AEW Collision results (7/26): Powell’s live review of Dustin Rhodes vs. Lee Moriarty for the TNT Championship, Athena vs. Alex Windsor for the ROH Women’s Championship

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)

AEW Collision (Episode 103)
Chicago, Illinois, at Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Simulcast live July 26, 2025, on TNT and Max

[Hour One] Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness checked in on commentary. Ring announcer Arkady Aura handled the introductions for the opening match while the entrances took place…

1. Dustin Rhodes vs. Lee Moriarty (w/Shane Taylor) for the TNT Championship. Dustin offered a handshake, but Moriarty kicked his hand away. Schiavone said Moriarty should know all about shaking hands, given that he holds the ROH Pure Championship. Moriarty targeted Rhodes’ left knee with dragon screw leg whips. Dustin was down heading into the first picture-in-picture break. [C]

Moriarty continued to target the knee. Dustin came back with a Destroyer and CrossRhodes. Dustin went for the cover, but Moriarty put his foot over the bottom rope at the last moment. Schiavone noted that next week’s Collision will air on Thursday night at 7CT/8ET on TNT.

Moriarty put Rhodes in an ankle lock. Dustin teased tapping out, but he eventually reached the bottom rope to break the hold. Moriarty charged Dustin, who moved, and Moriarty crotched himself in the corner. Dustin set up Moriarty for Shattered Dreams, but the referee stopped him. Moriarty caught Rhodes with a kick and covered him for a one count. A short time later, Moriarty went for a Figure Four, but Dustin hooked him in an inside cradle for the win.

Dustin Rhodes defeated Lee Moriarty in 16:40 to retain the TNT Championship.

After the match, Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis made their entrance. Fletcher called for a shot at the TNT Championship next week. Dustin said he would give him a title shot, but it wouldn’t be just any match. Dustin said he would face Fletcher in a Chicago Street Fight for the TNT Title on next Thursday’s Collision. Schiavone said Tony Khan informed him that the match was official…

Powell’s POV: It was nice to get a title match to open the show. The match went long, and Moriarty got a lot of offense, but that makes sense in this case because Moriarty is the ROH Pure Champion, and they created a little suspense with the near falls. This should be an effective formula for Dustin as champion when he works with wrestlers the fans view as credible challengers. That said, I can’t rule out the possibility of Fletcher taking the title next week.

Schiavone hyped the Hangman Page vs. Jon Moxley street fight for the AEW World Championship for Dynamite…

The brackets for the tag team title tournament were shown (see below). A brief promo video aired with Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson talking about their tournament match with Big Bill and Bryan Keith that Schiavone said would be up next…

Full bracket reveal!

The World Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament continues
8pm ET/7pm CT
Saturday Night #AEWCollision
TONIGHT!

The tournament started hot at FTR vs JetSpeed Wednesday on #AEWDynamite
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don’t miss the Bang Bang Gang colliding vs Big Bill/Bryan Keith TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/JyXv42BKUS

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 26, 2025

Schiavone and McGuinness spoke at their broadcast table. Schiavone said it had been quite a week for everyone who has been in pro wrestling for a long time due to the unexpected death of Hulk Hogan. Schiavone said Hogan brought wrestling into the mainstream in the ’80s, and he lit the fire on the TNT network for the Monday Night War. Schiavone said we sometimes forget that wrestlers are human. He offered his condolences to Hogan’s widow Sky, and his children, Brooke and Nick. “From all of us at All Elite Wrestling, RIP, brother”… [C]

Powell’s POV: It’s nice to see AEW officially acknowledge Hogan’s death. Tony Khan previously listed Hogan and his ex-wife, Linda, as the only people banned from AEW, so I wasn’t all that surprised when the company didn’t issue a statement last week. That said, I’m happy they came around because it’s simply the right thing to do given his impact on the pro wrestling business.

AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm was interviewed by Lexi Nair. Storm said last week was the first time she had a woman in her box that she did not like. Storm said Athena would be facing Alex Windsor. Storm said she had a non-sexual friendship with Windsor. She encouraged Athena to sign her contract to face her, but she added that she didn’t think she had the ovaries…

2. Big Bill and Bryan Keith vs. Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson in an AEW Tag Team Title eliminator tournament match. Schiavone noted that Robinson was working in his home area. The heels targeted Austin’s left knee. [C] Robinson took a hot tag and crotched Bill over the top rope before sending him to ringside.

