AEW Collision 2/28/26 Review and Grades

-Logan Rogers (photos property of All Elite Wrestling)

MJF is interrupted by Kevin Knight

Grade: B+

Who is Kevin Knight to go toe to toe on the microphone with MJF? How dare he! He did well, and we have a title match set up for Dynamite. I guess MJF forgot about his protesting the stipulation with Adam Page pretty fast...

The Death Riders (Pac, Wheeler, Garcia, & Castagnoli) defeats The Don Callis Family (Archer, Baretta, Romero, & Alexander)

Grade: B

Solid eight-man action between the two feuding factions. They protected Yuta's clean cut as the match went on, depriving the fans of seeing his bald head, though they would get the reveal later on... Archer looked good here, as did Claudio. 

Tommaso Ciampa defeats Jay Lethal

Grade: B-

A solid outing by two long-time ROH rivals. Ciampa looks good back in action. The pesky Swirl tried to involve themselves several times on Lethal's behalf.

The Brawling Birds defeat Enhancement Talent

Grade: N/A

Look all they need to do is literally make Hayter and Windsor the female versions of Doyle and Davis. That's it. What is this gimmick? 

Protokada defeat Top Flight

Grade: B+

This was a fun one. Though they never have momentum, Top Flight has always been a rock-solid tag team to have matches against. They looked great here and, more importantly, made Okada and Fletcher look amazing. Good match. Afterwards, we get a fairly long exchange with Jet Speed that was, frankly, a bit confusing. How many matches are we booking here? Three as near as I can tell, but Knight has a fourth against MJF? What?

Toni Storm defeats Zeyda Steel

Grade: C-

This was all Storm. Steel looks like she is young yet, but hopefully she's still improving. Matches against people like Storm can only help. Afterwards, Shafir and Yuta interrupt and Toni pulls off Yuta's hat finally, putting it on her own head.

HOOK recruits for The Opps

Grade: C

HOOK is backstage looking for new members for The Opps. After rejecting on person, he runs into Anthony Bowens. Long story short, HOOK tells Bowens he doesn't know if Bowens is Opps material. Not a particularly effective segment, but it was good to see HOOK continue to work on his character and speaking skills, two things he is behind on. 

Kris Statlander and Thunder Rosa defeat The Sisters of SIn

Grade: B-

Can we get the Sisters a win? It was a big ask that they were going to beat Statdaddy and La Mera Mera, but we've seen the Sister hit each other by accident a lot recently. I hate to say this because I love then, but Skye might do better on her own. Julia needs work. If we are awarding wins and losses backstage based on polish, it makes sense this team keeps losing. What doesn't make sense is that the Sisters of Sin have been tagging longer than anyone in the division. What are we doing here? Afterwards Thekla chews out both Rosa and Statlander. 

Andrade El Idolo defeats Tomohiro Ishii

Grade: B

This was billed as a "first ever meeting" between the two. A good contrast in styles, with El Idolo being so polished and smooth and Ishii just, well, a Stone Pitbull who is stiff and brutal. A good match to close the show. Afterwards Bandido came out to shake Andrade's hand, but Andrade wasn't having it. 

Final Grade: B-

Not the best Collision we've seen lately, although it kept right on moving and flowed very well. 

All Elite Award: Andrade El Idolo

Kevin Knight may have had the best Collision, being featured in two interview segments, but it's hard to award someone based on no in-ring action. The multi-person matches were good, but let's give today to El Idolo for being a consistent performer since his return.

AEW Collision 2/21/26 Review and Grades

-Logan Rogers (photos property of All Elite Wrestling)

Jet Set Rodeo defeats The Demand to retain the AEW Trios Championship

Grade: B+

A very solid matchup between the two trios teams. The Demand should have their day eventually, but it wasn't today.  Toa is a beast, but could still work on timing a bit more.

The Young Bucks defeat The Swirl

Grade: B

A very solid match with The Swirl and the Bucks. Nice to see the Bucks with their family at ringside. I'm intrigued by the addition of Jay Lethal to The Swirl...

Claudio Castagnoli defeats Josh Alexander to retain the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship

Grade: A-

Some of the lifts and gutwrenches from Claudio were insane. Alexander isn't huge, but Claudio did things with him that no one should be able to do. Wow. Very impressed by Claudio in this one. Alexander hasn't exactly set the world on fire in AEW despite being featured pretty prominently. Super impressed here.

Megan Bayne defeats Becca

Grade: D-

Not entirely sure who Becca is, but the fans in San Diego sure seemed to love her. Can we get Bayne a title yesterday? Or the tag titles at a minimum? This was barely a match.

The Don Callis Family (Clon, Takeshita, Davis) defeated the Death Riders (Pac, Moxley, Wheeler)

Grade: A-

This was a high-octane affair that featured everyone well. I was particularly impressed with El Clon and Pac. Mark Davis continues to impress. I can't believe Yuta's hat stayed on the entire match!

Thunder Rosa defeated Julia Hart

Grade: C+

Great to see Thunder Rosa back. I hope she can stick around for a long time. She looked pretty good against Hart here. Hart still seems too fragile. She neesd to hit harder. Afterwards Thekla trash talked Rosa and Kris Statlander made the save. 

The Rascalz (Wentz and Xavier) defeated FTR 

Grade: B

The Young Bucks helped The Rascalz get an upset win in an eliminator match against FTR. Wentz continues to look good. FTR is always good. They are the masters. Afterwards, The Demand and Jack Perry get involved on opposite sides and Matt and Nick Jackson's younger brother is given a spike piledriver in the ring by FTR. The Jackson's mom and dad were pushed at ringside and had powder thrown in their eyes by Stokely Hathaway. Quite a scene to end the show!

Final Grade: B+

This was a really strong Collision and continues the great trends as of late with AEW. 

All Elite Award: Claudio Castagnoli for his incredible performance against Josh Alexander. He was awesome.