AEW Collision Results, Recap: May 8, 2025 — Nightingale vs. Statlander, Nigel McGuiness Gets Involved in Garcia vs. FTR, More
- All Elite Wrestling
- May 8
- 8 min read
AEW Collision was live from Detroit, Michigan’s Masonic Temple Theatre on Thursday, May 8, for a very special edition of Thursday wrestling! Here’s everything that went down on an exhilarating episode of Collision, including your full AEW Collision results and recap.
Toni Storm’s Night at the Theatre
Only the AEW Women’s World Champion could have opened tonight’s show the way that she did. From the boxed seats inside the Masonic Temple Theatre, remembering her first time — as AEW Women’s World Champion, that is. Storm has been having the time of her life in the AEW Women’s Title Eliminators, as she’s used to pushing her body past her limits. And she’s ready for even more sloptarts, so she’ll see even more women in yet another Eliminator match next week!
Paragon Know What They’re Up Against
Backstage, Paragon acknowledged that they were disappointed with the result of their 2-out-of-3 Falls match against FTR last week. But they also know that they’re one of the best tag teams to ever do it, and they’re ready to do the work to climb back to the top.
Enter Grizzled Young Veterans, who said it’s true that Paragon used to be the best, but they’ve gotten soft. And any time they want to be reminded of what it’s like to really fight for their place, GYV are more than happy to dance.
Ricochet vs. Angelico
There was a familiar face for wrestling fans in the crowd as Ricochet made his entrance – the one and only Zach Gowen.
Angelico started this one off hot, keeping Ricochet grounded and even getting a little rub in on his bald head for good luck. In a less loving move, Angelico then slapped Ricochet’s dome a few times while he was stretching him out in a submission. But Ricochet turned the tables and scored the victory with the Spirit Gun.
With another win in the ledger, Ricochet grabbed the microphone and ran down the Detroit crowd, noting how rooting for the Lions was the truest sign of the lack of intelligence of the locals. Ricochet then listed all the AEW legends he’s beaten since he’s joined the company. And speaking of legends, there’s one in the house – Zach Gowen.
Ricochet was a huge fan of Gowen when he was growing up. In fact, he loved watching Gowen getting beaten up. But the difference is that back then, Ricochet said to Gowen’s children, their dad was on this side of the barricade. Now, he’s on that side. That didn’t stop Ricochet from putting his hands on Gowen, though. And when security tried to intervene, Ricochet beat them down, mocked them, and cut the hair of one.
Gowen had seen enough. He jumped the barricade, entered the ring, and took the scissors. But when he turned his attention away from Ricochet for just a moment, Ricochet took out Gowen’s leg, then hit a Spirit Gun.
That would have been too much on its own. But things really got out of hand when Ricochet took Gowen’s prosthetic leg and left with it in hand.
All Star 8-Man Tag: The Outrunners, AR Fox and Bandido vs. The Don Callis Family
The good news: We all knew this one was going to be a blast from the opening bell.
The bad news: Don Callis has a headset on.
Anyway! ROH World Champion Bandido started things off against Kyle Fletcher, who was flanked by Family members Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero and Lance Archer. The two went back-and-forth for a couple of minutes, and then it was time for chaos.
A procession of bodies hit the ring, leading to the Outrunners getting the best of Roppongi Vice. The edge was short-lived, as Archer hit Turbo and Truth with a double chokeslam and cleared the ring.
Archer controlled the action from there, then gave way to Trent, who continued the abuse on Truth Magnum, including all four members of the Don Callis Family crushing Truth in the corner.
But if you never quit, you can’t stop, and Truth Magnum has no quit in him. He reversed a suplex into a cradle on Fletcher and made his way to the corner for the tag.
With his teammates all fresh and ready to go, Turbo, Fox and Bandido get the crowd to their feet with a series of absolutely absurd combination offense, largely featuring Bandido and Fox using their teammates to launch themselves to the outside and take out the whole Family.
Back in the ring, Trent was the legal man for the Don Callis Family, as Fox tagged in on the other side. He took out Beretta with a modified fisherman’s buster, planted Archer with a hanging DDT, drilled Rocky in the corner, and kept an eye on Fletcher long enough to hit a back elbow when the Protostar tried to come to Romero’s rescue.
Fox lost sight of Trent, though, who held the high-flyer long enough for Fletcher to take him out – for a moment, anyway. Fox rebounded with a double-cutter on Roppongi Vice, but Archer neutralized Fox, and Beretta and Romero hit their new combination maneuver, the Jackal Driver, for the win.
Jon Moxley Knows What’s Coming
Jon Moxley knows Samoa Joe is going to kick his ass. The question isn’t whether he will. It’s how long he’s going to do it. Joe is one of the few guys that Mox has genuine respect for. He’s the embodiment of a champion.
But he’s not the AEW World Champion. Moxley is. And he knows that no matter what happens in that steel cage in Chicago, Moxley knows he has been through worse. He has been through the kind of hell and weathered the kind of storms and faced the kind of demons that would keep these kids up at night. He doesn’t need to be feared or respected by Joe or anyone else. He just needs Joe to show up. Mox doesn’t get along with the rest of the world, because he’s not like the rest of the world.
And believe it or not, there’s nowhere else he would rather be next week than in a cage with the baddest man on the planet, Samoa Joe, with the AEW World Title hanging in the balance.
When it’s all said and done, the only thing that matters is who is the last man standing.
