AEW Collision Live Coverage - 8/23 - Young Bucks Vs. Paragon, Ex-WWE Star Isla Dawn Debuts

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s coverage of "AEW Collision" on August 23, 2025, coming to you from the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland!

On the eve of Forbidden Door, Isla Dawn will make her AEW debut in her home country. She'll be taking on Megan Bayne. Two members of Triangle of Madness, Julia Hart and Skye Blue continue their feud with Queen Aminata and Willow Nightingale.

Coming off of winning NJPW's prestigious G1 CLIMAX tournament, Konosuke Takeshita returns to AEW. He will take on NJPW. Conglomeration member Tomohiro ISHII. More members of the Don Callis Family will be in action when Josh Alexander, Lance Archer, Rocky Romero, and Hechicero against Hiromu Takahashi and SkyFlight (Scorpio Sky & Top Flight).

During "Dynamite", the Young Bucks attacked Will Ospreay. Paragon stopped them from going further and both tag teams will go head-to-head tonight. In more tag team action,

GOA will take on a returning GYV. Big Bill will also be in action. Max Caster is bringing his open challenge to the U.K.

Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary. Don Callis came out to address the crowd in Spanish to introduce Hechicero. Archer, Alexander, and Romero join Hechicero.

SkyFlight, accompanied by Christopher Daniels, comes to the ring next. Hiromu follows. Hiromu and Alexander start us off. Alexander forearms him and Hiromu with a headscissor takedown. Romero got in the ring, Hiromu kicked him in the gut and threw him into the turnbuckle. Hirmou ran between both men in the corners several times before dropkicked Romero into the corner. Hiromu took Alexander down too. Sky tagged in as did Hechicero. From the apron, Sky headbutted him through the ropes and followed with a headscissors takedown before tagging in Dante. Dante send Hechicero into his corner before Darius tagged in so they could double team him. Alexander charged at Darius, Dante leapfrogged them. Darius DDT'd Alexander.

Archer blocked Darius and sent him to the mat. Dante uses his brother's back to knock Archer off the apron. Darius attempted a tope on Archer, but Archer caught him and slammed him onto the apron. Hechicero with a senton in the center of the ring. Archer tagged in and kicked Darius in the gut and sent him into the corner. Darius hit Romero and Alexander with back elbows to knock them off the apron.

Dante tagged in and kicked Archer and followed with forearms. Alexander kneed Dante in the back through the ropes and Dante back elbowed him. Archer grabbed him by the neck to throw him over his shoulder and then cleaned house. Archer with a lariat to Dante. Romero tagged in and kicked Dante in the gut and ran the ropes before hitting him with a sliding lariat. Hechicero tagged in and went on the offense. He worked Dante's ankle and knee. Alexander tagged in and sent Dante into the corner. Dante went up top, but Alexander picked him up on his shoulders to do a gut buster.

After the break, Archer had Dante by the neck and Dante reversed into a hurricanrana. Romero and Sky tagged in. Sky takes Romero down and powerbombed him. Alexander came in and Sky connected with a drop toe hold and stomped his back. He followed with a cutter on Romero and put him in a dragon sleeper. Everybody else is fighting in and out of the ring. Hechicero put Sky in a stretch. Archer took out everyone on the outside. Hechicero locked in a stretch on the other side before doing a sidewalk slam. Hechicero and Alexander double team Sky. Romero got on Archer's shoulders so Archer could toss him on Sky. Romero followed with a cutter.

Hiromu fought out of the C4 and hit a thrust kick. Hechicero took Hirmou down with a drop toehold and elbowed his arm. Hiromu chopped him, but Hechicero sent him into the corner before connecting with a running knee. Top Flight double team Hechicero. Archer took them out with double lariats. He tried for a double chokeslam, but they got out and kicked him in the gut simultaneously. They got Archer in a vertical suplex. Romero shoved Top Flight and made Darius knock Dante out of the ring. He sent Darius out on the other side while Sky got in. Sky dropkicked Romero and Hiromu tagged in and took down Romero. He had Romero on his shoulders, but Romero got down and raked his eyes. Romero set up for a tornado DDT, but Sky grabbed Romero's upper body and delivered a slam. SkyFlight did stereo tope suicidas on Hechicero, Archer, and Alexander. Hirmou delivered a Death Valley Driver to Hiromu for the win.

Winner: SkyFlight and Hiromu Takahashi

Kyle Fletcher and Callis come to the ramp. Hiromu signals he's going to take his TNT Championship.

Dawn comes out first. Bayne follows, accompanied by Penelope Ford.

