Yuta getting busted open randomly. This had happened to him before a few years ago. This was fine. Ace was in for a while then Juice got the hot tag and pulled out the win.

JR points at Mox after. DG nails JR from behind then stomps and foot chokes him. Yuta stomps on Ace. Mox gets in the ring. The Gunn's (Austin and Colten) then come in. Colten returns. They get the edge on the heels and Shafir pulls Mox out. Yuta takes a 310 to Yuma.

Colten says The Colllision Cowboys are back and says this is their show. They then do their Gunn's Up line.

Lexi interviewed Megan Bayne and Lena Kross. Lena says they just beat Stat and Shida. They say the only hope this division has is if both of them are struck down. They tell the other girls to just stop trying.

Skye Blue vs Nixi XS

SB running facekicks Nix then boots her in the back of the head. Nix boots SB from the apron. SB boots Nix off the apron then bangs her head off the steps. SB bridging twisting neckbreaker her on the floor. SB running powerbombs her then pumping knees her for 2. SB does a grounded dragon sleeper variation and submits her.

Thoughts: It was just a squash. They seemed to have fell off track a bit near the end. Sky won as expected. Nixi is starting to become a regular.

AEW TNT Title - Kevin Knight (c) vs Hook

Hook pulls him down off the lock up. Hook wristlocks him. KK headflips out then rolls him. KK knee drops Hook's arm. Hook hip throws him. Hook flips out of a hiptoss then KK does as well. KK armdrags him twice. They each hit shots in the corner. Hook hits shots to the gut and a headbutt. 

KK dropkicks Hook off the apron. KK goes after Hook outside and Katsuyori Shibata goes after him. Hook overhead suplexes KK into the front row onto a planted fan. We go to PiP break and return.

Hook nrothern lights suplexes him for 2. KK running lariats him twice. KK jumping lariats him. KK slams him then standing splashes him for 2. Hook is on the 2nd rope and KK jumps from the mat to hurricanrana him down. KK dropkicks him against the bottom buckle.

KK goes up top and Shibata crotches him. Hook 2nd rope overhead suplexes him. Hook does a nasty head and arm suplex for 2. Hook PK's him for 2. KK backrolls him for 2 then knocks Shibata off the apron. KK nearly dies on a release german then lariats him. KK jumping ddt's him. KK top rope ufo splashes Hook and pins him.

Thoughts: I really don't want to put this over because Hook threw some dangerous looking suplexes and Kevin got very very lucky to survive the one release german he threw. This is wrestling. It's fake. We want everyone to make the next show. Getting hurt isn't worth it. It was easily the best match Hook has had in a long long time though besides that.

Overall thoughts: We had a good opener to start things which was the match of the night. Jack/Dorada overdid it. Orange Cassidy screwed around in his match and brought it down like always. That bout was also one-sided. Willow/Anna wasn't bad. Yuta bled bigtime in his tag match and that had the return of Austin and Colten Gunn. Skye Blue won a quick squash. The main was Hook's best match but Kevin nearly got hurt bad in it. It was okay overall and I'd give it a 6 out of 10.