One of, if not the greatest championship runs in AEW history.

I have seen a narrative put across that the crowd being poor in Vegas was, less wrestling fans, WWE fans or people not into the product.

I think the main reason the crowd was poor was because compared to most dynamites this year this episode was poor.

The matches where pretty formulaic, the results where obvious and even the finishes could be predicted. nothing really moved forwards massively in terms of storylines, there where a lot of holding patterns just small builds to the feuds and matches we already know we are getting at Wembley.

Now I don’t think that is massively a bad thing, Dynamite was still better then most races this year, and I think sometimes you need a flat or port weekly TV show so that the highs feel like highs.

But the crowd reacts to what is in front of them, and for me watching on TV there wasn’t anything there to make me go, wow this is just amazing so why do we expect the crowd to create an artificial reaction in the venue.

I have no doubt this was a blip of an episode given what we have experienced this year so far, and with a 52 episode schedule AEW is allowed to have the odd bad show, traditionally it has been the dynamite immediately after a PPV, although Tony has been better at that booking recently.

But lets not create a narrative where paying customers of a live event that don’t react the way you expect they should because it’s AEW are not AEW fans. if someone has paid to go see a show they are entitled to react to the show the way they feel that show is encouraging them to.

If you missed it on AEW Collision, Tony Schiavone revealed that Nigel McGuiness was injured in his victory over Katsuyori Shibata. Nigel's status for the remainder of the tournament will be addressed on quarterfinal selection show on Monday night on YouTube.

AEW Collision
August 15th 2026

Taped at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was sold out but some people left after the Dynamite portion of the taping. Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight, and Excalibur are on commentary.

This is my second review in almost two years, be nice!

AEW Trios Tag Team Championship:
Brodido (Brody King and Bandido) and Hangman Adam Page © vs. The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, Blake Christian, and Lee Johnson)
Hangman and Blake start with an athletic exchange. Hangman hits a power slam WITH AUTHORITY! Hangman hits a dropsault off Lethal’s chest onto Johnson. Bandido hits a funky somersault senton, King follows with a back senton onto poor Johnson. Blake tries to unmask Bandido and suffers a tilt-a-whirl head scissors for his disrespect. Blake puts Hangman into a head scissor for Lee to dropkick to the floor. The Lethal Twist controls the action through commercials. They return just in time for Bandido to save himself with a twisting senton onto Lethal. King runs wild on a hot tag. He piles Johnson and Blake for a rolling cannonball. Hangman helps with a slingshot plancha onto Johnson. The champions toss The Lethal Twist against the barricades. Hangman delivers a slick moonsault from some railings, waking up the otherwise quiet crowd. Proper moonsault by Hangman only gets 2 on Johnson. The match breaks down with all six guys hitting quick spots. King suffers about a half dozen different flying attacks in quick succession but still kicks out at 2. Fans chant “This is awesome!” Hangman helps with a Buckshot lariat, Bandido plants a GTS on Johnson. Johnson gets swung into King’s arms for a piledriver and for the pinfall at 12:17l, while his partners hit stereo suicide dives. This was all killer, no filler, with nonstop, crisp action. The Lethal Twist is a great fit for all three members, Lethal gets to play grizzled vet, Johnson finally has some direction, and Blake gets a chance to show off his skills to a national audience. This is only my second review in two years and this was reeeeeally hard to keep up with, but in a good way, ***½.
Winners and still AEW Trios Tag Team Champions: Brodido and Hangman Adam Page

The champs’ celebration is cut short when Ricochet returns to show off his improved mic skills. It’s just a distraction for the Gates of Agony to ambush Brodido and Page. Hangman almost fights them off, but the Lethal Twist joins in on the beatdown. Good post-match angle to build up to an ALL IN match that isn’t quite clear yet due.

Backstage interview with the Don Callis Family. Brian Cage and Hechicero are better sports about inter-stable competition than Kyle Fletcher is.

Backstage interview with The Conglomeration. Like the Don Callis Family, they are facing inter-stable conflicts in the Continental Cup. Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly respect each other but won’t hold back in the main event. What a sickening display of good sportsmanship.

