AEW Double or Nothing PPV - May 28th, 2023
City: Paradise, Nevada
Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Card:
Blackjack Battle Royal
21-man Battle Royal for the AEW International Championship
AEW World Championship
MJF (c) vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin vs. "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry
AEW World Tag Team Championship Mark Briscoe will serve as the special guest referee.
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal (with Karen Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt, and Satnam Singh)
Ladder match for the AEW TNT Championship
Wardlow (c) (w/ Arn Anderson) vs. Christian Cage (w/ Luchasaurus)
AEW Women's World Championship
Jamie Hayter (c) vs. Toni Storm
Anarchy in the Arena match
Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta) vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and "Hangman" Adam Page)
AEW TBS Championship
Jade Cargill (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie
AEW World Trios Championship
The House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) (c) (with Julia Hart) vs. TBA
Adam Cole vs. Chris Jericho (Unsanctioned) Sabu will serve as the special guest enforcer.
The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) and Hook (w/ Isiah Kassidy) vs. Ethan Page and The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)
The Buy-In: AEW Double or Nothing Pre Show
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. AEW Double or Nothing PPV is next.
AEW Double or Nothing PPV - May 28th, 2023
Announcers: Taz, Excalibur and Jim Ross
Blackjack Battle Royal
AEW International Championship
Orange Cassidy (c), 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 cleasr 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 elimnates 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 clothelsines 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: 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 lionsault, 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 superckicks 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
AEW World Tag Team Championship
FTR (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal with Mark Briscoe as special referee
Sonjay Dutt, Satnum Singh and Karen Jarrett are with the challengers. Lethal and Dax kick us off. Lockup, headlock takeover by Dax into a headscissors. Back to their feet, armbar by Lethal into a shoulder tackle. Rollup for 2 by Lethal. Deep armdrag by Lethal. Headlock takeover by Dax. Leythal with a punch and chops in the corner. Dax chops back.Dax to the floor. The challengers double team Cash but Dax with a body press. FTR with double atominc drops. The challengers avoid double sharpshooters.
The challengers to the floor to regroup. Cash tags in and he works over Lethals arm. Lethal pulls hair and punches Cash. MArk Briscoe prevents the challengers from double teaming. FTR with backdrps to the challengers and send Jarrett to the floor. Jarrett pulls the rope down and Cash flies over the top rope. Leg sweep by Jarrett to Cash and he get the strut. Karen slapd cash behind Briscoes back. Uppercut by Lethal. Jarrett tags in and kicks Cash in the gut. Lethal comes in and nails a rear chinlock. Cash with a back suplex, both are down. Rollup by Cash for 2. Reverse atomic drop by Lethal. Jarrett with a dragon screw. Figure 4 by Jarrett. Cash tries to punch out but Jarrett rocks back. Dax with a headbutt for the save. Cash desperately makes the tag.
Dax with heavy hands, pounds away at Lethal. Dax with a lariat into a German Suplex, followed by another. Lethal blocks a third but Dax with a brainbuster for 2. Backbreaker facedrop by Lethal. dax punches Lethal on the top. Cash gets sen to the floor. Lethal chops away at Dax. Superplex by Dax. Dommsday powerbomb by FTR, Sonjay pulls Dax out. Briscoe tosses Dutt out as well as Singh. Jarrett accidentally nails Briscoe with a guitar. Big Rig by FTR, no ref to call the pin, Briscoe is out. Karen Jarrett nails Aubrey Edwards with a guitar as she tries to take over. Double Lethal Injection.
Lethal with the title belt, Dax kicks it out but Jarrett with a belt shot and a stroke for 2 as Briscoe comes to. Jarrett admonishes Briscoe and FTR nails a Shatter Machine for the pin.
Winner: FTR
Backstage:
Bullet Club Gold attack Ricky Starks, FTR with the save
Backstage:
Saraya and Chris Jericho are upset. A stage hand tries to calm them but he eats a fireball.
