AEW Double or Nothing Results: MJF Regains AEW World Title, Knight Attacks Darby Allin, Cage & Cope Win Tag Titles, Takeshita Beats Okada, More
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For the first time ever, AEW Double or Nothing was LIVE from New York on HBO Max pay-per-view! A sold-out crowd was red hot all night for an event that still has the concrete jungle buzzing!
MJF disappointed a lot of people by ending the unforgettable reign of Darby Allin to become a three-time AEW World Champion in a fantastic main event. When MJF tried to pose over Allin on a stretcher after the match, TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight hit the ring to stop the unnecessary celebration. However, Knight shocked everyone when he hit Allin with a UFO Splash while Allin was still strapped to the stretcher! Knight flipped the stretcher over and watched as Allin was tended to with Double or Nothing coming to a close.
It was a night full of new champions in AEW. Christian Cage & Adam Copeland beat FTR to become the NEW AEW World Tag Team Champions and save their tag team career! “The Alpha” Konosuke Takeshita beat “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada in a match that lived up to the hype. However, it was somewhat overshadowed by the return of Kyle Fletcher, who lured Takeshita into an attack!
Jon Moxley finally beat Kyle O’Reilly to retain the AEW Continental Championship. And in quarterfinal action of the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament, Will Ospreay beat Samoa Joe, while Swerve Strickland defeated ROH World Champion Bandido. On the women’s side, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena turned away a very game Mina Shirakawa to advance to the semifinals.
Here's everything that happened at AEW Double or Nothing and the Buy In on May 24, 2026, including your full results and match recaps.
AEW Double or Nothing Full Match Results
Mick Foley Makes His AEW Debut!
Before we got underway with our first match on the Buy In, Renee Paquette opened things up in the ring and welcomed the hardcore legend, Mick Foley, to AEW for the first time! The New York crowd gave Foley a massive ovation, and he said, “Without hyperbole, this is one of the biggest nights of his life!” Paquette and Foley turned it over to the announce team for our opening contest of the Buy In.
AEW Double or Nothing Buy In – AEW Women's World Tag Team Championship 5-Minute Eliminator: Divine Dominion ("Megasus" Megan Bayne & "Colossal" Lena Kross) def. Zayda Steel & Viva Van
Steel and Van entered with Christopher Daniels, but before Divine Dominion made their way to the ring, we heard them demand that everyone bow down to their dominance.
Steel and Bayne began this challenge, and Steel quickly went to the floor and yelled at Bayne that she had five minutes. Bayne was annoyed as Steel took a lap around the ring before getting back in with Bayne. Bayne blocked a DDT, so Steel tried to roll her up, but Bayne didn’t move! She went for a stomp, so Steel rolled to the outside again. Bayne went after her, so Steel rolled back in and tagged Van. Bayne re-entered the ring, and Van came off the top with a spinning heel kick that stunned Bayne. She tried to roll up Bayne, who went down, but didn’t stay there for long. Van escaped the clutches of Bayne and sent Megasus over the top with a low bridge. Van missed a baseball slide to the outside and jumped back on the apron to drop Bayne across the top rope. Van jumped back to the floor and ate a massive thrust kick from Kross, who threw Van back into Bayne. Kross tagged in, but first, Bayne hit a barrage of shoulder thrusts into Van’s midsection before splashing her in the corner and throwing her back to the middle of the ring with a release German Suplex.
Kross hit a diving clothesline on the seated Van for a two-count. She threw Van back to the champions’ corner and tagged Bayne, who clubbed Van over and over again before tagging Kross, who then did the same with back elbows. Van fought out of the corner with a few stunning shots to Kross, but Kross caught her in the middle of the ring. Van got free with an enzuigiri and tagged Steel. Steel sent Kross into the corner and connected with a rising knee with one minute left on the clock. A tornado DDT by Steel put Kross down for a two-count! Kross knocked Steel to the corner with a back heel kick and tagged Bayne. Kross nailed a pump kick out of one corner, and then Bayne hit one from the other. Kross and Bayne hit a double chokeslam on Steel to get the victory with just seconds left on the clock.
After the match, Bayne wiped out Daniels, and Divine Dominion hit the double chokeslam on Van. Before they could do any more damage, TayJay hit the ring with a 2x4 and a pipe, so Divine Dominion escaped to the floor. Anna Jay and Tay Melo held the ring as Bayne and Kross held up their titles and left up the ramp.
AEW Double or Nothing Buy In – Trios Match: Death Riders (Daniel Garcia, Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) def. The Opps (HOOK, Anthony Bowens & Katsuyori Shibata)
Yuta and Bowens began for their respective sides, although the respect part may not exist between The Opps and the Death Riders. Bowens and Yuta wrestled on the mat until Yuta went for a couple of quick pin attempts that got a pair of two-counts. Bowens caught Yuta in a small package for a near-fall of his own. Bowens threw Yuta to the corner and lit him up with chops. He pulled Yuta out of the corner and continued to club him with a new level of intensity. HOOK tagged in, so Yuta tagged Garcia.
Garcia put HOOK down with a knee strike and laid the boots to him, which seemed to stun HOOK. Garcia sent HOOK to the ropes, so HOOK pivoted and dropped Garcia with a heel trip. HOOK laid in a couple of stiff punches and threw Garcia across the ring with a double-underhook suplex. Shibata tagged in to a huge ovation, and Garcia squared off, but Shibata pointed to Castagnoli. Garcia wasn’t having it, so Shibata hit him with a few stiff forearms and threw him to Castagnoli, who finally tagged into the match.
Shibata and Castagnoli immediately started exchanging strikes until Castagnoli overpowered Shibata into the corner and unleashed a flurry that pounded Shibata to the mat. Shibata followed Castagnoli to the opposite corner with a big boot and unleashed a flurry of his own on Castagnoli. Shibata came across the ring with a hesitation dropkick and followed with an underhook to go for a pin, but Castagnoli kicked out at two. HOOK tagged back in and lit up Castagnoli with body shots. Castagnoli blocked a throw and sent HOOK into the Death Riders’ corner. Garcia tagged in and mounted HOOK for punches, but stopped short of doing his old dance. HOOK got separation with a flying strike and tagged Shibata. He laid in a big kick to Garcia’s spine, but ran into a big boot from Garcia in the corner.
Yuta entered with a double sledge to Shibata, only for Shibata to send Yuta to the corner with an atomic drop. He hammered Yuta to the mat and tried for another hesitation dropkick, but Castagnoli came in to cut him off with an uppercut. Garcia ran in to knock HOOK off the apron as Castagnoli did the same to Bowens. The Death Riders hit a triple big boot to Shibata and celebrated with their usual huddle. Garcia tagged in and stood on Shibata’s face. He chopped Shibata, who asked for another. Garcia did it again, and Shibata kept asking for more! They exchanged chops until Garcia went to the body to change things up. Garcia tried to take Shibata down with a pair of running forearms until Shibata stopped the third with a back heel trip. Shibata tried to tag Bowens, as Yuta made the tag on the other side. Yuta and Castagnoli took out Bowens and stomped HOOK. They threw him into the corner for a conveyor belt of strikes until Castagnoli covered HOOK for a near-fall. HOOK rolled off Castagnoli’s grip to try REDRUM, so Castagnoli ran him into the corner. Castagnoli missed a charge in the corner and tagged out to Garcia. HOOK threw Garcia over his head, so Yuta came in with a chop, and HOOK threw him, too! HOOK kept crawling and rolled under Yuta and Garcia to tag Bowens!
