AEW Forbidden Door 2026: The Buy In Pre-Show 6/28/2026

AEW Forbidden Door 2026: The Buy In Pre-Show 6/28/2026

The PPV main show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/aew-forbidden-door-2026-6282026.html 

We are in San Jose, CA. Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness & Walker Stewart are on commentary.

We get some videos to start.

Renee Paquette and Jeff Jarrett welcome us to the show and hype up the event. 

Drilla Moloney vs. Daniel Garcia

They lock up. DG waistlock takedowns him then spins on his back and taunts him. DG chops him in the corner and double throat thrusts him. DM shoulders him over twice. DM sends DG into the rails and chops him there. DM chops him over the rail into the front row.

They get back in and DG dragon screws him over the middle rope. DG forearms him down off the apron. DM is sent into the the steps and he dragon screws DG. DG running dropkicks DM agains the rails. Marina Shafir chokes DM on the bottom buckle.

DG ties his legs up, pulls on his hair and says, "you're the guy in New Japan, right?". DG stomps DM's legs into the mat. DM hits punches and DG dragon screws him. DG ankle locks him. DG dropkicks him in the knee. DG hits mounted corner punches. DM dropkicks DG. 

They trade chops. DG boots him in the gut then DM pop up powerbombs him for 2. DG rolls DM into a sharpshooter. DG boots him in the head. DG hits downward elbows. DM has him on his shoulder and Shafir pulls DG off. DM goes after Shafir and DG rolls up DM for 2. DG hits chops on DM. DG does a twist and shout on DM. 

DG jumps at him, gets caught and is hit with a drilla killa. DM pins him.

Thoughts: I wasn't that into it. DG worked the ankle then the leg for a little. Shafir interfered near the end and it was just a match for the most part. It could have been a little shorter too. I thought this was just so-so.

Jarrett and Renee talk more. 

AEW TBS Title Survival Of The Fittest Qualifying Match - Maika vs. Skye Blue

Julia Hart is sent to the back before this starts.

SB backs up Maika in the corner and face shoves her. They trade forearms. SB pulls Maika down by the hair. Maika shoulders her over. Maika shoulders her over and low sliding lariats her for 2. SB cradles her then hits forearms.

Maika is pulled over the top. SB PK's her from the apron. SB Tries a diving headscissors off the apron but is caught and takes an apron powerbomb. Maika armbars her in the ring. SB faltliners her into the 2nd buckle. SB broski boots her in the corner for 2. 

SB hits mounted forearms. Maika's head is banged off the buckles and SB foot chokes her. SB neckbreakers her for 2. Maika suplexes her and backdrops her. Maika hits short arm lariats. 

SB goes up top. Maika superplexes her down from the 2nd rope for 2. Maika hits a corner lariat. Maika is stuck on the 2nd rope and SB superkicks her there. SB sitout powerbombs her for 2. 

They trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. Maika lariats her on the ropes. SB step up knees her then tornado ddt's her for 2. Maika powerslams her for 2. SB sueprkicks her and Maika rolls to the apron. Maika suplexes SB on the apron. Maika hammerlock michinoku drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: Like the opener, it was random, long and not that interesting. At least something was on the line here but that's really about it. Maika did some of her power moves but didn't exactly get the crowd all fired up here.

We get another PPV card run-down.

AEW Women's World Tag Team Title Match - Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) (c) vs. Olympia & Thunder Rosa

Rosa hits Lena from start then chops her up. Lena knees her in the gut. Rosa chops Lena then Lena lariats her over. Rosa chops Meg and Lena. Olym and Rosa then hit stereo flying headscissors. Rosa top rope tornillos Lena and Meg outside. Olym springboard plancha's the other 3 girls outside.

Rosa hits corner lariats on Meg. Lena trips up Rosa and Meg facekicks Rosa off the apron. Meg hits corner spears on Rosa. Rosa is dropped head first on the top buckle. Meg hits corner spears and a corner splash. 

