AEW Collision live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kevin Knight, Women’s Tag title bout
AEW Collision is live tonight from Alliant Energy Power House in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Three matches were announced ahead of time for the show.
Kazuchika Okada will defend the AEW International Championship against Kevin Knight. Knight defeated Okada in last year’s Continental Classic. They are 1-1 against each other in singles matches, as Okada defeated Knight on the May 7, 2025 AEW Dynamite.
An AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship match is also scheduled, with Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) defending against the former champions, Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron). Divine Dominion defeated Babes of Wrath for the titles two weeks ago at AEW Revolution.
In singles action, Tommaso Ciampa will face Ace Austin of the Bang Bang Gang. Ciampa is 4-2 in AEW singles matches since debuting in January. Austin is 1-4 in AEW singles matches since his debut in August.
Live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) vs. Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne & Lena Kross) for the AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship
Nightingale and Bayne started the match, attempted to overpower each other. Nightingale was knocked down with a shoulder tackle but cartwheeled out of an Irish whip into a back suplex on Bayne. That was a great spot. Cameron and Nightingale exchanged fast tags, switching up the offence a lot in the first few minutes of the match, including Cameron hitting a shining wizard and crossbody before tagging out. Nightingale was pulled from the ring and Kross hit an electric chair drop onto the apron on Nightingale.
Bayne went for a tope suicida to the floor, but got caught on the middle ropes and faceplanted on the floor. That had to suck. She recovered quickly and sent Nightingale into the guardrail and Kross continued to beat on Nightingale as they went to the ad break on TNT. Bayne and Kross kept the heat up for a bit, and every time Nightingale started to make her comeback, they beat her down more. Classic heat segment here, in that regard, including Nightingale following the Ricky Steamboat rule.
Nightingale ate a German suplex from Bayne and was attacked in the corner again, but ducked under a lariat from Kross, rolled to her corner, and tagged in Cameron, who hit a series of moves ending with a flying lariat on Kross, then locked on a half crab. Bayne broke it up, but Nightingale came in to cut Bayne off. The Babes of Wrath both tried crossbodies on their respective opponents, but Kross and Bayne caught them, slammed them into each other, and then hit fall away slams.
Nightingale tagged back in and began hitting a series of German suplexes on both women before being stopped by Kross. Kross missed a corner charge and hit a lariat that dropped Bayne on her head. That looked scary. Bayne has had two rough bumps in this match. Cameron tagged in and hopped on Nightingale’s back like a backpack and Nightingale hit a senton on Bayne for a 2-count. Bayne tried to hit a fallaway slam off the middle ropes, but Bayne was fighting it off. Kross came in to attempt to break it up, but Nightingale hit Kross with the pounce and Cameron hit the half crab. Cameron and Nightingale locked in stereo half crabs and it forced Bayne and Kross to the ropes.
Kross sent Nightingale into the ring post, and soon Cameron ate a running kick and German suplex combo before being hit with the Divine Intervention (an elevated double team spinebuster or bomb of sorts), for the pinfall.
Result: Divine Dominion defeated Babes of Wrath to retain
This was a very good tag match as Divine Dominion is put over strong.
–Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor were backstage, and talked about how Thekla seemed to have a lot unresolved aggression issues, as she used brass knuckles against Mina Shirakawa. Shirakawa then came on screen and admitted that she was going to do everything she could to get back to a title shot against Thekla, and she was going to find out who took out Toni Storm. Windsor and Hayter said they didn’t give a… well, a cuss word, who they had to fight. Shirakawa’s eyes went wide and looked shocked at this cussing. That was funny. Good promo from all 3 here.
Myron Reed (w/ Dezmond Xavier & Zachery Wentz) vs. Johnny TV (w/ Mansoor & Mason Madden)
Reed and TV exchanged some quick moves early on, countering each other by flipping back out of suplexes until TV could hit the Moonlight Drive, but Reed kicked out, hit an enziguri, and then a slingshot into a leg drop on TV. Reed hit a superkick but missed a springboard attack. TV hit a strange Alabama slam type move, but he flipped into it, and it almost looked liek he took a Canadian Destroyer. TV tried to hit Starship Pain, but Reed moved. Reed ducked under a lariat but falling backward and nipping up before hitting a cutter and then a springboard 450 splash for the win.
Result: Myron Reed defeated Johnny TV
This was about as perfect a short match you could get, with lots of action, and a showcase for Reed.
–The Death Riders were backstage, and Garcia was calling out Private Party, saying he has changed a lot since they started to take a year long vacation, and he was not the same wrestler he was when they last were with each other. Moxley said that Private Party walked the same, talked the same, and sure partied the same, but he wasn’t sure if they were ready to work, and that they would have to earn every single second of offence in their match, and they were swimming with real sharks tonight. Jon Moxley rules. That promo was so great.
