AEW Dynamite/Collision 5/20/2026
Last week's Dynamite is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/aew-dynamite-5132026.html
We are in Portland, ME. Taz, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.
We see The Young Bucks and Chris Jericho outside near a lightpost. The Bucks say CJ is one of AEW's founding fathers. CJ apologizes for beating up their dad. CJ says he's honored to team with them. The Bucks say their opponents won't know what hit them tonight. They then argue over what their team name should be.
Chris Jericho and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs The Don Callis Family (Andrade el Idolo and Mark Davis) and Ricochet
CJ shoulders over Idolo. CJ chops him. Idolo flirts with women in the front row. CJ chops Idolo. Idolo takes a triple team in the corner. CJ dropkicks Idolo off the top. Idolo takes a fist drop + standing moonsault + springboard 450 combo from all 3 opponents. Mark slams and sentons a Buck.
CJ and Idolo's heads are banged together. A Buck hits punches on CJ and Idolo. He then shiranui's Idolo off of Ric. A Buck superkicks Mark outside. A Buck northern lights suplexes Idolo then rolls and drops Ric chest first on the mat. A Buck hits a double northern lights suplex. The Buck's hit stereo topes outside. CJ top rope plancha's on the heels outside.
We go to PiP break and return. A Buck walks up the ropes and does a diving headscissors + armdrag. CJ shoulders over Idolo. CJ top rope double axe handles Idolo then bulldogs him. All 6 men fight in the corners. The faces all hit mounted corner punches then do hurricanrana's down one by one.
Idolo takes a double superkick then a codebreaker. Ric is thrown out. Idolo takes superkick from the Bucks. Mark is swept into a double superkick. Ric springboards into a double superkick. Idolo suplexes a Buck 3 times. Idolo suplexes one Buck onto the other. Idolo takes a BTE trigger.
CJ lariats Ric over the top. CJ baseball slides Ric. Ric bangs CJ's head off the commentary table. BC backdrops Ric off a box through a table. Idolo spinning back elbows Mark on accident. Idolo takes a double superkick then a BTE trigger for 2. Clark Connors and David Finlay interfere. Finlay hits a Buck with his shillelagh and Idolo scores the pin to win on him.
Thoughts: I didn't like the comedic stuff here as it wasn't even timed well. It was the usual Bucks match otherwise with them doing a bunch of flips and superkicks. We didn't see a lot of Mark Davis in this for some reason. It was average and the finish wasn't great.
Toa Liona comes down and beats up one of The Bucks. Jack Perry comes out with a bag of onions. He hits Toa with them. Toa lariats him. Mark chokes Jack with a chair. Toa puts an onion in Jack's mouth.
The Hurt Business comes down to join the fight. The fight goes into the crowd. Lashley hits shots on Toa and hits a big spear.
We get a video on Okada vs Takeshita.
Darby Allin is interviewed. He says he feels all the bumps and bruises from all the title matches he has been in. He says it's a great feeling to be champ. He says MJF is vain and says without his hair, he will be eaten alive. He says he will do whatever it takes vs Speedball tonight.
We get a video on MJF vs Darby.
Anything Goes Match - Tommaso Ciampa vs Mark Briscoe
TC has an anime button down shirt on for some reason. Mark comes out with a trash can backpack. Mark throws it in.
Mark hits punches on TC. TC punches back. Mark uppercuts him. Mark flying forearms him. TC dropkicks Mark in the knee and hits him in the back with a trash can. TC tries to grab a weapon out of the trash can and gets his hand caught on a mouse trap. Mark dropkicks him through the ropes. Mark breaks a mop on TC's back.
TC is put in a chair and Mark cannonballs him off the apron. Mark chokes TC with a chain. TC is put on a table. Mark is up top and TC throws him through the table.
TC uses a cheese grater on Mark's head and immediately busts him open big. We go to PiP break and return. Mark sprays TC with a fire extinguisher. A ladder is in the ring. TC hits Mark with a metal sign. Mark hits forearms and exploders TC.
Mark pounds on TC outside. Mark staples barbed wire to a table. TC hits Mark with a trash can. TC rakes Mark's face with barbed wire. Mark has paper stapled to his head. TC gets a kneepad with tacks on. TC is tripped into a ladder.
Mark stabs TC with a screwdriver. Mark is suplexed into a ladder for 2. TC pumping knees Mark with the tacks. Mark puts two chairs back to back then iconoclasm's TC onto the top of them. Mark jaydrillers TC off the apron through a table. Mark froggy bows TC inside and wins.
