AEW Double or Nothing 2021: Results, Grades, and Analysis

AEW Double or Nothing is the first wrestling pay-per-view that has a full capacity crowd since the COVID-19 pandemic began over a year ago, and it is a big one. Kenny Omega faced Orange Cassidy and PAC, defending his AEW World Championship, along with a Stadium Stampede between The Inner Circle and The Pinnacle.

If the Inner Circle loses their match, they will have to disband. All the titles in AEW were also defended, Sting returns to wrestle a match in front of a live crowd for the first time in 6 years, and the traditional Casino Battle Royal.

The Buy-In Pre Show

The pre-show of AEW Double or Nothing featured a special match between Riho and Serena Deeb for the NWA World Women’s Championship and featured a rundown of the matches of the PPV.

Riho vs. Serena Deeb (c) – NWA World Women’s Championship

Starting the show with Riho and Deeb was a very wise choice, especially because Riho is so over with the AEW fans. She got a massive pop from the crowd, and while Deeb did too, Riho came across as a major star.

After an exchange, Riho offered a handshake to Deeb, and Deeb slapped her, which led to a chorus of boos. Riho slapped her back and got a huge pop, and then dodged an attack with a cartwheel and managed to hit a flying crossbody. Deeb hit a big dropkick on the mat to Riho’s face, and posed to more boos, establishing Riho as the babyface in this match.

Deeb worked a very violent style in this match, brutalizing Riho with strikes and submissions, and the more she did it, the more the crowd got behind Riho. Excellent stuff. Deeb went for a superplex, but Riho fought out of it and hit a huge flying stomp, but due to the work on Riho’s knees, she immediately collapsed too, selling her knee.

Riho hit a Tiger Feint Kick for a 2 count, but Deeb managed to go right back into an Octopus Hold. Deeb put on a guillotine choke, but Riho countered into a Northern Lights Suplex for a 2 count. Riho went for a diving stomp onto the apron, but Deeb dodged, and Rhio crashed into the apron.

Deeb hit a dragon screw on the ropes, and then a Twist and Shout, but Riho kicked out. Deeb hit another dragon screw and a powerbomb, but Riho kicked out. Riho countered and hit a snap dragon suplex for a 2 count, and went for her running knees, but Deeb countered into a single leg crab.

Deeb countered a crucifix attempt into the Serenity Lock and smashed Riho’s knee into the mat several times before locking it in and getting the tap out. This was an incredible match.

Result: Serena Deeb

Rating: ****1/4 (4.25 stars)

This was the perfect match to have on the preshow, because after seeing that if you haven’t bought the PPV yet, you would be likely to. Riho was the perfect babyface, and she really is one of the best in AEW. Deeb is such a great worker and is at her peak in her work. My heart broke seeing Riho lose because she is just so great at making me want to cheer for her.

AEW Double or Nothing

The main card for AEW Double or Nothing opened with Brian Cage vs. Hangman Page, and it’s a very good choice. Hangman Page got a massive pop as he came out, and if it wasn’t clear before, Hangman Page is absolutely the right man to beat Kenny Omega when they get to All Out.

Hangman Page vs. Brian Cage (Team Taz)

Hangman started the match going right after Cage and attacking him, but Cage pulled him to the floor, drove him in the barricade, and sent him back in. Page made him pay for it with a suicide dive, but Cage caught him on a second dive and power bombed him into the ring post and threw him into the guardrail.

Cage got the heat for a bit here, including doing curls with Page. Page countered it into a crucifix bomb, however, and got a 2 count. After a few clothesline attempts, Hangman was finally able to go over the top rope with Cage. He then hit a huge moonsault from the top rope to the floor on Cage.

Page went for the Buckshot Lariat, but Cage cut him off and went for a powerbomb. Page countered out and hit a rolling elbow for a 2 count. Cage hit a few strikes and a neckbreaker on Page for a 2 count. Cage hit a stun gun on Page and went to the ramp and suplexed Page on the ramp. That was BRUTAL.

Cage then hit an F5 off the top rope for a 2 count. The crowd popped huge for Hangman kicking out, and Cage went for a Buckshot Lariat, but Page caught him with an F5. Page went for the Buckshot Lariat, but Cage ducked and dropped Page on his head with a German Suplex. After a series of moves and more kick outs from Page, Starks and Hook came out to help.

Starks threw the FTW Championship to Cage, but Cage threw it back at him and argued with Hook. Hangman then hit a Buckshot Lariat and got the 3-count. Absolutely fantastic match here.

