AEW Collision Notes: Claudio Castagnoli, Orange Cassidy, & Eddie Kingston Advances in Continental Cup, Darby Allin Challenges Kevin Knight to Falls Count Anywhere Match for TNT Title at All In 2026, Dory Funk Jr. Tribute, STP Acquires Hurt Syndicate Services, 8/15 Show Card, 8/12 Dynamite Show Card

AEW
Aug 8, 2026

Claudio Castagnoli, Orange Cassidy, & Advances in Continental Challenge Cup Tournament

Saturday’s AEW Collision show at The Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado featured the start of AEW’s Continental Challenge Cup tournament and three First Round matches.

The first match was Claudio Castagnoli defeating Ace Austin.

The second match was Orange Cassidy defeating Matt Sydal.

The third match was Eddie Kingston defeating Jake Doyle.

As a result of their victories, Castagnoli, Cassidy, and Kingston advances to the next round of the Continental Challenge Cup tournament.

Darby Allin Challenges Kevin Knight to Falls Count Anywhere Match for TNT Title at AEW All In 2026

Saturday’s AEW Collision show also featured one new potential match for the card of All In 2026, which takes place on August 30 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

This new potential match is a TNT Championship Falls Count Anywhere match of Darby Allin vs. “The Jet” Kevin Knight (c).

This potential new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Allin’s bad blood issues with Knight since Knight turned on him and attacked him at Double or Nothing 2026. During tonight’s show a video aired featuring Allin talking about Knight and challenged him to a Falls Count Anywhere match for the TNT title at All In.

In a follow-up segment, Lexy Nair interviewed Knight backstage for some words about Allin’s comments. Knight stated that he would consider it and claimed Allin only got the pinfall win over him at Grand Slam Mexico due to help from Chris Jericho. Knight stated that he first wanted to deal with that blemish and challenged Jericho for a match for his TNT title at next week’s Dynamite show. Knight continued stating that once he is finished with Jericho and undoes that blemish on his record, then maybe he will consider giving Allin what he wants.

Dory Funk Jr. Memorial Tribute Video Airs

Saturday’s AEW Collision show also featured AEW airing a tribute video in memory of the late NWA and All Japan Pro Wrestling legend Dory Funk Jr.

During the show, a video aired as Tony Schiavone gave some words in honor of the life and legacy of Funk Jr.

Shane Taylor Promotions Acquires Hurt Syndicate Services

Saturday’s AEW Collision show also featured Shane Taylor Promotions acqueing the services of The Hurt Syndicate.

During the show, Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo, Capt. Shawn Dean, Trish Adora, & Christyan XO) were seen backstage with The Hurt Syndicate (MVP, Shelton Benjamin, & Bobby Lashley). Taylor told MVP that he didn’t want to take up much of their time and they wanted to acquire the services of The Hurt Syndicate. Taylor talked about both groups liking to hurt others and handed an envelope of money to MVP who handed it to Lashley. Taylor told The Hurt Syndicate that there would be a lot more money and violence in their future. Bravo responded in a sarcastic tone telling Lashley to count the money which led to Lashley stopping his check of the money and glanced at Bravo before putting the envelope in his inside jacket pocket. The Hurt Syndicate then left as Taylor gave a look at Bravo being displeased over him causing any potential offense to Lashley.

Current Card for Next Week’s AEW Collision show

Saturday’s AEW Collision show also featured three new matches announced for the card of next week’s show on August 15.

This upcoming show will be taped on Wednesday, August 12 as part of that night’s AEW Dynamite show tapings at the same venue.

Current card for August 15th AEW Collision show:

  • Continental Challenge Cup Tournament First Round match – Roderick Strong vs. Kyle O’Reilly
  • Continental Challenge Cup Tournament First Round match – Hechicero vs. Brian Cage
  • Continental Challenge Cup Tournament First Round match – Nigel McGuinness vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Current Card for Next Week’s AEW Dynamite Show

Saturday’s AEW Collision show also featured one new match and one newly updated match announced for the card of next week’s AEW Dynamite show on August 12 at the Pearl Theater At Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The new matches announced were:

  • TNT Championship – Chris Jericho vs. “The Jet” Kevin Knight (c)
  • Men’s Casino Gauntlet #2 Spot Three-way match – MJF vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Nick Wayne

Current card for August 12th AEW Dynamite show:

  • TNT Championship – Chris Jericho vs. “The Jet” Kevin Knight (c)
  • Continental Challenge Cup Tournament First Round match – Jay White vs. David Finlay
  • Continental Challenge Cup Tournament First Round match – Jon Moxley vs. Jungle Jack Perry
  • Men’s Casino Gauntlet #2 Spot Three-way match – MJF vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Nick Wayne
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