AEW Collision 7/2/2026

AEW Collision 7/2/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/aew-collision-6272026.html

Note - This was aired on a Thursday and ROH will be aired on Friday because of it. 

We are in San Diego, CA. Tony Schiavone, Excalibur and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & PAC) vs War Dragons (Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi)

Shingo and Pac trade waistlocks and wristlocks. Pac trips him into a front facelocks and Shingo side headlock takeovers him. Pac side headlock takeovers him. Shingo shoulders him over. Pac flying headscissors him. Shingo shoulders him over. 

CC trips DM and side headlocks him then shoulders him over. DM shoulders him over. CC tilt-a-whirl backbreakers DM and Pac curbstomps DM for 1. Shingo chop and punch combos CC in the corner. They trade shots. Shingo hits a nasty looking twisting ddt. CC takes a double shoulderblock. We go to PiP break and return.

CC 2nd rope double axe handles DM's arm. DM and CC trade chops. CC euros him down for 2. CC straightjacket neckbreakers DM. Pac 2nd rope dropkicks DM. DM hits chops on Pac. DM dropkicks Pac. Shingo comes in. He slams Pac. Shingo hits a flatliner + ddt combo on his opponents. Pac enzugiri's Shingo.

CC hits euros on DM. DM backslides him for 2 then spinebusters him. DM boots CC out of the corner and slams him. Shingo slams Pac. Shingo hits a top rope diving back elbow while DM hits a top rope diving elbow drop for 2.

CC takes a corner lariat + spear. CC facekicks Shingo then is dragon screwed. Pac hits kicks on DM. Pac rebound germans DM then DM pop up powerbombs him. CC running lariats DM. All four men are down.

Shingo and CC trade forearms. CC giant swings Shingo and Pac basement dropkicks Shingo as he swings. Pac puts DM against the rails. Daniel Garcia grabs DM on the rails. Shingo takes running corner attacks. Pac running lariats Shingo for 2. Shingo back body drops CC.

Shingo fights off a 2v1. Shingo lariats Pac then CC. Garcia gets in the ring. Shingo lariats him over the top. CC euros Shingo and pins him.

Thoughts: The finish was weak here with Shingo going down to a euro. This never kicked over into 2nd gear and was a slower match without a ton of highlights. It was acceptable but they did not go all out here.

The Conglomeration are interviewed (OC, Strong and Kyle). OC says the Forbidden Door cage match was crazy and they got the job done. OC says Mark got his title shot and it didn't work out. Kyle says we don't know when we will see him again due to injuries. They say they don't know when they will see Ishii either. Lexy asks about Lio Rush. Strong says they are focused on the present and are the current trios champs. Konosuke Takeshita comes in. He says he like El Phantasmo and wants Kyle Fletcher. He says he hates Okada. Kyle says they are a bunch of champs and let's keep it that way.

Brian Cage vs Andrade El Idolo

Idolo tope con hilos Cage and Lance Archer as they walk down the aisle. Idolo hits corner spears and lariats on Cage. Cage running lariats Idolo and bangs his head off the buckles. Cage hits corner spears. They trade chops. 

Cage slams and leg drops Idolo for 1. Idolo boots Cage out of the corner then flying lariats him. Idolo springboard triangle tornillo's Cage outside. Idolo takes photos with a female fan. Cage 2nd rope deadlift suplexes Idolo. Cage then poses.

We go to PiP break and return. Cage jumping knees Idolo. Idolo boots Cage out of the corner. Idolo elbows Cage off the 2nd rope. Idolo top rope moonsaults into a standing moonsault on Cage. Idolo and Cage trade forearms. Idolo flying forearms him. Idolo hits triple suplexes on Cage for 2. 

Cage hits kicks on Idolo. Cage 619's Idolo. Cage sitout powerbombs Idolo for 2. Idolo top rope splashes Cage for 2. Idolo corner meteora's Cage for 2. Cage F-5's Idolo for 2. Cage germans him. Idolo spinning back elbows Cage and double underhook twisting drops him. Idolo pins him.

