**CONTAINS SPOILERS**
Tony Schiavone and Excalibur were the broadcast team for the Buy-In portion of the show.
NWA World Women’s Title Match!
Serena Deeb (c.) vs. Riho!
The crowd at Daily’s Place was fired up, and so were Deeb and Riho! Serena went for a quick cover, but Riho bridged up out of it. Riho offered a handshake out of a sign of respect, but Deeb answered with a slap to Riho’s jaw! Riho returned fired but Deeb rocked Riho with a series of uppercuts. Riho used her quickness and jumped off the top rope with a diving crossbody—Deeb kicked out at the 2-count!
Deeb was looking for the Serenity Lock, but Riho had it scouted and grabbed the ropes for the ref break. Deeb catapulted Riho underneath the bottom rope, the slingshot impacting Riho’s throat. Deeb gouged Riho’s nose and then stomped on Riho’s legs.
“Serena taking a lot of liberties here with the wrestling rule book,” noted Excalibur.
Deeb connected with a neck breaker across the center strand.
“Deeb’s got a mean streak, and we are seeing it on display here in the ring,” replied Tony Schiavone.
Riho knocked Deeb off the top rope, and then like a bolt of lightning connected with foot stomps across Deeb’s midsection! Deeb was lured in and Riho moved out of the way, following up with the Tiger Fate kick! Deeb rallied back with the flying octopus hold; Riho reversed it with a northern lights suplex!
The fans chanted “This is awesome!”
Riho tried from up top for the diving foot stomp again, but Deeb dodged it. Deeb hit a swinging neck breaker for a near fall. Deeb executed a double dragon screw leg whip and then a powerbomb for another near fall on Riho! Deeb was looking for the Deeb-tox, but Riho backdropped her way out of it! Riho blasted Deeb with a big-time dragon suplex! Serena Deeb began to clutch her neck. Riho smashed Deeb with the diving foot stomp right between Deeb’s shoulder blades. Riho charged in and Deeb countered with a single leg crab! Riho crawled and grabbed the bottom rope to force the ref break. Deeb used an inverted dragon screw and then she sunk in the Serenity Lock, which gave Riho no choice but to submit!
The opening match of DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2021 was “The Machine” Brian Cage vs. “Hangman” Adam Page!
Jim Ross took his spot at the commentary booth as the main portion of DOUBLE OR NOTHING began. Taz also joined the commentary team for this match.
“Hangman” booted Cage early on and followed up with a lariat. Page jumped off the middle rope with a clothesline; Cage was knocked down to the floor. Page flew out with a tope suicida! Page tried for another high-risk high flying move but Brian Cage caught him and then rammed him spine first into the ring post! Page fought back with a crucifix bomb for a near fall. Page used a moonsault off the ring post to Cage onto the outside!
The crowd erupted into “Cowboy S—t!” chants!
Page pulled off a hurracanrana, countering a powerbomb off the top rope attempt by “The Machine” Brian Cage! Page ducked a discus lariat from Cage. “Hangman” followed up with his own lariat for a near fall on Brian Cage. Page was looking for the Dead Eye, but Cage countered with a one arm neck breaker.
“A picture-perfect execution by Brian Cage but a cocky cover,” noted Excalibur.
Brian Cage duplexed Adam Page onto the ring ramp! Cage tried to emulate Page with his own version of the Buckshot Lariat, but Page countered! Cage rallied back with a buckle bomb and then a discus lariat! Cage connected with a spinning Liger Bomb for a near fall on “Hangman” Adam Page. Hook and Ricky Starks ran down to help Cage. Starks slid the FTW Championship into the ring, but Brian Cage didn’t want it. Cage kicked the belt back to Starks and in the meantime, “Hangman” Page pulled off the Buckshot Lariat and pinned “The Machine” Brian Cage!
“‘Hangman’ Adam Page is tougher than a two-dollar steak,” said Jim Ross.
“I’m disappointed that Brian Cage turned down help from Starks and Hook,” said Taz.
AEW World Tag Team Title Match!
The Young Bucks—Matt & Nick Jackson (c.) (accompanied by Don Callis) vs. Eddie Kingston & Jon Moxley!
