By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
AEW Dynamite/Collision (Dynamite episode 320, Collision episode 120)
November 19, 2025, in Boston, Massachusetts, at Agganis Arena
Simulcast live on TBS and HBO Max
[Hour One] Excalibur opened the show by running through the lineup for the three-hour block. Excalibur was joined on commentary by Bryan Danielson and Tony Schiavone, and Justin Roberts was the ring announcer…
Entrances for the opening match took place. Excalibur reminded viewers that the Full Gear countdown special would air after tonight’s Collision. Once Bobby Lashley and Ricochet were in the ring, Ricochet took the mic after the bell rang and spoke about the Philadelphia Eagles. He said his wife is the only good thing that’s come out of Massachusetts. The crowd responded with “shut the f— up” chants, and Ricochet continued to bring up new topics…
1. Bobby Lashley (w/MVP) vs. Ricochet (w/Toa Liona, Bishop Kaun) for the No. 1 spot in the Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear. Ricochet was still talking when the opening bell rang. Lashley picked up Ricochet and tossed him onto his allies on the floor. Lashley took out Ricochet at ringside and then sent Kaun into the timekeepers’ area.
Back in the ring, Ricochet avoided a spear and then failed to pin Lashley while using the ropes for leverage. Lashley regained offensive control and performed a spinebuster before spearing and pinning Ricochet.
Bobby Lashley beat Ricochet in 3:15 to earn the first spot in the Casino Gauntlet match.
Powell’s POV: When I think of AEW wrestlers who seem like they might be interested in defending the AEW National Championship at independent shows, Lashley near the bottom of the list. I’m not crazy about Ricochet losing quickly and dominantly, but perhaps it’s because the plan is for him to bounce back by winning the Casino Gauntlet match on Saturday.
Samoa Joe and Katsuyori Shibata stood on the interview set. Joe said he was told when he arrived that if he interfered in Shibata’s match with Hangman Page, he would lose his AEW World Championship shot at Full Gear. Joe said Page has the company behind him. Joe said Shibata begins Page’s payment, and then he will collect in full at Full Gear…
Excalibur hyped upcoming segments…
Footage aired of “The Young Bucks” Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson watching their match at AEW Full Gear 2020 when they teamed with Kenny Omega. Renee Paquette asked the Bucks if they would join the Don Callis Family. Callis showed up and told the Bucks to go show the world why they are the best tag team on the planet, and then the Bucks could give the rubes their answer about joining his family…
The Bucks made their entrances with Callis providing the over-the-top introduction, and then SkyFlight’s entrance followed…
2. Josh Alexander and “The Young Bucks” Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson vs. “SkyFlight” Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin, and Darius Martin (w/Christopher Daniels, Leila Grey). Don Callis sat in on commentary. Excalibur said referee Rick Knox drew the assignment for the match (he seems to “draw” every Young Bucks match). Alexander and the Bucks were in offensive control going into a picture-in-picture break. [C]
The Bucks were setting up for a double-team move on Sky when Alexander tagged himself into the match. The Bucks weren’t pleased. Darius tagged in and hit a standing Spanish Fly and a DDT on Alexander, which led to a near fall. A short time later, the Bucks started a superkick party, and then set up Dante for a BTE Trigger, but he pulled the Bucks’ arms to make them collide. The Bucks came back and hit a BTE Driver on Dante. Alexander put Dante in an ankle lock and got the submission win.
Josh Alexander and “The Young Bucks” Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson defeated “SkyFlight” Scorpio Sky, Dante Martin, and Darius Martin in 10:40.
Don Callis entered the ring after the match, and then Mark Davis, Rocky Romero, and Hechicero came out and joined him. Callis said the world was waiting for the Bucks to make the official announcement that they will join his family. The fans booed. Callis said the Bucks had entrances, limos, and big matches again. Callis said AEW can be a very dangerous place. He said bad things could happen to the Bucks if they don’t have a family. Callis said he’d hate to see what happened to Kenny Omega happen to the Bucks.
