AEW Double Or Nothing is live tonight from Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, NY.
Mick Foley Is “#AllElite”
The video intro airs to get things started. We then shoot to Renee Paquette inside the ring inside Louis Armstrong Stadium. She says she’s not alone tonight. She introduces her guest host for The Buy-In, and out comes WWE Hall of Fame legend Mick Foley to a big pop.
“The Hardcore Legend” settles in the ring and literally calls this one of the greatest nights in his life. He points out his daughter Noelle Foley in the front row. She is shown on-camera. Foley talks about the excitement backstage. He mentions AEW being the reason he has fallen in love with pro wrestling again.
5-Minute Tag-Team Eliminator Challenge
Divine Dominion (c) vs. Zayda Steel & Viva Van
The duo send things down to Excalibur and Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness at ringside, who prepare us for our first match of the evening. Zayda Steel and Viva Van are in the ring and will be taking on Divine Dominion in the latest 5-Minute Tag-Team Title Eliminator Challenge.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Steel and Van fare better than anyone else has in any of the previous challenges, as they fight all the way until only 15-20 seconds remaining. Divine Dominion hit a double chokeslam.
They follow up with the cover for the win. They take out Christopher Daniels afterwards. Tay Melo and Anna Jay run out with kendo sticks. The run off Divine Dominion to make the save, and stand tall to end the brief post-match scene.
Winners: Divine Dominion
The Opps vs. The Death Riders
Wasting no time, we head directly into the ring entrances for the six-men involved in our next match. Trios action features The Opps taking on The Death Riders. Out first comes The Death Riders trio of Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta, accompanied by Marina Shafir.
The Opps make their way out next. Daniel Garcia gets things off to a hot start for The Death Riders team. Shibata tags in, however, and he begins to shift the offensive momentum in the favor of The Opps, as the crowd comes to life in the background.
Castagnoli tags in and he and Shibata go face-to-face, before doing their own version of Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama from PRIDE FC days, only with short-elbows instead of hockey punches. Shibata wins out and hits a running dropkick to a seated Castagnoli in the corner.
After a few more minutes of back-and-forth action, we see things come to a conclusion when the numbers game plays a factor, leading to The Death Riders picking up the win.
Winners: The Death Riders
“Big Boom!” A.J., Q. T. Marshall, Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong vs. Shane Taylor, Anthony Ogogo, Capt. Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo & Lee Moriarty
We check back in with Mick Foley and Renee Paquette briefly. They talk about the Owen Hart Cup. We then see video for Cope & Cage vs. FTR before returning inside the arena for our next match of the evening.
Big Justice, The Rizzler and Harley Cameron come out with the babyface Boom & Doom & Conglomeration team. Christyan XO comes out with the heel Shane Taylor Promotions team. The bell sounds and off we go.
Almost immediately we see shenanigans and high spots in a very choregraphed match. Cameron gets involved at ringside for a big pop. Cassidy does his hands-in-the-pockets routine. Some Cassidy and Strong double-team action in the ring leads to the finishing sequence.
Mark Briscoe comes in and has a steel chair. The crowd goes wild as Briscoe runs and leaps off the chair for a dive to the heels on the floor. Back in the ring, Big Boom! AJ gets involved in a stacked power bomb spot that sees bodies flying all over the place, culminating with Big Boom! AJ getting the pin for his team.
Once the match wraps up, it looks like things are going to continue. We see a big standoff. Eddie Kingston’s theme hits and the crowd explodes. Out he comes with Mance Warner and some weaponary. They clean house and pose with The Rizzler afterwards.
Winners: “Big Boom!” A.J., Q. T. Marshall, Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong
MJF Confronts Mick Foley
Now we cut to Renee Paquette and Mick Foley again, this time in the ring. They briefly discuss the hair vs. title main event pitting Darby Allin and MJF. Foley outright mentions the hair plugs that MJF got in Turkey. The crowd chuckled at that. Paquette says, “You’re not wrong!”
As they continue talking, MJF’s voice is heard. Out he comes with a microphone in hand and a scowl on his face. Paquette bails out of the ring. MJF says no one is being shaved bald tonight, as fans loudly chant “Bald! Bald! Bald!”
MJF tells Foley he’s famous for failing in all of his biggest career moments. MJF says Darby Allin is going to fail tonight, too. He tells Foley he reminds him a lot of Allin, and again points out how they always lose when it counts. Foley says he hasn’t felt this feeling in a while.
Foley says he has lost a lot of matches. He says there’s a young man called Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson who might feel different. Foley says in all of those matches, even he didn’t have a loss that ended in 2 minutes and 15 seconds. Foley says Allin is gonna steal the show, the AEW title and MJF’s hair.
Foley says he didn’t realize this until he got up close. But he notices MJF has wavy hair. He says that’s good because it’s waiving goodbye tonight. The crowd ooh’s and ahh’s. MJF low-blows Foley. The crowd gasps as Foley drops.