Bayne with a gut wrench on Dawn, followed by a shoulder tackle. She ran her into the corner and chopped her. She sends her into the next corner and chopped her. Dawn reversed Bayne into the corner and wailed on her. Bayne gets out of the corner, but Dawn stays on the offense. Bayne put her in a side headlock. Bayne started to suplex Dawn, but she got out of it. Bayne with a Samoan Drop and multiple scoop slams. Dawn fights back until Bayne pushes her down. Bayne takes her down with a lariat. Bayne followed with a running boot in the corner and a slam. Dawn punched her in the back from the knees.

Bayne grabbed her by the hair and hit her in the back. Dawn blocked a powerbomb twice before ducking a pumpkick. She followed with multiple strikes. Bayne went for a splash, but Dawn moved. Dawn kicked her in the chest and a knee lift before kneeing her in the face after bouncing off the ropes. She covered her, but Bayne got her shoulder up. Dawn charged at Bayne, but Bayne took her down with a lariat. Bayne followed with a Liger Bomb for the win.

Winner: Megan Bayne

As Bayne and Ford walked up the ramp, Nightingale made her way to the ring as Riccaboni rapped. Aminata follows. Blue and Hart follow.

Willow and Skye start us off. Skye hit her from behind. Willow with a high angle takedown. She followed with a shoulder tackle and gave one to Julia when she climbed in the ring. Willow forearms Julia in the corner repeatedly. She pulled her to the center of the ring to lariat her. Aminata tagged in and chopped Julia in the corner. Aminata suplexed Julia. She charged the corner, but Julia moved and splashed her. Julia with a full arm drag twist and a forearm shot before walking the ropes. Julia took Aminata down after she jumped off the rope. Julia hit the ropes for a running lariat, but Aminata ducked. Aminata picks her up and spins her around several times before planting Julia on the butt. Aminata follows with Chocolate Kisses until Skye dropkicked her in the head. While the ref is distracted, Skye and Julia double team Aminata. Julia covered her for a one count.

After the break, Willow pounced Skye out of the ring. Julia hit her in the back, but Willow hit a spinebuster and rolled her up for two. Willow grabbed her by the hair and put her on her shoulders, but Julia got down. She and Skye deliver an assisted DDT. Willow grabbed Skye and Julia's hands to slam them into each other before taking them down with double lariats before tagging in Aminata. Aminata suplexed her twice. Skye fought out a spinning neck breaker before hitting Aminata. Skye with a knee lift, but Aminata took her down with chops. Aminata did an air raid crash and covered her for two. Aminata went for a double stomp, but Skye rolled out the way. Aminata connected with a swinging neckbreaker. Julia with a leg trip on Aminata. Willow chopped Julia and Skye superkicked Willow. She hit her a second time and all four are in the ring. Julia superkicked Aminata. Willow and Aminata hit them with lariats. All four women are down.

They battle with forearms. Julia and Skye kicked Willow and Aminata. Willow and Aminata put them in standing submission holds before running their opponents into each other. Willow sends Julia to the outside. Julia grabbed Willow's leg and pulled her down on the apron. Skye had Aminata in a hold. Julia came up behind her, but Aminata kicked her from behind before taking Skye down. Aminata headbutted Skye. She followed with Off With Her Head and rolled her up for the win.

Winner: Queen Aminata and Willow Nightingale

After the match, Thekla attacked Aminata. Willow fought her. Ford takes out Willow and Bayne joins them. Harley Cameron ran to the ring and took out Ford on the ramp. Cameron attacks Bayne in the corner. Ford pulls Cameron off and feeds her to Bayne. Bayne with a overhead throw. Kris Statlander comes in and takes out Bayne.

Caster says Shibata couldn't go five minutes with him because he respects him. He starts a chant and then says he couldn't understand the accent. Zack Sabre, Jr. answered the challenge. Nigel is not happy. ZSJ tells Caster to come on.

ZSJ works his arm in various ways. Caster dropped his knees and ZSJ held him down with his knee. Caster worked ZSJ's arm. ZSJ reversed the hold back onto Caster and sent him to the mat. He talked to Nigel from the ring. Caster put him in a side headlock and took ZSJ to the mat. ZSJ quickly wrapped his legs around Caster's neck before twisting his neck. ZSJ works his wrist. Caster kicked him to make him let go. Caster hit ZSJ in the back of the neck. ZSJ went for a Cobra Twist, but Caster hops around to avoid it. ZSJ puts him in an abdominal stretch and Caster immediately tapped.

