May 3, 2025 – Toni Storm vs. Lady Frost, Jon Moxley Has a Message for Samoa Joe

AEW Collision was live from Atlantic City, New Jersey on May 3 with a very special edition of Saturday Night Wrestling on TBS!

We opened with AEW TNT Champion Adam Cole coming to the ring to join Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness on commentary. His Paragron brethren, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong, were set to take on FTR’s Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler later in a 2 out of 3 falls match – but first, it was time to get Timeless!

The AEW Women’s Champion, “Timeless” Toni Storm, was out next for a Women’s Title Eliminator Match against the red-hot Lady Frost. We opened with back-and-forth holds, strikes and more, before Lady Frost sent Storm tumbling to the outside, capitalizing with a cartwheel on the apron into a cannonball and a handspring on the ring barricade into a moonsault onto the champion.

Back in the ring, Storm reclaimed the advantage with mounted punches on Frost – until Frost was able to counter into a handspring cannonball with Storm in the corner. Lady Frost managed to hit the Chiller Driller on Storm, but the champion kicked out at two. Storm recovered with a release German suplex, then a hip attack on a downed Frost. From there, Storm scored the submission victory with a chicken wing.

But she wasn’t done, as she grabbed a microphone and called out the “sloptarts” in the locker room, asking who was next. After all, she’s not a hard woman to find. 

From one champion to another, it was time to hear from AEW World Champion Jon Moxley. Mox told Samoa Joe not to feel bad that all the people around him are “dropping like flies.” Shibata’s fate was sealed. Moxley finds it hard to dislike Joe. His reputation is beyond reproach. Sort of like Bryan Danielson.

A steel cage in Chicago? There’s this idea, Mox said, that he should be scared to be inside that cage with Samoa Joe. But when you’re champion, every day, every moment is hard. Mox is going to do his job. And he is exceptional at his job. You want to lock him inside a steel cage? Lock it. This was always how it was going to end. His affairs are in order. But if you think Moxley should be scared, well, then you haven’t been paying attention, Joe. You better make sure you have thought things through.

With $100,000 on the line, it was time for a High Speed Collision 4-Way Match between Sammy Guevara (accompanied by Dustin Rhodes), AR Fox, Kevin Knight and Rush.

Chaos was the name of the game early in this one, with multiple combinations of these four rising stars squaring off. Guevara took a bow after hitting a dropkick on Fox, as Tony Schiavone reminded us it had been since September when we last saw Sammy on Collision. Rush and Kevin Knight, meanwhile, had their own back-and-forth, during which Rush showed off just how tranquilo he is after charging Knight in the corner.

Rush continued to manhandle Knight, right up until the Jet managed to throw Rush into the ring steps. Just moments later, commentary spotted Hologram watching the action from above. He had a great angle to see Fox take flight and take out Knight. Guevara added a Shooting Star Press to the outside, before Rush came through like a wrecking ball and took out everyone, using the steps and barricades to full advantage.

Back on the inside, Fox continued to display his athleticism, right up until Guevara landed a knee right to the face. Guevara followed up with the Go To Sleep to come away with the win – and $100K! While he celebrated on the turnbuckle, Guevara gestured to Cole, still at ringside for commentary, making it clear he has his eyes on the TNT Championship.

We quickly heard from Joe, who had a message for Moxley: He wasn’t at Collision, as he was in his gym, showing the AEW World Champion respect by properly preparing. He also warned Mox that the damage done to Shibata would be repaid to Claudio Castagnoli next week. Beyond that, Joe had to put their title match in a cage, because there’s something he understands about Moxley. The man Joe sees today doesn’t have the heart to get into a face-to-face fight with a man like Joe. Joe will once again become AEW World Champion – and he will make Moxley understand.

Feel the Wrath? Cameron was out for revenge on behalf of her friend, Anna Jay, and she opened with a vengeance, hammering the Megasus into the corner with shoulders then pounding Bayne in the midsection from the apron before hitting an axe kick.

The tide turned somewhat quickly, as Bayne snatched Cameron out of the air and tossed her over in a suplex to the middle of the ring. Bayne maintained her dominance for several minutes, despite Cameron sneaking in a jawbreaker to momentarily fend off her opponent. 

