Jade Cargill’s 508-day reign as TBS champion came to a big screeching halt last night at Double or Nothing as she suffered her first loss in AEW and lost the title to the returning Kris Statlander.
Cargill had just defeated Taya Valkyrie in her scheduled match on the pay-per-view but Mark Sterling then cut a promo saying that the undefeated Cargill would defend her title anywhere at any time against anyone.
Cue in Statlander’s music and in 48 seconds, Statlander ended Cargill’s streak after hitting a tombstone for the pinfall victory.
Cargill had 25 successful defenses of the AEW TBS title and 60 consecutive wins.
Statlander was last seen on AEW TV in August and was out for several months after she suffered a torn ACL.
It was revealed last night before the AEW World title match that Tay Melo, the wife of Sammy Guevara, is pregnant.
The announcement was made via cue cards during Guevara’s entrance.
“It’s time for the big match,” read the first cue card, and that was followed by, “But first…” and then, “We have big news to share.” Next came, “We are having a baby,” which actually got a big pop from the Vegas crowd.
It was certainly a different way to tell the world and judging by the reaction, it worked.
Sammy and Tay revealed they were dating in January of last year and got engaged and married a few months later. Guevara actually proposed to his former girlfriend in an AEW ring five months prior to the two going public with their relationship.
Here are the results from Double or Nothing 2023 which took place last night from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Hardys and Hook defeated Ethan Page and The Gunns in a six-man tag team match in the Buy In show; Orange Cassidy won the 21-man Blackjack Battle Royale to retain the AEW International title; Adam Cole defeated Chris Jericho in an unsanctioned match; FTR defeated Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal to retain the AEW World Tag Team titles; Wardlow defeated Christian Cage in a ladder match to retain the AEW TNT title; Toni Storm defeated Jamie Hayter to become the new AEW Women’s champion; The House of Black defeated The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn in an Open House Rules six-man tag team match to retain the AEW World Trios titles; Jade Cargill defeated Taya Valkyrie to retain the AEW TBS title; Kris Statlander defeated Jade Cargill to become the new AEW TBS champion; MJF defeated Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin, and Jack Perry in a four-way match to retain the AEW World title; Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta defeated Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, and “Hangman” Adam Page in an Anarchy in the Arena match.
Here are the results from last night’s NXT Battleground which took place from the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Wes Lee defeated Tyler Bate and Joe Gacy in a triple threat match to retain the NXT North American title; Noam Dar defeated Dragon Lee in a British Rounds Rules match to retain the NXT Heritage Cup; Ilja Dragunov defeated Dijak in a last man standing match; Gallus defeated The Creed Brothers to retain the NXT Tag Team titles; Tiffany Stratton defeated Lyra Valkyria in the tournament final to become the new NXT Women’s champion; Carmelo Hayes defeated Bron Breakker to retain the NXT title.
Double or Nothing returns to your television screens tonight with another big card on pay-per-view.
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The four pillars are set to collide for the AEW World title but everyone knows three of those pillars stand no chance of winning the title. MJF is the heavy favorite with odds at 1/16 while Allin, Guevara, and Perry are at 5/1, 6/1, and 8/1 respectively.
Anarch in the Arena will be bedlam, that is for sure. The Elite and the Blackpool Combat Club will beat the living hell out of each other and we will love it. With that said, the team of The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, and Hangman Page are favorites with 4/6 odds while Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and Bryan Danielson are 11/10.
Adam Cole is involved in his first PPV match since his return and his first in nearly a year as he takes on Chris Jericho in an unsanctioned match. Cole is 1/4 favorite and Jericho is 11/4 underdog.
Jaime Hayter will defend her AEW Women’s title against Toni Storm and the champ has the edge right now with 8/11 odds while Storm is 1/1.
FTR take on Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett in an AEW World Tag Team titles match. The team of FTR are 1/10 heavy favorites to retain their straps while Lethal and Jarrett are 11/2.
Will Jade Cargill’s undefeated streak come to an end? Bookmakers think not. Cargill is 2/9 favorite to retain the TBS title while Taya Valkyrie is 3/1 for the upset.
Wardlow defends his TNT title against Christian Cage and the champion is 2/5 favorite as of now while Cage is 7/4 for his first AEW title.
21 men will enter the Blackjack Battle Royale for a shot at the AEW International title. Orange Cassidy, the champ, is the favorite to retain with 4/6 odds while anyone else not Orange Cassidy is 11/10.
The Buy In match will have Matt and Jeff Hardy teaming up with Hook to take on Ethan Page and The Gunns. The faces are 2/9 favorites while the heels are 11/4.
Grab yourself a pre-game beer and let me take you through the show – it is a holiday weekend right? 😉
Since it’s time once again to forensically analyze guys – and girls – fighting in tight shorts.