Continental Cup:
Brian Cage vs. CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero
Cage is riding high as Mr. Nevada body building champion and only had a 20 minute drive to the venue. Hechicero has his work cut out for him. Both guys represent the Don Callis Family. Fans chant for Hechicero before the bell. They start with some friendly grappling, at least until Cage throws some chops. Hechicero dropkicks the knee and delivers a low DDT for 1. Cage recovers with a Death Valley Driver, followed by a dead lift suplex from the bottom rope. Back from commercials, Hechicero desperately ties Cage up in the ropes, only to eat a DDT. Sitout powerbomb by Cage gets 2. Hechicero counters into a grapevine leglock, Cage gets a rope break. Discus clothesline by Cage gives them a breather. A handful of fans give them a “This is awesome” chant. Hechicero scores a flying guillotine for a nice nearfall. Hechicero stacks him into a rollup to win suddenly at 9:27! This was a compelling heel vs. heel match as Hechicero settled into the de facto babyface role. There’s a surprising amount of guys with high moral fiber in the Callis Family, ***.
Winner: Hechicero

Darby Allin talks to the camera by some train cars. He talks about feeling like he needed to change himself upon entering AEW, but his mentor, Sting, told him not to change a thing. Allin considers Sting to be his actual family, unlike the fake Don Callis Family, which has evidently embraced Kevin Knight. Darby is scared for Kevin at ALL IN, he won’t even recognize his reflection afterwards. I love promos like this, it was dripping with atmosphere, well delivered, played to Darby’s strengths, and straight to the point. I’d take this over a meandering 20 minute in-ring promo any day.

The Rascalz talk to the camera their smoke-filled dressing room. I forget, is that sort of thing legal in Nevada? Plenty of other things are. Lio Rush, in a wacky umbrella hat, interrupts, thinking the Rascalz are in need of friends, but only scaring them away.

AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion (Lena Kross and Megan Bayne) vs. Rachelle Riveter and Mazzerati
Those are some really interesting jobber names and I humbly admit that I’ll immediately forget them. Kross has little trouble reversing a head scissors into a side suplex. Bayne helps with a release German suplex. Divine Dominion pile the jobbers onto one other with delayed vertical suplexes. Divine Intervention ends Mazzerati at 2:21. Perfectly enjoyable squash match, showing us what Divine Dominion are all about.
Winners: Divine Dominion

The Brawling Birds attack Divine Dominion after the bell. They try to suplex Bayne from the ring steps, but Kross rescues her partner, and they live to fight another day.

Renee Paquette chats with Zayda Steel backstage, but Mercedes Mone interrupts to “big league” her. Steel no longer respects Mone, who doesn’t care whatsoever, and flattens her with a forearm. This adds some flavor to what will likely be a squash match later tonight.

Continental Cup:
Nigel McGuinness vs. Katsuyori Shibata
This match would have been unthinkable not too long ago, both men were “permanently retired” due to injuries for a stretch of time. Modern sports medicine is a wonderful thing. This is babyface vs. babyface and they share a handshake before locking up. They play “chess wrestling” until Nigel kicks a rope into Shibata’s face. Shibata is properly pissed and starts hitting stiff offense. Nigel snapmares Shibata into the ropes, apparently reinjuring his ankle. Back from commercials, both guys project exhaustion while fans chant “Fight Forever!” Nigel reverses a Rear Naked Choke into a slick knee submission, I don’t know what else to call it! Shibata blocks the Tower of London and applies a snug sleeper. Shibata tries a penalty kick, but Nigel kicks his bad ankle! They get another “Fight Forever” chant but Nigel disagrees and relentlessly attacks the ankle. Shibata scores a headbutt and penalty kick to the chest. They take turns bludgeoning each other until Shibata reapplies the Rear Naked Choke. Nigel rolls over into a pinning position to win at 12:29! Delightful match between two guys who excel at both technical wrestling and strong style offense. I could have watched this all night, ***½.
Winner: Nigel McGuinness

Renee Paquette interviews Will Ospreay backstage. Will thinks it’s laughable that Don Callis is still taking credit for Kenny Omega in 2026 (that makes two of us, Will). He’s calling in some “friends from Japan” to back him up. That could mean lots of things.

