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Write Forever: Sometimes wrestling is just cozy on AEW Collision for April 5

Write Forever: Sometimes wrestling is just cozy on AEW Collision for April 5

It's the night before AEW Dynasty and tonight's Collision is looking, in my opinion, a bit more stacked than the last go-home edition of Collision before a PPV. The main event looks to be Mercedes Moné and Harley Camerson vs Athena and Julia Hart, all of whom will be competing in the 2025 Owen Hart Cup tournament.

In a preview of tomorrow night's Trios Title match, Cash Wheeler and PAC go head to head. My gut tells me that Rated FTR implode at Dynasty, but I'm not sure how it'll all go down. Will we get the somewhat more expected outcome of FTR turning on Adam Copeland, or will Cope beat them to the punch?

Also on the card, Powerhouse Hobbs and Tomohiro Ishii face Kyle Fletcher and Konosuke Takeshita, "Speedball" Mike Bailey wrestles Dralistico and Top Flight wrestle CRU in the next chapter of their forever-saga, plus lots of little talkies to build toward Dynasty on Sunday night.

It's sad times in AEW with the recent injury news of Jay White, Orange Cassidy, and Mark Davis but let's chin up (tits out) and see what unravels on the night before the night where Swerve Strickland saves us all from more Death Riders bullshit.

Let's go Max, you're the best wrestler alive!

It seems as though things may come to a head for Max Caster tomorrow night at Dynasty.

More often recently, Max has been referencing his former partner, Anthony Bowens, without necessarily saying his name all that much. This is a bit of a contrast from Max in weeks prior, not really talking too much about his former Acclaimed partner.

Tonight, Max fell to Mark Briscoe in another open challenge match but made sure to take a dig at Bowens and tell everybody that the open challenge would be coming to Dynasty in Philadelphia.

This seems like the perfect opportunity to move things forward with Anthony Bowens returning to stomp a hole in Max Caster. I imagine Bowens returns tomorrow night and squashes his former partner, but that we get a bit more of a prolonged feud between the two.

Will Max ride this one out alone? Or will he try to find someone to back him up to try and squeeze out some wins after Sunday? Stokely Hathaway has been missing for a long time and he seems like someone who would be perfect to tag along with Max and help influence some match outcomes.

My main hope is that whatever happens, Bowens returns without Billy Gunn and with maybe some new theme music. It's probably worth using the old music, or at least its opening sting, tomorrow night for the big pop but it's never a good sign when a guy keeps all of the stuff related to a tag team after the tag team splits up.

Caster has at least moved on with new music and a new twist on his character, plus he's dropped the rap-to-the-ring entrance. If Bowens shows up tomorrow night with the same old Billy Gunn and the same old scissoring it'll feel like a step backward.

Collision's healthy mid-card

A lot happens in the mid-card on Collision. We finally got the Top Flight/CRU match, but not just that – we also got a bit more development out of Nick Wayne. Christian Cage hasn't been seen much at all lately and Nick seems to be starting to venture out on his own.

Post-match, CRU laid another beatdown on Top Flight until AR Fox intervened. Nick Wayne evened the sides to lay out Fox, leading to the announcement of Nick Wayne & CRU vs AR Fox & Top Flight on tomorrow's Zero Hour. It will be interesting to see what becomes of Nick Wayne, Kip Sabian, and The Patriarchy whenever Christian does pop up again. For now, I'm enjoying Wayne getting some time to shine on his own.

Frustration was the name of the game yet again with Rated FTR tonight. Cash Wheeler ate a loss to PAC after, shock of shocks, Death Rider interference. When Wheeler Yuta went to clobber Cash with a bell hammer, Dax Harwood threw himself in front of the bullet and took the blow. In the confusion, PAC was able to eke out a pin on Cash.

Post-match, a disappointed Dax sat in the ring clutching his head but did accept a hand from both Cash and Copeland leading to an embrace between the three. A trio mended or simply the calm before the storm at Dynasty?

We got a quick little STP promo with Shane Taylor and The Infantry calling out The Opps in not so many words. I'd be more excited if I hadn't already seen this play out a dozen times by now. STP seems to pop up with promos and a few weeks of a feud before eating the loss and fading into the background/ROH again. If I could ask for one thing in 2025, it'd be for a serious push on AEW TV for at least Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty.

Wrapping Up

Overall, a bit of a letdown of a Collision that ended up feeling the same way the last go-home Collision felt. Not a lot of oomph in many of the matches, but nothing that was outright bad.

Tomorrow's Dynasty has a bit less hype for me than Revolution did except that I'm incredibly locked in for the World Title main event - a complete reverse from Revolution where I was absolutely dreading the World Title main event. Toni Storm vs Megan Bayne is also high on my list, as I'm not sure where they go with either woman after Dynasty regardless of the outcome. I think I'd be happy with either woman winning, but I don't see Storm dropping before All In.

