Posted on 5/21/126 by Bob Magee
AEW World Champion Darby Allin somehow pulled off his
seventh defense of the title in an epic match against
“Speedball” Mike Bailey, although the damage continues to
accumulate ahead of his Title vs. Hair match against MJF on
Sunday. The AEW World Tag Team Championship match at Double
or Nothing will also stay as scheduled after FTR eked by The
Conglomeration to keep the titles thanks to a gold watch and
Stokely.
Meanwhile, Kyle O’Reilly wanted to submit Jon Moxley for a
third time. He wasn’t able to do so in the Continental
Eliminator, but he did last the full 20 minutes, earning an
AEW Continental Championship match at Double or Nothing,
where there will be no time limit!
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Mark Briscoe and
Tommaso Ciampa made full use of their Anything Goes
stipulation. And after months of frustration, Briscoe
finally got his revenge and decisive victory after both men
busted each other open with everything from kendo sticks to
staplers to barbed wire!
And on a night with so much action and excitement heading
into Double or Nothing, Willow Nightingale informed the
world that she injured her shoulder over the weekend on
Collision and was forced to withdraw from the Owen Cup and
relinquish the TBS Title. Plus, Will Ospreay beat Katsuyori
Shibata and had plenty to say to Samoa Joe days before they
meet in New York!
What a jam-packed night of action in Portland on the road to
Double or Nothing! Here are your complete results!
AEW Dynamite & Collision Recap Tonight for Portland
Jericho & the Young Bucks Have Two Names for One Team!
Trios Match: Ricochet & Don Callis Family’s Andrade El Ídolo
and AEW National Champion Mark Davis def. Jericho & Young
Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)
AEW World Champion Darby Allin Addresses Speedball and MJF
The Full History of MJF and Darby Allin Before Hair vs.
Title
Anything Goes Match: Mark Briscoe def. "Psycho Killer"
Tommaso Ciampa
Bandido Brings the Fight to Swerve!
Willow Nightingale Relinquishes TBS Title, Drops Out of Owen
Cup Due to Shoulder Injury
AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley
(c) and AEW World Trios Champion Kyle O'Reilly Fought to a
20-Minute Time Limit
Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida Aren’t Here to Fight?
RUSH Wants Darby Allin for the AEW World Title Next Week!
8-Woman Tag Match: Triangle of Madness (AEW Women’s World
Champion Thekla, Julia Hart and Skye Blue) & ROH Women’s
World Champion Athena def. Thunder Rosa, Mina Shirakawa &
Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor)
The Jet Hypes Up Speedball Before His AEW World Title Match
Jon Moxley Doesn’t Miss When Everything is on the Line
AEW World Championship Match: Darby Allin (c) def.
"Speedball" Mike Bailey
MJF Attacks Allin After AEW World Title Match!
Will Ospreay def. Katsuyori Shibata of The Opps
Samoa Joe and Will Ospreay Exchange Threats
Cage and Cope Want the Best FTR
RUSH def. TJ Crawford
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion’s Five-
Minute Eliminator Challenge: “Megasus” Megan Bayne &
“Colossal” Lena Kross (c) def. Elle Valentine & Kayla Lopez
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (Dax Harwood and
Cash Wheeler) (c) with Stokely def. AEW World Trios
Champions The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy and Roderick
Strong)
Jericho & the Young Bucks Have Two Names for One Team!
At a lighthouse in Portland earlier today, the Young Bucks
and Jericho went through their history as founding fathers
and opponents, including the first Stadium Stampede match
and when Jericho kicked Papa Buck’s ass. Jericho apologized
for that (even though he totally deserved it).
Jericho said tonight is the first time he’s ever tagged with
the Bucks, who he called one of the greatest tag teams of
all time. The Bucks wanted to call their team The Bucks of
Jericho. Jericho proposed Y2Jackson. Then they combined the
names. Two names, one team!
Trios Match: Ricochet & Don Callis Family’s Andrade El Ídolo
and AEW National Champion Mark Davis def. Jericho & Young
Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson)
Apparently, their earlier meeting left out the part where
Jericho and the Bucks had matching ring jackets made, and we
got an extended look at them while the crowd sang “Judas.”
Don Callis joined commentary as this one got underway with
Ricochet tagging out to Andrade instead of facing Jericho.
Nothing wrong with that, as this was the first time Jericho
and Andrade had been in the ring together!
Jericho chopped Andrade in the corner and whipped him to the
opposite side, but Andrade bailed to the floor and got a
picture with a pair of admirers! Andrade turned around into
a chop from Jericho, who then sent him into the steel steps.
Jericho brought Andrade back in and tagged Nick Jackson.
Matt came in as well, and Andrade was sent to the corner.
Matt and Nick each charged, but got sent to the apron.
Jericho smashed Andrade with a running clothesline as the
Bucks hit stereo enzuigiris to Andrade’s head! Jericho came
off the second rope with a dropkick, so the Bucks and
Jericho kept the offense going with a triple-team fist
drop/moonsault/splash combo on the grounded Andrade!