Thoughts: Idolo won as expected here. It got a lot of time to play out. Cage didn't throw Idolo around as much as I had hoped. Idolo did a lot of flying though and was alright. The match was acceptable but could have been better.

Idolo talks on the mic after. Idolo asks if you think this is over and says, "How you know?". Idolo then throw a mic at Don.

Gabe Kidd talks over a video. He says he's both a Dog and a Death Rider as they share the same message. Gabe says they have an issue with The Bang Bang Gang says Dave Finlay kicked Jay out of NJPW. 

Mina Shirakawa & Thunder Rosa vs. B3CCA & Zara Zakher

Rosa ducks Zara's enzugiri then russian legsweeps her. Rosa lariat s her for 2. Becca tags in. Mina boots her in the gut, slides out of a lariat and shimmies. Mina spin kicks her in the gut. Mina stunners Becca over the top rope then slingshot tornillo's her for 2. 

The jobbers hit forearms then take chops. The jobbers are sent into each other. Rosa and Mina hit corner attacks on them. Rosa takes her shirt off and corner dropkicks both. Mina la mistica facebusters Becca. Rosa package side powerbombs Becca and pins her.

Thoughts: It was mostly all squash as expected with Mina and Rosa winning. It wasn't much of note. 

Thekla comes out with Starlight Kid's mask on. She says she did what she said would do. She says she burned down the Forbidden Door, beat Kid, spit in her mask and had Kid dancing for her at the strip club again. Thek says Stardom is dead and says long live the toxic spider. She says everyone wants a shot at her title and says to load your guns. She says she will catch the bullet with her teeth and spit it back in their faces.

Skyflight talks to Matt Sydal. Darius says they meant it when they said they had his back. Dante says they want to add him as a member. Matt says it's an honor. He says he has their back and is looking for a fight.

Adam Copeland & Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn & Jay White) vs Shane Taylor Promotions (Carlie Bravo, Lee Moriarty, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean)

This is Jay White's return match.

Colten wristlocks Lee. Lee takes him down by the wrist. Colt side headlock takeovers him and Lee does the same. Colt side headlock takeovers him, gets put in a headscissors then Colt rolls him up for 2. Colt dropkicks Lee. 

Lee is double hiptossed. Bravo chopes Cope over the 2nd rope with his leg. Cope headbusters him. Bravo is double hiptoss neckbreakered. Dean kicks Austin from the side. Austin sweeps him. Austin hits jabs on him. Bravo jawbreakers him. Austin is group pounded on outside. 

We go to PiP break and return. Dean bronco busters Austin. Austin fights off the heels and tags in Jay. Jay forearms and chops Dean.  Jay back body drops him. Jay dragon screws Bravo. Jay dragon screws Lee. Jay dragon screws Shane. Jay ddt's Dean for 2. 

Lee slingblades Jay. Lee takes a 310 to Yuma. Bravo crossover punches Colt and Austin takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. Shane double lariats Jay and Cope. Shane takes a very dangerous double superplex and barely makes it over. Cope hits a spear then Jay blader runners Dean. Jay pins Dean.

Thoughts: Shane just barely made it on that superplex spot. It didn't get enough time and it wasn't anyone's best work but it was decent enough. Austin did most of the work here in this one. Shane's crew lost as expected as Jay won his return.

The Dogs come out then The Death Riders jump The Bang Bang Gang from behind. Mox and Will do not join in on this. Jay gets hit with a shillelagh. Finlay hits overkill on Jay.

Thoughts: The Death Riders do it again. They were basically faces earlier in the week and are flip-flopping back to being heel.

Willow Nighingale does a video. She says she's still not the best but will prove she is this year.

