AEW Collision live results: FTR vs. The Rascalz
AEW Collision is live tonight from the Tucson Arena in Tucson, Arizona.
The AEW World Tag Team Championships will be on the line as FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) put their belts on the line against The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Dezmond Xavier). The Rascalz earned the title shot by defeating FTR in an eliminator match two weeks ago. FTR is also scheduled to defend the titles against The Young Bucks at Revolution, provided they come out of this show still the champions.
Konosuke Takeshita will wrestle Claudio Castagnoli in singles competition. Castagnoli was the only wrestler to defeat Takeshita in the Blue League of the 2025 Continental Classic round-robin tournament.
Swerve Strickland will face Gravity, who is the brother of Bandido. Swerve will face Bandido’s tag partner, Brody King, at AEW Revolution.
The Outrunners vs. Private Party vs. Rush and Dralistico vs. The WorkHorsemen in a $200,000 four-way tag team match is also scheduled.
Our live coverage kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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AEW Collision opened with the Rascalz making their entrance, and highlighting their journey to this tag title match against FTR. Excellent video package to start the show.
The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachery Wentz) (w/ Myron Reed) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) (w/ Stokley Hathaway) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship
The match opened slow, which was to FTR’s advantage, but soon escalated when Harwood slapped Wentz in the corner. Wentz responded with a slap of his own, and Harwood bailed from the ring to regroup. Xavier tagged in and resumed the match with Harwood, and hit some punches to fire up, but Harwood hit a back elbow and sent Xavier to the floor as Stokely Hathaway choked Xavier with a production cable as the referee was distracted by Wentz trying to get to him. Xavier did start throwing punches and moved to the side as Wentz came flying out of the ring with a corkscrew plancha to the floor.
The match turned to the favour of the Rascalz briefly, but Wentz ended up finding himself isolated in FTR’s corner. Harwood baited Wentz into a clothesline from Wheeler on the floor as they went to the ad break. During the break on Triller, FTR continued to get the heat on The Rascalz. Wentz managed to get a backslide as they came back rom break, but Wheeler saved Harwood. Wentz hit an enziguri on Harwood, and dropped Wheeler, but was left on the opposite side of the ring. Wentz dove over Wheeler and rolled through Harwood’s legs to make the tag, and Xavier ran wild, hitting a cutter on Harwood and then a dropkick on Wheeler.
Harwood got up and nailed Xavier with a lariat that turned him inside out. Wentz helped Xavier get sunset flip and he took down Wheeler in the process. The Rascalz then hit stereo tope suicidas to the floor. Xavier hit a frog splash on Harwood, and Wentz followed with a Senton Bomb for for a 2-count. Xavier was driven into the announce table and Harwood hit a super back suplex on Wentz for a 2-count. Wentz hit a series of chops and rolled Harwood up for a very close 2-count. Xavier tagged in and superkicked Harwood into a German suplex from Wentz and Xavier did a jackknife pin on Harwood for a 2-count.
The Rascalz went for the Hot Fire Flame, but Harwood got the knees up. FTR hit a BTE Trigger on Wentz (a very bad one) and went for a Meltzer Driver to mock the Bucks. Xavier pulled Wheeler from the apron, but Wheeler managed to shove him off, and as Wentz hit a handspring to the ropes, he turned around right into a Shatter Machine for the pinfall.
Result: FTR defeated The Rascalz to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championship
This was an awesome match, with The Rascalz basically being given everything but the win, and FTR constantly finding a way out of the trouble.
–As FTR was leaving Mark Briscoe came out and met them on the ramp and he high fived FTR out of mutual respect due to their feud in ROH, but there was definitely tension there. I think Mark Briscoe is going to end up being Tommaso Ciampa’s partner when he faces off against them down the line.
–Hook was backstage with Shibata behind the camera, and he was wandering around backstage looking for recruits. Anthony Bowens walked up and said that he thought about what Hook said and that he was a killer. Hook told Bowens to take the camera and follow him. Hook choked out a random local wrestler backstage and then told Bowens to keep following. We got a show long storyline here, I think.
