AEW
Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s coverage of “AEW Collision” on April 11, 2026, coming to you from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada!
It’s Dynasty Eve and there’s a packed episode ahead. Kyle Fletcher suffered an injury that forced him to vacate the TNT Championship. To crown a new champion, there will be a Casino Gauntlet on Dynasty. Tommaso Ciampa qualified for the #1 entrant spot. Tonight, RUSH will face Anthony Bowens to get the #2 spot.
Fletcher’s injury also affected a planned Dynasty match that would’ve seen him and Kazuchika Okada face the Young Bucks. Instead the Bucks will face Okada and Konosuke Takeshita. Before that, the Bucks will face Don Callis Family members, El Clon and Hechicero. Okada will defend the International Championship against Myron Reed after he got the better of Okada last week.
On Sunday, Thekla will defend the Women’s World Championship against Jamie Hayter while Marina Shafir will face Alex Windsor on Zero Hour. Tonight, the Brawling Birds take on Thekla and Shafir in tag action.
Two weeks ago, Hikaru Shida returned to AEW after nearly 500 days and came up short against Willow Nightingale for the TBS Championship. Tonight, she’ll team up with Nightingale’s friend, Kris Statlander “just like old times”.
Last Saturday, The Hurt Syndicate announced that they had returned and that Bobby Lashley had been cleared. They’ll be in action tonight.
On Dynamite, The Dogs challenged JetSpeed and Mistico for the Trios Championship. That match will happen tonight.
The Dogs vs. JetSpeed & Mistico – Trios Championship
AEW
The Dogs come to the ring first. Followed by the champions.
Mistcio and Finlay start us off. Kidd hit him from behind. Finlay threw Mistico out of the ring. Kidd threw Speedball into the barricade. Kidd and Speedball get in the ring. Kidd chopped him and Speedball took him down with a headscissors. Kidd rolled out of the ring and before Speedball could dive, Connors hit him from behind. Knight took Connors down with two armdrags. Knight threw Connors to the outside. Finlay hit Knight from behind and then he hit Mistico with bodyshots. Mistico with a headscissors takedown. He did the same to Connors. Mistico went for a dive, but Kidd slapped him in the face. They exchanged blows. All six are battling. Speedball landed a crossbody on Kidd on the outside. Knight threw Connors to the outside and landed a crossbody. Mistico dropped Finlay on the outside and landed a tornillo.
Speedball sent Kidd into the barricade while Mistico did the same to Finlay. Knight beat up Connors. Mistico slammed Finlay’s face into the announce table. Mistico bit his face. The champs were going for the dives, but Finlay and Kidd stopped them and Connors pounced Knight. Kidd scoop slammed Speedball onto the floor and Finlay ran Mistico back first into the ring post.
After the break, Finlay has Knight in a headlock. Knight fights out and hits him with a dropkick. Mistico tagged in and took down Finlay with a n elbow and a headscissors takedown and did the same to Kidd. Mistico chopped Connors and took him down with an armdrag. The champs land stereo topes on The Dogs. Knight tagged in, but Kidd knocked him off the ropes. Finlay slammed Knight to the mat and Connors pounced Knight. Speedball broke up the pin. Finlay forearmed Speedball to the mat. Connors took down Mistico. Knight landed a DDT on Connors. Kidd hit Knight with a pumpkick. Speedball Superkicked Kidd. Speedball fought off Finlay and landed a moonsault on Kidd over the ropes. Knight hit a Phenomenal Forearm on Finlay.
Connors and Knight battle up top. Mistico kicked Connors kicked him in the spine and landed La Mistica. Speedball kicked Finlay and Knight landed the UFO Splash on Finlay, but he got the knees up. Kidd decked Speedball and kicked Mistico in the head and landed a piledriver on him. Knight blocked Kidd and drove him into the corner. Kidd had Knight lifted when Speeball landed Ultima Weapon on Kidd’s back. Speedball tagged in and Superkicked Kidd and hit Connors with a knee lift and kicked Finlay. Kidd tried a suplex, but Speedball reversed into a straightjacket and pinned him for two.
Connors speared Speedball and Kidd and Connors double teamed Knight before Kidd turned him inside out. Kidd landed a piledriver on Speedball and flipped him into Finlay, who held him in a vertical suplex so Connors could spear him from the top rope. Kidd pinned Speedball for the win.
Winners (and new): The Dogs
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Kris Statlander & Hikaru Shida vs. Ava Lawless & Gigi Rey
AEW
Stat comes to the ring and is joined by Shida. Ava Lawless and Gigi Rey are already in the ring.
Shida and Lawless start us off. Shida lays in multiple punches. She hit a running knee in the corner before punching her in the head 10 times. Shida follows with a slam. Stat tagged herself in and Rey tagged in and hit Stat. Stat followed with two suplexes. She sent Lawless off the apron. Stat hit Rey with a knee to the midsection and landed Staturday Night Fever.