TNT Championship ladder match
Wardlow (c) vs. Christian Cage
Cage pounds away at Wardlow and Wardlow blocks a whip and forearm smashes his challenger. Cage tries a killswitch. Wardlow blocks it and nails a corner shoulder tackle. Wardlow to the floor to grab a ladder, cage stops him and he dropkicks a ladder into the champion. Wardlow immediatel recovers and throws the ladder at a diving Cage. Wardlow introduces tables into the match and sets them up in the aisle.
Wardlow sends Cage into the steps. Wardlow to the top and Cage scurries off and sends Wardlow into the rail. Cage sets up the ladder as a bridge. Wardlow with forearms and he lays Cage on it. Cage out of the way, he crotches the champion on the rungs. Cage sets up a ladder in the ring and kicks the champion. The fans chant turtleneck at Cage. Cage escapes a powerbomb and sends Wardlow into the ladder. Cage tries to win but Wardlow shakes him off. Cage with a slick move escapes another powerbomb and almost reaches the top of the ladder.
Airplane spin press slam by Wardlow. Luchasaurus comes out and sends Cage back into the ring and Cage drops Wardlow off the ladder. Spine buster by Wardlow on a ladder. Wardlow to the top and he misses a senton. Cage sends Wardlow to the floor. Here comes Arn Anderson. Wardlow off the top to stop Christian and the ladder breaks. Wardlow grabs another ladder but Luchasaurus with 2 chokeslams. Double A tries to help and bites Luchasaurus' thumb. Wardlow nails Luchasaurus with a chair and hits a senton off the big ladder on the floor on Luchasaurus.
Cage emerges from the floor and sets up a ladder in the ring. Arn pulls the ladder away and Wardlow hits a powerbomb. Wardlow grabs the belt
Winner: Wardlow
Tony Schiavone has replaced Jim Ross at ringside
AEW Women's World Championship
Jamie Hayter (c) vs. Toni Storm
Hayter does not answer her music. Turns out, she was beaten up by Saraya and Ruby. She barely makes it to ringside and the Outcats work over the injured shoulder of Hayter. Dropkicks into the steps by Storm. Hater demands the match start. Storm pounds the shoulder. Britt Baker fights Saraya. Ruby Soho sprays paint in Hayters face. Hip attack for 2 by Storm. Hikaru Shida nails Sho with a stick. Hayter sends storm into the exposed turnbuckle and hits HayterAde for 2. Storm sends Hayter into the buckle and hits Storm Zero for the pin.
Winner and new AEW Women's World champion: Toni Storm
After the match:
The Outcasts celebrate with the new champion
AEW Trios Championship House of Black Open Challenge
House of Black vs. ???
Julia Hart is out first and, my, she's looking lovely. It's The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn. GREAT rap by Max. Apparently the challengers have opted for a regular match. It wasn't made entirely clear. Bowens and Black kick us off with some chain wrestling. Lockup, headlock by Black, he takes Bowens down. Bowens with a backdrop. They sit down and stare at each other.
Kick by Black, here comes Matthews, rollup by Bowens. This is actually a pretty darn scientific match so far. Leg lariat by Bowens. Caster tags in and trips Matthews. Dropkick by Bowens and Caster with a backdrop on the apron for 2. Kneelify by Matthews. King tags in and he and Black double team Caster. H?uge clothelsine by King. Black tags in, as does Bowens, he hits a running forearm. Scissor me Timbers by Bowens but Black caught him in a kneebar.
Action spills to the floor. Apparently the House of Black rules do apply here. Bowens kicks his way out of the knee bar. Another kneebar by Black and Matthews nails a meteor. Black tags in. He is really working over the knee here tonight. Bowens fights off and nails a kick. Black stomps the bad leg of Bowens. Matthews tags in and he goes after the knee as well. King tags in and he nails a senton. Bowens tries a kick to no effect. Bowens has been in there way too long. King knocks Caster and Gunn off the apron.
Bowens sends King and Matthews to the floor. He finally gets the tag NO...King pulled Billy Gunn off the apron. Billy fights back and gets to the apron. He gets the tag to Billy. Billy cleans house on Matthews and Black. Kallas by Gunn, he his the famouser of King and then Matthews. Black with Black Mass for the pin.