Allin runs out to make the save. Foley tells Allin he didn’t realize until recently he inspired his career. He recalls Jon Moxley telling him to watch Allin years ago at an independent show. Foley tells Allin watching him succeed is like watching himself succeed.
He says Allin represents all those who people think are weird because they’re shy. “So tonight, win one for the weird ones!” He tells Darby to show everyone he has what it takes not just to be a champion but a legend. He finishes by saying, “Bang Bang Darby Allin! Bang Bang!”
AEW World Tag-Team Championships (‘I Quit’ New York Street Fight)
FTR (c) vs. Cope & Cage
We get some final hype from the broadcast team before one final hype video package closes out The Buy-In pre-show. From there, we shift gears and get ready to finish out the rest of the show this evening on pay-per-view. We are told a big match is kicking things off.
Now we head down to ringside for our opening contest. The commentators remind us that this will be an “I Quit New York Street Fight.” Per the match stipulations, if Adam Copeland and Christian Cage lose, they can no longer wrestle as a tag team.
The legendary duo make their way out and head to the ring to an enormous reaction from the New York crowd in attendance. The reigning, defending champions make their way out next, as FTR duo Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler come to the ring. The bell sounds and off we go.
All four guys exchange shots right away and brawl in and around the ring. Cage drops Harwood with a clothesline and follows with right hands in the corner. Cage bites Harwood’s head and drops him to the mat before delivering a right hand.
Cope is in control of Wheeler on the outside, but Harwood comes back and drops Cage with a chop. Stokely gives Harwood some barbed wire, but Cage kicks it away and drops him with a reverse DDT. Cage wraps the barbed wire around the rope and drop toe holds Harwood into it before standing on his back.
Harwood doesn’t give up, and then Cope delivers a shot to Harwood as well. Cage takes the referee’s belt and white Harwood with it, and then Cope whips both Harwood and Wheeler with it. Cage chokes Harwood with the belt and hangs him over the top rope, but Wheeler makes the save.
Harwood slams Cage shoulder-first into the ring post and Wheeler hits him with a chair. Wheeler slams Cage’s injured arm on the chair, but Cope drops Wheeler with a ladder shot. Cope suplexes Harwood onto the ladder. The crowd gasps. Cope suplexes Harwood onto the ladder and sets up a table.
Cope grabs Wheeler on the apron, but Stokely grabs his ankle and Harwood hits him with a chair. Harwood and Cope exchange strikes, and then Cope clotheslines him as they spill to the floor. Wheeler hits Cope with a chair and wraps it around his neck before slamming him into the ring post.
Harwood brings a toolbox into the ring, but Cage kicks him in the midsection and grabs a pair of pliers. Cage closes Harwood’s nose with them, and then grabs Wheeler by the crotch with them. Harwood hits Cage in the head with the toolbox, and then uses the chair on his injured arm.
Wheeler hits Cage with the chair, and Cope has been busted open on the outside. FTR take the announce tables apart, but Cope fights back. FTR keep control and spike piledrive Cope onto the Spanish commentary table. Wheeler grabs a cinder block and tries to smash Cage’s arm on the ring steps, but Cage dodges it.
FTR put Cage’s arm into the block and smash it with a chair, but Cage doesn’t quit and instead says he banged their mothers. Wheeler losens the top rope and FTR set up for another spike piledriver, but Cage sents Harwood into the corner and drops Wheeler with the Killswitch.
Stokely finishes loosening the top rope and gives it to Harwood, but Cage counters with a Spear. Cage chokes Harwood with the rope, but Wheeler breaks it up and chokes Cage with barbed wire. FTR deliver the Shatter Machine and Wheeler jabs Cage in the throat with a wrench.
Cope comes back in with a Spear to Wheeler, and then delivers one to Harwood as well. Cope hits Wheeler and Harwood with a chair and goes to hit Harwood in the head with it, but Harwood begs off and Wheeler says he will say it. Stokely gets into the ring and hits Cope with the watch he stole from Cage.
FTR hit the Shatter Machine, but Beth Copeland returns and beats down Stokely on the outside. Harwood slams Beth into the steps, and then lights the table on the outside on fire. Stokely grabs Beth and takes her to the apron, but Beth pulls him into the way and Wheeler spears him through the flaming table.
Back in the ring, Harwood sets Cope up for a conchairto and tells Cope if he wants to see his daughters again to say it. Beth delivers a low-blow to Harwood, and then Cage delivers a shot of his own. Cope drops Harwood, and then Cage applies a Scorpion Deathlock.
This leads to Cope also applying a cross-face, and then Beth gets Spike from under the steps at ringside for a big pop from the crowd. She gives it to Cope. Cope rakes at Dax’s dome with it. Dax screams “I Quit.” Cope and Cage are the new champs. They celebrate with the titles as Beth gets emotional at ringside.
Winners and NEW AEW World Tag-Team Champions: Cope & Cage
AEW International Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Back to the ring we go after a break between matches. The video package airs to set the stage for the AEW International Championship showdown pitting fellow members of The Don Callis Family and longtime rivals Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita. After their entrances, the bell sounds.