The Demand (Bishop Kaun, Ricochet & Toa Liona) vs Chris Nasty, Jordan Oasis & Sonico

Toa lariats one of the jobbers then dumps him upside down. Khan corner lariats Chris and running suplexes him. Ric standing moonsaults Chris. Toa runs over his opponents outside. Chris takes a corner hip attack and is yanked into a cutter and top rope splash. Toa and Jordan's eye brows are both busted open. Toa knocks Jordan out of the ring.

Khan dropkicks Sonico outside. Chris takes a double bodyblock then he is held for springboard doomsday device and pinned.

Thoughts: It was all squash here. I think Toa and Jordan bumped heads out there and both got busted open. Toa ran some people over here.

Ric congratulates Matt Sydal for finding a group of people who feel like claiming him. Ric says what he has with them is nothing compared to The Demand's actual broterhood. Ric says some of their demands have yet to be met. Ric says when you are in demand, you can make demands. They say if you don't follow demands, you get put down.

Women's Casino Gauntlet #1 Spot Match - Athena vs. Rina

Ath side headlock takeovers her. Rina side headlock takeovers her. Ath takes her down by the hair and slaps her. Rina trips her and basement dropkicks her. Rina dropkicks her again for 1. Ath euros her down. Rina running back elbows her. Rina top rope dropkicks her for 2.

Rina clubs on Ath. Ath lariats her down. Ath clubs on Rina's back on the apron. Rina takes a gordbuster on the apron. Rina is sent into the post. We go to PiP break, full break and return. Rina jawbreakers her. Ath comes off the 2nd rope and runs into a boot. 

Rina hits hip throws and STO's her. Rina hair throws her. Rina flying double knees her in the corner and overhead suplexes her. RIna reverse suplexes her. Ath armbars her and Rina goes for a pin off of it. They trade facekicks. Rina rolls her up for 2. 

Ath tombstones her for 2. Ath armbars her and Rina ropebreaks. Rina rebound germans her. Rina gori bombs her. Rina top rope double knee drops her for 2. Rina buzzsaw kicks her and does an abdominal stretch bomb for 2. Ath running boots her out of the ring. Ath then low topes her outside. Ath hits a top rope diving o-face on Rina and pins her.

Thoughts: Ath won as expected here. Ath was definitely the heel but I don't know what Rina was. It wasn't anything special and there was no real logic to it. The crowd didn't react much to Rina. It was average.

Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis are interviewed. Kyle says he wrestled El Phantasmo 10 years at age 18. He says he will introduce him to the man, the myth and the genetic anomaly he has become. He says he hopes Takeshita is watching. He says it hurts to be close to him but it's nothing close to the pain Takeshita will feel next Wednesday. 

Bandido, Mike Bailey & Mistico vs. The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz)

Dez takes down Mist and Mist armdrags him. Mist hits kicks, walks up the buckles and corkscrew diving armdrags him. Band gets in. He boots Dez out. Reed jumps over Band. Reed kips up into an enzugiri on him. Mike facekicks Reed.

Mike hits kicks on Zach then Zach germans him. Reed slingshot codebreakers Mike. Mike topes Zach outide. Reed, Band, Dez, Mist and Zach all hit topes one after after. Mike goes for a tope and Zach stunners him over the 2nd rope. Reed jumps over the top and diving cutters him onto Mist and Band outside.

We go to break and return. Band flying forearms Reed. They trade forearms. Band one arm gorilla press slams Reed. Zach top rope diving cutters Band. Reed top rope 450's Band. Dez top rope spiral taps Band for 2.

Mist hits a springboard double back elbow. Mist 619's Reed. Mist springboard double dropkicks Reed and Zach. Dez superkicks Mist. Band hits a reverse GTS on Dez. Band hits a 21plex on Dez as his partners dive out. Band pins Dez.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was all flying and exciting action. They kept it moving and ended it before it got stale. It's too bad the Rascalz didn't get all that much in here though and weren't treating that well.

Divine Dominion ask where the tag teams have gone. Meg says they are on a mountain so high that everyone else is afraid to climb it. Lena says maybe word got out that when you face them, you face your fate. Meg says to wrestle them from your knees as it'll be that much easier to bow down.

