AEW Collision 12/13/2025 Winter is Coming 2025

AEW Collision 12/13/2025 Winter is Coming 2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/aew-collision-1262025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/aew-dynamitecollision-12172025.html

This is airing at 4:30PM due to Cena's retirement show on SNME airing at 8pm.

We are in Cardiff, Wales. Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.

This started 20 minutes late due to college basketball.

Swerve Strickland vs Josh Alexander

They lock up. JA side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. SS cartwheels out of a takedown. SS drops him face first on the buckles and running facekicks him. SS stomps him in the face. SS neckbreakers him twice. Prince Nana goes up to Don Callis on commentary. SS neckbreakers JA over the 2nd rope. JA gordbusters SS knees first on the commentary table. JA puts SS on the apron and crossbodies his back from behind.

We go to PiP break and return. They trade forearms. SS spin kicks him in the gut and is facekicked. SS holds his leg and JA kneebreakers him on the knee. JA holds on for a backdrop. SS hits a powerbomb into a powerslam. SS 2nd rope diving euros him in the back of the neck. 

JA punches SS on the apron. JA picks him up for a slam and drops him down on the apron. SS hits a top rope olympic slam. JA goes for a pin attempt but is cradled. SS crucifixes him for 2. JA dragon screws him over the shoulder then he half crabs him. 

They trade shots in the corner. SS blocks a bunch with his forehead. JA stomps down on the back of the leg. SS rolls into a flatliner on him. SS hits a house call kick for 2. SS half-nelson drivers him and wins.

Thoughts: Swerve hit is knee hard off the commentary table here and I'm not sure if that was truly planned. It was alright enough with Josh working the knee some before going down as expected. He could have done a little more though.

Swerve says he was AEW world champ the last time he stood in this ring. He says he didn't come to AEW to face The Don Callis Family or The Opps. He says he came here for the AEW Title. Swerve says Samoa Joe's days are numbered. He says he's the most dangerous man in AEW and says he's declaring himself the top contender. 

Toni Storm talks in the back. She says Harley and Willow can't have a championship toast without them. Mina does Toni's line and says watch for love bomb.

Jamie Hayter and Kris Statlander vs Skye Blue and Julia Hart

The fight starts as the heels enter. Skye and Jamie each hit shots. Jamie slams her then Kris slams Jamie onto her. Jamie slams Kris onto Skye. Skye takes a double slam then a double elbow drop for 2.

Skye is catapulted into the buckles. Kris boots Hart and snapmare drivers her. hart rope walks and diving headscissors Kris. Jamie boots Hart then running facekicks her. Jamie exploders Hart into the corner. Jamie suplexes her for 2. Hart STO's Jamie then standing moonsaults her for 2. WE go to PiP break and return.

Kris running corner euros Skye then flying knees her in the corner. Kris blue thunders her for 2. Skye rolls her up for 2 then spinning ddt's her for 2. Kris takes a double superkick for 2. Kris blocks Hart's flying headscissors and powerbombs her. Skye then runs in and hits a code blue on Kris. Hart does a double soul foot on Jamie and all 4 go down.

The four trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. The heels hit stereo superkicks and take jawbreakers. Kris michinoku drivers Skye for 2. Skye knees Kris in the face then superkicks Jamie. Hart rope walks and pulls Jamie's arm down over the top. Skye takes a big german from Jamie. Jamie uranage backbreakers Hart then lariats her for the win.

Thoughts: It was a decent match the four mostly doing various strikes. They didn't blow anything but there was no great story or logic aside from the heels being heels. 

Kris and Jamie talk after. We see Thekla watching in the suites.

We go to break and return. Kris and Jamie are being interviewed by Lexy. Kris says they should have a match for the title and Jamie says she wants to do it at World's End. Jamie says the woman she teamed with tonight won't be the woman she sees at World's End. Jamie says she wants it and will take it.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Claudio Castagnoli vs Konosuke Takeshita

CC entered from outside of the arena. They lock up and let go. CC side headlocks him and they stare at each other on the break. CC goes back to the side headlock. They shoulder battle and KT facekicks him. KT flying lariats him. KT hits mounted punches and CC drops him face first on the top buckle. CC running euros him in the corner.

They trade forearms. CC lariats him. CC gutwrench suplexes him. KT facekicks him. KT lariats him over the top. KT jumps off the apron and runs into a CC euro. CC double stomps him outside. KT ddt's him on the ramp. CC tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him on the ramp.

We go to PiP break and return. CC hits euros on KT. KT facekicks him out of the corner and 2nd rope diving headscissors him. KT tope con hilos him outside. KT corner facekicks him and blue thunders him for 2. CC giant swings him. CC sharpshooters him. CC crossfaces KT.

CC boots KT around. They trade shots. KT package tombstones him then wheelbarrow germans him. KT hits a hidden blade for 2. CC pop-up euros him for 2. KT hurricanrana's him for 2. CC springboard euros him. CC flips out of a back body drop. They double clothesline each other down.

They get up and trade shots. They fight on the apron. CC hits shots. KT facekicks him. CC facekicks him back they then facekick each other at the same time. They fall down to the floor. They trade shots on the floor and facekick each other. CC is sent into the rails and he facekicks KT down. 

They go back in and KT pumping knees him for 2. CC does a neutralizer for 2. We then go to a time limit draw.

Thoughts: KT is the IWGP champ and hasn't lost yet in this tournament. I don't think that's by accident. It got a little obvious they were likely going the distance with how long this went and the way they were wrestling. The match was decent with them trading lots of strikes and each guy hitting their usual signature moves.