Thoughts: It was all hardcore wrestling here with them using a bunch of different weapons and bleeding. It was alright but there wasn't much here beyond the hardcore stuff.
Tony Schiavone talks in the ring. Prince Nana comes out and interrupts. He tells him to get out. Nana brings out Swerve Strickland. Bandido attacks Swerve from behind. Band sends him into the rails. Band knocks Swerve off the apron and tope con hilos him. Band sends Swerve into the steps. Nana grabs a chair and Band catches him.
Swerve hits Band from behind. Swerve hits mounted shots. Band gorilla press slams Swerve with one arm. Band goes for a chair shot (after failing to catch it) and Swerve retreats.
Willow Nightingale says winning the TBS Title was one of the best moments of her career. She says she wanted to prove she's everything she says. She says she injured her shoulder vs Red Velvet. She says she wants to wrestle at Double or Nothing but she has to withdraw from the Owen Hart Tournament and vacate the TBS Title. She says she will be back but doesn't know when and will come back to the top.
AEW Continental Title Eliminator Match - Jon Moxley (c) vs Kyle O'Reilly
Mox blocks a takedown and KOR arm locks him. Mox side headlocks him and takes him over. Kyle side headlocks him. Mox takes him down by the wrist. Kyle trips him. They grapple. Mox hits a big forearm and facekicks him.
Mox chops him in the corner. Kyle hits kicks and a legsweep. Kyle leg kicks him and suplexes him for 2. They trade forearms. Mox hits punches. Mox drops him with a gut punch. Mox eye rakes him then hits shots to the gut.
Kyle back body drops Mox over the top rope. Kyle runs the ropes but hurts his ribs. Mox facekicks him. We go to PiP break and return. Kyle eye rakes him. Kyle hits leg kicks. Kyle flying forearms him then flying knees him. Kyle misses a rebound lariat and Mox goes for a sleeper.
Kyle snapmares him then top rope flying knees him. Kyle ankle locks him and Mox ropebreaks. Kyle facekicks Mox off the apron. They facekick each other at the same time and double lariat each other down.
Kyle is up top and is hit with a forearm. Mox bites him and rakes his back. Mox superplexes him. Kyle armbars him then goes for the ankle lock. Mox bulldog chokes him. Kyle pulls Mox's arm down over the top rope. Kyle running corner dropkicks him. Mox utters Kyle then hits mounted shots. Kyle does a head and arm choke. Kyle exploders him.
Mox hits up kicks and Kyle PK's him. They trade forearms. Mox misses a curbstomp and Kyle ankle locks him. The time limit then runs out.
Thoughts: It was as lower paced match with only a 20 minute time limit so it was obvious it was going the limit after a certain point. They sold a lot and traded a bunch of holds. It wasn't the most exciting bout ever but I'd say it was acceptable.
Kyle earns a title shot for surviving the 20 minute time limit. Kyle says he has a rematch and says it'll be no time limit when they face each other.
Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida are interviewed about Willow Nightingale. Shida says they will fight for the tag titles and are so excited. Shida says they aren't here to fight tonight but to watch. Shida says their eyes are on the entire division. Shida moves down Kris' glasses. Kris tells her to watch herself. Kris then leaves.
Rush does a promo. He says if Darby Allin survives this week, he says he wants a title shot next week. He says he will win and says if you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
Athena, Julia Hart, Thekla and Skye Blue vs Thunder Rosa, Jamie Hayter, Alex Windsor and Mina Shirakawa
Rosa wristlocks her. Rosa headscissors her into a roll up. Rosa springboard twisting crossbodies her. Alex and SB get in and chop each other. SB takes a sunset flip and is booted in the head.
Mina spin kicks Thek then trips her. Mina basement dropkicks her from behind. Mina slingshot tornillo's Thek. We go to PiP break and return. Mina hits forearms on SB and is thrown back. Mina is put in the tarantula. Alex takes a hanging headscissors over the top. Ath goes to slam Mina and Mina escapes.
Mina flying headscissors Ath. Rosa hits lariats on SB. Rosa flying lariats her and dropkicks her against the bottom rope. Rosa northern lights suplexes her for 2. Everyone comes in to hit a move then leaves. The sequence ends with Ath hitting a euro on Rosa.