Lena sliding lariats Rosa for 2. Rosa slaps Lena from the mat and Lena boots her. Rosa jawbreakers her and pulls her over the top. Rosa sends meg out. Olym tags in. Olym boots and lariats Lena. Olym dropkicks Lena. Olym hit a handstand pendulum bronco buster on Lena in the corner. Olym spinning samoan drops Lena for 2.

Rosa codebreakers Lena. Olym wastelands Meg. Olym then moonsaults off of Lena onto Meg. Rosa then jumps off Rosa's back with a corner dropkick on Lena. Olym springboard splashes Meg for 2.

Meg gordbusters Rosa. Lena running lariats Rosa for 2. Everyone hits a move and all 4 girls go down. Lena and Olym trade chops. Lena chest kicks her. Meg hurricanrana's Olym from the top and barely gets over. Rosa top rope dropkicks Meg. Meg dropkicks Lena on accident. Rosa corner dropkicks Meg. 

Olym gorilla press slams Meg. Rosa top rope double stomps Meg for 2. Rosa side kicks Lena down. Rosa hurricanrana's Meg for 2. Meg F-5's Rosa for 2. Meg claymore kicks Olym. Rosa takes a double chokeslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: It went a little long but I liked it. Rosa tried harder than usual. It got a lot of time and the heels had a different team to fight than usual. I liked the spot where Olym moonsaulted off Lena onto Meg. Meg and Lena won as expected as Rosa and Olym are a random makeshift team.

The commentators then talk about the card more and we see a video on Briscoe/MJF.

Overall thoughts: We had 3 matches here. The first two were longer, slower, random and just so-so. The 2nd match was a qualifier atleast though and meant something. The 3rd match was the best match on here. It got a lot of time and the girls probably had about the best match they were going to have here. I liked it. I thought the matches were a bit long for a pre-show that's supposed to make you want more. I won't rate this as it's a pre-show, but I think you could skip this one. What we got was average here.

AEW World's End 2025: Zero Hour 12/28/2025

AEW World's End 2025: Zero Hour 12/28/2025

I reviewed World's End here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/aew-worlds-end-12272025.html

We are in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Nigel McGuinness, Tony Schiavone and Excalibur are on commentary.

Jeff Jarrett, Renee Paquette, RJ City and Lexy Nair talk about the show on the ramp. 

Adam Cole is on webcam at his messy house. He says hopefully we will see more of him in 2026. He picks Mox and Takeshita to win. He says he doesn't know how will win but says we will see the best wrestling on the planet.

Sisters Of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue) vs Hyan & Maya World

SB and Hy go at it. Hy waistlock takedowns her then SB throws her down backwards. Hy avoids stomps and armdrags SB. SB armdrags her back. Hy offers a handshake and SB facekicks her. Hy takes a double flapjack. Hy hits wasteland on Hart and legdrops her for 2. 

They botch some spot with Hart being laid on the top rope. Maya slingshot swantons her. Hart and SB are thrown out. Hy and Maya try stereo topes but get hit. Hy and SB take stereo bridging twisting neckbreakers on the floor. Hart bangs Hy's head off the mat.

Hart corner lariats Hy. SB cartwheels into a forearm on Hy. SB superkicks Hy in the face. Hart tarantula's Hy and SB dropkicks her while she's tied up for 2.

Hy suplexes SB. Hy kicks her over. Maya and Hart get in. Maya flying forearms and dropkicks Hart. Maya flying back elbows her in the corner. Maya 2nd rope dropkicks Hart. Maya rolls Hart into a double stomp for 2. 

Hart facekicks Hy. SB superkicks Hy. SB and Maya trade forearms. SB hits a code red on Maya. Hy takes superkicks and takes a double team pendulum side slam. Hy is pinned.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Maya's team botched up a spot where Hart was supposed to lay on the top rope. Maya and Hyan are really not impressing so far. They both need to drop weight and I can't help but feel they are only here to spite Dakota Kai.

