August 22, 2026 – Willow Nightingale Beats Maya World to Retain AEW Women’s World Title, Castagnoli and O’Reilly Reach C3 Semifinals, More

AEW Collision was LIVE from Santander Arena in Reading, PA on TNT & HBO Max with the final stop this side of the pond before AEW All In Week. Wembley Stadium hosts AEW All In: London in eight days, and Dynamite will emanate from OVO Hydro in Glasgow in four days, but tonight, we found out who was heading to the Continental Challenge Cup Semifinals and saw a Champion vs. Champion main event! 

AEW Women’s World Champion Willow Nightingale made good on her promise to give TBS Champion Maya World the first shot at the Women’s World Title despite a date with Mercedes Moné coming in eight days at All In. World gave Nightingale everything she could handle and then some, but the re to get a hard-earned three-count!

The C3 Quarterfinals saw a battle of the Death Riders, with Claudio Castagnoli beating Daniel Garcia, while Kyle O’Reilly tapped out Orange Cassidy to defeat a fellow member of The Conglomeration for the second straight week. The C3 Semifinals are now set for this Wednesday in Glasgow on Dynamite! It’ll be another Death Rider vs. Death Rider battle between Castagnoli and defending AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley, and O’Reilly taking on Nigel McGuinness, with the winners heading to Wembley Stadium for the C3 Finals!

Much went down tonight on Collision in Reading

So much went down tonight on Collision in Reading with All In closing in next weekend! Here are your complete results!

AEW Collision Results Tonight for Reading

• AEW Continental Challenge Cup Quarterfinal Match: The Conglomeration’s Kyle O’Reilly def. The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy

• Will Ospreay Gets An Unexpected Pep Talk from Night McGuinness

• 5-Minute AEW Women’s World Tag Team Title Eliminator Match: Divine Dominion (“Colossal” Lena Kross & “Megasus” Megan Bayne) def. Tiara James & Erica Leigh

• Swerve Strickland vs. “Jungle” Jack Perry Set for Dynamite in Glasgow!

• A Medical Update on Darby Allin

• AEW Continental Challenge Cup Quarterfinal Match: Death Riders’ Claudio Castagnoli def. Death Riders’ Daniel Garcia

• The Dogs Are Coming to Wembley for the AEW World Trios Championship Open Challenge

• C3 Semifinals Are Set for Dynamite!

• The Hurt Syndicate’s Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin & ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty of Shane Taylor Promotions def. Ryan O’Neill, Nic Nolan & Matt Mako

• Bang Bang Gang (“Switchblade” Jay White, Colten Gunn and Austin Gunn) def. Shane Taylor & The Infantry (“Capt.” Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo)

• The Conglomeration Continues a Huge Night and Week!

• The Long Road Traveled by Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay to All In: London

• “Psycho Killer” Tommaso Ciampa & “The Prodigy” Nick Wayne def. Komander & “Speedball” Mike Bailey

• The Death Riders Address the C3 Semifinals Blind Draw

• AEW Women’s World Championship Match: Willow Nightingale (c) def. TBS Champion Maya World

For the second straight week, The Conglomeration had to battle from within to advance in the C3, and after O’Reilly beat Roderick Strong last weekend, he had to beat another close friend in Cassidy to make the C3 Semifinals. 

O’Reilly offered Cassidy a fist pound at the bell, which Cassidy took his time reciprocating while also gifting O’Reilly his sunglasses. O’Reilly worked OC down to the mat with a headlock until Cassidy escaped with a handstand that clearly left him winded. Cassidy sent O’Reilly to the apron and brought him back in with a headlock, which O’Reilly escaped with a back suplex. Cassidy trapped O’Reilly’s arms and rolled him back to a near-fall.

O’Reilly got OC in a waistlock, so Cassidy

O’Reilly got OC in a waistlock, so Cassidy put his hands in his pockets and shimmied out of it, but O’Reilly rolled him over and grabbed another headlock. Cassidy stopped at the ropes and took O’Reilly over with an arm drag before kicking free of O’Reilly to send him to the floor. Cassidy gained a head of steam for a dive, but O’Reilly was up and waiting for it, so Cassidy stopped and invited O’Reilly back into the ring. O’Reilly decided to climb over the ropes on his own to re-enter the ring!