Bayne literally dragged Cameron to the corner and delivered a massive chop, only for Cameron to counter with a boot to the face that allowed her to climb the turnbuckle – where she was met by Bayne. The Megasus set up for a superplex, only for Cameron to escape and hit a tilt-a-whirl DDT for a two-count.

While Cameron remained game for the duration of the match, eventually, Bayne caught Cameron and delivered Fate’s Descent for the victory.

After the match, Penelope Ford picked up Cameron and tossed her to the Megasus for another Fate’s Descent. And Bayne might have hit another, except that Anna Jay came to the rescue with a 2×4 to the back of Bayne – and managed to send her to the floor when Bayne attempted to exact her revenge.

The AEW World Champion had more to say on this special edition of Saturday night wrestling on TBS. He and Marina Shafir made their way through the crowd, toppling security on their way.

Moxley heard what Joe said. What exactly is it, Mox demanded, that he doesn’t understand? And how is Joe going to explain it to him inside of a steel cage? What is he going to do, kick his ass? Beat Mox up? 

Does Joe know who he’s dealing with? Moxley has faced all of the supposed baddest men in this business. Every organization, every country – name one. And they all said the same things and were thinking the same things Joe is saying and thinking – until they weren’t. Moxley can feel the moment, every time, when they realize they don’t want to be there anymore. When they stop trying to win and start trying to survive.

You want to target Moxley’s people this Wednesday, Joe? Mox expects nothing less. You think he doesn’t want to get in a firefight? Just look at your partners, Joe. You’ve been in a firefight this whole time.

The Outrunners get that Roppongi Vice feels a little disrespected. They get that Trent and Rocky think the Outrunners get a little loud sometimes. That they get a little big sometimes. And if that’s the case, why don’t they settle it in the ring?

We began with a tie-up, with King getting the advantage by forcing Alexander to the ropes then tossing the newest member of the Don Callis Family aside. Alexander cinched on a waist lock after dropping below a King blow, only for King to land a massive chop. King followed up with another thunderous strike to the chest, this time with Alexander draped across the top ropes in the corner.

The punishment continued for Alexander, as King delivered a Death Valley Driver to the outside, then sent Alexander over the ringside barricade – and followed up with a vertical suplex back over the barricade for good measure.

Yet all it took was Alexander doing damage to King’s left knee and ankle, both legally and not so much, for the match to quickly turn in favor of the Don Callis Family member. Alexander zeroed in on the injured limb, tying King up in the ropes. But a bit of daylight gave King room to land a blow that rocked Alexander.

Alexander’s next mistake was engaging in an exchange of chops with King, who sent Alexander crashing to the mat twice with earsplitting strikes to the chest. The two warriors continued to go back-and-forth, with neither man able to secure the momentum for more than a few seconds at best. King’s strength tended to be too much for Alexander at any given moment, but the Walking Weapon showed off his savvy, all while King’s injured leg clearly continued to bother him.

Once more to the top turnbuckle, King nailed a superplex on Alexander – but both men were so exhausted, neither could capitalize on the pain inflicted by the high impact. With just one minute remaining inside the time limit, Alexander evaded King and clamped on an Ankle Lock with a grapevine. But King managed to get to his feet and land a German suplex and a massive clothesline before a Gonzo bomb – only for Alexander to roll out of the ring for a time limit draw.

That didn’t sit well with King, who assaulted both Alexander and Lance Archer of the Don Callis Family. Unfortunately for King, a moment taken to argue with the refs led to a sneak attack to that same injured leg by Alexander, with he and Archer laying out King from there.

That time limit draw got Caster thinking – no one could survive five minutes in the ring with Platinum Max. So, Max requested that five minutes be put on the clock. Then, he asked the crowd to do his chant correctly: Let’s go Max. You’re the best wrestler alive! 

The man to answer the challenge: Daniel Garcia.

As soon as the bell rang, Garcia rained blows down on Caster. “15 seconds gone!” Nigel McGuinness informed us. “20 seconds gone!”