Aside from those two matches, everything else on the show should be good-to-great. I think I've only been let down by an AEW PPV once, and even then it was just a fine show and not shockingly bad or anything – AEW has just given itself a truly insane quality to live up to with PPVs.

Just please, please, please let me get what I want: Swerve Strickland taking the World Title away from Jon Moxley.


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. Toni Storm vs Megan Bayne: World Title (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  10. Mark Briscoe vs Kyle Fletcher (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  11. Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita (Dynamite: April 16, 2025)
  12. Kenny Omega vs Ricochet vs Mike Bailey: International Title (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  13. MJF vs "Hangman" Adam Page (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  14. Mercedes Moné vs Athena (Dynamite: April 16, 2025)
  15. Death Riders vs Rated FTR: Trios Titles (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  16. Will Ospreay vs Kevin Knight (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  17. Konosuke Takeshita vs Kenny Omega: International Title (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  18. "Hangman" Adam Page vs Josh Alexander (Dynamite: April 16, 2025)
  19. Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta vs Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, & Powerhouse Hobbs: Trios Titles (Dynamite: April 16, 2025)
  20. FTR vs Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  21. Rated FTR vs Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  22. Roderick Strong vs Jay White vs Swerve Strickland (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  23. Toni Storm vs Kris Statlander vs Willow Nightingale (Dynamite: January 8, 2025)
  24. "Hangman" Adam Page vs Christopher Daniels: Texas Death Match (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  25. Toni Storm vs Queen Aminata (Dynamite: February 5, 2025)
  26. Jon Moxley vs Swerve Strickland: World Title (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  27. Kazuchika Okada vs Brody King: Continental Championship (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  28. Orange Cassidy, Powerhouse Hobbs, Mark Briscoe, & Will Ospreay vs Bryan Keith, Mark Davis, Lance Archer, & Brian Cage (Dynamite: March 5, 2025)
  29. Private Party vs The Hurt Syndicate: Tag Team Titles (Dynamite: January 22, 2025)
  30. PAC vs Komander (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  31. Will Ospreay vs Buddy Matthews (Dynamite: January 8, 2025)
  32. Komander vs Nick Wayne: ROH TV Title (Collision: April 17, 2025)
  33. Toni Storm vs Deonna Purrazzo (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  34. Women's Casino Gauntlet (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  35. Hounds of Hell vs Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher (Dynamite: February 5, 2025)
  36. Bryan Keith vs Will Ospreay (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  37. CRU & Nick Wayne vs Top Flight & AR Fox (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  38. Jon Moxley vs Powerhouse Hobbs: World Title (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  39. Swerve Strickland vs AR Fox (Dynamite: January 22, 2025)
  40. Daniel Garcia vs Adam Cole: TNT Title (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  41. Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Mike Bailey, & Mark Briscoe vs CRU, The Beast Mortos, & Ricochet (Dynamite: April 9, 2025)
  42. FTR vs Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta: Mid-South Street Fight (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  43. Jamie Hayter vs Julia Hart (Dynamite: January 22, 2025)
  44. Cope vs PAC (Dynamite: January 22, 2025)
  45. Jamie Hayter vs Julia Hart (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  46. Will Ospreay vs Mark Davis (Dynamite: February 5, 2025)
  47. Konosuke Takeshita & Josh Alexander vs Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii (Collision: April 17, 2025)
  48. The Hurt Syndicate vs The Gates of Agony: Tag Team Titles (Dynamite: April 16, 2025)
  49. The Beast Mortos vs Mike Bailey (Dynamite: March 12, 2025)
  50. Toni Storm & Thunder Rosa vs Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford (Dynamite: March 26, 2025)
  51. Kazuchika Okada & Ricochet vs Brody King & Swerve Strickland (Dynamite: March 5, 2025)
  52. Brody King vs Kyle Fletcher (Dynamite: March 26, 2025)
  53. Lance Archer vs Kevin Knight (Collision: April 17, 2025)
  54. Rated FTR vs The Learning Tree (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  55. Private Party vs Lio Rush & Action Andretti: Tag Team Titles (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  56. Mercedes Moné & Harley Cameron vs Julia Hart & Kris Statlander (Collision: April 17, 2025)
  57. Daniel Garcia & FTR vs Undisputed Kingdom (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  58. Daniel Garcia vs Katsuyori Shibata: TNT Title (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  59. Daniel Garcia vs Kyle O'Reilly vs Lee Moriarty: TNT Title (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  60. Bandido & Powerhouse Hobbs vs Big Bill & Bryan Keith (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  61. Men's Casino Gauntlet Match (Dynamite: January 8, 2025)