Bowens unloaded on Yuta and Garcia as soon as he hit the ring. He put Garcia down with a neckbreaker and came over the top of Yuta with a leg lariat. Bowens lit up Castagnoli with a flurry of strikes and turned his attention to Yuta, who he ripped back into the ring with a twisting DDT! Castagnoli broke up the pin and dragged Yuta to the corner to make a tag. Bowens got Castagnoli in an armbar, so Garcia and Yuta came in to break it up. HOOK and Shibata grabbed Garcia and Yuta in rear chokes, which Castagnoli broke up with a double clothesline to the back. He dropped them with another double clothesline from the front.
Bowens tried to fight off all three Death Riders and had some success until he ran into a pop-up facebuster by Castagnoli. The Death Riders pounced on Bowens with a barrage of strikes until Castagnoli put Bowens away with a diving uppercut for the pinfall.
AEW Double or Nothing Buy In – The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe and AEW World Trios Champions Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong) & Boom & Doom (Big Boom AJ and QT Marshall) with The Rizzler, Big Justice, Harley Cameron and Vita Coco Man def. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo, Shawn Dean and Anthony Ogogo) w/Christyan XO
After a cavalcade of entrances, Marshall and Bravo started this 10-man tag with Marshall hitting a flying enzuigiri to Bravo before tagging AJ. He mounted Bravo and unloaded with punches in the corner. Marshall tagged back in and did the same. Strong tagged in and picked up the pace with his punches. Then, it was Briscoe’s turn, and he kept the heat on until Cassidy tagged in for one punch, which he celebrated accordingly. He went for the cover, but all of STP came in to break it up, so Cassidy’s team came in to back him up, and everyone fought to the floor. Bravo worked Cassidy to the STP corner, where Taylor and Dean unloaded on Cassidy. Dean tagged in, but not before Bravo hit one more big shot to knock Cassidy to the mat. Bravo called for BBC and connected! STP took the opportunity to pose together outside.
Ogogo tagged in and immediately tagged Taylor. Ogogo sent Cassidy to the corner, but Cassidy stopped Taylor’s charge by putting his hands in his pockets. He ducked under Taylor and dropkicked Ogogo. Taylor and Cassidy both missed punches, so Taylor pushed Cassidy into a big body shot from Ogogo and then right into a knockout punch from Taylor! Marshall ran in just in time to make the save on the pin attempt. Moriarty tagged in, but Cassidy immediately got away from him with a Stundog Millionaire. Bravo ran in to stop Cassidy with a sunset flip, so Cassidy just removed Bravo’s hands and tagged AJ! He hit anything that moved and took everyone down until he ran into Taylor, who stopped AJ with a big punch. Taylor missed a splash in the corner, so AJ was able to clothesline him to the floor. Bravo walked right into a sitout spinebuster from AJ, but Bravo kicked out.
AJ called for Marshall to go to the top, as he set up Bravo for a powerbomb, but a distraction by Moriarty allowed XO to crotch Marshall on the top turnbuckle. The Rizzler went to confront XO and STP, and he had Cameron to back him up. XO pushed Cameron, so Cameron took her down and lit her up with punches. In the ring, Briscoe tagged in and fought off Moriarty and Taylor. Moriarty blocked Briscoe’s lariat so that Taylor could crack Briscoe from behind. Strong came in with a flurry of strikes before using Cassidy as a weapon on Taylor and Moriarty. He hit a huge backbreaker to Moriarty and knocked Taylor from the ring with a leaping knee. Briscoe threw Ogogo over his head to the floor and set up a chair with much encouragement from the crowd. Briscoe ran up the chair and somersaulted onto Taylor, Ogogo and Moriarty on the floor!
Back in the ring, AJ stopped Bravo and Dean from their attack on Marshall on the top turnbuckle by trying to powerbomb them both! Strong and Briscoe came over to assist, as The Rizzler and Big Justice threw Vita Coco in the faces of Bravo and Dean. Unfortunately, all that hydration caused Marshall to slip off the top rope to the floor! AJ, Briscoe and Strong still completed the triple powerbomb, and AJ covered Bravo for the victory!
The winning team celebrated in the ring with Cameron, Rizzler, and Big Justice, but STP surrounded them until Eddie Kingston ran down swinging a broomstick wildly and was soon joined by Ortiz and Mance Warner, who’ve all had their issues with STP. The crowd went absolutely wild for Kingston, who gave the love right back to the fans so close to his hometown.
MJF Confronts Mick Foley, but Darby Allin Makes the Save!
After the match, Paquette and Foley broke down the AEW World Championship match in the ring, with Foley picking Darby Allin to remain AEW World Champion. We heard a voice yell “NO” over and over again, and MJF came storming down the ramp!
MJF called Foley, “Mickie,” and wondered why we were supposed to care about the opinion of someone who always failed in big spots. The crowd booed that, so MJF took a shot at the New York Knicks and their chances of winning an NBA Championship. He brought up Allin, so the crowd chanted “BALD!” MJF said Allin and Foley are a lot alike because they are both underdogs. And when their backs are against the wall, they lose. Foley asked MJF if he could take this in because he didn’t know if he would ever have this feeling again. He thanked MJF for that gift and offered some advice and history. Foley said he lost a lot of matches, but there’s a young man named Dwayne Johnson, who might recall some of Foley’s victories as well. But in none of those matches did Foley lose in two minutes and fifteen seconds!
“That’s not a loss! That’s a disgrace! So, unless you wanna be known as the man whose matches can time an egg, you'd better put your big boy pants on, because you've got Darby Allin to contend with. And when you see Darby Allin, yeah, you see shades of me, but a younger me, a more athletic me, someone who wants to win more than I ever did. I was content to steal the show, and he’s not. Because he’s gonna simultaneously steal the show and take from you what you love most: the AEW Title and your hair!”
That elicited the loudest “BALD!” chant of the night.
Foley said he noticed MJF had wavy hair, but tonight, it’s waving goodbye! MJF responded by kicking Foley low! MJF kissed the Dynamite Diamond Ring, but before he could do anything with it, Allin ran out to make the save! MJF retreated up the ramp, but Foley was back on the mic.
“Don’t you run away, Max! Don’t you run away, Max!”
Then Foley addressed Allin, “I didn’t know it ‘til a month ago that I inspired your career. I’ve known you since you were the quiet kid who kept to himself in the independent dressing rooms. And it wasn’t until Jon Moxley faced off with you at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey that I remember it was like yesterday. Moxley said, ‘Mick, if you can, stick around for this match because this kid can do anything.’ And I looked at him and repeated the word ‘anything.’ And as I’ve watched you succeed, in my own way, I’m succeeding. Because you were the weird kid who was never picked for stardom. You were the shy kid, and people mistook the shyness for arrogance. And you’ve taught the world that greatness does not come in one package. So tonight, win one for the weird ones! Tonight, win this thing for anyone who’s been told they can’t do it! Prove them wrong! Show them that you have what it takes not just to be a champion, but to be a legend! And if I could quote an old friend of mine, I’d like to conclude by saying ‘BANG, BANG!’ BANG, BANG, Darby Allin!”