Garcia still had enough time to hit a couple quick dance moves, before putting Caster away in literally one minute for the win.

Beyond Caster, Garcia had someone else on his mind – FTR. Garcia just handled his business. He told FTR it was time for them to handle theirs later tonight, and that he’d talk to them after.

The 5-Tool Player, the Pride of Professional Wrestling, wants people to step up. And after Blake Christian and Lee Johnson interrupted Bowens as he spoke to Lexy Nair, Bowens made it clear that he’s ready for either of them at any time, any place.

This one was all Gates of Agony, as Bishop Kaun started things off by annihilating Ray Jaz in the ring and sending Goldy flying off of the ring apron toward the entrance ramp. After a bit of combination offense with “Open the Gates,” it was academic from there: One, two, three.

Gates of Agony’s night wasn’t finished, though, as Big Bill and Bryan Keith called them out from the parking lot. They weren’t coming to Gates of Agony; it was time for Gates of Agony to come to them. And the victorious tag team were happy to oblige, heading to the back.

The four men brawled in the back, including some collateral damage as someone in the backstage area accidentally entered the fray and was quickly thrown to the side by Gates of Agony.

Kyle O’Reilly and Cash Wheeler started this one off, with both trading holds in the opening moments. From there, this one was classic tag-team wrestling for every single moment, as O’Reilly continued to show off his unique mix of strikes and submission holds, including delivering massive kicks to both Wheeler and Dax Harwood while they were on their knees.

O’Reilly and Roderick Strong were on fire, hitting multiple combinations on both members of FTR, before O’Reilly cinched in an Ankle Lock on Harwood. Strong was able to fend off Wheeler’s attempts to save his teammate by stomping on his fingers, and Harwood tapped out at the behest of Stokely in order to save his health in this 2 out of 3 Falls match.

Both teams regrouped after the first fall, and when action resumed, it was FTR that took the advantage, with Wheeler putting the boots to O’Reilly. The Paragon member attempted to fight back, but a big shoulder to the gut by Wheeler slowed O’Reilly. 

But when Paragon reclaimed the advantage, they did so with gusto. Strong stacked up both members of FTR onto a chair at ringside that gave way before O’Reilly nailed a dropkick off the apron straight to the chests of his opponents.

Yet FTR wouldn’t go away quietly, of course. With Strong down in the corner, Harwood took the opportunity to wrap Strong’s knee around the ring post not once, but twice, then slapped on the Figure Four in the middle of the ring.

But Strong was able to make the tag to O’Reilly, who re-entered the match like a man possessed, taking out both members of FTR in equal measure. O’Reilly put another Ankle Lock on Wheeler, but Harwood came in to apply a sleeper hold as the illegal man. O’Reilly escaped and ran the FTR teammates into each other, giving him a window to once again apply the Ankle Lock to Wheeler – only for Cash to tag in Harwood.

O’Reilly countered with a tag to Strong of his own – and that might not have been the right call. Moments later, Strong was heading up and coming down for the Shatter Machine, as FTR scored their first fall.

That meant this one would come down to the third fall, with both teams having suffered more than their fair share of punishment. Paragon countered a Spike Piledriver attempt by FTR into a near-fall, then another, but Harwood kicked out twice. Another Shatter Machine attempt was countered into a high knee by Strong and a High-Low by Paragon. FTR avoided defeat with Harwood’s foot on the ropes. And from there, Wheeler took out Strong, and FTR hit another Shatter Machine to score the third and decisive fall.

Remember when Garcia said he’d be out to talk to FTR after they took care of business? Well, he’s a man of his word. Garcia came storming to the ring with both a microphone and a crowbar, saying that what he really wants to do is beat them all over the head with the crowbar. But he can’t, because he has too much love for FTR. And he thought they had love for him, too, with the way they picked him up and put him back on his feet every time his mentors turned their back on him.

But after what they did to Cope, and what they did to Garcia, he’s left looking for answers – answers he won’t find by standing there and having a therapy session with FTR. So Garcia had an idea. Next week, it doesn’t matter how many of them there are. FTR can meet Garcia in the ring, and he will beat those answers out of them.

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