Posted on 5/25/126 by Bob Magee

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!

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