Result: Hangman Page

Rating ****1/4 (4.25 stars)

Well, this match was awesome. Hangman Page is ridiculously over, and it’s clear he’s going to be the guy to dethrone Omega, and it’s going to be so sweet. He was so over with and the crowd was living or dying with every move he made. Absolutely fantastic stuff here.

Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston vs. The Young Bucks (The Elite) (c) w/ Don Callis & Brandon Cutler – AEW World Tag Team Championship

Moxley and Kingston went right after the Bucks and started brawling. They took the fight into the crowd, stuffing the streamers the Bucks launch into their throats, and beating them all around ringside to a massive ovation from the crowd. Moxley and Kingston killed Cutler when he tried to get involved, but Nick Jackson cut off Kingston and the match officially started.

Kingston just started beating the crap out of Nick Jackson to the delight of the crowd, but Nick cut him off with an eye poke and then hit some classic Young Bucks offense. Matt & Nick Jackson did a lot of showboating to showers of boos, but Moxley cut Matt off with a lariat on the floor.

Kingston hit an exploder on Nick Jackson and then tagged Moxley in, who proceeded to hit spike piledrivers on both Matt & Nick before locking on the Bulldog Choke on Matt. Moxley then hit a double DDT on both Bucks. Karl Anderson came out to distract the referee, but Kazarian came out and ran him off.

However, it was enough time for Matt Jackson to nail Moxley with the can of cold spray into Moxley’s head. The Bucks then hit the Indytaker on Moxley on the ramp and continued to work over Moxley’s bloody head. The Bucks then tried to mock The Shield, posing like Roman, and Moxley countered them and hit a double German suplex on both Bucks and made an incredible hot tag to Eddie Kingston.

Kingston ran wild, but after some back and forth, Moxley hit a doomsday device on Matt Jackson with the expensive shoes of the Bucks on his hand, but Nick Jackson made the save. Moxley went for a Paradigm Shift on Nick Jackson, but Nick flipped out of it and locked on a Sharpshooter.

Moxley finally hit the Paradigm Shift, but Matt Jackson made the save. The Bucks hit a double superkick, but Moxley kicked out at one. The crowd went insane, but the Bucks killed him with a double superkick and then hit 5 BTE Triggers on Moxley to finally pin him. This was an astonishingly great tag match.

Result: The Young Bucks

Rating: ****3/4 (4.75)

This was an absolutely incredible tag team match. My heart broke when they pinned Moxley, showing how invested I was in the babyfaces winning. This was a perfectly paced match, with everyone being incredible in their roles. This put all the heat on the Bucks, and I can’t wait for someone to put the heels in their place. Fantastic booking.

The Casino Battle Royale – Winner Gets an AEW World Championship Shot

Christian, Matt Sydal, Powerhouse Hobbs, Dustin Rhodes, and Max Caster started the match in the ring. Max Caster’s rap was so awesome on the way to ring. Caster and Sydal had a good exchange here, ending with Caster throwing out Sydal.

Matt Hardy came out and waited at the entrance to attack 10, but he saw it coming and beat up Hardy and Cassidy on the rap before entering the ring. Nick Comoroto and Serpentico made their way to the ring too, but Serpentico got thrown out right away. Preston Vance faced off with Comoroto, but Comoroto speared the crap out of him and almost eliminated Vance.

Dustin Rhodes threw Comoroto over the top rope, and Vance went out too. A bunch of guys got eliminated here, and Matt Hardy and Christian faced off to a huge pop, but Isiah Cassidy cut Christian off. The Varsity Blondes made their entrance, and Colt Cabana did as well. Cassidy bumped all over the ring like a mad man.

Anthony Bowens made his way in and nailed Brian Pillman Jr. Pentagon Jr. made his way in next to a huge pop, wearing Joker-like gear. Bowens and Cabana got eliminated. Griff Garrison got eliminated by Matt Hardy. The Hardy Family Office attacked Pentagon, but Pentagon slapped the crap out of Hardy and started beating on him, to the delight of the crowd.

Jungle Boy made his entrance to a massive pop, and the crowd sang his song in delight. Aaron Solow made his way down to the ring, and Evil Uno soon followed to a big pop. Jungle Boy dumped Pentagon over the top rope to a big pop, as everyone understood that meant a lot to see Jungle Boy beat a star like him.

