Posted on 8/31/125 by Bob Magee
We were thrilled to close out the first of three weeks at
the historic 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA with a
tremendously passionate crowd for AEW Collision!
Our main event saw a victory for “Timeless” Toni Storm, Mina
Shirakawa, and Queen Aminata, but the night ended with more
dominance from Triangle of Madness. Daniel Garcia got some
advice from Jon Moxley and challenged the former AEW World
Champion to a rematch. The Don Callis Family prepared for a
big week by handling their business in and out of the ring
before they head to AEW Dynamite for an All-Star 8-Man Tag.
Hologram remained undefeated with a win over Jay Lethal, but
is there more to worry about in the algorithm? FTR took care
of business in their match and had a message for Adam
Copeland and Christian Cage. Plus, Big Bill got a measure of
revenge on the Bang Bang Gang. And two championship
challenges were made with one match made official for AEW
Dynamite!
Here’s everything that transpired on AEW Collision for
August 30, 2025, including your full results and match
recaps.
AEW Collision Recap Tonight for Philadelphia
Daniel Garcia def. Blake Christian
Roderick Strong Questions Kyle O’Reilly’s Teammate Choice
TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher & Josh Alexander of The Don
Callis Family def. Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly
Jamie Hayter and Thekla Brawl Outside the 2300 Arena!
Mother Wayne Handles Kip Sabian and Killswitch
Hologram def. Jay Lethal
Ricochet and GOA Send a Message to The Hurt Syndicate
Alex Windsor def. Ashley Vox
Mark Briscoe Speaks Face to Face with Don Callis
FTR def. JD Drake & Adam Priest
Sammy Guevara’s Plan Comes Into Focus
The Don Callis Family Speaks Ahead of the All Star 8-Man Tag
at AEW Dynamite
Big Bill def. Juice Robinson
SkyFlight Kick Off the Altitude Era
Gabe Kidd Takes Aim at Darby Allin
AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm, Interim
ROH Women’s World TV Champion Mina Shirakawa & Queen Aminata
def. Billie Starkz & Triangle of Madness’ Skye Blue and
Julia Hart
Daniel Garcia def. Blake Christian
Following a tough loss to Jon Moxley on AEW Dynamite and
some interesting post-match conversation with Moxley and
other members of the Death Riders, Daniel Garcia was in
action accompanied by Daddy Magic to open up tonight’s AEW
Collision live in Philadelphia.
Right after the bell rang, Moxley seemingly appeared out of
nowhere in Garcia’s corner and offered some words with
Marina Shafir watching it all go down on the outside. Just
as soon as they appeared, they were gone and the match
began, leaving Daddy Magic a bit perplexed by the situation
on commentary.
Garcia almost seemed distracted by the entire interaction,
and struggled to get out of the blocks with Christian taking
some early control thanks to a little distraction from Lee
Johnson on the outside.
A defensive Garcia fought his way back in with a high angle
suplex as the 2300 Arena chanted, “Danny! Danny! Danny!”
And then Garcia flipped a switch, and he rained down chops
on Christian, noticeably much sharper than the chops he
threw earlier in the match.
After choking out Christian, Garcia quickly switched to a
spike piledriver and got the 1-2-3!
Following the match, Tony Schiavone tried to find out what
Moxley said to Garcia, but Garcia blew right through the
question and laid out a challenge to Moxley next week.
Wheeler Yuta and Shafir appeared at ringside and accepted
the challenge on behalf of the Death Riders. Philly made
sure to tell Yuta to be quiet in their own loving way.
Roderick Strong Questions Kyle O’Reilly’s Teammate Choice
Earlier in the day, Lexy Nair caught up with Roderick
Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hologram ahead of
O’Reilly and Ishii tagging up to face TNT Champion “The
Protostar” Kyle Fletcher and Josh Alexander. Strong
questioned why O’Reilly would tag up with Ishii to go after
a shared enemy in Fletcher.
O’Reilly tried to calm Strong down, reminding him that Ishii
saved them on the Forbidden Door Zero Hour last weekend in
London. He preached the virtues of The Conglomeration,
although it didn’t seem like anything was getting through to
Strong.
TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher & Josh Alexander of The Don
Callis Family def. Tomohiro Ishii & Kyle O’Reilly
Don Callis joined the commentary desk and Philadelphia let
Callis know what they thought of him with some colorful
language.
O’Reilly and Alexander started things off, although neither
was able to get much of an advantage, so Ishii and Fletcher
tagged in the match for the first time. They traded a few
stiff shots before O’Reilly tagged back in and you know what
that means…
KYLE VERSUS KYLE!
One of the most unique matches in AEW Collision history was
revisited, but only for a short time, as Alexander helped
take out O’Reilly on the outside. That put the Callis Family
in firm control with Alexander coming back in to grind down
O’Reilly.
Alexander missed a moonsault attempt and after a big
clothesline, O’Reilly tagged Ishii as Alexander tagged
Fletcher. Ishii completely took over the match at this
point, having no qualms about taking on both of his
opponents, before focusing on Fletcher as the legal man.
Once again Alexander and O’Reilly tagged back in with the
Walking Weapon going to an ankle lock before O’Reilly
reversed it to put on one of his own. O’Reilly kept
Alexander in range to move to another submission before
going into some brutal tag team offense with Ishii.
On the outside, Fletcher narrowly avoided a flying knee from
O’Reilly, which sent him crashing into the barrier.
Back in the ring, Alexander and Ishii slugged it out, but
with a simple trip from Fletcher, Ishii was distracted,
allowing Alexander to hit an unseen low blow followed by
straight jacket piledriver to get the win for the Callis
Family.
Strong came out to check on O’Reilly and attempted to lead
him away from checking on a downed Ishii.
Jamie Hayter and Thekla Brawl Outside the 2300 Arena!
All of a sudden, we were taken behind the 2300 Arena, where
Jamie Hayter and Thekla were going at it in the loading
dock! A barrage of fists, kicks, and more than a few choice
words were exchanged as security and officials came in to
break it up. Thekla took out two security guards before
diving off the dock onto a restrained Hayter and more
security and officials. Thekla and Hayter have a lot to
settle, and that brawl only stoked the flames.
Mother Wayne Handles Kip Sabian and Killswitch
Earlier in the day, Mother Wayne attempted to calm down a
very agitated Kip Sabian, as he complained about Killswitch.
Just then, Killswitch showed up and Sabian blamed him for
their loss to Adam Copeland and Christian Cage at AEW x NJPW
Forbidden Door. Before things got too heated, Wayne had
Sabian take a walk.
Hologram def. Jay Lethal
Jay Lethal made his way to the ring to a nice reception from
a Philadelphia crowd that knows him very well, as Tony
Schiavone ran down Lethal’s accolades as the most decorated
wrestler in ROH history.
Hologram doesn’t have the longevity of Lethal, but when
you’re 30-0 in AEW, all that matters is the present. And so
far, no one has had an answer for Hologram.
Early in the match, Lethal had his own struggles with
Hologram, as he couldn’t seem to figure out any of
Hologram’s unique movements and escapes. Lethal finally went
to the tried and true backbreaker for his first offense of
the match. The former ROH World Champion stayed on the
offensive by dumping Ricochet on his face and continued the
attack on the head and face.
Lethal did his best to slow the match down to stay in
control, but seemed to get overzealous and started to speed
things up, which played right into Hologram’s hands. When
Lethal took a little too much time gathering himself on the
outside, Hologram saw an opening and hit a twisting dive to
swing the match. Hologram walked the ropes, but jumped right
into a Lethal Combination.
With Lethal primed for the King’s Elbow, he dove right into
a waiting Hologram, who showed a rare submission. Lethal
reversed that into a figure four, but was too close to the
ropes.
Lethal tried for the Lethal Injection, but Hologram was
ready and reversed it into a lung blower. With Lethal
gasping for air, Hologram hit him with a Protobomb for the
win.
After the match, there was a glitch in Hologram’s algorithm
with lines of computer code showing up to reveal a
corruption issue and some type of clone message. An image of
what looked like a red version of Hologram appeared and
disappeared before the word “soon” appeared on the screen.