AEW World Tag Team Championship New York Street Fight "I Quit" Match: Christian Cage & Adam Copeland def. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) w/Stokely
We began Double or Nothing with the sold-out crowd singing Adam Copeland to the ring and beyond! Cage was out next, but was all business and no singing. FTR made their entrance with Stokely to a chorus of continual boos! The crowd exploded at the bell and broke out into a “HOLY SHIT!” chant as the two teams squared off and started throwing punches!
FTR bailed to the floor to regroup, but then jumped back in the ring to continue the brawl. Cope and Wheeler fought to the floor, while Cage took control of Harwood with a clothesline and a barrage of punches in the corner. Harwood escaped a Killswitch attempt and floored Cage with a big lariat. Stoke gave Harwood some barbed wire, which he wrapped around his arm and charged at Cage in the corner. Cage kicked the arm and put Harwood down with a reverse DDT. He grabbed more barbed wire and wrapped it around the middle rope. He sent Harwood onto it with a drop toehold and then stood on Harwood’s neck! The referee asked Harwood if he wanted to quit, but he painfully refused. Cope smashed Harwood with a crossbody against the barbed wire ropes! Cage took the referee’s belt and started whipping Harwood! He gave the belt to Cope, who unleashed on FTR! Cage choked Harwood with the belt and hung him over the top rope, but Wheeler came in to intervene. He knocked Cope to the floor, and Harwood sent Cage shoulder-first into the ring post. Harwood worked over Cage with a chair, targeting Cage’s injured left arm.
Cope produced a ladder and used it as a battering ram to nail Wheeler! Cope suplexed Harwood into the ladder, which was propped up against the barricade! Cope pulled a table out and set it up on the floor. Cope tried to piledrive Wheeler off the apron through the table, but Stokely grabbed his leg long enough for Harwood to nail Cope with a chair to the head! Cope and Harwood fought on the apron, with Cope avoiding crashing through the table. He went back in the ring for safety and clotheslined himself and Harwood over the top to an adjacent side of the ring. Wheeler smashed a chair across Cope’s back and then wrapped the chair around his neck so he could throw Cope into the steel post! Harwood grabbed a toolbox and brought it into the ring. Cage stopped him and kicked the toolbox out of his hands. Cage grabbed pliers and pulled at Harwood’s nose! He didn’t quit, so Cage used the pliers to crack Wheeler’s walnuts! That looked very painful! Harwood stopped it by hitting Cage with the toolbox! Harwood smashed Cage’s injured arm with a chair!
Harwood went to the floor and grabbed Cope, so the referee could ask if he wanted to quit. As blood poured out of the side of Cope’s eye, he said nothing and used the top of the announce table to hit Harwood. He knocked Wheeler to the floor and put Harwood on the Spanish announce table and tried to piledrive him through it, but Harwood got free with a stiff shot. He set up Cope for a piledriver, and Wheeler ran across the English announce table to spike Cope!
Harwood grabbed Cage’s injured arm and held it on the steel steps while Wheeler came down with a cinderblock, but Cage moved in the nick of time! Wheeler put Cage’s arm in the broken cinderblock, and Harwood smashed it repeatedly with a chair. The referee checked with Cage, who said, “I, I, I banged your mother!” Harwood smashed the cinderblock again! Wheeler choked Cage with a chain. The crowd reminded FTR of Cage’s recreational procreation with lots of chanting. FTR set up Cage for a stuff piledriver, but first, they had the referee ask Cage again. He responded, “Go f*** yourself!” And then Cage sent Harwood to the corner with a slingshot as Wheeler missed coming off the top. Cage hit Wheeler with a Killswitch!
Stoke got on the apron to undo the top rope from one of the corners! Harwood grabbed the loose turnbuckle to attack Cage, but Cage speared Harwood! He choked Harwood with the loose top rope and told the ref to ask Harwood, but Wheeler broke it up in time. He wrapped the barbed wire around Cage’s neck in a choke before FTR hit Cage with a Shatter Machine! Wheeler grabbed the mic and said Cage was going to quit. He nailed Cage with a wrench, but Cope came out of nowhere to spear Wheeler and then Harwood! How is he still in this thing?! All four men were down, but Cage got a hold of a chair and wore it out over the backs of FTR!
Cope grabbed a chair, but told the referee to ask Harwood. Harwood begged off from his knees, but Wheeler had another mic on the floor and said he’ll say it if Cope stops. “I…” He stopped, and Stoke spun Cope around and punched him with Cage’s stolen watch in his hand! FTR hit Cope with a Shatter Machine! Stoke held up the watch and basked in his handiwork. Then, he stopped in his tracks when Beth Copeland arrived on top of the ramp! Stoke went up the ramp to go after Beth, so she punched him down the ramp and kicked him into the steel steps. However, Harwood immediately threw Beth into the steel steps! Harwood put lighter fluid on the table still set up outside the ring while Stoke picked up Beth on the apron. Harwood lit the table on fire, and Wheeler charged at Beth, but she pulled Stoke in the way, and Wheeler speared Stoke through the flaming table!
FTR put Cope’s head on a chair to prepare for a Conchairto, but Harwood stopped and said that if Cope wanted to see his daughters tomorrow, he would quit. Cope said nothing because he saw Beth come in and low blow Harwood! Cage was back up and kicked Harwood low! Cope hit Harwood with a piledriver! Cage put Harwood in the Sharpshooter, and the referee asked him, but he said no. Cope locked on a crossface at the same time, but Harwood continued to refuse. Cope gestured to Beth, who flipped over a set of steel steps to reveal SPIKE, the wooden weapon covered in nails. Cope dug Spike into Harwood’s head, and he quit! We have NEW AEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! Cage and Cope are the new champs and saved their tag team careers! They celebrated with the titles in the ring, and Cope and Beth embraced. FTR helped Stoke up the ramp while Cage, Cope and Beth continued the celebrations in the ring!
AEW International Championship Match: "The Alpha" Konosuke Takeshita def. "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada (c)
Takeshita was out first, and Okada followed, and while Don Callis didn’t enter with either, he joined commentary for this ultimate showdown. The crowd was on their feet when the bell sounded and chanted “HOLY SHIT!” Okada and Takeshita came face-to-face, as the crowd continued to cheer and buzz. Okada and Takeshita traded punches, but Okada got nothing out of a shoulder tackle, so he came back with a big boot. They traded reversals until Okada tried to pull Takeshita into a Rainmaker, but Takeshita reversed it into a Raging Fire attempt. Okada stopped that, and Takeshita broke Okada’s wrist control. We were at a stalemate, but the crowd loved it and chanted “AEW!” Then they directed their hatred towards Callis, who took off his headset in disgust.