Eddie Kingston vs. Zack Gibson

Zack does his own intro. He says he's Liverpool's #1 and says they are grizzled young veterans. Eddie's music then hits before he can say more.

Eddie is double teamed by The Vet's but fights them off. Eddie hits punches on Zack and back elbows him. Zack boots him in the gut and bangs his head off the buckles. Zack hits forearms and Eddie headbutts him. James Drake trips Eddie. Eddie grabs him then Zack dives on Eddie's head.

Zack foot chokes Eddie. They trade forearms. Zack piefaces him. They trade chops. Eddie lariats him. Eddie hits chops on Zack in the corner. Drake pulls down Eddie. Zack 2nd rope diving codebreakers Eddie. Zack hits forearms, then slaps and yells at him. Eddie hits a bunch of bad slaps and Zack slaps back. Eddie ddt's Zack for the win.

Thoughts: It went longer than it needed to as the outcome as never in doubt here. Zack didn't have a bad showing though and put out a good showing.

The Vet's choke Eddie with a scarf after. Ortiz makes his big return after a long time with a sock full of rocks. The Vet's run.

Bandido & Mascara Dorada vs. The Don Callis Family (Mark Davis & Rocky Romero)

Band hits leg kicks on Mark. Band side headlocks him. Mark runs through a chop and shoulders Band over. Mark chops Band. Mark slams and sentons him. Mark then kneels on him. Dorada and RR get in. Dorada springboard crossbodies him. Dorada corkscrew headscissors RR. Dorada walks up the buckles, kicks Mark and does a seated flip into an armdrag on RR. Dorada's tope is caught by Mark. Dorada is kicked in the back and dumped on the floor.

Band flying headscissors RR outside. Mark forearms Band and jumps at him in the corner. RR basement dropkicks Dorada inside. Mark slams Droada then misses a senton. Band hits punches on RR. Band double boots the heels out of the corner. Dorada is caught in mid-air. Band top rope tornillos everyone over. 

Droada sitout dominators RR and Band top rope frogsplashes RR for 2. Mark gamengirti's Band and RR running shiranui's Band for 2. Band takes corner attacks. Dorada corkscrew headscissors Mark. RR takes a reverse GTS then a top rope SSP from Dorada. Dorada is popped up into a tornillo on Mark outside. Band hits a 21plex on RR and pins him.

Thoughts: It was fine. The heels did what they were supposed to do and the faces flew around a bit before going home.  

Excalibur hints that Dorada and Band may become a team.

We get an El Clon video. It says he's coming to Collision in January 2026. 

Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, Jack Perry and Luchasaurus vs The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona) and Josh Alexander

Don Callis talks to The Demand. He says he can't stand Perry. He says he knows how to get to Perry -  take out the dinosaur and clip his nuts. Ricochet says he has an idea. Don says they roll tonight.

Lucha and Jack get nailed as they head down the ramp. Jack is suplexed on the ramp. Kevin and Mike plancha the heels outside. Josh takes a double hiptoss then a double lariat over the top. Ric is double hiptossed onto his buddies outside. Mike bangs Josh's head off the buckles. Mike is pushed off the top, trips on the apron and lands hard on the floor. 

Ric headbutt drops Mike. Kaun chops Mike in the corner. Ric rolling sentons Mike. Kaun stomps on Mike in the corner. Mike boots Kaun out of the corner then 2nd rope dropkicks him. Mike standing moonsault double knee drops Josh. Jack Perry finally gets on the apron. Jack knocks the heels over and pulls Kaun over the top rope. Jack rebound lariats Ric.

Jack jumping ddt's Josh for 2. Jack is hit with a codebreaker > uranage > running ssp for 2. Kevin springboard lariats Kaun. Jack cradles Ric for 2. Ric spinning lariats Jack and death valley drivers him for 2. Jack Perry's music hits again and Luchasaurus comes back out with his arm taped out. Lucha lariats the heels in the aisle. 