Robinson put Keith down with a Russian Leg Sweep and then hit him with a senton. Bill shoved Robinson into a knee strike from Keith, which led to a two count. Gunn broke up a double team move by crotching Keith on the top turnbuckle. Moments later, Robinson pulled Keith off the turnbuckle with a huracanrana, but Keith rolled through and went for a pin. Gunn returned to the ring and reversed the pin right in front of referee Rick Knox, who counted the pin…

Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson defeated Big Bill and Bryan Keith in 12:25 in an AEW Tag Team Title eliminator tournament match.

The updated brackets showed that Gunn and Robinson will face FTR in a tournament semifinal match…

Powell’s POV: How many times will I have to write the word “crotch” on one show? This was also the second match in a row that was built around heels targeting the left knee of a babyface. Putting that aside, the match was fine, but I actually would have preferred to see the actual tag team advance over the makeshift duo.

A video package aired to promote the Young Bucks vs. The Outrunners tournament match for Wednesday’s Dynamite…

Schiavone hyped the latest eight-man tag team match for later in the show…

Backstage, Lexi Nair tried to interview Shane Taylor, but Don Callis interrupted. Callis told Taylor that the Young Bucks would beat The Outrunners on Dynamite. Callis said the Outrunners didn’t have to make it to the match. He said that he and Taylor were pooling their resources. He spoke about the $400,000 prize money for the eight-man tag team match and said the breakdown would be $300,000 for him and $100,000 for Taylor, who was unhappy… [C]

Max Caster stood in the ring and did his “best wrestler alive” bit. Caster called for a five-minute open challenge. Anthony Bowens made his entrance with Billy Gunn…

3. Anthony Bowens (w/Billy Gunn) vs. Max Caster in a five-minute challenge. There was a countdown clock graphic on the screen. Schiavone noted that some fans were chanting for Caster, even thought Bowens was supposed to be the more popular of the two. Bowens broke the framed trademark paperwork that Caster brought to the ring with him. Bowens hit the Fameasser on Caster and followed up with a superkick. Bowens hit the Mollwhopp and scored the pin.

Anthony Bowens beat Max Caster in 2:07.

Bowens attacked Caster after the match. Billy Gunn pulled Bowens off Caster and then tossed him into a corner of the ring. Gunn checked on Caster. Bowens stood up behind Gunn, who had his back to him, but he opted to leave the ring rather than attack him…

Powell’s POV: I like the double turn idea. Caster’s act is getting over, and Bowens just hasn’t clicked as a babyface.

Backstage, Nair attempted to interview Nick Wayne, Mother Wayne, and Kip Sabian. AR Fox interrupted and recalled Nick saying last week that he was done talking, yet he was still talking.

[Hour Two] Fox said he came to Chicago for a fight. Nick asked Fox wanted him to staple another picture of his family to his face. Fox said he could try. Sabian cut in and told Nick not to give Fox the satisfaction, and to let him lose again if he wanted to face Wayne…

Entrances for the eight-man tag match took place. Don Callis spoke from the stage before introducing Hechicero…

4. Hologram, Tomohiro Ishii, and “The Outrunners” Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum vs. Hechicero, Lance Archer, and “The Infantry” Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean (w/Trish Adora, Shane Taylor) in an eight-man tag match for $400,000. Don Callis sat in on commentary. Schiavone announced that Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian would face AR Fox and a partner later in the show. Archer tossed Hologram at the Outrunners going into a PIP break. [C]

Archer ran the Outrunners into the referee. REF BUMP!!! Callis left the broadcast table. Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly came out and chased Taylor over the barricade and to the back. The Outrunners hit their finisher on Dean. The referee was slow to recover, but he made the three count…

Hologram, Tomohiro Ishii, and “The Outrunners” Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum beat Hechicero, Lance Archer, and “The Infantry” Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean in an eight-man tag match for $400,000.

Powell’s POV: The live crowd had fun with this. But as someone who watches all AEW shows, this was just another trivial eight-man tag match with the added silliness of random prize money. The Outrunners going over was logical, given that they will face the Young Bucks on Dynamite.

A video package aired on Hangman Page, and then the broadcast team hyped the two previously advertised matches for Dynamite…

5. “Triangle of Madness” Thekla, Julia Hart, and Sky Blue vs. Rachael Ellering, Laynie Luck, and Mazerati. The Triangle of Madness entrance was televised, while the other trio was already in the ring. Ellerging had a run of offense, but Blue broke up her pin attempt on Hart. Hart and Blue hit a double team move on Luck, and then Thekla followed up with a clunky Stomp that led to the pin…

“Triangle of Madness” Thekla, Julia Hart, and Sky Blue beat Rachael Ellering, Laynie Luck, and Mazerati in 3:15.