Takeshita and Okada refocused, and Takeshita nailed Okada with a big boot and a flying clothesline! Takeshita smashed Okada with a forearm in the corner, but Okada hung onto the rope to get a break. Takeshita missed a charge in the corner, so Okada put him on the top turnbuckle and dropkicked Takeshita to the floor! Okada took his time to gather himself and went to the floor to send Takeshita into the steel steps. He continued his methodical attack by running Takeshita into the barricade. Okada broke the count and continued the offense by sending Takeshita into another barricade. Back in the ring, Okada hit a neckbreaker and put a foot on Takeshita for a cocky cover, which lasted for one second. Okada hit another neckbreaker and went for another cocky cover. That seemed to fire up Takeshita, who threw some desperate shots at Okada, although there wasn’t much behind them. Okada hit one big shot of his own, but took too long admiring it, and Takeshita came back with a pair of overhead throws. Takeshita went to the second rope and tried a senton, but landed on Okada’s knees. Okada ran at Takeshita, who was ready with a jumping knee! Okada went to the floor, so Takeshita followed out with a tope con hilo over the top that connected!
Okada blocked a charging Takeshita with a big boot and then caught him for another neckbreaker over the knee! After a bodyslam, Okada went up top and dropped an elbow. He flipped off the crowd and rubbed his finger in Takeshita’s face! Takeshita escaped a Rainmaker attempt, so Okada tried a German Suplex only for Takeshita to land on his feet! Okada blocked a Blue Thunder Bomb and tried a tombstone, but Takeshita turned it into a Hitodenashi Driver/Wheelbarrow Suplex combo! Okada fired up and hit Takeshita with a dropkick! Takeshita fired up, but Okada stopped him with a discus lariat! Both men were down, and the crowd was on their feet! What a match so far!
Okada and Takeshita traded strikes on the apron until Takeshita put Okada on his knees with a huge knee strike. Takeshita pointed to the floor and grabbed Okada for a Raging Fire, but Okada pulled himself into the ring. Takeshita swung wildly and missed, so Okada spun him into a Rainmaker! Takeshita hit his head on the apron on the way down! Okada picked up Takeshita’s lifeless body and DDTed him on the floor! Okada smiled as Callis realized that his assets were hurting each other. Okada picked up Takeshita for a piledriver, so Callis came off the commentary desk to stop him and begged Okada to return to the ring. Okada stopped, but that gave Takeshita the chance to recover, and he dropped Okada with a brainbuster on the floor! Callis was beside himself, and Takeshita seemed like he had had enough of Callis! He followed Okada back to the ring and nailed a running big boot in the corner.
Takeshita put Okada on the top turnbuckle and brought him down with a superplex! Takeshita held on for a Falcon Arrow, but Okada slipped behind to try another Rainmaker, which Takeshita kicked away. Takeshita lifted Okada between the legs and brought him all the way down with a bridging suplex, but Okada kicked out! Takeshita backed into the corner for the Power Drive Knee, but Okada got up in time to catch Takeshita for a tombstone piledriver!
Both men got to their feet at the same time and traded strikes until Okada thought he had the advantage and flipped a double bird! Takeshita fired up and ate multiple shots from Okada before hitting him with a much bigger shot. He followed up with more strikes and pulled Okada into a Blue Thunder Bomb! He let go of Okada and tried the Power Drive Knee, so Okada reversed it into an Emerald Flosion! Okada tried a Rainmaker, but Takeshita rolled it into a nearfall! Okada pulled Takeshita into a backslide, so Takeshita rolled through only for Okada to pull him into a Rainmaker! He kept wrist control and pulled Takeshita back up for another, but Takeshita ducked and bounced off the ropes right into a dropkick from Okada!
Okada picked up Takeshita for another Rainmaker, but Takeshita reversed it into a Rainmaker of his own! He went to the corner for a Power Drive Knee, but ran right into another dropkick from Okada! Takeshita shook it off and finished delivering the Power Drive Knee! OKADA KICKED OUT AT ONE! Okada stumbled to his feet and bit the second rope. He stumbled into Okada, who reared back and delivered his biggest strike of the match. He grabbed Okada for Raging Fire and connected in the middle of the ring. Takeshita covered Okada for the three count! Takeshita is the AEW International Champion once again! What a contest! Takeshita celebrated on the turnbuckles while Callis tended to Okada.
Mark Davis and Rocky Romero joined Callis with Okada, and all four faced off with Takeshita, but before anything happened, “The Protostar” Kyle Fletcher returned! He walked out to the top of the ramp in a three-piece suit, but took off his jacket on the way to the ring. He started at Takeshita and then got face-to-face with Okada. Callis tried to calm everyone down, so Romero, Okada and Davis left the ring. Fletcher and Takeshita looked around the stadium, and Fletcher embraced Takeshita! The two hugged, and Fletcher gave Takeshita the title. Fletcher raised Takeshita’s hand and then clotheslined him out of nowhere!
The crowd was furious, as Callis laughed. Takeshita’s fingers reached toward Fletcher, but dropped back to the mat. As Fletcher crouched over Takeshita, he was engulfed by “ASSHOLE” chants. Fletcher picked up Takeshita, who flailed trying to get away with no success, so Fletcher dumped him with a sheardrop brainbuster! Okada and Fletcher both grabbed the AEW International Title off the mat at the same time, but Okada let Fletcher have it. Romero and Davis picked up Takeshita and held him so that Fletcher could crack Takeshita in the skull with the title! Fletcher and Okada embraced, and they joined the Callis Family on their way up the aisle while Takeshita was helped by medical personnel in the ring.
Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament Quarterfinals: ROH Women's World Champion Athena def. Mina Shirakawa
Athena backed Mina into the corner at the bell and put her on the mat. She tried to send Mina to the opposite corner, but Mina shifted to the apron and hit an enzigiri. Shirakawa dropkicked Athena in the front of the knee. When Mina ran up the turnbuckles to escape Athena, Athena followed with a flying kick that knocked Mina to the apron! Athena followed and dropped Mina with a backbreaker on the apron! She threw Mina into the steel steps and charged after, but she cracked her knee. Athena shook it off, threw Mina into the announce table, and then into the barricade. She followed with a running dropkick to Mina that took out the LED board!
Back in the ring, Athena tried a pin and got a two-count. Athena missed a charge in the corner and hit the same knee on the turnbuckle. Shirakawa took advantage by slamming the knee into the mat. She brought all her weight down on Athena’s knee on the ropes. Shirakawa worked Athena into the corner and stomped on the injured leg over the ropes! Mina came off the second rope, but Athena caught her and dumped her forward from a fireman’s carry. That got Athena a nearfall. She tried to stay on Mina with a headlock, but Mina escaped and came off the ropes with an enzigiri followed by a slingblade! Athena blocked a tornado DDT, so Mina tried it again and connected! Athena rolled to the floor, and Mina followed with a springboard tornillo! She threw Athena back in and went to the top, where she connected with a dropkick! Mina put Athena on her shoulders and dropped her with a reverse electric chair drop. Mina tried for the figure four, so Athena kicked her away and sent Mina to the mat with a headscissors. She took her down again with a leg sweep and trapped Mina’s legs to execute a nasty curb stomp! Mina kicked out at two!
Athena limped to the middle rope for an O-Face, but Mina caught her and rolled it into a pin attempt that got a two-count. Shirakawa spiked Athena into the mat with a spinning head scissors! Mina got another near-fall! Athena fought back with strikes, but Mina answered with strikes of her own, followed by a spinning back fist! She locked in the figure four until Athena finally made it to the ropes to break the hold. Mina pulled Athena up from the apron and hit another spinning backfist. She picked up Athena for a Glamorous Driver, which Athena reversed, so Mina broke free with a knee to Athena’s head. Athena crawled through Mina’s legs and trapped her arm to get a tombstone piledriver out of nowhere. Athena went up top with her bad leg and hit an O-Face to get the win and advantage to the semifinals of the Owen Cup! Athena took some time with the trophy when she got to the top of the ramp.
