AEW Collision 7/5/2025 Collision 100

AEW Collision 7/5/2025 Collision 100

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/aew-collision-6262025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/aew-collision-7102025.html

Adam Cole comes out to talk. He says AEW has the best wrestlers and says the fans are the best fans he's been in front of. He says AEW is built on the future (lol that's a lie). He says the TNT Title is going nowhere. He says he's proud to represent TNT and is proud of their future.

Kyle Fletcher comes out. He says Cole has had a good run as the face of TNT but the next 100 episodes belong to him. Kyle says he wants to do "Storytime with The Protostar". He says Cole ruined the best night of his life to stroke his own ego. Kyle says that he is the most perfect pro wrestler in the world. He says he wants nothing more than for Cole to feel how he did 2 years ago. 

Kyle says he wants a shot at his TNT Title at All In Texas. Daniel Garcia comes out. He says if they are talking the TNT Title, they should bring up Daniel Garcia. Garcia says he needs the TNT Title. Cole says he beat him before and will do it again. Cole said he had his number last time but The Don Callis Family got involved in their match. Kyle says he beat Garcia as TNT champ during the Continental Classic and never got the shot. Garcia said he beat him but says who didn't beat him? He says he's been losing his entire life but he gets back up. Garcia says he wants to earn a TNT Title shot. Garcia says him vs Kyle should be a match where the winner gets a TNT Title match with Cole. Cole agrees and says may the best man win.

Toni Storm talks about her match with Mone with a bunch of clips.

Shelton Benjamin vs Kevin Knight vs Nick Wayne

KK's ribs are taped up here. He goes after SB and hits shots. SB knees him in the gut. KK dropkicks SB. SB lariats KK on the floor. KK is sent into the rails and apron. SB exploders Nick.

KK cradles SB for 2. Nick facekicks SB. SB takes a double dropkick out. KK goes for a dive and Nick euros him. Nick hits corner speaks on KK. We go to PiP break and return. SB pop up drops KK and spinning slams Nick for 2. MVP calls Nick a child and says he shouldn't be in the ring with him.

KK springboard sunset flips SB. Nick crucifixes KK. SB takes a double superkick. KK and Nick double clothesline each other. KK superkicks Nick. SB powerbomb throws Nick into KK. SB germans Nick and KK.

SB step up knees his opponents in the corner. Nick tope con hilos SB outside. KK springboard double lariats outside. Nick hits a code red on KK for 2. KK cradles Nick for 2 then dropkicks him.

Nick hits a lethal injection on SB. He goes for the pin and KK top rope 180 frogsplashes both. KK pins SB to win.

Thoughts: I was surprised Kevin won here and I don't know if it was really needed. It was all flying and you would expect and was average.

A camera man tries to interview The Death Riders on Wednesday. Mox shoves the camera away. Claudio says he's sick of The Opps sticking their noise in their business. He says if they want to be heroes, he will give them the opportunity to prove they are heroes. He says the trios title is his then Yuta says it's his too. Claudio says they have a score to settle at All In Texas.

Mark Briscoe, Mistico and Hologram vs Trent Baretta, Rocky Romero and Hechicero

The six fight to start and the faces go down. RR boots Mist in the arm. Mist handspring back elbows RR. Mist walks up the buckles and corkscrews off the top into an armdrag on RR.

Mist flying headscissors RR. Mark hits shots on RR and Trent. Mark back enzugiri's RR. Mark flying forearms Trent. Mist and Holo hits topes outside. Mark tries to jump off a chair to the outside but Trent moves the chair. Trent trips Mark face first into the chair.

We go to break and return. Holo gets on Hech's shoulders and he spinning headscissors him. Holo is thrown up in the air but canadian destroyers Trent off of it. Holo standing spanish flies Hech for 2. Holo is laid on the top rope and double stomped. Hech then flips Holo into an armbar.

Holo flips over Hech's back and tags Mist. Mist springboard diving armdrags Hech. Mist talks up the ropes and diving headscissors Hech. RR rewind kicks Mist. Holo monkey flips RR. Trent half-nelson suplexes Holo. 

Mark hits strikes on Trent. Trent is pulled over the top. Mark cannonballs RR off the apron. Holo and Mark jump off chairs and do tope con hilos outside. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies RR then does la mistica. Mist then submits him.

