Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, AEW Collision leaves Arlington for Las Vegas! We have a whole card of confirmed contests to add to the huge 8-man parking lot fight! With huge matches made for AEW Grand Slam Australia, there will be tune-up matches, like SkyFlight vs. the Death Riders. There will be thrillers like Kevin Knight vs. Scorpio Sky. Plus, the return of The Young Bucks to the Saturday night show. Women’s action with Thekla and Mina Shirakawa, and there will be traditions upheld like…
Tommaso Ciampa’s First TNT Championship Defense
As predicted, the new TNT Champion, Tommaso Ciampa, will maintain the legacy of the open challenge. However, his first defense of “Silvie” will be against not one but two other ROH stalwarts. Against Roderick Strong and Claudio Castagnoli, the numbers are against Ciampa. Yet what works to his advantage is the deep-rooted and ongoing rivalry between The Messiah of the Backbreaker and the Swiss Superman.
It was not that long ago that Strong defeated Castagnoli to stop the Death Rider lieutenant from advancing past the group stages of the Continental Classic. Even more recently, Castagnoli defended his CMLL World Championship against Strong on Collision. The issues between these two persist. Will their problems end with one claiming the TNT championship? As I discussed recently, Strong needs something to develop his character arc.
Ciampa understands fighting against the odds. The former WWE NXT Champion is grizzled, broken, but fearless and undeterred by odds or obstacles. With only one incredible match under his belt, where Ciampa bucked the trend some former WWE wrestlers have struggled with in adapting to the pace of AEW contests, how high is the Psycho Killer’s ceiling?
With two of AEW’s greatest pure wrestlers, Ciampa must put up or get out of the way.
Saturday Night #AEWCollision
8/7c, TNT + HBO Max
THIS SATURDAY, 2/7TNT Championship 3-Way
Tommaso Ciampa vs @RoderickStrong vs @ClaudioCSRONew champion Tommaso Ciampa sent out an open challenge that was answered by Roddy AND Claudio!
3-Way for the TNT Title, THIS SATURDAY! pic.twitter.com/0QsbiKJBPJ
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) February 5, 2026
Parking Lot Fight!
Eddie Kingston’s AEW return has seen a slow burn. Yet for some fans who’ve been concerned with the Mad King’s lack of focus on the big picture with Jon Moxley, this unseen powder keg of blowoff for Kingston’s first two feuds should be a good consolation prize.
Kingston and Ortiz upped the Grizzled Young Vets’ ante for a vicious street-fight style match. Challenging them to a parking lot brawl set many fans’ Pavlovian impulses into overdrive. With all four men’s tolerance and specialisms for violence, it was already a mouth-watering contest. Ortiz is one of the wrestlers who made the parking lot brawl a classic.
Add to the mix the freshly debuted The Rascalz. Dezmond Xavier and Zachary Wentz’s aerial abilities add all kinds of spots and potential for damage. Throw in a bounty hunter in Bryan Keith and too much man in Big Bill, again, with a history of entertaining plunder brawls, chef’s kiss.
Saturday Night #AEWCollision
8/7c, TNT + HBO Max
THIS SATURDAY, 2/7@Jet2Flyy vs Scorpio Sky"The Jet" Kevin Knight is ready to take off in 2026. He'll COLLIDE with a former 2-time TNT Champion in Scorpio Sky, THIS SATURDAY! pic.twitter.com/eJr1PTR70S
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) February 5, 2026
AEW Collision (2/7/26) – Matches Announced
- Thekla in action
- Mina Shirakawa vs. Viva Van
- Kevin Knight vs. Scorpio Sky
- SkyFlight (Dante Martin & Zayda Steel) vs. Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir)
- TNT Championship 3-Way: Tommaso Ciampa © vs. Roderick Strong vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- Winner moves on to 3-Way Tag Team #1 Contenders Match on Dynamite: GOA vs. The Young Bucks
- Parking Lot Brawl: Eddie Kingston and Ortiz and the Rascalz vs. The Grizzled Young Vets, Bryan Keith, and Big Bill
Other Announcements
- Exclusive post-match comments from AEW World Champion, MJF
- We’ll hear from AEW Women’s World Champion, Kris Statlander, who will announce the stipulation for her rematch against Thekla
More From LWOS Pro Wrestling
Header photo – AEW – Stay tuned to the Last Word on Pro Wrestling for more on the AEW Collision preview and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS. AEW Collision airs Saturday at 8 pm Eastern on TNT. More AEW content is available on their YouTube channel.
