AEW Dynamite/Collision 12/17/2025
The last Dynamite is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/aew-dynamite-12102025-winter-is-coming.html
The last Collision is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/aew-collision-12132025-winter-is-coming.html
We are in Manchester, England. Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.
AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Jon Moxley vs Roderick Strong
The show starts right off with this with no intros. They trade wristlocks. Mox takes him down by the arm. RS goes for the ankle lock. RS wristlocks him. Mox side headlock takeovers him. They shoulder battle. RS hits corner chops and dragon screws him. They trade shots. Mox is back body dropped to the apron. They then go into the crowd to fight.
They trade forearms in the crowd. Mox is thrown over the rail to ringside. Mox topes RS. We go to PiP break and return. Mox armbars RS. Mox does a scholar collar and RS goes for a pin. They trade forearms. Mox hits knees to the gut. RS back body drops Mox out then dropkicks him through the ropes. He flying forearms him off the apron.
RS leg lariats him and olympic slams him. RS drops him chest first on the mat. RS chops him outside. They get on the steps. RS backdrops him on the steps. They go on the buckles. RS top rope superplexes him.
They trade forearms. Mox lariats him. RS double underhook powerbombs him then Mox cradles him for 2. Mox cutters RS for 2. Mox pilerivers him for 2. Mox does a grounded choke and RS ropebreaks. RS jumping knees him for 2. RS crabs him.
RS is sent out. RS comes back in and is hit with a paradigm shfit ddt. Mox hits a high angle double underhook ddt and wins.
Thoughts: I didn't enjoy this that match. It wasn't super exciting, it was slower and it was mostly all strike exchanges. Strong lost as expected and it took us about 18 minutes to get there.
Eddie Kingston does a promo. He says you either win or learn but never lose. He says he learned from losing to Joe. He says everyone else he faces will see what he learned. He says he never stops or quits as he has nothing else. He offers an open challenge for Collision.
$1,000,000 Tag Match - The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt and Nick Jackson) vs The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Kazuchika Okada and El Hechicero)
Don Callis join the commentary team for this. Kenny and KT start us off. KT side headlocks him. KT facekicks him. Kenny armdrags him. KT takes attacks to the arm off the top rope. KT takes a triple team in the corner. Kenny back breakers KT and a Buck top rope double stops KT.
We go to PiP break and return. Kenny hit polish hammers on Hech. Hech kicks him in the gut. Kenny presses him down. Hech eye rakes him. KT and Okada argue then KT shoves him. Kenny takes a double suplex.
Kenny suplexes Okada. Hech hits corner spears on Kenny. Kenny hurricanrana's him. Kenny finlay rolls KT and does an asai moonsault. A Buck does a top rope swanton and the other does a top rope elbow drop. A Buck is popped up into a hurricanrana on Okada. The Elite do triple stereo topes. Hech spinning hammerlock backbreakers a Buck.
We go to PiP break and return. A Buck superkicks Hech outside. A Buck evades Okada then flips to the outside for a stunner on KT. Okada takes a casadora bulldog from a Buck. A Buck hits shots on Okada and KT. He bangs their heads together, walks up the buckles and does a headscissors + armdrag combo. A Buck diving headscissors Hech from the apron then he hits a casadora stunner. The Bucks hit risky business on KT for 2.
KT spinning forearms A Buck then Hech tilt-a-whirl backbreakers a Buck. Hech hits a step up knee in the corner. A Buck canadian destroyers Hech. Okada and Kenny trade forearms. Okada takes a superkick from a Buck off a missed rainmaker. hech headscissors drops a Buck and is ddt'd. KT blue thunders a Buck and Kenny running knees KT. KT is hit with a superkick. One Buck sunset flips the other into a german on KT.
Okada takes a double superkick. A Buck springboards and is caught with a dropick from Okada. KT wheelbarrow germans a Buck then he pumping knees him for 2. KT and Okada argue. A Buck superkicks Hech and Okada. Kenny hits dragon suplexes on all 3 opponents. Kenny hits a v-trigger on Hech then Hech takes a one winged angel with a press from a Buck. Kenny pins Hech.