Three categories: star quality, match quality, build. For each we’ll assign a score out of 10. To get a total score with which to rank the matches. Star quality is within the company/to the company’s fans.
Although it’s me picking the scores, I’m trying to be impartial, this isn’t a list of my favorites. If scores are even, matches’ll then be ranked according to personal preference.
We’ll then predict the winner(s) of each contest.
Without further ado.
Orange Cassidy defends International Title against 20 men in a Black Jack Battle Royal
Star quality: 5 – Some stars, watered down by other entrants: Jay White, Juice Robinson, Ricky Starks, Brian Cage, Keith Lee, Swerve Strickland, Dustin Rhodes, Penta, Fenix, Kip Sabian, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta, Tony Nese, Ari Daivari, Big Bill, Lee Moriarty, Bandido, Butcher, Blade, Komander,
Match quality: 2 – That might be kind. Battle royals are rarely fun as far as action goes.
Build: 1 – A well-shown story of Cassidy being worn down by an insane schedule countered by throwing a bunch of people into yet another battle royal.
Pay-per-view should separate the best from the rest. They could’ve made this a ten-man featuring the stars already in feuds.
If the announcers tell me how great Butcher is in battle royals one more time…
Overall Score: 8
It’d be complete malpractice not to have Cassidy’s reign end one-on-one to an opportunistic heel. Jay White would be perfect given the frequency of defenses and need to work with anyone.
Though perhaps they want to end the DVD with a gangbang scene?
Aaaanyway, I’m going with the Juiceman.
WINNER: Orange Cassidy
(I’m assuming…) House of Black vs the Acclaimed & Billy Gunn (House Rules, Trios Titles)
Star quality: 6 – The House were as over as anyone at Revolution; they’ve done nothing notable since the post-Revolution Dynamite. Essentially the same could be said of their opponents. Another worrying pattern in AEW’s booking.
Match quality: 5 – The formula for the trios titles at a ppv has been: no build+kickass match. Of the challengers, only Bowens is on that level.
Build: 0 – Another part of the formula: they announce the match a few days before the show. This time reducing it to 48 hours. On the B show.
The only actual ‘build’ being the challengers winning a bad battle royal everyone wanted the Lucha Bros & Vikingo to win. And Anthony Bowens making a ‘don’t bet on Black’ joke Friday night.
Overall Score: 11
Part of me wonders why you’d introduce House of Black Rules three weeks before they lose the belts. The other says AEW have made it clear the House aren’t a priority. And the Acclaimed are a homegrown act very popular with the younger audience.
WINNER: the Acclaimed & Billy Gunn
(Pre-show) The Hardys & Hook vs the Gunns & Ethan Page (if Matt’s team wins, he gets control of Ethan’s contract)
Star quality: 5 – So I really like Ethan Page. But he’s rarely presented seriously. And the Gunns went from a team who never appear on tv, to tag champs, to a team who never appear on tv.
Matt Hardy’s same ol’ same ol’. But all three good guys should get a friendly greeting from the Vegas faithful.
Match quality: 5 – Without the bells and whistles of a cinematic clash, there aren’t enough quality workers here to make this anything above solid. If it rises above this, Ethan Page has had himself a night.
Build: 3 – Much like Hangman/Mox, it seemed this feud (Hardys/Isiah vs Ethan) had finished: there was a big gimmick match, the babyfaces clearly won – yet AEW added a couple new players and decided to keep it going.
Merely flipping whose contract was up for grabs and organizing a single attack from behind. After which Kassidy was replaced by Hook. They revealed this on Rampage, a mere 48 hours before the show, to a third of the Dynamite audience.
Overall Score: 13
Instinct says the Hardys win since they’ve made it pretty clear they want the tag belts. Though it leaves one to wonder how long they can keep this going if Ethan is indeed to become Matt’s lackey. Presumably Hook actually gets the win.
WINNER: The Hardys & Hook
Jamie Hayter vs Toni Storm (Women’s Title)
Star quality: 5 – Again, that’s not a reflection on the girls, but the booking.
No-one, not a single person male, female or identification of choice has been overlooked between ppv’s like the women’s champ. AEW’s nasty habit of leaving folks off tv with no explanation has again damaged a popular act.
And presumably Hayter will remain fairly popular. But when it comes to Toni, we still don’t even know who her ballyhooed ‘four wins in five nights’ came against and in her rare televised matches she generally sneaks pins after a tidal wave of interference.
Match quality: 7 – Their clash at November’s Full Gear was very good. During last week’s promo, Toni emphasized that she’s different now. Which is both good and bad.
