AEW Collision began its residency back at Esports Stadium Arlington, live on TNT and streaming on HBO Max, with a star-studded Saturday night of the best professional wrestling in the world!

Darby Allin took care of Wheeler Yuta in their first one-on-one match in over three years, despite interference from Daniel Garcia and Marina Shafir, the latter of whom was ejected from ringside and got into it with “Timeless” Toni Storm! As a result, Storm and Shafir will battle it out on Dynamite!

Shelton Benjamin defeated Dante Martin of SkyFlight to build some momentum heading into his Continental Eliminator against AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley this Wednesday on Dynamite. Don Callis finally unleashed El Clon for a successful in-ring debut in an impressive victory against Angelico. But when Clon tried to do further damage, Komander ran out to stop him. Later in the night, it was El Clon who cost Komander his match against Hechicero. With the win, Hechicero earned a shot at TNT Champion Mark Briscoe next week on Collision!

Plus, JetSpeed handled Big Bill and Bryan Keith in tag team action, and Eddie Kingston and Ortiz called out the Grizzled Young Veterans! All that and so much more came your way from Arlington!

Here’s everything that went down on AEW Collision for January 3, 2026, including your full results and match recaps.

AEW Collision Recap Tonight for Arlington

• We Hear From Timeless Love Bombs, Shelton Benjamin & MVP, Dante Martin & Christopher Daniels, and Darby Allin

• Don Callis Family’s El Clon def. Angelico

• Jon Moxley Knows What’s Coming From Shelton Benjamin

• Timeless Love Bombs (“Timeless” Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) def. Hyan & Maya World

• MegaProblems (Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir) def. Rache Chanel & Londyn Dior

• The Don Callis Family Wants More of the Same in 2026

• Winner Gets TNT Title Match vs. Mark Briscoe on Next Week’s Collision: Don Callis Family’s Hechicero def. Komander 

• Eddie Kingston & Ortiz Want the Grizzled Young Veterans

• Big Bill & Bryan Keith are Coming to Collect on JetSpeed

• JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey and “The Jet” Kevin Knight) def. Big Bill & Bryan Keith

• Grizzled Young Veterans Respond to Kingston & Ortiz

• Lights Out Between The Opps and Hangman & Swerve on Dynamite!

• The Hurt Syndicate’s Shelton Benjamin def. Dante Martin

• Sammy Guevara Challenges ROH World Champion Bandido

• A Medical Update From Stokely Hathaway

• Darby Allin def. Wheeler Yuta

We Hear From Timeless Love Bombs, Shelton Benjamin and MVP, Dante Martin and Christopher Daniels, and Darby Allin

Before we got to the action, the Timeless Love Bombs told us they were returning to Collision for some “Hot Texas Action” and apologized for what they were going to do tonight to Hyan and Maya World, because they liked them. Christopher Daniels said SkyFlight is a cohesive unit, so with Scorpio Sky out, Dante Martin will step in his place to defeat Shelton Benjamin. Martin flew into frame to say Benjamin is one of the greatest athletes, but tonight, Benjamin finds out that Martin is inhuman. MVP said this is the beginning of the first fiscal quarter for The Hurt Syndicate, and Martin has an unfortunate collision with Benjamin. MVP said it’s business as usual for The Hurt Syndicate. And that business? Benjamin let them know, “We hurt people.”

Darby Allin said he’s this close to taking care of the Death Riders, but now he has to go through Wheeler Yuta? He’s gonna start 2026 off by breaking Yuta’s face!

Don Callis Family’s El Clon defeats Angelico

El Clon’s debut had an ominous feel to it, as it came in the same building where Hologram, the man to whom El Clon has many parallels, made his AEW debut. Clon showed a level of intensity not typically seen with such lucha tactics. His speed was too much for Angelico, over and over from the jump, including a springboard DDT that was executed with perfect precision. Clon even calmed the crowd down to get the most impact out of a huge chop across Angelico’s chest. Angelico struck back and sent Clon to the corner, but Clon escaped and seemed to pause in midair to hit a Pele kick to Angelico’s head! 

Clon followed with a tilt-o-whirl lungblower and his take on the Portal Bomb to defeat Angelico for a successful debut! Serpentico came in to check on Angelico, so El Clon attacked him until Komander ran out to make the save. El Clon left satisfied with his work.

