AEW taped Saturday’s Collision at the Pearl Theater in Las Vegas on February 4, 2026. The episode will air on February 7, 2026. AEW Women’s Champion Kris Statlander was later attacked during an in-ring interview with Renee Paquette, as Thekla and the Sisters of Sin whipped her with a strap. Statlander responded by announcing a strap match against Thekla for next week. AEW TNT Champion Tommaso Ciampa pinned Roderick Strong to win a three-way match that also included Claudio Castagnoli.
Eddie Kingston’s AEW return has seen a slow burn. Yet for some fans who’ve been concerned with the Mad King’s lack of focus on the big picture with Jon Moxley, this unseen powder keg of blowoff for Kingston’s first two feuds should be a good consolation prize. Kingston and Ortiz upped the Grizzled Young Vets’ ante for a vicious street-fight style match. Challenging them to a parking lot brawl set many fans’ Pavlovian impulses into overdrive. With all four men’s tolerance and specialisms for violence, it was already a mouth-watering contest. Ortiz is one of the wrestlers who made the parking lot brawl a classic. Add to the mix the freshly debuted The Rascalz. Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz’s aerial abilities add all kinds of spots and potential for damage. Throw in a bounty hunter in Bryan Keith and too much man in Big Bill, again, with a history of entertaining plunder brawls, chef’s kiss.
It was not that long ago that Strong defeated Castagnoli to stop the Death Rider lieutenant from advancing past the group stages of the Continental Classic. Even more recently, Castagnoli defended his CMLL World Championship against Strong on Collision. The issues between these two persist. Will their problems end with one claiming the TNT championship? As I discussed recently, Strong needs something to develop his character arc. As predicted, the new TNT Champion, Tommaso Ciampa, will maintain the legacy of the open challenge. However, his first defense of “Silvie” will be against not one but two other ROH stalwarts. Against Roderick Strong and Claudio Castagnoli, the numbers are against Ciampa. Yet what works to his advantage is the deep-rooted and ongoing rivalry between The Messiah of the Backbreaker and the Swiss Superman.
