Tonight's special episode of Christmas Collision in Hammerstein Ballroom will be AEW's final stop before Worlds End on Saturday in Chicago. As Christmas Collision was taped, the spoilers for the show are already available.
The lineup for tonight’s Christmas Day special episode of AEW Collision has been confirmed. Tonight’s episode of AEW Collision was taped on December 21, 2025, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York, and will feature seven matches on the card, with six of them being matches in the 2025 Continental Classic Tournament.
We were thrilled to bring AEW Christmas Collision to you on TNT and streaming on HBO Max from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, New York! We’re just two days from AEW Worlds End in Chicago, and so much more took shape ahead of that epic event, including learning the semifinal matchups in the Continental Classic.
Here's the full lineup:
- Continental Classic 2025 Gold League Match: Kyle Fletcher vs. Jack Perry
- Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mascara Dorada
- Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match: Roderick Strong vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- Continental Classic 2025 Gold League Match: Kevin Knight vs. Pac
- Babes of Wrath (Harley Cameron and Willow Nightingale) vs. Hyan and Maya World
- Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match: Jon Moxley vs. Orange Cassidy
- Continental Classic 2025 Gold League Match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
All participants in the Continental Classic will be in action to determine who will join Konosuke Takeshita as semifinalists at Worlds End.
Read also: GalaxyCon Collision Highlights
Here's a detailed look at the matches and their outcomes:
Continental Classic Gold League
Over in the Gold League, tonight's lineup is Speedball Mike Bailey versus Kazuchika Okada, Pac versus Kevin Knight, and Jungle Jack Perry versus Kyle Fletcher. Unlike the Blue League, the Gold League has no clear frontrunners. The entire block is tied at 6 points, making it even more imperative that each competitor wins.
With a six-way tie in the Gold League, our night began with “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher defeating “Jungle” Jack Perry to get to nine points, which wound up being enough to clinch the C2 semifinals this Saturday at Worlds End. He’ll be joined by the defending Continental Classic Champion, “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, who also got to nine points with his win over “Speedball” Mike Bailey in the main event. “The Jet” Kevin Knight and “The Bastard” PAC wrestled to a time-limit draw, leaving them both short with seven points.
“The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher (9 points) def. “Jungle” Jack Perry (6 points)
The night began with a first-time matchup of two of AEW’s brightest stars. The Hammerstein Ballroom crowd actually seemed split in their support in the early going, especially as Perry and Fletcher were feeling each other out. Fletcher took advantage of Perry’s ankle injury and put a target on the joint to ground Perry. Fletcher continued to stomp away on the ankle while working in some submissions to do further damage. Perry showed fight with some chops and then took Fletcher over the top to the floor with a headscissors! He tried it again off the apron, but Fletcher caught Perry and powerbombed him on the corner of the ring! Fletcher went for a brainbuster to end it early, so Perry bit him to get out of it! An angry Fletcher slammed Perry ankle-first into the top rope. He trapped Perry near the ring post and tore off his boot and sock before stomping on the exposed leg!
Read also: Record Ilia Topuria Sale
After the medical team examined Perry, he was able to continue, although Fletcher did nothing to let up and began taunting Perry to hit him. Perry’s strikes didn’t have much effect until a desperation dropkick. Perry tried to escape getting run into the corner, but landed awkwardly on a flip. Fletcher tried to pounce, but Perry fought out and floored Fletcher with a clothesline! Fletcher bailed to the outside, so Perry chased after him through the ropes and nailed Fletcher with a bulldog. Perry tried another dive, but Fletcher caught him and hit a brainbuster on the floor! Fletcher brought Perry back in for a Michinoku Driver and seemed to have it locked up, but Perry kicked out! Fletcher nailed a big boot in the corner and put Perry on the top rope. However, Perry fought Fletcher off and nailed a sunset flip powerbomb!
