Posted on 8/17/125 by Bob Magee
We were back in the Andrew J Brady Music Center in
Cincinnati, Ohio for tonight’s edition of AEW Collision,
just eight days away from AEW Forbidden Door in London,
England on PPV!
And speaking of Forbidden Door, in the main event, we were
treated to a Technical Spectacle 4-Way featuring Nigel
McGuinness, Daniel Garcia, Hechicero, and the ROH Pure
Champion, Lee Moriarty, to determine the challenger for Zack
Sabre Jr.’s IWGP World Championship next week in London.
Plus, JetSpeed continued their rivalry with Jon Moxley, this
time in tag team action with Wheeler Yuta joining Mox.
“Timeless” Toni Storm addressed the Cincinnati crowd, and
Athena had something to say about it. And four of AEW’s best
in the women’s division faced off with $100,000 on the line,
as Kris Statlander, Julia Hart, Anna Jay, and Penelope Ford
fought for big money. In addition, Ricochet took on the
debuting Ace Austin, Juice Robinson battled “The Bad Apple”
Bryan Keith, Paragon faced Blake Christian and Lee Johnson,
and more!
Here’s everything that went down on an action-packed episode
of AEW Collision for August 16, 2025, including your full
results and match recaps.
AEW Collision Recap Tonight for Cincinnati
“Timeless” Toni Storm Speaks, Attacked by Athena
How We Got to MJF vs Hangman Page at Forbidden Door
Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta def. JetSpeed
Ricochet def. Ace Austin
The Hurt Syndicate Talk Future Challengers and Drama
Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong def. Blake Christian and
Lee Johnson
FTR and Stokely steal Bandido’s Mask, Brody King Makes the
Save
SkyFlight Challenge The Don Callis Family
Kris Statlander def. Penelope Ford, Anna Jay, and Julia Hart
to Win $100K
Kyle Fletcher Is Ready for Hiromu Takahashi
Kris Statlander Gets Congrats from Harley Cameron and The
Death Riders?
Juice Robinson def. Bryan Keith
Anthony Bowens Doesn’t Want to Talk about Max Caster
Nigel McGuinness def. Daniel Garcia. Hechicero, and Lee
Moriarty to earn an IWGP World Title Match with Zack Sabre
Jr. at Forbidden Door
“Timeless” Toni Storm Speaks, Attacked by Athena
“Cincinnati Sickos, lend me your ear.”
Toni addressed the many nicknames of ROH Women’s Champion,
Athena and in a very timeless way, broke down the ridiculous
nature of each one. However, she took a little more time
with “The Fallen Goddess” moniker and felt the need to pray.
Toni reminded us about milk, lemonade, and where the fudge
is made before praying, or should we say predicting, how she
wanted to send Athena back to America when all was said and
done in their AEW Women’s Championship match next week at
AEW Forbidden Door in London.
As Toni went to end her prayer, she left us with, “Chin up,
tits out, and watch for the…”
And before Toni could say anything more, she avoided the
shoe, or should we say boot of Athena. While Storm got the
best of Athena for a few seconds, Billie Starkz ran out to
make the save, as both she and Athena beat down Storm.
While Storm writhed in pain, Athena mocked Storm and called
her entire act a charade.
“If AEW is where the best wrestle, why is this bitch sitting
at the top?!”
And with that, Athena ordered Starkz to drag Storm to the
ring before making the proclamation that she would become
the forever AEW Women’s Champion.
When Athena tried to mock Storm with a spotlight of her own,
Mina Shirakawa made her first appearance since AEW All In
Texas last month. That gave Storm time to recover and
dispose of Starkz.
With Starkz out of the equation, Athena had nowhere to run
with Shirakawa and Storm staring her down, so she dove off
the ramp onto security just in time. Toni and Mira reunited
with plenty of affection, as Athena and Starkz seethed.
How We Got to MJF vs Hangman Page at Forbidden Door
We go from the AEW Women’s Championship to the AEW Men’s
Championship with a recap of how “Hangman” Adam Page flipped
the script and goaded MJF into executing his guaranteed AEW
Championship match contract at AEW Forbidden Door.
