Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s coverage of “AEW Collision: Playoff Palooza” on April 26, 2025, coming to you live from the UNO Lakefront Front Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana!
On “Dynamite”, a returning Queen Aminata answered “Timeless” Toni Storm’s open challenge for an Eliminator match. If Aminata wins, she will receive a future title shot. In other women returning news, Anna Jay will make her AEW 2025 debut. While she represented AEW at a New Japan show in January, she hasn’t been on AEW programming since December when she faced Mercedes Moné for the TBS Championship.
In their ongoing feud, Cru and Top Flight will continue their story in a Tornado Tag Match. Their last match was a Trios match involving Nick Wayne and AR Fox, respectively.Tonight, Fox will take on RUSH. Another member of Los Facción Ingobernables will be in action when Dralistico challenges Bandido for the ROH World Championship.
Swerve Strickland will take on Blake Christian. Max Caster still hasn’t won one of his Open Challenge matches, but that isn’t stopping him from having one tonight.
FTR was suspended for a week after brutally attacking Daniel Garcia and 2point0 and attempting to attack Tony Schiavone. On Wednesday, they returned with a new manager: Stokely Hathaway. FTR attacked the Rock ‘N Roll Express until Paragon stopped them. Tonight, FTR and Paragon (Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly) will face off.
