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AEW Double or Nothing: Results, Grades, and Analysis

By Josiah MacDonald

TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 04: Chris Jericho vs Tetsuya Naito during the IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP NO DQ MATCH Chris Jericho vs Tetsuya Naito Wrestle Kingdom 13 at Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by New Japan Pro-Wrestling/Getty Images)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 04: Chris Jericho vs Tetsuya Naito during the IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP NO DQ MATCH Chris Jericho vs Tetsuya Naito Wrestle Kingdom 13 at Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by New Japan Pro-Wrestling/Getty Images) /
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Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki, & Emi Sakura vs. Hikaru Shida, Riho Abe, & Ryo Mizunami

Yuka Sakazaki and Hikaru Shida started the match. Yuka tried to distract Shida but failed. Mizunami and Kong squared off as the two power houses in the match got in the ring. Kong was too powerful, but Ryo wouldn’t give up and finally knocked her over with a shoulder tackle. Kong hit a series of strikes, and both tagged out with Sakura and Riho getting in the ring. Riho was able to maintain a bridge with after a Greco Roman wrist lock. Riho is only 21 years old, and she’s been wrestling for 13 years.

Sakura through Riho around and locked in a surfboard stretch before tagging out to Kong. Kong started to dominate the smaller woman with strikes as the crowd chanted “This is wrestling!” Nice to see the crowd appreciating the efforts of the women who are largely unknown to an American audience. Kong hit a killer piledriver on Riho, but her team made the save. Yuka tried to make the cover again, but Riho kicked out again.

Riho rolled through a pinfall attempt and hit a double stomp before making the hot tag to Ryo. Ryo managed to take everyone out, including Kong, with a spear! Mizunami hit a series of hard chops on Yuka. Ryo killed Yuka with a lariat to a roar from the crowd. Ryo hit a deadlift wheelbarrow suplex on Yuka. Riho hit a spinning head scissors on Kong, followed by a 619. Kong caught her and killed her with a backdrop driver though!

Riho kicked out, so Kong went for an elbow off the middle ropes, but Riho dodged. Shida went for a brainbuster on Kong, but Kong wouldn’t go up. Shida hit an enziguri but Sakura threw Kong’s can into the ring and Kong and Shida exchanged blows with a kendo stick and the can. Sakura tagged in, and the crowd shook the building with the “We Will Rock You” stomps and claps.

Sakura and Shida exchanged blows and Shida suplexed Sakura over the top rope before Ryo hit a leg drop off the top rope, but Yuka made the save. Riho hit a knew strike on Sakura, but Kong suplex Riho and Ryo both. Yuka did a springboard dive to the outside on Riho and Ryo. Kong hit a brainbuster on Shida, and Sakura hit a moonsault but Shida kicked out! The time keeper rang the bell in a mistake. Kong accidentally hit a spinning backfist on Shida, and Shida hit a running knee on Sakura for the pinfall victory!

Result: Hikaru Shida, Riho Abe, & Ryo Mizunami

Result: **** (4 stars out of 5)

This was an absolutely fantastic Japanese style tag match, and outside of the time keeper ringing the bell by accident, it was flawless.

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