Thoughts: It was alright with lots of flying and people coming in and out to do cool moves as expected.  

MJF and MVP get on the tron while the faces celebrate. MJF says he wants to talk to Mistico and Mark. MVP says they don't talky-talk, they converse. MJF says he always rolls with his clique. He says Mist is excited about being in the casino gauntlet. He says he will beat Mark in the gauntlet before Mist comes in. He says Mist and Mark can go back to doing what poor people do. MVP says Mark is out of his league. MVP says Mist is a loser. MJF says it's not person in The Syndicate, it's just business. Mark says, "kiss my @ss".

We see Swerve at a Nascar event.

Max Caster is in the ring. He says we are looking live at the best wrestler alive. He says he knows the fans lives are boring and horrible but says they will have the best moment of their lives when they get to chant his name. They do Max's chant with him and Max complains. Max asks if they think this is a joke and if he thinks he's funny. Max then starts a "this crowd sucks" chant which the crowd joins in on.

Max then calls for his opponent. We see Scorpio Sky working out with Top Flight and Christopher Daniels in a video montage.

5 Minute Open Challenge - Max Caster vs Scorpio Sky

Daniels is with Sky. Max hits Sky as he enters and clubs on him. Sky spin kicks him in the gut, knee lifts him then lariats him. Sky pop-up double knees Max in the nuts then TKO's him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a quick one here. I'm not real excited to see Sky back and I'm not sure where he fits in.

Ricochet is interviewed. He says what him and The Gates of Agony talked about last week is no one's business. He says actions speak louder than words though. We then see Blake Christian and Lee Johnson down with The Gates over them. Ric says they need to earn his respect if they want it.

Willow Nightingale vs Vipress

Vip slaps Willow's handshake away. Will waistlock takedowns her then backsplashes her in the corner. Willow hits corner lariats and facekicks her. Willow spinebusters her. Willow is pulled into the 2nd buckle. We see Kris Statlander watching in the back and we see Yuta bug her. She says she doesn't need his help.

Vip piefaces Willow then is chopped down. Willow pounces Vip. Willow doctor bombs her and wins.

Thoughts: It was a short squash as expected. Vip has been getting around lately with matches in TNA, Stardom and now AEW.

We see Anthony Bowens being interviewed after Dynamite. He's down then Billy Gunn comes up to him. Billy helps him up. Bowens says thanks for the help now. Billy says he heard Bowens didn't want him out there but Bowens said he did. Billy says just because Bowens became a singles wrestler, it doesn't mean he will be champ. Billy says they need to work things out and will get there. Bowens says he needs to win now. Billy says to trust him.

FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) vs The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum)

Turbo and Dax go at it. Dax backs him up in the corner then punches him. Turbo punches back. The Runners punch FTR then hit stereo back body drops. FTR take double lariats over the top.

Dax slaps Truth. Truth chases him around the ring. Dax bulldogs Truth then chokes him on the 2nd rope. Truth throws Cash then flying headscissors him twice. Cash is hit in the gut, takes a knee lift then is backdropped for 2.

Dax suplexes Turbo and legdrops him. Dax hits chops and pulls at his face. Dax abdominal stretches Turbo with help from Cash. Turbo cradles Dax for 2. Dax lariats him. Cash stomps Turbo. Turbo suplexes him. Truth is tagged in and beats up on FTR. He dropkicks both and hits splashes on both. Turbo hits a lariat + bulldog combo. The Runners get pushed into each other. We go to PiP break and return.

Dax pounds on Truth in the corner. Truth is busted open. Cash dumps Turbo knee first hard on the steps. Dax brainbusters Truth. Cash side headlock Truth. Cash powerslams Truth. Cash misses a corner move and goes down.

Dax is kicked by Truth. Dax corner lariats him then hits a punch and chop combo. Truth takes a double draping ddt. Truth headbutts Dax off the buckles then top rope crossbodies him. Truth punches both FTR members then him and Dax clothesline each other down.

Truth rolls up Dax for 2. Truth takes a powerbomb + neckbreaker combo for 2. Dax misses a top rope diving headbutt on Truth. Turbo comes in and hits punches on FTR. Turbo hits a big lariat on Dax. Turbo slams him. The Runners hit a double elbow drop on Cash for 2.

