Sunday, May 26, 2024

AEW Double or Nothing 2024

 Pre-game show has a great Storm-Deeb video and some fun stuff with RJ, JJ, and Renee. Rosa vs. Deonna starts off the Buy In matches with Rosa looking fantastic in a Uvalde tribute. Nice back and forth shots before a corner tree of woe spear by Deonna gets 2. Backstabber into an RNC into a cobra clutch by Rosa! Deonna rolls into a cradle with the rope and wins it.  The crowd is lit EXACTLY like TV and it looks bad enough on TV - let alone for PPV.


Acclaimed and Daddy Ass promo is up and Caster buries the Gates' names because he still hasn't learned them! Dr. Martha Hart announces the 2024 Owen Hart Cups! Now the winners get World title shots at ALL IN. Cage of Agony is out in cool gold and black gear. Cage and Billy pose for a while at age 100. Gunn eats a Shield bomb before Bowens saves at 2.9! BILLY GUNN WINS WITH A SMALL PACKAGE BEFORE BRYAN DANIELSON!


Ospreay vs. Strong starts things off with just about the best quality opener possible with Strong eating a few shots early and then staring down Ospreay. OGK doomsday device on Ospreay and I guess it's not a DQ given that it would be a heel retention on purpose. Ospreay lands the handspring gamenguri! Skytwister on the goons after Wardlow comes in for a powerbomb and Bryce gives him shit.


Strong Hold is on but Ospreay gets the rope. Roddy gets a superplex into a torture rack/double knee backbreaker for 2. Clash is avoided and the Oscutter hits! Tiger Driver is avoided due to Ospreay's hesitance and Strong fires up and hits a Sick Kick! RANA GETS 2.9 BY OSPREAY! STORMBREAKER WINS AND OSPREAY IS THE NEW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION! the bruv era!


ADAM COLE IS BACK WALKING! He insults the city and says he shouldn't be here - he should be home rehabbing his ankle. MJF RETURNS IN THE 2002 HHH Vest and jacket! MJF ballshots him and suplexes him! He says he's driven by HATE HATE HATE and he didn't need a Vince McMahon to make him - MJF MADE MJF! He tears off his gear and does the Flair strut and beatdown on it! He says that CAMERAMAN ZOOM! A new BET ON YOURSELF AEW TATTOO! 




Death Triangle vs. Bang Bang Gang is up with the DT in matching black and gold to match the AEW trios titles. Destroyer to Colten, but Austin hits a tornado kick! JUICE RETURNS AND A BLADERUNNER WINS IT! Toni vs. Deeb is up with NIGEL ON COMMENTARY AS GOD INTENDED. Paradise lock and a dropkick to the ass, WHICH THEN GOES RIGHT INTO DEEB with the hip attack! Rope-assisted backstabber and a snap DDT by Toni! Deep fisherman suplex gets 2 for Storm! Twist and Shout by Deeb! Mariah goes to throw in the towel during the serenity lock, but Luther prevents it - but Toni only sees him with it and calls him a bastard! Jackknife pin gets 2 and a STORM ZERO OUTTANOWHERE GETS 2! Detox on the apron and in the ring only gets 2.9! MASSIVE TONI chants here! AVALANCHE STORM ZERO AND A STORM ZERO END IT!


Trent vs. OC is here with Trent getting new music and OC GETTING THE PIXIES BACK! He's also in a black shirt! They had an outstanding back and forth match with OC showing a bit of a mean streak and landing a beach break on the apron after eating a strong zero on the apron. The gogoplata was locked on, but OC rolls him up to win it! Trent says he's done and goes through the crowd. FTW Title time!


Jericho puts a bag of dice in the ring and he eats a pair of suplexes on them! DOUBLE HIGH ANGLE BACK SUPLEX ON THE DICE! Northern lights by Hook onto Shibata, who responds with a side belly to belly! Hook and Shibata get kendo sticks and Shibata GETS TWO OF THEM! Jericho bonks them to no avail before HE GETS CLUBBERED! DEATH VALLEY DRIVER OFF THE TOP and Shibata lands on his head...can we maybe not ever do that again?! SHIBATA DROPKICK GETS 2! REDRUM but BIG BILL SAVES! Hook T-bones him off the apron through a table! BRYAN KEITH BREAKS UP THE FINISH THAT ENDED HIS MATCH and beats up Hook and Shibata up and JERICHO HIRED A BOUNTY HUNTER!


Mox vs. Takeshita is up and it's a nice, violent affair. Takeshita works the arm and snaps the shoulder on the apron. Mox does EVERYTHING to survive, including a tope! Inverted dudebuster into a wheelbarrow German! PARADIGM SHIFT OFF A KNEE ATTEMPT! TAKESHITA LANDS A DEATH RIDER FOR 2.9! Mox gets a desperation stomp and the death rider wins it! Callis' advice to demand the weapons was his undoing! 


