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5/24 COMPLETE 2026 AEW DOUBLE OR NOTHING COVERAGE

The AEW Double or Nothing pre-show is from Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, NY.

Our hosts for the pre-show are Renee Paquette and Mick Foley. Renee announces that the show is sold out. Mick talks about how AEW is the company that made him fall in love with wrestling again.

Our commentary crew is Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness.

Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) AEW Tag Team Champions vs. Zayda Steel & Viva Van - 5-Minute Eliminator Match

Megan and Zayda start the match, and Zayda rolls to the floor. Zayda gets into the ring and tries for a spinning DDT, and Megan catches her. Zayda escapes and goes back to the floor. Viva tags in and tries for a springboard leg lariat, and Megan is not impressed. Megan is able to get Viva to the floor with a low bridge. Viva tries for a baseball slide, but Megan avoids it and goes to the ring. Lena drops Viva with a pump kick and rolls Viva into the ring.

Lena tags in and they work over Viva in their corner with quick tags. Viva fights out of their corner and is able to get an enzuigiri for the tag to Zayda. Zayda gets some big offense on Lena and gets a spinning DDT for two. Lena gets a mule kick, and Zayda is worked over in their corner before a double chokeslam for the pin and the win before the five-minute deadline.

Winners: Divine Dominion

After the match, Divine Dominion attack Christopher Daniels and go after Viva and Zayda, but Anna Jay and Tay Melo come to the ring with plunder to run off Divine Dominion.

Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia, and Wheeler Yuta) vs. The Opps (Anthony Bowens, Hook, and Katsuyori Shibata)

Bowens and Yuta start the match, and Yuta gets an armbar takedown, but Bowens springs up. Yuta gets an arm drag and then a backslide for one. Yuta gets a rollup for two. Bowens gets a small package for two. They fight in the corner. Bowens gets a series of chops after Yuta yells at the ref.

Hook is tagged in as Garcia also tags in. Garcia gets a knee strike and a series of stomps. Hook comes off the ropes with a heel trip and then a suplex. Shibata is tagged in, and after Garcia hits him with a forearm, Shibata calls for Claudio. Shibata shoves Garcia to his corner, and Claudio tags in and they throw hands. Claudio beats down Shibata, and Shibata reverses it and does the same. He gets a suplex for two.

Hook tags in and throws punches, and Claudio drops Hook on the top rope. Garcia tags in and gets ten in the corner. Hook comes out with a high crossbody and tags in Shibata. Shibata beats down Garcia, but then runs into a strike from Garcia.

Yuta tags in and they fight in the corner. We are told Jim Ross will be on commentary later tonight, and Shibata is beaten down and becomes the babyface in peril as the Death Riders work him over with quick tags. Garcia finds his chops do little damage, and Shibata gets a back heel trip and tags in Hook. Hook wants to run wild, but the Death Riders take him down and don’t allow him to tag.

Bowens finally gets the tag and cleans house. He ends the flurry with a pin on Yuta, broken up by Claudio. Bowens blocks a Neutralizer from Claudio and grabs an armbar, which sets off the tag team alarm, and everyone is in the ring fighting. Hook and Shibata are sent to the floor, and the Death Riders swarm him, and Claudio gets the pin and the win after a running uppercut.

Winners: Death Riders

Renee and Mick talk about the Owen Hart tournament and then go over some upcoming matches.

Boom & Doom ("Big Boom!" A.J. and Q.T. Marshall) and The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong) w/Harley Cameron and The Rizzler vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Anthony Ogogo, Capt. Shawn Dean, Charlie Bravo, and Lee Moriarty)

QT and Bravo start, and Bravo is sent to the corner where AJ gets ten in the corner, and QT tags back in. We get a lot of quick tags from AJ’s team to do a big move, but when Bravo is pinned, the tag team siren goes off and everyone is brawling in and out of the ring.

