AEW Collision 7/25/2026

AEW Collision 7/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/aew-collision-7182026.html

We are in Nashville, TN. Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Zachary Wentz

TC knees Zach off the apron as he goes to enter. Zach's head is banged off the commentary table. TC then yells at Big Show on commentary about Jericho. Zach PK's TC from the apron then 2nd rope moonsaults him. Zach hits punches on TC. Zach 2nd rope tornillos him for 1. 

Zach atomic drops him and legsweeps him. Zach handspring kicks him onto the ramp. Zach flip dives him on the ramp. Zach swantons off the top and TC gets his knees up. TC suplexes him into the buckles. TC chokes him with his shirt.

TC back elbows him. Zach handspring jumping knees him. Zach hits running forearms. TC takes a german. Zach step up knees him in the corner then rolls him into a PK. Zach 2nd rope blockbusters him for 2.

Zach is pulled throat first into the ropes. TC forearms him. Zach hits kicks and superkicks him in the head. Zach double stomps his back. Zach comes off the 2nd rope and TC flying knees him for 2. Zack jack knifes him for 2. Zack enzugiri's him then TC kicks him. TC ddt's him over the 2nd rope on the apron.

TC pumping knees him on the ramp. TC hits another pumping knee and pins him.

Thoughts: It didn't quite get the flow going that it should have gotten. What we got was alright but something was missing here. Zach looked a little heavier than usual. There were also a few dives where Zach got close to hurting himself.

Ciampa says he's better than Chris Jericho after. TC then puts marker on his face like Jericho does with his Painmaker gimmick. He says The Psycho Killer is better than The Painmaker. He says one more sleep and Jericho's @ss is his. He says it will be violent.

Mike Bailey does a promo. He says he will be in the ladder match at Redemption. He says he has never held singles gold in AEW. He says he gets to do it in front of his family in AEW. 

The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. Death Riders (Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta)

A Buck shoulders Yuta over. He spinning heel kicks Yuta then armdrags DG into an armlock. The Riders take double teams then running corner lariats. The Riders take stereo bulldogs. The Bucks hit stereo mounted corner punches. One of The Bucks is thrown out and the other is double teamed. 

DG hits mounted corner punches on a Buck. DG is superkicked and Yuta comes off the top, running into a double superkick. DG takes an enzugiri + buckle bomb. DG is catapulted into an enzugiri then he is held for knee drop. Yuta then gets tope'd outside off of it. 

A Buck corkscrew kicks Yuta then the other Buck northern lights suplexes DG. A Buck hits a double northern lights suplex. DG takes punches. A Buck is double stomped and clubbed on. We go to PiP break and return.

DG knocks Yuta off the apron on accident. A Buck hits shots on The Riders then he takes a wheelbarrow german for 2. A Buck takes running corner attacks then hits a shiranui. A Buck then ddt's DG. 

A Buck hits The Riders then bangs their heads together. A Buck double flying lariats them. A Buck enzugiri's DG then top rope double stomps his back. A Buck then rolls into a backcracker on Yuta. The Bucks hit a top rope elbow drop and a top rope swanton for 2.

The Riders take superkicks. DG is back body dropped then Yuta takes a sunset flip + german combo. DG is double superkicked then takes a double knee to the face for 2. Claudio and Pac then interfere. A Buck takes running corner attacks then a pop up euro from CC for 2. 

Pac pump kicks a Buck. Christian Cage comes out and kicks Claudio in the crotch. Adam Copeland gets on the apron and spears Pac. DG takes a backslide for 2. A Buck hits a slingshot facebuster on DG and apron moonsaults Yuta off of it. DG takes a meltzer driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was the usual Bucks match with some run-in's. They did a lot of their usual spots though some of the more unbelievable ones were dropped so this was a little more tolerable than usual. I don't get why Mox didn't help out his crew when they were getting beaten here. The Bucks won as expected.

The Bucks up go up to Mox after. Will Ospreay hidden blade's one of them and Mox double underhook ddt's the other on the floor.

