Posted on 11/02/125 by Bob Magee
On the Day of the Dead, we were thrilled to be back in
Edinburg, Texas, for Fright Night AEW Collision on TNT and
HBO Max, featuring two championship matches!
In the main event, ROH World Champion Bandido overcame an
outstanding effort from Máscara Dorada to retain the
championship in a fantastic rematch from back in June. CMLL
World Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné turned away a stiff
challenge from Olympia and barely escaped the clutches of an
angry AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander.
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion “The Alpha” Konosuke
Takeshita scored the win for himself and AEW Unified
Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada over Max Caster and
Anthony Bowens, and the issues between both teams were on
display before, during, and after the match.
Plus, we learned the details of both the men’s and women’s
Blood and Guts matches, which will take place on Wednesday,
November 12, in Greensboro, North Carolina! All that and
much more was on an action-packed episode of Collision!
Here's everything that went down on AEW Collision for
November 1, 2025, including your full results and match
recaps.
AEW Collision Recap Tonight for Edinburg
Tag Team Match: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion “The Alpha”
Konosuke Takeshita & AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker”
Kazuchika Okada of the Don Callis Family def. Anthony Bowens
& Max Caster
Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron are Ready for Athena &
Mercedes Moné
CMLL World Women’s Championship Match: Mercedes Moné (c)
def. Olympia
Don Callis Consoles the Young Bucks after Dynamite
Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir def. Nixon Newell & Miranda
Alize
The Women’s Blood and Guts Match is Set!
Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe & Komander def. LFI (Sammy
Guevara, The Beast Mortos and Dralístico)
Hangman Stays Two Steps Ahead of The Opps
HOOK Reacts to His Loss in the Dynamite Main Event
MxM TV Casting Call: Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin
Gunn and Ace Austin) def. Mason Madden, Mansoor & Johnny TV
The Men’s Blood and Guts Match is Set!
ROH World Championship Match: Bandido (c) def. Máscara
Dorada
Tag Team Match: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion “The Alpha”
Konosuke Takeshita & AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker”
Kazuchika Okada of the Don Callis Family def. Anthony Bowens
& Max Caster
It was time for Fright Night Collision, and who better to
scare everyone than Don Callis, who joined commentary with
Tony Schiavone (we think) and Nigel McGuinness. Takeshita
entered first by himself, followed by Okada, who was also
solo. Bowens and Caster were also introduced separately, and
they couldn’t even walk down the ramp without getting in
each other’s way.
Bowens and Takeshita started things off, harkening back to
their excellent singles match in the AEW Unified Title
Eliminator Tournament on Collision back in September. Bowens
took Takeshita down twice in the early moments, celebrating
after each successful move, so Caster stopped the momentum
by tagging himself into the match. Takeshita shook off a
couple of Caster strikes, but when Caster went to the ropes,
he got a kick across the back from Okada. When Takeshita
tried to take advantage, Caster ducked, and Takeshita nearly
hit Okada. Caster pushed Takeshita into Okada to knock him
off the apron, and then Bowens came in for a double
clothesline with Caster, sending Takeshita to the outside!
Bowens asked Caster to move out of the way so he could go to
the top rope. Caster responded by flying to the floor to
take out both Okada and Takeshita, which left Bowens with
nothing to do. He chased Caster away for a few moments,
which allowed Okada and Takeshita to recover and hit stereo
DDTs on Caster and Bowens. Back in the ring, Okada hit an
elbow drop on Caster and turned his Rainmaker pose into a
middle finger for Takeshita! Caster rolled up Okada for a
two count, so Takeshita blasted Caster after the kickout and
entered the ring at Okada’s request. Takeshita begrudgingly
helped Okada whip Caster to the corner. Okada followed with
a running elbow, but Takeshita missed his and was openly
frustrated. Okada hit a neckbreaker on Caster for another
near-fall. Takeshita and Okada had another tense face-off,
so Bowens tagged in and opened up on the two. He sent
Takeshita to the outside but turned into a flapjack from
Okada, who regained control for the Family.