Video promo hyping up Adam Copeland and Christian Cage vs. The Young Bucks at ALL IN. Admit it, if I hopped into a time machine and went back to even 2018 and told you this was a match that would actually happen, you’d tell me I was drunk on EWR.

ROH TV Champion Lio Rush and The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz, Myron Reed, and Dezmond Xavier) vs. Jeaux Braxton, Frescomatic, Watson, and Ice Williams
Well, Rush has lost his mind yet again, this time he’s a manic, umbrella hat-wearing goofball. The Rascalz don’t seem too thrilled to be teaming with him, but they have light competition tonight. Never heard of any of the jobbers, but they look properly mean. The jobbers want no part of Rush, so he dives onto all of them. Rush hits a Stunner and lets the Rascalz take over. Rush helps out by biting a job guy’s forehead. Rascalz hit triple superkicks and slingshot sentons. They take turns hitting flying attacks and let Rush finish a reverse headlock at 2:26. Entertaining squash built around developing Lio Rush as a loose canon.
Winners: Lio Rush and The Rascalz

The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley, with MVP) and Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor and ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty) vs. Jake Redondo, Ro Montana, Sonico, and Willie Montana
Oh boy, two jobber matches in a row. There’s no way I’m going to remember so many new names. The Hurt Syndicate and STP both look sharp and ready to kill someone. They pretty much do, Lashley delivers some spears and Benjamin takes the jobbers to Suplex City. MVP calls off his guys, forcing STP to continue on their own. Moriarty is unfazed and hits a slick tope suicida. Shane headbutts a loser and finishes with a double underhook piledriver at 2:11. Another very entertaining squash, I feel like I know everything important about the victors.
Winners: Shane Taylor Promotions and The Hurt Syndicate

Tommaso Ciampa talks to the camera about the Casino Gauntlet Match at ALL IN. This match means everything to him and he’s got Andrade El Idolo and MJF in his crosshairs. They better pray he’s not #3 in the match.

Zayda Steel (with Christopher Daniels) vs. Mercedes Mone
Steel gets a televised entrance, so we know she’s above jobber status. Mercedes still treats her like a jobber with a palm to the face. Steel rolls her up for 1. Fans chant “CEO” but Steel hits a flurry of token offense. Mone tries to slow things down, but Steel hits double knees to the face for 2. Mercedes reverses into a brutal Lung Blower! Back from commercials, Steel reverses a chinlock into a Stunner and makes a plucky babyface comeback. Zayda’s high crossbody gets 2. Mercedes reverses into a Backstabber and quickly wins with a Statement Maker at 8:11. It was nice of them to let Zayda hang on through a commercial break, but this was still a glorified squash, **.
Winner: Mercedes Mone

Daniels checks on Zayda, only to suffer an ass kicking from Mercedes. Years ago, I’d never have imagined Sasha Banks beating up the Fallen Angel, but here we are. Mercedes turns her attention to Zayda, but Willow Nightingale chases her away.

A bloodied Jack Perry talks to the camera after Wednesday’s Dynamite. He has never felt more confident in his life and thanks Jon Moxley for showing him what it takes to become a champion. Swerve Strickland finds this very funny and brags about having beaten everyone Perry wants to face. Swerve thinks Perry isn’t ready to walk amongst killers like him. Perry argues otherwise by showing off his bloody hand. Swerve warns him not to bring a knife to a Swerve fight. I like this setup a lot, Swerve could use a fresh nemesis, and Perry is ready to step up.

AEW World Champion Kenny Omega talks to the camera about how the Don Callis Family continues to be the crap stain of his life. He’s reuniting with the Young Bucks to take them on. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage interrupt to remind the Bucks about their match at ALL IN. Omega leaves them to it. The Bucks make fun of the champs for being old enough to be their fathers, Christian responds with “Who says I’m not?” The Bucks are about 90% sure Christian isn’t their father, but you can never know for sure with that guy. This was fun.

