Posted on 1/04/126 by Bob Magee
AEW Collision began its residency back at Esports Stadium
Arlington, live on TNT and streaming on HBO Max, with a
star-studded Saturday night of the best professional
wrestling in the world!
Darby Allin took care of Wheeler Yuta in their first one-on-
one match in over three years, despite interference from
Daniel Garcia and Marina Shafir, the latter of whom was
ejected from ringside and got into it with “Timeless” Toni
Storm! As a result, Storm and Shafir will battle it out on
Dynamite!
Shelton Benjamin defeated Dante Martin of SkyFlight to build
some momentum heading into his Continental Eliminator
against AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley this Wednesday
on Dynamite. Don Callis finally unleashed El Clon for a
successful in-ring debut in an impressive victory against
Angelico. But when Clon tried to do further damage, Komander
ran out to stop him. Later in the night, it was El Clon who
cost Komander his match against Hechicero. With the win,
Hechicero earned a shot at TNT Champion Mark Briscoe next
week on Collision!
Plus, JetSpeed handled Big Bill and Bryan Keith in tag team
action, and Eddie Kingston and Ortiz called out the Grizzled
Young Veterans! All that and so much more came your way from
Arlington!
Here's everything that went down on AEW Collision for
January 3, 2026, including your full results and match
recaps.
AEW Collision Recap Tonight for Arlington
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We Hear From Timeless Love Bombs, Shelton Benjamin & MVP,
Dante Martin & Christopher Daniels, and Darby Allin
Don Callis Family’s El Clon def. Angelico
Jon Moxley Knows What’s Coming From Shelton Benjamin
Timeless Love Bombs (“Timeless” Toni Storm and Mina
Shirakawa) def. Hyan & Maya World
MegaProblems (Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir) def. Rache
Chanel & Londyn Dior
The Don Callis Family Wants More of the Same in 2026
Winner Gets TNT Title Match vs. Mark Briscoe on Next Week’s
Collision: Don Callis Family’s Hechicero def. Komander
Eddie Kingston & Ortiz Want the Grizzled Young Veterans
Big Bill & Bryan Keith are Coming to Collect on JetSpeed
JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey and “The Jet” Kevin
Knight) def. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
Grizzled Young Veterans Respond to Kingston & Ortiz
Lights Out Between The Opps and Hangman & Swerve on
Dynamite!
The Hurt Syndicate’s Shelton Benjamin def. Dante Martin
Sammy Guevara Challenges ROH World Champion Bandido
A Medical Update From Stokely Hathaway
Darby Allin def. Wheeler Yuta
We Hear From Timeless Love Bombs, Shelton Benjamin & MVP,
Dante Martin & Christopher Daniels, and Darby Allin
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Before we got to the action, the Timeless Love Bombs told us
they were returning to Collision for some “Hot Texas Action”
and apologized for what they were going to do tonight to
Hyan and Maya World, because they liked them. Christopher
Daniels said SkyFlight is a cohesive unit, so with Scorpio
Sky out, Dante Martin will step in his place to defeat
Shelton Benjamin. Martin flew into frame to say Benjamin is
one of the greatest athletes, but tonight, Benjamin finds
out that Martin is inhuman. MVP said this is the beginning
of the first fiscal quarter for The Hurt Syndicate, and
Martin has an unfortunate collision with Benjamin. MVP said
it’s business as usual for The Hurt Syndicate. And that
business? Benjamin let them know, “We hurt people.”
Darby Allin said he’s this close to taking care of the Death
Riders, but now he has to go through Wheeler Yuta? He’s
gonna start 2026 off by breaking Yuta’s face!
Don Callis Family’s El Clon def. Angelico
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El Clon’s debut had an ominous feel to it, as it came in the
same building where Hologram, the man to whom El Clon has
many parallels, made his AEW debut. Clon showed a level of
intensity not typically seen with such lucha tactics. His
speed was too much for Angelico, over and over from the
jump, including a springboard DDT that was executed with
perfect precision. Clon even calmed the crowd down to get
the most impact out of a huge chop across Angelico’s chest.
Angelico struck back and sent Clon to the corner, but Clon
escaped and seemed to pause in midair to hit a Pele kick to
Angelico’s head!
Clon followed with a tilt-o-whirl lungblower and his take on
the Portal Bomb to defeat Angelico for a successful debut!
Serpentico came in to check on Angelico, so El Clon attacked
him until Komander ran out to make the save. El Clon left
satisfied with his work.