Winner: ZSJ

After the match, ZSJ talks trash to Nigel. Nigel stands up and offers his hand. They shake and exchange words. ZSJ tried to walk off, but Nigel wouldn't let go. They stood face to face and ZSJ held his title up. As he walked off, Anthony Bowens ran in the ring and stomped Caster before punching him repeatedly. Billy Gunn came down to the ring and yelled at Bowens. They argue before Bowens tries to leave. Gunn stops him and tells him to back off him. Bowens did so and yelled at him from the ramp.

ISHII makes his way to the ring. Takeshita follows, accompanied by Callis.

ISHII shoved Takeshita and they exchanged blows. ISHII tells Takeshita to hit him. They hold each other's trunks and forearm each other. Takshita bounced off the ropes and hit ISHII and made him stumble backwards. ISHII bounced off the ropes to hit Takeshita, but met a big boot. Takeshita takes him down after bouncing off the ropes. ISHII ducked a chop before chopping Takeshita and sending him over the top rope.

ISHII goes to the outside and chopped him repeatedly before putting him on the apron. ISHII tried to lift Takeshita, but he put his legs around the rope to stop it. Takeshita hit him in the gut and got off the apron before hitting him in the shin. Takeshita spiked ISHII head first on the floor.

After the break, ISHII hit an avalanche superplex. Takeshita hits him with forearms before ISHII fires off a massive forearm. They hit forearms at the same time. Takeshita hit ISHII with a piledriver and a suplex. Takeshita hit ISHII with a running knee in the corner, but ISHII caught his leg and powerbombed him. ISHII went for a lariat, but Takeshita blocked it. He connected with one and followed with a sliding lariat. Takeshita connected with a Blue Thunder Bomb, but ISHII kicked out. Takeshita takes ISHII down with a big forearm. He went for Raging Fire, but ISHII blocked it and hit him with an uppercut and a lariat. ISHII gets him to his feet and went for a brainbuster. Takeshita reversed into a hurricanrana. ISHII went for a suplex, but Takeshita landed on his feet. Takeshita went for a running knee, but ISHII caught it and hit an enzuiguri. Takeshita took him down with a running knee. Both men are down.

They got to their feet at the same time and hit forearms. ISHII with a headbutt. Takeshita took him down with a knee lift and fell on top of him, but ISHII kicked out. Takeshita with Raging Fire.

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita

Big Bill comes to the ring, accompanied by Bryan Keith. Mandrews is already waiting for him.

Bill splashed him as soon as the bell rang. Bill hit him repeatedly in the back over the ropes before knocking him off the apron with a big boot. Bill put him back in the ring and went for a splash, but Mandrews moved. Mandrews hit him with knees in the gut and struck him repeatedly. Mandrews bounced off the ropes and ducked a lariat by sliding. Bill caught him and spun him around before slamming him to the mat for the pin.

Winner: Big Bill

After the match, Keith put two chairs in the ring. Bill grabbed Mandrews by the hair before chokeslamming him into the chairs.

GOA comes to the ring, accompanied by Ricochet. GYV follows. Ricochet joins commentary.

Drake and Toa lock up before Toa sends him to the mat. Drake kicked him in the face and then went up top to kick Toa in the face. He leapt over Toa when he charged the corner. Drake went for a crossbody and was caught. Toa hit a Samoan Drop. He charged him in the corner. KAUN got in the ring and hit him with a lariat. Toa splashed him on the mat. KAUN walks over his stomach. He forearmed him in the back. He kept trying to pick Drake up, but Drake blocked it. As they backed into the corner, Gibson tagged in.

Gibson forearmed KAUN and they double team him. Gibson struck him a few times and KAUN took him down with a lariat. KAUN sent him to the corner. Gibson hit KAUN with a boot and back elbowed Toa. Gibson struck KAUN repeatedly and tagged in Drake. They double teamed KAUN. Drake used Gibson's back to run across and kick Toa off the apron.

As Drake climbs up top, Ricochet says he has to cheat and runs to the ring to and distracts Drake so KAUN can kick him off the turnbuckle. KAUN sends Drake into the barricade and apron repeatedly and sends him into the opposite barricade as Ricochet rejoins commentary. Toa sent Drake over the barricade.

After the break, Drake kicked KAUN in the face. Gibson sends KAUN down and hits Toa. Gibson hits KAUN again before knocking Toa off the apron. KAUN kicked Gibson in the gut, but Gibson hits Toa with a tope suicida. KAUN put Gibson on his shoulder, but Gibson elbowed him in the head before getting down. Gibson with a Saito Suplex on KAUN, but Toa breaks up the pin. Toa sends Gibson to the corner. Toa charged, but Gibson moved. Gibson kicked him in the knee and holds him in place so that Drake can connect with a Coast 2 Coast.