Mox and Kingston jump started the match and charged at the Bucks! They brawled with the Bucks outside the ring. Kingston decked Brandon Cutler and then Mox nearly decapitated Cutler with a lariat!
“I don’t know if this is a street fight or a bar brawl,” said Jim Ross.
The momentum shifted as the Bucks began to utilize their elite level tandem offense on the challengers. Matt Jackson chopped at the back leg of Kingston and took him down with a leg sweep. Nick Jackson tagged in, but Kingston caught him with an exploder suplex! Kingston tagged Moxley, who then cleaned house on the Bucks! Mox spiked Matt Jackson with a piledriver. Mox went for the bulldog choke on Matt but Nick Jackson superkicked Mox to save his brother. The Good Brothers came down to ringside but Frankie Kazarian, “the Elite Hunter”, saw enough and ran them off! The Bucks nailed Mox with the Indy Taker on the ramp!
“Mox is really losing blood and is spaghetti legged,” said Jim Ross.
Mox kicked out of a senton from Nick Jackson. The Young Bucks swarmed Mox with lefts and rights to the lacerated forehead. Mox fired up with a burst of adrenaline and double suplexed the Bucks! Kingston tagged in and dropped the Bucks with big time strikes! He DDT’ed Matt Jackson and then booted Nick Jackson! Kingston used machine gun chops to Matt Jackson but Nick Jackson superkicked Kingston to the back of the knee. Nick Jackson flew off the top rope with a senton, but Kingston lifted up his knees in the nick of time!
Mox tagged in but the Bucks superkicked him! They were looking for More Bang for Your Buck, but Moxley countered with a sleeper on Matt Jackson! Nick broke it up with a 450 splash on Moxley, but Moxley kicked out.
“Big time athletes come up big, and that’s what we’re seeing from Jon Moxley here,” said Tony Schiavone.
Kingston hoisted up Matt Jackson and Mox jumped from the top rope with the Doomsday Device. Mox attempted a Paradigm Shift, but Nick Jackson countered an applied the sharpshooter.
“Nick Jackson is sunk in deeper than an Alabaman tick,” said Don Callis.
Kingston broke it up and then Mox hit the King Kong lariat and the Paradigm Shift on Nick Jackson. Mox tried for the pin, but Matt Jackson broke it up, saving his brother from defeat. Mox headbutted Nick Jackson repeatedly. The Bucks blasted Mox with superkicks, but Mox popped right out of that superkick party. The Bucks used four consecutive BTE Triggers on Mox and finally scored the pin on him, allowing them to retain the championships. What a spectacular match!
Time for the Casino Battle Royale!
The winner earns a future World Title Match
Paul Wight was the special guest commentator for this match!
Entrants include: Christian Cage, Matt Sydal, Powerhouse Hobbs, Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy, Marq Quen, Evil Uno, Colt Cabana, Pres10 Vance, Jungle Boy, Aaron Solow, Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, Nick Comoroto, Lee Johnson, “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes, Brian Pillman Jr., Griff Garrison, Penta El Zero Miedo, Serpentico, and a mystery entrant (The Joker Card)!
The first group of entrants: Christian Cage, Matt Syda, Powerhouse Hobbs, “The Natural” Dustin Rhodes, and Max Caster!
“Max Caster just made himself a prime target after that rap,” said Paul Wight.
Dustin Rhodes stomped a mudhole into Max Caster. Matt Sydal chopped away at Powerhouse Hobbs with his educated feet! “Platinum” Max Caster tossed Sydal over the top rope for the first elimination of the match. Christian Cage was able to eliminate Max Caster.
The next five competitors: Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy, Pres10 Vance, Nick Comoroto, and Serpentico! Hardy and Kassidy tried to jump Pres10 during his entrance, but Pres10 outsmarted them with his own offense.
Comoroto and Pres10 Vance locked up, but 10 dropped Comoroto with a spinebuster. Dustin Rhodes pushed Comoroto over the top rope, and he pulled out 10 in the process. Comoroto returned with the bull rope and knocked Dustin in the head with it.