Jon Moxley Knows What’s Coming From Shelton Benjamin
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We heard from the AEW Continental Champion, Jon Moxley,
backstage. “What do you get when you take a dozen of the
most capable, most durable, hungriest wrestlers on the
planet, strip them of everything but their will, stick 'em
in a blender for the month, and call it the Continental
Classic? Who do you think comes out of that? Maybe not who
you expected, although maybe you should have. What comes out
of that? Something unique like nothing else in professional
wrestling, not whatever this,” Moxley knocked on the AEW
Continental Championship, “is made of.
“Like pressure creates diamonds, the alchemy of blood and
sweat and pain and tears and broken bones and concussions
and disappointment and thrill of victory, and the agony of
defeat and going to insane places in your mind, ‘cause
you’re so hurt, but you wanna win so bad! Competition! This
is like nothing else in professional wrestling. This is
something with a barrier to entry. This is something with a
very high price tag. When I step into the ring with Shelton
Benjamin on Wednesday, he will be very high on the list of
straight-up baddest dudes I’ve ever been in the ring with.
He can and should and will throw me around like a ragdoll.
There’s really nothing I do better than Shelton Benjamin.
And I have all the respect in the world for those guys.
They’re the real thing. They’ve paid their dues in full, so
I’m gonna drop any pretense. But on Wednesday, Shelton
Benjamin, think of the price tag. You’re gonna have to do a
whole lot more than hurt me.”
Timeless Love Bombs (“Timeless” Toni Storm and Mina
Shirakawa) def. Hyan & Maya World
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Shirakawa and World started things for their respective
teams, but when Mina began her dance from the mat, World
nearly took her out with a short-range thrust kick.
Shirakawa blocked it, and the two had a stalemate, so Storm
and Hyan tagged in for the first time. Storm took World down
with a shoulder block, followed by a short dropkick and a
German suplex. Mina tagged back in with a quick suplex to
bring Storm back into the match. Storm dropped Shirakawa off
her shoulder for an assisted tornillo to get a two-count.
Hyan pushed Storm into her corner so that World could tag
in. Storm avoided their double-team and took both down with
a dropkick. Hyan and World were knocked to the floor, so
Storm helped Shirakawa scale the ropes to hit a crossbody to
the floor!
Shirakawa found herself away from Storm and in the wrong
corner for a few minutes, which allowed Hyan and World to
hit a double-team gutbuster. Hyan and Shirakawa wound up in
a strike battle that saw Shirakawa create space with a
spinning backfist so she could tag Storm! Storm unloaded on
World with a big boot and a DDT, but World kicked out at
two! Storm tried a Storm Zero, but World backdropped out of
it and tagged Hyan. Hyan and World hit a facebuster-
dropkick-bulldog combo on Storm in quick succession, but
they only got a two.
World tagged back in and scaled the ropes to hit a double-
team blockbuster on Storm. And Shirakawa saved her partner
from a three-count just in time! Storm avoided World and
Hyan long enough for Mina to come off the top with a
dropkick to both! Shirakawa hit a hip attack to both in the
corner, so Storm followed with one of her own. Shirakawa hit
World with a slingblade and then dove onto Hyan on the
floor. Storm finished World off with a Storm Zero for the
win! They shook the hands of Hyan and World after the match.
However, while they were still making their way back up the
ramp, the music of Marina Shafir played for our next match,
as she entered from the crowd with Storm looking for a fight
before being escorted to the back by officials.
MegaProblems (Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir) def. Rache
Chanel & Londyn Dior
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Shafir quickly took Dior to the mat and knocked Chanel off
the apron. Shafir brought Dior to the corner to tag in
Bayne, who lit up Dior with gut checks followed by an
overhead throw. Bayne missed a charge in the corner, so
Chanel tagged in. Chanel missed a clothesline to Bayne, but
ate one from Shafir. Bayne picked up Dior for a tornado slam
and dropped her onto Shafir, who locked in Mother’s Milk for
the immediate tap-out victory.
The Don Callis Family Wants More of the Same in 2026
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While Lance Archer and Hechicero were decimating an unlucky
few behind him, Josh Alexander said it was a new year, but
more of the same from the Don Callis Family. We saw what El
Clon could do, and in a few hours at Wrestle Kingdom,
Konosuke Takeshita will successfully defend the IWGP World
Heavyweight Championship, and Kazuchika Okada will send the
legendary Hiroshi Tanahashi into retirement with a loss. We
then saw that Alexander was saying all this with someone
else trapped in an ankle lock. He sent Hechicero out to beat
Komader, so Hechicero could earn a TNT Title shot against
Mark Briscoe next week on Collision!