Kenny Omega made his entrance and brought a chair with him. Omega used the chair on Davis and Romero at ringside, and then entered the ring and worked over Alexander. The Bucks eventually pulled Omega off. Omega wasn’t happy with them.
Alexander clipped the back of Omega’s leg and put him in an ankle lock. Callis told Alexander to let Omega go. Callis told the Bucks they didn’t have to say they were in the family; they just needed to grab Omega and give him a BTE Trigger. Callis threw a kick at Omega. The Bucks grabbed Omega’s arms.
“Jurassic Express” Jack Perry and Luchasaurus came out. Perry had a shovel, and Luchasaurus brought out a vacuum cleaner. The Bucks and the Callis family members fled to ringside. The fans sang the Jurassic Express entrance theme. Omega limped to sell his ankle injury…
Powell’s POV: There was no reason to think the Bucks would decline tonight because they are scheduled to team with Alexander against Omega, Perry, and Luchasaurus at Full Gear. It was clever to have Callis ask for their answer and then switch to saying they could hit Omega with the BTE Trigger instead. Based on this crowd’s reaction, the fans are ready to embrace a Young Bucks turn and reunite with Omega.
Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron spoke with Renee Paquette on the backstage interview set. Cameron spoke about how they scratch and claw and will become the first AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions. Willow and Cameron chanted their “Babes of Wrath” tag team name…
The broadcast team was shown at their ringside desk, and they acknowledged the death of Bob Caudle. Schiavone spoke highly about working with Caudle and praised him as a person. Schiavone mentioned the names of Caudle’s family members before telling him to rest in peace. A memorial graphic for Caudle appeared on the screen… [C]
Entrances for the next match took place…
3. Mike Bailey (w/Kevin Knight) vs. Shelton Benjamin (w/MVP) for the No. 2 spot in the Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear. MVP sat in on commentary. Excalibur announced that the Continental Classic will start on next week’s Thanksgiving Eve edition of Dynamite. Bailey kicked Benjamin off the apron. Bailey dove over the top rope, but Benjamin stuffed it and slammed him before a PIP break. [C]
MVP said he gets frustrated with Benjamin at times because of what he was doing in the ring. MVP yelled at Benjamin to stop playing with his food so they could go eat. Bailey hit a standing shooting star press. MVP yelled that you don’t win matches by flying through the air. Benjamin applied an armbar, but Benjamin powered him up for a slam, but Bailey held on, and then both men tumbled over the top rope to the floor.
Back in the ring, Bailey applied another armbar that Benjamin escaped. MVP said that for a nominal fee, he could help Bailey with his grappling. Bailey rolled up Benjamin for a two count. When they stood up, Benjamin superkicked Bailey and then covered him for the win, but referee Paul Turner stopped counting for some reason. MVP entered the ring, then went to the floor. Benjamin suplexed Bailey, hit him with a high knee in the corner, and then superkicked him again before getting the three count.
Shelton Benjamin defeated Mike Bailey in 12:10 to earn the No. 2 spot in the Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear.
Excalibur hyped a tag team match for after the break… [C]
Powell’s POV: I’m not sure what happened with that aborted pin. Bailey extended his leg like he was reaching for the ropes with his foot. Perhaps he was supposed to get his foot on the bottom rope, but he was nowhere near it. Perhaps they were thrown off by the confusion, but the broadcast team didn’t make a big enough fuss over Lashley and Benjamin being the first two entrants in the Casino Gauntlet. The obvious question is whether they will fight one another or work together.
[Hour Two] Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Marina Shafir made their entrance through the crowd. Daniel Garcia met up with them, and they headed to the ring while Excalibur recapped the Blood & Guts match. Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy made their entrances…
4. Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli (w/Marina Shafir, Daniel Garcia) vs. Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy. Strong set up Castagnoli for a suplex, but Moxley clipped the back of Strong’s leg. Cassidy checked in and sent Castagnoli to the floor. Cassidy went for a dive, but Castagnoli caught him and pressed him over his head before dumping him on the barricade. All four men were on the other side of the barricade before the PIP break. [C]
Castagnoli performed a giant swing on Cassidy, but he let him go after two revolutions, which drew boos from the crowd. Danielson wondered if Castagnoli’s back was bothering him after Blood & Guts. A short time later, Garcia caused a distraction that allowed Moxley to hit Strong with a Paradigm Shift. Moxley had the pin, but Cassidy broke it up.