Back in the ring, Hologram was out of sorts, but attempted
to celebrate with the fans.
Ricochet and GOA Send a Message to The Hurt Syndicate
We got a brief history of what’s gone down between Ricochet
and The Hurt Syndicate, including being his denied a spot in
the group. Ricochet has had vengeance on his mind for some
time and with GOA by his side, the three made it clear they
have much more business to do with The Hurt Syndicate.
Alex Windsor def. Ashley Vox
A focused and fired up Windsor marched to the ring with a
purpose, which was evident when she made quick work of Vox
with a fisherman’s buster, two powerbombs, and her version
of the Sharpshooter for the submission win.
Speaking of submissions, Tony Schiavone asked Windsor about
tapping Mercedes Moné and Moné’s comments about putting
Windsor in the hospital next to her husband, Will Ospreay.
Windsor reminded Moné that she did indeed tap her out and
could do it again, but she would not have Ospreay’s
undermined future be made into jokes. She laid out a
challenge to Moné for a match in Philadelphia.
Mark Briscoe Speaks Face to Face with Don Callis
Lexy Nair moderated a conversation between Mark Briscoe and
Don Callis with promises of no physicality. Briscoe asked
Callis why his TNT Championship challenge to “The Protostar”
Kyle Fletcher hadn't been answered after 72 hours.
Callis said he and the family have been busy because they
want the AEW World Championship from Hangman Adam Page.
Callis told Briscoe he would pick one of the many members of
his family to face Briscoe. Briscoe responded that if he
won, he should get his chance at Fletcher’s TNT Title.
Callis agreed to the stipulation, although he didn’t seem
too worried about Briscoe’s chances.
FTR def. JD Drake & Adam Priest
Sadly, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler made their way to the
ring without Stokely, as he was apparently still feeling the
effects of Christian Cage’s sneak attack on AEW Dynamite.
Perhaps FTR was taken a bit off guard early, as Drake and
Priest hit some impressive tag team offense with Drake’s
impressive agility for a man his size on display. FTR
immediately went to underhanded tactics to distract the
referee and swung the match back in their favor.
With FTR in full control, Drake was punished and failed to
get to Priest for the tag multiple times. He somehow found
the energy to fight back into the match with a big suplex
and cannonball. As he scaled the top rope, Philadelphia came
unglued when Drake hit a picture perfect moonsault that
nearly earned him and Priest the upset.
Harwood and Wheeler hit a desperation Shatter Machine on
Drake, sending him to the outside. Harwood then went to work
on Priest with stiff shots to the jaw and vicious chops.
Priest showed a lot of heart by trying to fight back, yet
Harwood cut him off quickly and sent Priest’s shoulder into
the ringpost three times. With Priest weakened, Harwood
locked in the Border City Stretch to get the tap out win.
Wheeler grabbed the microphone and yelled at Adam Copeland
for ruining FTR’s chance to add to their legacy because he
always makes it about himself. Wheeler said they will end
this in Toronto at All Out. Harwood blamed Copeland and
Christian Cage for Stokely’s absence. He said this could
have been a dream match, but Copeland and Cage ruined that.
“We have to end your careers in Toronto. Don’t make us end
your life. Top Guys, out.”
Sammy Guevara’s Plan Comes Into Focus
We take a look back at the events of ROH Death by Dishonor
when Sammy Guevara teamed with Marshall and Ross Von Erich
in a losing effort to Shane Taylor Promotions for the ROH
Six-Man World Tag Team Titles.
However, Guevara became a champion again later in the night
when he teamed with his mystery partner, RUSH, to defeat The
Outrunners for the vacant ROH World Tag Team Titles. With
the Von Erichs out to celebrate, Guevara attacked them and
aligned himself with La Facción Ingobernable in what
appeared to be a master plan all along.
The Don Callis Family Speaks Ahead of the All Star 8-Man Tag
at AEW Dynamite
Lexy Nair spoke with Don Callis, Josh Alexander, and TNT
Champion Kyle Fletcher ahead of their All-Star 8-Man Tag
alongside the Young Bucks against AEW World Champion Hangman
Adam Page, Kenny Omega, and JetSpeed. Alexander made it
clear the reason he came to AEW was to get his chance at
Omega, so that’s where his focus is heading into this match
next week.