Our next entrants: Garrison, Pillman, Jr., Colt Cabana, Anthony Bowens, and Penta El Zero Miedo!
Anthony Bowens clipped Penta El Zero Miedo from behind with a clothesline! Isiah Kassidy eliminated Colt Cabana from behind! Garrison and Pillman eliminated Bowens.
The next entrants were: Jungle Boy, Marq Quen, Aaron Solow, Evil Uno, and “Big Shotty” Lee Johnson!
Lee Johnson eliminated Aaron Solow, but Matt Hardy clubbed Johnson out of the match. Penta El Zero Miedo knocked Evil Uno out of the ring with a front face kick. Jungle Boy eliminated Penta El Zero Miedo! Hobbs slung Jungle Boy into the turnbuckles. Christian Cage was able to dump Powerhouse Hobbs over the top rope! Private Party and Matt Hardy went after Christian Cage and Jungle Boy until our final entrant…Lio Rush!
Lio Rush singlehandedly took on Hardy and Private Party! As Lio Rush was about to knock Private Party out of the match, Hardy grabbed Lio’s legs and pushed him to the arena floor, taking him out of the match. Hardy laid out Jungle Boy with the Side Effect, but Jungle Boy fired back with a lariat to Hardy! Jungle Boy and Christian Cage cooperated with one another to eliminate Private Party! This left Jungle Boy, Christian Cage, and Matt Hardy.
Christian Cage outsmarted Matt Hardy and dumped him over the top rope. Our final two competitors were Christian Cage and Jungle Boy! Christian Cage charged at Jungle Boy, but Jungle Boy skinned the cat. Cage tried to spear Jungle Boy, but Jungle Boy dodged it. Jungle Boy backdropped Christian Cage over the top rope and won the match!
“Good God almighty this whole place has come unglued,” said Jim Ross.
Luchasaurus and Marko Stunt joined Jungle Boy in the ring to celebrate his victory.
“The American Dream” Cody Rhodes (with “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson) vs. “The Guv’nor” Anthony Ogogo (with QT Marshall)!
Cody swarmed Ogogo in the ropes. Ogogo connected with the bolo punch and then an Olympic slam for a near fall on Cody. Ogogo floated up and over, but Cody countered with a powerslam. Cody was clutching his ribs. Ogogo dropped a big boot on the chest of Cody Rhodes.
Cody was going to attempt a tope suicida, but Ogogo intercepted it with a strike. Back in the ring, he belly-to-back suplexed Cody. Ogogo gouged at the eyes of Cody and then delivered a high impact clothesline on “The American Dream.” While the ref was distracted, QT Marshall smacked Cody with a cheap shot. Arn Anderson grabbed a steel chair and forced QT to back off.
Ogogo was busted open, and Cody targeted the laceration. Cody dropped Ogogo with the Cody Cutter! Ogogo landed a big right hand on Cody!
“I don’t know if Cody will get up from that hard shot,” said Tony Schiavone.
Ogogo launched off the top rope with a frog splash onto Cody! Ogogo didn’t go for the cover, and Cody took advantage of Ogogo’s lack of wrestling experience and locked Ogogo in the figure four. Ogogo blocked the Cross Rhodes and rocked Cody with hard strikes! Cody avoided the Governor’s Hammer and countered with a Vertebreaker for the pin!
“Masterfully executed game plan, Cody turned this into a wrestling match and that’s what won the day,” said Excalibur.
TNT Title Match!
“The Best Man” Miro (c.) vs. “The MurderHawk Monster” Lance Archer!
Jake “The Snake” Roberts was laid out by Miro at the weigh-ins yesterday. Lance Archer came to the ring by himself tonight.
Archer took flight and launched himself over the top rope at Miro! Archer walked the tightrope and flipped back, colliding with Miro! They brawled on the arena floor. Miro was sent face first into the ring post. Archer smashed Miro through a table with a spinebuster! Miro tossed Archer into the front row with a belly-to-belly suplex!
“Miro has confidence all over his face,” said Excalibur.
Archer exploded out of the corner and muscled Miro to the mat. Miro took down Archer with a leg lariat!
