AEW Collision live results: The final stop before Double or Nothing
Tonight’s AEW Collision episode marks the final stop before Sunday’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view.
TBS Champion Mercedes Mone will defend her title in an open challenge on the show against Reyna Isis. Mone wrestles Jamie Hayter on Sunday in the Owen Hart Foundation women’s tournament finals.
Before they lock horns on Sunday in tag team action, the contract will be signed for FTR vs. Nigel McGuinness and Daniel Garcia on tonight’s episode.
Paragon’s Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly will square off against James Drake and Zack Gibson of Grizzled Young Veterans on the show.
Kyle Fletcher of The Don Callis Family will go one-on-one with Jay Lethal in singles competition.
Rush and Dralistico will team up against “Speedball” Mike Bailey and Komander in tag team action.
Tonight’s episode was taped Wednesday night in Albuquerque. Spoilers from the show are available here.
The show begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time on TBS with a simulcast streaming on Max.
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FTR and Stokley Hathaway joined Tony Schiavone in the ring for a contract signing to face Daniel Garcia and Nigel McGuinness. Adam Cole, on commentary, put over Garcia strongly, calling him the future of the company. The crowd gave McGuinness a great reaction for his entrance. Cash Wheeler took the mic and said he was giving them one more chance to reconsider facing FTR. This got a ton of heat.
Garcia noted that he had trouble hearing FTR because the crowd was booing them so loudly. Garcia said he was standing up, not just for himself, but for Tony Schiavone, Adam Copeland, and everyone that FTR has targeted. Garcia said that it was going to be a fight, and that McGuinness, even with his own doubts, still has it. Nigel McGuinness said he would find out on Sunday, but he made sure that once this match was over, FTR would never touch him or Tony Schiavone for good.
Dax Harwood took the mic and said that he wanted McGuinness to look him in the eye as he signed the contract, because if he signed the contract, FTR were going to end his career and it was his blood on his own hands. Harwood said that McGuinness could walk to the commentary desk where he belonged, and they could be friends instead. Harwood provoked McGuinness and they jumped FTR and locked on submissions before security pulled FTR out of the ring. McGuinness signed the contract promising that he was going to end this fight.
–Tony Storm cut a pretaped promo about Mina Shirakawa, asking Shirakawa to bring her best at AEW Double or Nothing
The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Roppongi Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta) (w/ Don Callis & Lance Archer) defeated Los Outrunners (Turbo Floyd, Truth Magnum, & Bandido)
Bandido & Trent Beretta started the match. Bandido caught Beretta in midair and hit a tilt-a-whirl slam and then a stalling vertical suplex on Beretta. Floyd and Magnum came in and hit vertical suplexes on Takeshita & Romero or stereo suplexes with all three men. Bandido hit a tope con giro on everyone on the floor.
Takeshita nailed Magnum with a forearm and the Don Callis Family started getting the heat on the babyfaces for the next few minutes. As they came back from the ad-break, Magnum made a hot tag to Bandido, who ran wild, dropping Beretta and Romero. Bandido and Takeshita exchanged strikes, but Takeshita hit one big forearm to drop him. Bandido hit a kick out of the corner and hit a torneo on Takeshita.
Takeshita blocked a GTH and hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for a 2-count. The Outrunners were hit with jumping knee strikes from RPG Vice, but Bandido sent Romero to the floor, hit a GTH on Romero, but took a German suplex from Takeshita. Turbo Floyd came in for a hot tag, and hit three scoop slams before slamming his own partner on Takeshita to a huge reaction from the crowd. Bandido hit a pop-up cutter on Beretta, but Romero cut off a Total Recall from The Outrunners, and Lance Archer attacked Bandido on the floor, wiping him out. Takeshita and Beretta grabbed The Outrunners and hit Strong Zero on both of them for the win.
–A hype video aired for Gabe Kidd, where Moxley explained Kidd was the hired gun for them, and that they were going to paint a blood covered picture of what wrestling could be on Sunday.
TBS Champion Mercedes Moné defeated Reyna Isis to retain
Both women exchanged quick pinfall attempts to open the match. Moné hit a headscissors takedown into the Statement Maker, but Isis got out. Moné ended up eating a legdrop from the middle rope from Isis for a 2-count. Isis hit a butterfly suplex for another near fall. Moné hit another headscissors, but Isis got her knees up once Moné went off the middle ropes. Moné hit a backstabber for a 2-count. There was a miscommunication at one point before the end, but Moné was able to roll through it into a Statement Maker for the submission win.