Toa and Drake rolled out of the ring. KAUN charged Gibson, but he kicked him and got on the turnbuckle. He connected with a lungblower and sent him into Drake so they could double team him. Drake covered for two. Drake tagged in and they start to double team KAUN again, but KAUN fights out. Drake jumped over KAUN and Toa pounced him over the top rope. KAUN and Toa hit Open the Gates and KAUN pins him for the win.

Winner: GOA

Paragon comes to the ring, where the Bucks are waiting because they didn't get a televised entrance. Nick yelled from the ring at Schiavone to ask if he didn't give them an entrance. He said he didn't do it and told them it's Mr. Schiavone.

KOR put Matt in a waistlock and worked his arm. Matt worked his arm and put him in a side headlock before sending him to the mat. KOR went for a cross armbreaker, but Matt fights it. KOR puts him in ankle lock. Matt fights it off, but gets taken down with an arm drag. Strong tagged in and they double teamed Matt. Nick gets in the ring and he gets sent to the outside. Paragon hits Matt with a double snap suplex. Matt tries to tag Nick, but Nick gets down so he can't.

They both send Matt to the mat. Nick faked falling into the ring and hit his face. Paragon sent Nick over the rope. Nick kicked the announce table and grabbed it because he hurt himself. And then he did the same with the barricade. Meanwhile, Matt is getting double teamed. KOR continues the offense. Matt plants him in the center of the ring. Nick tagged in this time. He double teamed Paragon.

Matt tagged in and they double team Kyle. Kyle moved and Nick kicked Matt in the face. He kicked Nick off the apron. Strong tagged in and did a backbreaker on Matt and then one on Nick. Strong did a dropkick on Matt. He slammed Matt to the mat. Nick hit Roddy in the gut and Kyle grabbed Nick by the ankle. Nick kicked him in the side of the face before springboard facebuster on Strong. He started to dive on Kyle, but Kyle moved and he hit Matt. KOR went for a running knee off the apron, only to eat a double superkick. Strong dropkicked Matt through the ropes. Nick kicked Roddy in the face from the apron. Matt put Roddy in the ring and held him in place for Nick to flip onto him. Kyle broke up the pin.

Kyle sent Matt out of the ring and struck Nick repeatedly. Nick connected with a superkick. Matt set up Kyle on the outside for the EVP Driver.

After the break, Strong went for the tag, but Matt pulled Kyle off the apron. Matt with a blockbuster from the apron on Kyle. Nick superkicked Strong and covered him, but Roddy kicked out. Matt tagged in and they went for More Bang for Your Buck, but Strong rolled away. Matt went up top, but Roddy pushed his foot out. Roddy threw Nick into Matt, who was hanging upside down. KOR tagged in and kicked Nick to the mat twice. He followed with multiple strikes. He kneed Matt in the gut. Matt backed himself into the corner and KOR charged him. KOR gave Nick's leg to Matt and then grabbed Matt's leg to corkscrew him, which caused him to do the same to Nick. KOR with a running dropkick of the apron to Matt. In the ring, he kicked Nick in the back and hit him with a right cross. Paragon double team Nick, but he kicked out.

KOR put him in a cross armbreaker. Roddy did a backbreaker on Matt. Roddy stomped Nick and Kyle dropped back to apply more pressure. Nick got to the rope and locked his ankles around it. Strong tagged in and they double teamed Nick. Nick moved, causing them to hit each other. Nick superkicked Kyle. They double teamed Roddy and superkicked Kyle. Kyle took them down with the double lariat. All four men are down.

KOR and Matt tagged in and exchanged blows. KOR puts him in the guillotine. Matt did the Northern Lights before suplexing Paragon simultaneously. Nick tossed Roddy from the ring. Nick takes Roddy from the top rope. The Bucks double team Kyle. Nick tries to hit the EVP Driver, but he ate a knee from Roddy. Paragon double team Matt, but Matt kicked out. They hit the high low, but Nick superkicked Kyle out of the pin. Roddy with a backbreaker on Nick while Kyle puts Matt in an ankle lock. Callus runs to the ring and distracts the ref so Okada can hit a Rainmaker on Kyle. Okada put Strong in a waistlock so that the Bucks can superkick him. Okada leaves the ring and the Bucks hit the EVP Driver for the win.

Winner: Young Bucks

After the match, the Bucks and Okada attack Paragon and Swerve makes his way to the ring with Nana in tow. Okada waited for Swerve to get into the ring to roll out. Swerve dodged the Bucks and hit Matt with a House Call. Okada attacked Swerve in the knee and continued working the knee. Okada nailed Swerve with the Rainmaker. Okada and the Bucks stand over Swerve's carcass.