Bowens hit a defensive kick to send Okada to his corner, so
Takeshita tagged, but so did Caster! After a quick flurry of
offense, Caster hit a Death Valley Driver that nearly gave
his team the win. He dragged Takeshita to his corner and
tagged in Bowens, who didn’t appear to be ready. Caster went
for a double-team, but Takeshita escaped and hit a cutter on
Caster, only for Bowens to run through him with a knee!
Okada made the save and dragged Takeshita to the corner for
a tag. Bowens was waiting for Okada with a Cobra Clutch
Neckbreaker. Bowens took too much time going to the top
rope, so Okada met him and went for a superplex, only for
Takeshita to sneak underneath to powerbomb both Okada and
Bowens in a tower of doom that Okada may have gotten the
worst of! Caster charged after Takeshita, but was low
bridged. Takeshita followed Caster out and sent him into the
guardrail. Bowens avoided an Okada dropkick and nearly put
Okada away with a spinning fireman’s carry slam, but he
kicked out at the last moment!
Okada ducked a Mollywhop from Bowens, but Takeshita slid in
the ring to put Bowens down with a Blue Thunder Bomb!
Takeshita set up for his patented running knee, but Okada
was already picking up Bowens for the Rainmaker. Bowens
ducked out of the way, and luckily for Takeshita, he did the
same, although the near-miss gave him enough reason to shove
Okada. Bowens hit a leaping Fame-asser on Takeshita from
behind and then turned into a picture-perfect dropkick from
Okada!
Okada went for another Rainmaker, but Bowens reversed it
into a urange and tried to get the pin, only to learn that
Bowens had made a blind tag. Caster and Bowens argued and
got into a shoving match that quickly devolved into the two
exchanging blows, with Bowens getting the best of Caster.
Takeshita tagged in, but Okada picked up Bowens for a
Rainmaker and connected. He went for another on Caster, but
Takeshita knocked Okada out of the way and drilled Caster
with a forearm. He put Caster away with Raging Fire as an
angry Okada watched the pinfall, although Callis said on
commentary he considered it smart wrestling since Takeshita
was the legal man, in an attempt to gloss over the tension.
When the referee raised their arms, Takeshita made a point
to show Okada that it was he who won the match for the team.
Callis came in to raise their hands again, but it was
apparent that both Okada and Takeshita weren’t happy and
still not on the same page.
Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron are Ready for Athena &
Mercedes Moné
Nightingale and Cameron ran down the impressive resumés of
Athena and Moné and their willingness to do anything to win,
but Willow made a point to say that no matter what happens
to her and Harley, they’ll keep smiling. They know what
they’re up against in Ultimo Moné and the forever ROH
Women’s World Champion, but what happens if Nightingale and
Cameron win? How will Athena and Moné handle that type of
loss? They’ll meet this Wednesday on AEW Dynamite in the
quarterfinals of the AEW Women’s World Championship
Tournament!
“Timeless” Toni Storm narrated a look at her team with Mina
Shirakawa, The Timeless Love Bombs, before they begin their
journey in the AEW Women’s World Championship Tournament.
CMLL World Women’s Championship Match: Mercedes Moné (c)
def. Olympia
AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander was on commentary
to scout (or “support”) her opponent at AEW Full Gear
presented by DC, UltiMoné. Moné did her best to stay away
from Olympia’s power, but when she didn’t, Olympia hit hard.
She took Moné down in the corner and followed with a
handstand kick. She squatted Moné until Moné escaped out the
back and into the corner. Olympia grabbed Moné from the
turnbuckles with a gorilla press that she shifted to one arm
before letting Moné fall to the mat! What an unreal display
of power!
Olympia tried to suplex Moné from the apron to the floor, so
Moné escaped and caught Olympia between the turnbuckles to
deliver a huge knee lift. Olympia struggled to get up from
the floor and wound up turning into a Meteora from the
apron, which allowed Moné to celebrate in front of
Statlander. Moné threw Olympia back in for a cover, but it
got a two. She hit another Meteora for another two count and
tried to calm herself down, frustration starting to show.
She followed with a snap suplex that got another two count,
so Moné went right into a submission and just threw Olympia
to the mat. She put a single boot on Olympia for a pin, as
her cockiness was getting the best of her.