Moxley was crotched on the top turnbuckle. Strong superplexed him and then tagged out. Garcia caused another distraction, but Cassidy fought off Moxley and hit him with an Orange Punch. Wheeler Yuta hopped the barricade. Cassidy saw Yuta and chased him around and then inside the ring. While the referee got Yuta out of the ring, Castagnoli hit Cassidy with a pop-up uppercut. Moxley applied the Bulldog Choke, and then the referee called for the bell because Cassidy was out.
Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli defeated Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy in 12:20.
Kyle O’Reilly ran out and put Moxley in the ankle lock. Yuta and Garcia threw kicks at O’Reilly, who maintained the hold. He released it for a moment, but then sat up and wrenched on the ankle. Strong and Cassidy cleared Garcia and Yuta to ringside, where they joined Castagnoli in pulling Moxley from the ring.
O’Reilly got a mic and said he wanted to fight Moxley at Full Gear. O’Reilly said that because Moxley, who was limping a ringside, gave him a taste for blood, he wants to face him in a No Holds Barred match. Moxley and the other Death Riders left through the crowd…
Powell’s POV: Will there finally be some consequences for Moxley’s losing ways if he takes another loss at Full Gear? I was not a fan of Moxley blowing off his loss on AEW Collision commentary over the weekend when he said he’s lost a million matches and won a million matches. It’s one thing for his character to play it cool and not show that the loss bothered him, but that just made it seem like it was just another match that he happened to lose.
AEW Tag Team Champions Brody King and Bandido spoke on the interview set. King said FTR has proven to be one of the best tag teams in AEW, but they have not proven that they can beat him and Bandido. King said FTR will go home empty-handed on Saturday. Bandido said Brodido never stops fighting…
Mercedes Mone was shown walking backstage with the TBS and Interim ROH Women’s TV Championship belts while Excalibur hyped her match with Red Velvet… [C]
Kenny Omega, Jack Perry, and Luchasaurus stood on the interview set. Omega said that Josh Alexander made things personal when he broke Kota Ibushi’s leg and then attacked Michael Nakazawa. Omega said no amount of money would save Alexander from what they are going to do to him. Omega closed with his usual line…
5. Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa vs. Riho and Alex Windsor in an AEW Women’s Tag Team Title tournament first-round match. Both entrances were televised. Excalibur said Riho and Windsor had an advantage because they did not compete in a Blood & Guts match like Storm and Shirakawa did. Shirakawa performed a top rope crossbody block dive onto both opponents on the floor before a PIP break. [C]
Mina put Riho in a figure four. Riho reversed it, but Storm came in and turned them over, and then Windsor returned the favor. Storm and Windsor threw simultaneous headbutts that left them both down for a moment. A short time later, Storm and Shirakawa performed double hip attacks. Storm hit Windsor with Storm Zero and got the three count.
Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa defeated Riho and Alex Windsor in 12:55 to advance to the AEW Women’s Tag Team Title tournament semifinals.
After the match, Renee Paquette told the broadcast team that Tony Khan booked the teams in the semifinals of the tournament will meet in a four corners tag team match at Full Gear. The winners of the match will choose the stipulations of their semifinal match…
Powell’s POV: The broadcast team helped tell the story that Storm and Shirakawa were weary, which explained why Riho and Windsor got as much offense as they did. Even so, the match felt like it went longer than it needed to given how predictable it felt. With a full card, I can’t say that the addition of the four-way tag does much for me, nor do I like the idea of adding a stipulation to one of the tournament matches.