We quickly move to Cassidy being the babyface in peril, but Cassidy is able to casually slip out of a sunset flip and tag in AJ, who gets to attack until Taylor gets in a few blows, but AJ clotheslines him out of the ring. We then get our Rizzler silliness, and Harley attacks Christian XS.

In the ring, we get Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy working until Briscoe tags in and gets the big chair-assisted dive. There is a Viva Coco mascot who sprays liquid into the ring, and AJ gets a triple powerbomb and pins Bravo for the pin and the win.

Winners: Boom & Doom ("Big Boom!" A.J. and Q.T. Marshall) and The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, and Roderick Strong)

After the match, Shane Taylor Promotions surrounds the ring. Eddie Kingston, Ortiz, and Mance Warner run to the ring for the rescue.

Foley is in the ring, and MJF comes to the ring to cut a promo on Foley. MJF asks why we should ever think Foley is a legend since he failed in every big moment. He mocks the local sports team and turns his attention to Darby Allin. He says Foley and Allin and the fans are underdogs, but underdogs lose. Foley says he wants to drink it in because he never thought he could feel this again.

Foley says that in his big losses, he never had a match that ended in two minutes and fifty seconds. He then puts over Allin. MJF hits a low blow on Foley, and this brings out Allin, who runs to the ring and MJF bails. Foley puts over Allin again with Allin in the ring and says Allin needs to win this for the weird ones, for the ones who have been told they can’t do it.

Great sequence to get people to buy the PPV.

The rest of the pre-show goes over the matches as well as how to buy the Pay Per View.

The Pay Per View proper begins with the same announce team.

FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) AEW Tag Team Champions w/Stokely vs. Cage and Cope (Christian Cage and Adam Copeland) - "I Quit" Match, and if Cage and Cope lose, they can never be a tag team again.

All four men stay in the ring and slowly walk to the middle of the ring when the bell rings. They then start throwing hands, and FTR are knocked to the floor. FTR gets into the ring again and the fight continues. Cope and Cash go to the floor. In the ring, Cage gets ten in the corner on Dax and then bites him. Cage gets a big back body drop. On the floor, Cope is looking under the ring.

In the ring, Dax gets out of a Killswitch and sends Cage to the corner. Dax wraps barbed wire around his arm, but Cage kicks Dax’s arm and grabs barbed wire of his own and wraps it around the middle rope. Dax charges and Cage dodges so that Dax goes into the barbed wire, and Cage stands on his back. Cope gets into the ring as Cage uses the referee’s belt on Dax. Cope uses the belt as well, and when Cash rolls into the ring, he is sent out with strikes from the belt.

Dax is sent over the rope with a belt around his neck, but Cash breaks it up. Cage is sent into the ringpost, and FTR uses a chair on him. Cope uses a ladder on FTR and then suplexes Dax onto the ladder. Cope pulls out a table and sets it up. Cope grabs Cash on the apron, and Stokely grabs Cope’s head so that Dax can nail Cope with a chair. Cope clotheslines Dax, and they both go to the floor. Cash uses a chair on Cope. Cash wraps the chair around Cope’s neck and runs him into the ringpost.

Dax grabs a toolbox and takes it to the ring. Cage knocks him down and grabs pliers to go after Dax’s nose. Cage then uses them on Cash’s swimsuit area. Dax goes after Cage with a chair, and Cash joins in. On the floor, Cope fights off FTR and goes to the top of the Spanish announce desk, but FTR is able to get a leaping spike piledriver on the desk. Cash grabs a cinder block and misses slamming it on Cage’s arm, but he is able to put Cage’s arm through it as Dax hits it with a chair.

The ref puts the mic up to Cage, who says, “I banged your mother.” FTR toss him into the ring, and Cash loosens a turnbuckle. Cage bites Dax’s head, and FTR sets for a spike piledriver. This time Cage says, “Go flub yourself.” Cage escapes and gets a Killswitch on Cash. Stokely goes back to loosening the turnbuckle, and the top rope is loose. Dax charges at Cage, but Cage drops him and chokes him with the ring rope. Cash uses the barbed wire as a garrote to get Cage to let go.