CC and KT keep fighting after. Various refs break it up and The Death Riders and The Don Callis Family come out.

Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight are interviewed. Kevin says he knew they might end up fighting each other and says tonight will be something special. Mike says he needs more points to get to the finals. Mike tells him he won't hold nothing back and Kevin says he wouldn't expect anything else.

Tony Schiavone interviews Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron in the ring. They chant their team name. Willow says they wrestled each other the last time they were here. Willow says she hit her as hard as she could and she kept getting back up. She says there's no one she'd rather partner with. 

Mina Shirakawa and Toni Storm come out. Toni says they gave Willow and Harley a fight to remember. Mercedes Mone comes out. Mone says there can't be a championship celebration without the greatest champion. Mina tells her to shut up. Mone says she sees a bunch of loser's in the ring. She says she lead a team that beat them in Blood and Guts. Toni challenges her to a match for tonight and Mone doesn't accept it. Harley says there's four of them and "less of you". Willow says Mone is dodging them as she has no friends.

Mone says she doesn't need friends but will bring a team of killers on Wednesday. Toni says challenge accept and says they will raise a glass and wax her @ss. 

Ricochet does a promo. He says 2026 will only be better as he will enter the Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal. He says he will win then get the World Title.

Various wrestlers in the Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal talk about why they will win it. Bowens gets mad upon finding out Max Caster is in it. MVP says Lashley is injured but Shelton will be in it. 

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Gold League Match - Kevin Knight vs Mike Bailey

They roll each other up to start and stand off after ucking moves. KK armdrags Mike into an armlock. KK springboard armdrags him. They each miss plancha's. Mike triangle moonsaults him outside. 

We go to PiP break, full break and return. KK springboard diving lariats him outside. Mike spin kicks him in the chest. Mike top rope hurricanrana's him. Mike is on the 2nd rope and KK hurricanran's him from the mat. KK jumping ddt's him for 2. KK is up top and is hit with a enzugiri. Mike legsweeps him on the apron. Mike standing moonsault double knee drops him on the apron.

KK jumps up to the top and superplexes him for 2. Mike standing spanish flies him for 2 then KK tries his own pin. Mike spinning forearms him and KK dropkicks him. KK springboards and is hit with a spinning roundhouse kick.

They springboard at the same time on opposite sides of the ring and collide in mid-air. KK coast to coast springboard dropkicks him. Mike gets his knees up on KK's 180 splash. Mike spinning roundhouse kicks him for 2. Mike superkicks him then corkscrew kicks him. Mike misses hits moonsault double knee off the 2nd rope. KK tries a pin attempt.

They try to pin each other and Mike spin kicks him in the side of the head. Mike hits a one-armed electric chair driver and pins him.

Thoughts: They did some cool stuff here but the selling was questionable as expected. I think they didn't overdo it too much though and I was alright with this. This was all high flying and kicks.

Kyle Fletcher says that was a great match. He says he had all this momentum in the gold league and it was ruined. He says his next opponent in the CC is Pac. He says he has to bring it to Pac. He says he will get his momentum back and tells Pac to bring his best.

Pac says he knows Kyle well. He says his rise has been nothing short of remarkable. He says he's in awe of what he achieved. He says he doesn't care how brilliant his matches are. He says nothing brilliant will happen in Manchester. He says he will grind him down. He says Speedball and Okada know and he does too.

AEW TNT Title - Mark Briscoe (c) vs Daniel Garcia

Marina Shafir is with DG. Mark takes him down and they do some mat wrestling. DG slaps him around. Mark boots and chops him. Mark hits boots to the gut in the corner. DG back elbows him then Mark knocks him off the 2nd rope to the floor. Mark dropkicks him through the ropes. 

Mark is flying knee'd off the apron and goes into the rails. DG stands on him. Mark pulls him out of the ring then tope con hilos him through the ropes. Marina Shafir distracts Mark. DG hits Mark from behind on the apron and then DG clubs wildly on him. 

DG swinging neckbreakers him on the floor. We go to PiP break and return. Mark hits punches on DG. DG hits knees to the gut. Mark flying forearms him and hits chops. Mark flying forearms him down. Mark hits punches and uppercuts him. Mark exploders him. 

DG does a backdrop but Mark no sells it. Mark rolling death valley drivers him and low sliding lariats him. Mark goes up top and Shafir crotches him. The ref teases ejecting Shafir but doesn't. DG rakes Mark's back on the buckles. DG superplexes Mark three times. Mark holds on and fisherman busters him. 

They trade forearms. DG facekicks him then hits chops. Mark lariats him. Shafir tries to trip Mark and is caught by the ref. Shafir is ejected. Wheeler Yuta comes in and low blows Mark. DG piledrivers Mark for 2. DG hits downward elbows and pounds on him. Mark cradles him for 2. Mark hits a jay driller and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like Mark basically not selling the triple superplexes. Superplexes are undersold as a whole and underselling three of them isn't good. DG oddly didn't work a body part here. We had interference as we often do with The Death Riders here. The match was watchable but not great. 

Mark poses with The Conglomeration after.

Overall thoughts: It was a very wrestling heavy show as Collision usually is. As always, the show wasn't stacked starpower wise, but it was a little better than the usual offerings. I liked Takeshita/Claudio the best and I appreciated Knight/Bailey not going too overboard. I'd give the show a 6 out of 10 overall as it was fine, but nothing must see.