Winner: Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida
RUSH vs. Anthony Bowens – Winner is the #2 entrant into the Casino Gauntlet
AEW
RUSH comes to the ring first. Bowens followed.
They locked up and RUSH backed Bowens into the ropes. Bowens took him down and RUSH did the same. They shove each other and exchange blows. Bowens chopped him several times. RUSH chopped him and punched him to the mat. RUSH stomped on him in the corner. He faked him out and kicked him in the face. RUSH followed with a scoop slam. Bowens kicked him in the face and hit him repeatedly. RUSH went to the outside and Bowens sent him into the barricades on both ends. He drove RUSH’s face into the steps three times. Bowens and RUSH battle on the outside until Bowens throws him into the barricade again.
After the break, Bowens kicked RUSH repeatedly and took him down with a FameAsser and pinned him for two. RUSH splashed him in the corner and kicked him in the back of the head. RUSH kicked him in repeatedly. They chopped each other in the corner before exchanging blows in the middle of the ring. RUSH slammed Bowens down and covered him. Bowens kicked RUSH in the back and followed with a twisting DDT. RUSH sent Bowens into the bottom turnbuckle. Bowens got up before RUSH could connect with the horns and kicked RUSH and followed with a knee strike for two.
RUSH suplexed Bowens and followed with a running dropkick. He sent him into the barricade twice before attacking him. He sent Bowens into the ring and stomped him in the corner. This time he connected with the horns. He dragged him into the center of the ring to pin him.
Winner: RUSH
The Hurt Syndicate vs. Andy Anderson & Mo Jabari
AEW
Lashley and Benjamin make their way to the ring, accompanied by MVP. Anderson and Jabari are already in the ring.
Anderson and Lashley start us off. Lashley sent him into the corner. They locked up and Lashley backed him into the corner. Anderson tried to suplex him, but he elbowed out of it. Lashley put him in a vertical suplex. Jabari tagged in and hit Lashley from behind and kept hitting him while Lashley didn’t budge. Lashley tagged Benjamin and shoved Jabari away.
Benjamin sends him into the corner. Jabari chopped Shelton twice. Anderson tagged himself in and Benjamin suplexed Jabari twice. Anderson charged Benjamin, who moved and Lashley chokeslammed him. Benjamin hit Jabari with a running knee lift. Lashley speared Jabari. Benjamin landed Anderson with a thrust kick and pinned him for the win.
Winner: The Hurt Syndicate
Young Bucks vs. El Clon and Hechicero
AEW
The Bucks come to the ring first. Hechicero follows, accompanied by Rocky Romero. Clon follows.
Nick and Clon start us off. Clon backed Nick into the ropes. Nick took him down with a shoulder tackle. Hechicero dropkicked Nick and sent Matt to the mat. He chopped Nick. Nick held Hechicero’s land while leapfrogging Clon and then taking them both down. Matt tagged in and they double teamed Clon. The Bucks went for dives, but Clon and Hechicero moved. Matt took down Clon with a hurricanrana and Nick did the same to Hechicero. Matt put Clon in the ring. Clon chopped him. The Bucks double teamed him and then Nick flipped off the apron onto Hechicero. Matt pinned Clon for two.
They exchange blows. Clon took him down, flipped him around, and hit him with a knee to the face. Matt sent Clon to the apron and Clon tied him up in the ropes. Hechicero slammed Nick face first into the mat with a drop toe hold. Hechicero rolls Nick around the world while Clon holds Matt in the ropes. Clon let go of Matt while Hechicero argued with the ref. They double team Matt. Matt dumped CLon to the outside and then did a baseball slide through the middle rope and flipped himself back into the ring. Matt flipped Hechicero before diving onto Clon. Nick leaned in for a tag when Hechicero knocked him off the apron with a running knee lift. Hechicero swung Matt around into a backbreaker and pinned him for two.
After the break, Hechicero stretched Matt. Matt flipped Hechicero and Hechicero drop kicked him in the face. Clon tagged in and Matt flipped him twice and flipped Clon and Hechicero simultaneously. Nick tagged in and took them out with a crossbody. Nick did a knee lift into Hechicero’s face in the corner. He did a front face bulldog on Hechicero and took Clon out with a lariat simultaneously. Nick sends CLon to the apron. Clon decked him and as he came over the ropes, Nick kicked him in the face. Hechicero flipped Nick, who landed on his feet. Nick held Hechicero’s hand and chopped him before he superkicked Clon. He went up top and landed a hurricanrana on Clon. Nick landed a Destroyer on Hechicero, but Clon broke up the pin.
