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AEW Fright Night Collision Results & Booking Grades (10/31/26): The Hurt Syndicate Returns

Tonight's special episode of AEW Fright Night Collision featured the return of the Hurt Syndicate and more.
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Saturday night's episode of AEW Fright Night Collision took place at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

Last week's episode saw the Bang Bang Gang and the Dogs unite to create a new faction called the Last Outfit. After major negative feedback online, the company released an exclusive video hours later of Jay White changing the group's name to The Cut.

You can check out the complete results from tonight's episode below.

AEW Fright Night Collision results:

This week's episode kicked off with some in-ring action as Tommaso Ciampa went one-on-one with Matt Sydal. The finish of the match saw Ciampa hit Sydal with two back-to-back running knees to score the pinfall victory.

Booking Grade: 9/10

  • Ciampa's Kratos Halloween costume was cool
  • Very fun opening contest
  • Ciampa scores a win heading into a title match next weekend

The Hurt Syndicate made their long-awaited return to AEW programming, with Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin taking on Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto. It was pretty much a squash match, and Lashley finished it with a Spear on Aaron Solo to secure the pinfall victory for his team.

Booking Grade: 8.5/10

  • This is how you should be booking squash matches. Utilize the people already on your roster!
  • It's very good to see the Hurt Syndicate back on AEW programming
  • The group is extremely over with the live AEW audience

Death Riders against the world

Backstage, we get a promo from the Death Riders. Every member of the group speaks from the heart as they talk about being down a man (Claudio Castagnoli) heading into Anarchy in the Arena next month at Full Gear. This was a full-blown underdog babyface promo as the faction continues to slowly shift in the last several weeks.

We hear from a distraught Persephone in a post-Dynamite promo where she expressed her desire to regain the TBS Championship. Persephone even declared that she and Queen Aminata should be added to the Women's Blood and Guts match this Wednesday.

Back in the ring, Triangle of Madness defended the Artist of STARDOM Titles against Hazuki, Koguma, and Fuwa-Chan. Julia Hart utilized the mist to help her team retain the gold.

Booking Grade: 8/10

  • Really entertaining inter-promotional match between AEW and STARDOM
  • The finish with the mist protected the STARDOM talent
  • It would be nice to see these titles defended on AEW more often

Dissension in The Opps?

Backstage, we hear from Samoa Joe, who stood beside HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata. Joe cut a promo about people not fearing The Opps and implied that it has to do with how HOOK handled things in his absence. It sounded like Joe was contemplating kicking HOOK out of the faction.

Back in the ring, the next match saw The Beast Mortos taking on Ilja Dragunov. The finish of the match saw Dragunov hit Mortos with the D-Bomb to score the pinfall victory. After the match, Ciampa came out onto the stage and mocked Dragunov.

Booking Grade: 9.5/10

  • A great, hard-hitting matchup
  • Dragunov has looked very motivated since debuting in AEW
  • Mortos looked great in defeat; he put up a great fight

Did you know that Nick Wayne beat Chris Jericho?

We get a silly vignette from Nick Wayne in a nightclub as he mentions that he beat Chris Jericho like 67 different times. While that might be an exaggeration, it felt like that many.

The in-ring action continued as Speedball Mike Bailey went one-on-one with Darius Martin. The finish saw Bailey catch Martin with the straightjacket rollup to score the pinfall victory.

Booking Grade: 7/10

  • A bit too competitive given the placement of these two on the roster
  • The match itself was fun
  • Speedball should be in higher profile matches than this

Blink and you missed it

Divine Dominion have a quick squash match against Nixi XS and Leela Feist. If you've seen one Divine Dominion squash match, you've seen them all.

Booking Grade: 5/10

  • A win for the sake of a win heading into Blood and Guts
  • Beating up local talent as former champions doesn't do anything for Divine Dominion
  • There are plenty of contracted women who could have been in that spot and likely had a better match, even if it was only slightly longer

Queen Aminata is backstage with Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander, and Harley Cameron. Both she and Persephone have been officially added to the Women's Blood and Guts match next week on Dynamite. Statlander once again isn't thrilled about teaming with the Brawling Birds since she and Cameron are facing them for the titles at Full Gear. Clearly, this will factor into the finish on Wednesday.

Konosuke Takeshita was in action next, taking on Adam Priest. The finish of the match saw Takeshita hit Priest with Raging Fire to score the pinfall victory.

Booking Grade: 7.5/10

  • Would have benefited from being a couple of minutes shorter
  • Takeshita, much like Speedball, shouldn't have this much difficulty winning these types of matches
  • There is definitely a happy medium between a complete squash match with a local talent and a showcase match that's too competitive for its own good that AEW needs to find

The women are ready for Blood and Guts

Backstage, we hear from Triangle of Madness, Divine Dominion, and Persephone as all six women seem to be on the same page heading into the Women's Blood and Guts match next week. All six women get their turn to speak and it definitely felt like a different dynamic from the babyface team that isn't fully on the same page.

In the main event of the evening, Juice Robinson and the Gunn Club of The Cut took on The Conglomeration in trios action. The match ended with outside interference from The Cut, allowing Robinson to hit O'Reilly with brass knuckles to score the pinfall victory for his team.

Booking Grade: 9/10

  • Great main event from two of AEW's top trios
  • A good win for The Cut as they try to establish the new joint faction
  • No backup for the Conglomeration from the Death Riders this week

The Cut continued their beatdown of The Conglomeration following the match before stacking them all in the middle of the ring as AEW Fright Night Collision went off the air.

AEW Fright Night Collision quick results:

  • Tommaso Ciampa defeated Matt Sydal
  • The Hurt Syndicate defeated Nick Comoroto and Aaron Solo
  • Triangle of Madness defeated Hazuki, Koguma, and Fuwa-Chan to retain the Artist of STARDOM Championship
  • Ilja Dragunov defeated The Beast Mortos
  • Speedball Mike Bailey defeated Darius Martin
  • Divine Dominion defeated Nixi XS and Leela Feist
  • Konosuke Takeshita defeated Adam Priest
  • Juice Robinson and the Gunn Club of The Cut defeated The Conglomeration
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Matt Black got involved in the wrestling media industry over two decades ago, covering WWE video games released by Acclaim, THQ, and 2K. He has been covering professional wrestling for multiple digital outlets since 2019. He is the former Senior Editor of WrestleZone and has extensive knowledge of the entire wrestling industry. In his spare time, Matt enjoys cheering for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Los Angeles Lakers. He's also a diehard comic book movie fan and doesn't pick sides when it comes to the endless debates of Marvel versus DC.

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