FTR gets a Shatter Machine, and Cash grabs the crescent wrench. Cope is able to spear Cash and then Dax. Cope grabs a chair and beats down FTR with it. Dax grabs a mic and begs off. Cash then grabs a mic and starts to say something, but Stokely nails Cope and they hit Cope with a Shatter Machine.

This brings out Beth Copeland. She beats down Stokely, but Dax sends her into the steel steps. Dax grabs lighter fluid and douses the table. Cash grabs Beth. The table is set on fire, and Stokely holds Beth for Cash to hit a spear, but Beth pulls Stokely into Cash’s way and they go through the burning table.

Dax gets into the ring and sets for a Con-Chair-To. Dax says if Cope wants to see his daughters, he has to say, “I Quit.” Beth nails Dax with a low blow, and so does Cage. Cope hits a piledriver. Cage gets a Sharpshooter. Dax is screaming, and Cope puts on a crossface. Beth grabs Cope’s plank full of nails and hands it to Dax. Cope rakes it across Dax’s head, and he screams, “I quit.”

Winners and new AEW Tag Team Champions: Cage and Cope.

Kazuchika Okada (AEW International Champion) vs. Konosuke Takeshita

They walk to the center of the ring and stand face to face. Okada strikes first, and they go back and forth with forearms. They run the ropes, and Takeshita doesn’t budge from the shoulder tackle, and Okada gets a big boot. They go for their finishers, and then each blocks the other and breaks. The crowd lets Don Callis on commentary know they don’t care for him.

They run the ropes, and Takeshita gets a leaping clothesline. They fight in the corner, and Okada dropkicks Takeshita to the floor. Takeshita starts to sell the elbow. Okada runs Takeshita into the steel steps. Okada runs Takeshita into the barricades and then rolls him into the ring. Okada gets a neckbreaker and gets a cocky cover that Takeshita kicks out of immediately. Okada gets another neckbreaker and covers for one. Okada gets a loud forearm and smiles widely. Takeshita is able to get two exploder suplexes and then goes to the top.

Takeshita goes for a senton, and Okada gets the knees up. Takeshita gets a running knee strike, and as Okada goes to the floor, Takeshita dives onto him. Okada is rolled into the ring, and Takeshita charges, running into a big boot. Okada gets a shoulder breaker and follows with a scoop slam. Okada goes to the top for an elbow drop and then flips all of us the bird.

Takeshita fights out of a Rainmaker setup, and they go back and forth with different moves. Takeshita gets a slam into a wheelbarrow German suplex. Okada gets a dropkick into a clothesline, and both men are down. They work to the apron and go back and forth with blows. They fight through the ropes, and Okada gets a Rainmaker with Takeshita on the apron to the floor.

Okada hits a DDT on the floor. Don Callis stops Okada from doing a gutwrench piledriver on the floor. Takeshita hits a brainbuster on Okada on the floor. Don and Takeshita shout at each other, and Takeshita rolls Okada into the ring. Takeshita gets a running boot in the corner and pulls Okada to the top for a superplex and holds on. Takeshita picks up Okada, who escapes out the back. Takeshita kicks a Rainmaker away and hits a suplex for two.

Okada is able to catch a charging Takeshita for a piledriver. They both get to their feet and throw hands. Takeshita turns a Rainmaker into the Blue Thunder Bomb. Okada is able to hit a slam. Takeshita gets a rollup for two. Okada gets a backslide into a Rainmaker. Okada pulls Takeshita up and hits a dropkick, and Takeshita reverses the Rainmaker with one of his own and then a driving knee for one.

Takeshita drops Okada with a forearm and then hits Raging Fire for the pin and the win.

Mark Davis and Rocky Romero come to the ring, and everyone is arguing with Takeshita. Don Callis holds them back until we get the music for Kyle Fletcher, who comes to the ring. Kyle goes face to face with Okada, and Don tries to play peacemaker. Okada, Rocky, and Davis leave the ring with Don. Kyle and Takeshita hug to the cheers of the crowd.