TNT Title time with the BROOD EDGE theme being back  BROOD COPE is officially back here. Chair joust to start and The End is avoided as is the spear! Cope pulls barb wire down and slices up Black. Powerbomb into the cage by Cope and a Ligerbomb gets 2. AVALANCHE SUNSET POWERBOMB THROUGH THE TABLE GETS 2! Malakai lifts him up for the End, but COPE SPEARS HIM FOR 2.9! PILEDRIVER TO BLACK! Cope wraps him up in barb wire on a table! DIVING...we'll say elbow drop...well a splash would have been better. THAT GETS 2.9! MALAKAI SPEAR GETS 2.5! Cope gets kicked through the cage door! SPEAR ON THE FLOOR! HOUSE OF BLOOD teased but NO THEY ATTACK COPE! They get even more barb wire and Malakai puts the ring around his neck for The End. 

GANGREL ARRIVES THROUGH THE MAT FOR A SAVE! impaler! THE END TO GANGREL! SPEAR TO BLACK! GRINDHOUSE WITH THE CROSSFACE AND THE BARB WIRE! He passes out and that's it - it's a technical submission! Well that was goddamn insane! Willow vs. Mercedes Mone is up! Mercedes is a fantastic chickenshit heel here. Corner DVD but Mone avoids the cannonball! Meteora off Bret's Rope gets 2! Stoke and Kris distract and prevent the doctor bomb winning! Dr. Bomb turned into the crossface by Mone! STF CROSSFACE IS ON FROM MONE! Mone Maker hits and wins it! Kris and Stokely turn on her! Heel Stat is going to be a riot! 

Swerve vs, Cage is up for the World Title and unofficial father of the year. Swerve is hyped with a video showing his two years so far and a Warriors homage with Nana and the bottles. Brainbuster avoided into the falling deathdrop from Christian! Neckbreaker using the turtleneck and then a draping one that results in Taz saying he looks like Kenny with the gimick and Tony says it's also a bit of Cornholio. House call turned into a sharpshooter by Cage! Swerve stomp avoided, spear hits for 2.9! Cage's goons are thrown out! SWERVE GETS LOW-BRIDGED AND SMACKS THE STEPS! THE KILLSWITCH HITS AFTER THE WAYNE'S WORLD AND ONLY GETS 2.9! Killswitch is avoided on the table and SWERVE STOMP THROUGH IT! They get in at 9! JML turned into a victory roll for 2. MID-AIR HOUSE CALL! SWERVE STOMP AND THE HOUSE CALL END IT! This may have been the best match of the night.

Anarchy in the Arena features Team AEW jumping Perry and the heels and saving the full intro for Darby. His theme plays and the Bucks tell them to play a REAL BANGER - THEIR MUSIC before Danielson yells to turn that shit off and play his music AND IT'S FINAL COUNTDOWN TIME! They beat the shit out of each other until Matthew says turn that off - IT'S EXPENSIVE! Okada hits a dive with a RAINMAKER DRIVE sign! Darby gets into an accident of some sort off-screen as Perry drove a bus into him. Spike piledriver from FTR on Matt before an Okada bird flip is met with a Cash bite and a GODDAMN DROPKICK AND TOMBSTONE!

TK DRIVER ON DANIELSON ON THE POKER CHIPS! Dax DDTs Matt threw a chip! Nick swanton off the tunnel and JACK PERRY GRABS TONY KHAN! THE FLAMETHROWER IS USED ON JACK PERRY and the Bucks put him out with extinguishers that were briefly visible before in this match. Nick 450 on a can misses and COFFIN DROP ON OKADA GETS 2 WHEN THE BUCKS SAVE! CAN TO THE FACE OF DARBY! The Bucks and Okada hogtie Darby up to a wench! 


EXPLODING CHAIR FROM MATT TO DAX! TACK SLEEVE FOR THE RAINMAKER! TACK RAINMAKER TO CASH! New Bucks shoes WITH TACKS!


The Bucks call for Darby to be held up! DOUBLE TACK SUPERKICKS! Bryan gets a shoe and tacks up Matt! YES KICKS TO BOTH BUCKS! Busaiku knee with the chair gets 2! JACK PERRY HITS A BUSAIKU KNEE ON DANIELSON AS HE USES DARBY TO RISE UP! THE ELITE WIN IT! What an incredible show overall and a killer match to close it out. Easy five star-ish bout for Jack Perry and a showcase for his toughness ala Foley vs. Orton 20 years ago. 



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