Persephone vs. Angelica Risk

Pers faceshoves her then shoves her. Pers slaps her and shoulder throws her. Pers clubs on her chest. Pers basement dropkicks her. Pers slaps her and chokes her. AR boots Pers out of the corner. Pers hits a razor's edge and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a quick squash and not much more. Pers won here as expected. She hasn't been around that much lately so this was random.

Athena, Diamante and Billie Starkz are interviewed. Ath says The Birds thought they were ready for a fight. Dia says she has a bullet for both Brawling Birds. Ath says they will be waiting to whoop their @sses when they are done playing chicken.

SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Matt Sydal & Scorpio Sky) vs. The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

The Demand and Jeff Jarrett are on commentary for this. 

Jay side headlocks Matt then shoulders him over. Matt flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. Matt hurricanrana's Blake. Blake flips out of a wristlock and spin kicks Sky in the gut. Sky armdrags Lee. Dante flying knees Lee then standing swantons him.

All 6 men fight. The faces all hit moves then hit triple dives outside. We go to PiP break and return. Matt is held for a dropkick. Sky takes a corner dropkick and Blake moonsaults outside. Lee boots Sky in the corner. Jay back elbows Sky. Jay basement dropkicks Sky. Jay boots Sky in the leg. Sky pushes Blake out. 

Dante comes in and hits attacks on the heels. Dante bottom rope springboard dropkicks Lee. Dante enzugiri's Lee from the apron then springboard flip dives him. Matt high kicks Jay then Blake standing spanish flies Matt. Everyone starts coming in to hit a move. 

Dante goes up top, Ricochet distracts him and Dante is distracted. Dante takes a death valley driver + double stomp combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a very fast paced match here. I liked it and it was full of action. Lee took a hard ddt on his neck here near the end.

AEW International Title Ladder Match Qualifier Match - AR Fox vs. Nick Wayne

Nick hits AR as he poses on the ropes. Nick stomps him. AR headscissors him down. AR flatliners him into the ropes and rolls into a neckbreaker on him. AR trips him from the apron then Nick suplexes him.

AR is sent into the rails. Nick puts him in a chair but AR jumping kicks him. AR is swept on the steps. We go to PiP break and return. 

Nick stands on AR's head on the apron. AR trips him on the apron and rolls him into a twisting brainbuster on the floor. AR package sitout powerbombs him for 2. AR rolls him and is dragon suplexed. 

AR iconoclasm's him then walks him into a cutter. AR top rope swantons him for 2. They fight on the buckles. AR eye rakes him. Nick shiranui's him. Nick high kicks him then falcon arrows him for the win.

Thoughts: It went as expected with these two - they kept going long after they should have and ended up doing too much. It could have been a lot worse, but I didn't think this was good.

We see Darby Allin talk after Dynamite. He said he should have took Kevin Knight's head off when he had the chance. He said he asked him how far he would be willing to go when he first met him and asks him again. He then throws a skateboard at a door.

AEW World Trios Titles - The Conglomeration (Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong) (c) vs Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

Dalton and The Runners are the current ROH 6-Man Tag champs.

Truth shoves down OC twice off the lock up. OC puts his hands in his pockets and shoulders Truth over. OC poses and Truth poses at him. Their partners then help them pose and they all shake hands. They then all fight. OC is hit in the gut and backdropped. The Runners pose. We go to PiP break and return.

OC topes Dalton and is knocked off the apron. The Runners double team double axe handle OC off the apron. Strong dropkicks a Runner through the ropes and Kyle flying knees the other from the apron. Dalton is double teamed in the corner. Dalton takes a backbreaker + elbow drop combo for 2.

Strong throws Oc into The Runners in the corners. Strong swings OC into his opponents then drops OC onto Dalton for 2. Kyle knees Truth in the gut. Kyle tries to knee Turbo in the gut but Turbo has his title on and Kyle hurt his knee. Turbo hits a double lariat. 