Jon Moxley Knows What’s Coming From Shelton Benjamin

We heard from the AEW Continental Champion, Jon Moxley, backstage. “What do you get when you take a dozen of the most capable, most durable, hungriest wrestlers on the planet, strip them of everything but their will, stick ’em in a blender for the month, and call it the Continental Classic? Who do you think comes out of that? Maybe not who you expected, although maybe you should have. What comes out of that? Something unique like nothing else in professional wrestling, not whatever this,” Moxley knocked on the AEW Continental Championship, “is made of. 

“Like pressure creates diamonds, the alchemy of blood and sweat and pain and tears and broken bones and concussions and disappointment and thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat and going to insane places in your mind, ‘cause you’re so hurt, but you wanna win so bad! Competition! This is like nothing else in professional wrestling. This is something with a barrier to entry. This is something with a very high price tag.

When I step into the ring with Shelton Benjamin on Wednesday, he will be very high on the list of straight-up baddest dudes I’ve ever been in the ring with. He can and should and will throw me around like a ragdoll. There’s really nothing I do better than Shelton Benjamin. And I have all the respect in the world for those guys. They’re the real thing. They’ve paid their dues in full, so I’m gonna drop any pretense. But on Wednesday, Shelton Benjamin, think of the price tag. You’re gonna have to do a whole lot more than hurt me.”

Timeless Love Bombs (“Timeless” Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa) defeat Hyan and Maya World

Shirakawa and World started things for their respective teams, but when Mina began her dance from the mat, World nearly took her out with a short-range thrust kick. Shirakawa blocked it, and the two had a stalemate, so Storm and Hyan tagged in for the first time. Storm took World down with a shoulder block, followed by a short dropkick and a German suplex. Mina tagged back in with a quick suplex to bring Storm back into the match. Storm dropped Shirakawa off her shoulder for an assisted tornillo to get a two-count. Hyan pushed Storm into her corner so that World could tag in. Storm avoided their double-team and took both down with a dropkick. Hyan and World were knocked to the floor, so Storm helped Shirakawa scale the ropes to hit a crossbody to the floor!

Shirakawa found herself away from Storm and in the wrong corner for a few minutes, which allowed Hyan and World to hit a double-team gutbuster. Hyan and Shirakawa wound up in a strike battle that saw Shirakawa create space with a spinning backfist so she could tag Storm! Storm unloaded on World with a big boot and a DDT, but World kicked out at two! Storm tried a Storm Zero, but World backdropped out of it and tagged Hyan. Hyan and World hit a facebuster-dropkick-bulldog combo on Storm in quick succession, but they only got a two. 

World tagged back in and scaled the ropes to hit a double-team blockbuster on Storm. And Shirakawa saved her partner from a three-count just in time! Storm avoided World and Hyan long enough for Mina to come off the top with a dropkick to both! Shirakawa hit a hip attack to both in the corner, so Storm followed with one of her own. Shirakawa hit World with a slingblade and then dove onto Hyan on the floor. Storm finished World off with a Storm Zero for the win! They shook the hands of Hyan and World after the match. However, while they were still making their way back up the ramp, the music of Marina Shafir played for our next match, as she entered from the crowd with Storm looking for a fight before being escorted to the back by officials.

MegaProblems (Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir) defeat Rache Chanel and Londyn Dior

Shafir quickly took Dior to the mat and knocked Chanel off the apron. Shafir brought Dior to the corner to tag in Bayne, who lit up Dior with gut checks followed by an overhead throw. Bayne missed a charge in the corner, so Chanel tagged in. Chanel missed a clothesline to Bayne, but ate one from Shafir. Bayne picked up Dior for a tornado slam and dropped her onto Shafir, who locked in Mother’s Milk for the immediate tap-out victory.

The Don Callis Family Wants More of the Same in 2026

While Lance Archer and Hechicero were decimating an unlucky few behind him, Josh Alexander said it was a new year, but more of the same from the Don Callis Family. We saw what El Clon could do, and in a few hours at Wrestle Kingdom, Konosuke Takeshita will successfully defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, and Kazuchika Okada will send the legendary Hiroshi Tanahashi into retirement with a loss. We then saw that Alexander was saying all this with someone else trapped in an ankle lock. He sent Hechicero out to beat Komader, so Hechicero could earn a TNT Title shot against Mark Briscoe next week on Collision!