Ath goes for a dive and Mina kicks her to block it. Ath catches Mina off the apron. Mina spinning ddt's Ath on the floor. Rosa corner dropkicks Thek. SB superkicks Rosa then pumping knees her. SB takes a russian legsweep + kick outside. Hart mists Rosa and Thek rolls up Rosa to pin her.
Thoughts: It was all action. It didn't get a ton of time for how many people were involved and they definitely rushed things. They missed a few shots here but it wasn't that bad.
Jetspeed talk. Knight says they will become the face of AEW together like they drew it up. Knight says he will become AEW champ. Knight tells him not to forget about him when he wins the title as he wants to challenge him. Mike says he's on.
The Death Riders work out in the back. Mox is asked how things will be vs Kyle with no time limit. Mox says tonight wasn't a moral victory. He thanks Kyle for pushing him. He says Kyle did something extraordinary by tapping him out twice. Mox says Kyle rolled the dice tonight an won. He asks what Kyle's odds are and says the house finally wins. He says Game 7 is the only game that matters. He says when the game is on the line, does he miss?
AEW World Title - Darby Allin (c) vs Mike Bailey
MJF comes out before the match starts to do commentary.
Mike kicks him down then 2nd rope dropkicks him. Mike corner corkscrew kicks him. Mike hits some kicks while DA is between the ropes. Mike then legsweeps him off the apron. Mike triangle moonsaults DA outside. DA is sent into the rails. Mike hits mounted shots on the floor and double knee drops DA.
Mike slams him on the floor then double knee drops him off the steps. Mike is crotched on top of the rails. DA reverse ddt's him on the rail top. We go to PiP break and return. Mike hits him in the gut. DA puts the steps on Mike's bare foot. Mike superkicks him with the other foot.
DA topes Mike hard. DA blind springboards and is hit in the back. Mike superkicks him and misses ultimate weapon. DA top rope coffin drops Mike's back. DA goes for the pin and MJF helps Mike ropebreak. Kevin Knight runs down and gets in MJF's face.
Mike gets a 2 count on DA and roundhouse kicks him. Mike spinning roundhouse kicks him for 2. Mike PK's him then hits a standing moonsault double knee. Mike superkicks him.
DA reverse ddt's him. DA scorpion deathlocks him. Mike rope breaks and DA top rope coffin drops him. DA scorpion deathlocks him. Mike taps out.
Thoughts: It was a very one-sided match with Mike getting a bunch of offense in before losing. Mike lost as expected. They didn't overdo it here too much. I would have liked a different finish in this. It was very fast paced and you'd miss something if you blinked. This was alright.
Kevin Knight tells Mike he's okay and says he give Darby the biggest fight of his life as Mike is half out of it. Kevin says he's proud of him. Kevin says Darby represents AEW and says it's up to him to humble MJF. Kevin says if he can beat MJF, he knows Darby can. Kevin says they will send MJF back to Turkey after shaving him bald. Kevin says they will be waiting on him after. Kevin says they are counting on him.
MJF then comes in when Kevin and Mike leave and nails Darby from behind. MJF then hits mounted shots on Darby. MJF grabs hair clippers. Darby stomps him from using them. Darby then grabs the clippers and MJF runs away.
The Death Riders hype up Will Ospreay in the back. Garcia says he's got it.
Will Ospreay vs Katsuyori Shibata
KS runs at him and they battle for an armbar. KS offers a handshake and Will gives him in the finger. KS knees him in the face and throws him out. KS suplexes him on the apron then the floor. Will's head is banged off the apron.
Will is put in a chair and KS boots him over. KS hits chops and forearms in the corner. Will running facekicks him. Will hits more forearms. KS flying facekicks him. Will facekicks him down.
Will slingshot plancha's him. We go to PiP break and return. They trade shots in the ring and Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. Will springboard flying forearms him for 2. Will armbars KS then hits Kawada kicks on him. Will chops him. KS front facelocks him. KS corner dropkicks him then underhook suplexes him for 2.
KS kicks him in the back then Will does it back to him. Will back elbows him and falcon arrows him for 2. Will flying forearms him behind. Anthony Bowens comes out and interferes. KS hits a hidden blade on Will for 2.
Shafir and Claudio of The Death Riders come out. Shafir backs up Bowens. KS blows Will. Will powerbombs him off a triangle attempt then hits a styles clash. Will hidden blades him from behind and wins.
Thoughts: It was one of Shibata's better AEW matches. They were able to work around his weaknesses and the two were able to work together despite being very different wrestlers. This was an interesting match and I liked this.