“Those kicks are toxic,” said Jim Ross.
Archer rallied back with the helicoaster on Miro for a near fall. Archer attempted a moonsault press but Miro moved out of the way. Miro followed up with a fallaway slam for a near fall on Archer.
Jake “The Snake” Roberts came down to the ring, carrying a bag with a snake in it. Miro grabbed the bag and launched it toward the ramp. Archer manhandled Miro with a chokeslam for a near fall! Archer pounced Miro with a football tackle! Miro caught Archer low by kicking the ring rope. Miro stomped Archer’s spine and locked in Game Over! Referee Aubrey Edwards called for the bell as Lance Archer lost consciousness.
“It was the right call at the right time,” said Jim Ross.
“Who on Earth can stop our TNT Champion?” asked Excalibur.
AEW Women’s World Title Match!
Hikaru Shida (c.) vs. #1-ranked Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (with Rebel)!
Baker looked for lockjaw right at the start of the match, but Shida rolled out. Shida attempted a knee strike, but Baker dodged it. There were dueling chants from the crowd.
On the outside of the ring, Shida rammed Baker into the steel barricade. Shida used a diving crossbody to take down Rebel and Baker! Shida charged in for another knee strike, but Baker countered it and she had the champion reeling here. Baker bounced Shida’s head off the mat with a curb stomp. Baker put her glove on and tried to apply the Lock Jaw, but Shida rolled out of the way to create distance.
The champ fired back up and grounded and pounded Britt Baker! Shida used a hammer throw to whip Baker into the corner and then followed up with three consecutive knee strikes! Shida began to gouge Baker’s face.
“Wow, this behavior is so unlike Shida,” noted Tony Schiavone.
Baker and Shida began to slug it out and Baker got the better of it after a fishermen’s neck breaker. Baker went for the stomp again, but Shida moved and tried to counter with a stretch muffler. Baker grabbed the bottom rope to break the hold. Baker took down Shida with the sling blade. Baker followed up with the air raid crash for a near fall! Shida fought back with a German suplex for a two-count on Baker! Shida was going for an avalanche death valley driver but Britt escaped…but not for long because Shida superplexed Baker!
Shida applied the stretch muffler submission, but Rebel distracted her. Rebel accidentally clocked Baker with her crutch. Shida nailed Baker with the Falcon Arrow for a near fall. Baker superkicked Shida right in the face with the belt and followed up with a curb stomp, but Shida kicked out!
“Holy Shida!” said Excalibur.
“What a pro wrestling match we’re watching right here. I’m loving this!” replied Jim Ross.
Baker applied the Lock Jaw and Shida tapped!
And new AEW Women’s Champion…Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.!!!
Tony Schiavone left the broadcast booth to hug Britt Baker and congratulate her.
Darby Allin & Sting vs. “All Ego” Ethan Page & “The Face of the Revolution” Scorpio Sky!
It began to snow in Jacksonville as Sting made his way to the ring!
Darby launched himself from the ring at Ethan Page. Sting whipped Scorpio Sky into the barricade.
“Darby is like a man possessed,” said Tony Schiavone.
Sky suplexed Sting onto the ramp but Sting popped right back up! Sting jumped off the poker chips onto Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky!
“And the crowd goes wild!” said Jim Ross.
Sting used Darby as a battering ram at the opposition. They isolated Scorpio Sky and worked him over in their corner of the ring. Darby was looking for the Fujiwara armbar. He spring boarded to the top rope, but Ethan Page swept away Darby’s legs. Sky followed up with a cutter on Darby. Ethan Page tagged in and whipped Darby into the turnbuckles. Ethan Page gorilla pressed Darby and launched him from the ring into the front row!
“Darby is dead weight right here,” said Tony Schiavone.
Darby rallied back with a stunner on Ethan Page and then got the tag to Sting! Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky ate Stinger splashes! Sting connected with Code Red for a near fall on Ethan Page!
The fans chanted “You still got it!”
Ethan Page attempted the Ego’s Edge, but Sting booted him in the abdomen. Sting applied the Scorpion Death Lock and Scorpio Sky got a leg lock of his own on Darby Allin! Aubrey Edwards broke the holds because Sting and Sky were not the legal men for their teams.