–Jamie Hayter came down to the ringside area and looked to be ready to get in a fight with Moné, but security ran down and got between both women as they eyed the Owen Hart Cup trophy.
–A video aired of the Sons of Texas explaining their desire to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship because they were day one wrestlers in AEW.
Kyle Fletcher (w/ Don Callis) defeated Jay Lethal
Fletcher attacked Lethal viciously right away, but Lethal managed to force Fletcher to the floor and hit a tope suicida on Fletcher. Don Callis, on commentary was very concerned about Adam Cole’s health after the Lethal dive. Fletcher got in the face of Cole on the floor, but Lethal sent him back to the ring. Lethal fist bumped Cole, but Lethal was cut off and brutally powerbombed onto the apron before getting back in Adam Cole’s face.
It seems they are setting up Fletcher vs. Cole for the TNT Championship. Fletcher kept control over Lethal for the next few minutes, maintaining wrist control as he slammed Lethal. Lethal tried to come back with chops, while Fletcher begged him to take a free shot. Lethal decided to punch him instead and got a few near falls. The crowd was very into this match, as Lethal went for the figure four, but Fletcher blocked it. Lethal hit a dragon screw instead, and locked on the figure four soon thereafter.
Lethal went for a top rope elbow drop, but Fletcher cut him off and went for a superplex or a turnbuckle brainbuster, but Lethal countered the counter, and jumped off with a top rope elbow. Fletcher countered the counter of the counter with knees to Lethal’s elbow before hitting the brainbuster for the pinfall. That was a lot of counters. Really good match.
–The Don Callis family rushed the ring to attack afterwards, with Takeshita, Fletcher, and Josh Alexander attacking, but Paragon ran down to make the save as Adam Cole left the announcer’s desk to join them.
Paragon (Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly) defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson)
This match had a super fast start with GYV taking it to Paragon early on, dominating them for the first few minutes with fast paced offence that the crowd appreciated. Gibson slowed it down with a chin lock on O’Reilly. O’Reilly did an up kick on Drake and tagged out to Strong, who ran wild, hitting suplexes and back breakers.
Strong hit a front suplex on Drake but Gibson made the save to break the pin. Gibson hit a lung blower in the corner, leaving Strong draped on the middle ropes and Gibson’s knees. Drake hit a coast-to-coast dropkick to the ribs of strong, but O’Reilly made the save. All four men brawled afterwards. All four men broke off, and Strong and O’Reilly hit the high-low on Drake while O’Reilly then locked on a guillotine choke on Gibson as Strong pinned Drake. Great tag match. Cole issued a challenge to the Don Callis family for Double or Nothing.
–A recap of the street fight with Gates of Agony and the Learning Tree aired.
Josh Alexander (w/ Don Callis) defeated AR Fox
Don Callis rejoined commentary was not happy about Cole challenging the Don Callis family, but accepted the challenge, with Paragon facing Takeshita, Alexander, and Fletcher. Fox hit a moonsault off the apron onto Alexander as this announcement was being made. Alexander responded with a suplex.
AR Fox hit a tope con giro to the floor to the chagrin of Don Callis, but Fox did land awkwardly, and was selling his leg slightly. Fox went for a cutter, but Alexander caught him and dead lifted him into a German suplex, hit a powerbomb, and then hit the C4 Spike for the win.
Callis, before leaving the desk, let Cole have a piece of his mind, saying that he could have been in the Don Callis Family if he wanted to, but now Alexander was going to stretch him.
–A video aired with fans predicting who was going to win between Hangman and Ospreay.
Mistico, Templario, & Mascara Dorada defeated Los Depredadores (Volador Jr., Magnus, & Rugido)
A CMLL lucha match on Collision? I’m in. This will be fun. I am not familiar with everyone in this match, only knowing Mistico, Dorada, and Volador Jr, so parts of this was a bit hard for me to keep track of when Depredadores was in the ring. That said, Dorada immediately impressed the fans, sending the rudo team to the floor.
The crowd was very into this, especially once Mistico tagged in and faced off with Volador. Mistico hit a handspring into a back elbow, but got caught with a dropkick when going for the elbow. Depredadores stomped on Mistico, ending with Volador hitting a superkick on Mistico. Magnus hit a hard chop on Templario, and Volador hit another superkick, this time on Templario. Rugido hit a basement dropkick on Dorada, leaving him for Volador to beat down.