Winner Gets TNT Title Match vs. Mark Briscoe on Next Week’s Collision: Don Callis Family’s Hechicero defeats Komander 

Both men traded pin attempts right at the bell and then went to more of a feeling-out process before Hechicero tried to stretch Komander, which he escaped with a headscissors. Hechicero caught Komander in midair to slam him to the ground and then slammed Komander’s knee into the canvas before bringing him to the corner with a chop. Komander escaped another attempt by bouncing between the middle and top ropes before hitting a hurricanrana to take down Hechicero! However, Komander quickly found himself back on the mat, until he kicked his way out and somehow used an inverted flip off the ropes to rebound and armdrag Hechicero to the floor! That was spectacular! Komander tried to dive onto Hechicero, but was caught and powerbombed into the guardrail! 

Hechicero remained in control until Komander struck his way out of the corner and fought for a DDT that connected! Komander leapt onto Hechicero’s shoulders, but Hechicero caught him on the way down, and Komander tried to get free. Hechicero didn’t let Komander make much impact, but Komander broke loose only for Hechicero to trap Komander’s legs to propel him off the second rope and into a bow-and-arrow submission! How unique! Hechicero converted that into a cross armbreaker, but Komander broke it by getting to the ropes. Hechicero took too much time taunting and missed a charge in the corner that sent him shoulder-first into the steel post! Komander hit a running dropkick to knock Hechicero to the floor and then went to the opposite top turnbuckle. Komander ran the entire length of the ring across the top rope to hit a twisting body press onto Hechicero on the floor! Unbelievable! 

Komander threw Hechicero back in the ring and hit a step-up enzuigiri from the apron to put Hechicero down. Komander went to the top, so Hechicero rolled to the floor only for Komander to make a seamless adjustment to walk the ropes and hit a moonsault to the floor! Back in the ring, Komander hit a sunset-flip bomb for a two-count. Hechicero came back with a hammerlock swing into a backbreaker, but Komander took Hechicero down with a kick to the knee, followed by a poisonrana! With Hechicero down, Komander went to the top, but while the referee was checking on Hechicero, El Clon ran down and pushed Komander off the top rope! Hechicero took advantage with a knee strike combo and then twisted Komander up to trap his shoulder for a three-count. Hechicero and El Clon celebrated after the match. Hechicero will now face TNT Champion Mark Briscoe for the TNT Title next week on Collision!

Eddie Kingston and Ortiz Want the Grizzled Young Veterans

Tony Schiavone brought out Eddie Kingston and Ortiz to the ring, as they earned a big reception from the Arlington crowd! Schiavone brought up Ortiz’s return to save Kingston from the Grizzled Young Veterans, but first, Kingston shouted out multiple birthdays in the crowd! Eddie is for the birthday people! Kingston called Ortiz his right hand and said he nearly quit multiple times because he hasn’t had Ortiz by his side, but now that he does, he’ll have to stick around a while. Ortiz said Kingston was born with the gift of gab, and Ortiz said he was born with the gift of putting his foot in people’s asses! 

“GYV! We coming for you!”

Kingston reiterated the message, “Grizzled Young Vets, we will get you! Get ready, boys!”

Big Bill and Bryan Keith are Coming to Collect on JetSpeed

Lexy Nair tried to ask Big Bill and Bryan Keith about JetSpeed, but first Bill made a point of asking if he had heard right that Eddie Kingston had finally found someone he could trust. What a dope. Keith added that Kingston was a “dumbass.” Bill said JetSpeed made a lot of enemies and that there’s a bounty on them, so it’s a good thing he knows a bounty hunter. Keith said it’s time to pay up!

JetSpeed (“Speedball” Mike Bailey and “The Jet” Kevin Knight) defeat Big Bill and Bryan Keith

Bailey and Keith started things off, each man showing off their powerful kicks and strikes, until Keith gained control and brought Bailey to the wrong corner, allowing Bill to do some damage after Knight was knocked off the apron. Bailey was sent back to his corner, but avoided a charge, so Knight sprang to the top to hit a dropkick on both opponents. They sent Keith out and had Bill join him on a low bridge. JetSpeed hit stereo planchas to the outside, bringing Keith back in to focus on him. Bailey hit rolling knees with Knight following with a spinning splash for a two-count.