Kyle then hands the belt to Takeshita and drops him with a clothesline. Kyle stands over Takeshita and then squats down and pulls Takeshita to his feet. He then delivers a brainbuster to Takeshita. Okada gets back in the ring, and both he and Kyle pick up the belt at the same time. Okada takes his hands off the belt as Rocky and Davis hold Takeshita up for the belt shot.

Winner and NEW International Champion: Konosuke Takeshita.

Athena vs. Mina Shirakawa - Women's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal

Athena forces Mina to the corner, whips her across the ring, and Mina avoids a charge and gets an enzuigiri. Mina does her shimmy, and Athena grabs her head. Mina is able to escape and get a kick to Athena’s leg. Mina is sent into the corner and goes to the second turnbuckle, and Athena gets a big kick and then a slam on the apron. Athena charges at Mina and misses, hitting the steel steps. Athena dropkicks Mina into the barricade.

Mina is rolled into the ring, and Athena covers for two. Mina dodges a dropkick and gets a roll-through for one only but then works over Athena’s leg. Mina tries for a crossbody, but Athena catches and slams her for two. Athena grabs a side facelock, and Mina is able to break away and get an enzuigiri.

Mina gets a back elbow, followed by a sling blade. Mina gets a spike DDT from the second rope, and Athena rolls to the floor. Mina gets a tope tornado over the top rope to the floor on Athena. She rolls Athena into the ring and goes to the top for a shotgun dropkick. Mina puts Athena on her shoulders and drives Athena down onto her leg. Mina goes for the figure four, but Athena kicks her off and gets a tijeras. Athena gets a curb stomp for two.

Athena goes to the top and tries for the O Face, but Mina hangs on and covers for two. Mina gets a spinning headscissors takedown and grabs a seatbelt pin for two. They fight back and forth, and Mina gets a spinning back fist and follows with a figure four. Athena makes it to the ropes for a break, and Mina holds on for four.

Mina hits another back fist and tries for a Glamorous Driver, and Athena reverses it and turns it into a jumping piledriver. Athena goes to the top, hits the O Face for the pin and the win.

Winner and advancing in the tournament: Athena

In the back, Kyle is hyped up by members of The Conglomeration.

Jon Moxley (AEW Continental Champion) vs. Kyle O'Reilly

Jim Ross joins commentary, and Tony Schiavone taps out.

They quickly go to armbars, and Mox gets a quick takedown. Kyle keeps trying to go for a kick to Mox’s leg, and Mox backs off. They lock up and go to wristlocks and armbars. Kyle gets a snapmare and a kick to Mox’s back. Mox gets a snapmare and kicks Kyle. They go head-to-head and then throw hands. Mox gets a headscissors takedown that Kyle escapes quickly. They start trading chops and kicks.

Kyle grabs a standing guillotine, and Mox turns it into a powerslam, and they are grappling on the mat. Kyle tries for a juji-gatame, but Mox is able to roll to the floor. They brawl on the floor with Kyle kicking Mox’s leg over and over. Kyle slams Mox’s head into the steel steps over and over. Mox slaps him and flips the bird, and Kyle responds with more kicks. Mox steps out of the way, and Kyle kicks the ring post.

Kyle has trouble standing up and takes time to recover on the floor. Mox goes to the floor with chops and rolls Kyle into the ring. They trade forearms and Kyle kicks, but his leg gives out. Mox then goes to work on the leg. Mox works Kyle to the corner where he works over Kyle with strikes and kicks.

Mox goes back to work on the leg and grabs a spinning toehold into a leg hold. Kyle gets to the rope for the break, and Mox rakes Kyle’s back and bites him. Mox lays in blows to the midsection. Mox goes to the ropes, and Kyle charges into him with a big kick. Kyle hits rising knee strikes and takes Mox down with them. Mox kicks Kyle’s leg out from under him, grabs a front guillotine, and climbs the ropes. Mox breaks at four, and Kyle gets an arm wrench to drive Mox to the mat. Kyle covers for two.