O’Reilly sent Cassidy to the apron on a charge and grabbed his leg for a dragon screw. With Cassidy on the floor, O’Reilly held the ropes open for him to come back in, but this time it was Cassidy who eschewed the invite by rolling back in under the bottom rope! They exchanged wristlocks followed by snap suplexes! 

The suplexes continued in and out of the ring and back again, with each man going back and forth to inflict heavy amounts of back punishment. Finally, both men backed off to opposite corners, but when O’Reilly charged back in, they exchanged two more suplexes! Both went back to opposite corners, clearly exhausted. They came back to the middle and exchanged strikes until O’Reilly hit multiple rebound clotheslines to send both men crashing back to the mat! 

O’Reilly leveled Cassidy with a stiff kick across

O’Reilly leveled Cassidy with a stiff kick across the chest, but Cassidy sprang right back up! O’Reilly followed him to the ropes with a kitchen-sink knee! A flurry of kicks and strikes by O’Reilly allowed him to lift Cassidy into the air, but Cassidy tried to reverse it into a Stundog Millionaire, so O’Reilly dropped into a cross armbreaker! Cassidy blocked it, and O’Reilly switched to an ankle lock, but OC got to the ropes! O’Reilly yelled at Cassidy to get up, and they met in the middle, where Cassidy hit his signature kicks to no avail as O’Reilly fired back with a flash kick to the inside of Cassidy’s leg! O’Reilly grabbed onto Cassidy with a guillotine choke, so Cassidy ran him into the corner and brought him down with a Falcon Arrow to get a two-count!

Cassidy flipped around O’Reilly to spike him with a DDT, which got another near-fall! OC went to the top rope, but O’Reilly got up to follow, so Cassidy jumped over him to the mat. O’Reilly rolled him up for a near-fall and swept Cassidy’s legs to put him back on the mat! Cassidy ducked a PK and went for Beach Break, so O’Reilly rolled through, and OC hit a PK of his own! Cassidy tried another Beach Break, so O’Reilly rolled it into an ankle lock! Cassidy tried escaping, but O’Reilly wouldn’t let go. He dropped Cassidy’s ankle and went to stomp on it, but stopped, which allowed Cassidy to cradle him for a two-count! O’Reilly picked the ankle once again and dropped down with a leg grapevine to get the tap-out from Cassidy! O’Reilly let go right away to check on Cassidy, who confirmed he was okay. O’Reilly moves to the C3 Semifinals in Glasgow this Wednesday night on Dynamite!

After Dynamite, Renee Paquette asked McGuinness about the status of his ankle going forward in the C3 after he was forced to withdraw from his match against ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty last night at Death Before Dishonor. He said he was overwhelmed and in a lot of pain, but a voice in pain was heard, and Will Ospreay apologized for inadvertently crashing the interview. He was looking for ice after being put through a table by Kenny Omega’s One-Winged Angel. Ospreay asked if he could sit down, and McGuinness made room. Ospreay noted how swollen McGuinness’ foot was and applauded him for carrying on because of his pride. Ospreay looked again and said it looked “pretty bad.” He asked McGuinness how he was feeling, and McGuinness said Ospreay can save any congratulations until after Glasgow because…

“I don’t know what I’m gonna do.”

Ospreay told McGuinness not to jump to any

Ospreay told McGuinness not to jump to any conclusions. He watched McGuinness as a kid and shared some very specific memories of McGuinness’ career, but said it was McGuinness who showed kids like Ospreay they could make it. 

“You’re one of the guys in British wrestling who paved the way for us. There are a lot of things that go your way, and mate, I’ll be honest with ya right now, I’ve got more faith in you winning this thing than me winning this thing.”

McGuinness responded, “I think that’s the problem, Will. Ya know? You need to look inside and realize you’re on the precipice of an opportunity that’s never going to happen again. You’re one of the best wrestlers in the world. I mean that. I can’t tell you how proud I am. Everytime you go out there and you wrestle, I’m like, he’s just done it. He’s a guy who’s made his career, who’s done everything he set out to do, except what every British wrestler that we watched growing up couldn’t do: win that world title in England. You can do it. Not just for yourself, but for every one of those kids you’ve inspired. For your granddad, who’s gonna be watchin’ ya. He’s in your heart. I don’t know how long my career is gonna go, but your career, it ain’t gonna go if you don’t win the title at Wembley Stadium. You need to think about that.”