Winners: House of Black
TBS Championship
Jade Cargill (c) vs. Taya Valkyrie
Someone famous is singing Jade to the ring. I did not catch the name. Forearms by Taya, she goes quickly to Road to Valhala. Blocked by Jade. They trade forearms and an overhand chop by Taya. Sliding lariat by Taya. Jade slips out and throws Mark Sterling in front of a Taya cross body. Kick by Jade. In the ring its a back elbow by Jade. Sliding German by Taya. Leila Grey provides a distraction allowing Jade to kick Taya to the floor. Suplex by Jade. Spinebuster back in the ring by Jade for 2.
Jade with a stomp and a surfboard. Taya escapes and nails a clothesline for 2. Clotheslines by Jade, she maintains wrist control, obviously studying New Japan tapes. Blue Thunder for 2 by Taya. Springboard by Jade but a lungblower by Taya out of desperation, she didn't get all of it.
They trade blows in the center. Leg sweep by Taya into an STF. Taya with a curb stomp for 2. Leila tries to interfere. Taya with Road to Valhala for 2, Jade barely got the arm out. Jade with a kick and she hits jaded for the pin.
Winner: Jade Cargill
After the match:
Mark Sterling celebrates the champion 60-0. He issues a challenge to anyone. Kris Statlander accepts and I think we have a new match
TBS Championship
Jade Cargill vs. Kris Statlander
Kick by Statlander and running knee. Big boot by Jade. Statlander escapes jaded and hits a spinning tombstone for the pin.
Winner and new TBS champion: Kris Statlander lol
AEW World Championship
MJF (c) vs. Jungle Boy Jack Perry vs. Sammy Guevara vs Darby Allin
CONGRATULATIONS Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo. They are having a baby!!!! Best wishes to the happy coupleJungle Boy applauds the happy couple. On the video screen Darby beats up a fake MJF at an Elvis chapel. Darby skates to the ring in an Elvis jump suit. I will do my absolute best to keep up with the final 2 matches of this show. MJF bails. Sammy and Perry go after him. He runs back in and all 3 challengers attack. Triple chops and Sammy kicks MJFfrom the ring. Darby eats a Sammy dropkick. All 3 challengers miss dropkicks. Perry with a double arm drag on Darby and Sammy. MJF clotheslines Perry. MJF feigns a tope and struts around the ring. Darby knocks MJF to the floor and he hits his lope. Perry then hits a trio of topes. Guevara with a shooting star to his opponents on the floor.
All 4 are down on the floor. Sammy recovers first. He sets up Perry in the tree of woe. He tries a superplex but Perry German suplexes Sammy into MJF. PErry with a lariat to MJF and a rana for 2 on Sammy. Stunner by Darby for 2 on MJF. Sammy sends Darby into the buckle and hits Perry with a kick. Sammy with a Spanish Fly on MJF and a tope to the others. Frog Splash for 2 by Guevara. MJF bites Guevara and scores a 2 after a knee strke. Blue thunder by MJF for 2 on Allin.
MJF spits on Allin. All 4 exchange punches, knee strikes and running kicks. They are down again.
Scorpion death drop by Allin. Killswitch by Perry, cross rhodes by MJF on Perry for 2. MJF has the mic and offers Sammy a lot of money to lay down. He tells Sammy to think about the baby. Sammy lays down but its a trap, small package for 2. GTH misses. Salt of the Earth attempt. Sammy goes for the lion tamer, MJF makes the ropes but there are no rope breaks. Darby with a scorpion to Perry. Perry uses MJF to escape. There's a very elaborate 4 way submission being applied, Allin with a figure 4, Perry with an armbar, Darby with a figure 4 and Sammy with a knee bar. Allin nails a destroyer on MJF. Sammy nails one on Allin. Perry does something I didn't catch.
Destroyer to MJF for 2 by Perry. Action spills to the floor. Allin clothelines MJF and Perry into the crowd. Sammy with a spanish fly to Allin to the floor onto MJF and Perry.