Andrade pushed Nick into the corner and tagged Davis for the
first time. He immediately took Nick down and squished him
with a standing senton. Ricochet tagged in and immediately
tagged Andrade, but their double-team attempt on Nick was
reversed into a meeting of the minds! Matt tagged back in
and fought off all three opponents, including a sliced bread
on Andrade while running up Ricochet’s chest! Ricochet tried
a backslide, so Matt reversed it into a neckbreaker across
his knee. Matt slid under the bottom rope and put a
superkick flush on Davis’ chin. Matt grabbed Andrade for
three Northern Lights Suplexes, and when he went for a
fourth, Ricochet pulled him away, only for Matt to turn the
momentum into a facebuster quickly. Matt got Ricochet and
Andrade with a Double Northern Lights Suplex and dove onto
Andrade and Ricochet on the floor! Jericho followed from the
top rope and took down Ricochet, Davis and Andrade! Jericho
and the Bucks posed in the ring, and Portland loved it!
The Callis Family turned it around and isolated Nick for a
brief time until he used a wristlock armdrag/tijeras combo
to take down Ricochet and Davis! Nick tagged Jericho as
Ricochet tagged Andrade. Jericho knocked Davis off the apron
and put Andrade down with a pair of shoulder blocks. Andrade
sent Jericho over the top to the apron, so Jericho ran to
the top rope and came down with a double axehandle. He
seemed to be setting up for a Lionsault, but was distracted
by Ricochet on the apron, who was sent to the floor for his
interruption. Jericho put Andrade on the top rope, and
quickly, all six men were in the ring with Jericho and the
Bucks in control at three different corners. They all landed
punches, and Matt started things with a top-rope
hurricanrana to Ricochet, which Nick copied on Davis, and
then ended with Jericho hitting his own hurricanrana to send
Andrade from the top turnbuckle to the mat!
The Bucks and Jericho lined up Andrade, but Andrade ducked
the Judas Effect only to walk into a pair of superkicks from
the Bucks and right back to a Codebreaker from Jericho!
Ricochet broke up the pin just in time. Jericho tagged Nick,
who also brought in Matt, and they called for a Superkick
Party! They peppered Andrade with kicks all over and then
did the same to Davis! Ricochet flew at them with a
springboard, but ate a double superkick on the way down!
Andrade avoided a charge from Nick in the corner and
completed Three Amigos on Matt. He followed with a suplex to
Nick on Matt. Andrade tried for the double moonsault, but
Matt was ready with his knees on Andrade’s second attempt.
Nick jumped off Matt for a Canadian Destroyer on Andrade!
The Bucks hit a BTE Trigger on Andrade! Ricochet broke it up
with a Ricosault!
Ricochet tried to swing at Jericho, so Jericho ducked and
grabbed him for the Walls of Jericho, which Ricochet spun
out of and got back to his feet. Ricochet hit a rising knee,
only for Jericho to come right back with a clothesline to
send Ricochet to the floor. Jericho slid under the bottom
rope with a kick to Ricochet, but when he tried to follow,
Ricochet slammed Jericho’s head into the announce desk. They
fought into the timekeeper’s area, where Jericho put
Ricochet and himself through a pair of tables with a back
suplex from on top of the barricade! Meanwhile, back in the
ring, Davis broke up the Bucks’ double-team attempt on
Andrade. Davis and Andrade isolated Matt until Andrade
missed a spinning back elbow and hit Davis instead! The
Bucks hit double superkicks on Andrade and then another BTE
Trigger! Andrade kicked out in the nick of time! The Bucks
were stunned!
As the Bucks set Andrade up for the flipping piledriver,
Davis distracted the referee with a chair on the floor while
The Dogs attacked the Young Bucks! David Finlay cracked Matt
with a shillelagh, and Andrade pinned Matt for the victory!
Toa Liona hit the ring to attack the Bucks, so “Jungle” Jack
Perry came to their rescue with…a bag of onions?! He ducked
a charge from Liona and smashed him over the head with the
onions! Liona shook it off and trucked Perry! The Hurt
Syndicate hit the ring and immediately fought with Liona and
Davis!
Lashley and Liona fought in and out of the ring while
Benjamin and Davis brawled into the crowd. Finlay and Perry
battled it out elsewhere in the arena, and this is a perfect
preview for Sunday’s Spring Stampede! Lashley and Liona
wound up back in the ring, where Lashley put him down with a
massive spear! The fights started to die down, but they’ll
pick back up with the biggest Stadium Stampede ever on
Sunday at Double or Nothing!
Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita Comes to a Boiling
Point
We took a look at the complicated history between Okada and
Takeshita, including Takeshita agreeing to tag with Okada to
then face him for the AEW International Championship.
Takeshita wound up abandoning Okada in their loss to the
Young Bucks, which should have broken the deal, but Okada
said he still wanted the match. Don Callis has done
everything he can to keep a semblance of peace between the
two, but that all goes out the window at Double or Nothing!
AEW World Champion Darby Allin Addresses Speedball and MJF
Renee Paquette asked AEW World Champion Darby Allin about
taking an AEW World Title defense against “Speedball” Mike
Bailey just four days before defending against MJF in a Hair
vs. Title match at Double or Nothing. Allin said he feels
everything. He’s not numb to the pain. People keep asking
him why every week? Allin said he had no choice. This is
what he thought it would be. It’s the greatest feeling in
the world to be an AEW World Champion. He explained that he
wanted MJF’s hair because he’s the most vain person alive,
and if his hair is gone, it will eat MJF alive. Allin
addressed Bailey and said he’ll do anything it takes to hang
onto the AEW World Title and wants Bailey to do the same. He
reiterated he’ll do whatever it takes.
