5 Ups & 4 Downs For AEW Collision (May 25 - Results & Review)

1. A Decent Main Event

Whenever Jeff Jarrett is in the main event, you know you're in for something special. And here, the seeds were brilliantly sown for what should be a huge money-drawing feud down the line between Double J and Bryan Danielson.

While your writer is admittedly a big fan of ol' Slapnuts, that opening passage was obviously just for sh*ts 'n' giggles. Either way, Jarrett and Danielson did have some nice exchanges through Collision's main event which pitted the American Dragon and FTR against Jeff, Jay Lethal, and Satnam Singh.

This Collision-closing bout was decent - nothing more, nothing less - and somewhat of a mixed bag for this man's particular tastes. The action flowed really well, the offense from the babyfaces was electric, Dax stood out with some stellar sell work, and Jarrett and Lethal were great as the bumping heels when called for, but the 'old man shouts at clouds' mindset had heads shaking at the prolonged periods where multiple men were in the ring without any hint of a warning from referee Aubrey Edwards about a lack of tags.

Overlooking that sadly all-too-common AEW problem, the story here was a logical one: the Elite once again offering a pay-off to anyone willing to take out Danielson and FTR, and Jeff Jarrett and his crew being the ideal scumbag heels who'd jump at that chance. Of course, those villains would ultimately come up short as the babyfaces picked up a win ahead of Double or Nothing, but the in-ring fundamentals were on point... well, apart from whenever the physically impressive but limited Satnam Singh was involved.

A Busaiku Knee from Danielson was enough to take out Jeff Jarrett, and that was immediately followed by a Shatter Machine on Jay Lethal for the win. Post-match, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood had some impassioned, spirited words about AEW and the company's importance ahead of Team AEW battling the nefarious Elite at Double or Nothing, and that was that for this week's Collision.