Samoa Joe comes out. He says Will's friends came to his rescue again. Joe says he will have Will all to himself soon. He says he came out to check on his friends and Will made a choice not to be his friend. He says he will make him suffer those consequences at Double or Nothing. Joe says he will give him his dream match and says he guarantees he will have put him to sleep.
Will says the match is a dream come true but says Joe says it's a nightmare situation. Will talks about wanting to win the Owen Hart Tournament goes to fight for the title at Wembley Stadium. He says The Death Riders killed the old him and rebuilt him into a killer. Will says he will be champion.
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage talk. Cope says he met him in 6th grade and found out they both love wrestling. He says they did everything together. Cope says FTR wants to kill their connection and their tag team. Cope says he wants the best version of FTR and wants to make them say "I Quit". Cage says FTR made questionable decisions. Cage says when you are born you look like your family and when you die, you look like your choices. Cage says they will f*ck them up.
Rush vs. TJ Crawford
They shake hands and Rush doesn't let go. Rush forearms him down. Rush chops him in the corner then stomps on him there. Rush then does his corner basement dropkick and pins him.
Thoughts: It was the usual Rush squash and Rush won as expected.
Rush does his "get the horns" line after.
AEW Women's World Tag Team Title Five Minute Challenge Eliminator Match - Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) vs Elle Valentine & Kayla Lopez
Rnee talks in the aisle and Lena says let's see how long this will last into the mic.
Meg rams her opponent in the corner and hits corner spears. Elle chops her from behind. Elle's head is banged off the buckles and Meg lariats her. Meg hits bolo punches in the corner. Lena corner splashes Elle then hits back elbows on her. Lena spinning side slams her.
Lena superkicks Lopez then hits corner shots. Lena pump kicks her and Meg facekicks her. Meg release germans Lopez. Lena's team suplexes one of the jobbers and throws the other one onto her. Meg chokeslams Lopez and Lena picks up the pin.
Thoughts: It was all squash as expected with Lena's team running over their opponents.
AEW World Tag Team Title Match - FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) vs. The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong)
FTR attack before the bell. OC gets a 2 count on Dax. FTR start waling to the back and RS hits them in the aisle. OC top rope elbow drops FTR outside. RS hits chops on Dax. Dax is back body dropped. Dax takes a fireman's carry gutbuster and Dax is pulled out by Cash.
We go to PiP break and return. Dax chinlocks RS. RS and Dax trade chops. RS backbreakers Dax. RS chops Cash then they double lariat each other. Cash blocks a spinning ddt. Dax is pushed into Cash. OC does an assisted sunset flip on Dax for 2.
RS lariats Dax over the top. RS topes Dax. Dax spinebusters OC for 2. Cash drops OC with a punch. Cash hits punches on OC then chops him. Cash cobra clutches him. OC throws him over. Dax piledrivers OC for 2. We go to PiP break and return. OC is double teamed in the corner. Cash misses a flying move in the corner. RS leg lariats Dax then flying lariats Dax.
RS olympic slams Dax. RS throws OC into the heels then throws him into a ddt on Cash. RS dropkicks Dax through the ropes for 2. OC avoids a shatter machine and gets a 2 count on Cash. FTR mock OC with weak kicks and pretend to put their hands in their pockets. OC cradles Dax for 2 after RS flying kicks Cash.
Dax lariats OC down. Stokeley tries to hit OC and misses. OC is sent into him. OC gets hit with a shatter machine. RS lariats Cash over the top and goes with him. OC backslides Dax for 2. Stoke hits OC with his watch and Dax pins OC.
Thoughts: FTR won as expected, though it took a while. OC didn't screw around so much, so it was more tolerable. FTR also showed OC how you do the pocket spot - by being a heel and mocking someone with it, not by doing it as a fake. I was fine with this one and it was alright.
Overall thoughts: The opener was average. I liked the match with Ciampa/Briscoe but it was mostly just hardcore wrestling. Mox/Kyle was slower paced and they kind of telegraphed that they would be going the time limit. It was acceptable though. The women's 8-man tag wasn't bad. I was fine with Darby/Bailey. Shibata/Ospreay was one of Shibata's better AEW bouts and I liked that more than expected. Rush and Divine Dominion won squashes. The AEW Tag Title match was fine a OC didn't get to screw around so much and it got enough time to play out. It was a long show at over 3 hours and they did their best to account for most of the main players. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as it was okay and they gave us some good matches right before the PPV.






