AEW Dynamite & Collision Notes: Darby Allin Reveals He Thought About Joining Death Riders, Mercedes Mone to Break TBS Title Reign Record on 10/17, Tornado Tag Stip for The Demand vs. Hurt Syndicate Trios at WrestleDream, Two New Matches Set for 10/18 Tailgate Brawl Show

Darby Allin Reveals He Thought About Joining Death Riders But Won’t Because He Doesn’t Like Moxley

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite & Collision three-hour show at the Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, Missouri featured Darby Allin revealing that he had thought about joining the Death Riders but won’t because he doesn’t like Jon Moxley.

During the show, Allin and Moxley were seen in a prison style visiting room for their “special” face-to-face with each other. Allin and Moxley were separated by a large glass window with a speaker area in the middle. Moxley talked about how him and Allin don’t plan on quitting for their I Quit match at WrestleDream. Moxley continued stating that this is leaving him at the point where he is out of ideas and told Allin that it’s not too late for him to join the Death Riders.

Allin responded stating that he thinks about joining the group everyday but he can’t join the fight because he doesn’t respect Moxley after his treatment of Bryan Danielson. Moxley responded back stating that he did the best for “The American Dragon” and Danielson was a sacrifice since the bigger picture is about the war for the future of wrestling. This led to some more back-and-forth between Moxley and Allin that ended with Moxley saying that Allin will be fighting ghosts and demons from his past at WrestleDream. This led to PAC showing up and attacked Allin from behind and bloodied him up before leaving.

“Let’s make sure we understand the implications of an I Quit match.”@JonMoxley and @DarbyAllin have an intense face-to-face before their “I Quit” match this Saturday at #AEWWrestleDream!

Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS & HBO Max pic.twitter.com/8yyOaHOpkM

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) October 16, 2025

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Mercedes Mone Set to Break AEW TBS Title Reign Record on October 17th

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite & Collision three-hour show also featured current AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone revealing that she will officially break the record for longest ever TBS title reign in AEW history at 509 days as of Friday, October 17th.

Mone also called herself “Ultimo Mone” in reference to her tying Ultimo Dragon’s record for most wrestling championships held at the same time and also stated that she will be appearing at this Saturday’s AEW WrestleDream 2025 event.

This Friday Mercedes Mone will dethrone Jade Cargill and become the longest reigning TBS Champion of all time with a reign of 509+ days.#AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/M97wncoO6I

— AUTHORS OF WRESTLING (@authofwrestling) October 16, 2025

The record is currently held by Jade Cargill at 508 days.

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Tornado Tag Stip Set for The Demand vs. Hurt Syndicate at WrestleDream 2025

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite & Collision three-hour show also featured one newly updated match announced for the card of AEW WrestleDream 2025, which takes place on October 18th at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

This newly updated match was a Tornado Trios match of The Demand (Toa Liona, Bishop Kaun, & Ricochet) vs. Hurt Syndicate (MVP, Shelton Benjamin, & Bobby Lashley).

The Demand vs. The Hurt Syndicate has been made a tornado trios.#AEWCollision pic.twitter.com/0WGueE3N5A

— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) October 16, 2025

Current card for AEW WrestleDream 2025:

• AEW World Championship – Samoa Joe vs. Hangman Adam Page (c)
• AEW Women’s World Championship – “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Kris Statlander (c)
• AEW World Tag Team Championship – Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) (c)
• AEW TNT Championship – Mark Briscoe vs. Kyle Fletcher (c)
• I Quit match – Darby Allin vs. Jon Moxley
• $500K Tag Team match – The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus)
• Tornado Trios match – The Demand (Toa Liona, Bishop Kaun, & Ricochet) vs. Hurt Syndicate (MVP, Shelton Benjamin, & Bobby Lashley)
• Thekla vs. Jamie Hayter
• AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone to appear

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Two New Matches Announced for October 18th AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl Show

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite & Collision three-hour show also featured two new matches announced for the card of AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl show, which takes place on October 18th at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

The first new match announced was an Open Challenge Tag Team match of Eddie Kingston & HOOK vs. mystery opponents.

This new match was setup following a backstage promo segment involving Kingston talking about him being done with LFI and it being time for him and HOOK to chase after some tag team gold. Kingston then issued a open challenge for a tag team match between him and HOOK against any team that wants to step up at the Saturday Tailgate Brawl show.

Eddie Kingston and @730hook look to keep climbing the tag team ranks as they head into the Tailgate Brawl this Saturday before #AEWWrestleDream! pic.twitter.com/HIkqcXunsV

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) October 16, 2025

The second new match announced was an Eight-Man Tag Team match of The Conglomeration (Tomohiro Ishii, Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, & Roderick Strong) vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta, & Daniel Garcia).

The Conglomeration vs. DeathRiders has been added to the Tailgate Brawl.#AEWCollision pic.twitter.com/7OJYYKHZbs

— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) October 16, 2025

Current card for October 18th AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl show:

• Eight-Man Tag Team match – The Conglomeration (Tomohiro Ishii, Orange Cassidy, Kyle O’Reilly, & Roderick Strong) vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta, & Daniel Garcia)
• FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey)
• Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford vs. Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron
• Open Challenge Tag Team match – Eddie Kingston & HOOK vs. mystery opponents