The Full History of MJF and Darby Allin Before Hair vs.
Title
That brought us to a look at the long and storied history of
Allin and MJF, which took a major turn when Allin beat MJF
for the AEW World Title in a matter of minutes just three
days after Dynasty. As Allin continued to defend the AEW
World Championship, MJF continued to beg for an AEW World
Title match, only to be rebuffed over and over until he
agreed to put his hair on the line!
Anything Goes Match: Mark Briscoe def. "Psycho Killer"
Tommaso Ciampa
The referee is only out there to ring the bell and call the
decision because ANYTHING GOES in this one, and Briscoe came
out with a can full of weapons, which he immediately tossed
at Ciampa in the ring!
The bell rang, and we were off with Ciampa taking a wild
swing at Briscoe with a kendo stick and missing, so Briscoe
lit him up with punches. Ciampa fought back until Briscoe
put him down with a thrust to the neck. Briscoe came back
with a slingblade forearm and tried to hit Ciampa with the
trash can, but Ciampa kicked him in the knee and hit Briscoe
with the can. Ciampa found his own can of weapons under the
ring and reached down to the bottom, but with an angry
exclamation, his mood immediately changed. His hand was
caught in a mouse trap large enough to catch a New York City
rat! Briscoe kicked Ciampa through the ropes and followed
outside to continue his offense with a mop that he broke
across Ciampa’s back! Briscoe set up a table and a chair
next to each other and sat Ciampa in it. He got up on the
apron and ran down with a diving Blockbuster to Ciampa on
the floor!
Briscoe choked Ciampa with a chain and put him on the table
with the chain wrapped around Ciampa! Briscoe went to the
top rope, but Ciampa got up to meet him. He wrapped the
chain around Briscoe’s neck and flung him through the table
on the floor! The crowd was stunned into a “HOLY SHIT”
chant! Ciampa produced a cheese grater back in the ring and
dragged it across Briscoe’s forehead over and over, which
drew a significant amount of blood!
Ciampa started using anything he could find to continue his
assault on Briscoe on the outside. With Briscoe in bad
shape, Ciampa started to taunt the crowd by fighting a
stuffed chicken until Briscoe blinded him with a fire
extinguisher! Ciampa met Briscoe with a cookie sheet across
the head, but Briscoe yelled through his crimson mask and
shook it off! Briscoe punched Ciampa repeatedly and flipped
him to the mat with an exploder. Ciampa rolled to the floor,
and Briscoe wasn’t far behind to find another table under
the ring. Briscoe set it up near the apron in front of the
announce table as Ciampa struggled to get back to his feet.
Briscoe nailed him with a cookie sheet and returned to the
table, where he stapled barbed wire to the table! He took a
few breaks to keep Ciampa down, but eventually, he took too
long, and Ciampa threw a trash can at him. Ciampa used the
barbed wire as floss in Briscoe’s mouth! Ciampa used the
staple gun to attach multiple pieces of paper to Briscoe’s
already bleeding head!
Briscoe crawled around the mat with paper still stapled to
his head, as Ciampa put on a tack-covered knee pad! He
charged at Briscoe, but Briscoe saw it coming and sent
Ciampa head-first into a chair with a drop toe hold! Briscoe
got a screwdriver and jabbed it into Ciampa’s face and
forehead! Ciampa saw his own blood for the first time in the
match! Somehow, Ciampa came back with a suplex into a chair
set up in the corner. He went for the first pin of the
match, and Briscoe kicked out! As the two struggled to their
feet, the enthusiastic crowd chanted “AEW!” Ciampa stopped a
strike battle with a rake of Briscoe’s eyes, and then he
nailed Briscoe with the tack-covered knee in the head!
Ciampa could have ended it there, but once again, he went
for an Avalanche Psycho Driller through a pair of chairs.
Briscoe fought Ciampa off and turned the chairs so the
impact would hit the top of the chair back instead of the
seat! He flipped Ciampa over his head and onto the
increasingly unforgiving steel!
Briscoe brought Ciampa to the apron and put him through a
table on the floor with a Jay Driller! Briscoe made it a
certainty with a Froggy Bow from the top to get the pinfall
victory! What a war!
Bandido Brings the Fight to Swerve!
Tony Schiavone was in the ring to introduce Swerve
Strickland, but was quickly interrupted by Prince Nana, who
insulted Schiavone and sent him from the ring. Nana gave
Swerve his own introduction, and Strickland was back on
Dynamite! He only made it a few feet down the ramp before
ROH World Champion and Strickland’s Owen Cup opponent,
Bandido, attacked him from behind as revenge for
Strickland’s ambush at Friday’s ROH Supercard of Honor!
Bandido stayed on Swerve and sent him into the guard rails.