Fletcher briefly addressed Mark Briscoe’s challenge for his
TNT Championship, but said the goal was to bring the AEW
World Championship to the Don Callis Family.
Big Bill def. Juice Robinson
Losing $200K in a 4-Way Tag is the only thing that’s been on
Big Bill’s mind since the match happened over a month ago
and he put the blame solely on the Bang Bang Gang. Finally,
Bill had a chance to get his hands on Juice Robinson for
revenge.
Surprisingly, Bill didn’t let his anger get the best of him
and took a few shots from Robinson before luring him into a
mistake. Bill took advantage with a huge boot and he
remained in control for quite some time, delivering
punishment both in and out of the ring.
A massive bear hug started to take the air right out of
Juice, but he rallied with some help from the Philly crowd
and fought his way back into the match by chopping down Big
Bill.
A big left cross connected right across the jaw of Big Bill,
but Robinson was only able to get a two count. A clearly
weakened Juice made his way to the top, which is when Bryan
Keith got involved. The distraction was enough for Bill to
recover so he could hit Robinson with his patented sidewalk
slam and the victory.
SkyFlight Kick Off the Altitude Era
Scorpio Sky and Leyla Grey touted their two victories as a
team to begin the Altitude Era, although Darius Martin
immediately spoke up to remind them that they already beat
Shane Taylor Promotions, so they should be the ROH Six-Man
Tag Champions, not STP. As he stormed off, Christopher
Daniels asked Dante Martin what was up with his brother, but
Dante said he’s always like that.
Gabe Kidd Takes Aim at Darby Allin
Gabe Kidd had words for Darby Allin and his need to take
everything from Jon Moxley. Kidd said he wanted Allin to
meet him next week in Philadelphia, but he doesn’t care
about rules or a referee. He wants to take Allin’s soul and
leave him as a broken, brittle, frail freak.
AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm, Interim
ROH Women’s World TV Champion Mina Shirakawa & Queen Aminata
def. Billie Starkz & Triangle of Madness’ Skye Blue and
Julia Hart
The AEW Women’s World Champion “Timeless” Toni Storm made
her way to the ring for our main event, as we saw some of
her adoring fans dressed in her iconic looks.
Storm got things started with Skye Blue and fell right back
into her teamwork with Mina Shirakawa before bringing in
Queen Aminata, who continued her wild week with some of her
textbook offense including the Chocolate Kisses.
Then, Storm and Aminata went to work on the outside, which
allowed Shirakawa to hit a huge crossbody from the top to
the floor on Starkz, Blue, and Hart, as the crowd roared in
approval.
Before Aminata could take advantage, she got taken out on
the apron and the match swung the other way. With Aminata
stuck in the wrong corner, she took a lot of damage trying
to tag in one of her partners, but eventually hit a roll of
the dice to get some separation and tag in Storm.
Storm was absolutely on fire, taking on both Blue and Hart
on her own. Then, the match completely broke down with all
six women getting into the mix. Eventually, it came back to
Shirakawa and Hart as the legal women with Shirakawa
exhibiting some very innovative offense.
Hart fought through a figure four, and despite the damage to
her leg and blood coming out of her nose, she hung in there
and helped Blue subdue Shirakawa for a moment.
Starkz finally tagged back in the match, but Shirakawa was
ready with a back elbow to the head and finished Starkz off
with the Glamourous Mina for the win in our main event.
Shirakawa didn’t have a chance to celebrate, as Thekla hit
the ring to attack her. Storm and Aminata tried to help, but
were quickly taken out by Triangle of Madness. Thekla hit
assisted spears on both Storm and Shirakawa before doing the
same to Aminata, as Triangle of Madness stood tall and
basked in their dominance to end our night in Philadelphia.
Before we went off the air, it was announced that Alex
Windsor would challenge Mercedes Moné for the TBS
Championship on AEW Dynamite this Wednesday and Jon Moxley
will face Daniel Garcia once again on AEW Collision next
week.
Catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday at 8/7c on TBS and streaming on
HBO Max from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA!
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