Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s coverage of AEW "Collision" on July 18, 2026, coming to you from the MGM Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.Last week, Hikaru Shida defeated Harley Cameron in her first defense of the TBS Championship. After defeating Cameron, Shida attacked her until Queen Aminata came to help her friend. Aminata wants revenge for the attack and challenged Shida for the title.Tommaso Ciampa will face "The Painmaker", the alter ego of Chris Jericho at Redemption. With "Collision" in his hometown of Boston, Ciampa challenged Myron Reed and invited Jericho to watch.Another Boston native, Mercedes Mon picked up the win alongside Divine Dominion in the "Dynamite" main event. We'll hear from "The CEO" tonight."Jungle" Jack Perry re-signed with AEW and is looking for a young wrestler that's hungry like he was and issued an open challenge. Nick Wayne, fresh off of his second BOSJ tournament, will face Perry tonight.Kevin Knight will face Darby Allin on "Dynamite" for the TNT Championship. Knight challenged Allin's trainer, AR Fox in a warm up match with his title on the line.Bandido retained his ROH Men's World Championship against Katsuyori Shibata last Saturday. He'll challenge Kyle Fletcher for the International Championship at Redemption. Tonight, "The Most Wanted" will defend his title against Adam Priest.Will Ospreay will face his training partner and longtime friend, Adam Brooks.The Brawling Birds returned on "Dynamite" and will be in action tonight. After dealing with visa issues, Hechicero finally made his return on Wednesday. Tonight, he'll team up with Brian Cage and Jake Doyle ahead of their match next Wednesday. Athena will also be in action.
Paul Wight joins Tony Schiavone on commentary. Perry comes to the ring first. Wayne follows.Perry backed him into the corner and they reversed holds in the corner. Perry worked his arm and Wayne reversed into a side headlock, but Perry took him down. They reverse stand and switches. Perry put him in another side headlock and took him down with a shoulder tackle. He followed with a dropkick and a baseball slid through the ropes. Perry chopped him against the barricades and sent him to the other side to do the same. He chopped Wayne to knees and jogged up and down the steps. Wayne grabbed his face and then spiked him on top of the steps.After the break, Perry slammed his face into the turnbuckles before stomping into the turnbuckle repeatedly. He followed with a leg drop. Wayne blocked him on the apron and landed an enzuiguri. Perry landed a powerbomb on the apron. They followed by chasing each other across the ring and forearming each other. Perry with a poisonrana. He blocked a Killswitch attempt and took Wayne down with a lariat. Wayne rolled him up for two. Perry did the same. Wayne kicked him off the apron and landed a Destroyer through the ropes.Wayne landed a splash and Perry followed with a Fisherman Buster. Perry with a thrust kick and running knee for the win.Winner: Jack Perry
