AEW Christmas Collision Results (12/25): C2 Group Stage Comes To An End; Babes Of Wrath, More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s coverage of a special Christmas edition of "AEW Collision" on December 25, 2025, coming to you from the Hammerstein Ballroom!

Santa is delivering SIX Continental Classic matches. In the Gold League, there is a 6-way tie going into tonight. PAC will take on Kevin Knight. Knight just picked up the biggest win of his career against Kazuchika Okada. PAC lost to Jack Perry last night on "Dynamite". Perry will look to keep his winning streak going against Kyle Fletcher.

"Speedball" Mike Bailey is hoping to have the same luck as his JetSpeed partner, Knight when he takes on Okada. Bailey lost to Perry last Saturday night.

In the Blue League, Claudio Castagnoli faces Roderick Strong. Strong is still looking for his first 3 points of the tournament.

Fellow Death Rider, Jon Moxley will take on Orange Cassidy. Cassidy is coming off a loss to Konosuke Takeshita. With that win, the IWGP Heavyweight Champion advances to the tournament semi-finals match at Worlds End. Takeshita faces off against Mascara Dorada, who defeated Roderick Strong last night. 

Ahead of their Worlds End Women's World Tag Title defense against Mercedes Moné and Athena, Babes of Wrath will take on Maya World and HYAN.

Fletcher comes to the ring first and is followed by Perry.

They talked trash to each other before Fletcher forced Perry into the corner. Perry worked Fletcher's arm before putting him in a side headlock. Perry bounced off the ropes, but Fletcher took him down with a shoulder tackle. Perry leapfrogged Fletcher and tried to do a dropkick, but Fletcher held on to the ropes. They moved into mat based work. Fletcher went for Perry's injured ankle, but Perry escaped to the corner. Fletcher kicked his ankle out from under him and stomped it.

Perry chopped Fletcher several times before Fletcher kicked him. He caught Perry as he tried to do an hurricanrana and rolled him into a Sharpshooter. Perry escaped to the rope, but Fletcher wrenched it in for five. He continued to work the ankle before kicking him in the face in the corner. They exchanged blows. Perry did a hurricanrana over the ropes and dumped Fletcher on the outside. Perry went for another one, but Fletcher caught him and powerbombed him onto the apron.

Back in the ring, Fletcher set up for a sheer drop brainbuster, but Perry bit his nipple to get out of it. Perry followed with chops, but Fletcher threw him into the ropes and Perry crumpled onto his ankle. Fletcher pulled Perry into the ringpost and trapped his leg with the steps. Fletcher took Perry's boot off and put his sock in his mouth before stomping on Perry's shin.

After the break, Fletcher kicked him to the mat. Perry responded with a dropkick, but both men were down. Perry kicked him in the face and then followed with a back elbow. He chopped him. Perry used the turnbuckle, but fell to the mat. Perry recovered to take him down with a lariat. Fletcher rolled to the outside. Perry did a baseball slide into a cazadora and DDT'd him on the floor. He followed with a tope, but was caught and Fletcher nailed a sheer drop brainbuster on the ramp.

Fletcher put Perry back into the ring by his hair to hit a powerbomb, but Perry kicked out. Fletcher with a big boot and set up for a brainbuster on the top rope, but Perry fought out and sent Fletcher crashing to the mat and both men were down. Perry charged at him for a running knee, but Fletcher caught him and reversed into a Boston Crab. He pulled Perry to the middle of the ring and stomped him. Perry grabbed his leg and reversed into a snare trap. Fletcher began to fade, but got his middle ring on the bottom rope. They exchanged blows. Fletcher with a half and half and running leg. Fletcher set up for a powerbomb, but Perry reversed him and sent him into the mat. Perry hit a piledriver, but Fletcher got his shoulder up at 2.99. Perry charged at Fletcher and Fletcher rolled him up. Perry rolled him up. Fletcher hit him with a lariat and placed him on the turnbuckle. Perry headbutted him, but Fletcher knocked him down with 60 seconds to go. Fletcher followed with a brainbuster for the win.

Winner: Kyle Fletcher

Takeshita comes out first. Dorada followed.

Takeshita flipped him over, but Dorada landed on his feet. Takeshita tried to flip him again, but Dorada flipped out of it and flipped two more times. Taskeshita swiped his leg out from under him, but he took Takeshita down. They worked each other's arms. Takeshita sent Dorada down to the mat and then offered his hand. He shook his hand when he got to his feet. Dorada rolled him up for two.

Dorada helped him to his feet. Takeshita immediately chopped him and Dorada flipped himself backwards. Takeshita hit him in the head repeatedly. Dorada chopped him and attempted two shoulder tackles. Takeshita directed him to do it again and followed Dorada and kicked him.

Dorada blocked a lariat and held his wrist while he chopped and kicked him. Dorada held his hand to walk the ropes, but Takeshita let go and walked away, causing Dorada to fall onto the ropes. Dorada used the ropes to bounce into an armdrag. Dorada followed with a hurricanrana. Takeshita rolled to the outside and then moved when Dorada went for a dive.

