{"id":129920,"date":"2025-01-24T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=129920"},"modified":"2025-01-25T07:34:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T12:34:32","slug":"preview-aew-collision-1-25-25-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/24\/preview-aew-collision-1-25-25-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: AEW Collision (1\/25\/25) &#8211; Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Offering a mixture of old and new, this Saturday\u2019s AEW Collision returns to the promotion&#8217;s home of Daily\u2019s Place in Jacksonville, Florida for Homecoming. There\u2019s a vague theme of returns, reunions, and new beginnings.<\/p>\n<p>Back to work after taking time off for paternity leave, Angelo Parker returns to action. 2.0 is back together!<\/p>\n<p>Even better for \u201cCool Hand Ang\u201d, he gets to team with his first (adopted) son, the TNT Champion, Daniel Garcia. Undisputed Kingdom is about to get a taste!<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, a big old beef battle between Big Bill and Powerhouse Hobbs. With Hobbs hinting he\u2019ll be waiting in the parking lot, could we? Are we getting the return of the parking lot fight?<\/p>\n<p>The voice that guided The House of Black has gone silent. The bark forebodes a re-invention.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time since <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/08\/26\/aews-all-in-the-legacy\/\" target=\"_self\">All In at Wembley Stadium<\/a>, \u201crookie\u201d Toni Storm comes face to face with Mariah May.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night seems alright for fighting!<\/p>\n<h2>AEW Collision Matches Announced:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AEW International Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Garcia and 2.0 (Angelo Parker &amp; Matt Menard) vs. Undisputed Kingdom (Adam Cole, Kyle O\u2019Reilly, &amp; Roderick Strong)<\/li>\n<li>Gates of Agony (Toa Liona &amp; Bishop Kaun) vs. Buddy Matthews and Brody King<\/li>\n<li>Big Bill vs. Powerhouse Hobbs<\/li>\n<li>Four-way for a shot at the TBS Championship: Queen Aminata vs. Deonna Purazzo vs. Yuka Sakazaki vs. Serena Deeb<\/li>\n<li>Samoa Joe vs. Nick Wayne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>AEW Collision Segments Announced:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mariah May and Toni Storm meet face-to-face<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Out of the Shadows<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s ironic that clarity surrounding Malakai Black\u2019s AEW exit did not come from the Dutchman\u2019s murky post-match actions. Choices that Black denied on social media had any such meaning or significance.<\/p>\n<p>Rather its other roster members: Will Ospreay, Cope, and Jamie Hayter, who have made Black\u2019s absence transparent. Each said that Black\u2019s former followers could go on alone.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a vignette this week confirmed there\u2019s no split. Brody King, Buddy Matthews, and Julia Hart are joined like the three heads of Cerberus. Saturday marks a new dawn.<\/p>\n<p>The trio are coming out of the darkness. No rules, leaders, gods, or masters. Just violence.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are excited to see what the limits are for King and Murphy without the leash of Malakai Black. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/25\/realities-war-inherent-risks-going-aew-wwe\/\" target=\"_self\">While there are risks for Black returning to WWE from AEW<\/a>, King and Murphy will likewise enter new but familiar territory.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, King and Matthews have impressed with a fun array of singles outings. However, perhaps as a team, the unit could be fun challengers for new AEW Tag Team champions, Hurt Syndicate.<\/p>\n<p>Bark &#8216;Havoc!&#8217;, And let slip the Hounds of Hell!<\/p>\n<h2>Switching Roles<\/h2>\n<p>Toni Storm and Mariah May have switched roles. This goes beyond who is now the champion and who\u2019s the challenger.<\/p>\n<p>Both women\u2019s personalities have altered. They are playing different characters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTimeless\u201d Toni Storm is gone. Failing to win gold in STARDOM and then losing in Mexico pushed the starlet to retirement. At Grand Slam, May defeated her <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/11\/aew-mariah-may-mina-shirakawa\/\" target=\"_self\">mentor and sapphic lover, Mina Shirakawa<\/a>. It was another assertion of dominance.<\/p>\n<p>May has become cold-blooded, calculating, and dismissive. Acting as an all-conquering champion with her heel in the division\u2019s throat.<\/p>\n<p>May\u2019s victory was spoilt as Toni Storm (re)debuted. Regressed to her rookie form, as if she just started in AEW, some questions might not be answered on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Has Storm lost her mind? Suffered amnesia? A once-in-a-lifetime acting performance?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to predict what will happen in this \u201cfirst-time\u201d meeting. There could be callbacks or story beats from their previous star\/understudy relationship. All bets (and perhaps shoes) are off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-50\">\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 AEW \u2013 Stay tun<\/em><em>ed to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on AEW Collision 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.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night. AEW Collision airs Saturday at 8pm Eastern on TNT. More AEW content available on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@AEW\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offering a mixture of old and new, this Saturday\u2019s AEW Collision returns to the promotion&#8217;s home of Daily\u2019s Place in Jacksonville, Florida for Homecoming. There\u2019s a vague theme of returns, reunions, and new beginnings. Back to work after taking time off for paternity leave, Angelo Parker returns to action. 2.0 is back together! 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