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AEW COLLISION REPORT
OCTOBER 28, 2026 (recorded 10/28)
ST. LOUIS, MO. AT CHAIFETZ ARENA
AIRED ON TBS & HBO MAX
REPORT BY JOSHUA WHITE, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR
Commentators: Nigel Mcguinness, Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight
Ring Announcer: Arkady Aura
Attendance: WrestleTix reported that 3,098 tickets had been distributed; arena is set up for 3,489. The arena has a capacity of 10,600 spectators when configured for basketball.
[HOUR ONE]
Pyro blasted from the stage as Schiavone welcomed everyone to the show and wished everyone a happy Halloween.
(1) TOMASSO CIAMPA vs. MATT SYDAL (w/Christopher Daniels)
Ciampa’s music played and he made his entrance dressed as Kratos from the God of War games. They showed a replay of Ciampa attacking Andrade from the crowd. Matt Sydal’s music hit and the hometown guy got a decent pop as he made his way to the ring with Christopher Daniels. The bell rang to start the match three minutes into the show.
Sydal hit a standing moonsault early and went for the pin, but Ciampa kicked out at two. Ciampa rolled to ringside and Sydal hit a meteora from the apron onto Ciampa on the floor. Back in the ring, Sydal climbed to the top rope, but Ciampa rolled across the ring and back to the outside. Sydal rolled Ciampa back into the ring, but Ciampa blasted him with a running knee as he attempted to step through the ropes. [c]
As they returned from commercial, Ciampa caught Sydal with an anti-air knee as Sydal went for a crossbody from the middle rope. Ciampa made the cover, but Sydal kicked out at two. Sydal came back with a series of low kicks before taking Ciampa down with a headscissor. Sydal hit a pair of kicks and a jumping knee. Sydal caught Ciampa with the question mark kick and went for the pin, but Ciampa kicked out at two.
Ciampa rolled out of the ring, but Sydal hit him with a dive to the outside. Back in the ring, Sydal climbed the ropes, but Ciampa swept out his feet. Ciampa set up for a top-rope air raid crash, but Sydal flipped out of it into a sunset flip powerbomb. Syal stacked Ciampa into a pin, but Ciampa kicked out at two.
Sydal hit a running low dropkick in the corner and then climbed to the top rope. Sydal went for the shooting star press, but Ciampa got his knees up. Ciampa went for the pin, but Sydal kicked out at two. Ciampa caught Sydal with a knee and set up for a powerbomb. Sydal countered the powerbomb into a hurricanrana rolled into a pin for two.
Sydal hit the ropes and charged into a powerbomb into a double knee backbreaker. Ciampa followed it up with a running knee. Ciampa lowered his knee pad and hit a second running knee. Ciampa made the cover and got the win.
WINNER: Tommaso Ciampa in 12:00
(White’s Take: Solid opener. To the surprise of everybody, the wrestler in a storyline leading to a PPV got the win while the guy who gets no TV time and is in a stable of perennial losers somehow came up short.)
-They showed a video of Swerve winning the world title at Dynasty in St. Louis two years ago.
(2) THE HURT SYNDICATE (Bobby Lashely & Shelton Benjamin w/MVP) vs. SOLOROTO (Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto w/Griff Garrison)
The Hurt Syndicate’s music played as Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashely made their way to the ring alongside MVP. Their opponents, the team of Aaron Solo, Griff Garrison, and Nick Comoroto were already in the ring, sticking with their schtick of dressing like Brodido and Hangman, except it maybe makes sense this week, calendar-wise. The announcers noted that The Hurt Syndicate are on a six-match winning streak as their opponents attacked them before the bell rang 18 minutes into the hour.
Comoroto hit a splash on Lashley in the corner. Comoroto charged into a back elbow from Lashley. Lashley grabbed Solo and threw him into Comoroto before tagging in Shelton. Solo hit a few chops on Shelton, but he shrugged them off. Solo hit a spin kick to the gut and then botched an attempt at Bandido’s 21 Plex. Shelton took advantage with a pair of German suplexes.
Shelton kicked Comoroto off of the apron and Lashley hit him with a spear on the outside. MVP slid Garrison into the ring and Shelton gave him with a German suplex before Lahsely hit him with a spear. Shelton hit Solo with a high knee and Lashley added a spear for Solo as well. The crowd chanted “one more time,” so Shelton tagged Lashley in to give Solo another spear. Lashley posed on the ropes and then made the cover for the win.
