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Welcome to Las Vegas! Welcome to AEW Double or Nothing: The Buy In!
Renee Paquette, Paul Wight, Stokley Hathaway and someone else I don't recognize. They throw it to RJ City who hypes up the event.
We see highlights leading into Anarchy in the Arena.
Jim Ross is with Don Callis. He says Kenny Omega is a cancer and needs to be cut out.
RJ is with Arn Anderson, ahead of the Wardlow vs. Christian Cage ladder match.
We see a preview of Toni Storm vs. Jamie Hayter and Adam Cole vs. Chris Jericho.
The panel discusses the AEW Tag Team Title match and we see a video package.
Jim Ross comes out and greets the crowd. He joins Excalibur and Taz, who are calling the action tonight from ringside and not the stage.
The Hardys & Hook w/ Brother Zay vs. Ethan Page & The Gunns (if Hardys & Hook win, The Hardys gets control of Page's contract.
Ross reminds us that stipulations like this never work out for the loser. Hook and Austin kick us off with a lockup. Wristlock exchange, Hook with the edge, side headlock by Austin. Austin with a takedown. Ankle lokck by the cold hearted handsome devil (are they referring to me?). Matt Hardy tags in and nails an elbow. Jeff tags in anf the Hardys nail a double elbow. Hook tags in and hits a snap mar. Colton tags in and we have a 6 way brawl. The Hardys and Hook pose as the Gunns and Page re group. Colton grabs Hook's leg and Austin sweeps his other leg and Austin tags back in. Page chokes Hook in the enemy corner. Page tags in. Hook pounds away, BIG right hand by Page and he tags in Colton. Colton with a big tackle, he misses! Page is worried, he doesn't want to owned by the Hardys.
Matt Hardy tags and he peppers Colton with forearms and a side effect. Matt with a side effect to Page. Elbow by Hardy for 2 on Colton, who had just tagged in. The heels attack Brother Zay. Colton with a dropkick to Matt. Page tags in and pounds away on Matt. Matt gets triple teamed in the corner. Elbow by Page to Matt. Page mocks Matt with delete yells. Austin tags in and eats a turnbuckle. Back suplex by Austin, he slows things down with a chinlock. Colton tags in and sends Matt into the buckles. He misses a dive. Page tags in and eats a Matt DDT. Jeff Hardy tags in and fires away at the Gunns. Russian Leg Sweep and a leg drop by Jeff. Jeff with a splash for 2. Back elbow by Jeff, Colton nails an uppercut after Jeff slips off the top rope. Kick by Jeff, Hook tags in and nails a suplex on Page. Crossfaces by Hook, kick by Page. Armbar by Hook,Colton breaks it up. Matt witha blind tag. Jeff with a splash in the corner. 3D by the Gunns to Matt, Jeff breaks it up. Page tags in and he kicks Hook in the jaw. The Gunns block RedRum.The Hardys cleat the ring of the Gunns. Twist of Fate by Matt and Hook nails redrum for the tap.
WINNERS: The Hardys and Hook
Matt mocks Page.
The announcers hype tonight's card.
Renee brings out Dr. Martha Hart for the opening ceremonies of the 2nd annual Owen Hart tournament.
Battle Royal contestants start to come out. The PPV proper is NEXT!
Welcome everyone to PWInsider's coverage of the 2023 Double or Nothing. Taz, Excalibur and Jim Ross have the call of the early action.
Blackjack Battle Royal for the AEW International Championship: Orange Cassidy, The Butcher, The Blade, Bandido, Komander, Lee Moriarty, Big Bill, Ari Daivari, Tony Nese, Chuckie T, Trent, Kip Sabian, Rey Fenix, Penta El Zero Miedo, Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Ricky Starks, Jay White, Juice Robinson, Keith Lee, and Dustin Rhodes.
