AEW Collision Notes: Brodido Advances to Semis & FTR Advances to Finals in Tag Titles Eliminator Tourn., Swerve Strickland vs. Kazuchika Okada for AEW Unified Title and AEW Women’s Title Matches Set for Forbidden Door 2025, Kyle Fletcher Wins TNT Title, 8/6 Dynamite Card

AEW
Jul 31, 2025

Brodido Advances to Semis & FTR Advances to Finals in AEW Tag Titles Eliminator Tournament

Thursday’s AEW Collision show at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom in Chicago, Illinois featured two matches for the AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator tournament.

The first match was Brodido (Brody King & Bandido) defeating Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) in a First Round match.

The second match was FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) defeating Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn & Juice Robinson) in a Semifinal Round match.

As a result of their victories, FTR will be facing off against the winner of Young Bucks/Brodido in the Finals of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator tournament.

Swerve Strickland vs. Kazuchika Okada for AEW Unified Title Announced for Forbidden Door 2025

Thursday’s AEW Collision show also featured the first of two new matches announced for the card of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025.

This new match announced was an AEW Unified Championship match of Swerve Strickland vs. Kazuchika Okada (c).

This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Strickland and Okada’s bad blood issues with each other. During tonight’s show, a video aired featuring Strickland and Prince Nana being seen outside and Strickland issuing a challenge to Okada for his AEW Unified title for Forbidden Door.

In a follow-up segment, Don Callis and Okada were seen backstage responding to Strickland’s comments leading to Okada accepting the challenge for Forbidden Door. Afterwards, it was announced that this match was made official for the show.

Athena vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm for AEW Women’s Title Announced for Forbidden Door 2025

Thursday’s AEW Collision show also featured the second of two new matches announced for the card of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025, which takes place on August 24th at The O2 Arena in London, England.

This new match announced was an AEW Women’s World Championship match of Athena vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm (c).

This match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Athena earning a shot at the AEW Women’s title for winning the Women’s Casino Gauntlet at All In Texas and the bad blood issues between Athena and Storm. During tonight’s show, Athena was seen backstage and talked about her title match contract and revealed that she is cashing in her title shot at Forbidden Door 2025. Afterwards, it was announced that this match was made official for the event.

Current card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2025:

  • AEW Women’s World Championship – Athena vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm (c)
  • AEW Unified Championship – Swerve Strickland vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)
  • AEW World Tag Team Championship – winner of Eliminator tournament vs. The Hurt Syndicate (Shelton Benjamin & Bobby Lashley) (c)

Kyle Fletcher Wins TNT Title at Thursday’s AEW Collision Show

Thursday’s AEW Collision show also featured Kyle Fletcher defeating Dustin Rhodes in a Chicago Street Fight match to become the new AEW TNT Champion.

This was Fletcher’s first ever TNT Championship victory in his AEW career.

Current Card for Next Week’s AEW Dynamite Show

Thursday’s AEW Collision show also featured one new match and one new segment announced for the card of next week’s show on August 6th at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

This new match and segment were setup following promos, storyline angles, and match card graphics throughout the show.

The new match and segment announced were:

  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament Semifinal Round match – Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Brodido (Brody King & Bandido)
  • AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone to appear

Current card for August 6th AEW Dynamite show:

  • AEW World Tag Team Championship Eliminator Tournament Semifinal Round match – Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Brodido (Brody King & Bandido)
  • MJF vs. Mark Briscoe
  • AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone to appear
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