Perry went for his running knee, only for Fletcher to block it and lock on a single-leg crab with five minutes remaining! Perry battled out of that and locked Fletcher in the Snaretrap! Fletcher nearly passed out, but made it to the ropes to break the hold in the nick of time.
The two fought back to their feet with a strike battle until Fletcher nailed Perry with a half-and-half suplex and a running knee on the ropes. Perry escaped a powerbomb with a hurricanrana that spiked Fletcher on his head! Perry muscled Fletcher up for a piledriver and nailed it, but Fletcher kicked out with less than two minutes remaining. Fletcher and Perry traded near-falls until Fletcher laid Perry out with a clothesline. He put Perry on top, but Perry kicked Fletcher off long enough to stand up. With less than a minute to go, Fletcher came back with a running boot to knock Perry back to the mat and followed with another with Perry up against the corner. He quickly grabbed Perry for a brainbuster and nailed it to get the pinfall before the time limit!
Continental Classic Gold League: “The Jet” Kevin Knight (7 points) vs. PAC (7 points) ends in time-limit draw
Both men began this match with six points looking up at Kyle Fletcher, after he got to nine points earlier in the night with a win over “Jungle” Jack Perry. Tony Schiavone called PAC the most dangerous wrestler he’s ever seen, but that didn’t seem to bother Knight, who has shown time and time again in this tournament that he won’t be intimidated by anyone. While Knight looked to build some momentum early on, PAC escaped to the outside to slow down the pace. He returned to the ring and immediately took over with his power and intensity, although that didn’t last when he goaded Knight to fight back. They exchanged strikes in the middle of the ring until Knight hit a jumping clothesline. After battling on the apron, PAC went to the floor, so Knight jumped off the apron into another clothesline. He threw PAC back in the ring and went to the top, so PAC rolled to the outside. Knight went across the ring and springboarded to the outside with another flying clothesline on PAC!
Read also: Fight Card for UFC 306
Knight hit a pendulum DDT for a two count and then mounted PAC in the corner for punches. Knight hit a diving shoulder block onto PAC for a near-fall. PAC cut Knight off with a kick to the shin and started to get back into his game plan of grinding Knight down, but also used his aerial attributes to dropkick Knight from the top with authority.
Right at the 10-minute warning, Knight started to fight back with punches and dropped PAC with a leaping clothesline. Knight hit a crossbody from the second rope, but PAC shook it off with a bodyslam and went to the top. Knight kipped up and took PAC off the top with a hurricanrana that wowed the Hammerstein Ballroom! He continued with a standing UFO splash that got a two-count. PAC avoided Knight in the corner and then again on a leaping clothesline, but when Knight charged a third time, PAC nailed a throw over the ring post to the floor! Knight was shaken up but beat the 10 count. PAC hit an avalanche belly-to-belly overhead throw from the top to get a near-fall. PAC set up for his momentum clothesline, but Knight was ready for it with a dropkick. Knight connected with a springboard clothesline and followed immediately with a sky-high powerbomb to get a two-count with five minutes to go!
Both men rolled to the outside, but when Knight tried a step-up clothesline from the apron, PAC caught him with a German suplex on the floor! PAC wanted the countout win, only for Knight to sneak in at nine! PAC went to the top, but Knight met him there with an awe-inspiring leap and executed a perfect superplex!
When they got back to their feet, they traded shots in the middle and then traded boots in the corner with Knight taking PAC down to the ground. He scaled the adjacent turnbuckles for a coast-to-coast dropkick, and decided that wasn’t enough! He went back to the top for a UFO Splash, but PAC got the knees up and tried to pin Knight, but Knight kicked out with one minute to go! PAC hit his momentum clothesline, and Knight kicked out! PAC went for the Black Arrow, but now it was Knight who got his knees up and got a two-count with 30 seconds to go! Knight rolled PAC up for a two-count, then tried another pin attempt, which got another two-count. PAC locked in the Brutalizer with 10 seconds remaining! Knight survived, and the time limit expired! That gives each man a point, putting them at seven points. That means that they are in a three-way tie for second with Castagnoli, with no matches remaining.