WINNERS: The Hurt Syndicate in 4:00
(White’s Take: Maybe this is the best use of The Hurt Syndicate. The crowd still pops big for them, so just let them show up and toss around some dudes. Regardless of what MVP says on social media, perception is reality and anything they’ve tried to do with Shelton and Bobby outside of simple squash matches has been disappointing or comes to sudden, unexplained stop.)
-The Death Riders were backstage, and Gabe Kidd gave Clark Connors and David Finlay a mocking applause for their performance as friends before calling them bitches. Gabe said they’re down two men, and said he is going to gut them and hang them by their intestines. Moxley, much more calmly, said that if they understood his journey and that of the group, they wouldn’t say that the Death Riders are outnumbered. He said they’ve outnumbered the whole time. Marina said it hasn’t mattered, because the goal was to be something bigger than them. Marina said they chose to do the hard work and there is no man, woman, or army that will break their spirit. Yuta said they’ll show up with or without Claudio. Garcia said they may be outnumbered, but aren’t outmatched, and signed off with an “against the world.” [c]
(White’s Take: Everyone was fine in their portion of the promo, even Gabe Kidd wasn’t quite frothing at the mouth before some murderous threats. Moxley, of course, delivered a master class of a short, serious, captivating promo.)
-They showed a video of Persephone freaking out about losing her title after Dynamite. Persephone said there’s a spot on each Blood & Guts teams, and challenged Aminata to meet her in the match.
(3) TRIANGLE OF MADNESS (Thekla & Skye Blue & Julia Hart) vs. HAZUKI & KOGUMA & FUWA-CHAN – Artists of Stardom Championship match
The Stardom trio of Hazuki, Koguma and Fuwa-Chan known as Trinity made their way to the ring. Triangle of Madness made their entrance with the Stardom titles. The bell rang to start the match 32 minutes into the hour.
Julia offered Fuwa-Chan a handshake and gave her a slap instead. Fuwa-Chan hit a series of forearms, but Blue shot back with forearm of her own. All three of the women from Stardom took Blue down and then all three delivered simultaneous dropkicks and running boots against the ropes on Blue, Hart, and Thekla.
Hazuki and Kogruma hit blue with a double suplex and Fuwa-Chan made the cover, but Blue kicked out at two. Blue hit a knee to the back of Fuwa-Chan. Fuwa-Chan rolled out fo the ring and Thekla hit her with a double stomp off the apron onto her back as they went to commercial. [c]
Back from break, Koguma and Hazuka hit a double dive onto all three members on Triangle of Madness at ringside. Koguma hit a Northern Lights suplex on Hart and bridged into a pin, but Hart kicked out at two. Hart came back and hit a standing moonsault into a pin for two. Hazuki hit Thekla with a missle dropkick and Koguma added a crossbody from the middle ropes.
Hazuki put Thekla in a crossface in the center of the ring. Thekla leveraged her into a pin to break the hold. Thekla spun onto Hazuki and locked in a flying octopus hold. Blue and Hart added the hold to Koguma and Fuwa-Chan. Hazuki made it to the ropes to break the hold. Thekla hit a running boot on Hazuki and climbed to the top rope.
Hazuki dodged a flying Thekla and landed a kick, but Thekla caught her coming off the ropes with a spear that left both women down. Thekla eventually made the cover, but Koguma broke it up. Koguma hit Hart with a cutter.
Blue and Fuwa-Chan traded shots in the middle of the ring. Fuwa-Chan applied an abdominal stretch, but blue made it to the ropes to break the hold. Blue hit Fuwa-Chan with a boot and climbed to the top rope, but Hazuki met Blue and delivered a superplex. Koguma added a splash before Fuwa-Chan hit a shining wizard. Fuwa-Chan made the xover, but Hart broke up the pin.
Thekla hit Koguma and Hazuki with a double spear. Thekla climbed to the top rope and hit a crossbody onto all three women at ringside. Fuwa-Chan got a two-count with a magistral cradle. Hart spit mist in Fuwa-Chan’s eyes at Blue distracted the ref. Hart and Blue hit Fuwa-Chan with the assisted swinging uranage. Blue made the cover and got the win.