AEW Continental Championship Match (No Time Limit): Jon Moxley (c) def. AEW World Trios Champion Kyle O’Reilly
The Conglomeration fired up O’Reilly before he went out, as Mark Briscoe told him it was his night. Roderick Strong took O’Reilly’s AEW World Trios Title out of the backpack because he wanted to make some room. O’Reilly continued to the ring with an empty backpack; he hoped to fill with the AEW Continental Championship. Moxley took a little more time than normal making his entrance, perhaps trying to play mind games with the man he’s been unable to beat.
Moxley and O’Reilly traded holds in the early going, although a kick from O’Reilly to Moxley’s back seemed to annoy him. Moxley came back with one of his own, and that angered O’Reilly. They went face-to-face and transitioned to strikes until O’Reilly dropped Moxley with a leg sweep. O’Reilly continued with a forearm smash in the corner and then a guillotine choke. Moxley escaped with a powerslam and followed with body shots, but O’Reilly escaped and sent Moxley to the floor. O’Reilly ran down the apron and nailed Moxley with a flying knee. O’Reilly stayed on Moxley by sending him into the barricade and steel steps over and over again. Mox flipped off O’Reilly, so O’Reilly started laying in kicks until Moxley moved and O’Reilly struck the post. Moxley went back to the ring, but when O’Reilly tried to follow him, his leg gave out. Moxley sensed the injury and let O’Reilly try to get back to his feet, only to crumple again. Moxley began targeting the injured leg, as O’Reilly did his best to create space. Moxley lit up O’Reilly with strikes in the corner and then put the injured leg over the second rope to give him a clear target to attack.
Moxley put a kneebar on O’Reilly until O’Reilly got to the ropes. Moxley jumped on O’Reilly with nails down his back and then a bite to the forehead. Moxley hit a flurry of strikes, and O’Reilly followed Moxley to the ropes with a rising kick. O’Reilly continued to pepper Mox with knees, although he had trouble following up because of the weak leg. Moxley aimed with a kick to the top of the knee and then a guillotine while sitting on the top turnbuckle. O’Reilly yanked Mox off the top by his shoulder and connected with a flying knee. O’Reilly fought and got a cross armbreaker, so Moxley rolled over it into a half crab on the bad leg. Mox transitioned into another kneebar, so O’Reilly had to get to the ropes.
Mox tried to drag O’Reilly by the bad leg, so O’Reilly sat down for an armbar, which he transitioned into an ankle lock. Mox briefly stopped it, but O’Reilly stayed with it and had Mox in dire straits in the middle of the ring. O’Reilly let go and stomped the Achilles of Moxley before kicking him to the floor. Moxley tried to fire himself up on the outside and dove right into a stomp! Moxley hit O’Reilly with a cutter out of nowhere! Both men were down and got up at eight. Moxley hit a barrage of unblocked strikes on O’Reilly in the corner. They traded big boots, and when O’Reilly tried a rebound clothesline, Mox did the same, and both men went down in a heap.
The two warriors fought off their knees with a strike exchange and got back to their feet, until Moxley uncorked a vicious lariat, followed by a Death Rider! He immediately locked in a choke, so O’Reilly rolled over the top and into another ankle lock! Moxley grabbed O’Reilly’s ankle, so O’Reilly went for a pin. Moxley kicked out and grabbed O’Reilly’s ankle. Too much damage had been done to the injured left leg, so O’Reilly was forced to tap out. Moxley retains! The rest of the Death Riders came out to tend to Moxley while The Conglomeration did the same to O’Reilly. Moxley and O’Reilly met in the middle of the ring, and Moxley offered a handshake, which O’Reilly accepted to a big ovation.
Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament Quarterfinals: Will Ospreay def. Samoa Joe
Ospreay made his way to the ring to a huge ovation and got a little extra encouragement from Moxley and the Death Riders, who remained in the crowd while Ospreay was in the ring. Joe came out next, also alone, but as soon as he got in the ring and posed to the crowd, Ospreay hit an OsCutter and the bell rang! Ospreay stomped Joe in the corner and facewashed him, but when Ospreay tried to do Joe’s running boot, Joe flew out of the corner with a shoulder tackle. They traded chops, and Ospreay put Joe down with a jumping heel kick. Ospreay sent Joe to the floor, then followed up with a springboard crossbody. Ospreay threw Joe back in and hit springboard 450 splash! Joe kicked out, so Ospreay tried to grab an armbar. Ospreay signaled for the Hidden Blade, so Joe rolled to the floor. Ospreay went for a Sasake Special, but Joe grabbed him in a Coquina Clutch! Ospreay tried to back Joe into the barricade to break the hold, so Joe threw Ospreay into the bottom of the barricade, which appeared to do a number on Ospreay’s surgically repaired neck.
Back in the ring, Joe stomped Ospreay in the corner and facewashed him with his boot before landing a running boot from across the ring. Joe fired off strikes at Ospreay in the middle of the ring, so Ospreay tried to return and was immediately struck down by Joe. Ospreay threw some chops, but was immediately dropped by one big chop from Joe. Joe missed a running senton, but Ospreay couldn’t take advantage quickly enough and ate an enzigiri in the corner. Joe put Ospreay on the top turnbuckle, so Ospreay punched his way loose and stomped on Joe’s arm over the rope! Ospreay blasted Joe with an enzuigiri to take Joe off his feet. Ospreay sprung up and hit some chops on Joe before a handspring spring kick connected on Joe’s head. Ospreay wanted a Storm Breaker and struggled, so he shifted to a series of kicks to Joe’s face to soften him up for another OsCutter. When Ospreay leaped off the ropes, Joe simply walked away and squished Ospreay with a senton splash. Joe powerbombed Ospreay and stacked him for a nearfall, which he transitioned from a Boston Crab into a variation of the Rings of Saturn. Ospreay broke it by getting to the ropes, so Joe kicked him in the chest. Ospreay fired up and sat up, so Joe did it again, and again Ospreay got up. Joe tried again, and Ospreay fought through it to get back to his feet. He tried to trade strikes with Joe and was flattened by a spinning elbow from Joe.
Joe picked up Ospreay for a lariat, but Ospreay floated over and hit Joe with a Styles Clash! Joe kicked out at two! Ospreay leveled Joe with the Hidden Blade! Joe kicked out at two! Ospreay got rid of his elbow pad to go for it again, but this time Joe turned it into a powerslam. Joe couldn’t go for the pin and struggled to get to his feet. Joe sent Ospreay into the ropes, but Ospreay came back with La Mistica. Ospreay tried to follow with Death Ground, but couldn’t lock it in, and Joe stacked it up for a near-fall. Joe tried to get the Coquina Clutch, so Ospreay pushed off the turnbuckles to go over Joe for a two-count. Ospreay hit a hook kick and charged Joe in the corner, but Joe flattened him with an uranage. Joe locked in the Coquina Clutch, and Ospreay struggled to get to the ropes. The referee checked his arms, and Ospreay grabbed the bottom rope before his arm dropped for a third time.
