[5.0] "The opener and main event was good stuff. The rest was pure filler. It's not the worst Collision ever but definitely one of the less memorable ones and if not for the opener and main event this wouldn't have been one to remember that's for sure."
[6.0] "This show needs better matches, Tony Khan needs to move away from being afraid of booking a strong card because less people are going to see it."
[4.0] "Maybe a '4' or '5' episode. This episode just felt so long. Every match on the card felt twice as long as it was, even the short ones. On top of that, there's no hook to most of the matches, no reason to care about the result. It feels like a long episode of Rampage where wrestlers are just thrown together, even some of the teams (if there's a link between Keith and Komander I don't remember seeing it on AEW TV). You can look at 6/7 matches on the card and know for sure who is going to win."
[6.0] "A show that had a mediocre match for every good or great one. Not a lot of talking points coming out of it. Would be 5/10 but Hook calling out Samoa Joe bumps it up a point. 6/10"
[7.0] "This was a weird show. Most of it was fine, but I had a really hard time caring about almost anything on it. In a bad sign for the night to come, we kicked things off with a squash, as Darby Allin and Sting made short work of the WorkHorsemen. Trent Berreta then got his chance at the Triple Crown that he earned Wednsday, as he took on Eddie Kingston in an excellent match. The unusual team of Bryan Keith and Komander then faced the Undisputed Kingdom in a fairly mid Proving Ground Match for their ROH Tag Team Titles. The dull continues as Adam Copeland takes on Griff Garrison as part of his effort to earn another shot at Christian Cage. We then got a match between Skye Blue and Kiera Hogan that was fine, followed by Claudio Castagnoli squashing Andrew Everett, who was really off his game tonight. Finally, we got the Match of the Night as FTR and the House of Black squared off in a banger of a main event. If the rumours are true, and Malaki and Buddy are just waiting for their contracts to run out before they jump back to WWE, they're sure not phoning in their matches."
[4.0] "A one match show for sure. How did this even happen? AEW is literally so full of stars that not having enough tv time was genuinely an issue. Did we really need 4 back to back filler matches? 7 matches on a 2 hour show is crazy. We barely had any story building here, its honestly ridiculous. The fact that the only womens match was a waste of time shows exactly what TK thinks of that division once again, what a joke. The Continental crown is proving to be absolute waste of time I thought it'd be, its just another open challenge/random match kind of belt that can fill a spot on the card and not mean a damn thing. The match was decent, good even, but an absolute waste of time and energy when the title they fight for means nothing, Kingston didnt even bother bringing out the other belts I guess."
[6.0] "Good matches without any tension, because the results were 100 percent predictable with maybe the exception of the main event. And even in that one, FTR were the favorites because of the home team bonus that in AEW thankfully still means something. The match itself was great, but didn't quite ignite the spark one would expect. The same applies to pretty much everything else shown on this episode of Collision. I wanted to like the Continental Crown Championship match more, but it's hard to take Trent seriously when he's the third most important member of the company's most irrelevant stable. He should kill it alongside Jay White as part of the Bang Bang Gang, but oh well."
[6.0] "I thought this was a pretty filler Collision, with two matches above the average, an opener that really popped the crowd with Sting and Ric Flair, and not a lot of productive constructions... it was a cool watch but not particularly an important one."
[5.0] "A completely skippable episode of Collision, with random matches and very little storyline advancement, but two strong matches to make it feel somewhat worthwhile, even if neither Trent/Eddie or FTR/HOB fulfilled its potential"
[7.0] "This episode of Collision was not as strong as the December episodes (which was probably my favorite stretch of Collision since the show started), but the high points were very solid. The Main Event lived up to its billing as the Match of the Night, and the subplots with the post-match HoB "takeover" worked for me. The Garcia/Brody King run-ins, in particular, were good examples of how to book/execute a run-in without it ruining a match. Eddie's first defense against Trent was also very solid, and worth a watch if you enjoy bloody wars of attrition. The rest of the card felt a bit like filler, but Copeland and Undisputed plotlines advanced incrementally which the stories need."