WINNERS: Triangle of Madness in 13:00
(White’s Take: The announcers tried to explain who the challengers were, but I don’t think we’ve seen any of them outside of Hazuki on AEW, and she’s only appeared a few times. I’m all for more women’s matches on AEW TV, but the roster is large enough with plenty of titles to fill some space on Collision without featuring wrestlers people don’t know trying to win titles no one cares about. Also, good action and fun match in spite of those complaints.)
-Joe was backstage with Hook and Shibata with a few words about perception. He said that The Opps were perceived as not to be messed with. Joe said that has changed, but that’s a failure of leadership, of who they let lead. He said the man that beat the TNT champion and tapped out the world champion is here. He said the perception of The Opps will change, or they’ll change the nature of the beast. [c]
(White’s Take: Joe do promo good. Concise, serious and giving his character and group direction. Promos like this and the earlier one from the Death Riders are the best parts of Collision.)
(4) THE BEAST MORTOS vs. ILJA DRAGUNOV
The Beast Mortos made his entrance before Dragunov’s music played and he made his way to the ring. Dragunov finished conducting and the bell rang to start the match 54 minutes into the hour.
Dragunov dodged Mortos in the corner and delivered a few chops. Dragunov grabbed a side headlock and charged in Mortos with a shoulder tackle, but couldn’t take him down. Dragunov hit a few chops and went for a jumping shoulder tackle, but it just knocked Mortos into the ropes and he came back with a shoulder block of his own.
Mortos hit a few chops of his own and landed a pop-up Samoan drop. Mortos made the cover, but Dragunov kicked out at two. Mortos blocked a German suplex attempt, but Dragunov came back with a running lariat. Dragunov hit a shotgun dropkick from the top rope as they went to commercial. [c]
[HOUR TWO]
Back from commercial, Dragunov lifted Mortos from the middle rope delivered a German suplex. Dragunov held on and rolled into a second suplex. The crowd chanted one more time, but Mortos elbowed his way of the third attempt. Mortos charged into a jumping kick. Dragunov climbed to the top rope and hit a leaping senton. Dragunov made the cover, but Mortos kicked out at two.
Dragunov set up for the D Bomb, but Mortos blocked and pushed Dragunov back with his legs. Mortos delivered a backbreaker and a lariat. Mortos made the over, but Dragunov kicked out at two. Mortos and Dragunov traded chops. Mortos dropped Dragunov with a big chop. Dragunov fired up and hit a few chops of his own until Mortos delivereda headbutt.
Mortos set Dragunov up onto the top turnbuckle. Dragunov escaped, slipped between Mrotos’ leg and delivered a powerbomb. Dragunov charged into a headbutt, but fired back with the Torpedo Moscow. Dragunov followed up with the D Bomb and made the cover for the victory.
WINNER: Ilja Dragunov in 11:00
(White’s Take: Dragunov continues to showcase what he’s really good at: snug offense, emotional fire, and selling. You could argue he shouldn’t be doing that last one so much against a guy who appears sporadically and wins rarely, but I like Mortos, so I can let it slide. Definitely looking forward to Dragunov tangling with Ciampa.)
Ciampa appeared at the top of the ramp to mock Dragunov’s conducting.
-The showed a replay of Nick Wayne’s celebration of beating Jericho. They added a post-produced video of Nick walking through Miami telling people about beating Jericho twice.
(5) DARIUS MARTIN (w/Christopher Daniels) vs. ”SPEEDBALL” MIKE BAILEY
SkyFlight’s music played and Dairus Martin made his entrance alongside Christopher Daniels. “Speedball” Mike Bailey’s music hit and he made his entrance, giving a child a high-five with his foot. The bell rang to start the match nine minutes into the second hour.
Darius took Bailey down with an arm drag. Bailey took Darius down with a roundhouse to the chest. Bailey hit a few kicks on Darius in the corner. Darius fired back with a. kick and a chop but Bailey took Darius down with a hurricanrana. Darius rolled to the outside, and Bailey caught him with a plancha to the outside.
Darius ducked a charging Bailey, who nearly hit Christopher Daniels. With Bailey distracted by Daniels, Darius hit Bailey with a dropkick that knocked him off the apron. Darius added a DDT on the outside as they went to commercial. [c]
Back from break, Bailey connected with a missile dropkick from the top rope. Bailey hit a combination of kicks and a running shoot star press. Bailey made the cover, but Darius kicked out at two. Darius blocked a kick on the corner and hit Bailey with a standing Spanish Fly. Darius made the cover, but Bailey kicked out at two.
