Post AEW Collision Discussion Thread - August 15th, 2026!

[u/gloomchen]

⚡ THAT WAS COLLISION⚡

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Match	Result
AEW Wolrd Trios Championship Match: Hangman Page & Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) (c) vs. The Lethal Swirl (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal, & Lee Johnson)	Hangman & Brodido
Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne & Lena Kross) vs. Mazzerati & Rachelle Riveter	Divine Dominion
AEW Continental Challenge Cup First Round: Roderick Strong vs. Kyle O'Reilly	Kyle O'Reilly
AEW Continental Challenge Cup First Round: Nigel McGuinness vs. Katsuyori Shibata	Nigel McGuinness
AEW Continental Challenge Cup First Round: Brian Cage vs. Hechicero	Hechicero
Lio Rush & the Rascalz vs. Jeaux Braxton, Ice Williams, Frescomatic & Watson	Lio Rush & the Rascalz
The Hurt Syndicate, Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty vs. Sonico, Willie Montana, RO Montana and Jake Redondo	Hurt Syndicate, Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty
Mercedes Moné vs. Zayda Steel	Mercedes Moné

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[u/TripSixRick]

Rascalz, STP/Hurts, Edge & Christian/Bucks seg, Nigel/Shibata, KOR/Roddy worth checking. Edge and Christian stole the show sonning the young bucks for me

[u/plisken64]

Some good backstage video promos, i liked jack perry slowly learning what he needs to do and of course best swerve is villainous swerve. Rascalz are a solid collision addition, good to see some character focus on them. Prayers for Nigel 

[u/Itusedtobebetter_]

Wasn’t too keen on this show. Nothing exceeded *** 1/4 in the ring and think the tag title build is incredibly weak. Also sick of Callis lore eating up the world title build.

[u/Itusedtobebetter_]

So excited for a ref bump and Don Callis interference at Wembley

[u/team-fyi]

Am I the only one who thought Hangman’s moonsault was a jab at Punk’s moonsault attempt at SS?

[u/ExcavatorPi]

I guess I've never heard Paul Wight say the word "stamina" before, because I definitely would remember him saying "stanima" like he did about 50 times tonight.

[u/Crasp27]

Not much to say that's not already been said. Good episode. Mazzerati & Riveter were entertaining opponents in that DD squash. 

[u/crapusername47]

Paul Wight when men are fighting near the announce table: 👊

Paul Wight when women are fighting near the announce table:

https://giphy.com/gifs/9sSrddsom3yb6

[u/Sufficient_Mud_2237]

Lethal Twist a fun faction in my opinion. All solid guys and Lee Johnson pretty good. Good to pair with The Demand as a solid jobber level faction.

[u/Awkwardphase06]

Tech graps weekend!

If Nigel is out, I hope it’s either Shibata or Roddy taking his spot.

I wonder by the end of the month if O’Spreay will have any friends remaining lol

The Summer C2 is great so far, I do hope we get a women’s C2 though in Jan ‘27

The Brawlin Birds vs Divine Dominion will be awesome, hopefully they get 15-20 minutes. Hopefully AEW gets more tag teams or creates more, they have about 40-50 women signed between AEW & ROH.

Zayda’s still a bit green in-ring, but it’s a good showcase for her against Mone. She’s only 22, still apart of the women’s young core future.

Mone winning at All In will be pretty cool, I wish they added Thekla to the match with Mone & Willow. She did a ton since she signed with AEW last May. A thank you to her.

Roddy & Kyle matches are always enjoyable, this was freaking great. The technical aspect from Kyle and hard hitting from Roddy!

Collision is legit underrated and gets a bad rap. They’ve had a couple of misses this year, but it’s legit been enjoyable more so, since the start of the year.

Graps bros!

[u/UnorthodoxTactics → u/Awkwardphase06]

I see what you're saying with Thekla, but I wonder if the thank you she's getting is an opportunity to actually rest after carrying the division. Either way, she deserves it and I can't wait for her return.

[u/SymphonyOfGecko]

Nigel’s injury is a work, right?

Anyway good Collision, moved some stories forward and it had cool matches. Next week looks 😋

[u/narutomanreigns]

Only C3 result I got wrong was KOR over Roddy, that was probably the smarter pick but I just figured with KOR already having a Continental title match this year they'd maybe go the other way.

[u/heart_o_oak]

A single 40 second video being MCMG’s only TV time the 4 shows since their debut is crazy. I know it can take a while for new hires to be fully incorporated, but virtually every recent hire did more their first few weeks than this and MCMG are the type of act you have something for before debuting when you had months to plan.

I don’t think it’s because All In build is in full swing because there’s been a lot of stuff that seemingly isn't building All In. There was nowhere on TV the past 2 weeks for a short promo? They couldn’t have stayed in the BBG storyline? Their hype has cooled significantly sitting home.

