On February 1st, 2025 AEW aired the 79th episode of Collision live in Huntsville Alabama inside Von Braun Center & can watch it on TNT & MAX (United States) & USA Network (Canada).
Note: This review will be shorter then normal as it be the last few mins of the match
Tag Team Match
The Patriarchy (Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian) vs. Samoa Joe & Hook
The Patriarchy worked over Hook for several minutes until Hook made the hot tag to Samoa Joe.
Joe cleaned house and quickly finished off Sabian with a Muscle Buster for the win.
Winners: Samoa Joe & Hook
-After the match Christian Cage & Wayne attacked Hook & Joe with Cage using his briefcase as a weapon. He placed Joe’s head over it and delivered a stomp before leaving the ring with his team.
-Adam Copeland cut a backstage promo on AEW World Champion Jon Moxley. He said that Moxley has everyone confused as to what his plan is. He said that Mox likely doesn’t even know what his plan is but just complains for the sake of complaining. He added that with the company now streaming on MAX, it was rocket science to keep the title locked up in a briefcase. He reminded Moxley that the current generation should always give respect to the generation before them because they helped pave the way for him. He said he was going to beat him up and when Moxley is 65 and can barely get out of bed, it will be because of him. He then challenged Moxley to a AEW World Title match on March 9th at Revolution.
The Beast Mortos vs. Adam Priest
The Beast Mortos drills Adam Priest to the mat with Destination Hellhole for the win.
Winner: The Beast Mortos
-After the match Max Caster came out and told Mortos that he did a good job but that he would never last with the Greatest Wrestler Alive. He announced that his Open Challenge Series was about to start and asked for his opponent to come to the ring. That opponent was the returning Rush.
Rush vs. Max Caster
Rush hits Max Caster with Bull’s Horn for the win.
Winner: Rush
-After the match Rush grabs the mic and asked The Beast Mortos what was wrong with him and that they were family. He gave his if you mess with the bull, you get the horns line before they left the ring. Rush & Dralistico appeared to continue to argue with Mortos on the way out.
-Backstage Lexy Nair is with The Outrunners & they cut an promo to hype their upcoming match with The Learning Tree.
Tag Team Match
The Learning Tree (Chris Jericho & Bryan Keith) vs. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Mangum)
The Outrunners sets Bryan Keith up for Total Recall but as Truth Magnum was running off the ropes.
Big Bill pulls him out of the ring and rammed him into the ringside barrier.
Keith rolls up Turbo Floyd for the win.
Winners: The Learning Tree
-After the match Bill continued to beat down The Outrunners while Keith grabs a table. Bill was about to chokeslam them both through the table until Bandido came out and cleared the ring of The Learning Tree by ducking a charge by Bill & hitting Jericho with a spinning tornado and press slamming Keith through the table.
-A video hyped Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe for next week’s Collision.
-Fletcher wants to avenge the loss to Briscoe during the Continental Classic.
-After the break Lexy Nair is backstage with Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada. She asked him what’s next for him. Before he could answer Buddy Matthews was shown laughing off camera. Okada asked him what was so funny. Matthews said that the funny part was that Okada was the champion but too afraid to defend his title. He said that Brody King & Julia Hart were not with him and they could settle things right now. Okada laughed and said Matthews didn’t deserve it. Matthews said he guessed Okada was still a bitch. Okada yells I’m not a bitch before looking back at Nair.
Harley Cameron vs. Taya Valkyrie
Harley Cameron missed a senton splash from the top rope.
Taya Valkyrie hit a spear and laid over Cameron back first for the pin attempt.
This allowed Cameron to roll up Valkyrie for the win.
Winner: Harley Cameron
-After the match Deonna Purrazzo threw a chair backstage while Cameron celebrated with the fans and the referee.
-Renee Paquette held a sit down interview with Ricochet to tell his side of the story. Ricochet said that for years the fans urged him to come to AEW and he always felt that this is where he belonged as well. But when he arrived, the fans turned on him especially after he defeated Will Ospreay. He was then disrespected by Swerve Strickland who calls himself The Voice of the People. Ricochet said he liked that because when he took the scissors to Strickland, it was a shot at every fan that has wronged him.