Kyle is able to get the juji-gatame, and Mox rolls through and gets a half crab. Kyle gets to the ropes for the break. Mox lays in kicks and tries for a dragon screw, but Kyle holds on and gets an ankle lock. Mox rolls through, but Kyle is able to reposition. Kyle then stomps on Mox’s Achilles tendon, and Mox rolls to the floor. Mox gets back in the ring, and Kyle hits a curb stomp. Mox is able to hit a cutter, and both men are down.

Both men are up at 8, and Mox gets a clothesline in the corner twice. Kyle kicks away a lariat and gets a comebacker clothesline as Mox gets a clothesline, and both men are down. They fight on their knees and work to their feet. Mox is able to clothesline Kyle down and hits a Death Rider into a rear naked choke. Kyle rolls through and grabs an ankle lock. Mox grabs Kyle’s leg and gets an ankle lock as well. Kyle rolls into a pin for two. Mox keeps the ankle, and Kyle finally has to tap out.

Winner and still AEW Continental Champion: Jon Moxley

Both men’s teams come to the ring, and Kyle and Mox shake hands.

Samoa Joe vs. Will Ospreay - Men's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal

Tony Schiavone and Taz tag in for Jim Ross and Nigel McGuinness on commentary.

Ospreay hits an OsCutter as soon as Joe gets into the ring and stomps him down in the corner. Joe is able to get a spinning back fist and knocks down Ospreay. Joe lays in chops and runs the ropes. Ospreay gets a leaping leg lariat and tosses Joe to the floor and dives onto him. Ospreay gets a 450 over the top rope for two and tries for an armbar, but Joe gets to the bottom rope. Joe rolls to the floor. Ospreay tries for a leap, but Joe gets a rear naked choke and then rams Ospreay into the barricade.

Ospreay returns to the ring at 7, and Joe beats him down in the corner. Joe snapmares Ospreay into the middle of the ring and grabs a nerve pinch. Ospreay fights his way free and throws hands, but Joe just batters Ospreay and drops him. Joe keeps beating on Ospreay, and Ospreay gets a few shots back before Joe drops him. Joe goes for a senton, but Ospreay gets his knees up.

Ospreay gets in a few more blows and then goes to the top. He then gets a double stomp on Joe’s arm. Ospreay gets a dropkick, and both men are down. Ospreay is up first and lays in chops and a springboard flip kick for two. Ospreay gets a series of upkicks, and Joe just trucks right through him for two. Joe gets a powerbomb into a cover for two and then a stepover facelock. Ospreay gets a foot on the rope for the break.

Joe hits a roundhouse kick, and Ospreay pops up. Ospreay takes another kick from Joe, and they throw hands until Joe gets a rolling elbow strike to drop Ospreay. Ospreay is able to get a Styles Clash on Joe for two. Ospreay gets a Hidden Blade for two. Ospreay tries for another, and Joe turns it into a powerslam.

Ospreay gets a spinning takedown and then into an armbar. Joe rolls in for the two count and then grabs a Coquina Clutch from behind. Ospreay rolls back into a pin for two. Ospreay runs into a slam from Joe, and Joe gets the Coquina Clutch on the mat. Ospreay’s arm drops twice, but the third time it drops onto the rope for the break.

Joe puts Ospreay on top for the Muscle Buster. Ospreay escapes out the back and hits a Hidden Blade for one. Ospreay hits a second Hidden Blade for the pin and the win.

Winner and advancing in the tournament: Will Ospreay

Joe bows to Ospreay as he leaves the ring.

Bandido vs. Swerve Strickland - Men's Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal

They charge at each other and then run the ropes with Swerve getting a shoulder tackle followed by a kick. Bandido gets a kick to Swerve’s knee and then a stomp to Swerve’s back. Bandido gets a tijeras, but Swerve follows with a clothesline. Swerve gets a neckbreaker. Bandido gets a pump kick and dodges a kick from Swerve. Swerve charges, and Bandido picks him up and tosses him to the floor one-handed. Bandido gets a leaping dropkick from the apron.