Knight slammed Keith and went to the top, but was shoved off by Bill and knocked to the floor by Keith. In the ring, Bill hit a huge sidewalk slam on Bailey as Keith ran Knight into the barricade on the outside. Bill and Keith ripped at Bailey’s face, as they were clearly in complete control of collecting their bounty!

It looked like Knight would finally make a tag, but Bill knocked Bailey to the floor before it could happen. Knight then did his best to avoid Bill and cut him down to size, which he finally did with a big dropkick. Bailey and Bryan tagged in at the same time, with Bailey flying off the top with a missile dropkick to Bryan, followed by a running kick to knock Bill to the floor. A big kick combo followed by a running shooting star looked like Bailey would get a pin on Keith, but Bill tossed Bailey off and to the mat like he was nothing! Bill and Keith double-teamed Bailey with a pair of big boots, but Knight came in to make the save. Knight dropkicked Bill off the apron to the floor and then went to the top, where he received a stumbling Keith from a kick from Bailey that allowed Knight to hit a flying clothesline as Bailey moonsaulted onto Bill on the floor at the same time! Textbook JetSpeed offense!

Bailey went to the top, but Keith cut him off and hit an exploder from the top! A missed kick by Keith turned into an exchange of reversals and a near-fall by Keith. Bill tried to keep Knight from the ring, but back in the ring, Bailey and Keith traded two more near-falls until Bailey nailed Keith with moonsault knees to the chest. Bailey kicked Bill off the apron and hit a triangle moonsault as Knight went to the top for a UFO Splash on Keith to get the pinfall victory! After the match, Big Bill tried to attack from behind, but JetSpeed avoided him and celebrated up the ramp.

Grizzled Young Veterans Respond to Kingston and Ortiz

Zack Gibson and James Drake responded to Kingston and Ortiz by saying it’s a heartwarming story of two best friends, but they see Kingston and Ortiz for who they truly are, which is two New York street rats. And now GYV will make their names in AEW at the expense of Kingston and Ortiz!

Lights Out Between The Opps and Hangman and Swerve on Dynamite!

We took a look back at the rivalry between “Hangman” Adam Page & Swerve Strickland and The Opps, which led to the match made for this Wednesday’s Dynamite. Page and Strickland will team to face Powerhouse Hobbs and HOOK in a LIGHTS OUT match!

The Hurt Syndicate’s Shelton Benjamin defeats Dante Martin

Benjamin easily powered Martin down and then decided to toy with him a bit more until Christopher Daniels got in Martin’s ear to talk him up. Martin started to use his quickness to his advantage with some inhuman athleticism, although Benjamin’s brute strength quickly powered Martin back down to the mat. Martin avoided Benjamin twice in the corner and hit an enzuigiri, but when he tried to springboard to the top rope, Benjamin shoved him to the floor, where Martin hit rib-first on the guardrail! Medical came over to check on Martin, as this match could be over just as quickly as it began. 

Martin was defiant and demanded to continue, bringing up Benjamin’s mother, so Benjamin got all over him on the outside. Benjamin continued to dominate in the ring with a rib breaker to Martin across his knee. Martin fought back with a boot from the corner to stop Benjamin and followed with a tornado DDT! While clearly in pain from the ribs, Martin still found his way to the top and nailed a crossover splash to get a two-count. Martin bounced from one side of the top ropes to the other for a beautiful moonsault into a pin attempt, but Benjamin powered out and held onto Martin. Martin answered by putting on a sleeperhold until Benjamin shoved him off with authority! Benjamin threw Martin across the ring and back again with a pair of German suplexes. He nailed a third that put Martin on his head and followed with a rising knee in the corner, followed by a thrust kick on the jaw of Martin to get the 1-2-3 and a bit more momentum heading into his Continental Eliminator against AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley this Wednesday on Dynamite.