-Swerve Strickland entered and Paquette left. He said he could end Ricochet’s life now but didn’t want to disappoint the fans in Atlanta. He said that Ricochet pretended he was a superhero and the fans rejected him. He said he told AEW management not to sign Ricochet when he announced he was a free agent as he was arrogant and entitled. He added that the match on Wednesday wasn’t going to be an exhibition but a fight.
-Ricochet said Strickland was right in that he’s not good about pretending or cutting a promo on something he didn’t believe in. He said he pretended to care about what the fans thought of him, but he never did and never will. He said that Strickland calls himself the Most Dangerous Man Alive but he hasn’t been a threat since Hangman took his grill. Strickland stood up and pressed the sharp end of the scissors to Ricochet’s throat
-Timeless Toni Storm came out and admitted to the fans that she was playing the role of Toni Storm for the past 6 weeks and no one realized it because she’s good. She said that after May won the Women’s Title, she was embarrassed and went away and the only way she could come back was to build herself up from the bottom. When she looked at May she saw her for what she was and said she would doom her womb. She said May might not think she’s real, but it doesn’t get more real than this because her name is Timeless Toni Storm and May’s time is up.
-A video spotlighted the career of Christopher Daniels
-After the break Renee Paquette was outside of TBS Champion Mercedes Mone’s locker room with Harley Cameron & she had a Mercedes Mone hand puppet. Cameron had an entertaining exchange with the puppet where she asked for a TBS Title match in Australia and the puppet accepted. The real Mone showed up and thought the puppet was cute that Cameron was entertaining. She added that all the singing and dancing hid the fact that she was a loser and losers don’t get to ride the money train. She asked Cameron & Paquette to leave and the puppet looked dejected.
TNT Title Triple Threat Match
Daniel Garica (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly vs. Lee Moriarty
Lee Moriarty locks in the Border City Stretch on Daniel Garcia.
Kyle O’Reilly attempted to break the hold but Shane Taylor held his leg.
O’Reilly kicks Taylor off of him and dove onto Taylor from the apron to the floor.
In the meantime Garcia was able to get out of the hold and bridge onto Moriarty for the win.
Winner & Still TNT Champion: Daniel Garica (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
-After the match, Garica, O’Reilly & Taylor faced off. The Infantry came out to join Taylor & Moriarty. Matt Menard left the announce table and was joined by Angelo Parker to back up Garcia. This brought out Adam Cole & Roderick Strong to back up O’Reilly.
-A video hyped Thunder Rosa vs. Penelope Ford for next week’s Collision
-We get a Hologram video played where he’s walking the street and light effects are shooting out his hand until they fizzle and disappear.
Megan Bayne vs. Hyena Hera
Megan Bayne hits Hyena Hera with a F5 for the win.
Winner: Megan Bayne
-Lio Rush & Action Andretti cut a promo from what looked to be a parking lot. Rush told Top Flight they don’t show up because they want them to. He said that they will come back and when they do, they might take them up on their challenge.
-A video hyped Toni Storm vs. Queen Aminata for Dynamite.
-After the break Lexy Nair is backstage with Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander. Statlander asked Nightingale for forgiveness but Nightingale she is focusing on herself now. Statlander showed Nightingale a friendship bracelet and said it was never broken.
Tag Team Mid South Street Fight
Death Raiders (AEW World Champion Jon Moxley & Trios Champion Wheeler Yuta) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
Claudio Castagnoli came out and Death Riders attacked FTR.
This brought out Copeland & Jay White to even the sides.
On the floor FTR hits Wheeler Yuta with a spike piledriver through the announce table for the win.
Winners: FTR
-After the match FTR hits Shatter Machine on Moxley & Copeland followed up with a spear. White set Moxley up for the Conchairto but Castagnoli pulls him to safety to close out Collision.
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