Darius slid to the outside but Bailey caught him with a triangle moonsault from the inside onto Darius at ringside. Bailey went for a shooting star in the ring, but Darius dodged. Bailey landed on his feet and caught Darius with a straight jacket roll-up for the three-count.
WINNER: “Speedball” Mike Bailey in 10:00
(White’s Take: Has anyone that Christopher Daniels manages ever won a match? He was 0-for-2 tonight. Nice little showcase match for Speedball, aside from taking ten minutes to beat the Jannetty-half of a mostly forgotten tag team with a roll-up.)
-The showed a video of Ospreay addressing Kyle Fletcher, saying he has to make it through Blood & Guts before he gets a chance at the world title, where he’ll have two choices: submit or surrender.
(6) DIVINE DOMINION (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) vs. NIXI XS & LEELA FEIST
Divine Dominion’s music played to bring Megan Bayne (dressed in Fred Flintstone colors) and Lena Kross to the ring. Their opponents, Nixi XS & Leela Feist were already waiting in the ring. The bell rang to start the match 22 minutes into the second hour.
Kross and Bayne hit a simultaneous running boot and flying clothesline. Kross and Bayne brawled with Nixi and Leela at ringside. The crowd chanted “Yabba Dabba Doo.” Kross and Bayne hit back-to-=back running boots on Leela in the corner. Kross and Bayne attempted the double chokeslam, but Nixi broke it up. They hit Nixi with a combination running boot and German suplex. Bayne and Kross hit the Divine Intervention double chokeslam, slamming Leela onto Nixi. Bayne pinned them both for the win.
WINNERS: Divine Dominion in 2:00
-Queen Aminata was backstage with Willow, Harley and Statlander. Willow introduced her team asking if their opponents were ready. Statlander questioned why they’re tagging with the Brawling birds, who aren’t present and are facing them for the women’s tag titles at Full Gear. Harley got excited asking again fi they’re ready before Aminata stepped in and said her team is ready to take their heads off.
(White’s Take: This was a better Blood & Guts promo from the face ladies than the one that aired last week that they also showed on Dynamite. Not fantastic at all, but Willow was slightly less syrupy and I appreciate that they’re continuing to tease issues with the Brawling Birds, being as they’re facing them next week.)
(7) ADAM PRIEST vs. KONOSUKE TAKESHITA
Adam Priest’s music hit and he made his way to the ring. Takeshita’s music played and he made his entrance as Schiavone noted that he has never been beaten in a singles match on Collision. The bell rang to start the match 28 minutes into the hour.
Takeshita took Priest down with a flying clothesline. Priest rolled to the outside where Takeshita caught him with a plancha. Priest dodged Takeshita in the corner and hit a chop and a dropkick. Takeshita rolled out of the ring and Priest followed him out to deliver a European uppercut. Priest attempted to whip Takeshita into the barricade, but he stopped short and planted Priest with a DDT on the floor as they went to commercial. [c]
Back from break, Priest hit a dragon screw and a dropkick to the knee on Takeshita. Priest hit a tornado DDT and made the cover, but Takeshita kicked out at two. Takeshita came back with a blue thunder bomb. Takeshita lined up a running knee, but Priest caught him with a. chop block. Priest grabbed a half crab, but Takeshita rolled through it to escape.
Priest countered a Raging Fire attempted and went for another dragon screw, but Takeshita blocked it. Priest hit a forearm, but Takeshita fired back with a forearm that knocked Priest to the mat. Takeshita rolled through a backslide and hit a running knee. Takeshita followed up with a rolling elbow and the Raging Fire. Takeshita held on for the pina dn the win.
WINNER: Konosuke Takeshita in 8:00
(White’s Take: I kept wondering what was taking Takeshita so long to beat Adam Priest, and then it only went eight minutes, so maybe that’s not a great sign? I like Priest, but I’m not sure what role he was playing here, other than the guy who loses to the bigger star. Takeshita looked good, as he often does, and it’s nice to see him back in the ring.)
Thekla was backstage saying all she sees is bitches. She said there is a real one to take them out. Persephone told Aminata she was going to beat her and take her title back. Sky eBlue added that she was smiling ear-to-ear covered in blood last year. Julia Hart said they made history last year. Bayne and Kross asked what they’re going to do when they’re locked in a cage with two monsters. Thekla signed off with,“One cage, two rings, three words: die, bitches, die.” [c]
-They showed a video recap of Marina approaching Mercedes for a title match. Marina said she wants to everyone who she is, but especially Mercedes. Schiavone announced that the match was confirmed for Full Gear.