We see the two men stare each other down before trading strikes. Okada with a side headlock, but Takeshita sends him to the ropes and blocks a shoulder tackle. Okada blocks one from the challenger, and they go back and forth before the champ goes for a Rainmaker lariat to no avail.
This ends with a faceoff as the crowd erupts in an AEW chant, followed by a “F–k Don Callis” chant as the two men trade shots once more. Pump kick by Takeshita as he hits the ropes, landing a clothesline on Okada to take the champ off his feet.
Okada scrambles to the corner, only for Takeshita to intercept him. Okada turns this around, and lands a dropkick forcing the challenger to the floor outside. He sends Takeshita into the barricade, the ring post, and the barricade again as Okada continues the attack.
The ref is counting as Okada sends the challenger into the guardrail and finally brings the Alpha back into the ring at the count of six. Okada slides into the ring as well, bringing Takeshita to his feet for a neck-breaker. He puts a boot on Konosuke’s chest for the cover, and the challenger kicks out.
We see the champ with another neck-breaker and a cocky cover, forcing the Alpha to kick out and head to the ropes. Takeshita is back up as the two trade strikes once more. Okada takes control, heading to the ropes…only to be cut off by Takeshita for not one but two exploders.
The challenger is now in control as he brings Okada to the corner, climbing up to the most dangerous rope…and his distraction with the crowd allows Okada to fight back for just a moment, but Takeshita ends up sending the champ to the outside. He hits the ropes for speed and lands a tope onto Okada.
He brings him back into the ring as he goes to the corner for a running knee. Okada blocks it, setting the challenger up for a seated neck-breaker. Scoop slam connects, and Okada goes up top for an elbow drop. Champ back up to his feet, looking to the crowd before telling them how he feels about them.
He directs the gesture toward Takeshita, bringing him to his feet for a Rainmaker lariat…but Takeshita counters out! He hits the ropes, but Okada goes for a tombstone piledriver. Challenger counters it into one of his own, followed by a wheelbarrow deadlift suplex sending Okada crashing into the mat.
Takeshita charges at him, but Okada ducks and lands a discus lariat sending the challenger down hard. The fight spills to the apron, where the two men trade strikes back and forth. Takeshita looks for a piledriver but Okada breaks free, landing a Rainmaker lariat that sends the Alpha crashing to the floor instead.
Okada leaves the ring, setting Takeshita up for a DDT to the floor. He goes for a tombstone piledriver on the challenger, but Don Callis intervenes telling Okada that he’s gonna break his neck. Okada relents and goes back in the ring, but this allows Konosuke to fight back.
He brings Okada back to the outside for a brain-buster to the floor! Callis is beside himself as he yells at the Alpha, who tells Don off before bringing Kazuchika back into the ring. Avalanche German suplex with a bridge connects, but Okada narrowly kicks out. Okada fights back.
He drops Takeshita to the mat with a tombstone piledrive and the cover…but only gets a two count. Both men slowly get back to their feet before trading strikes once again. Konosuke looks wobbly at one stage but fires himself up as the pair go at it again.
Takeshita eventually dodging a Rainmaker for the Blue Thunder Bomb. Power Drive Knee gets countered into a modified Emerald Flowsion by Okada, and a near fall leads to Takeshita fighting back, before being laid out with a Rainmaker lariat by the champ.
Okada holds onto the wrist, bringing the Alpha back to his feet and to the ropes for a dropkick. He goes for another Rainmaker lariat, but the challenger counters with one of his own! He fires up as he lands a Power Drive Knee and goes for the cover, but the fighting spirit kicks in as Okada kicks out at one.
Takeshita fends him off one more time, firing back with shots before landing a Raging Fire for the win. Takeshita celebrates in the corner with the title as the rest of the Don Callis Family make their way to ringside. Okada makes it to his feet as the Family enters the ring.
Takeshita is looking for a handshake from the former champ. Instead, it looks like things may blow up within the Family when Kyle Fletcher’s music hits to a huge pop. The Protostar makes his way out, suited up only to take his blazer off as he makes a beeline for the ring.
He steps through the ropes, staring down Takeshita and then Okada…with the latter leaving the ring at the behest of Don Callis, the rest of his Family following suit. This leaves us with Kyle and Konosuke in the ring. They share a hug and the show moves on from there.
Winner and NEW AEW International Champion: Konosuke Takeshita
Women’s Owen Hart Tournament Quarterfinal
Mina Shirakawa vs. Athena
Back to the ring we go after hype from commentary for the Owen Hart Tournament. A video package airs focusing on Mina Shirakawa vs. Athena in quarterfinal action. That is coming up next. Shirakawa makes her way out to the ring, followed by Athena. The bell sounds and off we go.