Lucha lariats Ric in the ring. Mike triangle moonsaults Toa outside. Lucha chokeslams Ric. Jack does an assisted flying knee to Ric and pins him.

Thoughts: I'm not a big fan of the heels losing when it was basically 4v2 for a large part of this. Mike took an awful bump from the top to the apron and the floor. It was a fast paced match with a lot of action.

Overall thoughts: It was a pre-show, so it was only going to be so good. The women's match was weak and Hyan/Maya didn't impress. Eddie/Zack wasn't bad but it went long. I was fine with the Bandido/Dorada tag. I didn't like the main event here as the heels essentially lost 4v2. I was glad this show didn't roll over onto the main PPV. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was average and they didn't really have any exclusive interviews/promos to hype up tonight's main PPV. 

AEW Full Gear Saturday Tailgate Brawl 11/21/2025

AEW Full Gear Saturday Tailgate Brawl 11/21/2025 

The PPV is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/aew-full-gear-2025-11212025.html 

We are in Newark, New Jersey. Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

$200,000 Four-way Tag Team Match - Max Caster and Anthony Bowens vs. Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson) vs. Big Bill and Bryan Keith vs. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd)

Dalton Castle joins the commentary crew for this. Bowens and Austin side headlock takeover and headscissor each other. Austin goes up and over. He sweeps him and hits punches. Bowens does a weird takedown on him. Max then tries to get a chant started for himself. 

Max and Juice get in. Juice atomic drops him then russian legsweeps him. Juice sentons him. Truth comes in and sends out Juice then dropkicks Max. Truth hits chops on Big Bill. Truth is then facekicked off the apron.

We go to break and return. Truth boots Bryan Keith out of the corner. Bill misses a corner splash on Truth. Turbo comes in and hits punches on multiple people. He then slams 3 people. Turbo dropkicks Bill off the apron. Turbo hits a bulldog + lariat combo then he slams Juice. The Runners hit a double elbow drop on Bryan.

Bowens fameassers Turbo from behind. Truth takes corner attacks from Bowens and Max. Max slams Truth. Bowens hits the arrival on Bryan and Max top rope elbow drops Bryan. Bill comes in and facekicks Max. Bowens superkicks Bill in the face. Juice then rolls up Bowens and wins.

Thoughts: It didn't get much time and there was a break that chopped this up. Juice won out of nowhere here without a lot of build. It's a shame as what we got of this was fine prior to the quick finish. 

Paul Wight comes out to do commentary.

Samoa Joe talks in front of Opps Dojo members. He says Page took out the pieces and he stands here alone. He says Page will find out how alone he is tonight. Joe says he has an army of wayward soldiers behind him. He says Page will learn what this movement is really about tonight.

Big Boom AJ and QT Marshall vs The Don Callis Family (Rocky Romero and Trent Baretta)

The 4 pair off and fight in the corners. AJ and QT hit stereo punches on the heels. AJ hits a corner lariat and QT does a cartwheel back elbow. AJ powerslams Rocky and lariats him over the top. AJ pops up QT into a flip dive outside.  

We go to break and return. Rocky chinlocks QT then back body drops him outside. Rocky has words for The Rizzler. Big Justice then argues with Rocky. Trent comes in (he has a pink cast on). He piefaces Justice down. Paul Wight then comes to help out Justice.

Rocky hits punches on QT. QT handspring enzugiri's Rocky. AJ comes in and hits punches on the heels. He powerslams the heels. AJ gorilla press drops Rocky. AJ half-nelson slams Trent for 2. AJ belly to belly overhead suplexes Rocky over the top. Trent superkicks AJ. 