After the match, Queen Aminata came out with a chair, causing Thekla, Hart, and Blue to head to ringside. Megan Bayne entered the ring and hit Aminata from behind. Bayne followed up with a running sit-out powerbomb before leaving the ring. Thekla, Hart, and Blue returned to the ring and stood over Aminata…

Powell’s POV: I like the idea of a women’s faction. I’d be fine with the rumored women’s tag team title belts, the addition of AEW Women’s Trios Titles might break me Shooter McGavin style.

Stokely Hathaway was interviewed by Nair in a backstage area. Hathaway used a crutch and had two members of AEW security standing behind him while he delivered a promo about FTR’s match against Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson. Hathaway got fired up and pumped his crutch. “Aren’t you injured?” Nair asked… [C]

Nair tried to interview Hologram and Tomohiro Ishii about winning the $400,000 prize money, but they were interrupted Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly. O’Reilly tried to sell them on spending some of the money on Strong’s birthday. O’Reilly put his arm around Hologram and spoke about The Conglomeration being reunited. McGuinness stated on commentary that it felt awkward…

6. Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian (w/Mother Wayne) vs. AR Fox and Angelico. The Fox and Angelico entrance was not televised. Fox hit a cutter on Nick in the ring and then hit Sabian with a flip dive on the floor. Fox returned to the ring with a Swanton on Nick for a nice near fall.

A short time later, Sabian made a blind tag and hit Angelico with a missile dropkick. Sabian hit a cannonball in the corner. Nick took out Fox with a dive to the floor. Sabian had Angelico down, but Nick called for the tag. Nick hit the Killswitch on Angelico before pinning him…

Nick Wayne and Kip Sabian beat AR Fox and Angelico in roughly 8:00.

Powell’s POV: A fun dynamic with Nick following in Christian Cage’s footsteps by insisting that he take the pin, and hitting his former mentor’s finisher.

Backstage, Kris Statlander told Renee Paquette that she had an announcement. Statlander told Paquette that she just won $100,000. Statlander blew confetti in Paquette’s face. Statlander listed things she felt Willow Nightingale should have thanked her for. Statlander thanked Willow for reminding her that she doesn’t need her to be who she is. Statlander said she’s strong, tough, and athletic. “I’m thankful for being me because you can’t stop Stat,” Statlander closed… [C]

Entrances for the main event took place…

7. Athena (w/Billie Starkz) vs. Alex Windsor for the ROH Women’s Championship. The wrestlers adhered to the Code of Honor. There were Athena chants early. Windsor caught a seated Athena with a dropkick and then covered her for a one count. Athena slammed Windsor on the ring apron going into a PIP break. [C]

Athena caught Windsor in a submission hold, but Windsor rolled onto her to get a two count and to break the hold. Athena came right back with a near fall. Athena went to the ropes and was caught by a headbutt. Windsor followed up with a clunky Blue Thunder Bomb for a tow count. Windsor set up for a Sharpshooter, but Athena kicked her to ringside.

[Overrun] Athena went for a move at ringside that Windor avoided, and then Windsor slammed her on the broadcast table. Windsor threw Athena back inside the ring. Starkz distracted Windsor, who ran her into the ring steps. Athena took advantage of the distraction by hitting a suicide dive.

Athena ran Windsor into the ring post and then dropkicked her into the barricade. A “holy shit” chant broke out. Athena stood on the barricade and pulled Windsor onto it. Both wrestlers traded strikes. Windsor knocked Athena down, but Athena powerbombed her from the barricade to the floor. Athena rolled Windsor back inside the ring and then hit her with the O-Face, which led to the three count…

Athena defeated Alex Windsor in 12:35 to retain the ROH Women’s Championship.

After the match, Athena set up Windsor against the ring steps. Toni Storm ran out and roughed up the heels at ringside before throwing Athena into the ring. Storm hit a Thesz Press and followed up with a hip attack. Storm put Athena in her submission hold, but Starks hit her from behind with the contract signing folder.

Starkz held Storm while Athena set up for another O-Face, but Windsor broke it up. Storm and Windsor cleared Athena and Starkz from the ring and then shook hands. Schiavone ran through previously advertised matches for Dyanmite and Collision, then added an MJF appearance to Dynamite while noting that MJF has a role in Happy Gilmore 2…

Powell’s POV: The crowd was into main event. It felt premature for Windsor to get a title shot, and yet I’m happy they didn’t go with a throwaway eliminator or non-title match. Overall, a standard edition of Collision. Say it with me…fine if you saw it, fine if you did not. Will Pruett’s weekly AEW Collision audio reviews are available exclusively for Dot Net Members (including our Patreon patrons). Enjoy the rest of the weekend.