Winner Gets TNT Title Match vs. Mark Briscoe on Next Week’s
Collision: Don Callis Family’s Hechicero def. Komander
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Both men traded pin attempts right at the bell and then went
to more of a feeling-out process before Hechicero tried to
stretch Komander, which he escaped with a headscissors.
Hechicero caught Komander in midair to slam him to the
ground and then slammed Komander’s knee into the canvas
before bringing him to the corner with a chop. Komander
escaped another attempt by bouncing between the middle and
top ropes before hitting a hurricanrana to take down
Hechicero! However, Komander quickly found himself back on
the mat, until he kicked his way out and somehow used an
inverted flip off the ropes to rebound and armdrag Hechicero
to the floor! That was spectacular! Komander tried to dive
onto Hechicero, but was caught and powerbombed into the
guardrail!
Hechicero remained in control until Komander struck his way
out of the corner and fought for a DDT that connected!
Komander leapt onto Hechicero’s shoulders, but Hechicero
caught him on the way down, and Komander tried to get free.
Hechicero didn’t let Komander make much impact, but Komander
broke loose only for Hechicero to trap Komander’s legs to
propel him off the second rope and into a bow-and-arrow
submission! How unique! Hechicero converted that into a
cross armbreaker, but Komander broke it by getting to the
ropes. Hechicero took too much time taunting and missed a
charge in the corner that sent him shoulder-first into the
steel post! Komander hit a running dropkick to knock
Hechicero to the floor and then went to the opposite top
turnbuckle. Komander ran the entire length of the ring
across the top rope to hit a twisting body press onto
Hechicero on the floor! Unbelievable!
Komander threw Hechicero back in the ring and hit a step-up
enzuigiri from the apron to put Hechicero down. Komander
went to the top, so Hechicero rolled to the floor only for
Komander to make a seamless adjustment to walk the ropes and
hit a moonsault to the floor! Back in the ring, Komander hit
a sunset-flip bomb for a two-count. Hechicero came back with
a hammerlock swing into a backbreaker, but Komander took
Hechicero down with a kick to the knee, followed by a
poisonrana! With Hechicero down, Komander went to the top,
but while the referee was checking on Hechicero, El Clon ran
down and pushed Komander off the top rope! Hechicero took
advantage with a knee strike combo and then twisted Komander
up to trap his shoulder for a three-count. Hechicero and El
Clon celebrated after the match. Hechicero will now face TNT
Champion Mark Briscoe for the TNT Title next week on
Collision!
Eddie Kingston & Ortiz Want the Grizzled Young Veterans
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Tony Schiavone brought out Eddie Kingston and Ortiz to the
ring, as they earned a big reception from the Arlington
crowd! Schiavone brought up Ortiz’s return to save Kingston
from the Grizzled Young Veterans, but first, Kingston
shouted out multiple birthdays in the crowd! Eddie is for
the birthday people! Kingston called Ortiz his right hand
and said he nearly quit multiple times because he hasn’t had
Ortiz by his side, but now that he does, he’ll have to stick
around a while. Ortiz said Kingston was born with the gift
of gab, and Ortiz said he was born with the gift of putting
his foot in people’s asses!
“GYV! We coming for you!”
Kingston reiterated the message, “Grizzled Young Vets, we
will get you! Get ready, boys!”
Big Bill & Bryan Keith are Coming to Collect on JetSpeed
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Lexy Nair tried to ask Big Bill and Bryan Keith about
JetSpeed, but first Bill made a point of asking if he had
heard right that Eddie Kingston had finally found someone he
could trust. What a dope. Keith added that Kingston was a
“dumbass.” Bill said JetSpeed made a lot of enemies and that
there’s a bounty on them, so it’s a good thing he knows a
bounty hunter. Keith said it’s time to pay up!
JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey and “The Jet” Kevin
Knight) def. Big Bill & Bryan Keith
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Bailey and Keith started things off, each man showing off
their powerful kicks and strikes, until Keith gained control
and brought Bailey to the wrong corner, allowing Bill to do
some damage after Knight was knocked off the apron. Bailey
was sent back to his corner, but avoided a charge, so Knight
sprang to the top to hit a dropkick on both opponents. They
sent Keith out and had Bill join him on a low bridge.