Hobbs came back in, and he leveled Private Party. Hobbs was then thrown out to a big reaction from Christian. We are down to our final five, except the joker, with Private Party, Matt Hardy, Christian Cage, and Jungle Boy. The Joker made his way in, and it was Lio Rush! Rush ran wild, taking out Private Party and Matt Hardy.

Lio Rush is an NJPW contracted star, so that should really tell you all you need to know about what is happening with them and WWE. Rush was dumped by Hardy before Christian and Jungle Boy managed to eliminate Private Party. The crowd went insane singing Jungle Boy’s theme, and Hardy tried to use his history with Christian to double team Jungle Boy, but Christian dumped him from the ring.

Christian and Jungle Boy were the last two there, and the crowd was singing Jungle Boy’s theme loudly, and both men exchanged a huge amount near eliminations that had me on the edge of my seat. It came to an end when Jungle Boy finally managed to back suplex Christian over the top rope and win the match, to a massive reaction from the crowd.

Result: Jungle Boy

Rating: ***3/4 (3.75)

This was a very well worked battle royal, and it was clearly designed to get Jungle Boy over even more. As the match went on, I was slowly becoming more and more invested in Jungle Boy winning, which was by design. Christian working it as the vet trying to top the young guy, especially where Christian was the expected winner, to finally be eliminated by Jungle Boy was a significant elevation for him.

Anthony Ogogo (The Factory) w/ QT Marshall vs. ‘The American Dream’ Cody Rhodes w/ Arn Anderson

Honestly, as a Canadian, the patriot stuff for America does absolutely nothing for me, but this crowd loved Rhodes going in, and I do think it’s cool that Cody is going by “The American Dream” for this show. Ogogo has been a big babyface to me in terms of his promos and whatnot, but I do get why folks in the US would boo his promos as well.

Ogogo hit a big punch to Rhode’s stomach and an Olympic Slam on Rhodes, but Rhodes managed to hit a powerslam on Ogogo. Rhodes locked on a Cattle Mutilation, but Ogogo managed to get to the outside of the ring. Rhodes went for a dive, but Ogogo hit a forearm on him and then hit a German suplex back in the ring.

Rhodes continued to sell his ribs throughout this due to the punch from earlier. Ogogo hit a huge lariat on Rhodes and got a 2 count. QT Marshall hit a cheap shot on Rhodes, and Arn Anderson decided to chase him off with a chair. Rhodes hit a kick to Ogogo’s face and he went to the corner and came up bloody. I assume QT bladed him when Arn was coaching Cody.

This is a good story with Ogogo’s eyes. Cody went to superplex Ogogo off the top rope, but Ogogo countered with a punch and hit a frog splash on Rhodes, but he couldn’t make a 2-count due to his own injured ribs. Cody hit a dropkick after he hit the ropes, and locked on the figure four leglock.

Ogogo countered it with a jab to the face of Rhodes. Ogogo countered a Cross Rhodes attempt with a hook to the liver, and then an uppercut on Cody, but his arm was under the ropes. Cody countered The Guv’ner’s Hammer with Din’s Fire and scored the pinfall.

Result: ‘The American Dream’ Cody Rhodes

Rating: **3/4 (2.75 stars)

Ogogo looked very good in what was one of his first real wrestling matches on TV. He is still clearly green, but Cody did a good job with him here, and I think the finish was the right one. Ogogo isn’t quite ready to go over like that now, but it was not a bad first showing for him.

Lance Archer w/ Jake Roberts vs. Miro (c) – TNT Championship Match

Archer attacked Miro right away, hitting a moonsault off the top rope onto Miro for a 1-count. Archer choke slammed Miro through a table, but it wasn’t long until Miro hit a belly-to-belly suplex over the guardrail into some of the wrestlers at ringside. Miro then hit another one back into the ringside area.

Miro ran at Archer in the corner, but Archer responded with a crossbody, but Miro hit a spinning back kick on Archer, which was quite impressive. Miro kicked Archer right in the chest 3 times. Archer didn’t stay down for long and went for a moonsault off the top rope, but Miro rolled out of the way and hit a Samoan drop for a 2-count.

Jake Roberts came out with the snake but was unable to get it out of the bag before Miro cut him off. Miro grabbed the snake and threw it up the entrance ramp to boos from the crowd. Archer then cut Miro off before he could kick Jake with a huge chokeslam. Miro kicked out, and it wasn’t long before he was able to counter into the Game Over, holding Archer until he passed out.