We see the two lock up before Athena forces Mina to the corner. Mina fights back, but a shimmy allows Athena to get back in control. This ends up bringing the action to the outside, where Athena sends Shirakawa into the ring steps, only for the ROH Women’s Champion to nearly collide with the steps herself moments later.
She ends back in control when she sends Mina into the LED barricade with a dropkick, cutting the graphics off of that as she brings Mina back into the ring. Mina turns it around, going after the leg of Athena until the latter breaks free.
Athena gets sent to the corner, where Mina continues to go after the leg with a few stomps for good measure. Mina plays to the crowd, and this allows Athena to turn things around with a fall away slam for a two count. She brings Mina to her feet and to the ropes, only to be taken down with a spinning kick by Shirakawa.
Mina grabs the head of Athena for a tornado DDT, but is pulled away from the ropes the first time. She lands it on the second go, and Athena ends up rolling to the outside…where Mina catches her with a torneo that sends the champ to the floor.
She brings Athena back into the ring, going up top for a missile dropkick before Athena heads to the ropes. Mina grabs her from behind, hoisting her up before dropping Athena on her knee to the mat. She goes for a figure four leglock, but Athena counters out and lands a Super Dragon style curb stomp on Shirakawa instead.
Athena heads to the turnbuckle, but gets caught on an O Face attempt. Mina cradles for a two count, and hits the ropes for a DDT and a seatbelt cover for another near fall, but with the kick out at the count of two, the action continues.
Athena makes it to her feet as she and Mina trade strikes, with Mina landing a Hurriken to lay out Athena. Figure Four leglock in place as Athena struggles, eventually making it to the ropes for a break. Mina breaks the hold but also pulls Athena away from the ropes, but the champ counters out of Glamorous for a jumping tombstone piledriver.
Mina is down as Athena climbs the turnbuckle, landing the O Face for the win to advance in the tournament. We get an updated bracket as Athena leaves the ring to celebrate with her title while standing next to the trophy. The show moves on from there.
Winner and ADVANCING: Athena
AEW Continental Championship (No Time-Limit)
Jon Moxley (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly
The video package airs to promote our next match of the evening, which is one of many title tilts scheduled for tonight. The package wraps up and we return live inside the building where we see The Conglomeration standing around. They wish Kyle O’Reilly good luck and then he heads out to the ring.
Jon Moxley comes out next, making his custom ring entrance through the crowd as the reigning and defending champion. Remember, there are no time limits in this one. The bell sounds to get this high stakes championship clash officially off-and-running.
Mox looks to square up with O’Reilly, but dodges a kick before they lockup. Exchange of holds ends with Kyle sent to the mat, but he’s back to his feet. Knuckle lock leads to a kick from O’Reilly that force Mox to retreat as we get dueling chants for both men.
Mox in control with a wristlock, until Kyle counters for a snapmare and spinal tap. This riles up Mox enough to respond in kind, sending the challenger to the mat with the same. Kyle back on his feet as both men go at it, with the champ being brought to the mat.
Mox starts to fight back before he’s sent to the corner by Kyle, who follows up with a standing guillotine. Mox finds a way to break free, dropping O’Reilly to the canvas before landing some shots on the challenger. Kyle turns it around for a cross arm breaker, but Mox breaks free.
He then escapes the ring to the outside at ringside. O’Reilly follows him, landing a few more shots before sending him face first into the ring steps for extra damage. Mox flips O’Reilly off, but Kyle responds with a few more kicks until Mox evades the last of them, which sends O’Reilly’s boot into the ring post.
The ref has been lenient on his count up to this point, finally starting after Mox slides into the ring. Mox leaves the ring to break this count, going after O’Reilly before bringing the challenger back into the ring. Kyle is struggling and falls to the mat when his leg gives way. Mox focuses his attack on the bum wheel.
He brings O’Reilly back up just long enough for a dragon screw legwhip, mocking O’Reilly before sending him to the corner. Ref starts a count before calling for a break, and Mox obliges just long enough to go back after the leg. He lands a running dropkick on the injured leg.
The ref calls for him to bring O’Reilly out of the corner, and Mox does so by sending the challenger to the mat with another dragon screw. He locks in a submission with a focus on the injured leg until Kyle gets to the ropes, but instead of breaking the hold he starts digging his fingers into the back of O’Reilly.
He then takes a bite out of his head. With that, he finally breaks the hold, which gives Kyle an opening to turn things around, landing some kicks with his good leg before going for a standing guillotine. He breaks the hold in favor of more kicks, but Mox gets an opening of his own.
He brings Kyle to the corner, going after his head before the ref forces a break. Mox gets caught in an cross arm breaker by O’Reilly, trying his best to break free before finding a counter in a half crab on the injured leg. Kyle crawls toward the ropes before Mox starts tweaking the leg some more.
Eventually, O’Reilly finally reaches the ropes for a break. Mox lands a kick, but gets caught in a cross arm breaker by Kyle, who rolls through to transition it into an ankle lock. Mox turns over to kick away at the challenger, but O’Reilly turns him back over to cinch the hold in tight.
