AEW's Swerve Strickland defended his world title against Claudio Castagnoli at Collision.

At AEW Collision, Swerve Strickland started his world champion era strong with a title defense against Claudio Castagnoli, winning with the Swerve Stomp and House Call. In his first interview as the new AEW world champion, Swerve addressed The Elite's "bitch move" and issued an open challenge for a world title match, which was answered by Claudio Castagnoli, setting the stage for the Collision main event.