AEW Collision Results: Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights From Nov. 11

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of AEW Collision on November 11.

Full Gear is next weekend, so this show spent a lot of time hyping the pay-per-view. However, we still got plenty of action.

The Righteous and Lance Archer had their first match as a unit, but they had a tall task ahead of them when they were put against Sting, Adam Copeland and Darby Allin.

We also saw bouts like Willow Nightingale vs. Julia Hart, Nick Wayne vs. Dalton Castle and much more.

Let's take a look at what went down during Saturday's episode of Collision.

Daniel Garcia vs. Andrade El Idolo

AEW

Collision.

After the usual series of quick promos and Collision intro video, Andrade El Idolo made his entrance for the opening match against Daniel Garcia. In a shocking twist, CJ Perry joined El Idolo as his manager. Daddy Magic and Cool Hand Ang only followed Garcia as far as the stage.

El Idolo had the size and experience advantage in this bout, but Garcia was skilled enough to make it feel like a competitive fight.

Both men took the time to taunt each other, but El Idolo was the one who used it as an opportunity to take control. They traded the upper hand several times throughout the match to keep us guessing about the outcome.

This was a great technical match between a veteran and an up-and-coming talent who is ahead of the curve. The longer the match went, the better it got. Garcia tried to escape, but he ultimately ended up tapping out to the Figure Eight.

Result: Andrade El Idolo defeated Daniel Garcia

Grade: A-

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Notable Moments and Observations

• El Idolo's ring jacket looked good but had a couple of zippers that seemed unnecessary. 
• Miro was shown watching Perry and El Idolo on a monitor. 
• Perry seemed into Garcia's dance. Maybe she can teach Miro how to do it. 
• Garcia had a good recovery when he had trouble getting El Idolo up for a suplex. 

Nick Wayne vs. Dalton Castle

AEW

Collision.

Christian Cage and Luchasaurus accompanied Nick Wayne to the ring for his match against Dalton Castle, who had The Boys with him for support.

Castle outclassed Wayne in size, power, experience and technical ability, but the 18-year-old rookie was a bit quicker on his feet and had allies at ringside who were willing to cheat on his behalf.

Despite some early taunting from Wayne, this match mostly consisted of Castle overpowering and outwrestling him. He was trying to make an example out of Wayne and seemed to be succeeding for a long time.

Luchasaurus and Cage provided distractions for Wayne that allowed him to hit a springboard cutter for the pin and the win. This was a solid performance from Wayne, but Castle needs to start getting some wins at some point.

Result: Nick Wayne defeated Dalton Castle

Grade: B

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Nigel McGuinness joked that Wayne wanted to take Cage's last name. 
• Castle's technical ability is underrated. 
• Wayne's leaping elbow strike looked good. 
• Castle catching Wayne in mid-air and hitting a German suplex was a great spot. 

Rush and Dralistico vs. Workhorsemen

AEW

Collision.

JD Drake and Anthony Henry were already in the ring when Rush and Dralistico made their entrance for this match.

The Workhorsemen are a talented team who were able to get in some offense, but this match was as predictable as the sunrise.

This fight lasted longer than expected, and probably a few minutes longer than it needed to given how the ending was a foregone conclusion, but Drake and Henry getting more screen time is never a bad thing.

Result: LFI defeated The Workhorsemen

Grade: B-

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Wayne might be the one idolizing Cage, but Dralistico was the one who channeled Cage's old look with the mesh tank top. 
• Rush is so much less aggressive when he isn't trying to be a heel. When he's the bad guy, it looks like he is trying to put his opponents in the hospital. We didn't get much of that in this bout. 
• Henry's kick to Dralistico in the corner looked brutal. 
• Jose's presence feels pointless if he isn't going to cheat for his clients. 

Darius Martin vs. Roderick Strong

AEW

Collision.

Roderick Strong and Darius Martin met for the fourth match of the night, but Roddy had Matt Taven and Mike Bennett with him to put Martin at an immediate disadvantage.

The Messiah of the Backbreaker tried to make this quick, but Martin wasn't going to go down without a fight. This easily could have been a short squash match, but what we got ended up being a pretty competitive fight between a talented high-flyer and a gifted technician.