Bandido runs Swerve into the barricade twice. Bandido rolls Swerve into the ring, and Swerve drops to the mat and rolls to the floor. Bandido follows him and hits a superkick. Bandido sets Swerve in a chair and hits a leaping senton from the apron. Swerve is rolled into the ring, and Bandido charges into him. Bandido tries for a spear, and Swerve avoids it and Bandido runs into the turnbuckle pad. Swerve gets a German suplex into the top turnbuckle.

Swerve drags Bandido into the ring and gets a driving uppercut to Bandido’s back. Swerve works over Bandido on the mat. Swerve gets a rear chinlock, and Bandido fights to his feet, but Swerve drops him with a strike to his back. Swerve gets a series of stomps and then pulls Bandido up. Bandido gets a mule kick and then a series of strikes so that he can get to the top for a tornado dive. Bandido gets leaping elbow strikes and then kicks Swerve’s head when Swerve goes for a headstand on top. Bandido gets a German suplex and follows with a frog splash from the top for two.

Swerve gets a Flatliner for two. Swerve pulls up Bandido, and Bandido tries to fight his way free, but Swerve pulls him down by his hair. Swerve pops onto Bandido’s shoulders and hits a House Call followed by a Swerve Stomp for two. They go to the apron, and Swerve gets a series of slaps and picks up Bandido. Bandido turns it into a poisonrana to the floor.

Swerve is rolled into the ring, and Bandido gets a 21 Plex off the mat into a bridge, but Bandido’s neck can’t take it. They each get sunset flips, and Bandido gets a leaping hurricanrana after Swerve put him in position for a poisonrana. Bandido tries for a 21 Plex, but Swerve holds on and turns it into a vertebreaker, followed by a House Call for the pin and the win.

Winner and moving on in the tournament: Swerve Strickland

Thekla (AEW Women’s Champion) vs. Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida

Everyone attacks Thekla and beats her down with a series of moves before Shida gets the running knee lift on the apron, and Kris and Hayter fight in the ring. Shida joins Kris, and they double-team Hayter. Hayter gets a double clothesline, and Thekla hits the ring and goes for Hayter’s eyes. Thekla gets a two count, broken up by Kris and Shida. Thekla gets a tijeras on Kris and then boots her from the ring.

Thekla and Hayter are in the corner, and Kris charges into both of them. Kris and Hayter charge into each other a few times with neither one going down. They throw hands and go to waistlocks. Thekla tries for a crossbody on them but gets caught, and Shida dropkicks them and covers Thekla for one and then Hayter for one. She goes for a pin on Kris but stops. We get a series of rollups for two for each woman.

Kris clotheslines Hayter to the floor, and Shida whips Kris for a dive, but Thekla nails Kris with a big boot. The brawl moves to the floor, and most of the fighting is between Thekla and Kris. Kris is rolled into the ring, and Thekla lays in kicks. Thekla grabs a Rings of Saturn and pulls at Kris’s mouth. Kris bites her fingers and then hits bodyslams on Thekla before whipping her to the corner. Kris runs into a boot from Thekla, who grabs a Tarantula hold. Kris powers her way out and then goes to the top.

Thekla joins her on top and hits the spider suplex. Shida then knocks Thekla to the apron. Hayter joins the fight, and we get Hayter and Shida on top, and Shida gets an avalanche suplex. Then each woman takes out the last woman in the ring until everyone is down.

They all fight on their knees and work to their feet. Kris and Hayter throw hands and then hit crossbodies on each other. Shida gets a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on Thekla. Shida goes for a Falcon Arrow, but Thekla reverses it into a two count. Again they each go for big moves, broken up by the next woman. Shida and Kris are tossed to the floor.