After the break, Dorada took Takeshita down with another hurricanrana. Takeshita went to the outside and Dorada connected with a moonsault from the top rope. Takeshita got in the ring and Dorada hit a 450 Splash. Takeshita went for a back body drop, but Dorada landed on his feet. Takeshita followed with a Blue Thunder Bomb, but Dorada kicked out at 2.5. They exchanged blows. Dorada connects with a thrust kick. Takeshita caught him, but Dorada reversed into a Destroyer. Takeshita turned him inside out with a lariat, but Dorada kicked out.

Takeshita put Dorada on the turnbuckle and does a buckle bomb. Dorada put him on the turnbuckle and connected with a hurricanrana and followed with a 450 Splash, but Takeshita moved. Takeshita connected with a piledriver, but Dorada rolled Takeshita up while he was pinning him. Dorada kicked him in the shoulder and running Shooting Star, but Takeshita kicked out. Dorada put him on the turnbuckle again. They battle up top before Takeshita hit a lariat off the top rope and followed with a running knee strike. He hit Raging Fire for the win.

Winner: Konosuke Takeshita

Claudio comes to the ring first. Strong follows.

Claudio immediately took Strong down with a shoulder tackle down and pinned him for two. Strong took him down and covered him for two. Strong chopped him to the ropes and continued pummeling him. Claudio caught him and dumped him outside. Claudio pulled him to the turnbuckle and connected with a suplex. Claudio turned him inside out with a lariat and followed with an European uppercut while Strong was seated.

Strong rolled to the outside. He sent him Strong into the barricade and hit another uppercut before getting in the ring. He stopped Strong from getting in the ring and sent him back into the barricade before dropping him across it. He dumped Strong over the barricade and got back in the ring. Strong got back in the ring to break up the count. Strong slammed Claudio to the mat. Strong hit him with uppercuts in the corners. Strong with two rising knee lifts. He pulled his kneepad down and connected with a third one in the chin. Strong pinned him for the win.

Winner: Roderick Strong

He immediately got attacked by Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia. Mark Briscoe made the save with his kendo stick. He told Marina to come at him. "Timeless" Toni Strom ran down and pulled her off the apron and punched her in the face with her pearl necklace. Yuta and Garcia hold Marina back. She shook Briscoe's hand and he kissed it.

Knight comes to the ring first. PAC followed.

They locked up and did stand and switches. Knight took him to the mat. PAC gets to his feet and works his arm. Knight took him down and did a knee drop on his arm. Knight continued to work his arm until PAC got to the rope. PAC pressed him against the ropes. Knight worked the arm again and got PAC to his knees. PAC backed him to the ropes and put him in a side headlock. PAC took him down with a shoulder tackle. Knight took him down with two armdrags and sent him over the ropes. Knight followed him to the outside. PAC walked away and Knight got back in the ring.

PAC got in the ring and kicked him before doing an Irish Whip. He sent him head first into the turnbuckle. They exchanged chops in the corner. PAC pushed his leg into the mat before faceplanting him. PAC stood over him and talked trash. Knight pushed his face and then chest bumped him. They exchanged blows.

Knight with a flying forearm and connecting with a lariat in the corner. Knight sent him over the ropes. He used to leap into the air and forearm PAC. He sent him back in the ring, but PAC rolled out the other side. Knight jumped from the ropes to connect with a Phenomenal Forearm. He put PAC back in the ring and planted him with a pendulum DDT. Knight rained down punches in the corner and followed with a snapmare takeover and a sliding lariat.

After the break, PAC had him in a sidelock. Knight hit him with forearms and kicked him a couple times. Knight took him down with a leaping lariat. Knight followed with UFO Splash from the middle rope. PAC responded with a bodyslam. Knight kipped up into a hurricanrana off the top rope. He followed with a UFO Splash.

PAC sent him to apron and Knight went for another Phenomenal Forearm, but PAC moved. PAC intercepted Knight and did a back body drop, but Knight's momentum sent him over the ropes and crashing into the floor. Knight climbed back into the ring and PAC immediately hit with a European uppercut. He placed Knight on the turnbuckle and suplexed him over his head. PAC tried to put him in the Brutalizer, but Knight escaped to the ropes. PAC kicked him in the gut. Knight went for a dropkick, but PAC held onto the ropes. PAC ran the ropes and Knight connected with a dropkick.

Knight took him down with a Phenomenal Forearm and followed with a powerbomb with five minutes to go. PAC went to the outside and Knight joined him. Knight ran up apron to do a Phenomenal Forearm, but PAC caught him and suplexed him. He sent him into barricade, flipped off a fan, and got back in the ring. Knight got in the ring after 9.

PAC pulled him to the corner, but Knight leapt to the turnbuckle for a belly-to-belly. They exchange blows from their knees and then their feet. PAC kicked him in the face and gut. He hit him with a big boot in the corner. PAC followed with a dropkick in the corner. He followed with a coast to coast and the UFO Splash, but PAC got his knees up and rolled him onto his shoulders to pin him. Knight kicked out at 2.5. With a minute to go, PAC turned him inside out with a lariat, but Knight got his shoulder up. He pulled Knight to the corner and went for Red Arrow, but Knight got his knees up. Knight pinned him, but PAC kicked out. Knight rolled him up two more times. PAC locked in the Brutalizer with 10 seconds to go. Time ran out and ended in a draw.

Winner: no one