Cash dragon screws Turbo. Turbo slingshot sunset flips Cash with help from his partner. Cash runs into Dax, is rolled up for 2 then is hit with a shatter machine by The Runners for 2.
Truth and Cash trade chest chops. Truth hits punches on Dax. Dax suplexes Truth over the top to the floor. Turbo takes a shatter machine and is pinned. We then see Stokeley Hathaway was stopping Truth from breaking the pin up.

Thoughts: It would have been nice for The Runners to win here but that wasn't the case. It was a good old school tag with Truth getting busted open. It was easily the best thing The Runners have been involved in for a long time. This got a bunch of time so it got to play out and the crowd was hot for it. I liked this and would have been okay with it going even longer.

Athena, Julia Hart, Megan Bayne & Thekla (w/Penelope Ford & Skye Blue) vs. Queen Aminata, TayJay (Anna Jay & Tay Melo) & Thunder Rosa

Ath = Athena

Queen boots Thek to start. Thek spinning headscissors her then hits a slap and a spin kick to the gut. Queen slaps her back. Hart side headlocks Queen. Queen backbreakers her. Queen bangs Hart's head off her butt.

Meg boots Rosa in the gut. Rosa dropkicks her. Meg rams Rosa in the corner and chops her. Meg misses a corner splash. Rosa top rope dropkicks Meg. Rosa dropkicks Meg against the ropes. Queen top rope double stomps Meg. Rosa and Queen chop Meg in the corner.

We go to PiP break and return. Hart and Thek do spider suplexes. Hart top rope moonsaults but Rosa gets her feet up. Tay hits lariats on Thek then does a swinging side slam on her. Tay pump kicks Thek in the corner three times. Tay pumping knees her for 2.

Thek is thrown into a knee to the face for 2. Everyone starts coming in to do a move. Ath 2nd rope diving codebreakers Tay. Ath gets out of the ring to avoid Rosa but Rosa jumps on her off the apron. Rosa sends Ath into the rails. Rosa then chases Ath to the back.

Anna ddt's Meg. Skye Blue pulls Tay off the apron and sends her into the rails. Thek misses a corner spear and goes into the post. Meg flying lariats Anna then running sitout powerbombs her for the win.

Thoughts: It had a lot of people coming in and out at a fast pace. It was mostly fine but nothing too special. They did an alright job of pushing Rosa vs Athena.

We get a vieo on Alex Windsor. She said she wrestled in the UK indies then tore her ACL. She said she didn't think she would be able to wrestle again. She said wrestling is the only thing that makes her human. She says the mission doesn't stop until there's gold around her waist. 

Winner gets a TNT Title shot - Kyle Fletcher vs Daniel Garcia

Adam Cole and Don Callis are on commentary. Kyle mocks DG's dance. Kyle boots him and side headlock takeovers him. Kyle shoulders DG over twice. DG running shoulders him over. DG hits mounted corner punches. Kyle facekicks him. Kyle slams him then misses a running facekick. DG dropkicks him off the apron.

Kyle facekicks DG outside and hugs Don Callis. Kyle superkicks him then lawn darts him into the LED board rails outside. DG gets busted open and Kyle punches the cut. DG is backdropped on the apron.
We go to PiP break and return. DG hits mounted corner punches. Kyle enzugiri's him while he's on the apron. DG guillotines him over the 2nd rope. DG germans him on the apron.

DG running dropkicks him against the rails multiple times. DG top rope superplexes him for 2. Kyle superkicks him then hits a sitout last ride for 2. Kyle hits mounted elbows on DG. DG rolls him into a sharpshooter. DG suplexes him over the top and goes out with him.

Kyle half and half suplexes him on the floor. Kyle then powerbombs him on the apron edge. DG gets back in and takes a facekick. Kyle brainbusters him in the ring and wins.

Thoughts: They didn't overdo it too much which is amazing considering it's Kyle and that's what he does. I thought this one was mostly okay with Garcia taking a whooping and getting bloodied from it.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual Collision with some matches with some random matches and with the stars not in action. Most of the wrestling was okay though with FTR vs The Outrunners being very good. Fletcher/Garcia was also alright and the trios match was fine. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as The Runners/FTR really carried this and it was a better effort than usual from AEW.