James and Leigh jumped Bayne at the bell,

James and Leigh jumped Bayne at the bell, but she immediately pulled them together for a double German suplex! She tagged Kross and splashed Leigh in one corner while Kross did the same to James on the opposite side before switching sides to do it again! They made James and Leigh collide in the middle of the ring and dropped them both with clotheslines! They threw Leigh to the floor and went over to a camera to send a message to the Brawling Birds that whatever the Birds can do, Divine Dominion can do better. They mocked Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter’s mannerisms and stole their sandwich clothesline to smash James. Bayne and Kross hit their version of 2 Birds, 1 Stone! Bayne pulled James up at one! Kross and Bayne flattened James with Divine Intervention, and Bayne pinned her for the dominant win in 1:34!

Perry said he spent the last week thinking about what Swerve said to him about Perry not being ready to walk with “killers like us.” Perry praised Strickland for working his way to the top of AEW, while Perry had everything promised to him get burned in front of his face, so he had to work back to where he is today. Perry has a little Scottish blood in him, so this Wednesday, how about it’s Perry versus Strickland in Glasgow?

“It’s kill or be killed.”

Following the attack by TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight on Dynamite, we learned that Darby Allin suffered some burns from the pyro and nearly suffered a broken neck from the chair wrapped around his head and kicked coast-to-coast by Knight. However, Allin will face Knight next weekend in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the TNT Title at All In: London!

The two Death Riders entered separately but had

The two Death Riders entered separately but had a brief moment outside the ring. Garcia seemed hesitant at the bell, trying to dance away from Castagnoli, who worked him into the corner and backed off only to grab a headlock takeover. Castagnoli controlled Garcia on the mat, so Garcia moved to the apron to break it up. Garcia got back in the ring and shoved Castagnoli repeatedly until Castagnoli tried an uppercut that Garcia turned right into a backslide for a two-count! Garcia rolled him up again for another near-fall. On a third attempt, Castagnoli stopped a sunset flip and nailed Garcia with a big forearm! Garcia smiled and responded with an uppercut and a chop before a dragon screw on Castagnoli in the ropes.

Garcia followed Castagnoli to the floor and unloaded with punches while Castagnoli was seated in a chair. Garcia got a running start and nailed Castagnoli with a dropkick! Garcia rolled back in the ring and looked for another dropkick, but he never saw Castagnoli come charging out of nowhere with an uppercut that sent Garcia into the front row!

Castagnoli remained in control of his fellow Death Rider with chops in the corner, and the crowd seemed to get behind him, which Castagnoli stopped with a violent uppercut! Garcia rose back up, so Castagnoli threw a flurry of shots to put him on the mat. Garcia rose up again, so Castagnoli unloaded once again to drop him to the mat. Garcia rose up and hit his old signature dance, and the crowd went wild! Castagnoli charged at Garcia, who sent him into the buckles and rolled him up for a two-count. Garcia hit a clothesline in the corner and mounted Castagnoli for punches until Castagnoli pulled him out of the corner and dropped him back on the mat, which made Garcia’s leg buckle. Garcia ran at Castagnoli and pulled him into a Dragon Tamer! He wrenched back too far, so Castagnoli was able to get out of it, but Garcia switched to a guillotine. Castagnoli lifted Garcia up for a vertical suplex, so Garcia floated over into a rear naked choke! Castagnoli rammed Garcia into the corner, but he held on! Castagnoli finally broke the grip and hit a brief giant swing on Garcia!

Castagnoli charged at Garcia, who stepped under

Castagnoli charged at Garcia, who stepped under for a backslide, but he couldn’t keep Castagnoli down. Garcia adjusted and nailed Castagnoli with a Busaiku Knee! Garcia pulled Castagnoli between his legs and adjusted his neck just like Castagnoli does before the Neutralizer! Castagnoli stepped out of it and dropped his weight down on Garcia’s ankle. Castagnoli hit an uppercut, so Garcia jumped on his back with a choke. Garcia went back to the mat, but Castagnoli put him over his shoulder to run him to the corner. He followed with uppercuts, but Garcia was able to slip behind for another choke! He let it go and pulled Castagnoli up for a delayed Neutralizer! 1-2-Castagnoli kicked out! 