Sting and Scorpio Sky tagged in. Sky was looking for the cutter, but Sting held on and countered with the Scorpion Death Drop!
Our first of two co-main events was next!
AEW World Title Match!
AEW World Champion Kenny Omega (accompanied by Don Callis) vs. #1-ranked “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy (with Best Friends) vs. #2-ranked “The Bastard” PAC!
The 1st pinfall wins.
No count outs, no disqualifications!
Omega is unbeaten in singles matches for 638 days.
The champ cheap-shotted Orange Cassidy as the bell rang. PAC and Omega collided midair with cross body blocks. Cassidy took down both men with hurracanranas. Cassidy used a tope suicida on PAC and then a DDT on Kenny Omega!
PAC used a double dropkick to wipe out Omega and Orange Cassidy. Omega couldn’t be held down for long as he hit a backstabber on Cassidy. He raked PAC’s eyes across the top rope. Omega and PAC exchanged elbow strikes. Kenny knocked PAC halfway across the ring with a front kick! Cassidy went looking for a DDT, but Omega countered with a backbreaker!
“Omega about broke him in half,” said Don Callis.
“This has been an intensely physical affair, just as we expected,” replied Excalibur.
Cassidy came back with a Stundog Millionaire on Omega. Cassidy covered Omega and Omega tried to bridge out when PAC crashed down with the 450 splash! Omega clobbered Cassidy with two snap dragon suplexes. Omega walloped Cassidy with a V-trigger! He tried for one on PAC but PAC suplexed him. PAC went for a thrust kick on Omega, but Omega shoved Orange Cassidy in the way of it. Omega nailed another V-trigger on Orange Cassidy! Omega attempted an avalanche dragon suplex, but Orange Cassidy resisted. In the meantime PAC jumped onto the turnbuckles and used an avalanche German suplex to bring Omega down to Earth the hard way!
Cassidy dispatched of PAC. Then Omega nailed Cassidy with a Tiger Driver ’98 for a near fall. PAC jumped back into the ring, but Omega planted him with a German suplex. Omega pulled down his knee pad to expose the bone and then he smashed Orange Cassidy with two vicious knee strikes! PAC got to his feet and hit a brainbuster on Orange Cassidy for a near fall.
“Wow Kenny almost dropped the title without even being in the ring,” noted Tony Schiavone.
PAC nailed Kenny with a sunset flip powerbomb! Then PAC brought down Kenny with an avalanche falcon arrow and Orange covered Kenny, almost stealing the pin! PAC kicked Orange with a low blow! PAC smashed Orange with the Black Arrow but Omega broke up the pin attempt!
PAC crashed and burned after trying for a black arrow on Kenny Omega. The champ lifted up PAC, but PAC countered with the Brutalizer. Orange Cassidy got a near fall on Kenny after the Orange Punch and the Beach Break!
The fans at Daily’s Place chanted “Fight forever!” and “This is awesome!”
Orange scored with Orange Punches to PAC and Omega. Orange covered PAC but Don Callis pulled PAC’s leg to break the pin attempt. Orange Cassidy went for the diving DDT, but PAC caught him and applied the Brutalizer! Kenny stomped on PAC, but PAC would not release the submission. Omega knocked out the referee with a double ax handle. Callis tossed a championship belt to Omega and Omega nailed PAC with it!
“Omega using all his championship belts as weapons,” said Jim Ross.
Cassidy came back into the ring and connected with the Orange Punch! Orange Cassidy rolled up Omega and ref Aubrey Edwards ran down to make the count! Kenny Omega reversed it and scored the pin on Orange Cassidy!
“That was stolen from Orange Cassidy,” said Excalibur.
Tony Schiavone was in the ring to announce that “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry has joined AEW and will be an analyst on RAMPAGE which begins August 13th at 10pm on TNT!
It was time for Stadium Stampede II!
Inner Circle (“Demo God” Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Santana, Ortiz, & Sammy Guevara)
vs.
The Pinnacle (MJF, Cash Wheeler, Dax Harwood, Shawn Spears, & Wardlow)!