Result: Miro

Rating: *** (3 stars)

This was a perfectly fine match between Miro & Archer that established Miro more as a monster heel again. The right guy won, and I’m interested to see where they go with it next. I can see Jungle Boy being the one to finally dethrone Miro later in the year for the TNT Championship.

Britt Baker w/ Rebel (not Reba) vs. Hikaru Shida (c) – AEW World Women’s Championship

Baker got the heat here for a bit with cheap tactics, gouging Shida’s eyes and mouth. Shida drove Baker into the guardrail and went for her flying knee off the chair, but hopped the apron when Baker tried to cut her off. Shida then hit a flying crossbody off the middle turnbuckle to the floor on both Baker and Reba.

Baker, however, continued to get the heat after managing to kick Shida. She used some cheap shots to keep the advantage, which got Shida angrier and angrier to the point that she fired up with some strikes that popped the crowd. The crowd, up until this point, was not as hot as I expected it to be for this match.

Shida decided to gouge Baker’s nose for revenge later, and then they both exchanged suplex attempts. Shida hit a knee strike to the back of Baker’s head, but she kicked out at 2. Baker hit a Fisherman’s Neckbreaker on Shida, but she kicked out at 2. Shida locked on a stretch muffler, but Baker made it to the ropes.

Baker superkicked Shida and hit a sling blade on Shida. Baker hit the Air Raid Crash, but Shida kicked out. Baker tried to apply the Lockjaw, but Shida kept fighting out. Baker almost got it, but Shida rolled backward and went into a fireman’s carry, but Shida slipped out. Shida grabbed the hair and hit a German suplex on Baker.

Shida hit a diving elbow strike for a 2-count. Shida tried to carry Baker with a fireman’s carry on Baker, but it looked like they slipped. Shida then hit a superplex and went for the Fireman’s Carry again, but Baker slipped out. Baker tried to drive Shida towards Rebel, but Shida dodged and she accidentally nailed Baker instead, but it was right in front of the referee.

From here, the crowd really started to get into it with the false finishes, including Shida kicking out of a curb stomp on Shida on the title belt. Shida hit two running knees, but Baker finally managed to put on the Lockjaw and forced the tap from Shida.

Result: Britt Baker

Rating: **1/2 (2.5 stars)

I hate giving this match such a low rating, mainly because they worked so hard, but they never seemed to get on the same page. The end really picked up the overall heat of the match, but it never quite got to where it should have been. With that being said, the false finishes at the end were great, and the fans were really happy. As Shida left the ringside area, the crowd chanted “Thank you Shida!” which was really classy. Tony Schiavone hugged Baker, to a nice reaction, and you can see that was a very genuine moment.

Scorpio Sky & Ethan Page vs. Darby Allin & Sting

Darby Allin immediately hit a suicide dive on Page, and Sting started brawling with Scorpio Sky. Scorpio Sky hit a suplex on Sting on the ramp, and Sting immediately no-sold it and threw Sky off the stage and hit a crossbody onto both Sky and Page. Sting looked incredible with his movement, showing none of his age. It’s absolutely astonishing that he is in his 60s.

Sting tagged in Allin, who got a little offense in, but Sky was able to cut him off with a nice slingshot cutter on Allin. Page threw Allin into the turnbuckles several times, which Allin bumped hard into them. After a few minutes of heat, Allin flipped out of a suplex and tagged in Sting, but the ref didn’t see it.

Ethan Page continued to get the heat on Darby, picking him up into a gorilla press and throwing him over the top rope into the front row onto his own brothers. That was insane. Allin kept reaching for Sting before grabbing the turnbuckle with his feet to block the Ego’s Edge. Allin locked on a sleeper and then flipped over into a stunner.

Allin made the hot tag to Sting, and he ran wild all over both men, hitting two Stinger Splashes and then a Code Red on Page. Sting tagged Allin in, but Sky knocked him off the top rope. Page took out Sting’s knee and launched Allin onto Sting. Page went for the Ego’s Edge on Page, but Sting cut him off with a Scorpion Death Lock, but he wasn’t the legal man.

Sky locked the kneebar on Allin, and Page and Allin started slapping each other while in submissions. Both men tagged, out, and Sky went after Sting’s leg but Sting no-sold it and went for a Stinger’s Splash, but Sky moved. Sky went for his slingshot cutter on Sting, but Sting hit blocked it and hit a Scorpion Death Drop for the pinfall to a massive reaction from the crowd.