The draw clinches a semifinal spot for Kyle Fletcher and makes Jon Moxley vs. Orange Cassidy a win-and-you’re-in situation later tonight.
Continental Classic Gold League: AEW Unified Champion “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada (9 points) def. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
Kazuchika Okada vs Mike Bailey Double Or Nothing 2025 Highlights
Kazuchika Okada defeated Mike Bailey to secure his spot in the C2 semifinals.
Continental Classic Blue League
In the Blue League, we'll see Jon Moxley versus Orange Cassidy, Konosuke Takeshita versus Mascara Dorada, and Claudio Castagnoli versus Roderick Strong. Claudio Castagnoli is in second place in the Blue League by a narrow 1-point margin, which could easily change if he loses to Roderick Strong.
Aside from Strong, who has been mathematically eliminated, and Konosuke Takeshita, who has already advanced, all other competitors in the Blue League have at least one pathway to moving on in the tournament.
The Blue League had one spot available after IWGP World Heavyweight Champion “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita clinched last night on AEW Dynamite on 34th Street. He finished his final Blue League match with a win over Máscara Dorada to get to 13 points with a 5-0-1 record. Roderick Strong got his first win in his last match of the tournament and played spoiler to Claudio Castagnoli, who wound up in third with seven points. Jon Moxley defeated Orange Cassidy for his third straight win to clinch the other spot in the Blue League.
Continental Classic Blue League: IWGP World Heavyweight Champion “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita (13 points) def. Máscara Dorada (6 points)
Takeshita has already clinched a spot in the semifinals, but he could clinch the top spot in the Blue League and end Dorada’s C2 with a win. Takeshita and Dorada traded fast-paced offense in the early going and even helped each other up, although when Dorada did it, Takeshita chopped him into the corner. Dorada came back with a chop of his own and tried a pair of shoulder blocks with no effect, so he smartly switched to an aerial attack, using the ropes to armdrag and then headscissor Takeshita to the outside. With Takeshita up against the guardrail, Dorada flew from the top rope, but Takeshita moved, and Dorada ate the steel!
Takeshita remained in control until Dorada reversed Takeshita’s offense into a headscissors that sent Takeshita to the outside. Dorada saw an opening and hit a picturesque moonsault to Takeshita on the floor! Dorada threw Takeshita back in and nailed a 450 splash from the top that got a two count. Takeshita reversed a Dorada springboard into a dizzying blue thunder bomb! Dorada kicked out! Dorada reversed a powerbomb into a poisonrana, but charged right into a massive clothesline from Takeshita. Dorada kicked out again! Dorada avoided a charge in the corner, but Takeshita recovered with a buckle bomb and called for the end. He tried pulling Dorada up to the top rope, but Dorada punched out of it and jumped back up to hit a hurricanrana at the 10-minute mark! Dorada went back to the top for a shooting star press, so Takeshita moved, and Dorada rolled through. Takeshita spiked Dorada on his neck, but Dorada quickly reversed the momentum into a nearfall! Dorada kicked Takeshita in the face and nailed a running shooting star to get a two-count. The two men battled on the top rope until Takeshita nailed a lariat to Dorada to the mat! He followed with a running knee, then Raging Fire to secure the pinfall.
Continental Classic Blue League: Roderick Strong (3 points) def. Claudio Castagnoli (7 points)
If Castagnoli wins, he will clinch the other spot in the Blue League, while Strong is only fighting for pride and to play spoiler. Castagnoli hit a running uppercut at the bell and immediately went for the pin, but a stunned Strong kicked out at two! Strong reversed a Neutralizer attempt into a jackknife pin for his own two-count. The two had a strike battle on the ropes, but when Strong charged at Castagnoli, he was thrown over the top rope. Castagnoli dragged Strong to the corner and nailed a superplex from the outside in! He went for another pin and got another two. A momentum clothesline put Strong down, and Castagnoli got yet another two count. He followed with a diving uppercut on the seated Strong, and that also got a two count! He sent Strong to the outside and into the guardrail to try for a countout win, but realized he didn’t do enough damage and continued the onslaught by dumping Strong into the first row!