If Inner Circle loses, they must disband.
MJF and The Pinnacle pulled onto the field in a limousine.
Inner Circle repelled down the scoreboard!
MJF jumped back into the limo. It was a trap—The Pinnacle weren’t in the limo—they pulled up in FTR’s pick-up truck and ambushed Inner Circle.
Sammy and Shawn Spears went at it in the wrestling ring in the middle of the football field. Sammy hit a cutter and Shawn Spears came back with a blue thunder bomb!
MJF finally got out of the limo, but Jericho was waiting for him. They began to slug it out!
“Jericho is getting the better of this thing,” said Jim Ross.
MJF sprayed a fire extinguisher in Jericho’s face and then ran off. MJF lured Jericho inside the stadium offices. MJF flung hot coffee into Jericho’s face. Jericho battered MJF with a garbage can and then a brutal cross face. Jericho threw footballs (courtesy of the Jags’ head coach) at MJF and then smacked him with a laptop!
Wardlow manhandled Hager. He was about to lock Hager in the walk-in freezer, but Hager escaped. Hager dropped Wardlow with a head and arm triangle in the freezer. Wardlow rammed Hager into an equipment rack and then punched him in the face with a brutal right hand! Hager gave Wardlow the middle finger and then Wardlow speared Hager through a wall into the kitchen!
Sammy jumped off a forklift and kicked Spears. “The Chairman” lawn darted Sammy into a garage door! Spears picked up a steel chair, but Sammy caught him off guard with explosive offense. Sammy took electric cables and started to choke out Spears, but Spears countered by hitting Sammy with a ladder. Spears handcuffed Sammy to a metal rack and walked off to help his friends in The Pinnacle.
Santana and Ortiz found Cash, Dax, and Tully in a night club. Konnan was the DJ! FTR and Santana and Ortiz got into a full-fledged bar brawl! Tully tried to interfere but Konnan blocked Tully’s arm before Tully could strike. Santana whipped Cash Wheeler with Cash’s belt! Ortiz attacked Dax with a trash can! Cash threw beer bottles at Ortiz! Santana and Cash brawled into an elevator.
Hager choke slammed Wardlow off a golf cart through wood pallets below! MJF stomped on Jericho’s injured arm. Jericho used a stapler on MJF’s forehead! MJF waffled Jericho with a haymaker punch! MJF hit a piledriver on Jericho onto a table for a near fall. MJF took a hammer but before he could use it on Jericho’s arm, Jericho swung a garbage can at MJF. Jericho grabbed his baseball bat and smacked MJF with it! Jericho shoved MJF through the glass window of a door!
The Inner Circle Motorcycle Club found Shawn Spears and he retreated!
Jericho and MJF brawled back to Daily’s Place. Jericho dropped a bloody MJF onto a steel handrail. Jericho picked up a big spotlight and dropped it on MJF’s forehead. Jericho powerbombed MJF!
Spears was outside the arena, but Sammy chased him down with a golf cart! Sammy ran down Spears!
“Sammy has been on fire!” said Jim Ross.
Sammy spring boarded but Spears swung a chair at him for a near fall! Spears smashed the steel chair into Sammy again, but Sammy kicked out!
“Spears is sadistic,” added Jim Ross.
Spears wedged a chair into the corner turnbuckle. Sammy came up from behind and surprised Spears with the GTS! Sammy shoved Spears into the steel chair in the turnbuckles. Sammy crashed down with the 630 senton and pinned Shawn Spears!
“Sammy Guevara leads Inner Circle to victory,” said Jim Ross.
“The Inner Circle together again!” said Tony Schiavone.
“The Inner Circle fought for their survival and succeeded,” replied Excalibur.
“What a night for the Inner Circle. What a night for pro wrestling fans. An epic night,” said Jim Ross.
If you missed any of the action from tonight’s show, order the replay on pay-per-view or on BRLive!
Be sure to catch all the fallout from DOUBLE OR NOTHING 2021 on AEW DYNAMITE next week on a special night and time on TNT—live on Friday, June 4th at 10/9c!
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