Alicia Atout conducted a backstage interview with TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher, who was accompanied by Don Callis, and his Full Gear challenger, Mark Briscoe. Fletcher boasted that he’s won three of the five matches he’s had with Briscoe. Fletcher said their match has a No DQ stipulation, so the match would have a definitive winner and loser. Fletcher said there would be no kicking and screaming when Briscoe loses and joins a real family.
Briscoe told him not to talk about family. Briscoe said he has no intention of leaving the Conglomeration behind and noted that he fought with them in Blood & Guts. Briscoe said he wouldn’t let his family down. He said he would make his family proud.
Kazuchika Okada and Hechicero attacked Briscoe from behind. Okada and Hechicero held Briscoe while Callis told him that he would make Briscoe’s kids orphans. Fletcher thanked Okada for not agreeing to the no physicality rule that he and Briscoe had. Okada said he was glad he could help because Konosuke Takeshita couldn’t. Okada smiled and said, “Protokada” before walking away… [C]
A pre-taped Pac promo aired from an undisclosed location. Pac said he did some soul searching, and he owed Darby Allin an apology. He recalled saying he would break Allin’s neck, but he sent him to the burn unit instead. Pac said he may have taken things a little too far at Blood & Guts. Pac said he was challenging Allin to legitimate competition. Pac said that when Allin is stripped of his bells and whistles, there’s no way that someone like Allin can compete with a legitimate athlete like him…
Samoa Joe made his entrance and joined the broadcast team. Katsuyori Shibata’s entrance followed. Hangman Page hopped the barricade and attacked Shibata on the floor. Page removed his jacket and choked Shibata with it, while also revealing that his ribs were wrapped and he had tape on his neck and shoulders. Page threw Shibata in the ring and tried to follow, but Shibata caught him with a kick.
6. AEW World Champion Hangman Page vs. Katsuyori Shibata in a non-title match. Shibata worked over Page on the floor. Back in the ring, Page took control and then jawed at Joe until Shibata hit him from behind. Shibata took Page back to ringside and suplexed him before the PIP break. [C]
[Hour Three] Shibata had Page down and kicked him while Schiavone said Dynamite was about to end, and then Collision would begin. Shibata shoved Page toward referee Paul Turner, who turned around to avoid it. Shibata hit Page with a low blow while the referee was turned around. Shibata applied a couple of submission holds. Page broke an ankle lock by reaching the ropes, and then Shibata pulled Page’s boot off. Page clotheslined Shibata and took his boot back. Page hit the Buckshot Lariat and scored the pin…
AEW World Champion Hangman Page defeated Katsuyori Shibata in 10:50 in a non-title match.
A graphic listed Collision as coming up next, and then the screen went black for a second or two, signifying the start of Collision. Page got a mic while Joe stared at him from the broadcast table. Page told Joe to look around him. Page said that while Joe might be surrounded by “thousands of crazy-ass fans” and with the rest of the commentary team, he is now alone.
Page said that when Joe enters the cage with him at Full Gear, he wants him to remember that he doesn’t have Powerhouse Hobbs or Shibata because of what he did to them. Page said he also wants Joe to remember what he did the last time he was locked inside a cage with another man. “Because if I have to do it Saturday, I swear to God, I will do it again.” Joe and Shibata headed to the back while Page remained in the ring and eventually played to the live crowd…
Powell’s POV: I wonder how many viewers are wondering what Page did the last time he was in a cage with another man. This was the spot where the broadcast team should have reminded/informed viewers, but they just recapped the match. Anyway, AEW has taken a strange approach to the build for the Page vs. Joe rematch. Page beat Joe clean at the last pay-per-view, but rather than do something to make Joe look like a threat to win, Page took Joe’s sidekicks. So Page has all of the momentum going into this match, even though he’s the heavy favorite to win.