Thoughts: It was the same tag they've been doing for years with lots of spots that didn't mean a ton and lots of flying. It went on a little longer than it needed to. It wasn't as bad as some of their other outings and it was acceptable.
Okada and KT attack the Bucks after. Don Callis comes up to the apron. Kenny chases them away with a broom.
Tony Schiavone hosts a contract signing for the AEW Title match at Full Gear with Samoa Joe, Adam Page and Swerve Strickland. Hook, Hobbs and Nana are also there. Joe says he wishes Tony would shut up sometime. Joe says he will see Swerve and Page at World's End and walk out champ. He says he hopes they walk out in one piece.
Swerve says him and Page have mutual respect but mutual hatred for Joe. Swerve says Joe put him down badly the last time they had a contract ceremony and he took his title from him for it. He says he will take Joe's title and says he will leave a mark on his face so ugly that it'll be uglier than the tattoo he had on his face in 2007. Swerve says you can't kill a guy with bullets.
Page says they figured it out at All In and he got the job done then became champ. Page said he knew they would end up against him. He says he gave Joe the chance and Joe failed. Page says Joe has no self respect or dignity. He says he'd hate for Joe's legend to be remembered for the piece of sh!t he is today.
Page said he wanted to defend against Ospreay and says he knew he would face Swerve. Page says Joe will not leave the PPV as champ. The lights go out. MJF's music hits. He has been away for months. MJF then signs his name on the contract. Tony says MJF has cashed in his guaranteed world title shot. Tony says it's now a 4-way match.
MJF calls Page "Seabscuit". He says Page called him a coward. He says he was filming a movie. MJF says he needs to hurt Page and can't think of a better way to do it than by beating him and his 2 biggest rivals. MJF tells Joe he still hates him. He says Joe halted his journey to go down as all-time great. He says Joe's time has run out. MJF says he will end Joe's title reign at the same place Joe ended his.
Swerve says MJF needs to be afraid of him. MJF compares him to P-Diddy. MJF says he knows Swerve as "Shane". MJF says he went to AEW and Swerve went to WWE. MJF says Swerve's run there wasn't great but he enjoyed watching him twerk for Top Dolla. He talks about Swerve's run in AEW. MJF says Swerve is in his way and does his dance. MJF says this is his house and the rent is due and he has come to collect. MJF says he will win the title back because he's better than you and you know it.
Thoughts: MJF cashing in his title shot makes no sense. He tried to explain but it's dumb. This segment went longer than it needed to but some of MJF's digs at the others were funny.
Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight do a promo. Mike says it's time for them to lock in. Kevin says he took Darby out of the tournament and will bring the same energy for Okada so they can meet in the finals.
Mercedes Mone, Athena, Marina Shafir and Megan Bayn vs Toni Storm, Mina Shirakawa, Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron
Mone wristlocks Willow. Willow slams Mone. Willow drops Harley onto Mone for 1. Athen knocks Harley over. Harley high kicks and hits soul foot on her. Shafir comes in. Her and Harley botch a move. Harley high kicks her then russian legsweeps her. Mina slingshot tornillo splashes Shafir. Mina ties up Shafir's legs and ddt's Meg. Toni twisting drops Mina onto Shafir for 2. The girls all fight and we go to PiP break.
We return and Harley misses a step up enzugiri badly on Meg. Harley then hits a bad spinning ddt on Meg. Toni comes in and dropkicks Shafir. She hits snapmares and ddt's her. Toni corner hip attacks Shafir. Athena superkicks Toni. Mina top rope dropkicks Athena. Mone backcrackers Mina then her and Harley double lariat each other.
Toni headbutts Shafir in the chest. Meg and Willow trade forearms. Willow spinebusters her for 2. Meg 2nd rope hurricanrana's Willow down. Harley lariats Meg over the top. Shafir tiger feint headscissors spikes Harley into the apron. Mina walks up the buckles and plancha's. Athen dives off the apron outside. Willow pounces Mone.