Unfortunately for Page, MJF had the last laugh of the night
when he attacked Page in the parking lot at the end of AEW
Dynamite.
Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta def. JetSpeed
With Moxley owning back to back victories over “Speedball”
Mike Bailey and “The Jet” Kevin Knight, JetSpeed came
together to try and stop their losing streak against The
Death Riders in tag team action. They were a perfect 4-0 as
a team on Collision, but this was their toughest test yet.
JetSpeed clearly knew they had to get to work early, and hit
stereo planchas onto Moxley and Yuta. After leaving Mox
laying on the outside, Bailey and Knight went to work
singling out Yuta in the ring. The plan worked beautifully
until Moxley recovered. He evened the score, and then some.
The Death Riders remained in control, although Cincinnati
made it known that while they loved their hometown boy in
Moxley, every time Yuta tagged in, he was mercilessly booed.
Cincinnati vs. Everybody indeed!
Bailey desperately needed to tag in and finally did, getting
the best of Yuta for a time until Moxley intervened and put
both members of JetSpeed down on the outside, including a
brutal release German suplex to Bailey on the apron. Mox
continued to grind down on Bailey and even distracted the
referee long enough for Marina Shafir to hit a big judo
throw on the floor.
Despite every attempt by Yuta to stop him, Speedball finally
made the tag to a fresh Knight. A quick flurry of offense by
The Jet was initially shut down by Yuta and Mox, but Knight
fought back with a sky-high dropkick. That brought us back
to Mox and Bailey, which turned into both men slugging each
other back and forth until Knight and Yuta paired off and
did the same as the crowd went wild!
Bailey thought he had Mox dead to rights with a kick to the
chin, but the former AEW World Champion backed off just in
time and hit a cutter on Bailey. Knight got back in the mix
to help out his partner, depositing Moxley outside to
double-team Yuta.
The JetSpeed offense was on full display when Knight leapt
from the ring to the top rope to execute a hurricanrana on
Yuta into the waiting arms of Bailey, who sat out with a
powerbomb, which should have ended it.
Shafir sensed trouble and intervened once again, but Bailey
sidestepped her, sending Marina crashing into the steel
steps and seemingly out of the mix.
Back in the ring, Knight hit the UFO Splash on Yuta, but
Shafir recovered just enough to roll in the ring and
distract the referee. That gave Mox a chance to hit a
Paradigm Shift on Bailey to the floor while Yuta low-blowed
Knight and rolled him up to steal the win.
Ricochet def. Ace Austin
After an altercation with Ricochet following AEW Dynamite,
we were treated to the AEW debut of Ace Austin.
The speed of Austin was on full display right from the jump,
as he sent Ricochet sprawling to the outside, grasping for
air just seconds into the match. Austin’s unreal athleticism
seemed to be outdoing Ricochet, which is as rare as it gets,
but the veteran savvy of Ricochet put him in control by
knocking Austin off the top rope.
The Gates of Agony made their way down the ramp to watch
(and intimidate) as Ricochet continued to dominate. And as
we’ve come to expect, Ricochet put himself in firm control
with his own blend of arrogance and spectacular offense.
Yet every time Ricochet thought he had Austin down, a two
count would follow. This elicited more and more support from
the Cincinnati crowd for the debuting Austin.
The match turned once again when Austin gave Ricochet a dose
of his own medicine by knocking Ricochet from the top.
Austin immediately dove to the outside trying to inflict
further damage, but also wound up coming into contact with
GoA. Toa Liona stopped Austin from doing anything else,
while Ricochet escaped back into the ring.
The numbers game was too much for Austin and he succumbed to
a Spirit Gun, earning the win for Ricochet. GoA attacked
Austin after the match and posed with Ricochet after their
successful night.
The Hurt Syndicate Talk Future Challengers and Drama
Backstage, Renee Paquette caught up with the AEW Tag Team
Champions, Bobby Lashey and Shelton Benjamin and MVP of The
Hurt Syndicate. Renee asked their thoughts on AEW Tag Team
Championship Eliminator Tournament finals between Brodido
and FTR. There was little concern with facing either team,
as MVP promised they would hurt whoever they faced next week
for the AEW Tag Team Titles at AEW Forbidden Door. When
Renee asked about the drama surrounding the group, all three
men laughed it off.
Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong def. Blake Christian and
Lee Johnson
Before they could head to the ring, Paragon spoke with Renee
Paquette. While Kyle O’Reilly continued to show his lighter
side by pushing Roderick Strong into conglomerating, Strong
made it clear he was not stopping until he made the TNT
Champion, Kyle Fletcher, pay for what he did to Adam Cole.
O’Reilly then made plans with Hologram and Tomohiro Ishii to
enjoy the tastes of Cincinnati.
With O’Reilly and Strong maybe a little out of sync, the
fast rising team of Blake Christian and Lee Moriarty put all
of their cohesiveness on display for the world to see. Their
combo offense had Paragon on the ropes early,
Once Strong tagged in, the momentum shifted for good. A
fired-up Strong went to work on both Christian and Moriarty,
absolutely taking over the match while O’Reilly recovered.
Once Strong and O’Reilly got into their rhythm, they were
unstoppable and picked up the victory. Ishii and Hologram
came out to celebrate, yet Strong showed no interest.
FTR and Stokely steal Bandido’s Mask, Brody King Makes the
Save
We were taken backstage to see a downed Bandido at the feet
of Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood, and Big Stoke, the latter of
whom took the mask of Bandido. However, Brody King hit the
scene to save his partner!
King fought FTR out to the ringside area and seemed to be in
control, but much like Wednesday against Cope, Stoke brought
out the powder and blinded King. That left him wide open for
a Shatter Machine and gave FTR the momentum heading into
next week’s AEW Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament Finals
on AEW Dynamite in Glasgow, Scotland!
SkyFlight Challenge The Don Callis Family
Unhappy with how Don Callis tried to mess with their debut,
the members of SkyFlight laid out a challenge for any kind
of match for next week’s AEW Dynamite in Glasgow, Scotland.
Leila Grey was especially fired up and led the crew away to
train.
Kris Statlander def. Penelope Ford, Anna Jay, and Julia Hart
to Win $100K
In a match that featured four of the longest-tenured members
of the women’s division, $100,000 was on the line as the
prize money continued to flow in AEW.
Kris Statlander was clearly the favorite of Cincinnati, as
you might expect on a Staturday Night, and she was able to
feed off the crowd to gain an early advantage. Of course,
it’s never that easy with four competitors in the mix, so
Statlander wasn’t dominating for long.
Statlander got back in the action by turning a superplex
attempt into a double powerbomb on Hart and Ford, but Anna
Jay immediately took advantage of the distracted Statlander
and nearly won the match.
Ford started to take over with a cutter to Anna Jay and a
poisionrana to Statlander, but she barely had a chance to do
anything more, as Hart immediately knocked Ford down and
turned her attention to Jay. Meanwhile, Ford recovered and
had Statlander down and went for a moonsault at the same
time Hart tried the same on Jay across the ring. Both downed
opponents got their feet up, but when Statlander and Jay
tried to fight back with clotheslines, they wound up taking
out each other.
The chaos at the end of the contest made it anyone’s match,
but Statlander cashed in when she locked Hart in a head
scissors submission for the win.
With Statlander celebrating her winnings in the ring, the
other two members of the Triangle of Madness, Thekla and
Skye Blue, hit the ring to attack. Almost immediately, Queen
Aminata cut them off and got a little more help from Tay
Melo. However, Megan Bayne made her presence felt and
powered her way into control until we got the return of
Harley Cameron!
Cameron’s presence swung the tide once again, as Bayne,
Ford, and The Triangle of Madness retreated with Cameron and
Bayne looking to pick up their rivalry in a war of words.
Kyle Fletcher Is Ready for Hiromu Takahashi
TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher acknowledged that he asked for
the best from New Japan Pro Wrestling and got Hiromu
Takahashi, as he found out on AEW Dynamite. Fletcher showed
no fear and promised that his reign was just getting
started.
With Hechicero and Lance Archer by his side, Fletcher
accepted the challenge of SkyFlight and thanked Don Callis
for making all of this possible.
Kris Statlander Gets Congrats from Harley Cameron and The
Death Riders?
