Spring Break-Thru - Collision recap for April 16, 2026

Adam Copeland heads to the ring to start tonight's show. Copeland admits that Dynasty did not go his or Christian Cage's way and admits that FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) did what they said they would do. He also says that Christian is getting MRI's on his arm to see if it is broken. He mentions FTR piledriving Beth Copeland and stealing Christian's watch, saying that one does mess with Christian's watches, wine and women, in that order. Copeland then FTR's statement that he and Christian will not get another shot at the tag team titles, and states that this is about more than just the tag team titles after everything that they have been through and that he and Christian are not just going to tuck their tails and walk away. Copeland talks about how he and Christian were forced to career and forced to take their careers back, stating that they are like dogs on a bone and that they will be on FTR and take their pound of flesh. FTR and Stokely Hathaway show up, but it is just a distraction so that RPG Vice (Rocky "Azucar" Romero and Trent Beretta) can attack Copeland from behind while FTR join in. The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) arrive and give Copeland back-up, taking out FTR before making quick work of RPG Vice. Beretta soon eats a Spear from Copeland as FTR and Stokely slowly back away, and Copeland shakes hands with The Young Bucks.

Backstage, we hear from "Jungle" Jack Perry. He mentions his first title defense at Dynasty and says that Don Callis only got close enough to sniff the AEW National Championship after Mark Davis was defeated. Perry then challenges Don Callis to pick another challenger so he can add another notch to his belt as the National Champion.

The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) beat The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz and Myron Reed). After the match, The Young Bucks are attacked from behind by Clark Connors and David Finlay, the latter of whom has a shillelagh, and Dezmond Xavier tries to help out only to get laid out as The Rascalz are also decimated. Finlay says they may be down one Dog in Gabe Kidd (who is out with a shoulder injury following Dynasty, and says that one will have to kill all of The Dogs to get rid of them. He says the numbers may change, but the mission remains the same: they want bodies and they want gold. Connors puts the entire tag team division, telling them that they are all about to get screwed.

We hear from The Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross). Megan Bayne says the divine stand high above all, and that they captivate and dominate. They both that their beauty is exquisite, their fury is unbridled, and their power is everlasting.

The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly) beat The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, "Vanilla Baby" Blake Christian, "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson) in an AEW World Trios Championship Eliminator Match by submission with a heel hook from O'Reilly to Johnson.

Backstage, we hear from Hook while "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata holds the camera. Anthony Bowens catches up with Hook before he and Shibata leave. Bowens wants to know if he is in or out of The Opps. Hook tells Bowens he will find out next week.

Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida beat Big Anne and Danika Della Rouge. This time, Shida lets Statlander finish the job.

Jon Moxley beats "The Prodigy" Nick Wayne in an AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match.

Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Don Callis and "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada. Don Callis states that Okada and "The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita did not play by the arrangement at Dynasty, and says there does not have to be a title match. Okada insists on having a title match, because he can beat Takeshita, as he is a champion, unlike Takeshita.

PAC beats an even more insane than usual Lio Rush by submission with the Brutalizer. In this match, Lio Rush talks to himself (even saying "I used to call him "The King," a reference to PAC's "King of the Cruiserweights" heel gimmick back when he was Neville in WWE), snaps at Daniel Garcia on the outside, and goes out with a smile on his face when PAC applies the Brutalizer.

We see a vignette for Bandido.

Brody King, Mistico and Mascara Dorada beat "Rockin'" Ricky Gibson, KC Riff and Cole Rivera in a trios match.

Backstage, Lexy Nair interviews Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida. Mina Shirakawa shows up wanting to talk to Hikaru Shida, stating that she heard everything that she said about Harley Cameron and that she found her shinai near "Timeless" Toni Storm when she was attacked. Mina says she does not know what Shida is up to, but she does not trust her. Shida replies in Japanese, and Statlander has to keep them both from brawling backstage.

"The Toxic Spider" Thekla retains the AEW Women's World Championship against Alex Windsor after hitting her with brass knuckles without the referee seeing it in the corner before hiding the evidence in the ring skirt. During the match, it is announced that next week's Collision will air at its regularly scheduled time.