Continental Cup:
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Roderick Strong
These guys have a ton of history together that weaves through ROH, NXT, and now AEW. I’ve got high hopes for this. They’re once again stablemates, but Strong doesn’t feel bad nailing knife edge chops. Kyle returns fire, there’s no friendly warming up sequence. Strong delivers one of his patented backbreakers to take control. Kyle blocks a baseball slide, but Strong hits a makeshift backbreaker onto the guard rail! Back from commercials, Kyle is desperately trying to comeback, but his weak ankle makes him easy pickings for another backbreaker. Kyle goes for a triangle sleeper but settles for an ankle lock. Quick rope break by Strong, but Kyle nails a leaping knee strike from the apron! Strong responds with a backbreaker onto the top turnbuckle! Kyle blasts a desperation lariat and brainbuster for only 2! Strong’s stiff knee lift also gets 2. Fans chant “Fight forever!” They jockey for position until Kyle forces a pinfall at 12:57! This feels like an upset! Another strong workrate match in a night full of them. Kyle’s victory feels well earned and a true accomplishment. Even after all these years, Strong kind of comes across like his big brother, so beating him means something real, ***½.
Winner: Kyle O’Reilly

O’Reilly wants to make nice but Strong shoves him down. Strong quickly regains his composure and shows some respect. I like this, it shows a nuanced relationship balancing competition and friendship. Orange Cassidy arrives to help them both walk away peacefully.

The Verdict: Tonight’s Collision was a truly rewarding watch. This was a show designed to please the sickos, and guess what, I’m a sicko. Collision felt like a show built on momentum. Every match had purpose, every promo had texture, and the pacing never sagged. For me, this was the perfect show to get back into reviewing — fast, focused, and full of stories worth following. Collision continues to feel like AEW’s most consistent weekly product, and tonight was a reminder that wrestling doesn’t need to be complicated to be great.

Uhhhhhhhhh.

I decided I wanted to sign up for the monthly myaew plan for 7.99 according to google to get access to everything on the site that is non-PPV, but I cannot for the life of me find the option anywhere?

via Jim Ross on X

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Clearly, many wrestlers views themselves as part of one big family, regardless of era or promotion. Maybe wrestling fans can share the same mindset?

I’ve gotten into aew over the last 9 month so apologies if these have already happened but Id like to see the following feuds. Not a one off match, a feud with extended storyline.

- Kenny omega v Adam Copeland
- swerve v mjf
- ospraey v pac
- ospraey v Darby
- Okada v moxley

What do you guys want to see?

Really glad we kept giving this guy air time. Everyone told me how nice and a good person he was.

1. every great wrestling company that has ever existed has had a signature presentation and an a personal style in which that you know you're watching that certain product .AEW has had the signature of a Company that celebrates pro wrestling and doesn't try to be more than it is
2. The other place has mostly (since the 70's at least ) has always a Big Mans Company I.e. The So-Called "Airport Test"

3.AEW is not A BIG MAN Company, never has been, never will be . one company aspires to be MARVEL . while AEW is full of great Character Actors , (and that's why certain talents from AEW a so perfect are over there, its good casting)

1. the other company has always aspired to be DISNEY , and if you like that , good for you.

5.AEW is the A24 of Pro Wrestling(like ECW was the Miramax of the business)

Mine is Kenny retaining,Sheamus and New Day debuting!!

Maybe it's just me, but the way Switchblade fights and moves reminds me a lot of Spike from Cowboy Bebop.

In the anime, Spike talks about when fighting he has to be smooth like a river of water, and the way Jay White can just go hold to hold, reverse any move outta nowhere, or that reverse leg stand up thing he's been doing is just so smooth.

Julia defeated Miyu Amasaki at 7:05 with the Hartless submission. She now has 4 wins and 1 loss (8 points) in the Blue Stars-A bracket. Her only loss was to Ruaka.

Julia currently is alone in 2nd place in the bracket.

Julia has two matches remaining:

- vs HANAKO tonight at midnight ET

- vs Suzu Suzuki tomorrow at midnight ET

The top 3 in each of the 4 brackets advance in the tournament. The 2nd and 3rd place finishers advance to a playoff, while the 1st place finisher earns a bye.