Kyle finally lets the hold go, but only so he can stomp the Achilles of the champ and land a kick that sends him to the outside. Mox tries to fire himself back up before sliding back into the ring…where he gets caught with a stomp by O’Reilly.
Mox finds himself able to turn it back around as he lands a cutter on Kyle, and both men slowly get back up to break a standing count by the ref. Kyle’s in the corner as Mox lands a boot, before Kyle gets sent to the ropes, where he fires back with a lariat.
Mox brushes it off and does the same. Both men slowly make their way back up, trading strikes on the way. Mox gets sent to the ropes with a punch but he gets back to his feet, landing a right hand on the challenger before landing a lariat.
The Death Rider DDT connects, and Mox goes for a rear naked choke, only for Kyle to roll through, breaking free to cinch in the ankle lock. He cranks away as the crowd begins to roar in the background. Mox slaps an ankle lock of his own on O’Reilly. They break free and Mox grapevines the leg again and cranks. O’Reilly taps.
Winner and STILL AEW Continental Champion: Jon Moxley
Owen Hart Men’s Tournament Quarterfinal
Will Ospreay vs. Samoa Joe
A video package airs to tell the story leading up to our next match of the evening, which is our second of three bouts scheduled as part of the 2026 Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. This time it’s the Men’s Owen Hart Cup tournament action, with Will Ospreay going one-on-one against Samoa Joe.
Ospreay attacks Joe from the start and stomps him down in the corner. Ospreay drags his boot across Joe’s face a few times, but Joe comes back with a body check. Ospreay delivers elbow strikes, but Joe comes back with chops.
Ospreay drops Joe with a leaping heel kick and sends him to the floor. Ospreay drops Joe with a dive over the top and gets him back into the ring. Ospreay connects with a 450 splash and goes for the cover, but Joe kicks out at two.
Ospreay goes for an arm-bar, but Joe gets to the ropes and goes to the floor. Ospreay flips over the top, but Joe grabs him and locks in a standing Coquina Clutch. Joe slams Ospreay into the barricade and gets him back into the ring. Joe beats Ospreay down in the corner.
Joe then drags his boot across Ospreay’s face a few times. Joe delivers a running kick and follows with a snapmare. They exchange strikes, and Joe drops Ospreay with a rolling elbow. Joe wrenches Ospreay’s neck and delivers an elbow strike before following with chops.
Joe takes Ospreay down and goes for a running senton, but Ospreay gets his knees up. Ospreay delivers a chop, but Joe gets him into the corner and delivers s back elbow. Joe delivers an enzuigiri and puts him up top, but Ospreay punches him away and stomps on his arm.
Ospreay follows with chops and connects with a corkscrew kick for a two count. Ospreay kicks Joe in the face and goes for the Os-cutter, but Joe walks away and connects with a running senton for a two count.
Joe delivers a powerbomb for a two count, and then locks in a crab hold. Joe transitions into an STF, but Ospreay makes it to the ropes. Joe delivers rounds kicks, but Ospreay fires up and they exchange strikes. Joe drops Ospreay with a hard strike, but Ospreay comes back with the Styles Clash for a two count.
Ospreay delivers the Hidden Blade and goes for the cover, but Joe kicks out at two. Ospreay charges, but Joe counters with a power slam. Ospreay comes back and goes for the Death Grip, but Joe counters into a pinning combination for a close pin attempt.
Joe goes for the Coquina Clutch, but Ospreay gets free and connects with a kick. Joe comes back with a shot to Ospreay’s neck and locks in the Coquina Clutch, but Ospreay gets to the ropes before his arm drops a third time. Joe sets Ospreay up for the Muscle Buster, but Ospreay gets free and delivers the Hidden Blade.
Joe kicks out at one, and then Ospreay delivers another Hidden Blade for the pin fall. With the win, Ospreay advances in the 2026 Owen Hart Cup Tournament. After the match, Joe and Ospreay bow in respect to each other.
Winner and ADVANCING: Will Ospreay
Owen Hart Men’s Tournament Quarterfinal
Swerve Strickland vs. Bandido
Back to the ring we go for our next bout, which is our third Owen Hart Cup match of the evening, this time again in the men’s side of things. The entrances take place and then the bell sounds to get this one officially off and running.
They exchange strikes from the start and Bandido gains the advantage with a few kicks. Bandido follows with a hurricanrana, but Strickland drops him with a clothesline. Strickland follows with a neck-breaker, but Bandido kicks him away and press slams him to the floor. Bandido delivers a dropkick from the apron and slams Strickland into the barricade a few times.
Bandido gets Strickland back into the ring, but Strickland rolls out the other side. Bandido follows with a kick to the face, and then he puts Strickland in a chair. Bandido delivers a diving senton from the apron and gets Strickland back into the ring.