Stokely Hathaway and “FTR” Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler were shown on the backstage interview set while a graphic noted that this clip was taped earlier in the night. All three men spoke about the AEW Tag Team Title match at Full Gear. Harwood said Brodido are in the way of them becoming three-time AEW Tag Team Champions…
7. Marina Shafir and Megan Bayne (w/Penelope Ford) vs. Anna Jay and Tay Melo in an AEW Women’s Tag Team Title tournament first-round match. Both entrances were televised. Jey and Melo got some early offense before the powerhouse duo took control before a PIP break. [C]
Jay performed a Natural Selection-style neckbreaker on Bayne and covered her for a two count. Danielson pointed out that Bayne was at ringside and wasn’t there to break up the pin. Jay put Bayne in the Queen Slayer as Shafir got back on the apron. Bayne backed into her corner, and then Shafir tagged in. Shafir raked the back of Jay and then put her in Mother’s Milk and got the submission win.
Marina Shafir and Megan Bayne defeated Anna Jay and Tay Melo in 9:05 to advance to the semifinals of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Title tournament.
Afterward, Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa appeared on the big screen and spoke about the four-way tag match at Full Gear and the possible stipulations they could choose for their semifinal tournament match if they win. Storm said Jon Moxley will piss himself with blood when he sees what they do to his “little women”…
Powell’s POV: Hour three fatigue seems to have set in for the live crowd, and/or they just didn’t care about this match. It felt like Shafir and Bayne should have plowed through a team in the opening round just to establish their dominance.
A brief video package spotlighted AEW Women’s Champion Kris Statlander, who told Mercedes Mone to stop looking elsewhere and focus on her… [C]
Austin Gunn and Juice Robinson stood on the interview set and hyped the four-way tag team match for $200,000 that will be held on the pre-show. Robinson was obsessed with the money in a comical way…
Mascara Dorada made his entrance, and then Kazuchika Okada’s followed and he came out with Don Callis and Hechicero…
8. AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Mascara Dorada in a double jeopardy match. The match stipulation is that the Don Callis family will get a future shot at the CMLL Trios Titles if Okada wins, or Dorada will get a future shot at the AEW Unified Championship if he wins. Yes, Callis sat in on commentary again. A few minutes into the match, Okada sat Dorada on the top turnbuckle and then dropkicked him to the floor before a PIP break. [C]
Dorada went to the ropes and slipped while trying to jump into a DDT on the apron. Dorada made contact with Okada, and both wrestlers seemed okay. Later, Okada crashed and burned with a top rope 450 after Okada moved out of the way. Okada threw a dropkick. Callis said Okada’s dropkick is even better than Jim Brunzell’s dropkick (that’s considered blasphemy here in Minnesota). Dorada stuffed Okada’s clothesline attempt and ended up hitting a 450 splash for a near fall.
A short time later, both men ended up on the top rope. Dorada went for a huracanrana, but it was a botched move that resulted in Dorada landing on his head and shoulder. Okada picked up Dorada to go for his finisher, but Dorada actually countered into an inside cradle for a two count. Okada threw another dropkick, a variation of Konosuke Takeshita’s Raging Fire, and then he hit the Rainmaker for the win.
AEW Unified Champion Kazuchika Okada defeated Mascara Dorada in 12:10 in a double jeopardy match.
After the match, Don Callis said his family would challenge El Sky Team for the CMLL Trios Titles. Callis said the match would happen on the Full Gear pre-show, and his team will feature Okada, Hechicero, and Konosuke Takeshita. Okada’s demeanor changed when Callis announced Takeshita’s name.
Powell’s POV: Dorada dodged a bullet with that scary landing on the botched huracanrana from the top rope. Fortunately, he seemed fine while he finished the match. Meanwhile, I don’t care about the AEW Trios Titles, let alone the CMLL Trios Titles. I’m not alone in not caring about the CMLL Trios Titles based on the live crowd’s flat reaction to the announcement of the match. I almost forgot to mention that I’m filling in for Jake Barnett tonight. While I could be mistaken, I believe Jake is holding a one-man rally in hopes of getting Joe Exotic pardoned. Jake will return on Friday for Dot Net Weekly and Smackdown coverage.