Swerve tried to turn things around and sent Bandido into the
ring. Bandido knocked Swerve off the apron and flew over the
top with a swanton dive! Bandido threw Strickland into the
steel steps and turned around just in time to stop Nana from
hitting him with a chair. That was enough time for Swerve to
recover and kick Bandido in the back of the knee. Strickland
rained down hammer blows across Bandido and threw him into
the ring. Swerve set up a chair and picked up Bandido for a
Vertebreaker, but Bandido stopped him, and Gorilla Pressed
Swerve with one arm! Bandido grabbed the chair and thought
about using it before setting it back up in the middle of
the ring. He bounced off the ropes, so Swerve threw the
chair at him. Bandido deflected it and picked up the chair
to go after Swerve, who bailed to the floor and left up the
ramp with Nana.
Willow Nightingale Relinquishes TBS Title, Drops Out of Owen
Cup Due to Shoulder Injury
Nightingale said winning the TBS Championship was one of the
greatest moments of her career. She’s had a lot of great
moments, including winning the Owen Hart Foundation
Tournament, winning the TBS Title the first time and being
one-half of the first-ever AEW Women’s World Tag Team
Champions. But beating Mercedes Moné to win back the TBS
Title meant that she proved to the world that she’s
everything she said she would be. And as champion, she would
fight any challenger that stepped, and if she couldn’t do
that, she didn’t deserve to be TBS Champion.
As fate would have it, Nightingale injured her right
shoulder over the weekend in a successful title defense
against ROH Women’s World TV Champion Red Velvet.
Nightingale wants so badly to wrestle at Double or Nothing
in front of her family at home in New York against Alex
Windsor. She wants to go on in the Owen Cup and win the AEW
Women’s World Title at All In London. But unfortunately, she
has to withdraw from the tournament and relinquish the TBS
Championship. Nightingale said it’s been an honor and a
privilege to be the TBS Champion, and after 10 successful
defenses, it’s been a joy to be the Face of TBS. She doesn’t
know when she’ll be back, but when she does, she’s coming
right back to the top. Nightingale put the TBS Title down
and thanked everyone.
As a result, ROH Women’s World Champion Athena vs. Mina
Shirakawa in the quarterfinals will now take place at Double
or Nothing. Alex Windsor will await a new Wild Card
opponent.
AEW Continental Championship Eliminator Match: Jon Moxley
(c) and AEW World Trios Champion Kyle O'Reilly Fought to a
20-Minute Time Limit
While Moxley made his way to the ring, Renee Paquette
reported from ringside that this is O’Reilly’s first singles
match in nearly six months. He became an AEW World Trios
Champion since returning, but now has a chance to tap out
Moxley for a third straight time. Paquette said Moxley told
her that he’s a different man than he was six months ago.
Moxley and O’Reilly cautiously circled each other and
wrestled a bit more methodically than we’ve seen in their
last two encounters. O’Reilly controlled Moxley on the mat
and seemed to frustrate him, so Moxley got back up and took
a kick from O’Reilly. Moxley got control of O’Reilly’s arm
until O’Reilly escaped and mounted Moxley, but Moxley rolled
away. A clean break at the ropes turned into a pair of cheap
shots from Moxley. He worked O’Reilly into the corner with
an elbow strike and a chop. Another chop put O’Reilly on the
mat, so Mox stomped on his hand. He stayed on O’Reilly’s
left arm, so O’Reilly changed levels and lit Moxley up with
kicks. O’Reilly had Moxley limping and kept him down for a
near-fall. Moxley and O’Reilly traded a barrage of strikes,
but Mox caught O’Reilly with a body shot that crumpled
O’Reilly to the mat.
Moxley took advantage with an eye rake and a combo of
strikes on O’Reilly against the ropes. O’Reilly sent Moxley
over the top to the floor, but when he tried to charge up to
dive, O’Reilly fell to the mat in pain. Moxley pounced on
O’Reilly and smelled blood in the water. Moxley continued to
punish O’Reilly on the floor until a double clothesline
knocked both men down. O’Reilly and Mox got back in the
ring, where O’Reilly stomped on the back of Moxley’s leg and
climbed to the top rope. O’Reilly was too slow to get on the
top rope, so Moxley cut him off and brought O’Reilly down
with a superplex with five minutes left in the time limit!
O’Reilly escaped Moxley’s Bulldog Choke and tried to get an
ankle lock, but Moxley sensed it and worked back into the
Bulldog Choke. O’Reilly got a rope break, and the two fought
on the apron until he wrenched Moxley’s arm into the apron.
O’Reilly hit Moxley with a running dropkick near the
barricade and threw him back into the ring. Moxley popped up
with a cutter on O’Reilly for a two-count! O’Reilly put an
arm triangle on Moxley, who got back to his feet, so
O’Reilly launched him with an exploder! O’Reilly connected
with a stinging PK, and both men were down. Moxley and
O’Reilly got to their feet and exchanged strikes with ONE
MINUTE REMAINING!
O’Reilly picked Moxley’s ankle and grapevined the leg in the
center of the ring! Moxley refused to tap out as the bell
rang to signify the 20-minute time limit. As a result of
lasting the full 20 minutes, O’Reilly earned a future shot
at Moxley’s AEW Continental Championship! O’Reilly grabbed
the microphone and said he didn’t survive Moxley; Moxley
survived him. He has a legitimate claim to the Continental
Title, and when he gets his rematch, it’ll be no time limit,
and Moxley will be out of luck! Moxley limped around
ringside and yelled at O’Reilly before limping into the
crowd.
Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida Aren’t Here to Fight?
Paquette asked Statlander and Shida for their reaction to
the Willow Nightingale news. Statlander started to say how
awful it was. Still, Shida immediately interrupted her and
started talking about how she and Statlander would both be
fighting for the AEW Women’s World Title at Double or
Nothing. Paquette said Statlander isn’t cleared, but
Statlander said she would be by Sunday. Shida said they
aren’t here to fight; they are just here to watch the entire
division. Statlander told Shida to watch herself and walked
off. Shida offered more words of encouragement to everyone
in the 8-Woman Tag Match.
RUSH Wants Darby Allin for the AEW World Title Next Week!
An incensed RUSH was backstage and called out AEW World
Champion Darby Allin! He said if Allin survives this week,
he wants a shot at the AEW World Title next Wednesday on
Dynamite. He said if Allin messes with The Bull, he’ll get
the horns!
8-Woman Tag Match: Triangle of Madness (AEW Women’s World
Champion Thekla, Julia Hart and Skye Blue) & ROH Women’s
World Champion Athena def. Thunder Rosa, Mina Shirakawa &
Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor)
Rosa and Athena opened things up in this huge tag match with
multiple Double or Nothing previews. Athena took Rosa down
first, but Rosa came back to take Athena down and followed
with a springboard crossbody for a two-count. Rosa tagged
Windsor, who immediately ate a throat thrust from Athena
that allowed her to tag Blue. Windsor and Blue traded chops
until Hayter made a blind tag for some double-team offense
punctuated by a big kick to Blue for a near-fall.
Shirakawa and Thekla tagged in with Shirakawa getting the
better of the AEW Women’s World Champion, including a
tornillo that almost picked up the win! Shirakawa’s flurry
didn’t last much longer, and Thekla made sure to isolate
Mina from the rest of her teammates until Windsor got
involved. Triangle of Madness seemed to pull at all of
Shirakawa and Windsor’s limbs at once while they were hung
over the ropes in the corner, which gave Blue a wide open
shot for a double dropkick. Athena crushed Shirakawa with a
handspring forearm in the corner into an inside cradle, but
Shirakawa was able to kick out. Shirakawa finally fought
free of Athena and tagged Rosa while Blue tagged in on the
opposite side.
Rosa had Blue reeling with a series of heavy chops and
strikes until switching to a basement dropkick to Blue
against the ropes. Rosa bridged Blue over with a Northern
Lights Suplex, but Thekla broke up the pin. That set off a
chain reaction of impactful moves, leaving everyone down
except Athena. She dove at Shirakawa on the floor, but went
right into Shirakawa’s boot! Athena tried to fight back, so
Shirakawa laid her out with a DDT outside the ring! What a
statement to make before they meet on Sunday in the Owen
Cup!
Rosa hit a big elbow strike on Blue, who stumbled into the
corner, where she got a blind tag from Thekla. Blue cracked
Rosa with a pair of thrust kicks, but was pulled to the
floor by the Brawling Birds. They sandwiched her between a
pair of rolling elbows and finished Blue off with a big
boot/Russian Leg Sweep combination. Back in the ring, Thekla
tried to bring in her AEW Women’s World Title, so the
referee stopped her, which allowed Hart to blind Rosa with
Black Mist! Thekla rolled up Rosa for the three-count and a
win for her team!
The Jet Hypes Up Speedball Before His AEW World Title Match
JetSpeed was in the back with Bailey, warming up for his AEW
World Title match against Darby Allin in a matter of
minutes. Knight said Bailey would become the next AEW World
Champion, and tonight, JetSpeed becomes the faces of AEW.
Knight told Bailey not to forget about the “little people”
because the TNT Champion would love a shot at the AEW World
Title.
Jon Moxley Doesn’t Miss When Everything is on the Line
As the Death Riders churned out push-ups, Renee Paquette
asked Jon Moxley how things would be different at Double or
Nothing. Tonight, O’Reilly lasted 20 minutes to earn an AEW
Continental Championship match on Sunday, which will have no
time limit. Moxley popped up from the ground and wondered if
that was supposed to be some moral victory. The Death Riders
don’t do moral victories. They don’t sweat the small stuff.
He thanked O’Reilly for what he did for Moxley. For pushing
him to be better. He's driving him crazy because he can’t
find a way to beat O’Reilly. He thanked O’Reilly for letting
him feel what it's like to be a champion. O’Reilly tapped
him out twice.
“What are the odds you can do it again? You rolled the dice
tonight, and you won. On Sunday, ain’t it cute? You go
Double or Nothin'! What are your odds? I say the house
finally wins. Game 7 is the only game that matters. When the
championship is on the line, when everything is on the line,
when the game is on the line…yo, do I miss?”
AEW World Championship Match: Darby Allin (c) def.
"Speedball" Mike Bailey
After Portland gave plenty of love to both men, especially
Allin, they looked across the ring at each other from
opposite corners. Before the bell could ring, MJF’s music
hit, and he made his way to ringside to join commentary for
this Dynamite main event!
The bell rang, and Bailey flew right at Allin with a kick to
put him on the mat! Bailey jumped to the second rope and hit
Allin with a dropkick. Bailey went corner-to-corner with a
roundhouse spin kick and quickly went back to the second
rope for Ultima Weapon, but Allin rolled to the apron.
