AEW Collision (Nov. 7, 2026) closed with a bang aboard the Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea cruise ship. Andrade El Idolo entered the main event as national champion. Tommaso Ciampa walked out with the gold.
The Psycho Killer didn’t fight clean. Prior to the start of the contest, he ordered referee Aubrey Edwards to check Andrade’s pants for a foreign object. That was a ploy to land a cheap shot. You have to love creative cheating.
Ciampa didn’t even give Andrade the honor of pleasing the crowd by taking off his pants. Later in the match, Ciampa took care of that task himself to rip the trousers off El Idolo.
Controversy arose on a ref bump. Ciampa sent Andrade full steam toward Edwards, but El Idolo stopped short. Ciampa charged forward, Andrade sidestepped, and Ciampa collided into Edwards. Ref down! Andrade snatched Ciampa to execute the DM finisher, but the referee was still down. No count on that pinfall. As Andrade checked on Edwards, Ciampa struck with a low blow. Running knee from the Psycho Killer. Kick out from Andrade!
Ciampa doubled down to lower his knee pad for another running knee. Andrade answered with a back elbow strike to stun Ciampa in his tracks. Andrade followed for a hammerlock DDT. Neither move was enough to keep Ciampa down on the pin.
Andrade took a page from Ciampa’s book to lower his knee pad and blast the running knee. This felt like a statement that could close the feud. 1, 2, nope. Ciampa kicked out.
Andrade and Ciampa tangoed some more. Andrade went for the DM. Ciampa countered into a roll-up. 1, 2, 3! New champion!
That result was certainly a surprise. Share your thoughts on Ciampa winning the AEW National Championship from Andrade.