MVP got in the ring to ask the crowd to give proper respect to Dante Martin, especially since he stepped in for Scorpio Sky against Benjamin. Benjamin brought Martin up to his feet and shook his hand. MVP directed the attention back at Benjamin because he had business with Jon Moxley. MVP gave Moxley credit for rising and winning the Continental Classic. He then questioned Moxley’s ethos and the desire to lead a revolution. MVP said they just want to make money. MVP said Moxley will get punched, kicked, and thrown around like a sack of dirty laundry. He said Benjamin is more dangerous than Moxley because Moxley is motivated by showing everyone that he is the man. This Wednesday on Dynamite, Benjamin’s business remains the same as it always is: hurting people.

Sammy Guevara Challenges ROH World Champion Bandido

Lexy Nair was with one-half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions, Sammy Guevara, and the ROH World Champion, Bandido, because Guevara asked for this time. He said he was tired of seeing the wrong people get opportunities, and Bandido shouldn’t be the one to face MJF for the AEW World Title. Guevara said on the first Dynamite that it was his destiny to be the AEW World Champion, so he’s challenging Bandido for this Wednesday’s Dynamite, and he’s going to do something so heinous that Bandido would be out, and Guevara would take his place! Bandido asked Guevara why he’s so angry. All he had to do was ask. “You got it, amigo!” That match was later made official for Dynamite in four days!

A Medical Update From Stokely Hathaway

Tony Schiavone read a medical update from Stokely Hathaway as we saw fans holding signs that said The Stokely Foundation:

“I appreciate the thoughts and prayers. And for those of you who mocked me, you’re dead to me. I’ve been receiving the best care here at the Vivian Banks Medical Center. I’ve been so courageous, they nicknamed me ‘Little Lashley’ even though I’m the stronger one. I’ve been receiving the best care, and my medical bills have surpassed $400,000. Please find a place in your heart to donate today. See Tony Schiavone after the show for details. Tony has nothing to do after the show than drink anyway, so might as well make him useful, God bless everyone. Stokely.”

Schiavone threw the letter away.

Darby Allin defeats Wheeler Yuta

Before our main event, we saw just how deep the list of challengers is for the new AEW World Champion, MJF, including Kenny Omega, “Hangman” Adam Page and Swerve Strickland.

Yuta came to the ring with Marina Shafir and Jon Moxley, as Moxley joined the commentary team for the main event! Allin frustrated Yuta early with an armdrag to send him to the outside, but when Allin tried to follow, Shafir got in the way. Allin came out anyway, so Yuta chopped him and threw him into the barricade. Yuta threw him back in the ring, but Allin turned a suplex into a near-fall and then a crossbody. Allin took Yuta down in the corner and tried for a Coffin Drop, but Shafir distracted him long enough for Yuta to get up and crotch Allin on the top. He pulled Allin off the top with a neckbreaker onto the apron! 

Yuta flipped Allin head-over-heels with a back body-drop and followed with a German suplex to get a near-fall before continuing the attack on the floor and then back into the ring. Allin fought back with a reverse shoulder block, followed by a code red, which earned him a near-fall. Allin was once again distracted by Shafir, who grabbed his foot near the rope for a trip. The referee saw it and ejected Shafir from ringside! Shafir protested, so “Timeless” Toni Storm came out to go after Shafir! As the referee paid attention to those two fierce rivals, Daniel Garcia came out of nowhere to clothesline Allin on the floor. He threw Allin back in, so Yuta was able to hit a fireman’s carry spinning slam for a two-count.                            

Allin moved just in time to avoid a Yuta splash from the top, but when it looked like Allin would chase after, he dove to the opposite side and nailed Garcia with a dive. He ran back to the apron with Yuta, but Yuta flipped Allin over and off the apron with a running knee! Yuta hit a knee to Allin’s jaw and threw him back in, but only got a two-count. Yuta hammered down on Allin with an elbow and tried a Scorpion Death Lock, but Allin started getting free, so Yuta slingshotted him, only for Allin to launch to the top rope. He came back down with a stomp to Yuta and went back up to hit a Coffin Drop! That wasn’t enough, so he hit another, but pulled Yuta up at two! Allin locked in the Scorpion Death Lock to get the submission victory!

We learned that on Dynamite, it will be “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Marina Shafir!

We’ll be back in Arlington next Saturday, as our Collision residency continues, but first, it’s Dynamite in Tulsa this Wednesday!