Rush vs. Jordan Cruz

Rush has some new red and black gear. Rush slaps away a handshake and no sells a chop. Rush forearms JC down and sends him into the rails outside. Rush chops JC in the corner then stomps on him. Rush does his horns corner basement dropkick and pins JC.

Thoughts: It was all squash here. Tony says it was nothing new and I'd agree. We've seen this many times.

Rush gets on the mic and says viva Mexico.

The Opps talk. Hook says Shibata is on a 19 match win streak and says in Match 20, Bandido goes down. Bowens says this team of killers will be a team of champions. Bowens goes to clap and says stand and applaud. Hook stops him and shakes his head.

Women's Casino Gauntlet #2 Spot Match - Julia Hart vs. Maya World

Hart pulls her down by the hair and walks over her. Maya rolls her up for 2 and chops her. Maya sentons her for 2. Hart's head is banged off the buckles. Hart goes out. Maya cartwheels on the apron and forearms her on the floor. Maya is sent into the rails. Hart chops Maya.

Maya flying euros her for 2. Hart does a tarantula variation to her on the ropes. We go to PiP break and return. Hart forearms her and corner lariats her. Hart running corner back elbows her. Hard grounds her with a double arm and neck hold.  

Maya flying back elbows her and drops her with kicks. Maya single leg dropkicks her for 2. Maya rolls her into a double stomp for 2.  Hart double boots her in the chest for 2. Hart stomps on Maya. Maya fallaway slams her with a bridge but flips through for another.

Hart knocks Maya off the buckles. Hart goes for a top rope moonsault but Maya gets her feet up. Maya running leg lariats her and pins her.

Thoughts: It could have been a little cleaner at times as they didn't fully connect. It was acceptable enough though and Maya won as expected. 

El Phantasmo vs. Kyle Fletcher

ELP goes out and puts his sunglasses on a kid in the front row. Kyle isn't impressed. Don Callis is on commentary.

They lock up and KF backs him up on the ropes. ELP side headlock takeovers him. KF does the same to him. ELP trips him and KF rolls out of a surfboard. They trade pin attempts. ELP walks up the ropes, does rope tricks and diving headscissors him. ELP plays to the crowd and is facekicked.

We go to PiP break, full break and return. ELP springboard twisting splashes him. ELP asai moonsaults him for 2. ELP 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's him. KF facekicks him. ELP hits kicks and step up enzugiri's him. KF michinoku drivers him for 2. 

KF misses a corner charge and goes out. ELP top rope moonsaults him outside. KF half and half suplexes ELP on the floor. ELP is lawn darted into the rail top hard. They get back in and KF sitout last ride's him for 2. KF boots his face around then forearms him down. ELP running lariats KF. ELP hits a CR2 for 2. ELP jumps off the top and KF gets his knees up. ELP cradles him for 2.

ELP rolls him up for 2. ELP backslides him for 2. KF running knees him then lawn darts him into the buckles. KF running corner facekicks him then brainbusters him. KF pins him.

Thoughts: It had a lot of moves, flying and fast paced action. ELP did more than usual and was definitely trying to earn a job here. The match was okay as they didn't overdo it too much and made it exciting. Kyle won as expected.

Don Callis gets on the mic after. He says he wants to talk about betrayal and Takeshita. He says there's no lower form of life than someone who betrays their family like Takeshita. He says Takeshita was a nobody when he found him. He says he was his chosen one to replace Kenny Omega. He says he will teach him a lesson and take everything from him, starting with the International Title. He says Kyle will take back what is The Family's property.

Takeshita comes out and Don runs. 

Overall thoughts: It was basically all random matches here as usual with some leftovers from Forbidden Door. There were few storylines here and little angle advancement. Mistico's match was the best match on here and the main event was probably a close second. Most of the bouts were at least accept on this one and it had some different matches that hardcore fans might be interested in. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as most of the matches were good, but it would get a much lower rating if you wanted anything else out of this show. It was okay overall.