Bandido drives his shoulder into Strickland in the corner and charges, but Strickland sends him face-first into the turnbuckle. Strickland suplexes Bandido into the corner and follows with an uppercut. Strickland wrenches Bandido’s neck and delivers a shot, but Bandido comes back with a few elbow strikes.
Bandido puts Swerve in the corner and kicks him in the face before dropping him with a German suplex. Bandido delivers a frog splash and goes for the cover, but Strickland kicks out at two. Bandido goes for 21 Plex, but Strickland counters with a flatliner for a two count.
Strickland sets up for Big Pressure, but Bandido counters with a back elbow. Strickland slams Bandido down by his hair, but Bandido sends him into the ropes. Strickland comes back with a House Call and follows with the Swerve Stomp for a two count. Strickland slaps Bandido in the face a few times and puts him on his shoulders. Bandido delivers back elbows.
Bandido delivers a reverse-rana from the apron to the floor and gets him back into the ring. Bandido hits the 21 Plex and goes for the cover, but couldn’t hold the bridge due to his neck. They exchange sunset flips, and then Bandido delivers a spike and goes for the 21 Plex, but Strickland counters with a Vertebreaker. Strickland delivers the House Call for the win.
Winner and ADVANCING: Swerve Strickland
AEW Women’s World Championship
Thekla (c) vs. Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida
Women’s World Championship action is up next. We get the pre-match video package, the entrances, the ring introductions and the bell. Straight out of the gate, Thekla gets sent to the floor, and then Shida and Statlander double-team Hayter.
They take her down, but she immediately comes back with a double clothesline. Thekla comes back in and drops Hayter with a kick to the head. Thekla goes for the cover, but Shida and Statlander break it up. Thekla sends Statlander into the ropes and kicks her in the head, but they all comes back and triple-team Thekla in the corner.
Statlander and Hayter exchange shots and clotheslines. Thekla goes for a cross-body, but they catch her and Shida drops all of them with a dropkick. Shida goes for covers on all of the, but they all kick out. They all exchange roll-ups, and then Hayter and Statlander get sent to the floor.
Shida goes for a stomp on Thekla on the outside, but Thekla dodges and Shida gets taken down. Thekla takes all three of them down with a dive from the top, and then gets Statlander back into the ring. Thekla kicks Statlander in the back, and then applies a modified Lockjaw submission. Statlander bites Thekla’s fingers.
This frees her from the hold, and then she follows with body slams. Statlander slams Thekla into the corner, but Thekla kicks her in the face and applies a spider submission. Statlander comes back and slams Thekla’s face into the turnbuckle. They are both up top, and then Thekla delivers the spider suplex.
Shida comes back in with a knee strike to Thekla, and then Hayter knocks Thekla to the floor and climbs up. Hayter and Shida exchange shots, and then Shida delivers a superplex. Hayter comes back with a side suplex, and then Statlander drops Hayter with a discus lariat.
The match breaks down for a bit until all four women are down. Statlander and Hayter get to their feet and deliver kicks to Shida and Thekla before exchanging strikes. Shida and Thekla get up, but Shida delivers a back-breaker. Thekla comes back with a roll-up for a two count, and then delivers a round kick.
Statlander grabs Thekla, but Hayter suplexes Statlander. Statlander and Hayter exchange strikes, and then Hayter causes Shida to drop Statlander with a jumping knee. Hayter delivers a back-breaker to Thekla and goes for Hayterade, but Thekla ducks and locks in a flying octopus hold.
Hayter counters with a back-breaker and follows with Hayterade. Hayter goes for the cover, but Shida breaks it up with a knee strike. Shida delivers an elbow strike and follows with a Falcon Arrow. Shida applies a modified ankle lock, but Statlander breaks it up.
Shida slaps her, and Statlander beats her down in the corner as the action continues. Eventually, Stat comes into the ring and going after Shida for attacking her earlier. Shida tries to beg her off before landing a hard slap, and they trade offense before Shida gets sent out of the ring.
Stat turns her attention to Thekla, the two fighting it out before Stat lands Sunday Night Fever for the cover…but Shida breaks it up with a kendo stick to the back! Thekla sends Shida to the outside before landing a stomp on Statlander to pick up the win.
Winner and STILL AEW Women’s World Champion: Thekla
Stadium Stampede
Team Jericho vs. Team Ricochet
It’s time for Stadium Stampede!
Representing Team Jericho will be Chris Jericho, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Jack Perry, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson. For Team Ricochet, it will be Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona, Mark Davis, Andrade El Idolo, Clark Connors, and David Finlay.
We cut to a vignette showing the arrival of the Don Callis Family, The Dogs, and The Demand to the stadium for our next match. They all look eager to get things going as we head back to ringside to welcome the team out for Stadium Stampede.
As the squad enters the ring, we cut to a vignette introducing their opponents using “Devil’s Dance” by Metallic. We head back to ringside once more as Jericho’s “Judas” brings the squad out to a big pop, the crowd singing along as they head to the ring. “We hurt people” chant spreads.