Moné tried to grind down Olympia with a chinlock, and when
Olympia nearly escaped, Moné threw her to the ground. Moné
went to the second rope, but was caught by Olympia on the
way down and slammed for a nearfall! Olympia hit a low
running dropkick and tried to follow with an attack to the
downed Moné, but she missed only to recover by skinning the
cat back in and right onto Moné! That was innovative!
Moné escaped a vertical suplex with a nearfall and then
blasted Olympia in the face. She tried the MonéMaker, but it
was Olympia who escaped and rebounded to hoist Moné into a
one-armed powerbomb! Moné kicked out! Moné gained some
separation with a headbutt and then used the ropes to
springboard into a DDT! Olympia kicked out, and Moné looked
worried! Olympia and Moné traded reversals, with Moné trying
to lock in the Statement Maker. Olympia got out of it and
squatted Moné a few times before slamming her on the mat for
yet another nearfall.
They went to the outside, where Moné threw Olympia into
Statlander before returning to the ring. Statlander came off
commentary to face off with Moné, but the distraction
allowed Olympia to drag Moné back into the ring. However,
Moné quickly countered into the Statement Maker and got the
tap out for the successful title defense!
Statlander immediately hit the ring, but Moné escaped up the
ramp to avoid any further damage!
Don Callis Consoles the Young Bucks after Dynamite
After a look back at the events of Dynamite, including FTR
winning the 4-Way to punch their ticket to Full Gear against
AEW World Tag Team Champions Brodido, we saw Renee Paquette
catch up with Matt and Nick Jackson from Wednesday night.
They were at a complete loss until Callis showed up and
informed them that he negotiated the first-ever million-
dollar tag match to take place at Full Gear!
Callis asked the Bucks to team with Josh Alexander of the
Don Callis Family to face “Jungle” Jack Perry and
Luchasaurus of Jurassic Express, and their partner, Kenny
Omega! They nodded yes without saying anything as Callis
walked off, yelling about them being rich. What a money
match!
Megan Bayne & Marina Shafir def. Nixon Newell & Miranda
Alize
Before their first match in the AEW Women’s World Tag Team
Championship Tournament, Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir
teamed for the first time on Collision. And much like
everyone else, Jon Moxley wanted to see what the team looked
like, so he joined Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness on
commentary. Moxley said they’ve been trying to find
opponents for Shafir for the last year, but couldn’t find
any takers, so she jumped at the chance to get a shot at the
entire women’s division by teaming with Bayne.
Newell and Alize attacked Bayne and Shafir from behind at
the bell, which earned them a compliment from Moxley for
their “spunk” as Bayne was isolated with Shafir knocked to
the outside. Alize and Newell hit a pair of running
uppercuts, followed by an Alize facewash kick and a Newell
cannonball. Shafir saw enough and came in to break up the
double team, but Newell and Alize turned their attention to
her and hit an assisted stomp to send Shafir back to the
apron.
Moxley wondered what would happen if Bayne was pissed off,
and he got his answer quickly. Bayne recovered from the
early onslaught and snatched both Alize and Newell for a
double German suplex. Shafir tagged in for the first time
and lit up Newell with kicks and a throw before booting
Alize back into her corner. Bayne tagged back in. While
Shafir trapped Alize in Mother’s Milk, Bayne hit a running
Liger Bomb on Newell for the 1-2-3. Shafir and Bayne
celebrated in the ring with Penelope Ford after a dominant
victory.
The Women’s Blood and Guts Match is Set!
Renee Paquette narrated an extended look at the upcoming
Blood and Guts match for the women on Wednesday, November
12, in historic Greensboro, North Carolina! It will be 12 of
AEW’s best, making up two all-star teams. On one side,
Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart and Skye Blue) will
team with Megan Bayne, Marina Shafir and TBS Champion
Mercedes Moné! They’ll face Jamie Hayter, Queen Aminata,
Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron, “Timeless” Toni Storm
and the AEW Women’s World Champion, Kris Statlander! One
cage. Two rings. Three words. Blood and Guts!