Despite the 24-year-old's best efforts, Strong was able to keep him down for the three-count to pick up the win. This was filler but entertaining filler nonetheless.

Result: Roderick Strong defeated Darius Martin

Grade: B-

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Notable Moments and Observations

• No Neck November is obviously a reference to something dirty, but it's also a weird concept. How would someone go about having no neck? 
• Bennett and Taven attacked Martin but Action Andretti came out to drive them away. 
• Tony Khan and Bryan Danielson made an announcement to say Danielson would be at All In in 2024. 

Willow Nightingale vs. Julia Hart, Powerhouse Hobbs Squash

AEW

Collision.

Brody King was with Julia Hart as she made her way to the ring to battle Willow Nightingale in a match to see who would get to face Kris Statlander for the TBS Championship at Full Gear.

Willow easily overpowered Hart and threw her to the mat as the match started. King yanked Hart from the ring and barked back at Willow after she barked at the crowd.

Hart kept finding ways to counter Willow's power and take control in ways that seemed believable, and then Nightingale would find a way to overpower her again. They went back and forth like this several times, but Hart had King to rely on when things got to be too much for her.

The former NJPW Strong women's champion failed to hit her signature powerbomb and left the door open for Hart to hit a moonsault to score the win. The end of the match seemed to deflate the crowd a bit after what was mostly an enjoyable match.

Result: Julia Hart defeated Willow Nightingale

Grade: C+

Powerhouse Hobbs had a quick squash match against a guy who is going to spend most of the weekend licking his wounds. Hobbs and Paul Wight almost got into a fight after the match but it ended before anything could happen.

Result: Powerhouse Hobbs bulldozed over some guy

Grade: Incomplete

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Willow's entrance just isn't the same without Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman. 
• The submission Willow used on Hart looked awesome because Hart is so flexible and can be bent into a lot of different positions without much trouble. 
• Hart countered a powerbomb by landing on her butt instead of her back. That had to still hurt quite a bit. 
• Wight called Callis a "Dollar store Don Johnson ripoff."

Darby Allin, Sting and Adam Copeland vs. Lance Archer and The Righteous

AEW

Collision.

The main event of the night was a big trios match with Sting, Allin and Copeland taking on Archer, Vincent and Dutch. Both teams gave promos earlier in the show to hype their showdown.

Whenever Allin was in the ring, this match was about his usual risk-taking style. Whenever Sting was in the ring, this match was about fan service. Copeland was saved for the hot tag at the end, so we saw less of him than anyone else.

You know what you are getting with certain matches going into them, so this played out exactly how you would expect it to. The heels would isolate one guy until they made a hot tag, and then they would do it all over again. It's a well-tested formula for multi-man bouts like this that keeps the crowd invested.

This bout occupied the final 20 minutes of the show and did a decent job closing things out, but this was far from being the best thing we saw on Saturday night. After Alling took the majority of the damage, he made the hot tag to Copeland who got the pin with a Spear to Vincent.

Result: Sting, Darby Allin and Adam Copeland defeated Lance Archer and The Righteous

Grade: B

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Notable Moments and Observations

• Archer has a great entrance. He brings so much energy to the ring right away. Those poor ringside workers though. 
• It's so cool that Copeland had Beth Phoenix record the new intro to his entrance music. 
• Allin was wearing a one-armed crop top that looked like it would be more appropriate on Jungle Boy back when he was pretending to be a caveman. 

The Final Word

This week's Collision felt like an episode with a lot of predictable results, but it still did a lot of work setting up the feuds that will be paid off at Full Gear.

If you only watch one thing from this week's show, make it the match between Garcia and El Idolo. They delivered a performance to open the show that outshined everything that came after it.

Hart vs. Nightingale and LFI vs. The Workhorsemen were both solid bouts, and the match between Wayne and Castle continued to show how quickly Wayne is picking up the TV side of pro wrestling.

Full Gear is coming up on November 18, so Collision won't be in its usual Saturday spot but BR will still have you covered with all of your recap needs.

Grade: C+