(8) THE CUT (Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn & Juice Robinson) vs. THE CONGLOMERATION (Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly)
The music that formerly belonged to the Bang Bang Gang played to bring out ”Switchblade” Jay White, David Finlay, Clark Connors, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, and Juice Robinson all stepped out to the stage. The Gunns and Robinson made their way to the ring and the rest of The Cut returned to the back. The Conglomeration’s music played to bring out Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly made their entrance. The bell rang to start the match 45 minutes into the second hour.
Strong hit Juice with a couple chops and a dropkick. Kyle hit ten-count punches on Juice ion the corner. Strong followed suit, but more aggressively. Cassidy followed and delivered closer to thirty in quick succession. Kyle hit a series of strikes and a leg sweep on Austin.
Cassidy hit a snap suplex on Austin. Kyle, Strong, and Cassidy performed a three-on-two suplex on Juice and Colten. Strong and Kyle hit chops and kicks on Austin in the corner. Kyle added a flying knee and then took Austin down with an ankle lock. Juice distracted Kyle, so he broke the hold, and Austin caught him with a running lariat. The Cut had control of Kyle down in the corner as they went to commercial. [c]
The returned from commercial as Kyle hit Colten and Austin with kicks, but Austin landed a flying clothesline to cut off the comeback. Kyle hit Colten with a knee lift and both men fell to the mat. Kyle dove to make the tag, but Juice and Austin pulled Cassidy and Strong off the apron at the last moment.
Kyle dodged Austin and Colten in the corner and hit Juice with a. flying knee before tag in Cassidy. Strong charged in and took everyone down. Cassidy rolled Colten up for a two count and then dove onto Austin at ringside. Cassidy dodged a sliding Colten and hit a springboard press onto Juice, Colten and Austin at ringside.
In the ring, Cassidy hit a swinging DDT on Colten. Cassidy made the cover, but Colten kicked out at two. Strong lifted Cassidy up and threw him into Juice and tossed him into a flying DDT on Austin. Colten hit Cassidy with a neckbreaker and Strong hit Colten with a clothesline that left everyone down.
Kyle and Juice traded forearms. Juice hit a combination of jabs, but Kyle swept out his leg and locked in a standing ankle lock. Finlay and Connors hit the ring and were met by Cassidy and Strong. Ace Austin got onto the apron and distracted the referee. Juice tapped out in the ankle lock, but the ref didn’t see it. Kyle let go of the hold and knocked Ace off of the apron.
Jay Whtie slid Juice a pair of brass knuckled and Juice blasted Kyle with the brass knuckles as the referee was distracted. Juice made the pin and got the win.
WINNERS: The Cut in 13:00
(White’s Take: We got the A team on Dynamite, so we get the B team on Collision, but still good to see The Cut picking up the win here, even in heel fashion, to establish them as a viable group moving forward. The match was good, highlighted by Strong’s often-frenetic pace, Kyle’s strikes and grappling, Cassidy going almost completely serious, The Gunns moving with purpose and selling their asses off, and Juice being very Juice.)
The Cut continued to beat down their opponents after the match. Juice hit Cassidy and Strong with the brass knuckles as well. Jay told Cassidy to stay out of their business. They stacked Cassidy, Strong, and Kyle in a pile and posed around them as they broadcast went off the air.
FINAL THOUGHTS: Wow, they crammed eight matches into this episode, with no overrun. Yet, the only real takeaways from this week’s Collision came in the form of the short promos interspersed through the show. All eight of the aforementioned matches had obvious winners and/or no stakes. The only exception as maybe the womens’ trios match, where I suppose the Stardom team could’ve won, but that is only permissible because the winner doesn’t really matter no one cares about the star-shaped trinkets that were on the line. The main event had similar issues, as The Cut had to win to avoid undercutting them a week after their debut as a group. The winner was also irrelevant, as both teams are heading towards an Anarchy in the Arena match next week either way. I guess it’s all about the mythical “momentum” I keep hear about. As usual, there was nothing advertised that would bring anyone new in to watch it, and it didn’t deliver anything of value that someone might miss by not watching it. In a word, it was Collision.