AJ spinebusters Trent. Don Callis gets on the apron and AJ is distracted. Trent hits AJ with his cast. Trent flying knees AJ for 2. AJ takes a b-driver + top rope double stomp for 2. Rocky hits a sliced bread on QT. Rocky hits corner lariats on the faces. Rocky grabs a piece of the cast. Justices comes in then he boots and stunners Rocky. Trent grabs Justice outside. Wight punches Trent. Trent takes a blockbuster + powerbomb combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was pretty similar to what we saw last time with The Costco Guys. It was a fun little match. AJ was struggling to breathe during this though and was really sucking wind. QT really moved well here and did a lot of high flying. 

Don Callis, Josh Alexander and The Young Bucks are interviewed. Josh says they will end Kenny Omega and he will do it for Don. Don says hey will also win the CMLL trios titles. Don says they've got Okada and the interviewer says Okada isn't here. The Bucks ask if it's because of Takeshita. Don says The Bucks haven't been responsive to Okada but says he will be here. He says Okada will deliver. Don then gives The Bucks a gift. He says it's money but not actual money. They then walk away and open the gift.

Hook and Eddie Kingston vs. WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry and JD Drake)

The fight starts in the aisle. Eddie is sent into the rails by JD and goes down. Henry bangs Hook's face off his knee then pop-up knees him. JD slingshot swantons Hook. JD spinebusters Hook for 2. JD chops Hook. Eddie makes it to the apron and has a backwards hat on. Hook exploders Henry. JD is hit with a double backdrop. 

Henry hits kicks on Eddie then Eddie ddt's him for the win.

Thoughts: This was short and rushed. Eddie must have been hurt here as he did basically nothing but the ddt at the end. This was a waste of time.

CMLL World Trios Titles - El Sky Team (Místico, Máscara Dorada, and Neón) (c) vs. The Don Callis Family (Kazuchika Okada, Konosuke Takeshita, and Hechicero)

Okada does not come out with his partners. We have 5 minutes left until the actual show begins so this appears that it will feed into the PPV. 

The faces are knocked off he ropes while posing and the fight goes outside. MD is sent into the rails and Mist is sent into the steps. Neon is also sent into the rails. Hech uses a chair on Mist's arm against the steps but is not DQ'd. Hech rams Mist's shoulder into the post. Hech then cranks the arm back against a chair. 

KT chinlocks MD in the ring while the doc's look at Mist's arm. The match then officially begins with 2:45 left of TV time. Mist is taken to the back. Neon springboard diving headscissors KT. MD top rope tornillo armdrags Hech. MD and Neon then do stereo topes outside. We see Okada arrive in gear in a car. The show then cuts off.

Thoughts: While we did get to see the end of the match, we didn't get to see it here. I can't say I love this strategy of making people buy the PPV to see the finish and I don't think it really adds to PPV sales.

Overall thoughts: We didn't see the finish of the main on this show, so that definitely brings this one down. Other than that, we got 3 shorter matches with The Costco Guys match getting the most time. There was nothing you really need to see here but it's a pre-show and it's only supposed to give you a taste, not the full meal. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 as I thought the opener could have been more and I didn't like how the main event was handled.

AEW WrestleDream Saturday Tailgate Brawl 10/18/2025

AEW WrestleDream Saturday Tailgate Brawl 10/18/2025

I reviewed WrestleDream here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/aew-wrestledream-2025-10182025.html 

We see The Death Riders group up backstage and head to the ring.

The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta and PAC) vs The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Tomohiro Ishii and Kyle O'Reilly) and Roderrick Strong

RS backs on DG in the corner then is thrown backwards. DG side headlocks him. They trade chops. DG takes chops and kicks from RS and Kyle. Kyle armdrags Yuta. Yuta takes a chest kick + basement dropkick combo. Yuta slams OC. Pac legdrops OC off the buckles.

Pac flips over OC. OC armdrags Pac off the hiptoss then rolls him up for 2. OC puts his hands in his pockets and dropkicks him. Pac tilt-a-whirl backbreakers OC. TI and CC go at it and trade chops. CC shoulders TI over. TI suplexes CC and CC lariats him. 