Bailey lit Allin up with a series of kicks, and with Allin
stunned, Bailey swept his legs, which sent Allin violently
into the corner of the apron! Bailey nailed a Triangle
Moonsault to Allin on the floor. MJF said it was beautifully
executed, if you’re into that sort of thing. He’s not.
Bailey turned up the intensity with a barrage of punches on
Allin. He broke the count by rolling in the ring and came
back out to body slam Allin back on the ground. Speedball
climbed the steel steps and jumped off to drive his knees
into Allin’s chest! Bailey draped Allin over the barricade
and set up for the backflip kneedrop, but Allin saw it
coming and crotched Bailey on the barricade! Allin joined
Bailey on the barricade and picked him up for a devastating
Scorpion Death Drop on the rail!
The fight continued outside and erupted into a wild flurry
of punches. Allin threw Bailey at the steel steps, so Bailey
put on the brakes and cracked Allin in the gut. Allin
stopped Bailey from throwing him into the steps, and
instead, he trapped Bailey’s foot under the weight of all
the steps! Allin charged in, so Bailey nailed him with a
thrust kick with the good leg. Once Bailey freed himself,
Allin sent him hard into the commentary desk with a torpedo
dive! Allin threw Bailey back in and went for a springboard
Coffin Drop, but Bailey countered it with a backstabber!
Bailey fought through the pain and kicked Allin into the
corner. He hit another spinning roundhouse kick and tried
for Ultima Weapon, but Allin moved, and Bailey landed badly
on the mat. Allin went to the top and nailed a Coffin Drop
across Bailey’s back! Allin made the cover, but MJF came off
commentary to put Bailey’s foot on the rope. The referee
admonished MJF, which brought out Kevin Knight to confront
MJF. He put his headset back on and assured Knight he was
just doing commentary.
Allin turned away from the confusion on the floor and right
into a headlock takeover into a pin by Bailey! Allin kicked
out! Allin went for a La Magistral, so Bailey rolled out of
it into a crucifix for a near-fall! Allin walked right into
a roundhouse kick across his face! Bailey lined up and
connected with another spin kick to Allin! He pulled Allin
back deep on the pin attempt, yet Allin still kicked out.
Bailey nailed a PK and a moonsault knee drop. Allin stumbled
up into a nasty thrust kick that sent him to the corner.
Bailey tried for the Flamingo Driver, so Darby slipped out
of it and went for a Scorpion Death Drop, only for Bailey to
slip back into a pin attempt. Allin got out and tried one of
his own before picking Bailey back up for a Scorpion Death
Drop! Allin was too beat up to get to Bailey in time for a
pin attempt.
Allin stomped Bailey and put him in the Scorpion Death Lock!
Knight encouraged Bailey to make it to the ropes, which he
finally did, but Allin quickly flattened him with a Coffin
Drop. Allin put the Scorpion Death Lock back on, and despite
fighting to get to the ropes, Bailey finally tapped out!
Allin remains AEW World Champion heading into Double or
Nothing! MJF was disgusted and left through the crowd. He’ll
put his hair on the line vs. Allin’s AEW World Title on
Sunday!
MJF Attacks Allin After AEW World Title Match!
As we moved into Collision, Kevin Knight grabbed the
microphone to give praise to Allin and Bailey for what they
just did in the AEW World Title match. Knight said now it’s
up to Allin to beat MJF and shave him bald so that they can
send him back to Turkey! Knight said when Allin wins,
they’ll be waiting for him. Don’t let them down.
JetSpeed exited up the ramp, but Allin never saw MJF sneak
back to the ring for a blindside attack! MJF mounted Allin
and rained down punches across Allin’s head. MJF tried to
bask in his efforts, but had to look out at a “BALD” sign
while the entire arena chanted “BALD!” MJF retrieved an
electric razor from under the ring and tried to cut Allin
up, but Allin stopped him and took the razor away. He tried
to shave MJF’s head, but MJF escaped back up the ramp!
Will Ospreay def. Katsuyori Shibata of The Opps
With the Death Riders standing by, Daniel Garcia hyped up
Ospreay. Renee Paquette gave us a ringside report about
Ospreay’s new flying armbar submission, which is called
“Death Ground.” Can Ospreay submit Shibata for the first
time?
Shibata went for an armbar at the bell, so Ospreay tried the
same, and they battled for position until the hold was
broken in the ropes. Shibata offered a handshake, so Ospreay
flipped him off! Ospreay stopped Shibata and snatched his
ankle and worked into a bow-and-arrow. However, Ospreay
seemed too interested in playing to the crowd chanting his
name, which gave Shibata the chance to escape and catch
Ospreay with a knee strike. He took Ospreay to the apron for
a suplex and rolled him to the floor for another! Shibata
slammed Ospreay’s head off the apron and sat him in a chair.
Shibata charged at Ospreay and stopped, only to kick him
straight in the face! Shibata and Ospreay traded flurries in
the corners until Ospreay caught Shibata with a high boot.