Strong beat the count at seven and slipped under Castagnoli to hit a fireman’s carry slam. Strong was too weakened to capitalize, so Castagnoli ran him corner to corner with uppercuts until Strong broke the chain with a pair of boots, and when Castagnoli tried to lift him for an uppercut, Strong stopped it with a knee to the jaw that rocked Castagnoli! Strong lowered his knee pad and hit a jumping knee strike to the face that was enough to keep Castagnoli down for the three count. Strong gets his first win to end his tournament and spoils Castagnoli’s bid to clinch the semifinals on his accord, which means he has to wait to see what happens between Jon Moxley and Orange Cassidy later tonight!
With the match and tournament over for both men, Continental Rules were out the window, so Marina Shafir, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia showed up to attack Strong. TNT Champion Mark Briscoe hit the ring with a shard of wood to clear Yuta and Garcia out. Shafir got on the apron to face off with Briscoe, but “Timeless” Toni Storm ran down and yanked Shafir off the apron to blast her in the face with a fist wrapped in pearls! Storm joined Briscoe and Strong in the ring, as the Death Riders seethed in the aisle. Storm offered a hand to Briscoe, who kissed it!
Continental Classic Blue League: Jon Moxley (9 points) def. Orange Cassidy (6 points) - Moxley Clinches C2 Semifinals at Worlds End
Familiar foes Jon Moxley and Orange Cassidy will face off tonight in singles competition for the first time in over a year. In addition to lingering bad blood from the Death Riders and Conglomeration's wars from earlier in the year, the added pressure of the Continental Classic will make the meeting between the two former International Champions even more intriguing.
Other Matches and Segments
Non-Title Tag Team Match: AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions The Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron) def. Maya World & Hyan
Darby Allin Attacks Gabe Kidd and Accepts His Challenge for Worlds End!
Gabe Kidd made his way through the crowd with a microphone, telling the crowd they needed to listen to him. He said the ice was cracking beneath Darby Allin, and he was right because now Darby is in the ICU. How will Darby answer his challenge from a hospital bed? The lights went out, and when they came back on, Allin was in the ring, standing across from Kidd! Allin pulled a bat out of his jacket and swung at Kidd, who bailed to the floor.
Kyle O’Reilly Explains His Absence
Earlier today, Renee Paquette caught up with the winless Roderick Strong to get his thoughts on playing spoiler against Claudio Castagnoli in their Blue League match later tonight. But first, she said someone wanted to speak with him, and Kyle O’Reilly appeared. He told Strong how badly he wanted to be in the Continental Classic, but Strong stepped in with O’Reilly injured, and O’Reilly understands Strong’s been doing it for himself. He fired Strong up by saying that it won’t be a Christmas miracle if he beats Castagnoli because Strong doesn’t need a miracle to do that.
FTR vs. Bang Bang Gang in a Chicago Street Fight at Worlds End!
After Bang Bang Gang challenged FTR to a rematch for the AEW World Tag Team Titles in a Chicago Street Fight last night on Dynamite, Stokely responded and accepted! “Whatever FTR does to you on Saturday, the greatest tag team alive today, they will not be held liable.
Continental Classic Semifinals at Worlds End
That sets the stage for the Continental Classic Semifinals and Finals at Worlds End. Blue League Winner Konosuke Takeshita takes on Gold League Runner-Up Kazuchika Okada, and Gold League Winner Kyle Fletcher faces Blue League Runner-Up Jon Moxley.
The winners of those two matches will meet in the finals later in the night to crown the 2025 Continental Classic Champion!