Things get wild straight out of the gate. We get a four-angle shot of around the ring, before the good guys get together in the ring to target Ricochet. They take turns landing shots on Ricochet, before Bobby Lashley basically chokeslams him to the outside. The Young Bucks set up for a dive but get cut off by The Dogs.
Lashley goes after them, only to deal with Davis as back in the ring, GOA go after Benjamin. He gets sent to the outside, where he is met by Mark Davis or more damage as Toa ends up going after Jack Perry. The Bucks go for the save but to no avail. Ricochet stops Omega at the apron before leaping off for a shooting star press.
He returns to the ring to pose with GOA as the crowd boos them. Kaun goes after Omega but gets sent to the outside, and Ricochet follows suit, only for Toa Liona to cinch in an abdominal stretch. He gets the arm of Ricochet for leverage, and this ends in a chain as the baddies get extra leverage.
That is until MVP hops onto the apron to hit Ricochet’s arm with his cane, sending the rest of them falling back to the ramp and breaking the hold. This ends with the Bucks getting a double dive, followed by Shelton landing a dive of his own. He fends GOA off as back in the ring.
The Elite and Jericho get some shots in on the baddies in the corner. Perry sends Davis to the outside with a rana and the rest follow suit. Jericho, Omega, and the Bucks pose before The Demand blindside them. Jericho and the Bucks turn it around with Walls all around.
Perry levels Davis with a vacuum full of powder. Nick sets up a table as he goes after Finlay, and Matt joins him as they climb up the turnbuckle. Connors pulls Finlay off the table as they escape through the crowd, and we cut to somewhere backstage as GOA and the Hurt Syndicate go at it.
Benjamin drives off Kaun while Lashley looks for a Hurt Lock on Liona. Toa fights him off and we see Lio Rush nearby, harkening back to days gone by as Bobby backs away from the man now known as Blackheart. Liona gives out to Rush, who bites his hand. Liona takes a boot from Lashley.
Omega and Jericho go after Andrade as we cut elsewhere, seeing the Bucks and Connors go at it. We get a two-angle shot as Andrade fights back, while Clark gets sent into the escalator with a double superkick. Andrade starts to take a picture with a fan in the crowd, but she steps aside allowing Luchasaurus to get a selfie instead.
This gets Andrade riled up, and he ends up taking mist to the face by Luchasaurus as Ricochet brings Jericho back toward the ring. Jericho fights back, and Ricochet heads to the corner as Jericho pulls out a bag from under the ring. He opens the bag up, revealing a whole lot of tennis balls.
Ricochet tries to fight back but takes a suplex into some of the tennis balls. Jericho goes for the Walls but gets caught with a Death Valley Driver onto the balls instead, as we cut to catering where Davis fends off Perry before dealing with someone in the area.
Andrade and Kenny show up to go at it, but El Idolo gets sent into Satnam Singh! He gets angry and shouts “food fight” as, well, a food fight breaks out in catering. Kenny and Andrade end up leaving as we head back to ringside. The Dogs have brought the Bucks back here, but the fight heads up the ramp.
They set up Connors in a shopping cart, putting the trashcan over his head before Matt sends him down the ramp into a superkick by Nick. They celebrate until Toa comes down to attack the Bucks. He sends Matt away before putting Nick in a shopping cart, allowing Kaun to land a dropkick sending him down to the floor.
Matt takes the cart to the back by Liona after, as Shelton comes down for the save only to take a shillelagh shot by Finlay. Lashley comes running out now, but takes a shillelagh shot by Finlay as well before Connors catches Bobby with a spear. We cut to another part of the stadium as Ricochet goes after Jericho.
He has a tennis racket. Jericho fights back to send Ricochet to the floor, opening the door to reveal Luther…who gives him a comically large racket. Jericho makes easy work of Ricochet with this, setting him up for a flurry of balls from an automatic serve machine. He goes for the cover but gets two. We head back to ringside.
The Dogs go after Matt Jackson and Shelton Benjamin before they turn it around for a series of suplexes. Double Northern Lights, and they’re well in control as they slam a trashcan against the head of David Finlay. Superkick party ensues from the Bucks.
Toa doesn’t go down until Shelton joins them for a triple superkick followed by a Lashley spear. We cut to outside the stadium, where Mark Davis seems to be retreating to a golf cart. He notices a note on the seat attached with a knife, and he reads it: “Wait here, a–hole!”
He may or may not have dodged what comes next, as the Jurassic Express bus comes speeding up the ramp and crashes into the golf cart. Perry leaves the bus, surveying the damage as we head back to ringside. Young Bucks get caught on an attempt to do a double moonsault, before El Idolo gets caught with a snap dragon suplex by Omega.
Kenny follows up with a V-Trigger as Lashley looks for a German suplex off the apron on Toa Liona, eventually sending him through the table. Lashley gets back up, going after Davis before hitting an exploder and sending Mark through the barricade.