Ospreay fired up the crowd and launched himself over the top
to the outside with a plancha! Shibata lured Ospreay in and
attacked him on the apron. He began using the barricades to
punish Ospreay by any means necessary. Ospreay came back
with a desperation corkscrew spin kick that gave him a
window to recover. Ospreay kicked Shibata in the chest, but
as Shibata tried to fight back, Ospreay smashed him with a
springboard forearm for a near-fall. Ospreay worked on
Shibata’s left arm while alternating chops. Shibata reversed
a powerbomb attempt into a standing guillotine. Shibata
backed Ospreay to the corner and connected with a running
dropkick. Shibata sent Ospreay over with an underhook suplex
for a two-count.
Shibata delivered a series of kicks, but each one seemed to
energize Ospreay. Ospreay got his own kick in on Shibata,
which brought Shibata back to his feet. Ospreay hit a back
elbow out of nowhere and followed with a Falcon Arrow for
another near-fall. Ospreay went to the top and connected
with a flying forearm to the back of Shibata’s head! Anthony
Bowens came to ringside and distracted Ospreay long enough
for Shibata to hit Ospreay with a Hidden Blade! Ospreay
kicked out at two! Marina Shafir jumped over the rail to
confront Anthony Bowens, who backed up and then up the ramp
once he saw Claudio Castagnoli.
Back in the ring, Shibata blocked an OsCutter and hit an
undetected low blow on Ospreay! Shibata rolled Ospreay into
a triangle, but Ospreay powered back to his feet and
powerbombed Shibata! He pulled him back up for a Styles
Clash and flattened Shibata! Ospreay finished Shibata with a
Hidden Blade to get the pinfall victory!
Samoa Joe and Will Ospreay Exchange Threats
The Death Riders looked pleased as they remained in the
crowd while Samoa Joe made his way to the top of the ramp.
Ospreay stood alone in the ring while Joe called out the
Death Riders, his wonderful friends, saving him again. Joe
said not to worry because he’s not here for Ospreay. He only
has to wait until Sunday to have Ospreay all to himself. Joe
is out to ensure the safety of Bowens and Shibata because
they are his friends. Ospreay chose not to be Joe’s friend,
and at Double or Nothing, he’ll pay the consequences. At
Double or Nothing, he’ll give Ospreay what he wants, his
dream match, because he’s going to put Ospreay right to
sleep.
Ospreay said this Sunday is a dream come true for him, but
Joe is describing it as a nightmare. Ospreay decided to
describe his nightmare situation, starting on Sunday
morning, which includes reading all the doubters’ comments
about his style, health and weight. Ospreay said that’s what
happens when you have double fusion neck surgery. Ten years
ago, that would have been it. The Aerial Assassin would have
been dead. For 20 years, the people have chanted “Joe’s
gonna kill you!”
“Bruv, how you gonna kill a guy who’s died in his bloody
ring?”
Ospreay said he came close to winning the Owen Cup last
year, and it has stuck with him ever since. This year, the
stakes are different. There’s an AEW World Title shot
waiting at Wembley Stadium, a place where he and every kid
wanted to be. It’s not just the company on his back; he has
a whole country on his back. Ospreay said his nightmare
died, and it was in the hands of the Death Riders. They
killed Ospreay and rebuilt him into a killer!
“Sunday, I start my road to fulfill my dream because I’m
gonna win the Cup and go on to win the AEW World
Championship, bruv!”
Cage and Cope Want the Best FTR
Adam Copeland said he and Christian Cage met in sixth grade
because Cage had a ninja star. They both wanted to be tag
team champions. They’ve done everything together. They even
found out they were having daughters six weeks apart.
Through it all, this friendship is real. For more than 30
years, they’ve been coming into your living rooms every
week. You watched Cage and Cope grow into men. That’s a
connection. FTR wants to kill that connection. Cope wants
the best version of FTR because, after they dropped his wife
on her head, he needs the best version of FTR.
“We are going to show up to this match on Sunday because we
want to beat the best FTR and make that FTR say, ‘I quit.’”
Cage said FTR has made some questionable choices.
“I always say, when you’re born, you look like your family.
And when you die, you look like your choices. And because of
those choices, in New York, at Double or Nothing, we are
going to f*** you up!”
RUSH def. TJ Crawford
Crawford offered a handshake at the bell, which RUSH
accepted and held onto, so he could pull Crawford back into
a crushing forearm. RUSH pounded away at Crawford in the
corner and backed up to the opposite side. He hit the Bull’s
Horns and pinned the lifeless Crawford for the quick win.
RUSH reminded everyone once again, “When you mess with the
bull, you get the horns!”
AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion’s Five-
Minute Eliminator Challenge: “Megasus” Megan Bayne &
“Colossal” Lena Kross (c) def. Elle Valentine & Kayla Lopez
Divine Dominion made their way to the ring and stood over
Renee Paquette as she tried to provide a pre-match report.
Kross stopped Paquette and asked how long this was going to
take before continuing to the ring.
Bayne beat Valentine into the corner and took her breath
away with multiple shoulders to the gut. Valentine escaped
to get one shot at Bayne, which only angered Bayne. She took
Valentine into the corner and teed off with a barrage of
clubbing forearms. Kross came in and gave Valentine the same
treatment with back elbows. Kross threw Valentine to Lopez
for a tag. Lopez came in and ran right into a jumping kick
from Kross! That was devastating. Kross and Bayne double-
teamed Lopez in the corner, which Bayne finished with a
German Suplex. Kross and Bayne hit stereo stalling suplexes
and put Lopez away with Divine Intervention for another
dominant victory. They are 10-0 as a team!