You know me. No WAY I can keep up with a battle royal but I'll do my best. I do like the individual entrances. There is no waiting to kick things off. EVERYONE wants Cassidy. No monacle for Butcher, to Cory Strode's chagrin. Personal note: whatever issues I have with Cassidy and his style, I'll be supreme;y disappointed if he loses the title here. The embassy is waiting to get in, biding their time. Komander with his tight rope to a bunch of guys on the floor.
The Luchadors are blocking everyone from saving Nese form a delayed vertical suplex by Bandido. Fenix eliminates Daivari. Brian Cage finally enters and Germans both Lucha Bros. Problem right now is that there are a lot of guys on the outside, I'm not clear who is still legal. White does eliminate Komander. Starks evades elimination. Best Friends save Cassidy and you got to give the people what they want.
Blade is out, courtesy of Keith Lee. Swerve finally enters and squares off with Lee. The Lucha bros eliminate Butcher. Bandido is out. Trent eliminates Moriarty and Big Bill gets rid of Trent. Cage eliminates Lee.
Starks eliminates Robinson. Starks with a big time spear to eliminate White.
Penta, Bill, Swerve, Starks, Cassidy, Cage and Dustin remain.
Bill eliminates Starks with a boot to the face. Rhodes eliminates Cage and Swerve gets rid of Rhodes.
We are down to 4.
Sling blade by Penta to Swerve and a back stabber to Cassidy. Penta kicks Bill in the legs. Bill clotheslines Penta over the top for the elimination.Bill calls Swerve off and Swerve with a double cross eliminating Bill. We are down to Swerve and Cassidy. Stundog by Cassidy but Swerve with a dropkick.
Knee strike by Swerve he nails a Swerve Stomp. DDT by Cassidy, followed by another. Orange Punch. They both go over the top. Knee Strike by Swerve. Cassidy blocks a stomp and kicks Swerve to the floor.
WINNER AND STILL AEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION ORANGE CASSIDY
Adam Cole vs. Chris Jericho (unsanctioned)
Jericho has the JAS minus Sammy. Roddy Strong with with Cole. Sabu and Jericho duel with chairs. Sabu gets the better of it and sends Menard through a table. Cole and Jericho square off as Sabu and Strong chase off the JAS. They slug it out Cole pounds away at Jericho's left hand and then rams his knee into the post. On the apron, Jericho blocks a Sunrise and DDTs Cole on the apron. The action spills to the floor. Jericho flips off the crowd. Cole avoids a powerbomb but gets planted face first into the apron. That had to hurt. Back in the ring, Jericho with slaps. Jericho with a big clothesline. Jericho jams a chair into Cole's neck. Cole reverses a whip and sends Jericho into a chair laden corner.
Cole fores away and nails a pump kick. Chop by Jericho. Jericho misses a lLonsault, superkick by Cole. Jericho blocks the sunrise and nails a Liontamer. Cole makes the ropes but there are no rules. Cole grabs a fire extinguisher ans sprays Jericho in the face. Aubrey Edwards has taken over as ref and counts 2. She has a LOT of makeup around her eyes. I wonder if this foretells something. Codebreaker by Jericho for 2. Jericho returns the fire extinguisher favor to Cole.
Jericho grabs a kendo stick. Britt Baker comes in with one of her own and pounds away at Jericho. Saraya tries to help but Baker goes after her with the stick. Cole strangles Jericho with a kendo stick for a 2 count. Cole goes back to the choke. Jericho has a chair and throws it at Cole. Cole falls to the floor through a table. Jericho pounds away at Cole on the floor. Jericho introduces a chain. He handcuffs Cole to the chain but Cole with a DDT for 2. Cole handcuffs Jericho to the other end of the chain. Sunrise by Cole for 2. Rollup for 2 by Jericho and he whips Cole with the chain repeatedly. Jericho misses a Judas effect. 2 superkicks by Cole. Cole with the Boom. Cole wraps the chain around his own knee and nails another Boom. Cole rains hammerfists and Aubrey Edwards stops it as Jericho cannot defend himself.
WINNER ADAM COLE
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