AEW Christmas Collision live results: Six Continental Classic matches
Tonight’s extended Christmas night edition of AEW Collision will feature the final six matches of league play in the 2025 Continental Classic.
The results of the six tournament boutst will determine who moves on to this Saturday’s Worlds End semifinal matches.
The Gold league is tied up with all six wrestlers having six points apiece and both semifinal spots up for grabs. Last year’s tournament winner Kazuchika Okada takes on Mike Bailey while Jack Perry battles Kyle Fletcher and PAC goes one-on-one with Kevin Knight.
While Konosuke Takeshita has locked in his Blue league semifinal spot, he will take on Mascara Dorada in his final league play match. CMLL Heavyweight Champion Claudio Castagnoli competes against the winless Roderick Strong while former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley renews his rivalry with Orange Cassidy.
The two hour, thirty minute broadcast is rounded out by AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Babes of Wrath vs. Hyan & Maya World in a non-title match.
Our live coverage begins at 9 pm Eastern.
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– The show opened with a video setting up the state of the Continental Classic as it stands heading into tonight’s show. Following that, we were welcomed by Tony Schiavone, who led us into our opening bout.
Continental Classic Gold League Match: “Protostar” Kyle Fletcher (6 pts) vs. “Jungle” Jack Perry (6 pts)
As the bell rang for this opener, both men stood on opposite corners as the “sickos” chanted enthusiasically. Once things got going, Fletcher backed Perry into a corner with a lock-up and backed off before the two engaged in a technical duel. Fletcher took down Perry with a shoulder block and flexed as he deftly avoided a dropkick from Perry. The methodical pace continued between Perry and Fletcher as neither man got a clear advantage at this early stage of the match.
Things began to quicken as Fletcher paid homage to Lance Storm with a single-leg crab, but Perry was able to break the hold up by reaching the bottom ropes. Fletcher continued to target the ankle of Perry that was affected by the crab hold before the two traded chops. Perry quickened the pace further as he avoided a running Fletcher in the corner before he sent him out of the ring with a hurricanrana. On the apron, Perry tried to go for another hurricanrana, but was caught by Fletcher, who instead threw him fiercely on the apron with a powerbomb.
In the ring, Fletcher hoisted Perry up for an attempted suplex, but Perry bit at the left nipple of Fletcher to escape. Perry fought back with chops, but Fletcher threw him against the ropes with a scoop slam. Fletcher trapped one of Perry’s leg between the ring and steel steps as he stripped away the shoes from Perry’s damaged ankle, much to the protestations of referee Aubrey Edwards. With that ankle exposed and sat on the steps (but not before finally heeding Hangman Page’s advice on finding some socks), Fletcher stomped on it to cause maximum pain for Perry as we headed to a break.
As we returned from the break, Perry nailed Fletcher with a dropkick as he began to mount an attempted comeback. Perry tried to go for a leap off the turnbuckle, but he landed on the bad ankle, which momentarily stunned him. He did, however, manage to knock Fletcher loopy with a hard clothesline. Perry went for a baseball slide, but Fletcher caught him momentarily. Perry reversed that into a bulldog. Outside the ring, Fletcher lifted Perry up after a dive attempt and connected with the sheer drop brainbuster on the ramp.
Back in the ring, Fletcher hit a Michinoku Driver, but Perry somehow managed to kick out at two. In the corner, Fletcher blasted Perry with a running big boot and lifted him up to the top rope. Perry managed to avoid a grisly fate as he had Fletcher stunned long enough for a sunset flip powerbomb. Perry hyped himself up and attempted a running knee, but Fletcher blocked that move and turned it into a modified single leg crab that targeted the injured ankle.
Perry struggled, but he managed to break free from Fletcher’s hold and locked in the Snare Trap right in the middle of the ring with just under five minutes remaining in this match. Fletcher looked like he was about to pass out, but he recovered ever-so-slightly and got a single finger on the bottom rope to break the hold. Both men got back on their feet and traded back-and-forth strikes, but Fletcher hit Perry with a running knee against the middle rope. He lifted Perry up for a powerbomb, but got reversed into a piledriver. One, two… NO! With time soon running out, Perry tried for another running knee, but got reversed into a pin that he kicked out of. Fletcher flatlined Perry with a clothesline but couldn’t connect with the brainbuster from the corner. With one minute left, Fletcher hit the running kick in the corner before he hit his brainbuster to pick up the win.
Kyle Fletcher def. Jack Perry via pinfall (3 pts for Fletcher (9))
What an incredible opener on this massive night for the C2. Perry vs. Fletcher was a heck of a way to get this night going and they had me believing that we’d see a draw as I was on the edge of my seat for this bout. Stellar stuff.
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– Backstage, Renee Paquette was talking with Roderick Strong, who said that someone wanted to speak to him, that someone being Kyle O’Reilly. He told Strong that he wanted to see a Christmas miracle in the form of beating Claudio Castagnoli tonight and to remind people that he was “Roderick Effin’ Strong”.