AEW World Tag Team Championship Match: FTR (Dax Harwood and
Cash Wheeler) (c) with Stokely def. AEW World Trios
Champions The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy and Roderick
Strong)
With their ring jackets still on, FTR attacked The
Conglomeration to jumpstart the match and nearly took out
Orange Cassidy with the stuff piledriver, but Strong came to
his aid and pushed Wheeler off the top. Cassidy rolled
Harwood into a tight cover and almost became a double
champion! FTR went to the floor to regroup and started to
leave up the ramp, so Strong went out to get them. He fought
them back towards the ring, which allowed Cassidy to plunge
from the top rope onto FTR on the floor! Strong took over in
the ring on Harwood, putting him down with a back body drop.
Cassidy tagged in and showed no hesitation to go for an
Orange Punch, so Harwood rolled to the floor again to
regroup.
The advantage didn’t last long, as FTR isolated Strong for
several minutes. With the crowd willing Strong back to his
feet, Wheeler killed that tag chance by knocking Cassidy off
the apron. Strong and Wheeler took each other out with
clotheslines, which gave Strong enough of an opening to tag
Cassidy finally. Harwood and Wheeler both charged Cassidy
before he entered the ring, so he ran each into the
turnbuckle. Cassidy went to the top and took Harwood down
with a diving elbow. Harwood tried to save Wheeler from
Cassidy’s spinning DDT and went for a suplex of their own,
but Strong was there to catch Cassidy. Strong ran Harwood
into Wheeler and tried to roll up Harwood, but instead
Cassidy jumped from the apron with a sunset flip, which
Strong aided with a kick. Harwood kicked out just in time!
Strong clotheslined Harwood to the floor, and Cassidy
connected with a diving elbow to Harwood. Back in the ring,
Wheeler made a blind tag that allowed Harwood to drop
Cassidy with a huge spinebuster. Cassidy kicked out at two.
Wheeler toyed with Cassidy, as he peppered him with punches
and chops while he taunted the crowd. Cassidy fought back to
his feet, so Wheeler tagged Harwood, who slid across the
ring for a bodyslam. Harwood missed a pair of elbows as
Cassidy rolled to the apron, where Wheeler came flying out
of nowhere to crash and burn into the corner and down to the
floor. Cassidy kicked Harwood into the steel post, while
Wheeler fought Strong on the apron. Harwood knocked Strong
to the floor and stuck Cassidy with a piledriver! Cassidy
kicked out!
FTR was all over Cassidy after the piledriver, as Strong
paced helplessly in the opposite corner. Finally, Cassidy
made the tag, but the referee didn’t see it! FTR pulled
Cassidy back to their corner, and Wheeler made a very
deliberate tag in front of the referee. Harwood ate a boot
from Cassidy on a charge, so Wheeler tried the same, and
Cassidy sent him crotch-first into the second turnbuckle!
Strong tagged in!
Strong hit Harwood with a leg lariat and flying kick, while
taking time to strike the still-trapped Wheeler in the
corner. Cassidy tagged back in so Strong could use him as a
weapon on FTR in opposite corners. Strong threw Cassidy into
Wheeler for a DDT and ran to the ropes to kick Harwood on
the floor. Cassidy got a two-count on Wheeler, although
Stoke was clearly worried. Harwood pulled Strong down and
ran him into the ring post. Back in the ring, Cassidy jumped
out of the Shatter Machine and trapped Wheeler for a tight
pin attempt, which beat Harwood two weeks ago, although
Wheeler was able to kick out.
The crowd was not pleased with referee Paul Turner and let
him know it. FTR mocked Cassidy with their own slow kicks
and lifted him for a double suplex, but Strong came in to
kick Wheeler in the head. Cassidy rolled up Harwood for
another near-fall! Harwood dropped Cassidy with a
chop/punch/clothesline combo. Stoke got on the apron, and he
reached into his pocket for Christian Cage’s stolen watch.
He tried to hit Cassidy with it, but missed! Cassidy broke
free of Harwood and grabbed Stoke. Harwood charged at
Cassidy, but he moved, and Harwood nailed Stoke! Cassidy
rolled him up, and Harwood just barely kicked out!
Harwood stopped an Orange Punch, so Cassidy adjusted into a
Stundog Millionaire! Cassidy called for the Orange Punch,
but got pulled into a Shatter Machine! Strong broke it up to
save the match! Strong and Wheeler spilled over the top to
the floor, leaving Harwood and Cassidy alone in the ring.
Cassidy tried to put his hands in his pockets, so Harwood
picked him up and landed repeated uppercuts. Cassidy
transitioned into a backslide for yet another near-fall!
Harwood and Cassidy battled in a waistlock, with Harwood
sending Cassidy into the ropes, causing the referee to jump
out of the way just in time to miss Stoke cracking Cassidy
with the gold watch! Harwood fell on Cassidy to get the
three-count! FTR retains! Harwood and Wheeler posed with
their AEW World Tag Team Titles and Stoke to bring this
special night to a close!
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p.m. CT (The Buy-In starts at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT on HBO Max
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