Joe put Ospreay on the top turnbuckle and delivered some nasty headbutts to set him up for a Muscle Buster. Ospreay got out of it on the way down and hit a Hidden Blade! Joe kicked out at one! Ospreay hit a second Hidden Blade to the back of Joe’s head for the pinfall victory to advance to the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament semifinals!
Owen Hart Foundation Men's Tournament Quarterfinals: Swerve Strickland def. ROH World Champion Bandido
Bandido charged Swerve at the bell, but Swerve was ready for it and knocked Bandido to the mat and followed with a kick to the spine. Bandido came back by kicking Swerve in the kneecap, followed by a stomp to the spine and a kick between the shoulder blades. Bandido took Swerve down with a flying headscissors, but Swerve came right back with a vicious clothesline. Bandido avoided a charge by Swerve by standing on his head and then threw the former AEW World Champion to the floor with a one-armed gorilla press slam!
Bandido ran down the apron and hit a running dropkick to Swerve. Bandido ran Swerve into the barricade and did the same on the opposite side. He threw Swerve back in, so Swerve rolled out the other side. Bandido followed up with a thrust kick and sat Swerve in a chair. Bandido got on the apron and crushed Swerve with a senton! He threw Swerve back in and worked him over in the corner. When Bandido backed up and charged in, Swerve moved, and Bandido went face-first into the turnbuckle. Swerve used a unique transition to throw Bandido into the turnbuckles with a German suplex. Swerve stayed on the neck with an uppercut to the upper back of a seated Bandido. Swerve stayed on Bandido with a neck crank, but Bandido got back to his feet. Swerve let him go and clotheslined Bandido in the back of the head. Bandido shook in pain on the mat, which Swerve saw as an invitation to inflict more punishment. He threw Bandido to the ropes, so Bandido hung on and connected with a back kick. He peppered Swerve with a few more strikes and quickly went to the top for a tornillo that connected! Bandido was feeling it and hit three forearm shivers before sending Swerve to the corner. Swerve stood on his head over the second turnbuckle, so Bandido kicked him in the face and threw Swerve down with a German Suplex. Bandido nailed a frog splash from across the ring, and Swerve managed to kick out at two.
Bandido lined up Swerve for the 21 Plex, but Swerve was ready for it and caught Bandido with a flatliner for a two-count. Swerve picked up Bandido for Big Pressure, but Bandido elbowed his way free. Swerve just pulled Bandido down by the head and tried for a vertical suplex, but Bandido escaped. Swerve was sent to the ropes, but stopped to gather himself. He charged at Bandido and stood on Bandido’s shoulders for the most unlikely of House Calls! Swerve went up top and nailed a Swerve Stomp to a seated Bandido for a near-fall! Swerve looked frustrated. He pulled Bandido up on the apron and trash-talked him before picking him up in a fireman’s carry. They battled near the ropes until Bandido adjusted into a poisonrana from the apron to the floor! How did he do that? The sold-out crowd wondered the same, as they chanted “HOLY SHIT!”
Bandido threw Swerve under the bottom rope and tried to pull him up, but Swerve hung on to stop him. Bandido adjusted his game plan and pulled Swerve up for a 21 Plex from the mat! Bandido couldn’t hold Swerve in the bridge and collapsed in pain in his neck. Bandido and Swerve each reversed sunset flips until Swerve trapped Bandido between his arms. When Swerve went to swing Bandido up, Bandido jumped up and backward for a hurricanrana that spiked Swerve on his head! Bandido was fired up and tried for another 21 Plex with Swerve against the ropes, but Swerve caught him and reversed it into a Vertebreaker! Swerve backed into the corner and connected with a House Call to get the pinfall victory. Swerve advances to the Owen Cup semifinals!
AEW Women's World Championship 4-Way Match: "The Toxic Spider" Thekla (c) def. Jamie Hayter, Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander
This marked the first time the AEW Women’s World Champion had to defend against three former champions, but the tall task hasn’t shaken Thekla. She called all three of them bitches, so they all attacked her. They took turns taking shots at Thekla and sent her to the apron. While Statlander and Hayter battled in the ring, Shida hit a running knee to Thekla’s head, which was hanging off the apron. Statlander and Shiada worked together on Hayter, but she blocked a suplex and dropped both with a double clothesline. Thekla came back in and gouged Hayter’s eyes. She kicked Hayter in the head and went for a pin, but it was broken up.
Thekla booted Stat in the ropes, only for Shida to follow right up with a big shot to Thekla. Shida put Thekla in the corner, and Statlander sent Hayter in after her. Statlander splashed both in the corner. Hayter pushed Shida into Stat. Stat and Hayter traded shoulder blocks with no one giving ground. That turned into an exchange of strikes until Thekla came off the top with a crossbody, which Statlander and Hayter caught. They turned into Shida, who came off the top rope from the adjacent corner to dropkick Thekla, which knocked Statlander and Hayter down, too. Shida tried to cover everyone with no success, which set off a chain reaction of pin attempts, all resulting in near-falls. Stat clotheslined Hayter over the top to the floor. Shida tried to whip Statlander through the ropes onto Hayter, but Thekla nailed Statlander with a perfectly-timed kick, and Stat crumpled off the apron to the floor. Shida kicked Thekla to the floor and tried to stomp from the apron, but missed, which allowed Hayter to hit a big boot. Thekla went to the top and took down all three challengers with a crossbody to the floor!
Thekla threw Shida against the barricade, then sent Hayter into the steel steps. Thekla threw Stat back in the ring and stretched her out by her jaw! Statlander bit down on Thekla’s fingers to break it and hit a pair of bodyslams on Thekla. Stat sent Thekla hard into the buckles, but missed a charge, so Thekla tried to lock in a tarantula. Statlander used her power to pull Thekla back in and drop her face-first into the top turnbuckle. Statlander went up top, so Thekla kicked her in the head and met her on top for a Spider Suplex! Thekla celebrated, which allowed Shida to knock her to the apron with a knee to the back. Before Shida could do any more with Thekla, Hayter rushed in and knocked Thekla to the ground. Shida blocked Hayter’s suplex attempt and took her down with a superplex. She tried to hang on for more, but Hayter dumped Shida on her head with a Saito Suplex! Ouch! Statlander floored Hayter with a discus lariat! Thekla speared Statlander! Hayter headbutted Thekla! Stat picked up Thekla and put her down with a backdrop suplex! Everyone was down!
All four women threw wild blows at each other from their knees, with Statlander and Hayter getting to their feet first to deliver stiff kicks to Thekla and Shida. Stat and Hayter traded forearms and took each other out with diving crossbodies! Shida hit Thekla with a tilt-o-whirl backbreaker and hung on for a Falcon Arrow, but Thekla countered it into a rollup for a nearfall! Thekla hit a huge round kick to the side of Shida’s head and got into her spider walk for a spear, but Statlander picked her up for a Staturday Night Fever. Thekla escaped and pushed Stat into Hayter, who was waiting with an exploder suplex! She immediately followed with a big boot to Thekla!