–Private Party as backstage with Lexy Nair to respond, but the video feed cut out a little bit on MyAEW for a second, and we missed part of it as they talked about Garcia. That was ironic, given Moxley’s promo. They promised to bring their best to the fight.
The Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Daniel Garcia) (w/ Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
As the Death Riders made their way to the ring, Garcia continued his promo against Private Party saying that something had to change for them and that tonight, he and Moxley were going to change them. As Private Party made their entrance, The Death Riders were doing pushups on the floor to warm up.
Garcia took down Kassidy and started wiping his feet in the direction of Kassidy, lightly kicking him in the process. Kassidy did not like this. Garcia ate two armdrags from Kassidy, but dodged the third and slapped Kassidy. Kassidy then got angry and started throwing punches, so Garcia chopped Kassidy in the throat and tagged in Moxley to a pop from the crowd.
Moxley tried to get the fight out of Kassidy, begging Kassidy to hit him. Moxley ate a few chops and a few forearms before dropping Kassidy with a forearm smash. Quen tagged in and attempted to use his own body as a launching pad for Kassidy to attack Moxley, but Moxley hopped over Quen and took out Kassidy with a lariat. Garcia then pulled Quen to the floor and threw him into the barricade, and the beatings truly began.
Garcia hit 9 punches in the corner and teased doing his dance, but didn’t and hopped down to boos from the crowd. As the referee was looking at Kassidy, Moxley came behind Quen and started choking him out with a rear naked choke, which popped the crowd. Garcia was screaming “Fight back! Fight back!” as they continued to beat on him. Quen managed to hit a spinning enziguri on Moxley before tagging out to Kassidy.
Kassidy ran wild, hitting a senton bomb on Garcia, referencing his mentorship from the Hardy Boys, for a 2-count. Kassidy hit a Canadian Destroyer off the ropes and then Private Party hit the Silly String on Moxley before hitting a double team cutter on Garcia, and Quen hit a top con giro on Moxley. Garcia got hit with a 450 splash from Kassidy, but Kassidy basically landed with his knees right on the chest of Garcia. Ouch. Garcia kicked out.
Garcia raked the eyes of Quen as he put Garcia up in the electric chair and Garcia sent Quen to the floor for Quen to get laid out by a huge European Uppercut from Claudio Castagnoli. Garcia tried for a Dragon Tamer, but Kassidy countered into a pinfall attempt. Garcia kicked out and hit a spike piledriver for a 2-count. Moxley then gave instructions for Garcia to finish the job, so he started throwing hammer fists on Kassidy before locking in the Dragon Tamer for the submission.
Result: The Death Riders defeated Private Party
This was an excellent match. Moxley and Garcia went out of their way to try and make Private Party look good, while still being firmly in control until the finish. This is why Jon Moxley is the ace of AEW. Excellent stuff.
–The Demand were backstage talking about Kenny Omega, and talking about Jack Perry. Ricochet had a theory that Kenny Omega used his power to get Ricochet in that battle royal where he lost his title to Jack Perry, but he promised he, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun were going to take them out before Omega even has a chance to get to MJF at Dynasty.
The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor & Jamie Hayter) & Mina Shirakawa vs. Nixi Xs, Aminah Belmont, & Haven Harris
Windsor hit a lariat on Xs immediately while Shirakawa and Hayter took out Belmont and Harris. Hayter and Windsor hit the Two Birds, One Stone on Xs while Shirakawa locked on a figure four lock for the submission win.
Result: The Brawling Birds & Mina Shirakawa defeated Nixi Xs, Aminah Belmont, & Haven Harris
–After the match Windsor and Hayter assured Shirakawa that they were not the ones to attack Toni Storm, and said they had a common enemy in Thekla and the Sisters of Sin. Thekla came out through the crowd and said that none of them could handle Thekla, Blue, or Hart, and if they tried to fight them again, they would end up like Toni Storm. Shirakawa grabbed a mic and challenged them to a six-woman tag match.
–The Don Callis family were backstage with Lexy Nair, and Kyle Fletcher, Mark Davis, and Kazuchika Okada were the ones there. Nair wanted to know about their attack on Darby Allin on Dynamite at MJF’s direction, and Fletcher reiterated that while he enjoyed Davis piledriving Allin in the ramp, but did not think they should be partnering with MJF, and instead trying to take the world title from him.
Okada said that he saw what Fletcher said with Takeshtia on Dynamite (making a fake teary face), but reminded Fletcher that they were the leaders of the Don Callis family, and they were going to be world champions again because Okada believed in Fletcher. Fletcher agreed, and said that after they were done with getting their trios titles back, and done with The Rascalz tonight, he was going to go after MJF. Excellent promo segment here that advances a few key stories for Fletcher, Okada, and Takeshita.
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.