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Write Forever: The calm before the Revolution on AEW Collision for March 8

Write Forever: The calm before the Revolution on AEW Collision for March 8

It's a big AEW weekend with Revolution coming in just under 24 hours and the card is absolutely stacked. There isn't a bad match on the card, though The Hurt Syndicate vs The Outrunners isn't going to be on anyone's match of the year list. I'm sure it'll still be a fun romp as we, I assume, continue on the path to an eventual Hurt Syndicate/Murder Machines match.

Swerve/Ricochet threatens to steal the show for me tomorrow night, but that's going to be a gargantuan task when we also have Ospreay/Fletcher in a cage, Takeshita/Omega, Mercedes/Momo, and Toni/Mariah.

Tonight, Daniel Garcia defends the TNT Title against Lee Moriarty at the top of the card while Serena Deeb faces Momo Watanabe and Hologram takes on Dralistico, plus more. Not a bad show to ease us into Sunday night!

Nothing to write home about

This was one of those episodes of Collision that you could have missed and been completely fine never going back to watch. There was nothing on the show that was bad, but it was very clearly a holding pattern type of show with Revolution tomorrow night.

Hologram & Dralistico had a hell of a match with Hologram continuing his undefeated streak. We also took another step in the ongoing LFI/Hologram & Komander feud. When RUSH returns, will Holomander add a third to their ranks to even the odds? And, if so, will it be someone already on the roster or a new face/mask sauntering into AEW?

The last bits of storyline stuff leading into Revolution were all really good! Quick promos from everyone in the major matches, with some good stuff even coming out of Copeland and Moxley who I've not been fully into as a long-term story but have won me over a little bit in recent weeks.

Now that Death Riders have been shown to be fallible, they've become more interesting. It also hasn't hurt that Mox has done less rambling about his plans to make AEW better/stronger/faster and has had more focus in his subject matter when speaking. Talking about having similar paths as Copeland and keeping the Wheeler Yuta saga at the forefront was good stuff.

Daniel Garcia and Lee Moriarty had the match of the night, unsurprisingly. I really wish they'd do more with Shane Taylor and Lee more consistently on AEW TV. I know there's a bit more STP on Ring of Honor, but I don't have enough time in my week for all of that. Taylor and Moriarty are so god damned good and deserve serious runs on AEW TV.

The Outrunners also had probably their best tag team match in AEW against the Premier Athletes which probably says more about the Premier Athletes than it does The Outrunners. I love The Outrunners but they're not having matches like FTR out there; their matches still feel a little clunky at times, but Tony Nese and Ariya Daivari helped pull the quality up quite a bit.

Wrapping Up

There was almost nothing you needed to see in the first hour of this show. Serena Deeb vs Momo Watanabe was a fine match but nothing extraordinary. There were good promos building to Revolution from Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher, and Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita but – those were probably the best pieces from the first hour.

I'd be more down on this being an off-week for AEW TV considering they've been on fire the past several weeks, but I also don't expect a taped episode of Collision the night before a PPV to be pulling out all of the stops. Still, this felt like one of those episodes of Collision where it felt like Tony Khan forgot he had to book a show and quickly tweeted out matches starting at 4pm day-of.

Homer Simpson Bobby Lashley, Smiling Politely, as The Hurt Syndicate made their way to the ring to watch the ending of The Outrunners match was one of the best things on this show.

Not much else to say! Thus ends AEW's streak of insane episode of TV, but Revolution should be an insane show tomorrow night so I'll give 'em a pass.


Best AEW Matches of 2025

Don't see a match on the list? It's not because I didn't see the match, but because I didn't do a write-up for that show for whatever reason (timing, schedules, etc.). This list is as comprehensive as it can be.

I've also decided to omit squashes from the list since they're just going to crowd space at the bottom.

