{"id":156283,"date":"2026-03-30T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=156283"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:20:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:20:38","slug":"aew-collision-preview-4-2-26-thursday-night-in-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/03\/30\/aew-collision-preview-4-2-26-thursday-night-in-winnipeg\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Collision Preview (4\/2\/26) &#8211; Thursday Night in Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Basketball coverage Saturday night means AEW Collision will air Thursday, April 2nd, at 8 pm instead of Saturday, April 4<sup>th<\/sup>. Taped in Winnipeg on Wednesday night at the Canada Life Centre after <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AEW\/status\/2038609693137109168\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AEW Dynamite<\/a><\/span>. With seven big matches announced and likely plenty more last-minute graphic drops and <span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/04\/01\/aew-dynamite-results-and-live-updates-4-1-26-pac-versus-ospreay\/\" target=\"_self\">AEW Dynamite fallout<\/a>, expect more build to AEW Dynasty. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>My earlier speculation proved right in plenty of places! First, we got the hometown return of one Chris Jericho. What one seemed unlikely- even to the guy who wrote a <span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/23\/what-if-chris-jericho-stays-and-truly-reinvented-himself-in-aew\/\" target=\"_self\">what-if of Jericho staying and having a final run<\/a>&#8211; opened Dynamite. Will we hear from Chris Jericho? And if so, will he be using the Cornerstone moniker he recently trademarked?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adam Copeland and Christian Cage are coming into FTR\u2019s territory. AEW Collision has been synonymous with the AEW World Tag Team champions. Will we get a match first to build to an angle? Or will these units get straight to fighting?<\/p>\n<p>Bangers will be stacked. From Juice Robinson going against Tommaso Ciampa to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/2039597181934481597\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Bowens<\/a><\/span> stepping up against the AEW Continental champion, Jon Moxley. Plus, with The Don Callis Family taking on The Rascalz, you know we\u2019re going to be in for a good time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWCollision?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWCollision<\/a><br \/>8\/7c, TNT + HBO Max<br \/>TONIGHT, 4\/2!<\/p>\n<p>AEW World Tag Team Champions<br \/>FTR in Action!<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their defense against <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RatedRCope?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RatedRCope<\/a> + <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Christian4Peeps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Christian4Peeps<\/a> at <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynasty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynasty<\/a>, the AEW World Tag Team Champions Dax Harwood + Cash Wheeler will be in action, TONIGHT! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a9tgydEv10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/a9tgydEv10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/2039614777815605739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>TBS Open Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>Willow Nightingale will put her AEW TBS Championship on the line in an open challenge. There\u2019s been speculation already, given the former TBS champion is in town. Mercedes Mon\u00e9\u2019s <span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/03\/31\/the-importance-of-mercedes-mones-belt-collector-gimmick\/\" target=\"_self\">belt-collector reign is coming to an end<\/a>. Ultimo Mon\u00e9 proved, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/08\/01\/mercedes-mone-belt-collector-politics-and-hate-in-aew\/\" target=\"_self\">hate and suggestions of politics<\/a>, that she was willing to put over the local talent on the way out. If Mone returns, what\u2019s next for her character? Well, I speculated on this when <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/03\/19\/way-too-early-predictions-for-aew-all-in-london-2026\/\" target=\"_self\">predicting All In London 2026<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maybe, though, we could get someone else. Perhaps another former AEW Women\u2019s champion, such as <span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/09\/09\/why-nyla-rose-should-return-to-aew-tv\/\" target=\"_self\">Nyla Rose<\/a>, who is unable to compete on US soil, but could definitely wrestle in countries like Canada. Or perhaps Hikaru Shida or Dr Britt Baker could make their return? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or, with buzz surrounding the recently released Dani Luna from TNA Wrestling, could we be spoiled with another fantastic addition to the AEW women\u2019s roster?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TONIGHT!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s just some of what you&#39;ll see on a special Thursday Night <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWCollision?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWCollision<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Join us at 8\/7c on <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TNTDrama<\/a> + <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsonMax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SportsOnMAX<\/a>, TONIGHT! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNwMfoR1xl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/fNwMfoR1xl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/2039704407948898659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>AEW Collision (4\/2\/26) &#8211; Matches Announced<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Don Callis Family (Andrade El Idolo and Mark Davis) vs. The Rascalz<\/li>\n<li>Divine Dominion in action<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Bowens vs. Jon Moxley<\/li>\n<li>Juice Robinson vs. Tommaso Ciampa<\/li>\n<li>Willow Nightingale defends the TBS Championship in an Open Challenge<\/li>\n<li>FTR (Cash Wheeler &amp; Dax Harwood) in action<\/li>\n<li>8-Man Tornado Tag Match: Kevin Knight, Mistico &amp; The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy &amp; Roderick Strong) vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli &amp; Wheeler Yuta) &amp; The Dogs (Clark Connors &amp; David Finlay)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basketball coverage Saturday night means AEW Collision will air Thursday, April 2nd, at 8 pm instead of Saturday, April 4th. Taped in Winnipeg on Wednesday night at the Canada Life Centre after AEW Dynamite. With seven big matches announced and likely plenty more last-minute graphic drops and AEW Dynamite fallout, expect more build to AEW [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4960,"featured_media":156614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4677,6,2192],"tags":[8598,5730,3644,6455,9042,4395,625,386,1976,8520,2073,3625],"class_list":["post-156283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-aew-collision","tag-aew-dynamite","tag-anthony-bowens","tag-ftr","tag-harley-cameron","tag-jon-moxley","tag-juice-robinson","tag-kenny-omega","tag-kyle-fletcher","tag-swerve-strickland","tag-tommaso-ciampa","tag-willow-nightingale"],"modified_by":"Steph Franchomme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4960"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156283"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156611,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156283\/revisions\/156611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}