Yuta hits downward elbows on TI. TI is stomped on in the corner. TI double lariats Yuta and DG. OC double hurricanrana's those two then stunners Yuta. OC top rope diving lariats DG. OC tornado ddt's Pac. OC PK's CC. CC giant swings him. OC climbs onto CC's back and the faces do triple submissions.

CC airplane spin drops OC for 2. Yuta hits punches on Kyle in the aisle and DG sends Kyle into the rails. OC is double teamed on in the corner. Pac running boots OC. Pac cravates OC and OC armdrags him off. CC karelin's lifts OC.

Yuta stomps OC then suplexes him. Yuta elbow drops CC from the buckles. DG hits mounted corner punches on OC. CC chinlocks OC. OC hurricanrana's CC. RS comes in and leg lariats then uranage backbreakers DG. DG is pulled off the 2nd rope into a Kyle kick. Yuta takes a hiptoss backbreaker and a PK. DG is dropped onto Yuta.

CC double lariats Kyle and RS. TI comes in and hits germans on the heels. TI germans CC. Pac rebound germans TI. They forearm each other and OC top rope diving ddt's Pac. TI sliding forearms Pac for 2. CC throws RS over the rail then Yuta flying knees Kyle. 

TI running lariats Pac. TI is clipped by Yuta then Pac flying knees TI for the win.

Thoughts: It was a long opener that went close to 20 minutes here. It was acceptable for the most part but not anyone's best work. OC screwed around as usual. Pac really didn't fly much here. This went a lot longer than it needed to.

Hook and Eddie Kingston vs The Frathouse (Griff Garrison and Cole Carter)

Hook has some new ugly tattoos. LFI do an inset promo. Sammy says they are in charge and not Eddie. Rush says when you mess with the bull, you get the horns.

The Frathouse are sent into the rails and beaten outside. Hook hip throws GG then GG takes a double shoulderblock. Cole hits a dropkick on Eddie. Eddie's head is banged off the buckles. GG corner splashes Eddie. Eddie back elbows him then 2nd rope shoulderblocks him. Hook and Cole fight. Hook lariats him and exploders him.

Cole and Eddie do stereo exploders. Jacked Jameson is thrown in and Eddie chops him. GG spinning forearms Cole when Hook movies. Eddie uraken's Cole and Hook submits Cole with the redrum.

Thoughts: It was pretty much a squash here with The Frathouse losing as expected. It didn't do a lot but get Eddie and Hook on TV here and further this feud with LFI. W

We see The Costco Guys at a bar. They chant for the waiters to bring the food. They end up getting beaten up by Trent Baretta and Rocky Romero after Rocky asks if Mama Justice wants to go viral with him. The older Costco Guy is hit in the head with a tray. 

Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford vs Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron

Ford has a giant mallet with her.

Ford throws down HC twice. HC takes her down and hits mounted shots. Ford side headlocks her. Willow shoulders Ford over then hits corner lariats. Willow lariats Ford for 2. Ford takes corner attacks then a basement dropkick. 

Meg and Willow fight. Willow rolls up Meg for 2 twice. Willow hits a double clothesline. The faces hit stereo step up enzugiri's. Willow drops HC onto Ford. Meg double suplexes her opponents. Ford top rope moonsaults onto the faces outside.

Willow is sent into the rails and Ford chest kicks HC outside. Ford chokes Meg on the ropes. Meg hits corner spears on HC. Meg slams her. HC takes corner attacks and a suplex. Ford moonsaults off of Meg's back onto HC. Ford chinlocks HC. 

Megs chops HC then sliding lariats her. HC spinning ddt's Meg. Willow and Ford get in. Willow lariats her several times. Willow corner backsplashes her then hits corner lariats. Willow pounces Meg. Willow spinebusters Ford for 2. Ford hurricanrana's Willow. Ford is then thrown into a cutter on her for 2.