Daniel Garcia vs. Tommaso Ciampa
Ciampa was aggressive from the very start, with Garcia trying to slow things down. Garcia managed to smash Ciampa’s knee into the ring post, and began working over the knee for the next few minutes. Garcia sent Ciampa into the guardrail and set up his leg on top of the guardrail to dropkick it, but Ciampa stood up and hit some chops. Garica immediately countered it and hit a dropkick to the knee.
Ciampa managed to make a brief comeback with some strikes, including driving Garcia into the announce table multiple times, which had Mark Briscoe stand up and start cheering. Ciampa managed to hit Project Ciampa out of the corner on Garcia, but Garcia kicked out. Garcia rolled to the floor and shoved Briscoe and Briscoe got up to get in his face. This led to him accidentally clashing heads with Ciampa, and Garcia rolled Ciampa up and scored the pinfall victory.
Result: Daniel Garcia defeated Tommaso Ciampa
–Briscoe and Ciampa argued in the ring, and Ciampa slapped the hand of Briscoe away. As Briscoe was leaving, FTR came out, and Briscoe came back to the ring to defend Ciampa. FTR decided not to attack with Briscoe there, and Briscoe and Ciampa seemed to be getting along, so they left the ring together. As they got back to the entrance, Ciampa attacked Briscoe and started beating on him with FTR looking on. Ciampa hit a running knee, spit on Briscoe’s bandana, and left him laying. FTR looked impressed, and Ciampa has turned heel, for now.
–A recap video aired of Konosuke Takeshita and Claudio Castagnoli in the Continental Classic last December, when Castagnoli handed him his only loss. Excellent recap video here.
Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana) vs. Gravity
Swerve hit a hard kick to the back of Gravity, and Gravity eventually hit one of his own, but Swerve no sold it. Gravity used a la magistral cradle for a 2-count. Gravity tried to hit a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor on Swerve, but Swerve jumped into the air, stomping Gravity and then kicking him in the face with a House Call off the apron. Swerve yanked the hair of Gravity and then hit a huge Swerve Stomp off the top rope. Gravity slowly got back to his knees and Swerve hit a House Call for the win.
Result: Swerve Strickland defeated Gravity
–Kris Statlander was backstage and said that her and Thekla were 1-1 in their matches, and now they are going to a 2 out of 3 falls match at AEW Revolution, promising to end Thekla’s title run before it really gets started.
–Thekla came out to the live audience to respond to the video Statlander recorded. Thekla said that the challenger didn’t get to say what the match was. Thekla initially said that she wouldn’t accept the match, and wondered why Statlander thought she could beat Thekla twice in one night. She said that Statlander was right about one thing though, and it was that Thunder Rosa should have been careful with her. She then told Statlander to take her own advice and quit, because everything Statlander is afraid of is everything she is. This was a great promo.
–Up Close with Renee Pacquette was previewed, as she interviewed Jon Moxley about his upcoming match with Konosuke Takeshita.
La Facción Ingobernable (Rush & Dralistico) vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) (w/ Dalton Castle) in a 200k Tag Match
Nigel McGuinness joking called Magnum Truth Martini, which popped Tony Schiavone (and me, as an old ROH fan). Dalton Castle joined on commentary, and it was immediately funny. Dalton Castle said that he and the Outrunners were going to buy expensive cacti, which is something I could actually see happening, oddly enough. LFI took Kassidy to the floor and beat him all around ringside, and The Swirl and LFI both hit 4 dropkicks simultaneously on Kassidy. Rush hit superplex on Johnson as Dralistico hit a hurricanrana on Blake Christian.
Rush got into the face of Dalton Castle, reminding Castle that he beat him in a match in 2019 in 10 seconds. Castle yelled, “It was 16 seconds!” I was there at match live, as it was in Madison Square Garden when New Japan and ROH sold the building out. The Outrunners finally tagged in and Dalton Castle went insane on commentary, which was great, and they bodyslammed everyone from the other 3 teams. Truth Magnum suplexed Blake Christian off the top rope to the floor onto all the other competitors.
The Outrunners were going to hit the SOB Elbow on Lee Johnson, but LFI cut them off. Isiah Kassidy hit Dralistico with a springboard stunner and then tried to strike Dralistico. This was a fatal mistake as Dralistico chopped the life out of him and hit a hurricanrana to the floor. Dralistico hit a lung blower on Quen flying off the top rope, and Rush went for the Horns dropkick, but The Outrunners cut him off and ate superkicks from The Swirl.
