6 Ups & 3 Downs For AEW Collision (April 13 - Results & Review)

A fantastic AEW debut, a fired-up promo, and an excellent main event dominate AEW Collision.

by Andrew Pollard
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Another week, another AEW Collision in the books.

With AEW Dynasty now just one week away, the company finds itself in that at times awkward holding pattern where the build has been set, the matches have been announced, and it's just a case of waiting for the next PPV to roll around so that these storylines and rivalries can progress further. And on that front, AEW did a fairly decent job of keeping things ticking over this week, with some great wrestling taking centre-stage.

Of course, that's not to say that this was a flawless edition of Collision, with certain familiar issues once again rearing their head, but the bulk of the show varied from decent to good to great, including a great AEW debut and a fantastic main event.

Emanating from Highland Heights, Kentucky's Truist Arena, it was another solid night for AEW; a solid night that just about did enough to whet the appetite for Dynasty next Sunday.

So, as Elton John has long told us, Saturday night's alright for fighting...

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.