Back in the ring, all 4 slug it out. No one with a clear dvantage. A trio of eye pokes by MJF, which fires up the crowd. Stunner by Sammy to MJF, Code Red by Allin and a back elbow. The challengers with a seroes of pin attempts on each other. Very clever sequence. Implant DDT by Guevara. Darby with a code red to Guevara, MJF knocks him off the top rope. MJF powerbombs Allin off the top rope.MJF can't follow up.
They're all going for desperation pins now. Referee is earning his stripes tonight, pun completely intended.
Guevara and Perry chop each other. Sammy with a cutter and Perry rolls out. Low blow by MJF to Sammy. Skaeboard shot by Darby to MJF he nails the coffin drop. Jack Perry saves MJF from a headlock takeover pin. Darby and Perry slug it out. MJF has the Triple B, Perry blocks the blow, Sammy takes himself and MJF out. Perry now has the belt and tosses it out. Darby with a 2. Sammy nails them with knee strikes. GTH by Sammy, Allin knocks him to the floor. Allin with a coffin drop but MJF places the BBB across PErry. MJF with a side headlock takeover on Allin for the pin.
Winner: MJF
Anarchy in the Arena
Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castignoli & Bryan Danielson vs. Adam Page, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks
Gotta admit Wayward Son is a great entrance song. They are brawling already in the crowd and the band is still playing. Don Callis has joined the booth. The great thing about this is that I can pretty much write anything down and it's very likely happening. The referee is bleeding. Tony Schiavone is losing his poop at the booth.
Hangman reveals that his eye is fine. Yuta saves Danielson from a screwdriver. And I'm not talking about the vodka drink. For the record, I saw Yuta 2 years ago at an elks hall in Worchester MA. Cool to see him main eventing a PPV.
The band is still playing. Things slowed down for about 20 seconds and we're back at the insanilty. The lead singer gets superkicked. He's out the music stops. Moxley is getting choked by the announce table by Omega. Moxley is bleeding. Moxley with a clothesline to Omega. Matt Jackson northern lights' Yuta down the ramp. We've seen 2 wrestling holds in all of this insanity.
Page accidently with a boot to Omega's face. Danielson chokes page with wrist tape. Claudio and Matt Jackson make their way to the mezzanine.
Oh, sorry, here's a big poker chip laced with barb wire. Omega gets suplexed into it. Claudio and matt are in the concession area now. Here's a fork by Moxley, he makes a relief map of Egypt out of Omegas head. Somehow, Omega is not bleeding and Moxley ends up on the barb wire.
Page is bleeding a gusher, as is Nick Jackson. Danielson is just tearing away at Nick Jackson's head.
Claudio and Matt Jackson are outside the arena, but this is supposed to be anarchy IN the arena. They're fighting in the bed of a pickup truck.
Yuta is hitting people with what appears to be a lawn blower. There's Nick Jackson thrown off the ramp. Yuta has kind of stayed in the ring, proving that he wise beyond his years. It IS, in fact, a leaf blower they are using. Claudio is back Nick Jackson kicks out of Mox's Gotch piledriver.
Moxley applies a Boston crab to Nick and Yuta chokes him at the same time.
Matt JAckson has returned from the pickup truck piledriver. Matt kicks Moxley with an exploding boot superkick. Never saw that before. Buckshot lariat by Page and Yuta KICKS OUT.
The BCC pulls off the explosive boot of Matt Jackson. Oh good, here are thumbtacks. The bare foot of Matt gets rammed into them. Death Rider for 2 by Moxley. Ummm... a lot of nuttiness is happening. How do Johnson and Trionfo do this so well?
Busaiku knees by Danielson. Matt tries to save his teammates but the BCC shove thumbtacks in his mouth. Uppercut by Claudio for 2 as the Elite make the save. Omega and Page fire up. Danieslon gets eliminated by the One Winged Angel for 2. Yuta made the save.
Yuta fights for his life against OMega and Page. It aint working. Callis with a distraction. Omega with a V trigger and Callis enters the ring. Konosuke Takeshita interferes and saves Callis. Screwdriver shot by Yuta and he scores the pin on Omega.
Winners: The Blackpool Combat Club
After the match:
Callis strangles Omega with a leather belt.