Result: Darby Allin & Sting

Rating: ***1/2 (3.5 stars)

Sting looked amazing in this match. He was clearly running out of gas towards the end, but nothing he did looked bad, and he took great bumps and even more importantly, controlled the audience well. Allin, of course, was a real highlight, and the story was that Allin is the successor to Sting. This story is clearly working.

PAC vs. Orange Cassidy w/ Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, & Kris Statlander vs. Kenny Omega (c) w/ Don Callis – AEW World Championship

Omega came out wearing all 4 of his title belts, looking like the biggest star in the business. Omega sent Cassidy to the floor right away and then both PAC and Omega hit cross bodies on each other, falling the mat. OC slowly covered both men, then tried to draw them in by putting his hands in his pockets.

It worked, as he soon hit a hurricanrana on both men, and then hitting a suicide dive on PAC and a tornado DDT on Omega. PAC did not take kindly to this, and soon dropped Cassidy and hit an Asai Moonsault on Omega to the floor. PAC hit a shotgun dropkick off the top rope onto Cassidy and then hit one on Omega too.

PAC isn’t even breathing hard as he hit a third shotgun dropkick on both men. Omega managed to get up and hit You Can’t Escape on PAC before hitting a backstabber on Cassidy. OC went for a DDT on Omega again, but Omega countered into a backbreaker. Omega hit a second backbreaker on Cassidy for a 2-count.

Omega and Cassidy exchanged pinfall attempts and Omega tried to bridge out, but just as he did PAC nailed a 450 Splash on both of them, which looked brutal. Omega got up soon thereafter and hit 3 snap dragon suplexes. Omega then killed Cassidy with a V-Trigger but ate a German suplex from PAC. PAC hit a pump kick on Omega, but Omega threw OC in the way of PAC’s charge and hit a V-Trigger on PAC.

PAC tried a superkick, but Omega ducked and he nailed OC. Omega then hit a huge lariat on PAC and another V-Trigger on PAC. Omega went for a snap dragon off the top rope onto OC, but Cassidy fought out and put his hands in his pockets. PAC then ran up the ropes and hit an avalanche German suplex on Omega, who flew across the ring.

Cassidy hit a flip dive off the turnbuckle onto PAC, but Omega nailed him with a Tiger Driver ‘98 for a 2 count. PAC ended up on the shoulders of Omega, but PAC blocked the One-Winged Angel. PAC, unfortunately, got hit with a German suplex for his efforts for a 2-count. Omega then nailed Cassidy with two V-Triggers.

Cassidy put his hands in his pockets and then Flair flopped to the mat. PAC ate a chop from Omega and got hit with another V-Trigger. Cassidy grabbed Omega and hit a Michinoku Driver. PAC nailed OC with a brainbuster, and Omega was left laid out. PAC put OC on the top rope and tried to hit a vertical suplex, but Omega cut him off and OC spilled to the floor.

Omega went for a One-Winged Angel off the top rope but PAC countered into a powerbomb on Omega. PAC then hit an avalanche falcon arrow on Omega, but OC rushed in and threw PAC from the ring and got a near fall on Omega. OC did his kicks to the legs, and PAC just punted him right in the crotch and then hit the Fosbury Flop on Omega.

PAC then hit the Black Arrow on Cassidy, but Omega broke up the pinfall. PAC went for the Black Arrow, but Omega moved and went for the One-Winged Angel. PAC countered into the Brutalizer while Omega was standing. OC hit a punch that sent Omega flying backward and PAC crashed to the floor.

OC then hit a Beach Break on Omega, followed by a near fall. OC then hit an Orange Punch on PAC and Omega, but Callis pulled the referee from the ring. PAC sent Omega to the floor and locked the Brutalizer on OC. Omega kicked PAC in the face, but he wouldn’t break it up. Omega hit him a few more times, but he wouldn’t let go, so Omega just attacked the referee, and as it’s no DQ he can do it.

Omega then took each of hit title belts and hit PAC in the face with them, turned around and ate an Orange Punch from Cassidy, and Cassidy slowly crawled over to Omega as Aubrey Edwards made her way down to the ring to count the fall, but Omega countered into a crucifix pin and managed to pin Cassidy.

Result: Kenny Omega

Rating: ****1/2 (4.5 stars)

This was an absolutely fantastic title match that really made you believe that Orange Cassidy could win it. That was well done. PAC was a great foil to help keep the hope alive for Cassidy, and present a threat to Omega.