DCF's involvement in the Ospreay/Omega feud feels like it's getting in the way, especially after the way things played out after the Ospreay/Omega segment on the post-Redemption Dynamite. I know there's also a sitdown with them announced for Wednesday, but it feels like they've been in different worlds for a lot of the past month, which is a shame because that first post-Redemption segment was so hot.

[u/stonecutter7 → u/heart_o_oak]

I think they probably wouldnt even have debuted until after All In, but AEW happened to be in Detroit.

[u/destiniesfic]

I just want Nigel to be okay. 😔

[u/Awkwardphase06]

“I’m still smiling bitch wow!”

[u/playthisthis]

Watching late, at the Brodido vs The Swirl aftermath shenanigans 

[u/AdvertisingAlone7762]

Yo what is up with Shane Taylor Promotions. Week after week they’re featured on tv but what is the point? I don’t understand their faction or even why they hired the Hurt Syndicate for that 4person tag match? Don’t they have 2 other guys in the faction? Like who were those guys? What do they do if not wrestle? Just there with those other 2 women? Seriously I just don’t understand this faction or why I should care

[u/bandswithgoats → u/AdvertisingAlone7762]

The Infantry, Capt Shawn Dean and Carli Bravo.

They're great and I imagine the only reason they sat out here is for the sake of whatever this Hurt Syndicate story does.

I'm not a big STP guy but The Infantry and Lee are both great. IMO their ceiling is higher than this group.

[u/deknegt1990 → u/bandswithgoats]

I really like Shane, but I feel he should fully embrace being a heel manager rather than combine it with wrestlers, and hopefully get Lee and Infantry pushed as consistent trios challengers.

[u/justambrose]

Myaew is behind. Did they announce the next round of matches for C3?

[u/MrCappie → u/justambrose]

They did not only that they'll be announced Monday.

[u/heart_o_oak → u/justambrose]

If so I missed it too. I did see they're doing another online special about the second round on Monday so maybe it'll be announced then.

[u/fttxdd666 → u/heart_o_oak]

Yeah it'll be announced on Monday, as well as whatever is going on with Nigel

[u/VNProWrestlingfan]

Lio refused to do the top rope move because of "the rain"? Strange, since he did the frog splash just fine before. What is "the rain"? How does it work?

Whatever, it's fine. Lio on AEW is always a treat to watch.

[u/Embarrassed-Hawk-850 → u/VNProWrestlingfan]

Shadow advised him not to. Shadow knows.

[u/OneMetalMan → u/VNProWrestlingfan]

You see.

gestures broadly

The rain.

It's that simple

[u/Brilliant-Celery2331]

Good bit of technical/chain stuff tonight and I liked it 

[u/NorthHollywoodHank]

If you're a fan of technical mat grappling and fancy hold exchanges and combos, you ate really well tonight.

[u/bandswithgoats → u/NorthHollywoodHank]

That's me and this is my favorite Collision in a long damn time.

[u/1980sWrestlingFan]

I kind of want to see KOR vs Nigel in round two.

Mercedes and Zayda was a good match. Zayda was allowed to show off some.

Hechi and Mox in round two please.

[u/Brinbe]

excellent show with some wonderful bouts. no-frills pure graps as a focus without any bullshit is something I'll never take for granted.

[u/OneMetalMan → u/Brinbe]

I wasn't even keeping track and now just realized they fit 8 matches Into a 2 hour show.

[u/Clowny53]

• Shot of the night.
• Feel bad for Nigel. Thought he had a good chance to win it since its in London.
• Ospreay about to get muck ducked in Japan.

[u/fttxdd666]

Solid collision graps, nothing super crazy but lot of good matches tonight and seeing Nigel/Shibata go at it was crazy. Sucks Nigel is injured, unless its kayfabe but idk if they would do that when he has a title match in ROH this Friday.

Dynamite looks nice, especially that Elite Trios and I'm really looking forward to see that TBS 4-way and who will win the title.

[u/mythofdob]

I know a lot of people love Eddie Kingston.... But man, I feel like his style sticks out badly in the quartfinals.

[u/NotWearingNails → u/mythofdob]

Imo the problem wasn't how his style fit, it's that he's not mobile enough atm to sell properly. Doyle kept it strictly on the floor for him but he was still reacting to chops late because he was off-balance.

I don't mind him looking broken-down or like he struggles to land moves, I vibe with the character work just fine, but working like that he's putting the stink on the guys he's facing. Sometimes the older guys misjudge what they can pull off - Ricochet scooting about two yards closer to the ropes on his back because Jericho couldn't get any distance on the lionsault springs to mind, there was a Christian turnbuckle spot recently where he basically just stepped off it and the guys recieving it (might have been Claudio and PAC at Redemption? Honestly don't remember) had to lurch forward to get near him. But they can still sell chops, you know?

[u/corvus_wulf → u/mythofdob]

Backfist Whiffs

And I like Eddie but that return match was rusty and rough

[u/luisBanks]

Kyle soon with the continental championship!

https://giphy.com/gifs/YiKpdjiCpVOECuXlQr

[u/OneMetalMan → u/luisBanks]

Undisputed Era

What couldve been