AEW Collision SPOILERS (4/2/26): Former World Champion Returns to Action

A special Thursday night edition of AEW Collision will air at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT) tonight on TNT and HBO Max.
The show was filmed from the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada after Wednesday night's edition of AEW Dynamite went off the air, and the TBS Championship was put on the line.
Willow Nightingale issued an open challenge during Dynamite, and called on the very best from the AEW locker room to meet her in the ring. It turned out to be a case of ask and you shall receive as a former AEW Women's World Champion ended up answering the call. Find out who down below.
TBS Champion @willowwrestles is calling for a fight tomorrow night on this special Thursday night #AEWCollision... but who’s stepping up?
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 2, 2026
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AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley, AEW Men's World Tag Team Champions FTR and AEW Women's World Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion were all in action. Mark Davis and Andrade El Idolo also battled the Rascalz in a tag team match and Tommaso Ciampa went one-on-one with Juice Robinson.
The main event featured Mistico, Kevin Knight, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong taking on David Finlay, Clark Connors, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta in an 8-man Tornado Tag Team Match.
The following spoilers are courtesy of PWInsider and are limited in scope.
AEW Collision Match Results for April 2:

AEW World Tag Team Champions Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler defeated Mo Jabai and London Lightning. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage attacked FTR after the match was over and attempted to give Cash a Conchairto before security personnel put a stop to it.
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions Megan Bayne and Lena Kross defeated Ava Lawless and Kristara.
Willow Nightingale defeated the returning Hikaru Shida to retain her TBS Championship. Willow issued an open challenge Wednesday night on Dynamite and said she wanted to face the very best that AEW had to offer. This was Shida's first match in AEW since November 2024. She had dealing with visa issues for quite some time.
AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defeated Anthony Bowens. Post match, Will Ospreay attacked Moxley. The Death Riders would soon arrive and pull him to safety before Ospreay could get his hands on a steel chair.
Tommaso Ciampa defeated Juice Robinson.
Mark Davis and Andrade El Idolo defeated The Rascalz in tag team action.
Mistico, Kevin Knight, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong defeated David Finlay, Clark Connors, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta in an 8-man Tornado Tag Team Match.

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