Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s coverage of "AEW Collision" on May 16, 2026, coming to you from the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, MD!After his match on Zero Hour, AEW pillar Sammy Guevara challenged another pillar, Darby Allin for the Men's World Championship, which will be on the line tonight.Red Velvet retained the ROH Women's TV Championship at Supercard of Honor. She's jealous she's not on AEW TV or in the Owen Hart Cup, so she is answering Willow Nightingale's challenge for the TBS Championship.Last week, Divine Dominion started a 5 minute challenge. If you can last five minutes with them, you get a title shot. Tonight, they'll have another Women's Tag Title Eliminator match.After Dalton Castle & The Outrunners won the ROH Six Man titles, Orange Cassidy & Mark Briscoe made the save when STP beat them down after the match. Tonight, The Conglomeration will face The Infantry & Lee Moriarty in an eliminator match for the AEW Trios titles.Samoa Joe & Anthony Bowens will take on Joe's former protg, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson.
Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy, and Mark Briscoe come to the ring first. The Infantry and Moriarty follow, accompanied by Shane Taylor.Briscoe and Bravo start us off. Bravo kicked him in the gut and put him in a side headlock. Briscoe switched the headlock and then took him down with a shoulder tackle. Briscoe did Redneck Kung Fu before they exchanged blows. Briscoe took him down by hitting him in the neck. Moriarty tagged in and Briscoe tagged in KOR. They exchange stand and switches. KOR took him down with a double wristlock. Moriarty rolled him up after they dodged one another. He took KOR down with a shoulder tackle. KOR with a Sunset Flip and an armdrag. Everyone is brawling in the ring. KOR laid in punches in the corner and tagged in Briscoe. Briscoe also rained down punches and tagged in Cassidy. Cassidy hit him with one punch and celebrated.Dean tagged in and told Cassidy to put his hands in his pockets. Cassidy did and took him down with an armdrag. Brave sent Cassidy into the corner. He sent The Infantry's faces into the turnbuckles multiple times. Moriarty pulled Cassidy's legs down. Bravo connected with a heymaker on Cassidy. Dean speared Cassidy through the middle ropes. Moriarty pulled Cassidy to dangle him off the apron so Taylor could land a leg drop.After the break, Cassidy is slumped in the corner when Dean connected with BBC. Bravo tagged in. Cassidy did tilt-o-whirl slam. Moriarty knocked Briscoe off the apron and put Cassidy in an abdominal stretch. The ref was distracted and STP helped with the stretch. KOR tagged in and hit Moriarry with multiple strikes. He flipped him over, kicked him, and pinned Moriarty. The Infantry broke up the pin and double teamed KOR. KOR took out The Infantry before tagging in Briscoe. He hits Moriarty with repeated punches. Moriarty kicked hi,m but Briscoe took him down before taking on The Infantry. He hit a gamengiri on Dean and went for a Jay Driller on Bravo. Briscoe sent Bravo through the ropes. Cassidy dove on Moriarty. Briscoe opened a chair, but Taylor got on the apron. Cassidy hit him with an Orange Punch, allowing Briscoe to dive on STP. KOR put Dean in the ring and Briscoe landed a Froggy Bow and a Jay Driller for the win.Winner: The Conglomeration
Nightingale comes to the ring first. Velvet follows.They lock up and Nightingale backs her to the corner. She sends Velvet to the mat. Velvet with a stand and switch. Velvet takes her down with a Russian Leg Sweep and then works her arm. Willow pinned her for one. Velvet blocked a powerbomb and kicked her in the face. Nightingale offered her hand and they exchanged holds. Velvet hits a leg lariat and Nightingale stumbles into the corner as Velvet punches her. She kicked her to the mat and held her foot on Nightingale's neck. Nightingale laid in multiple forearms. Velvet rolled her up for two. Nightingale with a Fisherman's Suplex. She went for a senton, but Velvet rolled out of the way. She landed a moonsault and covered Nightingale for two. Nightingale went to the outside and Velvet hit her against the steps. Nightingale connected with a vertical suplex.After the break, Nightingale charged at Velvet, but she moved. Nightingale went for a Death Valley Driver on the apron, but Velvet got down. Nightingale went for a running cannonball off the apron, but Velvet moved. Velvet got back in the ring, followed by Nightingale. Velvet hit her in the jaw and sent her to the mat. They exchanged blows. Velvet spiked her. She followed with double knees to Nightingale. Velvet with a cazadora into a bulldog. Nightingale caught Velvet and landed a sidewalk slam. She drove Velvet in the corner. Velvet with a DDT. Nightingale blocked Velvet and slammed her down. Velvet kneed her in the back again. Nightingale shoved Velvet down as she attempted another cazadora and covered her for 2.5.They exchanged strikes. Nightingale took her down with a lariat and both women are down. Nightingale and Velvet battle on the top ropes. Velvet sends her to the mat and covered her for 2.99. Nightingale pounced Velvet and pulled her up by the hair. She connected with Babe with the Powerbomb to retain.Winner: Willow Nightingale
Backstage, Ciampa attacked Briscoe and it spilled down the ramp. Briscoe sent him into a barricade and stomped him before sending him into another one. He threw a chair in the ring. Ciampa slides out and Briscoe hits him with a tope suicida before sending him into the steps. He put Ciampa in the ring and attempted a Jay Driller on the chairs, but Ciampa escaped and hit him in the yambags. Ciampa hit Briscoe in the back with a chair. Ciampa drives a chair into Briscoe's shoulder against the ropes. Ciampa put Briscoe on the top rope and set up a chair and hit Briscoe in the head with the other. He set it down with the other chair and went up top. He slid out of the ring when Cassidy and O'Reilly came to the ring. Briscoe changed Wednesday's match to an Anything Goes, No DQ match.