Roderick Strong, Mark Briscoe & Komander def. LFI (Sammy
Guevara, The Beast Mortos and Dralístico)
Guevara thought he had a quick advantage on Strong, so he
celebrated just seconds into the match, which turned out to
be the wrong move. Strong chopped Guevara into the corner so
Komander could tag in. Guevara put Komander down with a
dropkick and suplex before tagging in Dralístico. Komander
and Dralístico traded arm drags and reversals before ending
up in a stalemate. Briscoe and Mortos tagged in for the
first time, with Briscoe getting the better of the initial
exchange until Mortos fought out of the corner and hit a
back body drop. He tried another, but Briscoe landed on his
feet before showing Texas some redneck kung fu.
Komander tagged in, and so did Guevara. Guevara was sent to
the outside, and Komander climbed the ropes to try to walk
across the ring, but LFI came in to stop it. Strong and
Briscoe were right there to take them out, so Komander tried
again, but Guevara was already back in the ring and knocked
Komander to the mat. Mortos and Dralístico slammed Strong
and Briscoe around the guardrails with LFI in complete
control.
Komander nearly had his mask ripped off during an extensive
beatdown in the LFI corner, but he fought back only to have
Dralístico hit a springboard destroyer for a near-fall!
Komander finally made the tag to Strong, as Guevara tagged
in on the other side. Strong opened up on LFI and nearly put
Guevara away with a backbreaker/fireman’s carry slam
combination. Mortos came in to help Guevara make the tag to
Dralístico and ran across to take out Briscoe before double-
teaming Strong with Dralístico to hit a nasty stomp for a
two count. Strong escaped to tag Briscoe, who was able to
successfully handle Mortos and Dralístico before turning his
attention to Guevara. He knocked Guervara to the floor and
came down with a twisting moonsault from the top rope!
Mortos saved Dralístico from a Jay Driller with a headbutt
on Briscoe, but Komander immediately followed with a
poisonrana on Mortos. Guevara took out Komander with a
jumping knee, so Strong did the same to Guevara, only to
walk into a jumping codebreaker from Dralístico. Briscoe got
back in, avoided an enzuigiri, and nailed Dralístico with a
Jay Driller to get the win!
Hangman Stays Two Steps Ahead of The Opps
We took a look at the events from the end of Dynamite, where
Samoa Joe won the 4-Way Fright Night Fight to get a rematch
with “Hangman” Adam Page for the AEW World Championship at
Full Gear. Joe was skeptical of the costumed help that was
out to deliver the contract, so he, along with Powerhouse
Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata, took out all four, including
the one in the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man costume, because
that same costume was once used by Page.
Once Joe felt comfortable with the situation, he signed the
contract and went on with the toast started by Tony
Schiavone. That toast was ended by Page, who appeared as a
perfect double of Schavone, and then low-blowed Hobbs and
Shibata before smashing a beer bottle on Joe and finishing
him off with the greatest Buckshot in the history of our
sport, still clad in most of his Schiavone costume!
HOOK Reacts to His Loss in the Dynamite Main Event
After tapping out to Samoa Joe’s Coquina Clutch, we saw HOOK
after the match with Eddie Kingston, who was trying to pick
up his young partner. HOOK was asked off-camera why he
tapped so quickly, so Kingston let him handle the question.
“When you’re caught, you’re caught. You live to fight
another day.” Kingston shooed away the camera to give HOOK
some space.
MxM TV Casting Call: Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin
Gunn and Ace Austin) def. Mason Madden, Mansoor & Johnny TV
Mansoor announced that MxM TV dressed up as the sexiest
people on the planet (themselves) before they found out
their opponents for the night, the Bang Bang Gang!
Mansoor tried to go on the attack at the bell, but wound up
by himself with Gunn, who punched Mansoor right out of the
ring. Gunn then launched Ace over the top rope onto
Mansooor! Ace and Johnny paired off briefly, but Mansoor
tried to return for a double team. Ace got out of it and
made the tag to Robinson, who unloaded on Mansoor and
Johnny. He spiked TV with a DDT, but Mansoor mounted
Robinson in the corner for punches, only for Robinson to
powerbomb his way out. Madden tagged in, but was immediately
double suplexed by Gunn and Ace. Gunn dropped Mansoor with a
Fame-asser, and Ace followed with The Fold! Robinson made
the cover to make quick work of MxM TV!
The Men’s Blood and Guts Match is Set!
We got a rundown of upcoming matches, including AEW World
Trios Champions The Opps facing AEW World Champion “Hangman”
Adam Page, HOOK and Eddie Kingston in a non-title match this
Wednesday on Dynamite.