Rugido was getting heat on Mistico as they came back from break, but Mistico hit a double armdrag on Magnus and Rugido, letting the tecnicos hit stereo tope suicidas. Mistico hit a crossbody on Magnus,hit a head scissors on Rugido, and then Volador before Templario hit a Sasuke Special.
Mascara Dorada came in and hit a poisonrana on Magnus before hitting a picture perfect shooting star press for the pinfall. This was a ton of fun.
–A recap video aired for Anna Jay & Harley Cameron vs. Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne, officially announcing it for the AEW Double or Nothing Buy In.
–Kris Statlander was backstage, saying that while she was sorry for the things she did to Willow Nightingale, Willow needed to be careful because Statlander was dangerous and Willow might not like it when Statlander was pushed and angry.
Mike Bailey & Komander (w/ Alex Abrahantes) defeated Rush & Dralistico
Dralistico ran in from the audience while Bailey and Komander were distracted, letting Rush and Dralistico beat on the babyfaces as the match started. Tony Schiavone, ever the professional, plugged their sponsor, an energy drink, as they hit Komander with it. The announcers were speculating that Okada bribed Rush and Dralistico to beat on Bailey last week and to damage him this week in their tag match.
Bailey managed to use some martial arts to turn the beating around, tagging out to Komander who hit a double dropkick on both Rush and Dralistico. Komander and Bailey both hit tope suicidas, then got in the ring, ran to their opposite side and hit it on the other opponent. They went for a third, but Rush and Dralistico walked out of the way, sending the babyfaces crashing to the floor.
Dralistico put Komander in the tree of woe, kicking him in the face. The heels worked over Komander for the next few minutes, tugging at the mask, and kicking him in the face. Rush spit at Bailey, which caused Bailey to try and get in the ring, which allowed Rush and Dralistico to double team him. Komander ran up the ropes and backflipped out of the way of an attack, hit a spike hurricanrana on Dralistico, and tagged out to Bailey who hit a series of kicks on Dralistico, continuing where they left off in their last match.
Bailey hit a standing shooting star press for a 2-count on Dralistico. Bailey and Rush exchanged forearms in the middle of the ring, to the delight of the crowd before changing to chops. Rush ended the exchange with a discus forearm before going for the Bull’s Horns, but just kicked Bailey in the face instead of hitting the dropkick. Bailey hit a thrust kick on Dralistico followed by a triangle moonsault before Komamder ran across the ropes from one side to the other and hitting a dive.
Bailey and Komander hit perfectly timed stereo shooting star presses from opposite corners for a 2-count. Komander hit a Canadian Destroyer on Dralistico. Rush ran in and hit a German suplex and knee strike on Bailey. Rush missed a charge and hit the ring steps, which distracted Dralistico long enough to hit a poisonrana followed by a spinning heel kick from Bailey and a shooting star press from Komander for the win. That was awesome.
–Kazuchika Okada made his entrance to come face to face with Bailey, looking disappointed that Bailey was not injured by Rush and Dralistico. Bailey bowed to Okada, showing respect, but Okada flipped him off. Bailey hit a spin kick to the hand of Okada, followed by a spinning heel kick on Okada that dropped him to the floor. Bailey hit a tope con giro on Okada, who caught Bailey perfectly, and Bailey grabbed the title and posed with it.
Final Thoughts
There was nothing unpredictable on this show, but all the matches were excellent. The recap videos were helpful for reminding people of the stories being told, and the main event was a fantastic match, so this was a win for AEW.
AEW Double or Nothing (May 25, 2025)
Harley Cameron & Anna Jay vs. Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne
Owen Hart Cup Finals: Mercedes Mone vs. Jamie Hayter
Paragon vs. Don Callis Family
AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Hurt Syndicate vs. The Sons of Texas
Stretcher Match: Mark Briscoe vs. Ricochet
AEW Women’s World Championship: Toni Storm (c) vs. Mina Shirakawa
Nigel McGuinness & Daniel Garcia vs. FTR
AEW Continental Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Mike Bailey
Anarchy in the Arena: Kenny Omega, Willow Nightingale, Swerve Strickland, & The Opps vs. The Death Riders & Young Bucks
Owen Hart Cup Finals: Hangman Adam Page vs. Will Ospreay