Renee Paquette interviewed Skye Blue and Julia Hart on the interview set about being in the four-way tag match at Full Gear. They held hands and took turns delivering their lines with monotone voices. Thekla joined them and told viewers to wait and see what type of twisted stipulation they come up with when they win the four-way…
AEW Women’s Champion Kris Statlander made her entrance… [C] Entrances for the unification match took place…
9. ROH Women’s TV Champion Red Velvet vs. Interim ROH TV Champion Mercedes Mone in a unification match. The match spilled over to the floor, where Mone shoved Velvet into Statlander, who was sitting in on commentary. Velvet tried to do the Eddie Guerrero spot by tossing a title belt to Mone and then lying down on the mat while referee Aubrey Edwards was tied up with Statlander. Edwards questioned Mone, but Velvet rolled up Mone for a two count. Velvet threw a kick at Mone and got another two count before a PIP break. [C]
[Overrun] Mone caught Velvet in the Statement Maker. Velvet neared the ropes, so Mone pushed off to maintain the hold, but Velvet escaped and put Mone in a short-arm scissors. Mone rolled on top of her and got a two count, forcing Velvet to release the hold. Excalibur said Jon Moxley accepted Kyle O’Reilly’s challenge to a No Holds Barred match at Full Gear.
A brief “this is awesome” chant broke out after Velvet used her legs to pull Mone off the ropes. Velvet set up for another move from the ropes, but Mone put her in tombstone position, jumped from the ropes, and hit a lung blower on the way down. Mone made the cover and got the three count…
Mercedes Mone defeated Red Velvet in 12:30 to win the ROH Women’s TV Championship.
After the match, Mone went to ringside and taunted Statlander by showing off two of her title belts Mone stood on the broadcast table while Statlander held up her AEW Women’s Championship belt. Mone threw her two belts at Statlander, and then jumped off the broadcast table and hit Statlander with a Meteora. Mone put Statlander in a Statement Maker. Mone eventually released the hold and then posed with her title belt. The hold was so devastating that Statlander not only got up, but she even carried Red Velvet to the back. Mone did her dance on the broadcast table to end the show…
Powell’s POV: A good match to close the show. Mone was the heavy favorite, but having Statlander at the broadcast table left me open to the possibility that she would do something to help Velvet steal a win. I’m baffled by the way Statlander just got up and didn’t bother to continue selling Mone’s submission finisher.
AEW has gotten better about making the third hour of these three-hour shows more watchable, but three hours is too long for any pro wrestling show or two-show block (I’m talking about you, too, WWE Smackdown). The hype for Full Gear was a mixed bag and yet it was consistent throughout the night. I will be back shortly with our weekly same-night audio review of AEW Dynamite, which will be available exclusively for Dot Net Members (including our Patreon patrons). Let me know what you thought of the show by grading it below.
Not sure if you heard, but Smackdown is going back to three hours in January. Another weekly three-hour block!
Jake Barnett told me right after we finished recording the Dot Net Weekly audio show last week. I think I set some type of record for most F-bombs dropped in 30 seconds. I demand that they show Braun Strowman eating every Friday night at 9CT/10ET for 52 weeks a year, even if it means he eventually moves from his current show to My 600-lb. Life.
I can’t get past the fact that some time back a heel Swerve Strickland broke into the babyface Page’s house and that act resulted in a heel/face double switch. It speaks volumes.
If Page were cut by AEW, he’d get a hard pass from WWE.
Page beating Samoa Joe just exposes the business.
The only reason Page seems over at all is that the marks in the building get to chant a vulgarity.
They need to move on. Back to ROH with him until his contract is up.
Wow. Did Page insult your significant other?!? WWE wanted Page when The Elite were free agents. I have no doubt they would sign him today if he were free. And the business is completely exposed, but if it wasn’t, I can think of many things that would expose it more than Page beating Joe. You don’t have to like him, and you obviously do not (ha), but I think he’s doing a really nice job as champion.