Garcia tried for another Dragon Tamer, so Castagnoli kicked him in the ankle. He popped Garcia up for an uppercut and connected! 1-2-Garcia kicked out! Castagnoli locked Garcia in a Sharpshooter, but Garcia was able to turn over and taunt Castagnoli. Castagnoli pulled Garcia’s boot off and swung him by the bad ankle! He ran Garcia into the ropes with a massive uppercut and covered, but Garcia kicked out again! What a match! Garcia pulled himself up to Castagnoli and slapped him! Castagnoli responded with an uppercut and a stomp to Garcia’s chest! Castagnoli hit a deadlift powerbomb, grapevined Garcia’s legs and pulled on his ankle to get the submission victory! Castagnoli gives the Death Riders two representatives in the Semifinals, along with AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley, to join Nigel McGuinness and Kyle O’Reilly.

After the match, we took a look back at the interview that turned into a brawl between AEW Women’s World Champion Willow Nightingale and Mercedes Moné, with a mess of security unable to keep them apart for long.

David Finlay and Clark Connors were addressing

David Finlay and Clark Connors were addressing their issues with Jay White and Bang Bang Gang, but Gabe Kidd came in and reminded Finlay and Connors that they are killers. He brought up the AEW World Trios Titles challenge laid out by champions “Hangman” Adam Page and Brodido. Kidd made it clear where they have their sights set next weekend!

The blind draw was announced for the C3 Semifinals with Nigel McGuinness vs. Kyle O’Reilly and Jon Moxley vs. Claudio Castagnoli in a battle of the Death Riders! It all goes down this Wednesday on Dynamite in Glasgow, with the winners advancing to All In: London!

Benjamin threw Mako around at the bell and into the corner with a nasty German suplex. Benjamin tagged Lashley, and they both pulled Nolan and O’Neill over the top rope and into the ring. Lashley dumped Nolan to the floor while Benjamin hit a step-up knee on O’Neill in the corner and threw him to Lashley for a spinebuster. Benjamin threw Nolan back and forth from the ring apron to the barricade until Lashley cut Nolan in half with a spear! Lashley tagged in Moriarty and left the ring with Benjamin to join MVP on the way back up the ramp.

Mako charged at Moriarty, who sent him

Mako charged at Moriarty, who sent him to the floor. Moriarty followed with a dive and threw Mako back in the ring. Moriarty hit FANG and locked in the Border City Stretch for the win!

After the match, Shane Taylor complimented Moriarty for his win and for clearing two years as ROH Pure Champion. He wanted to show greatness, including STP becoming the greatest trios champions of all time. They called out any team to face them right now. Bang Bang Gang answered the call!

Austin and Bravo started, but Austin quickly brought Bravo to the corner and tagged White. He chopped Bravo and tagged Colten. He jammed Bravo’s shoulder until Bravo ran him to the STP corner, where he was double-teamed. Dean tagged in, and the double-team continued with a flurry of offense. Colten used his speed to avoid Dean off the ropes, while Austin made a blind tag and Colten slid to the floor. Austin slid to trip Dean and flew over him with a whiplash neck snap. Bravo came in and ate jabs and a cross from Austin, but Taylor entered and floored Austin with a short-range clothesline!

Bravo tagged in to come off the top

Bravo tagged in to come off the top with a fist drop onto Austin as Dean brought him down to the mat! Bravo rolled him to the corner and tagged Taylor, who was thrown into the corner for a splash on Austin. Bravo followed with a clothesline, and Dean called for the BBC, which he connected with as the rest of STP posed on the floor! Bravo even provided an original nursery rhyme!