Hayter gets a backbreaker on Thekla, and Hayter tries for an octopus hold, but Thekla turns it into a backbreaker into a Hayterade for two, broken up by Kris. Shida gets a knee strike on Kris. Shida gets a Falcon Arrow on Hayter into an ankle lock. Kris pulls Shida off and yells at her. They throw hands and fight to the floor. Kris runs Shida into the steel steps, and then Kris takes out Hayter with a pump kick. Kris dodges a spear from Thekla and hits a series of kicks into Sunday Night Fever for two, and Shida breaks it up with the kendo stick. Hayter pulls Shida to the floor and then both hit hard.

Thekla gets a curb stomp on Kris for the pin and the win.

Winner and still Women’s World Champion: Thekla

We get a fun video of each team gathering. I loved the bit where Kenny Omega tried to smoke a cigar and instead had a coughing fit.

Jericho, The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin), and The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) vs. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona), The Don Callis Family (Mark Davis and Andrade El Idolo), and The Dogs (Clark Connors and David Finlay) - Stadium Stampede

It is going to start in the ring, and it’s going to be nuts.

And the brawl starts as the bell rings.

Ricochet gets stomped down in the corner by everyone.

Lashley chokeslams Ricochet into his teammates on the floor.

We get Andrade in the ring beating down Perry.

Toa Liona is able to lift the Bucks and Perry for a Samoan Drop.

Ricochet gets a running shooting star press from the top to everyone on the floor so The Demand can strut in the ring.

Toa gets an abdominal stretch on Kenny Omega as Ricochet’s team forms a chain to pull until MVP uses his cane to break it up.

Kenny and the Bucks do a Terminator dive.

Shelton Benjamin dives onto everyone.

Jericho comes off the top onto everyone after shrugging.

The Bucks, Jericho, and Kenny hit ten in the corner and then hurricanranas in succession from the top.

They then get Sharpshooters on everyone until Perry nails Andrade with powder, which breaks everything up.

It’s time for tables.

Finlay and Connors are put on tables and escape before the Bucks can dive onto them and take off through the crowd.

Shelton and Bobby are fighting GOA in the medical room in the back.

We see Lio Rush in the same room, and he attacks Liona.

Back in the ring, Omega and Jericho are working over Andrade.

Ricochet gets into the ring, and Jericho beats him down.

In the merch stand, the Bucks are fighting with The Dogs, and the Bucks superkick Connors onto the escalator.

Andrade gets a selfie with a woman at ringside, who gets out of the way for Luchasaurus to take her place.

Ricochet is rolled into the ring, and Jericho pulls out a bag filled with tennis balls, and Jericho suplexes him onto the tennis balls.

Ricochet gets a Death Valley Driver on Jericho into the tennis balls for two.

Davis and Perry are fighting in catering.

Omega joins them, and Davis runs into Satnam Singh, and it turns into a food fight.

The Bucks and The Dogs have fought to ringside and then fight up to the entry stage.

Connors is put in a shopping cart with a trash can over his head, and they run him into a superkick.

Liona trucks through all of them, including the referee.

Shelton runs to the ring, and Finlay cracks him with a shillelagh and Liona hits a senton. Lashley attacks Kaun, and they go back and forth until Finlay nails Bobby. Connors spears Bobby.

In the back, Jericho and Ricochet are fighting on the tennis field.

Jericho opens a door, and Luther the butler gives him an oversized tennis racquet.

Jericho tosses tennis balls at Ricochet and covers him for two.

The Bucks and The Dogs are brawling in the ring with trash cans as Shelton joins the Bucks.

Liona joins the match and takes a triple superkick, and then Bobby spears him.

Outside, Davis finds a note that calls him an asshole, and Perry’s bus rams into him.

The Dogs and the Bucks are fighting on the apron by the tables. Omega is able to take out The Dogs.

Omega gets a Snap Dragon on Andrade.

Liona and Shelton fight on the apron, and Shelton suplexes him off the apron into the table.

Bobby and Davis fight at ringside, and Bobby spears Davis through a table.

The Bucks dive onto The Dogs on tables.