Perry is back at ringside and takes lands some shots of his own as the Bucks send The Dogs through two tables. Omega with a One-Winged Angel sends Andrade through the table as Ricochet gets caught by the group. BTE Trigger by the Bucks, but Kaun shoves him out of the line of fire of a Judas Effect and Lionsault for the win.
Winners: Team Jericho
AEW World Championship (Hair vs. Title)
Darby Allin (c) vs. MJF
It’s main event time!
The video package for our final match of the evening airs now to get us ready for Darby Allin vs. Maxwell Jacob Friedman in a title versus hair match. We get some cool entrances and very unique ring introductions by Justin Roberts, including profanity, for the champ and challenger.
Darby catches the challenger with a side headlock takeover for two, and gets a second one for a near-fall. This early advantage goes away as MJF turns it back around on the champ, sending him into the barricade on a dive attempt before landing a powerbomb on the apron. He then hits Darby with a Heatseeker back in the ring for a two count of his own.
He follows up with a powerbomb into a backbreaker, but this only gets a nearfall. Darby starts to fight back now, cutting him off in the corner as he goes for a sleeper hold on the turnbuckle…only for MJF to send him crashing into the canvas. Darby is back up as is MJF, and they trade strikes until the challenger is dropped down hard.
Darby goes for a Coffin Drop, but MJF rolls to the outside for safety, only for the champ to land a dive through the ropes sending him to the announce desk! Darby steps onto the table before dropping down, bringing MJF toward the ring to set him up on the apron.
Some clubbing blows from the champ now, and he goes up top for a guillotine Coffin Drop…only for MJF to evade at the last second, causing the champ to collide with the hardest part of the ring before falling to the floor! MJF pulls the ring steps away, setting Darby up against the apron for the maximum platform possible before setting the champ up for a package piledriver onto the side.
Darby falls to the floor, and the ref checks on him as MJF is laying on the floor trying to recover as well. He finally gets to his feet, bringing Darby back into the ring. He calls for a side headlock takeover, only for Darby to send him to the ropes. With the ref distracted, Darby lands a low blow as revenge for what MJF did to Mick Foley during the Buy In, but a side headlock takeover of his own only gets a two count.
He sends the champ to the corner, with MJF trying to fight back before Darby sets him up for a Scorpion Deathlock. MJF struggles for a bit, managing to get to the ropes. Darby breaks the hold to go up top, but a Coffin Drop lands the champ onto the knees of MJF. Both men are down with the challenger getting to his feet first.
Darby gets sent to the ropes, only to catch MJF with a Scorpion Death Drop driving the challenger into the canvas. Darby crawls to the ropes to get himself back up, and he climbs the turnbuckle before dropping down. MJF catches him with a side headlock takeover and this leads to an exchange of near-falls.
Darby with a sunset flip for two, and we go back and forth for near-falls. Roll through by Allin for a two, MJF counters with a backslide for one, and Darby ends up connecting with a Code Red for the most definitive of nearfalls as both men finally break free of each other’s grip in the process.
They’re slow to get back up but manage to, only for MJF to be sent to the outside by the champ. Darby goes for a dive through the ropes, only for MJF to pull a camera operator into the line of fire! Ref checks on the cameraman as medics come down to aid him, and the ref finally begins the count before MJF decides to go back after the champ.
He hoists Darby up, bringing him to the barber chair on the stage. He grabs the clippers, the ref telling him to bring Darby back into the ring, and this gives the champ an opening, as he cinches in a front guillotine on MJF! He finally lets go when MJF seems knocked out.
He puts the challenger onto the barber’s table before glancing at the scaffolding on the stage. This gives the champ a crazy, possibly awful idea as he wears MJF down before climbing up the scaffolding. He gets to the top, lining up his trajectory with a “Bang Bang” out of respect for Cactus Jack.
From there, he leaps off for a Coffin Drop that sends MJF through the table. Darby is bleeding, seemingly cut by something on the way down as he drags MJF down the ramp and into the ring. Darby falls backward for a moment but recovers, climbing up top for a Coffin Drop for a super close two-count.
Now we see he is struggling to get back up however, and this allows Darby to cinch in a Scorpion Deathlock, before he drops to the mat, breaking the hold from what seems to be passing out. MJF starts to get back in control, before taking a Scorpion Death Drop by the champ.
Darby goes up top for a Coffin Drop, but gets intercepted on the turnbuckle by the challenger, who counters into an avalanche tombstone piledriver. He follows up with a side headlock takeover and covers him for the victory. We have a new AEW World Champion. And he’s better than you … and you know it!
Once the match wraps up, MJF is given the title. He celebrates in the corner as doctors check on Darby Allin in the ring, ultimately loading him up on a stretcher. MJF stops them to pose over his fallen foe with his newly won title.
Kevin Knight runs out but ends up hitting a UFO Splash on Allin, turning heel. Knight stares Allin down. MJF applauds Knight’s actions. Doctors load Allin back up on the stretcher as the show wraps up. Thanks for joining us!
Winner and NEW AEW World Champion: MJF