  62. Cope vs Big Bill (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  63. Mariah May vs Harley Cameron (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  64. Will Ospreay & Kevin Knight vs Blake Christian & Lee Johnson (Dynamite: April 2, 2025)
  65. Samoa Joe & Hook vs Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  66. Swerve Strickland vs Clark Connors (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  67. Kenny Omega vs Brian Cage (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  68. Hook vs Christian Cage (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  69. Julia Hart vs Queen Aminata (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  70. Daniel Garcia vs Lee Moriarty: TNT Title (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  71. Swerve Strickland & Willow Nightingale vs Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir (Dynamite: April 2, 2025)
  72. Brody King vs Lance Archer (Dynamite: April 2, 2025)
  73. Will Hobbs vs Mark Davis (Dynamite: March 26, 2025)
  74. The Outrunners vs Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  75. Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, & Roderick Strong vs Lee Moriarty & The Infantry (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  76. Julia Hart vs Harley Cameron (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  77. Rated FTR, The Outrunners, & Powerhouse Hobbs vs Death Riders & The Learning Tree (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  78. Cope vs Wheeler Yuta (Dynamite: March 5, 2025)
  79. Mark Davis vs Mark Briscoe (Collision: March 15, 2025)
  80. Chris Jericho vs Bandido: Mask vs ROH World Title (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  81. Hologram vs Dralistico (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  82. Mark Briscoe vs Konosuke Takeshita (Dynamite: March 26, 2025)
  83. Cash Wheeler vs PAC (Collision: April 5, 2025)
  84. Kris Statlander vs Thunder Rosa (Dynamite: April 9, 2025)
  85. Kenny Omega vs Blake Christian (Dynamite: March 26, 2025)
  86. The Hurt Syndicate vs The Outrunners: Tag Team Titles (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  87. Max Caster vs RUSH (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  88. Bobby Lashley vs Mark Briscoe (Dynamite: January 8, 2025)
  89. Private Party & Mark Briscoe vs Shelton Benjamin, Bobby Lashley, & MVP (Dynamite: January 15, 2025)
  90. Serena Deeb vs Momo Watanabe (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  91. Orange Cassidy vs Hechicero (Dynamite: March 12, 2025)
  92. Mercedes Moné vs Julia Hart (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  93. Powerhouse Hobbs & Tomohiro Ishii vs Kyle Fletcher & Konosuke Takeshita (Collision: April 5, 2025)
  94. Adam Cole vs Claudio Castagnoli: TNT Title (Collision: April 17, 2025)
  95. Thunder Rosa & Kris Statlander vs Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford (Dynamite: March 5, 2025)
  96. Kazuchika Okada vs Tomohiro Ishii: Continental Championship (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  97. FTR vs Undisputed Kingdom (Collision: March 15, 2025)
  98. The Outrunners vs Premier Athletes (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  99. Adam Copeland vs Claudio Castagnoli (Dynamite: April 2, 2025)
  100. Ricochet vs Katsuyori Shibata (Collision: March 15, 2025)
  101. Top Flight vs CRU (Collision: April 5, 2025)
  102. Toni Storm vs Penelope Ford (Dynamite: April 2, 2025)
  103. Mike Bailey vs Dralistico (Collision: April 5, 2025)
  104. Samoa Joe & Hook vs Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta (Dynamite: April 9, 2025)
  105. Jon Moxley vs Adam Copeland: World Title (Revolution: March 9, 2025)
  106. Mercedes Moné & Harley Cameron vs Athena & Julia Hart (Collision: April 5, 2025)
  107. Jon Moxley vs Katsuyori Shibata (Dynamite: April 9, 2025)
  108. The Hurt Syndicate vs The Learning Tree: Tag Team Titles (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  109. Chris Jericho vs Dax Harwood (Collision: January 11, 2025)
  110. Thunder Rosa vs Megan Bayne (Collision: March 15, 2025)
  111. Wheeler Yuta vs Willie Mack (Collision: March 1, 2025)
  112. Top Flight & Hologram vs The Infantry & Lee Moriarty (Collision: March 15, 2025)
  113. Willow Nightingale vs Penelope Ford (Dynamite: March 12, 2025)
  114. The Acclaimed vs The Hurt Syndicate (Dynamite: January 1, 2025)
  115. Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong vs The Infantry (Collision: March 8, 2025)
  116. Komander vs Dante Martin vs Brian Cage vs The Beast Mortos (Collision: January 4, 2025)
  117. Daniel Garcia vs Adam Cole: TNT Title (Dynasty: April 6, 2025)
  118. Murder Machines vs The Outrunners (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  119. The Outrunners vs Chris Jericho & Bryan Keith (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  120. Hologram & Powerhouse Hobbs vs Brian Cage & Dralistico (Dynamite: March 12, 2025)
  121. Taya Valkyrie vs Harley Cameron (Collision: February 1, 2025)
  122. Deonna Purrazzo vs Harley Cameron (Dynamite: February 26, 2025)
  123. Max Caster vs Konosuke Takeshita (Dynamite: March 12, 2025)
  124. Murder Machines vs Top Flight (Collision: January 18, 2025)
  125. Jeff Jarrett vs Aaron Solo (Collision: January 4, 2025)

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