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]
Ospreay performed a Phenomenal Forearm and covered Shibata for a two count. Shibata stuffed an Ospreay move and put him in a standing guillotine. Shibata sat Ospreay down in a corner and then dropkicked him. Shibata suplexed Ospreay and covered him for a two count. Ospreay came back and had Shibata down.
Anthony Bowens ran out and distracted Ospreay. Shibata hit Ospreay with a running elbow. Claudio Castagnoli and Marina Shafir showed up near the barricade. Shafir confronted Bowens, who headed away from the ring. Shibata caught Ospreay in an armbar, which he broke with a powerbomb. Ospreay hit Shibata with a Hidden Blade and then covered him for the three count.
Will Ospreay beat Katsuyori Shibata in roughly 10:30.
Samoa Joe’s entrance theme played, and he walked onto the stage while the fans chanted his name. Joe said Will’s wonderful friends came to his rescue again. Joe said he would have Ospreay all to himself. Joe said he was ensuring the safety of his Shibata because that’s what he does for his friends. He said Ospreay chose not to be his friend, and now he will suffer the consequences. Joe said he would give Ospreay what he wants by giving him a dream match. Joe guaranteed he would put Ospreay to sleep by the end of the night.
Ospreay spoke from the ring about his neck surgery and coming up short of winning the Owen Hart Cup tournament last year. Ospreay said it stuck with him for an entire year. He spoke about All In being held at his country’s biggest stadium. Ospreay said he has the whole country with him. Ospreay said he would start the road to fulfill his dream on Sunday. Ospreay said he would win the Owen Hart Cup and the AEW World Championship. Ospreay spiked the microphone, and then his entrance theme played while Joe, Shibata, and Bowens headed to the back…
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage delivered a promo from a stairwell. Copeland said that through all of the trials and tribulations, his friendship with Cage is real. Copeland said the fans watched them grow into men. He said FTR wants to end the connection and their tag team. Copeland spoke of wanting the best version of FTR and forcing them to say I Quit. Christian spoke briefly and closed by saying, “We are going to f— you up,” which was understandably censored…
Rush made his entrance while his opponent was in the ring…
2. Rush vs. TJ Crawford. Rush shook hands with Crawford, but then didn’t let go before punching him. Yes, if you mess with the bull, you get the horns. Rush hit Bull’s Horns and scored the pin.
Rush defeated TJ Crawford in 1:00.
In case you missed it the first couple times, Rush said that if you mess with the bull, you get the horns…
Powell’s POV: I’m not sure if you know this, but I have it on good authority that if you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
Excalibur hyped the AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions’ five-minute challenge after the break… [C]
AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Megan Bayne and Lena Kross made their entrance and were interviewed by Renee Paquette. Kross cut off Paquette and said, “We’ll see how long this lasts”…
3. AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Megan Bayne and Lena Kross vs. Kayla Lopez and Elle Valentine in a five-minute eliminator challenge. The champions dominated the match. They held up their opponents in vertical suplex position. Bayne slammed one opponent to the mat, and then Kross dumped the other opponent on top of the first opponent. The champions followed up with their double chokeslam finisher on Valentine, and then Kross got the pin…
AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Megan Bayne and Lena Kross defeated Kayla Lopez and Elle Valentine in 2:50 in a five-minute eliminator challenge.
Powell’s POV: A Rush squash followed by Megan Bayne and Lena Kross destroying a pair of enhancement wrestlers. I like the Bayne and Kross challenge gimmick, but I don’t think anyone would need the logo on the ring apron or the barricade signage to know that Dynamite ended and this is Collision.
Excalibur touted Darby Allin being interviewed by ESPN… Exclaibur ran through the Double or Nothing lineup… [C] The challengers made their entrance for the main event. FTR’s entrance followed…
4. “FTR” Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler (w/Stokely Hathaway) vs. Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong for the AEW Tag Team Titles. Harwood and Wheeler attacked Cassidy and Strong while the referee was clearing the title belts from the ring. The referee rewarded them for it by calling for the opening bell. FTR set up for a spike piledriver on Cassidy, but Strong pushed Wheeler off the ropes to the floor. Cassidy hooked Harwood into a pin for a near fall. The champions took a powder before a PIP break. [C]
Harwood set up for a move on Cassidy, who kicked him, causing Harwood to go through the ropes and into the post. Harwood knocked Strong off the apron and then put Cassidy down with a piledriver. Harwood covered Cassidy for a near fall. Harwood, Wheeler, and Hathaway looked surprised and concerned before the final PIP break. [C]
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