Renee Paquette tried to get thoughts from Kris Statlander
following her lucrative victory, and while Statlander
expressed how excited she was to win on her own, Harley
Cameron jumped into Statlander’s arms. All the fun and games
quickly ended when Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta appeared, yet
the tension was quickly cut when Mox and Yuta complimented
Stat on her win.
Juice Robinson def. Bryan Keith
The Bang Bang Gang recently became enemies of Big Bill and
“The Bad Apple” Bryan Keith, so tonight was another chance
to settle their differences … with violence of course.
Juice Robinson got off to a hot start, as he continues to
ride a new-found motivation in AEW with the fans clearly
getting behind both he and Austin Gunn every week.
Eventually, Keith slowed the pace down in an effort to calm
down the clearly pro-Juice crowd and had Juice locked in a
Texas Cloverleaf, yet Juice found a way to escape.
As Juice battled his way back into the match, Keith’s work
on Robinson’s knee was apparent, although he refused to let
it slow him down too much. Big Bill tried to get involved,
but was yanked off the apron by Austin Gunn. Gunn avoided a
sprinting Bill, sending the big man into the guard rail.
Back in the ring, Juice put Keith down for the three count
with a Juice is Loose and escaped up the ramp before an
enraged Bill could attack.
Anthony Bowens Doesn’t Want to Talk about Max Caster
Backstage, an annoyed Anthony Bowens was asked by Renee
Paquette about the first international Max Caster Open
Challenge. Bowens complained that the interview was supposed
to be about him and all his recent accolades, including
throwing out the first pitch at a San Francisco Giants game
and rubbing elbows on the red carpet with Bob Odenkirk and
Bill Burr. He doesn’t understand why people keep talking
about Caster when all he does is lose.
Nigel McGuinness def. Daniel Garcia. Hechicero, and Lee
Moriarty to earn an IWGP World Title Match with Zack Sabre
Jr. at Forbidden Door
As Tony Schiavone pointed out on commentary, no one was
allowed at ringside and a second referee was outside to
enforce that rule for this Technical Spectacle.
Right away, Daniel Garcia paired off with Hechicero while
Nigel McGuinness and Lee Moriarty put their focus on each
other. The two mini battles raged throughout the opening
minutes of the match, both in and out of the ring. At one
point, Garcia and Hechicero traded near-fall reversals and
wound up rolling through each other’s pin attempts for a
tour around the ring.
All four competitors wound up in a jumble of submissions all
connected to each other, yet no one would tap and eventually
the moves were released with everyone in too much pain.
The original pairs came back together, as Hecichero ditched
the technical aspect of the match by chucking Garcia over
the guardrail while Moriarty and McGuinness jockeyed for
position on the inside.
Moriarty locked McGuinness in a crossface, but instead of
breaking it up, Hechicero put a leg lock on Moriarty. Garcia
recovered to lock up Hechiero in a submission of his own and
once again all four men were locked together.
McGuinness recovered the fastest and put Hechicero on the
top rope for a successful Tower of London while also kicking
a charging Moriarty, but Garcia made the save before
McGuinness could get the win.
All four men were in desperation mode at the end, looking to
do anything possible to lock in a winning submission or
pinning predicament, which tested the cardio of referee
Aubrey Edwards, as she was constantly checking for tap outs
and pins.
Hechicero nearly put Moriarity away, but McGuinness quickly
snatched him up in an armbar. Garcia immediately grabbed
Moriarty in a leg submission, as it was a race to who could
win first. McGuinness decided to just wallop Garcia to break
up all the submissions, much to the chagrin of Daddy Magic
on commentary.
Finally, with Garcia locking up Hechicero, McGuinness locked
Moriarty in the London Dungeon to get the win! He moves on
to AEW Forbidden Door next weekend to face Zack Sabre Jr.
for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
With McGuinness celebrating, a dejected and stunned Garcia
remained in the ring as Renee Paquette came in to get a word
from the winner. Nigel expressed his excitement for the
dream match with Sabre Jr., but tried to talk to Garcia, who
didn’t seem interested. However, McGuinness wouldn’t be
deterred, as he asked for Garcia to corner him in the title
match, which Garcia accepted with a handshake.
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