[6.0] "Understandably it was a filler show, still a good one though. As a show portraying underdog talent throughout pretty much all the night it did a good job. But you still end up questioning. Griff Garrison having offense on Copeland is totally fine, he had to show his new 'edge' (pun intended) after teaming up with Carter and getting managed by Maria. But many of these folks don't follow ROH at all so he's still the guy who got squashed by HoB/Wardlow and who the fuck is Griff Garrison anyway. The issue is the same with Workhorsemen. They are a prominent tag team on RoH programme but they even lose there so when they show up on your screen on AEW especially against Sting&Allin you know what's going to happen. It was a fine squash but I really doubt they are going to use Workhorsemen somewhere. The exact same issue with Andrew Everett however it was a debut match so I won't dig deep. I hope we see more of him but he'll get stuck in mid card at best for a long while. In a perfect world, Everett vs Claudio would make a perfect bout on a DPW programme. Keith & Komander was an odd duo that worked surprisingly well. I kinda wish they went to a time limit draw so we could actually get a title match but it'd probably have Kingdom looked bad in their first match as the champs. Can't their reign be any worse than Cole & MJF's, can it? Skye vs Hogan was a decent action in which both women had good exchanges, also good to see that Skye finally utilizing her choke hold. Trent vs Kingston was an ok match although I thought it went a bit longer than it supposed to. Trent is a believable opponent but for real it could have been a simple open challenge. I agree to that the opponent should have been one of the C2 contenders and the eliminator match would have hit differently. The maint event was actually disappointing. In-ring action wise it is decent for sure, it is taken granted when you have HoB and FTR in the ring but it really didn't progress the story. Daniel Garcia is aligned with FTR, cool, sets up Garcia for a face turn & bigger things but it's more of a mutual respect if not only a short-lived alliance through mutual hatred on the same enemy. I guess Cash still couldn't find somebody that loves him and meanwhile Dax brought his family, it did not mattered. All that drama and buildup for further dragging it down. I kinda expected a conclusion after they are not having a PPV match and ngl I am mad for not getting it. I hope it leads to better things for both of the teams because they managed to stay exactly where they were after the main event the only difference being Garcia."
[6.0] "A filler episode saved by a great main event: Sting and Darby vs. Workhorsemen was a fine opener, it's always cool to see Sting. Kingston vs. Beretta was good, solid first defense for Kingston and great showing for Beretta. Undisputed Kingdom vs. Keith and Komander was alright. Adam Copeland issued an open challenge as he wants to climb the rankings and face Christian Cage for the TNT title again. Griff Garrison accepted the open challenge which was extremely underwhelming as he is never on TV and hasn't anything remarkable since 2022 when he got destroyed by the House of Black. They had a fine match but Garrison had way too much offense on Copeland. Blue vs. Hogan wasn't anything special. Castagnoli squashed Andrew Everett. House of Black vs. FTR was a great main event, wasn't expecting anything less from these two awesome teams. Daniel Garcia also helped FTR win the match to probably set-up a trios match in the future which sounds great. Loved the ending of the show with HOB destroying their opponents in a post-match beatdown and the fans chanted for them while Julia Hart gave FTR the 10 bell salute. Overall: pretty boring show, a lot of filler. Everything was totally skippable except for the main event."
[7.0] "Solid two hours of wrestling, although certainly with a "B" show flavor to it this week. Some (glorified) squash matches aside, there were two strong competitive matches with Eddie and Trent (which was really good at times, with Trent's broken nose adding to the drama) and the main event. Commentary was strong throughout the night and this 3-man booth is actually quite a joy to listen to."
[7.0] "After the last few weeks of great Collision episodes with exceptional C2 matches, this one was just ok. The main event between FTR and House of Black turned out to be a pretty damn good match but everything else on this show was very much filler. Griff Garrison being the one to answer Copeland's open challenge was baffling as he's never on this show and he's not a star at all. He was fine in the match but I don't see them getting a ratings boost with that one. Trent was a weak challenger for Eddie I thought and I would rather have seen him wrestle Brian Cage or Vikingo. Very much a skippable show tonight. It wasn't bad but we've been spoiled by Collision in the past month so this did not live up to those standards."
[4.0] "A very middling show with some bizarre matchmaking and timing. Workhorsemen only get roughly three minutes vs. Sting and Darby when Workhorsemen are a much more active team even within AEW. I get that Sting and Darby are undefeated but they have barely teamed in regular tag matches over the last few months. Workhorsemen continue to feel like one of the most underutilized acts especially to what they are capable of. Trent consistently loses and there was no suspense of belief that he may beat Kingston especially after winning a match announced day of with a group of names not even in the tournament. Brody King who beat Eddie should have been first in line for a title match. Bryan Keith and Komander are teaming to face The Kingdom..:why? And they looked actively competitive with the Kingdom as a makeshift team and while Komander constantly loses, Keith had to take the fall. Unnecessary matchmaking. Griff Garrison who has had one appearance on AEW in the last year and a half getting squashed by Wardlow then looks competitive with Adam. Claudio/Andrew Everett, a very cool match on paper that I would look forward to anywhere outside of AEW TV at this point. Skye and Hogan was fine but Hogan is another that just seems to consistently lose on AEW TV. The main event was fine but this show felt very thrown together featuring some cool matches on paper that ultimately disappointed in a lack of stakes with only one match having an unclear outcome before it began."
[5.0] "This was a decent episode, but much of it felt like filler. Very little story happened tonight, and the only match that wasn't a foregone conclusion was the main event. The Sting/Darby stuff was fine as far as giving Sting screen time. The Eddie match was standard Eddie with Trent putting in some work. Copeland has a nice promo and then a match with Griff Garrison, of all people. Why not have someone competitive come out to set up an actual new feud for him until he faces Christian again? The main event was good, but didn't go in any kind of interesting direction given the focus around FTR's family. It did align FTR with Danny Garcia, so that gives them an ally finally, I guess."
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