AEW Collision results (5/20): Powell’s review of FTR vs. Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong for the AEW Tag Team Titles, Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata

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

AEW Collision (Episode 145)
Portland, Maine, at Cross Insurance Arena
Simulcast live on May 20, 2026, on TBS and HBO Max

The show opened with the aftermath of Darby Allin beating Mike Bailey to retain the AEW World Championship at the end of AEW Dynamite. Excalibur, Taz, and Tony Schiavone remained on commentary. Kevin Knight praised his partner Bailey and then Allin, while also telling him not to let them down. Allin shook hands with Bailey. Knight shook Allin’s hand and pulled him to his feet. Bailey and Knight headed to the back.

MJF returned to the ring and attacked Allin. MJF held up the title belt and signaled that he would become a three-time AEW World Champion. MJF went to the floor and came back with a hair clippers. MJF stood behind Allin and tried to use the clippers, but Allin blocked him. Allin wrenched MJF’s arm while tossing him to the mat. Allin picked up the clippers and was going to use them, but MJF scrambled out of the ring. MJF touched his hair while showing concern..,

Excalibur ran through some of the AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view matches. He officially added Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O’Reilly with no time limit for the AEW Continental Championship…

Backstage, Claudio Castagnoli helped Will Ospreay put his ring jacket on, while Daniel Garcia, Wheeler Yuta, and Marina Shafir stood by. Ospreay made his entrance while being introduced by ring announcer Arkady Aura. Katsuyori Shibata’s entrance followed…

1. Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata. Shibata took Ospreay down and put him in an armbar, which Ospreay escaped. Shibata tried again, but they were in the ropes. Shibata offered Ospreay a handshake, but Ospreay flipped him off. Shibata threw a kick that Ospreay blocked before taking him down. Shibata came back with a suplex on the apron.

Shibata set up a chair on the floor and sat Ospreay on it. Shibata teased a shotgun dropkick, but he stopped short and threw a different kick before playing to the crowd. Back inside the ring. Ospreay cut off a charging Shibata with a boot to the head. Shibata rolled to the floor. Ospreay dove over the top rope onto Shibata before a picture-in-picture break. [C]