JetSpeed hit stereo planchas to the outside, bringing Keith
back in to focus on him. Bailey hit rolling knees with
Knight following with a spinning splash for a two-count.
Knight slammed Keith and went to the top, but was shoved off
by Bill and knocked to the floor by Keith. In the ring, Bill
hit a huge sidewalk slam on Bailey as Keith ran Knight into
the barricade on the outside. Bill and Keith ripped at
Bailey’s face, as they were clearly in complete control of
collecting their bounty!
It looked like Knight would finally make a tag, but Bill
knocked Bailey to the floor before it could happen. Knight
then did his best to avoid Bill and cut him down to size,
which he finally did with a big dropkick. Bailey and Bryan
tagged in at the same time, with Bailey flying off the top
with a missile dropkick to Bryan, followed by a running kick
to knock Bill to the floor. A big kick combo followed by a
running shooting star looked like Bailey would get a pin on
Keith, but Bill tossed Bailey off and to the mat like he was
nothing! Bill and Keith double-teamed Bailey with a pair of
big boots, but Knight came in to make the save. Knight
dropkicked Bill off the apron to the floor and then went to
the top, where he received a stumbling Keith from a kick
from Bailey that allowed Knight to hit a flying clothesline
as Bailey moonsaulted onto Bill on the floor at the same
time! Textbook JetSpeed offense!
Bailey went to the top, but Keith cut him off and hit an
exploder from the top! A missed kick by Keith turned into an
exchange of reversals and a near-fall by Keith. Bill tried
to keep Knight from the ring, but back in the ring, Bailey
and Keith traded two more near-falls until Bailey nailed
Keith with moonsault knees to the chest. Bailey kicked Bill
off the apron and hit a triangle moonsault as Knight went to
the top for a UFO Splash on Keith to get the pinfall
victory! After the match, Big Bill tried to attack from
behind, but JetSpeed avoided him and celebrated up the ramp.
Grizzled Young Veterans Respond to Kingston & Ortiz
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Zack Gibson and James Drake responded to Kingston and Ortiz
by saying it’s a heartwarming story of two best friends, but
they see Kingston and Ortiz for who they truly are, which is
two New York street rats. And now GYV will make their names
in AEW at the expense of Kingston and Ortiz!
Lights Out Between The Opps and Hangman & Swerve on
Dynamite!
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We took a look back at the rivalry between “Hangman” Adam
Page & Swerve Strickland and The Opps, which led to the
match made for this Wednesday’s Dynamite. Page and
Strickland will team to face Powerhouse Hobbs and HOOK in a
LIGHTS OUT match!
The Hurt Syndicate’s Shelton Benjamin def. Dante Martin
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Benjamin easily powered Martin down and then decided to toy
with him a bit more until Christopher Daniels got in
Martin’s ear to talk him up. Martin started to use his
quickness to his advantage with some inhuman athleticism,
although Benjamin’s brute strength quickly powered Martin
back down to the mat. Martin avoided Benjamin twice in the
corner and hit an enzuigiri, but when he tried to
springboard to the top rope, Benjamin shoved him to the
floor, where Martin hit rib-first on the guardrail! Medical
came over to check on Martin, as this match could be over
just as quickly as it began.
Martin was defiant and demanded to continue, bringing up
Benjamin’s mother, so Benjamin got all over him on the
outside. Benjamin continued to dominate in the ring with a
rib breaker to Martin across his knee. Martin fought back
with a boot from the corner to stop Benjamin and followed
with a tornado DDT! While clearly in pain from the ribs,
Martin still found his way to the top and nailed a crossover
splash to get a two-count. Martin bounced from one side of
the top ropes to the other for a beautiful moonsault into a
pin attempt, but Benjamin powered out and held onto Martin.
Martin answered by putting on a sleeperhold until Benjamin
shoved him off with authority! Benjamin threw Martin across
the ring and back again with a pair of German suplexes. He
nailed a third that put Martin on his head and followed with
a rising knee in the corner, followed by a thrust kick on
the jaw of Martin to get the 1-2-3 and a bit more momentum
heading into his Continental Eliminator against AEW
Continental Champion Jon Moxley this Wednesday on Dynamite.
MVP got in the ring to ask the crowd to give proper respect
to Dante Martin, especially since he stepped in for Scorpio
Sky against Benjamin. Benjamin brought Martin up to his feet
and shook his hand. MVP directed the attention back at
Benjamin because he had business with Jon Moxley. MVP gave
Moxley credit for rising and winning the Continental
Classic. He then questioned Moxley’s ethos and the desire to
lead a revolution. MVP said they just want to make money.
