{"id":217638,"date":"2026-06-07T23:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=217638"},"modified":"2026-06-07T23:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:04:24","slug":"aew-collision-hits-misses-6-6-a-show-in-need-of-more-flair-hazuki-builds-momentum-ahead-of-mercedes-showdown-divine-dominion-retains-titles-taylor-targets-moxley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/06\/07\/aew-collision-hits-misses-6-6-a-show-in-need-of-more-flair-hazuki-builds-momentum-ahead-of-mercedes-showdown-divine-dominion-retains-titles-taylor-targets-moxley\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW COLLISION HITS &#038; MISSES (6\/6): A show in need of more flair, Hazuki builds momentum ahead of Mercedes showdown, Divine Dominion retains titles, Taylor targets Moxley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2919621323\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>To help you add context, my \u201cHits\u201d are ordered from best to worst. With that said, let\u2019s move into the high points of this week\u2019s episode, starting with the most significant moments.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>HITS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>HAZUKI\u2019S MOMENTUM CONTINUES TO BUILD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Hazuki made the most of her opportunity, and this week, she built on it. One of the easiest traps wrestling promotions can fall into when bringing in outside talent is presenting them as attractions rather than meaningful competitors, but AEW avoided that here. Hazuki didn\u2019t feel like a visitor passing through the Owen Hart Tournament; she felt like someone capable of making a deep run.<\/p>\n<p>What stood out most was her confidence. She wrestled as if she expected to be there, and that confidence naturally translated to the audience. The biggest accomplishment wasn\u2019t simply advancing in the tournament\u2014it was making viewers care about what comes next.<\/p>\n<p>By the time Mercedes Mon\u00e9 entered the ring for the post-match, the confrontation felt meaningful. A week ago, Hazuki was making her introduction to many AEW viewers. Two weeks into the tournament, she\u2019s already standing across from one of the company\u2019s biggest stars and looking like she belongs in the conversation. The ensuing brawl was exactly what it needed to be. It created tension, added heat to the matchup, and gave viewers a reason to be invested in their upcoming showdown on Dynamite in Houston. That\u2019s momentum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE WOMEN\u2019S DIVISION CARRIED THE SHOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The AEW Women\u2019s Division has often been criticized for inconsistent focus, and Collision felt like a direct response to that criticism. The Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship match received meaningful attention, Hazuki and Persephone closed the show in an Owen Hart Tournament match, and Mercedes Mon\u00e9\u2019s involvement helped establish the next phase of the tournament. More importantly, none of it felt token. The women weren\u2019t featured because AEW needed to check a box; they were featured because multiple stories were moving forward simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHANE TAYLOR MADE THE MOST OF HIS TV TIME<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-72739830\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Taylor\u2019s quick win over Alan Angels was decisive, and his post-match promo immediately established why viewers should care about his upcoming Summer Blockbuster showdown with Jon Moxley.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s effective wrestling television. The match wasn\u2019t meant to be competitive; it was meant to build momentum and credibility heading into a bigger opportunity. Both objectives were accomplished without wasting time or overcomplicating the story. Sometimes the best use of television time is simply giving viewers a reason to care about what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOMMASO CIAMPA CONTINUES TO ENTERTAIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this point, the match was almost secondary. What continues to work is Tommaso Ciampa\u2019s presentation. His quick destruction of BEEF accomplished exactly what it needed to accomplish, reinforcing his momentum and keeping his ongoing issues with Chris Jericho moving forward.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the &#8220;All Elite Conversation Club&#8221; with Joel Dehnel and Gregg Kanner, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/all-elite-conversation-club-dehnel-kanner-discuss-mercedes-returns-mjf-injured-kevin-knight-joins-the-don-callis-family-more--72390303\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Elite Conversation Club - Dehnel &amp; Kanner discuss Mercedes returns, MJF injured, Kevin Knight joins the Don Callis Family, more\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=72390303&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>MISSES<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CLARK CONNORS VS. JUICE ROBINSON OVERSTAYED ITS WELCOME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not every match needs to be an epic. Clark Connors defeating Juice Robinson was perfectly acceptable for what it was intended to accomplish\u2014Connors got the win, further established himself, and the expected finish involving the shillelagh gave the match a clear direction.<\/p>\n<p>The problem was the length. At roughly thirteen minutes, the match felt like it was asking viewers to invest in a level of drama that the outcome never really supported. There was very little mystery surrounding who was winning or how the match would likely end. Sometimes less is more. This felt like a match that could have achieved the exact same goal in six or seven minutes, leaving viewers with the same takeaway. It wasn\u2019t a bad match, just one that would have benefited from a tighter edit.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3544972168\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>THE CARD NEEDED MORE FLAIR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This criticism exists apart from the show\u2019s quality. I thought Collision was a solid two hours of wrestling television, but the problem is that the card never quite felt like a must-see event. That became especially noticeable when Jon Moxley and the Death Riders appeared; the crowd immediately came alive in a way that felt different from much of the rest of the evening. It was a reminder of how much star power can change the energy inside a building.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not a criticism of Hazuki, Persephone, Shane Taylor, or anyone else featured on the show\u2014it\u2019s a criticism of the overall presentation. For a show built around advancing the Owen Hart Tournament and setting the stage for Summer Blockbuster, the lineup could have used one more marquee attraction, one more major match, or one more segment that made the episode feel special before the opening bell even rang. The wrestling was largely delivered, but the card itself just needed a little more flair.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>FINAL SCORE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>HITS: 4<\/li>\n<li>MISSES: 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>FINAL THOUGHTS<\/h3>\n<p>Hazuki continued building momentum, Persephone continued gaining valuable experience in a featured role, and AEW dedicated significant television time to advancing multiple women\u2019s stories at once. That\u2019s not something that always happened in previous versions of AEW television, which is why it\u2019s worth highlighting when it does. The card itself may have lacked a marquee attraction, but AEW compensated by making nearly every featured story feel more important at the end of the night than it did at the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WRESTLING HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On this day in 2008, The Age of the Fall&#8217;s Jimmy Jacobs &amp; Tyler Black (later known as Seth Rollins) defeated Kevin Steen &amp; El Generico in the finals of a one-night tournament at ROH Up For Grabs to become ROH World Tag Team Champions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PODCAST PLUG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out the Collision Caf\u00e9 I host with PWTorch\u2019s Taylor Halley, available exclusively to PWTorch VIP members.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Did you know you can read an ad-free, silky-smooth-loading version of this website with a <strong>PWTorch VIP Membership<\/strong>? Also, unlock 35+ years of archives including nearly 2,000 PWTorch Weekly Newsletters dating back to the late 1980s, hundreds of retro radio shows from the 1990s, and two decades of podcasts including Post-PPV Roundtable Podcasts dating back to the mid-2000s. Plus, new VIP-exclusive articles and podcasts throughout the week, fully compatible with the native Apple Podcasts app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorchvipinfo.com\/\">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON VIP MEMBERSHIP<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1043157371\"><div id=\"pwtor-2384446677\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>To help you add context, my \u201cHits\u201d are ordered from best to worst. With that said, let\u2019s move into the high points of this week\u2019s episode, starting with the most significant moments. 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