Gowen Looks for Revenge at Beach Break
Vengeance might be a dish best served cold, but Zach Gowen isn’t waiting. Tony Schiavone announced that Gowen made it clear he wants Ricochet in the ring, and Tony Khan has made it official. The two will fight next week at Beach Break Dynamite in Chicago.
Anthony Bowens vs. Lee Johnson
Lee Johnson and Blake Christian stepped to Bowens last week, and the Pride of Professional Wrestling wasn’t about to let the disrespect slide. Johnson gave a game effort, but a Mollywhop was all she wrote, giving Bowens the 1-2-3 victory.
That had the 5-Tool Player in a great mood, and that meant it was Scissor Time! (Not like Ricochet’s devious scissor time, that’s different.) Bowens got the Detroit crowd hyped, then threw ‘em up for a mid-ring scissor with Daddy Ass.
Gates of Agony and The Learning Tree Brawl
Sometimes, professional wrestling is an absolute artform. And sometimes, it is an absolute BRAWL.
This one was the latter. All four members of these two tag teams simply wanted to beat the living hell out of each other, and consider that mission accomplished. A crucifix bomb through two tables and a massive spear through two others left all four men wiped out, with help needed from backstage.
Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander
A little in-ring therapy, anyone? The history between these two is complicated, to say the least. So maybe communicating via wrestling match was what they both needed.
Both women showed off their strength and striking in the opening moments, until Statlander mocked Willow with one of her poses on a nonchalant pin. Nightingale responded by laying in massive chops and elbows, then slamming Statlander’s head from post to post.
Willow kept the pressure on, culminating in a cannonball to Statlander on the outside. But when Nightingale went for a suplex, Stat was able to reverse, taking all the momentum away from Nightingale.
With both having taken their fair share of punishment, this one went back to the middle for more fisticuffs. Stat landed a devastating kick to the skull, but Nightingale countered with a rib-rocking spinebuster. An exchange of near-falls left Statlander on top, drilling Willow with a thrust kick followed by an axe kick to the back of the head.
Speaking of “on top,” Stat and Nightingale went up to the top rope, and Statlander landed a massive superplex that had the fans on their feet.
It seemed we were on track for an all-time classic … until the Death Riders arrived. Yuta Wheeler provided the distraction, and Marina Shafir choked out Nightingale with a chain as revenge for Willow getting involved in the Death Riders’ business. Both Statlander and the official were unaware, and Stat took home the win over an incapacitated Nightingale.
Josh Alexander and Konosuke Takeshita vs. Evil Uno and Alex Reynolds
The Don Callis Family didn’t even wait for the bell to ring to go to town on the Dark Order. Takeshita beat up Uno on the outside, while Alexander got his licks in on Reynolds in the ring.
It was clinical. It was brutal. And it was clearly a message being sent to Hangman Adam Page and Will Ospreay ahead of next week, when the two Owen Hart Cup finalists will team up to take on Alexander and Takeshita.
Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Dralistico – Round 2!
This one spilled to the outside early, as Dralistico and Speedball showcased their athleticism. But it was a poke to the eye by Dralistico that defined this one early, allowing the LFI member to dominate Bailey – right up until Speedball scored a few kicks to the thigh, driving Dralistico back to the corner, where the two men exchanged chops.
Bailey went for his 450 kneedrop off the top, but Dralistico dodged, setting up a chain of incredibly athletic maneuvers, including a crucifix bomb onto Bailey that Speedball responded to with a fortuitous Canadian Destroyer. A spinning heel kick from Bailey square to the head got Speedball the victory.
Rush’s music hit, and he came halfway down the ramp, but no further, as the crowd chanted his name.
Daniel Garcia vs. Dax Harwood Ends in Unexpected Fashion
Mystery solved: Dax was the member of FTR who stepped in the ring to “answer” Garcia’s questions.
And his answers were mostly violent, especially in the beginning, as Harwood slapped Garcia all around the ring. When Dax tried to piledrive Garcia on the outside, though, the former TNT Champion reversed it and catapulted Harwood into the ring post.
Garcia maintained the advantage on the outside, repeatedly crushing Harwood, seated on a steel chair, against the barricade – right up until Cash Wheeler stepped in between the two and gave Harwood the opportunity to level Garcia. Wheeler kept getting involved, as did Stokely, until Daddy Magic came out to play some semblance of the equalizer.
Yet the damage had been done. Despite being bloodied, Harwood pounded Garcia back in the ring. He also made a big mistake, though, in continuing to taunt and mock Garcia. Eventually, the younger star had enough, firing up with repeated palm strikes to Harwood’s chest, a massive lariat, and 10 punches to Harwood’s head in the corner.
In a moment of desperation, treachery, or both, Harwood ripped the turnbuckle cover off of one of the top ropes in the corner, which loomed large when he fended off a submission attempt by Garcia and sent his former protege head-first into the exposed metal, leading to a pop-up powerbomb with an assist from the rope by Harwood.
Rage is an incredible thing, though, as Garcia dug down deep to seize Harwood and superplex him THREE times in a row. The two men took the fight to the crowd, right by the commentator’s table, where Harwood saw fit to slap Nigel McGuinness’ headset off his head. That was too much for Nigel, who followed Harwood to the ring and laid in a headbutt and European uppercut. Cash Wheeler tried to counter McGuinness, but Daddy Magic was right there to help chase off FTR.
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