MVP said Moxley will get punched, kicked, and thrown around
like a sack of dirty laundry. He said Benjamin is more
dangerous than Moxley because Moxley is motivated by showing
everyone that he is the man. This Wednesday on Dynamite,
Benjamin’s business remains the same as it always is:
hurting people.
Sammy Guevara Challenges ROH World Champion Bandido
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Lexy Nair was with one-half of the ROH World Tag Team
Champions, Sammy Guevara, and the ROH World Champion,
Bandido, because Guevara asked for this time. He said he was
tired of seeing the wrong people get opportunities, and
Bandido shouldn’t be the one to face MJF for the AEW World
Title. Guevara said on the first Dynamite that it was his
destiny to be the AEW World Champion, so he’s challenging
Bandido for this Wednesday’s Dynamite, and he’s going to do
something so heinous that Bandido would be out, and Guevara
would take his place! Bandido asked Guevara why he’s so
angry. All he had to do was ask. “You got it, amigo!” That
match was later made official for Dynamite in four days!
A Medical Update From Stokely Hathaway
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Tony Schiavone read a medical update from Stokely Hathaway
as we saw fans holding signs that said The Stokely
Foundation:
“I appreciate the thoughts and prayers. And for those of you
who mocked me, you’re dead to me. I’ve been receiving the
best care here at the Vivian Banks Medical Center. I’ve been
so courageous, they nicknamed me ‘Little Lashley' even
though I’m the stronger one. I’ve been receiving the best
care, and my medical bills have surpassed $400,000. Please
find a place in your heart to donate today. See Tony
Schiavone after the show for details. Tony has nothing to do
after the show than drink anyway, so might as well make him
useful, God bless everyone. Stokely.”
Schiavone threw the letter away.
Darby Allin def. Wheeler Yuta
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Before our main event, we saw just how deep the list of
challengers is for the new AEW World Champion, MJF,
including Kenny Omega, “Hangman” Adam Page and Swerve
Strickland.
Yuta came to the ring with Marina Shafir and Jon Moxley, as
Moxley joined the commentary team for the main event! Allin
frustrated Yuta early with an armdrag to send him to the
outside, but when Allin tried to follow, Shafir got in the
way. Allin came out anyway, so Yuta chopped him and threw
him into the barricade. Yuta threw him back in the ring, but
Allin turned a suplex into a near-fall and then a crossbody.
Allin took Yuta down in the corner and tried for a Coffin
Drop, but Shafir distracted him long enough for Yuta to get
up and crotch Allin on the top. He pulled Allin off the top
with a neckbreaker onto the apron!
Yuta flipped Allin head-over-heels with a back body-drop and
followed with a German suplex to get a near-fall before
continuing the attack on the floor and then back into the
ring. Allin fought back with a reverse shoulder block,
followed by a code red, which earned him a near-fall. Allin
was once again distracted by Shafir, who grabbed his foot
near the rope for a trip. The referee saw it and ejected
Shafir from ringside! Shafir protested, so “Timeless” Toni
Storm came out to go after Shafir! As the referee paid
attention to those two fierce rivals, Daniel Garcia came out
of nowhere to clothesline Allin on the floor. He threw Allin
back in, so Yuta was able to hit a fireman’s carry spinning
slam for a two-count.
Allin moved just in time to avoid a Yuta splash from the
top, but when it looked like Allin would chase after, he
dove to the opposite side and nailed Garcia with a dive. He
ran back to the apron with Yuta, but Yuta flipped Allin over
and off the apron with a running knee! Yuta hit a knee to
Allin’s jaw and threw him back in, but only got a two-count.
Yuta hammered down on Allin with an elbow and tried a
Scorpion Death Lock, but Allin started getting free, so Yuta
slingshotted him, only for Allin to launch to the top rope.
He came back down with a stomp to Yuta and went back up to
hit a Coffin Drop! That wasn’t enough, so he hit another,
but pulled Yuta up at two! Allin locked in the Scorpion
Death Lock to get the submission victory!
We learned that on Dynamite, it will be “Timeless” Toni
Storm vs. Marina Shafir!
We’ll be back in Arlington next Saturday, as our Collision
residency continues, but first, it’s Dynamite in Tulsa this
Wednesday!
Catch AEW Dynamite LIVE on TBS and HBO Max from Tulsa,
Oklahoma, Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT!
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