  1. Toni Storm vs Mariah May: Women's World Title (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  2. Swerve Strickland vs Ricochet (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  3. "Hangman" Adam Page vs Orange Cassidy (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  4. Swerve Strickland vs Ricochet (Dynamite: February 5, 2025)
  5. Daniel Garcia vs Mark Briscoe: TNT Title (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  6. Konosuke Takeshita vs Orange Cassidy: International Title (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  7. Mercedes Moné vs Momo Watanabe: TBS Title (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  8. Will Ospreay vs Kyle Fletcher (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  9. MJF vs "Hangman" Adam Page (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  10. Konosuke Takeshita vs Kenny Omega: International Title (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  11. FTR vs Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  12. Rated FTR vs Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  13. Roderick Strong vs Jay White vs Swerve Strickland (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  14. Toni Storm vs Kris Statlander vs Willow Nightingale (Dynamite: January 8, 2025)
  15. "Hangman" Adam Page vs Christopher Daniels: Texas Death Match (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  16. Toni Storm vs Queen Aminata (Dynamite: February 5, 2025)
  17. Kazuchika Okada vs Brody King: Continental Championship (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  18. Orange Cassidy, Powerhouse Hobbs, Mark Briscoe, & Will Ospreay vs Bryan Keith, Mark Davis, Lance Archer, & Brian Cage (Dynamite: March 5, 2025)
  19. Private Party vs The Hurt Syndicate: Tag Team Titles (Dynamite: January 22, 2025)
  20. PAC vs Komander (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  21. Will Ospreay vs Buddy Matthews (Dynamite: January 8, 2025)
  22. Toni Storm vs Deonna Purrazzo (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  23. Women's Casino Gauntlet (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  24. Hounds of Hell vs Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher (Dynamite: February 5, 2025)
  25. Bryan Keith vs Will Ospreay (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  26. Jon Moxley vs Powerhouse Hobbs: World Title (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  27. Swerve Strickland vs AR Fox (Dynamite: January 22, 2025)
  28. Daniel Garcia vs Adam Cole: TNT Title (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  29. FTR vs Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta: Mid-South Street Fight (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  30. Jamie Hayter vs Julia Hart (Dynamite: January 22, 2025)
  31. Cope vs PAC (Dynamite: January 22, 2025)
  32. Jamie Hayter vs Julia Hart (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  33. Will Ospreay vs Mark Davis (Dynamite: February 5, 2025)
  34. Kazuchika Okada & Ricochet vs Brody King & Swerve Strickland (Dynamite: March 5, 2025)
  35. Rated FTR vs The Learning Tree (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  36. Private Party vs Lio Rush & Action Andretti: Tag Team Titles (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  37. Daniel Garcia & FTR vs Undisputed Kingdom (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  38. Daniel Garcia vs Katsuyori Shibata: TNT Title (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  39. Daniel Garcia vs Kyle O'Reilly vs Lee Moriarty: TNT Title (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  40. Bandido & Powerhouse Hobbs vs Big Bill & Bryan Keith (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  41. Men's Casino Gauntlet Match (Dynamite: January 8, 2025)
  42. Cope vs Big Bill (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  43. Mariah May vs Harley Cameron (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  44. Samoa Joe & Hook vs Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  45. Swerve Strickland vs Clark Connors (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  46. Kenny Omega vs Brian Cage (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  47. Hook vs Christian Cage (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  48. Julia Hart vs Queen Aminata (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  49. Daniel Garcia vs Lee Moriarty: TNT Title (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  50. The Outrunners vs Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  51. Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, & Roderick Strong vs Lee Moriarty & The Infantry (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  52. Julia Hart vs Harley Cameron (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  53. Rated FTR, The Outrunners, & Powerhouse Hobbs vs Death Riders & The Learning Tree (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  54. Cope vs Wheeler Yuta (Dynamite: March 5, 2025)
  55. Hologram vs Dralistico (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  56. The Hurt Syndicate vs The Outrunners: Tag Team Titles (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  57. Max Caster vs RUSH (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  58. Bobby Lashley vs Mark Briscoe (Dynamite: January 8, 2025)
  59. Private Party & Mark Briscoe vs Shelton Benjamin, Bobby Lashley, & MVP (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  60. Serena Deeb vs Momo Watanabe (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  61. Thunder Rosa & Kris Statlander vs Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford (Dynamite: March 5, 2025)
  62. Kazuchika Okada vs Tomohiro Ishii: Continental Championship (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  63. The Outrunners vs Premier Athletes (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  64. Jon Moxley vs Adam Copeland: World Title (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  65. Chris Jericho vs Dax Harwood (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  66. Wheeler Yuta vs Willie Mack (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  67. The Acclaimed vs The Hurt Syndicate (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  68. Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong vs The Infantry (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  69. Komander vs Dante Martin vs Brian Cage vs The Beast Mortos (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  70. Murder Machines vs The Outrunners (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  71. The Outrunners vs Chris Jericho & Bryan Keith (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  72. Taya Valkyrie vs Harley Cameron (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  73. Deonna Purrazzo vs Harley Cameron (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  74. Murder Machines vs Top Flight (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  75. Jeff Jarrett vs Aaron Solo (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  76. Lee Moriarty & The Infantry vs Nick Ruiz, Vinnie Massaro & Dave Dutra (Collision: March 1, 2025)

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