Moreover, on November 12 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the
Men’s Blood and Guts match will see Jon Moxley, Claudio
Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia of the Death
Riders face Darby Allin, Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy,
Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly!
ROH World Championship Match: Bandido (c) def. Máscara
Dorada
Our main event saw one-half of the AEW World Tag Team
Champions, Bandido, put his ROH World Title on the line
against Máscara Dorada in a rematch of their championship
battle at Global Wars in June at Arena México. We took a
special look back on that match, narrated by Ian Riccaboni!
Both men tested the waters with each other early on, as
Dorada targeted Bandido’s injured shoulder multiple times,
including a surfboard, which Bandido immediately powered out
of! He reversed the move, and Dorada tried to power out, but
Bandido rolled through and reapplied the hold. The two
traded spectacular reversals until they both backflipped off
the ropes into a stalemate!
Bandido flipped Dorada over the top rope, but he landed on
the apron. When Bandido went to the outside, Dorada avoided
him by flipping back into the ring. Dorada charged back at
Bandido, but Bandido dove back in, so Dorada landed a
handstand on the apron, winding up standing on the floor.
Bandido came rushing back with a dive, but Dorada pushed him
aside for a rough landing. Bandido was clutching his
shoulder, so he received medical attention to determine if
he could continue the match, which he insisted on doing.
Dorada now had a clear game plan to target the injured
shoulder.
Dorada allowed Bandido to get back to his feet for a chop
exchange, which allowed him to hit a tornillo from the top
and then a one-handed press slam using his healthy shoulder!
A pump kick sent Dorada to the outside, so Bandido went
after him with a baseball slide and missed. Dorada charged
at Bandido, looking for a hurricanrana, but Bandido reversed
the momentum and slammed Dorada face-first into the apron!
Bandido followed with a huge dive that sent them into the
base of the announce desk, including Bandido’s injured
shoulder.
Back in the ring, Bandido missed a frog splash attempt, but
quickly recovered to hit one on the second try to earn a two
count, as his shoulder continued to take damage even when he
was on offense. Dorada hit a flipping crucifix bomb from the
top and followed with a tilt-a-whirl DDT, but Bandido kicked
out in the nick of time! Bandido blocked a suplex attempt on
the apron, but Dorada nailed him with a boot. As Dorada ran
at Bandido, Bandido tossed Dorada into the air and onto
Bandido’s knees as both men spectacularly crashed to the
floor!
The two staggered back into the ring and traded huge shots
until Bandido missed a shotgun dropkick and charged to the
corner, which allowed Dorada to hit a crossbody from the
top. Instead of going for the cover, he stayed on the
attack, sending Bandido to the outside with a flying head-
scissors! Dorada followed with an amazing tornillo and a
shooting star press from the second rope to Bandido on the
floor! The ROH World Champion was in trouble!
Back in the ring, Dorada hit a crucifix bomb from the
turnbuckles for another nearfall. He tried to follow up, but
Bandido was ready with a pop-up knee, followed by a running
knee, but only for a two-count! Bandido was shocked at the
kickout!
Dorada blocked another knee, and he went for another tornado
DDT, only for Dorada to outmuscle him into a suplex. Bandido
then hit a pop-up, sitout powerbomb, and got back up to
inflict more damage until both men took each other out with
simultaneous big boots! The fans in Texas were on their feet
in appreciation!
Bandido missed a charge in the corner, so Dorada ran to the
top for an armdrag and turned that into a sugarbag pin for a
near-fall. He rolled through again, but once again, Bandido
kicked out. Dorado captured Bandido in another pin attempt,
but the champion still wouldn’t stay down for three. Dorada
went to the top for a shooting star press, but came down
right on Bandido’s knees and had to kick out to save the
match.
Bandido rolled over Dorada on a 21 Plex attempt, so he
changed course and scaled the top rope. Dorada met him with
a kick to the side and tried to run up the ropes to stand on
Bandido’s shoulder for a super hurricanrana, but Bandido
caught him and reversed the momentum into a near fall. A
second attempt at the 21 Plex connected, and Bandido came
away with a successful defense of the ROH World Title in a
tremendous main
event!
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