The Swirl and Private Party exchanged supericks until Quen was caught in the tree of woe, and they hit a dropkick. Christian hit a moonsault to the floor on Kassidy, then went back to the top rope, hopped onto the shoulders of Johnson and flew off them into a Canadian Destroyer on Quen for a 2-count that Kassidy broke up. The Swirl decided to mock Private Party and go for the Gin and Juice, but Kassidy countered, hit a Canadian Destroyer on Lee Johnson, then hit a doomsday cutter on Johnson for the victory. Great tag match.
Result: Private Party defeated The Outrunners, LFI, and The Swirl in a 200k Tag Match
–Kevin Knight and Mike Bailey were backstage with Lexy Nair. Knight talked about the frustration he had about losing to MJF when he had him pinned for 13-seconds, but no one was there. Knight was angry he was robbed, and then even more frustrated that he lost in the main event. Mike Bailey then talked about facing Kyle Fletcher next week on Dynamite for the TNT Championship, and how he had what it took to win. Swerve Strickland walked up and questioned this, and he targeted Kevin Knight directly saying that he had his foot on the neck of his opponent but couldn’t finish the job, and if he wanted to succeed among killers, he was going to have to become a killer himself.
They are definitely teasing a Knight heel turn here, but could go in several different directions with Knight and Swerve feuding, or Knight even joining Swerve as his new mentor to help him become the killer that Swerve wants him to be. This was fantastic.
–Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron were backstage and were attacked by Megan Bayne & Lena Kross, who left them laying.
Megan Bayne & Lena Kross vs. The Timeless Love Bombs (Toni Storm & Mina Shirakawa) (w/ Luther)
Kross and Bayne easily overpowered Storm and Shirakawa early on, hitting stereo fall away slams on both women, sending Storm to the floor and allowing them to beat on Shirakawa alone in their corner. Lena Kross hit a big sidewalk slam on Shirakawa and tagged out to Bayne. Storm tagged in to face off with Bayne, and was sent to the floor as she dodged Bayne and then low bridged Kross. Storm then helped Shirakawa run up the ropes and hit a flying crossbody to the floor on both women.
Kross got up and hit an electric chair drop onto the apron on Storm, and Shirakawa just kind of stood there, so I think Kross may have forgotten to attack Shirakawa first. Bayne then hit a tope suicida on Storm and Luther, who was checking on Storm as they went to an ad break. Kross and Bayne continued to get the heat on Storm throughout the break. Storm floated over a corner charge from Bayne and then rolled into a tag to Shirakawa.
Shirakawa hit a headscissors on Bayne and then a shotgun dropkick of the middle rope. Bayne picked up Storm on her shoulders for a Samoan drop and Shirakawa tried to ruin that with a crossbody, but Bayne caught her and hit a combo fall away slam and Samoan drop. Bayne went to the top rope and Shirakawa cut her off and her and Storm tried for a double superplex, but Kross came in and powerbombed Storm and Shirakawa off the ropes with the old Tower of Doom spot.
Bayne and Storm started exchanging forearms, then Kross hit Storm with kick, Shirakawa kicked Kross, and Storm hit a DDT on Bayne before hitting the hip attack and tagging out to Shirakawa who hit a slightly botched slingblade for a 2-count, but locked in a figure four afterwards. Bayne fought out of it and turned it over, but Storm rolled her back. Kross then came in and rolled it the other way. That was quite funny. Kross decided to come in and hit a senton that broke it up. Marina Shafir ran down to ringside and pulled Storm from the apron and hit a judo throw and then pulled Storm under the ring to choke her out with Mother’s Milk on the floor. Lena Kross then hit a jackhammer on Shirakawa for the pinfall victory.
Result: Megan Bayne & Lena Kross
–Mark Briscoe was backstage and said that he sensed that Tommaso Ciampa was off since he got to AEW, and that he honestly expected Ciampa to be the killer that would attack him. Briscoe said that he should have trusted his instincts and that he was really angry that the people that call the Briscoes their greatest rivals, FTR, would be joined by Ciampa. Briscoe then challenged them to a trios match on Dynamite, and said he was going to team with another of the Briscoe’s greatest rivals: The Young Bucks. I love Mark Briscoe promos.
The Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, & David Finlay) vs. Three enhancement talents
This was a massacre as the former Bullet Club War Dogs destroyed the enhancement talent here, with David Finlay finishing Monroe with a Overkill.
–Toni Storm came out and said enough was enough, and it was time for her to fight Marina Shafir at AEW Revolution, and after she beat Shafir, she was going to take back her AEW Women’s World Championship.
–Persephone winning the CMLL Women’s title from Mercedes Mone was recapped here, and they announced that Persephone would be facing Willow Nightingale for the TBS Championship on AEW Dynamite.
Claudio Castagnoli (w/ Marina Shafir & Jon Moxley) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Moxley joined the commentary desk for this match. We have two very strong, very big athletic men in this match. Castagnoli and Takeshita then, to no surprise, tried to over power each other with shoulder tackles. Castagnoli raked the eyes and then hit a shoulder tackle to lay Takeshita out. Takeshtia got his arm worked over by Castagnoli in the corner, and Schiavone noted that Moxley was going to likely narrow in on that when their match happens, as Castagnoli softens him up. I liked that bit of commentary.
When they went to break, Moxley noted that Hechicero was targeting the arm of Moxley on Wednesday, so this is just a bit of payback to make Takeshita feel what he did. Moxley said with disgust that they were trying to soften him up, and that the failed. That was also great. Takeshtia hit a big pump kick on Castagnoli as they came back from break, but Castagnoli countered with a kimura. Takeshtia countered a European uppercut attempt with a hard forearm.
Takeshita hit a flying forearm and an exploder suplex, leading to cheers from the audience. Takeshita went for the Power Drive knee, but Castagnoli countered into a big swing and then locked on a combo armbar and STF. Takeshita eventually rolled out, but Castagnoli went right back to the arm. Takeshita responded with forearms and pulled Castagnoli into a Blue Thunder bomb for a 2-count. Takeshita threw Castagnoli around like he weighed nothing, and then Castagnoli popped Takeshita up into a pop-up uppercut. That ruled.
Castagnoli only got a 2-count so he grabbed two chairs from ringside and threw them into the ring, and as the referee was taking the chairs out, Castagnoli grabbed the CMLL Heavyweight Championship to hit Takeshita, but Hechicero pulled the title away from Castagnoli, coming out of nowhere, and distracted Castagnoli. This led to Takeshita hitting a huge tope con giro. Takeshita hit a Power Drive knee for a 2-count, and went for a second, but Castagnoli hit a European uppercut and went for the Neutralizer. Takeshita found out, and Castagnoli and Takeshita started exchanging forearms and uppercuts. Takeshtia countered another Neutralizer attempt into a hurricanrana and rolled back onto his feet, hit the Power Drive knee and then the Raging Fire for the pinfall.
Result: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Claudio Castagnoli
Oh my gosh, this match ruled. Castagnoli and Takeshita had an incredible match here. Go out of your way to watch this one.
–As Moxley and Takeshita were facing off on the floor, Hechicero ran towards Moxley and hit a forearm dropping him. Takeshita didn’t want this, saying he wanted a fair fight with Moxley. Moxley got up and immediately started brawling with Takeshita and Hechicero and Castagnoli came over and evened the odds. The show went off the air with mid-brawl, and this felt like a 1997 WCW Nitro ending as they ran out of time, and left us on a cliffhanger. Please, do what they did back in the 90s and show us the brawl being pulled apart on the next episode. Tremendous angle to close the show.
Final Thoughts
This might have been the best episode of AEW Collision this year, as it drove home a lot of angles to build to the AEW Revolution PPV. I was left very excited for next Wednesday with the matches announced, and left looking forward to Moxley and Takeshita, Shafir and Storm, the Bucks vs. FTR, and others. Excellent edition of AEW Collision.
AEW Dynamite – March 11, 2026
- TBS Championship: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Persephone
- MJF & Hangman Adam Page Press Conference
- Dem Bucks (Mark Briscoe & The Young Bucks) vs. Tommaso Ciampa & FTR
- TNT Championship: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Mike Bailey
- Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy vs. David Finaly & Gabe Kidd
Josiah has been writing for WON/F4W for several years now, from initially covering Lucha Underground, to TNA Impact, and now filling in where ever needed.