Austin was thrown back to the STP corner by The Infantry, so he flew at Taylor and knocked him to the floor! He sent Bravo over the top and avoided Dean to make the tag to his brother Colten! He unloaded on Dean and Bravo with a flurry of offense. When Colten lined up Dean for a Fame-Asser, Taylor cut it off with a massive clothesline! Taylor officially tagged in but missed a splash in the corner, and White tagged in for the first time in a while!

White came out kicking and slugging Taylor before moving to chops, although whip attempts were blocked by Taylor, who threw White over his head with a back body drop! Taylor went to the second rope, but missed a reverse splash and ate the mat! Dean tagged in, and he tagged Bravo. White stopped their double team by running them into each other and taking Dean down with a dragon screw. Bravo nailed White with a Carlie Crossover, but he ran into a DDT from the Gunns! Taylor charged at the Gunns, but they avoided him and worked him to the opposite corner. When he turned around, the Gunns were waiting and connected on their biggest 3:10 to Yuma ever! Taylor rolled to the floor, but Bravo turned into a Blade Runner from White! He covered Bravo for the pinfall victory!

White got the mic and called for Gunns

White got the mic and called for “Gunns Up!” He admitted that his C3 match against Jon Moxley didn’t go his way, so now his attention is back on The Dogs, especially after they attacked him on Dynamite on a night he had given the rest of Bang Bang Gang off because of Continental rules. He thanked the AEW World Trios Champions “Hangman” Adam Page and Brodido for helping him on Dynamite, but said he didn’t need their help and reminded them that Bang Bang Gang never actually lost the AEW World Trios Titles. Plus, he knows how bad The Dogs want those belts, so that only makes him want them more!

Lexy Nair was backstage with The Conglomeration and congratulated Kyle O’Reilly on his C3 Quarterfinal win over Orange Cassidy and asked his thoughts on facing Nigel McGuinness in the Semifinals. O’Reilly said he knew this tournament would test him, and he drew his two best friends in the first two rounds. Now only one person stands between him and Wembley Stadium, Nigel McGuinness. 

Willow Nightingale ran down her All In history, but this year she’s looking to walk in as champ. She has respect for Maya World and thinks the world of her future, but nothing is stopping her from achieving her dream. And she hopes Mercedes Moné is watching tonight because she has a huge smile on her face.

“But this specific smile is going to be just for you!”

Nightingale smiled big, and everyone nodded in approval.

Ian Riccaboni narrated the history of Kenny Omega

Ian Riccaboni narrated the history of Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay, including the large role Don Callis played in it all. Eventually, they both escaped the Callis Family, even though he remained a thorn in their side. The Death Riders would make their presence known multiple times and went from the group that broke Ospreay’s neck to the foundation of his training for much of 2026. Ospreay broke away, but Omega quickly reminded Ospreay of what it means to come after Omega’s AEW World Title. The road has only gotten bumpier with eight days to go!

Bailey and Ciampa began this Casino Gauntlet preview tag team match! Bailey worked Ciampa to the ropes, so Ciampa fired back with a cheap elbow. Bailey lit up Ciampa with a kick flurry, so Ciampa bailed and tagged Wayne. Wayne called for Komander to tag in, but it was a ruse to attack Bailey from behind. Bailey came off the ropes with a handspring to avoid Wayne and floored him with a stiff kick to the chest. Komander tagged in and took Wayne down with a springboard arm drag followed by a springboard crossbody, but Ciampa came in to break up the pin attempt. Komander and Bailey were sent to the ropes, but ducked under Ciampa and Wayne to hit stereo hurricanranas that sent them to the floor. Komander and Bailey came through the ropes to hit dives on both Wayne and Ciampa!

Wayne and Ciampa broke up the double team and isolated Komander for several minutes until Komander cradled Wayne for a near-fall. The kickout allowed Komander to get back to his corner to tag Bailey! He blocked a charging Wayne and ran him into the top turnbuckle and followed with a kick to the head. Bailey hit a missile dropkick on Wayne and blasted Ciampa off the apron with a pump kick. Bailey hit a combo of kicks followed by a running shooting star press for a two-count!

