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!”
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