Willow cannonballs Meg outside. Athen hits an o-face on Willow and Mone pins Willow to win.
Thoughts: It was alright minus Harley. Harley had two botches in a row and just had a bad night. It didn't get a ton of time for the amount of people in this though.
AEW Continental Classic 2025 Gold League Match - Kyle Fletcher vs PAC
KF side headlocks Pac. Pac armdrags him into an armlock. Pac wrist and armlocks him. KF slaps him. Pac flying headscissors KF out. KF running lariats him outside. KF chinlocks him inside. KF is pulled over the top. Pac diving headscissors him off the apron. KF superkicks him. KF goes up top and Pac belly to belly superplexes him. We go to PiP break and return.
They pieface each other and trade forearms. KF facekicks him and Pac rebound germans him. KF michinoku drivers him for 2. Pac overhead belly to belly suplexes KF into the buckles and KF lands on his head.
KF goes out and Pac top rope moonsaults him out there. Pac tiger suplexes him for 2. Pac poisonrana's him. KF leg lariats him then sitout last ride's him for 2. KF corner facekicks him. Pac's springboard is caught and he brutalizer's KF in mid-air. Pac backrolls him into a brutalizer. Pac running lariats KF for 2.
Pac goes up top and is kicked down. KF corner kicks him then brainbusters him for 2. Pac hits a 2nd poisonrana and KF again hits his hea off the mat. Pac hits a black arrow off the top and wins.
Thoughts: It was the usual dangerous Fletcher match where he does a bunch of big moves that mean nothing and doesn't sell any of them. Kyle took two bumps on his head here and is just absolutely begging to get injured by doing this stuff.
Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale
Luchasaurus, Mark Davis, Ace Austin, Josh Alexander, Max Caster, Shelton Benjamin, Brody King, Bandido, Bowens, Ricochet and The Gates of Agony are in this.
Bandido and Brody get attacks in the aisle by The Demand. Ace topes Ricochet. Shelton and Lucha trade forearms and shoulderblocks. Ric and Band get hit with lariats by them. Bowens forearms Josh down.
Max slams Kaun. Bowens 2nd rope legdrops Kaun in the crotch. Ric throws Max over the top to eliminate him. Shelton superkicks Kaun. Ace helicopter kicks Josh. Ace head kicks Josh and Mark. Ace legdrops Josh. Mark back body drops Ace out for the elimination.
Bowens neckbreakers Ric. Mark throws Bowens out with help from Ric. We go to PiP break and return. Mark and Brody trade forearms. Lucha chokeslams Mark. Shelton catches Ric off the top then throws him into a Lucha chokeslam. Lucha throws Mark over the top and Josh throws Lucha over the top. Shelton gets thrown out.
Bordy lariats Kaun and splashes Toa. Brody death valley drivers Ricochet into Toa. Josh ankle locks Brody. Josh is thrown out by Brodido. Brody crossbodies someone against the rail and Toa sends Brody over the rail.
Brody lariats Toa over the top and goes with him, landing on his back. Bandido poisonrana's Kaun over the top. Bandido and Ricochet are the final two.
Thoughts: I never like it when they end these matches with 2 people left. It was a bit hard to keep track of things here as people going out to fight without going over the top. Ricochet was my pick to win this with the midcard line up they had here and I wasn't too shocked he won. They did what they could with this.
We now begin the Collision portion of the night.
Jon Moxley does a promo. He says there's nowhere to hide in The Continental Classic and says the more you wrestle in it, the more it reveals. He says the tournament changes people. He says he wants to know he left it all out there when this ends.
AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Mascara Dorada vs Orange Cassidy
They shake hands. OC side headlocks him then MD side headlock takeovers him. OC takes him down and ties up the legs. MD ties up the arm and a leg and OC rope breaks. MD trips him then armdrags him into a pin attempt. OC armdrags him then spinning reverse headscissors him from the mat. OC armdrags him.
We go to PiP break and return. OC casadora armdrags MD but MD handsprings out. MD walks up the ropes and does seated flips into an armdrag on him. OC does weak chops and hits soul foot on him. OC then goofs around on the ropes and puts his hands in pockets. He comes down without doing anything. OC dropkicks MD out. OC topes him. MD tiger feint kicks him under the bottom rope and topes him.