Bailey and Wayne avoided each other’s kicks until

Bailey and Wayne avoided each other’s kicks until Wayne threw Bailey down with a dragon suplex. He tagged Ciampa, who grabbed Bailey and rolled through for a sunset flip to get a near-fall. Bailey tried to kick a sitting Ciampa, but Ciampa laid flat to avoid it. Bailey tried a moonsault kneedrop, but Ciampa was ready for it, so Bailey landed on his feet, only for Ciampa to blast him with a big boot! Bailey floated out of a Project Ciampa attempt and connected with the moonsault kneedrop to Ciampa’s chest! Ciampa tagged Wayne as Bailey tagged Komander/ Komander ran up the ropes to avoid Wayne with an unbelievable amount of control and ring awareness. He put Wayne down face-first with a drop toehold and ran back up the ropes for a splash on Wayne! Ciampa broke it up with a running knee to Komander! Bailey stopped Ciampa with a kick flurry! Wayne went to hit Bailey with a forearm, but missed and knocked Ciampa off the apron to the floor! Bailey followed with a moonsault to Ciampa on the floor! Komander came out of nowhere for a springboard Mexican Destroyer! 1-2-Wayne kicked out!

Komander walked the ropes to finish Wayne with Cielito Lindo, but Ciampa interrupted him, so Komander came down and knocked Ciampa to the floor. Wayne rolled up Komander for a near-fall! Komander missed a splash on Wayne in the corner, so Ciampa grabbed him by the mask, only for Bailey to pull Ciampa back down to the floor. Back in the ring, Wayne hit Komander with a thrust kick followed by the Prodigy Plex for the pinfall victory! After the match, Ciampa shoved Wayne down to the mat, and they exchanged words.

Following the match, we took a look at the AEW International Championship match at All In: London, which will see “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher defend against “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada and “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita. After Okada spoke on Dynamite, Fletcher and Takeshita brawled in the ring with Okada nowhere to be found!

With the rest of the Death Riders behind

With the rest of the Death Riders behind him, Wheeler Yuta admitted the blind draw sucks, was bad luck and no good for the Death Riders, but they’ll look at it as an opportunity to raise the standard no matter who the opponents. Jon Moxley stood up and told Yuta to shut up before walking off.Castagnoli got up and said, “Sucks for who?” Yuta asked Daniel Garcia how his ankle was doing. Garcia simply responded, “Sucks.”

Nightingale and World had a brief feeling-out process until Nightingale overpowered World multiple times before outmaneuvering World to somewhat fluster the challenger. Nightingale worked World into the corner and unloaded with clotheslines, but World was waiting to duck the short-arm clothesline and hit an up-kick. World rolled up Nightingale for a two-count and sent her to the floor with a flying headscissors. World went to the apron and flattened Willow on the floor with a crossbody. She threw Willow back in and jumped from the top rope, but Nightingale jumped under her and pushed World to the ropes to hit a Pounce!

While Nightingale stayed in control, World hung in there despite taking a lot of punishment. Nightingale whipped World from pillar to post with clothesline after clothesline until World stopped the momentum with some forearms and a combo of kicks followed by a shotgun dropkick that nearly won the match! Nightingale caught a kick, so World swung into a handstand and launched Nightingale into the ropes. World came around the ropes with a swinging kick and rolled Nightingale into a double stomp on the chest! World came off the ropes, but Willow was waiting for her with a big spinebuster. Willow needed the time to recover, so she missed a charge in the corner but came back with a boot to World and a dropkick from the second rope.

Willow fired up the crowd and squished World

Willow fired up the crowd and squished World in the corner with a cannonball! World managed to kick out to keep the match alive. Willow went to the second rope for a moonsault, so World stopped her with a shot to the back. World pulled Nightingale down with a twisting sunset bomb! World picked up Nightingale and snapped her back with a bridging fallaway slam, but Willow kicked out just in time to save her reign! World and Willow exchanged strikes until Nightingale bounced off the ropes for a big lariat!

Willow picked up World for a Babe with the Powerbomb, but World countered it into a pinning predicament, which Willow kicked out of at two and went into a pin attempt of her own, although she couldn’t hold it. World crawled under Nightingale’s legs and cradled her for another near-fall! Nightingale stepped behind World and trapped her in a backslide to get the three-count and a successful AEW Women’s World Championship defense! She’s still heading to Wembley Stadium in eight days to defend against Moné!  

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