Statlander hit a flurry of blows on Hayter and threw her towards Shida, but Hayter reversed it, and Shida’s jumping knee took out Statlander! Hayter threw Shida out of the ring and hit Thekla with a backbreaker. Thekla came back with a flying octopus submission, so Hayter broke it up with a backbreaker! Hayter missed a clothesline, but adjusted into a Hayterade on Thekla! She pulled her leg up for the cover, but Shida broke it up with a running knee! Hayter blocked a Falcon Arrow, but Shida connected on the second try. She had an ankle lock on Hayter until Statlander grabbed her. Shida tried to apologize for the earlier knee strike, and when she backed off, it was just a ruse so she could hit Statlander! That incensed Statlander, who unloaded on Shida and knocked her to the floor. Statlander followed and threw Shida into the steps. Statlander turned around and dropped Hayter with a pump kick! Stat went back to the ring and leaped over a spear attempt by Thekla. Stat hit a pair of thrust kicks and Staturday Night Fever on Thekla! Shida broke up the pin with a kendo stick shot to the back of Statlander!
Hayter pulled Shida to the floor by the kendo stick, and they took each other out on the floor with clotheslines. Back in the ring, Thekla hit a stomp to Statlander and pinned Statlander to retain her AEW Women’s World Championship!
Stadium Stampede: Jericho, The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin), Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), “Jungle” Jack Perry and Kenny Omega def. The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun), The Dogs (Clark Connors and David Finlay) & Don Callis Family (Andrade El Ídolo and AEW National Champion Mark Davis)
We saw the arrivals of the Don Callis Family, The Dogs and The Demand in three tricked-out vehicles outside. The Demand had matching baseball jerseys for the match with Ricochet, who was in a full baseball uniform. Hey, CitiField is just across the way! Back in the stadium, they all made their entrance.
Then, we cut to the entrances of their opponents, completely with stylized vignettes that featured Jericho, MVP, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, the Young Bucks, “Jungle” Jack Perry, and Kenny Omega coming together to form one-half of the biggest Stadium Stampede match in AEW history! Jericho’s squad entered with an interesting mix of custom suits and a sold-out crowd singing “Judas!”
Everyone faced off in the ring and immediately brawled at the bell! This will be a tough one to keep track of with 14 people in the match. Jericho’s squad isolated Ricochet and took care of him with a coordinated attack that ended with Lashley’s chokeslamming Ricochet onto some of his teammates. The Bucks and Omega began the Terminator clap, although they didn’t get far with Davis and The Dogs pulling them to the floor. In the ring, Andrade hit Three Amigos on Perry. He went to the top, but Benjamin came in with a rising knee to Andrade! Davis grabbed Benjamin on the outside and piledrived him into a chair!
In the ring, Liona was taking on anyone who came at him and wound up hitting a Samoan Drop on the Bucks and Perry at the same time. Ricochet ran to the top turnbuckle and hit a shooting star press to the floor that took out a host of bodies! The Demand posed in the ring, but Omega was back in and sent Ricochet and Kaun to the floor. Liona locked Omega in an abdominal stretch with a claw on Omega’s side. Liona’s entire team connected hands to add that much more pressure to the hold, as they pulled from halfway up the ramp! MVP broke the chain by smashing his cane over Ricochet and Liona’s clasped hands! Omega backdropped Finlay onto his teammates on the floor and hit a triple-tope suicida with the Bucks! Benjamin found himself alone in the ring and launched himself over the top onto everyone with a somersault dive! Jericho went to the top rope and dove onto the Callis Family on the floor! Benjamin and Kaun battled up the ramp and into the back.
Back in the Bucks, Omega and Jericho all mounted opponents in the corner for punches while Perry handled Davis on the apron. Perry took Davis to the floor with a diving hurricanrana, and then all of his teammates did the same in the ring! Jericho’s squad celebrated a little too long and was attacked from behind. However, the Bucks and Omega each put on Sharpshooters while Jericho had Andrade in the Walls of Jericho! On the apron, Perry blasted Davis with a full vacuum cleaner tank and then went to the top for a moonsault to the floor, which also connected with Davis! The Bucks set up tables on the floor and put The Dogs on each one of them. The Bucks went to the top floor, so Finlay and Connors rolled away and into the crowd.
We were taken to the back, where GOA and The Hurt Syndicate fought into the trainer’s room. Kaun and Benjamin fought through quickly, but Lashley got the Hurt Lock on Liona until he broke it up with a headbutt. As Lashley was on the floor, Lio Rush appeared next to him, and Lashley didn’t stick around to see what he was doing. Liona grabbed Rush, so Rush bit his hand! Lashley came back in and knocked Liona back towards the doors. Rush rolled through the chaos and jumped on Liona’s back, as Lashley knocked them through the doors. Back in the ring, Jericho and Omega teamed up to send Ricochet to the floor and continue their attack on Andrade. The Bucks and The Dogs fought near a merchandise stand somewhere on the concourse, while Andrade reversed things in the ring to take down Jericho and Omega. In the concourse, Connors got superkicked onto an escalator that was going up, so he wound up right back where he started and ate another pair of superkicks.
Back at ringside, Andrade took time for some front-row admirers with a selfie, but when he looked at the camera, a large dinosaur with a blonde wig appeared! Luchasaurus was not what Andrade expected! He spat something into Andrade’s face, which sent Andrade crawling away. Jericho threw Ricochet back in the ring and retrieved a bag from under the ring. It was filled with tennis balls. That elicited a “BALLS” chant from the crowd. Nutley, New Jersey, wasn’t that far away!
Jericho suplexed Ricochet into the tennis balls and tried for Walls of Jericho, but Ricochet got out of it and hit a Death Valley Driver into the balls. We quickly transitioned to the catering area with Perry and Davis, where someone decided to pose in front of Davis’ face, so Davis leveled him. I bet that guy wishes he were invincible. Perry sent Davis into a chair with a drop toe hold that seemed to catch Davis in the eye. Andrade and Omega fought into the catering area, where Andrade charged at Omega, who missed, which sent Andrade into the large man in the seat. It was Satnam Singh, who had been pushed into his dessert. Before Singh could do anything, Andrade threw another random person into Singh, who gorilla-pressed the random through a table as a food fight broke out behind them.
Back up the ramp, the Bucks and the Dogs were fighting with a variety of weapons. The Bucks put Connors in a shopping cart with a trash can over it and hit it with a superkick! Matt and Nick didn’t have much time to celebrate before Liona attacked them. Liona put Nick in a shopping cart so that Ricochet could dropkick him out of it. Liona grabbed the shopping cart over his head and threw it at Matt! Benjamin came rushing back to the ringside and went after Liona, but he was stopped by Finlay, who delivered a shillelagh across the face! Lashley reappeared and took it to Liona, but Finlay’s shillelagh also smashed him! A stunned Lashley walked right into a spear from Connors!
We returned to somewhere backstage, where Jericho and Ricochet were battling in what appeared to be some tennis training area. Jericho avoided a racket shot from Ricochet and kicked him away. When he opened one of the doors, Luther the Butler was there. He gave Jericho the biggest tennis racket you have ever seen! He used it to smash Ricochet over and over again before starting the ball machine to launch at Ricochet! Jericho tried for a pin on the makeshift tennis court, but only got a two-count!
In the ring, the Bucks and Benjamin worked over The Dogs with suplexes and a trash can! The Bucks hit double superkicks on anyone who came near them, although it didn’t work on Liona. Benjamin joined them for a triple superkick, and Lashley came flying in for a spear!