HC backcrackers Ford. Meg flying lariats HC. Willow death valley drivers Meg. Ford cutters Willow. Willow and Meg trade forearms. Meg pump kicks her then Willow lariats her off the ropes. Meg 2nd rope diving lariats both opponents. 

HC rolls Meg out of the electric chair. Meg spears the post when HC moves. Willow cannonballs Meg off the apron. Ford hits some kind of GTS variation with a kick on HC. HC backdrops Ford. Willow doctor bombs Ford and pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. I don't love Meg and Ford losing but I'm not that surprised. It got a little more time than needed. HC got to do more than usually does here and did alright with it. 

FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs JetSpeed (Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey)

We only have 4:25 for this. FTR beat up KK to start. KK evades them. Mike is tagged in and hits a top rope double dropkick. Mike boots FTR over then him and KK hit stereo dropkicks and stereo germans. FTR take double lariats over the top. KK and Mike hit stereo plancha's outside. 

Cash catapults Mike into the steps outside. KK is in the front row and trades with Dax. He then springboard lariats him off the rail. KK dropkicks FTR off the apron outside. Dax lariats KK. Both teams do suplexes over the top to the floor. We have a minute left and they say to join them on HBO Max to see the finish.

Thoughts: We didn't get a finish for this on the pre-show as it ended on the PPV. I get why they did it as they wanted you to buy the PPV, but I don't know how many people really took the bait.

Overall thoughts: I was really surprised there weren't any real promos or interviews here. Those are necessary for pre-shows as they help hype up the show. The main was the big story on this one as you didn't get to see the ending unless you ordered the PPV. That took some guts to do and I don't know if it really paid off. The opener was the best thing on this one but there was nothing must see. I would just give this one an average rating with a 5 out of 10.

AEW Collision Saturday Tailgate Brawl: All Out 9/20/2025

AEW Collision Saturday Tailgate Brawl: All Out 9/20/2025

The last Collision was part of a 3 hour Dynamite special. That can be found here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/aew-dynamite-9172025-september-to.html

All Out 2025 can be found here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/aew-all-out-2025-9202025.html 

The next Collision is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/aew-collision-9272025.html

We are in Toronto, Canada. Tony Schiavone, Matt Menard and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

This is the pre-show for All Out 2025 but AEW and Cagematch also call this Collision, so we'll go with it. This aired at 2PM on a Saturday.

The Opps (Powerhouse Hobbs & Samoa Joe) vs The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)

Henry piefaces and chops Hobbs. He hits body kicks and Hobbs slams him many times. JD tags in and gets slammed. Joe hits punches on JD then sentons him. Joe no sells JD's chops.

JD eye pokes him. Joe is double teamed and takes an assisted ddt for 1. JD hits punches on Joe. Joe hits forearms then powerslams him for 2. 

Hobbs comes in and lariats the heels. Hobbs hits a double shoulderblock. Hobbs corner splashes both opponents then corner lariat flurries JD. JD takes a short arm lariat and Henry is lariated down. Joe corner enzugiri's JD. JD misses a 2nd rope move and lands on his back.

Joe sleepers JD and submits him.

Thoughts: It was all squash here and not much of note. The Opps won as expected. 

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia

DG enters through the crowd with Shafir. KS running boots him then hits corner forearms. DG knees him in the gut outside then he gets thrown into the rails. KS chops DG outside then boots him off a chair into the rails.

We go to a quick PiP break and return. DG double throat thrusts him and ddt's him on the floor. Matt Menard yells at DG and tells him to look at him. DG ignores him. DG puts KS' head between then steps and the post then DG dropkicks the steps. 

DG corner lariats KS then sliding forearms him for 2. They trade forearms inside. KS chest kicks and pump kicks him. KS germans him then DG backdrops him. KS germans him then corner facekicks him. KS hits chops in the corner then corner dropkicks DG. KS double underhook suplexes him for 2. KS triangles him. 