Continental Classic Blue League Match: “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita (x – 10 pts) vs. Mascara Dorada (6 pts)
Takeshita went for a headlock, but Dorada used his agility to break out of it as the two faced off briefly before a chain wrestling battle ensued. Takeshita slammed Dorada down before he offered a helpful hand and lifted him back up with no issue. The match continued with the fast pace as Dorada stood up and now offered a hand of his own to Takeshita after a takedown. Takeshita accepted in a show of respect before we got into the match again.
Dorada tried to go for a running attack, but Takeshita absorbed the blow. Dorada avoided a lariat, and balanced on the middle rope and hit an amazing hurricanarana, which sent Takeshita retreating to outside the ring. Dorada headed up to the top rope for a dive to the outside, but it was high risk and no reward as Takeshita adeptly dodged at the last moment. Dorada ended up crashing into the barricade instead and we took a break at this point.
Our action picked up mid-move as Dorada hit a really nice hurricanrana on Takeshita, which again sent the Blue League leader out of the ring. Dorada headed up top once more, but managed to connect with the standing moonsault on Takeshita. Back in the ring, Dorada landed the 450 Splash on Takeshita, but his foe kicked out at two. Dorada avoided a back suplex and tried for a springboard move, but Takeshita turned that into a smooth-looking Blue Thunder Bomb for the close near-fall.
Takeshita caught a hurricanrana attempt by Dorada and wanted to go for a powerbomb, but that got turned into a poison rana instead. Takeshita quickly recovered and crushed Dorada with a running lariat. On the top rope, Takeshita and Dorada fought briefly before the masked man sent his foe down to the mat. A dive from Dorada got turned into a piledriver, but he managed a rolling pin that nearly won him the match. Things began to pick up even more here as the two again found themselves in a dogfight on the top turnbuckle. Takeshita hit an incredible standing lariat on Takeshita from the top rope, followed by the knee strike and the Raging Fire for the three. Wow.
Konosuke Takeshita def. Mascara Dorada via pinfall (3 pts for Takeshita (13); Dorada eliminated)
Even with the outcome not really in doubt, this turned out to be as good of a match as tonight’s opener. That’s just the testament to the talent of both Takeshita and Dorada in this one. The former is set for a huge 2026 regardless of how the rest of the C2 will turn out for him. For his part, Dorada has shown how excellent he can be in the ring and this match was no exception.
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Continental Classic Blue League Match: Claudio Castagnoli (7 pts) vs. Roderick Strong (0 pts)
Castagnoli did not waste time as he cracked Strong with a running uppercut followed by an early pin attempt. Strong roared back with multiple strikes on a stunned Castagnoli, but he got thrown over the top ropes. Castagnoli lifted Strong from inside the ring for a suplex from the apron, but that wasn’t enough. Castagnoli continued his relentless attack with another running uppercut inside followed by one more outside the ring. Castagnoli got back in the ring and tried to get the countout win, but Strong wasn’t going to stay down.
Incensed, Castagnoli slammed Strong against the barricade and threw him into the crowd in the hopes of the countout. Strong recovered and got himself back in the ring as he caught Castagnoli with a back suplex. Castagnoli threw Strong on opposite corners and hit his running uppercut. However, Strong hit him with a running knee, followed by one last running knee for the surprise three.
Post-match, the Death Riders’ Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta attacked Strong before Mark Briscoe warded him off, armed with a kendo stick. Marina Shafir stared down Briscoe before “Timeless” Toni Storm ran down the ramp and punched Shafir. As the Death Riders retreated, Storm offered a hand to Briscoe, who then gave that hand a kiss.
Roderick Strong def. Claudio Castagnoli via pinfall (3 pts for Strong (6))
This didn’t need to be a long sprint like the previous two C2 matches tonight, but the story of Roddy Strong looking to get a convincing win on the motivation of Kyle O’Reilly was a strong (heh) one and it was a good one to go with. The post match stuff with Briscoe and Toni Storm was a nice bonus.
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– We got a video setting up a Chicago Street Fight for Worlds End between AEW Tag Champs FTR and The Bang Bang Gang, as well as a promo from AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander ahead of her own match against Jamie Hayter on Saturday.
Continental Classic Gold League Match: PAC (6 pts) vs. Kevin Knight (6 pts)
PAC and Knight locked horns to start off and traded standing switches before Knight got ahead of PAC with some acrobatics. Knight targeted the arm of PAC with a submission, but a rope break forced Knight to let go of the hold. Knight went after PAC’s arm with some elbows, but as the technical start to this match continued. A clothesline from Knight sent PAC ot the outside, but the Newcastle native walked off to prevent Knight from hitting a dive to the outside. PAC slowly got himself back into the ring and threw Knight into the corner and began to take control of this match with chops.
Knight tried to fight back with some strikes of his own, but he got thrown face-first onto the mat by PAC, which brought an end to that rally. As PAC tried to mock Knight, his foe got back up and stepped up to him with his signature jumping forearm. On the outside, Knight avoided a PAC lariat and leapt off the apron to hit the forearm yet again. PAC rolled out of the ring and got hit with one more forearm by Knight, this time from a leaping over the top rope.
In the ring, Knight connected with a pendulum DDT for the near-fall. In the corner, Knight got the ten consecutive punches on PAC as we headed to break on a clear advantage for Knight.
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