Turbo boots OC out of the corner. Turbo slams OC. The Runners hit a double team double elbow drop for 2. Kyle is suplexed by Dalton. Strong backdrops Turbo and Dalton exploders Strong. OC spinning ddt's Dalton. Turbo cradles OC for 2. OC blocks a sunset flip, drops down on Turbo and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't like ROH champions losing but AEW loves to do this. There was no real reason for this match and Turbo's team didn't need to lose here. It wasn't super serious and Turbo's belt that he wears continues to raise questions about how it's legal for him to do that. There was a lot going on here but there was too much comedy in this for me.

The Lethal Twist and The Demand then come out and jump everyone for unknown reasons. Jeff Jarrett gets upset and is punched off the apron by Ricochet before he even gets in. The faces get the edge and orange punch Ric. Jeff then hits Ric with a guitar.

Jack Perry says his mission is to become AEW champ and says when an opportunity falls out of the sky, you take it. He says he's part of the ladder match. Nick Wayne comes in and says opportunities always land in Jack's lap but he has had to chase them. He says he will hurt him in the process when he takes his opportunity and show him what a young pillar is supposed to look like. Jack says he's proud of him that he earned his opportunity and says he will see him at Redemption.

AEW International Title Ladder Match Qualifier Match - El Clon vs. Lio Rush

We haven't seen Clon in a while.

Clon boots him in the gut. Clon flips out of an armdrag. Lio chokes him and chops him. Lio bites his hand. Lio handspring kicks Clon off the apron then bangs his head off the commentary table. Lio's eyebrow is busted open. 

Lio lariats Clon for 2. Clon ties Lio's hand to the top rope with the tag rope. Clon running facekicks Lio. We go to PiP break, full break and return. Lio pop up powerbombs Clon and splashes him for 2. 

Clon overhead kicks him. Lio stunners him. Lio forearms him and spin kicks him in the head. Lio low topes him. Lio bottom rope springboard stunners him for 2. Clon spinning forearms him and powerbombs lifts him into a knee. Lio rolls up Clon for 2 then Clon pins him while holding the ropes.

Thoughts: Another ROH champ loses here for no reason whatsoever. We had an unusual clash of styles here. I don't really think this ever made it to the next level and was a bit average. Lio got busted open here. I have absolutely no idea why they had Lio lose when so many others were available to lose this one.

Clon beats up on Lio after. Mike Bailey saves Lio. Komander comes up, walks up the ropes and blind moonsaults out onto Clon.

We get a video for The Dogs vs The Bang Bang Gang. Jay says he's better than anyone at beating David Finlay. Juice says The Dogs will be chained to them. 

Hikaru Shida & Thekla vs. Maya World & Willow Nightingale

Shida forearms and pounds on Maya. Shida suplexes her for 1. Thek nails Willow outside then hits mounted shots on Maya. Maya's head is banged off the apron. Shida boots Willow in the gut outside and the faces take stereo suplexes on the floor. 

Shida and Thek do stereo mounted corner punches. The faces then do stereo corner lariats. The heels are sent into each other. Willow hits a double lariat on them. Maya slams Shida. We go to PiP break and return.

Maya hits shots on the heels then hits a step up enzugiri on Shida. Willow hits lariats on Shida. Willow boots Shida over then spinebusters her for 2. Shida punches Willow then eye pokes her for 2. Willow chops Shida. Thek grabs Shida on the ropes and Shida flying knees Willow. Shida falcon arrows Shida for 2. 

Shida and Maya trade forearms. Maya rolls Shida into a double stomp. Thek forearms Maya and Willow lariats Thek. Shida flying knees Willow. Thek spin kicks Maya in the gut. Maya shoves Thek. Willow misses an apron cannonball and splats on the floor. Maya topes the heels outside. 

Shida hits Maya with a kendo stick as she climbs the buckles. Thek spears Maya and pins her.

Thoughts: The match was fine. It was nothing particularly memorable and result didn't really matter either way here, but Maya losing was the safe way out.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual Collision with limited starpower and lots of random matches. We had a bunch of ROH champs losing on this show for no real reason and some headscratchers like Lio Rush losing. The opener was alright. The Bucks' match was tolerable. Persephone won a random squash. I liked Skyflight's match. I didn't like AR/Wayne, the Trios Titles match or Clon/Lio. The main was fine. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as this was average and had some issues.