We went to an outside area where Davis was stumbling around with a bandage over his eye. He found a knife stuck in a note on a golf cart that said “WAIT HERE ASSHOLE,” and the Jurassic Express came barreling in to run into the cart and a car behind it! Perry couldn’t find anything in the damage, so he left the scene. We returned to the ring, where The Dogs stopped the Bucks from putting them through tables on the floor with sunset flips. Omega hit three quick suplexes on Connors, Finlay and Andrade. Omega nailed Andrade with a V-Trigger! Benjamin German suplexed Liona from the apron through a table on the floor! Davis, who apparently avoided the Jurassic Express, showed back up at ringside only to be speared through a table by Lashley!
Perry and Jericho dove through tables on the outside to take out Ricochet and Kaun while the Bucks came off the opposite corners to put Connors and Finlay through tables! Omega came off the apron with a One-Winged Angel to Andrade through a table!
Much like the beginning of the match, Ricochet found himself alone with his seven opponents. Ricochet ate a rising knee from Benjamin, a spear from Lashley, an assisted flying knee from Perry, the BTE Trigger and would have been finished off by a Judas Effect, but Kaun pushed Ricochet out of the way. He ate a jumping knee from Omega and the first-ever seven-way superkick! Jericho hit a Lionsault on Kaun for the pinfall victory to end the biggest Stadium Stampede ever! After celebrating with his team, Jericho set up a single table and pointed to the sky. He dove through the table in a wonderful tribute to the late, great Sabu!
AEW World Championship Title vs. Hair Match: MJF def. Darby Allin (c)
It was main event time, and what could be the final fully follicle’d entrance for MJF. The lights went out, and we were taken to someone catching a taxi in the city to make the Double or Nothing main event in time. A look underground showed Allin skating through the sewers before climbing up a ladder that brought him onto the stage. He stopped to glance at the barber’s chair that was ready for MJF if Allin came away victorious. Justin Roberts went through the championship introductions and reminded everyone that if MJF loses to Allin tonight, he will be shaved bald! The crowd erupted in a “BALD” chant, but would it be the last one of the night?
Allin took MJF down with three headlock takeovers at the bell for a trio of near-falls. Allin dropkicked MJF to the floor and gained a head of steam to dive through the ropes, but MJF saw it and moved, which spiked Allin into the floor against the announce desk. Allin’s heels clipped the middle ropes on the way through the ropes, which made the crash that much more gnarly. MJF powerbombed Allin on the apron and tried for a Heatseeker, so Allin pushed him away. MJF slingshotted Allin in for a cutter that got him a two-count. Allin jumped into a forearm by MJF, who immediately followed with a powerbomb to Allin on his knee! MJF covered Allin for a two-count. Allin crawled away in pain, while MJF sat and stewed that the much was still going on. MJF worked over Allin in the corner and put him on the top turnbuckle. He grabbed Allin for an Avalanche Tombstone Piledriver, so Allin slipped over MJF’s back and flipped over for a Diamond Dust stunner!
Allin pulled himself up and lit up MJF with a barrage of strikes and a headbutt. Allin went to the top for a Coffin Drop, so MJF rolled to the floor. Allin got down and dove through the ropes to send MJF into and over the announce desk! Allin got on the desk to fire up the crowd and then dragged MJF to the apron. Allin went up top for a Coffin Drop, but MJF moved, and Allin crashed into the apron! MJF put the steel steps on their side and grabbed Allin on the apron. He pulled up Allin for a package piledriver, then walked to the steps to drop Allin onto the steel! MJF took his time bringing Allin back in, so when he tried to go for a headlock takeover, Allin pushed him into the referee. While they avoided contact, MJF turned right back into a low blow from Darby, who tried to beat MJF again with the headlock takeover, but MJF kicked out just in the nick of time! A little payback for Mick Foley!
MJF stopped Allin with a boot in the corner and stomped on Allin’s arm from the top rope. MJF went for Salt of the Earth, so Allin stopped him and put on the Scorpion Death Lock! MJF broke the hold on the ropes, so Allin went right to the top rope for a Coffin Drop, only to land on MJF’s knees! MJF covered for a near-fall! MJF tried for another Heatseeker, but Allin was ready for it and stepped away. MJF tried the same slingshot cutter as earlier in the match, but this time Allin was ready for that too and caught MJF with a Scorpion Death Drop! The crowd willed Allin back to his feet, and he went to the top for another Coffin Drop, but thought better of it when MJF got up. He charged MJF right into a headlock takeover for a near-fall. That turned into reversal after reversal for near-fall after near-fall. Allin broke up all the pin attempts with a quick combo and jumped on MJF for a Code Red, so MJF threw him back on his feet to stop it. MJF picked up Allin for a powerbomb, so Allin reversed it into a Code Red! MJF kicked out at two! The crowd exploded in appreciation for this epic main event!
Allin and MJF pulled themselves up from opposite sides of the ring while staring right at each other. They charged at each other, which Allin turned into another near-fall. MJF bailed to the floor, so Allin dove through the ropes only for MJF to pull a camera operator in his way! MJF brought Allin up the ramp and put him in the barber’s chair. He grabbed the electric razor, but Allin kicked it away and locked in a guillotine choke! Allin put MJF on a table set up near the barber’s chair and looked up at the scaffolding on the stage. He went around back and climbed to the top of the Double or Nothing sign, about 20 feet in the air. Allin let out a “BANG, BANG” and dove all the way down to put MJF through the table with a Coffin Drop! That earned him a well-deserved “HOLY SHIT!” chant from the frenzied crowd.
However, Allin came up with a huge gash on the back of his head, and he struggled to bring MJF back to the ring. He threw MJF back in and collapsed on the floor. Allin managed to get up to the top for another Coffin Drop! MJF kicked out! Allin put MJF in the Scorpion Death Lock, but Allin grabbed the back of his head and collapsed. Referee Bryce Remsburg tried to check on Allin, as MJF rose, knowing he had avoided certain danger. He pushed Remsburg away and grabbed Allin for another headlock takeover, but Allin broke loose and put MJF down with a Scorpion Death Drop. He hit his head on the way down, but still managed to spring to his feet. Allin returned to the top rope for another Coffin Drop on shaky legs, which gave MJF the chance to fall on the ropes and knock Allin down. MJF met Allin on the top turnbuckle and dropped him with an Avalanche Tombstone Piledriver! MJF took Allin over with a headlock takeover and pinned him to regain the AEW World Championship! MJF keeps his hair!
While MJF celebrated, an exhausted Allin was loaded on a stretcher and strapped in. Still, MJF took that opportunity to stand over Allin and pose with the AEW World Title, much like he did to “Hangman” Adam Page after beating him in a Texas Death Match earlier this year. TNT Champion “The Jet” Kevin Knight ran out to stop MJF, who escaped up the ramp. Knight stared at MJF while on the ropes, as a second attempt to take Allin away commenced. And then, Knight dove off the top with a UFO Splash onto Allin on the stretcher! He flipped the stretcher with Allin still on it! What is Kevin Knight doing? Knight’s entire demeanor changed as he stared down at Allin while MJF clapped from the top of the ramp. Medical personnel and officials tended to Allin on the floor, as Knight continued to look down on his heinous actions, which brought Double or Nothing to a shocking close!