MD tilt-a-whirl backbreakers OC outside. MD ssp's OC on the floor from the apron. MD springboard crossbodies OC. MD powerslams him. OC boots him out of the corner. MD handstands out of a spinning ddt. OC ddt's him. MD tilt-a-whirl backbreakers OC. OC casdora rolls him and they both try pin attempts. MD top rope tornillo armdrags OC. OC crucifixes him off of it and pins him.
Thoughts: OC did his usual shenanigans which hurt the match. This is a big tournament match and he was doing his usual goofing around which I hated. It's a shame too because OC was able to keep up with MD and they worked pretty well together.
OC throws MD his sunglasses after.
Athena and Mercedes Mone are interviewed by Lexy. They yell at her. Athena says she's built Willow time and time again. She says they should face Harley and Willow for the tag titles at the PPV. Mone says she will give a local in Manchester a shot at her British title.
Jamie Hayter vs Isla Dawn
Dawn side headlock takeovers her and is put in a headscissors. They repeat the spot with the roles reverses. Dawn lariats her and hits leg kicks. Jamie running boots her. Jamie is pulled over the top. Dawn baseball slides her. Dawn PK's her from the apron.
We go to PiP break and return. They trade forearms and crossbody each other at the same time. Jamie 2nd rope dropkicks her. Dawn hits elbows on Jamie and backdrops her for 2. Jamie hits a botched side effect then lariats her for the win.
Thoughts: There was a botch at the end but it wasn't that bad otherwise. They traded a lot of hard shots here and worked well together. It was one of the better Isla bouts I have seen.
The shake hands after. Thekla, Sky Blue and Julia Hart attack them both. Jamie takes a double superkick. Thek whips Jamie with a belt. Kris Statlander joins the fight. She double suplexes Skye and Hart. She backdrops Thekla. Kris tombstones Skye. Jamie lariats Kris on accident. Jamie isn't upset though. Jamie then holds up the title.
AEW World Tag Titles - FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs The Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson)
Gunn wristlocks Cash. Cash wristlocks him and Gunn reverses it. Gunn side headlocks him. Gunn shoulders him over. JR top rope double axe handles Cash's arm. Cash eye rakes JR. JR backrolls Cash then 2nd rope asai moonsaults him. JR lariats him over the top. Cash trips JR. JR top rope crossbodies FTR together. JR catapults Cash over the top.
We go to PiP break and return. Cash sleepers Gunn. Gunn takes a lariat into a roll-up. Cash tries a vader bomb but Gunn gets his feet up. JR and Da get in. JR knocks over the heels and hits punches on them. FTR take a double lariat.
JR spinebusters Cash and Dax for 2. JR cradles Dax off a suplex attempt. Stokeley Hathaway gets on the apron with powder. He tries to trhow it at JR and is stopped. Dax knocks his buddies off the apron on accident for 2. Dax takes a powerplex. Cash is hit with a famesser and JR gets a 2 count on Dax.
Gunn runs into and over the rial outside when Cash moves. Gunn pulls Cash crotch first into the post. Gunn fameassers Dax. JR pins Dax but Dax has his feet on the ropes. The ref waives it off but the faces think they won.
JR is clipped from behind. Cash 2nd rope stomps Juice's knee into the mat. Dax does a leglock on JR and JR taps out.
Thoughts: FTR won as expected but The Gang made a good run at it. The finish was weak with FTR only targeting Juice's leg at the finish before submitting him. It didn't quite get the time as other FTR matches but it was a decent bout.
Overall thoughts: It was a long show at 3 hours. It was mostly all wrestling as expected. I liked the main and most of Jamie/Isla. Kyle Fletcher had his usual dangerous match and we got the same Elite tag we always get. MJF returned and inserted himself into the main event of the PPV and we had a battle royal for the Dynamite Diamond Ring with mostly midcarders. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as I thought it was long and just average. I wouldn't recommend this.
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