Tony Schiavone then announced that AEW has signed a new commentator for AEW Rampage, and it was ‘The World’s Strongest Man Mark Henry. This got a wonderful reaction from the audience.

Excalibur then ran down the card for AEW Dynamite, including that Jungle Boy will challenge Omega in 2 weeks on Dynamite.

The Pinnacle (MJF, Shawn Spears, Dax Hardwood, Cash Wheeler, & Wardlow) w/ Tully Blanchard vs The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana, Ortiz, & Jake Hager)

MJF arrived at the stadium in a limo and cut a promo on Jericho before The Inner Circle repelled down the scoreboard towards the field, and MJF looked puzzled as they were lowered down like a seal team. They made their way towards the limo, but MJF hid in it and awaited the arrival of the rest of the Pinnacle in FTR’s truck.

Jericho and MJF brawled around the limo, but MJF tried to get away from him and ran up a hallway. The rest of the Inner Circle and Pinnacle brawled all around the ring at center field. Jericho and MJF brawled around a catering area and Jericho was merciless with weapons on MJF, beating him all around the room.

The coaches of the Jacksonville Jaguars were in a room, and they gave a football and laptop to Jericho to use on MJF, and the coach yelled “Holy s***” as Jericho sent MJF flying through a table. Wardlow and Hager brawled in an area with a freezer, and Wardlow tried to stab Hager with an icicle, but Hager dodged it. Wardlow speared Hager through a wall.

Sammy Guevara was calling for Spears, and Spears was in a room full of steel chairs. Guevara dodged some of the chairs with some parkour moves, which was great. Guevara did some really amazing things here, running up walls and jumping all over the place to strike Spears. Spears caught him on a crossbody and lawn darted him into a door.

Spears went for a chair, but Guevara avoided it. Spears drove Guevara face-first into a scissors lift. Guevara ran at Spears but Spears threw a ladder into his face. Spears pulled out handcuffs and cuffed Sammy to a shelf leaving him for dead.

Santana and Ortiz entered a club area and told FTR they weren’t done. They beat up some random clubbers, and then Tully Blanchard served all four men a drink before letting them brawl. Konnan was the DJ and changed the music, which was great. Konnan helped Santana and Ortiz, as we got an LAX reunion. That was awesome. They brawled into an elevator.

We went back to Wardlow and Hager, as they brawled around the Jaguar’s equipment area and onto the back of a cart. Wardlow tried to powerbomb Hager off it, but Hager low blowed him and then chokeslammed Wardlow through some shelving.

Jericho and MJF brawled around the offices, and there was a cardboard cutout of Shad Khan that MJF accidentally punched. Jericho said “You’re going to get in trouble!” which popped me. Jericho stapled a card that said “Thank you” to MJF’s head and then ripped it off. MJF piledrived Jericho onto the board room table and barely kicked out.

MJF grabbed a hammer and went to hammer Jericho’s broken elbow, but Jericho hit MJF with a garbage can and grabbed his baseball bat from a place he stored it before the show, and nailed MJF with it. Jericho then threw MJF through a glass door, leaving MJF a bloody mess, which delighted Tony Schiavone.

Some bikers chased Shawn Spears. Okay. MJF and Jericho brawled back into Daily’s Place, to a roar from the crowd. MJF was a bloody mess, and he tried to throw Jericho over the balcony. Jericho fought back and hit him with a huge light and powerbombed MJF through a part of the production area.

Sammy Guevara was then driving a cart and ran over Shawn Spears with it back into Daily’s Place, and the crowd roared. Spears managed to hit Sammy with a chair and aimed to take his head off with a shot, and Sammy flipped him off before Spears nailed him in the shoulder. Guevara managed to hit Spears with the GTH and then curbstomped Spears into a chair before hitting a 630 senton, pinning him.

Result: The Inner Circle

As it was mostly a cinematic match, I won’t give it a star rating, but this was a lot of fun as a match, and finishing back in Daily’s Place was a great call. Very fun match that sent the crowd home happy with the babyface going over in the end.

Final Thoughts

This was a very fun AEW PPV. The crowd was hot for most of the night and it really came across as a promotion that was very hot right now. AEW needed a good finish to this PPV after having some trouble with show-closing stuff lately, and this definitely delivered.

I could go on and on about how great Riho, Hangman Page, Moxley, and Kingston are as babyfaces, but suffice to say they were real highlights throughout the show. This was a fun PPV, and absolutely worth the price to watch. Great show from AEW.

Show Rating: **** (4 stars)