They trade forearms on the apron. DG bites him in the head. KS death valley drivers him on the apron. We go to PiP break, full break and return. They are tied up via the legs and slap each other down. They get up and trade forearms. DG guillotines him. DG piledrivers him twice and only gets a 1 count on the second one. 

KS drops him with a shot and staggers. KS chest chops him and sleepers him. KS grounds him with it. Shafir distracts the ref. DG hits gotch style piledriver then curbstomps him for the win.

Thoughts: They did too much here. They should not be kicking out of piledrivers, apron death valley drivers and steel step shots in the pre-show. I didn't like this one.  

Renee and RJ City talk at ringside and shill the PPV.

Hologram & Paragon (Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong) vs. The Frat House (Cole Karter, Griff Garrison & Preston Vance)

The faces get nailed as they pose. Holo is thrown out and RS is foot choked in the corner. RS release suplexes Holo into a splash on PV. Kyle hits chest kicks on PV. Kyle hits a strike combo on Griff, ending in a leg sweep. PV chokes Kyle on the ropes.

Kyle takes a double boot in the corner and a Cole dropkick. Cole shoulders him over then Kyle backdrops him. Holo and Griff fight. Holo fights off the heels in the corner then standing spanish flies Griff. PV takes a triple team shot from the faces. Holo tope con hilos some of the The Frathouses pledges outside. 

Griff takes a high/low and Holo top rope double stomps Griff to win.

Thoughts: It was too short to really get going here. The faces won as expected. This was very fast paced. They teased some dissension between RS and Holo.

RJ City and Renee talk about the PPV and the next match. 

Tailgate Brawl Match - Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford & Sisters Of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue) vs. Harley Cameron, Mina Shirakawa, Queen Aminata & Willow Nightingale

The faces are in street fight gear and we have some tailgate stuff outside. The faces do a football line-up pose and knock over the heels. The heels take shots in all 4 corners then are thrown into each other. Meg is double lariated and Mina trips her. The faces take their AEW shirts off and get nailed by the heels. 

Meg throws Ford out onto the faces. Willow and Meg trade shots. Willow spinebusters her. The faces do an 8 girl suplex on the heels. The faces throw cups at the heels. Ford and Queen duel weapons. They bring out a beach chair. Skye gets staple gunned in the ring as we go to PiP break.

We return and Willow is stapled in the butt. Skye powerbombs Willow on a cooler for 2. Mina hits the heels with a cooler, as does Queen. Queen does her chocolate kisses spot to Hart and Mina thrusts as she does it. Mina rolls over Queen's back with a splash on Hart for 2.

Harley has a trash can put on her head. Her partners are sent into her and the heels hit running corner shots on her. Queen slams Harley. Ford jumps off of Meg's back with a moonsault on Ford.

Willow pounces Meg. Meg is clotheslined with a table. Willow takes a double superkick. Harley takes a double gordbuster. Skye and Hart are sent into the rails. Mina grabs a grill. Skye and Hart's faces are put in it and Mina/Queen boot them.

Willow spinebusters Ford then hits her with a trash can. Willow doctor bombs Ford and pins her.

Thoughts: It was fine. It was a fun little hardcore style match with some goofy and unusual weapons. The faces won but it doesn't really matter.

The announcers shill the PPV as the faces dance to close the show. 

Overall thoughts: It's a pre-show so you can't be too harsh on it. These are extra matches to get you hyped for the PPV and try to get some last minute buys. You don't want them to be too good and make the crowd tired but you don't want them to be awful either. Shibata/Garcia still found room to do too much though, there were basically 2 squashes and the faces beat the heels in a fun and goofy hardcore match. I do think they needed some interviews with wrestlers in the top matches here though. I'd give it this one a 5 out of 10 as it was about average and nothing must see.