Clon and Hechicero sent them to the apron, but the Bucks landed stereo flips before putting them in stereo Scorpion Deathlocks. Clon and Hechicero held hands and pulled each other closer to make the Bucks let go. Bucks attempted Superkicks only for Clon and Hechicero to land Superkicks of their own. They slammed the Bucks backs into each other. Clon and Hechicero locked in double jack knifes. Hechicero and Clon land stereo Superkicks. The Bucks answer with their own. Everyone took each other down with stereo lariats. Matt tagged in.
Hechicero sent the Bucks into each other. Hechicero spiked Nick and Matt took him down with a superkick. He DDT’d Clon, who landed on his feet. Bucks double teamed Clon and landed stereo Superkicks. Hechicero pulled Nick off the apron and Clon hit Matt with a Pele Kick. Hechicero tagged in and flipped Matt into a submission. Clon tried to block Nick and ate a Superkick. Nick landed a frog splash on Hechicero for two.
The Bucks went for a BTE Trigger, but Hechicero ducks and they slam knees. Clon tagged in. The Bucks caught a crossbody attempt. From the apron, Nick kicked Hechicero and Rocky. They connected with the Meltzer Driver for the win.
Winner: Young Bucks
Kazuchika Okada vs. Myron Reed – International Championship
AEW
Okada comes to the ring, accompanied by Don Callis and Lance Archer. Reed follows, accompanied by The Rascalz.
Okada backs him up to the ropes and forearmed him twice. He kicked him in the corner repeatedly. They exchanged blows. Okada sent Reed over the ropes, but didn’t realize he landed on the apron. Reed scissor kicked him in the back of the head over the middle rope. Reed followed with an enzuiguri and dropkick to the throat. Okada rolled out, but got back in to try to sneak up on Reed. Reed kicked him in the face. Okada dropkicked him off the turnbuckle.
After the break, Okada dared Reed to hit him. Reed landed a forearm and Okada connected with a DDT and pinned him with his feet. Okada dumped him on the mat and went for an elbow drop, but Reed got his knee up and put him in a Crucifix pin. Reed flipped into a cutter. Reed sent Okada down twice. They dodged each other a few times before Reed landed an enzuiguri. Reed kicked him in the back while he was through the middle ropes. Reed landed a guillotine leg drop and covered him for two.
Reed landed a tope suicida over the top rope. He put Okada in the ring. He plucked him off the ropes and connected with a neckbreaker on Reed. Okada slammed Reed and connected with an elbow drop. Reed elbowed out of a Rainmaker attempt, but Okada connected with a dropkick. Reed put Okada over the top rope and slammed him face first to the mat. Reed leapt over the ring and connected with a cutter. Reed went for a No Cap Splash, but Okada got his knees up and reversed him into a pin. Okada went for a Rainmaker, but Reed rolled him up. Okada blocked a cutter and connected with a tombstone piledriver. He followed with a Rainmaker for the win.
Winner (and still): Kazuchika Okada
Brawling Birds vs. Marina Shafir & Thekla
AEW
Thekla comes to the ring first, followed by Marina. Brawling Birds follow.
All four women battle before the bell. Thekla and Marina attack The Birds on the outside. Alex drove Thekla into the apron and she and Jamie kicked Marina in the corner. Thekla sends Jamie into the barricade. She sent Jamie face first into the announce table. Jamie gets in some offense. Alex stopped Marina from getting into the ring and drove her face first into the apron. The bell finally rings. Birds double team Marina in the corner. They took Thekla down. Marina hit and kicked them both. Marina took Jamie to the corner while Thekla kicked Alex in the face. Marina sent Alex into the mat and then suplexed her.
After the break, Marina kicked Alex in the chest. Alex chopped her through the ropes while Marina was tied up in them. Alex dodged Thekla and dropkicked Marina in the chest. Alex forearmed Thekla and DDT’d Marina. Jamie tagged in and knocked Thkela off the apron before suplexing Marina three times. She wailed on her. Jamie kicked her and went to the middle rope and jumped off and kicked her in the ribs. Marina put her in a submission hold. Marina kicked her in the face.
Thekla tagged in and pushed Jamie’s face with her boot. Thekla dodged Jamie and then put her in her version of the Octopus. Thekla backed into her corner so Marina could hold Jamie’s hand while Thekla wrenched her. Marina got in the ring and knocked Alex down and she tried to put her in an ankle lock. Alex kicked Marina into Thekla to break up the hold she had on Jamie. Jamie did a backbreaker on Thekla. Marina suplexed Jamie. Windsor took down Shafir. Thekla speared Alex. Thekla forearmed Jamie and Jamie forearmed her and landed on Thekla.
Alex and Marina tag in at the same time and exchange blows. Marina kicked her in the gut, but Alex sent her to the mat. Thekla grabbed Jamie’s leg so she couldn’t complete Two Birds, One Stone. Jamie headbutted Thekla on the outside. Marina tried to put Alex in Mother’s Milk, but she fought out and headbutted her. The Birds connect with Two Birds, One Stone for the win.
Winner: Brawling Birds