AEW Collision stormed into Kent, Washington, and left a landscape littered with broken friendships and new, dangerous battle lines drawn. With Dynamite 300 and the monumental All In pay-per-view on the horizon, the stakes were sky high. The night was headlined by a dramatic “Battle of the Kyles” that ended in betrayal, a hard fought defense of the TNT Championship, and an emotionally charged confrontation that saw a once strong alliance officially implode.
From scathing promos to shocking interference, here is everything that went down on a volatile episode of AEW Collision.
Top Guys Out: A Friendship Implodes
The show kicked off with an emotionally charged in ring segment as FTR and their agent Big Stoke confronted their former protégés, The Outrunners. Stoke, “flabbergasted” by the turn of events, set the stage before Cash Wheeler lamented the end of their mentorship, cueing a surprisingly heartwarming video package of the two teams training together.
The sentimentality ended there. Dax Harwood delivered a scathing assessment, accusing the Outrunners of embarrassing themselves in their only title shot and becoming nothing more than “a joke” and “a meme.” In a fiery rebuttal, Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd rejected the criticism, turning the tables by claiming their biggest mistake was believing in FTR. After a challenge was laid down, Big Stoke accepted on FTR’s behalf for next week in Ontario, California, declaring, “They don’t fight for free… See you there, boys. Top guys out.” The friendship is officially dead.
A Father-Son Victory and a Veteran’s Warning
In their first ever “father and son” tag team match, Christian Cage and Nick Wayne of The Patriarchy took on the powerhouse duo of Big Bill and Bryan Keith. The match was a compelling clash of styles, with Keith’s technical prowess going up against Wayne’s agility and Cage’s veteran cunning. In the end, Cage’s experience proved decisive as he made a crucial sacrifice, allowing Wayne to hit a devastating kick to Keith’s jaw for the victory.
Their celebration was cut short backstage by MVP of the Hurt Syndicate. While praising Cage’s legacy, MVP voiced his skepticism about Wayne, calling him “still just a kid.” Cage fired back with a vicious tirade, dismissing MVP as a failed criminal and an even worse manager. “I am the patriarch. I run AEW,” Cage declared, “and if I want those AEW tag team championships, they’re as good as ours.” MVP’s cryptic response: “Good luck. Because you’re going to need it,” suggests a high stakes managerial war is on the horizon.
A Beautiful Murder You Wrote
The rivalry between Mercedes Moné and Toni Storm escalated to a new level of psychological warfare. Surrounded by championship belts and film reels, Moné delivered a blistering promo, dismissing Storm’s “cheap little slippers, and your stupid, silly little accent.” Declaring herself a “true star,” Moné promised their All In match would be “a beautiful murder that you wrote” before revealing a photo of Storm on the bottom of her shoe, vowing to “be walking all over your face.”
Later, an incensed Toni Storm responded backstage alongside Mina Shirakawa. “I was born on a roulette table, baby,” Storm warned. “I’ll play snooker with your snatch. I’ll play tic tac toe with your tits.” However, Shirakawa extracted a promise from Storm not to interfere in her TBS Title match against Moné on Dynamite 300. Storm reluctantly agreed, but with a chilling request: “Just keep her alive, will you? Because I wanna finish the job.”
A Champion’s Resilience
Answering Adam Cole’s open challenge, “The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander made it clear he intended to exploit Cole’s known ankle injury. Alexander was relentless, targeting the weak point with vicious submissions from the opening bell. But the TNT Champion showed immense heart, battling back with a Cutter and a Backstabber.
Cole hit a massive Panama Sunrise that seemed to seal the deal, but Alexander showed incredible toughness by kicking out. Refusing to be denied, Cole dug deep and finally put the challenger away with The Boom, a thunderous knee to the back of the neck, to retain his championship in an absolutely grueling contest.
The Casino Gauntlet Gets Crowded
The animosity in the women’s division boiled over as Skye Blue, with Julia Hart in her corner, took on Queen Aminata. Despite Blue’s aggression, Aminata fought back and scored a decisive victory with her “Off With Her Head” finisher.
The celebration was cut short. As Julia Hart created a distraction, Thekla emerged, allowing Blue to ambush Aminata from behind. The two women continued their assault until it was broken up by the arrival of TayJay (Tay Melo and Anna Jay), who stormed the ring with weapons to even the odds. With all these women potentially entering the Casino Gauntlet at All In, the brawl served as a violent preview of the chaos to come.
A Battle of Kyles Ends in Betrayal
The main event delivered on its promise of a “Battle of the Kyles,” as the crowd in Kent chanted for their favorite Kyle throughout the contest. Kyle Fletcher and Kyle O’Reilly put on a technical and hard hitting clinic. Fletcher used his size and power, while O’Reilly relied on his world class striking and submission game, nearly ending the match with a tight Guillotine choke.
Just as O’Reilly built momentum, the match was thrown into chaos. With the referee distracted, the monstrous Lance Archer appeared, brutally attacking O’Reilly at ringside. This gave Fletcher the opening he needed to drag O’Reilly back into the ring and hit a Brainbuster for a tainted victory.
The assault continued after the bell, with Archer and Fletcher beating down O’Reilly until his Paragon allies: Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and Daniel Garcia, hit the ring to make the save. The show went off the air with a clear and menacing image: Kyle Fletcher, standing over the fallen Paragon, locking eyes with Adam Cole and silently declaring that the TNT Championship was his destiny.
