AEW Collision Preview (1/3/26) – AEW’s 2026 Arlington Residency Begins

This January, AEW Collision returns to Arlington, Texas, and the Esports Stadium for the entire month of action. Previously, AEW held a summer’s worth of events at the exact location in 2024. With some potential new feuds set up and others continuing after Worlds End, this week’s edition of Dynamite New Year’s Smash can’t contain everything.

Nothing has been announced for the first new show of this residency, but check back for the latest updates. Instead, let’s speculate on what we might get on this Saturday night in Texas.

Speculation

Eddie Kingston has made Collision his primary home since his return. On Zero Hour, we saw Kingston reunited with his friend and former tag partner, Ortiz. Kingston has been battling against The Grizzled Young Vets in singles action, but having an experienced tag partner to finish things might feature on the card.

Along with the AEW World Tag Team Champions, FTR, Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler, and Big Stoke may be on hand to boil blood with their bragging. We’ll see if they can contend and speak over the chants about Stokely’s lack of hoes. Done with The Bang Bang Gang, switch team is next to step up and face them?

AEW has several champions and championships. If there’s not time to hear from all of them on Wednesday, there’s plenty of room on Saturday night. Plus, depending on the results of the AEW TBS Championship and AEW National Championship matches, we might hear the first words of one or more new champions.

Given that the first residency hosted the debut of Hologram, Tony Khan, with his attention to detail, may contrast this residency with the in-ring debut of El Clone. Known in Mexico as Arez, El Clone was a frequent rival and opponent of Aramis, now Hologram. Their series of matches in MLW in 2021 symbolically mirrored those of Rey Mysterio vs. Psicosis in ECW in 1995.