Omega hits One Winged Angel on Andrade from the apron through a table.

In the ring, Ricochet is all alone as Jericho’s team surrounds him.

Ricochet takes everyone's finisher, and Kaun pushes Ricochet out of the way of the Judas Effect but takes a seven-man superkick.

Jericho hits a Lionsault for the pin and the win.

Winners: Jericho, The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin), and The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson)

Darby Allin (AEW World Champion) vs. MJF - Title vs. Hair Match

During the introduction, Justin Roberts says that Darby is bat s*** crazy. Don’t do what Darby Allin does.

Darby gets a side headlock takeover for two. He does it two more times, and Darby dropkicks MJF to the floor and goes for a dive, but MJF dodges it. MJF powerbombs Darby on the apron and stands in the ring for the fans’ boos. MJF goes for a Heatseeker, but Darby shoves him back. MJF pulls him in the hard way and covers for two and then bites Darby. MJF holds Darby down with a side headlock, and Darby works to his feet. Darby goes for a springboard Coffin Drop, and MJF nails him in the back and covers for two.

MJF stomps Darby down in the corner and then rakes his eyes. MJF puts Darby on top and sets for a piledriver from the top, but Darby fights free and gets a stunner. Darby gets a series of slaps and gets a headbutt on MJF. Darby goes to the top, and MJF rolls to the floor. Darby gets a spear from the ring into MJF, sending them both over the announce desk. Darby climbs on top of the desk and then rolls MJF to the ring. Darby leaves him on the apron and goes to the top and goes for a Coffin Drop from the ring post, and MJF rolls out of the way.

MJF puts the steel steps on their edge. MJF then hits a package piledriver on the upturned steel steps. Darby is rolled into the ring, and Darby gets a low blow and covers MJF for two. MJF charges into Darby in the corner, and Darby gets a boot up. MJF is able to get a back elbow and then hits a diving stomp on Darby's arm. MJF grabs an armbar, and Darby sweeps the legs into the Scorpion Death Lock. MJF makes the crawl to the ropes.

Darby immediately goes for a Coffin Drop, but MJF gets the knees up and covers for two. MJF calls for the Heatseeker, and Darby tosses him off and gets a Scorpion Death Drop. Both men are down. Darby struggles to his feet, and MJF is still down. Darby goes to the top and sees MJF is up and climbs down. They trade side headlock takeovers and go back and forth with two counts, then rolling back and forth with one counts until MJF bridges up for a backslide for two. Darby goes for a Code Red, and MJF fights it off, but Darby hits it the second time for two.

They slowly get to their feet and charge into each other. Darby gets a jackknife pin for two, and MJF rolls to the floor. MJF pulls a cameraman in the way, and Darby wipes out the cameraman with a dive. The medical team checks on the cameraman, and the ref checks on Darby. MJF rolls into the ring and then goes out to attack Darby. MJF carries Darby to the entryway and puts him in a chair. MJF grabs the clippers, and Darby kicks them away. Darby gets a front guillotine on MJF.

MJF looks to have passed out, and Darby lays MJF on the table. Darby climbs to the top of the scaffolding setup on the entryway. Darby hits a Coffin Drop from the top of the scaffolding. Darby drags MJF to the ring and hits a Coffin Drop. Darby covers for two. Darby goes for the Scorpion Death Lock, and his body gives out on him. Darby seems to have blood on the back of his head.

MJF is up and shoves the ref away. MJF gets a side headlock, and Darby turns it into a Scorpion Death Drop. Darby kips up and goes to the top. MJF hits the ropes, and Darby is knocked down. MJF goes to the top and sets for the avalanche piledriver. MJF hits it and then gets a side headlock takeover for the pin and the win.

Winner and NEW AEW World Champion: MJF

Darby is loaded onto a stretcher, and MJF stands over Darby to hold up the title. Kevin Knight hits the ring to run off MJF. He goes to the top and then hits a UFO splash on Darby.

And we are desperately out of time.

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