In that we now have a clearer heel/babyface dynamic. But she’s with the Outcasts – who pile interference on matches like manure on plants. Without the positive results.
The only reason this match doesn’t score higher.
Build: 1 – Toni injured Jamie’s shoulder. It was absolutely fine on the 3/5 Dynamite. Then it wasn’t on the 10th. Nothing happened in between.
Overall Score: 13
About a month ago, the Outcasts promised one of them would take Jamie’s title. Then hinted at some dissension around which of the three might do it. So it seems this is the direction they’ll go.
Reinforced by the heels reinjuring Hayter’s shoulder on Rampage. Providing an ‘out’.
WINNER: Toni Storm
Jade Cargill vs Taya Valkyrie (TBS Title)
Star quality: 4 – When these two appear on-screen, they win. Albeit against enhancement talent.
And while Jade’s act is tired, she still gets a decent response and looks like a star. Similarly, Taya has presence and charisma.
Then, they disappeared for weeks (drink at home).
Match quality: 4 – If done well, they could build an interesting story around Jade desperately avoiding Taya’s finish. Though Jade still needs some help in the ring. It’s unfortunate that 2+ years into her run, she’s still pretty green…
Build: 6 – … but, for the first time in that 2+ years, AEW have convinced me she might lose. I’m actually interested in this match. And that’s the art of pro wrestling (lower case, Colt!). A match doesn’t have to be 5* if the outcome is interesting.
There’s a real story here – it wasn’t executed perfectly but it was easy to understand. Jade has Taya’s move banned, Taya goes to use it and it costs her the match. So what’d happen if it wasn’t?
And to the criticism Valkyrie looked dumb doing the above, look at injured sportsmen. How frequently do they try to do too much on a sprained ankle or a broken finger because in the heat of battle they momentarily forget the injury?
If we’re pretending this is real – and we are – it’s perfectly reasonable that in a big title match Taya would reflexively go for the move that bags her big wins.
Unfortunately, both then disappeared for weeks until we were told on the 19/5 Rampage that Taya had been banned for attacking the refs. Just before she returned to smack Jade with the move in question and use the champ’s catchphrase against her.
Overall Score: 14
The question’s been asked before but if not Taya, who? If it was going to be Mercedes at Forbidden Door that ship’s sailed. The only other possibility being Kris Statlander who should be returning soon.
I do believe it’s possible Valkyrie might win here. It’ll be interesting to see how they build around Road to Valhalla and how far those in attendance buy it as a possibility. But if I had to put money on it, I’d stick with the champ.
WINNER: Jade Cargill
FTR vs Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal (Mark Briscoe special ref, Tag Titles)
Star quality: 5 – My thoughts on the J’s are well-established. But this score reflects more on the status of both champs and division. The latter of which is at its lowest since AEW started. Further dragging down champions who aren’t exactly scorching hot.
FTR should be having badass matches at least twice a month.
Match quality: 6 – Lethal is solid in the ring, Jarrett moves incredibly well for his age. And FTR just don’t have bad matches.
What could drag this down is outside shenanigans – already rather galling among the heels – and that’s before the debut of Karen Jarrett who’ll presumably receive some level of focus here or why bring her in?
Since both singles resulted in the heels winning in obnoxiously screwy fashion – including a previously banned Sonjay Dutt running through the ring in full view of the same ref who banned him.
Build: 4 – There is a clear story here. If a little rushed. The heels are playing off Jay Lethal’s friendship with the deceased Jay Briscoe to manipulate his brother Mark. While FTR genuinely have Briscoe’s best interests at heart and are looking to prove said manipulation.
‘You cannot help them make you look stupid’ said Cash to Mark on Weds. And yet he has. The bad guys using Mark’s peace offering to blind and attack the champs right in front of him. Then shoving him into a Dax piledriver.
This isn’t a subtle story where we can see what Mark can’t and want him to see it too. Not to mention his own father warned him about them.
Overall Score: 15
This’ll obviously come down to where Mark Briscoe’s loyalties lie. The guy just absolutely cannot go heel this soon after such a tragedy. And these belts need stability, they need to be on a team thoroughly established as world class, they need to be on FTR.
Viewed through the prism of Forbidden Door (most everything here should be since it’s a sprint to the next show) it’s hard to envisage Jeff Jarrett working a New Japan tag. While FTR have already donned the colors.
WINNER: FTR
Wardlow vs Christian (Ladder Match, TNT Title)
Star quality: 6 – ‘Whooo flatter than Wardlow?’ New haircut, same gimmick, same character.
Cage has a nice aura as a heel but reliance on cheap heat has only worsened in recent weeks.
Match quality: 6 – Wardlow remains unproven in longer matches since he never has any. Certainly, he is not the build for ladder matches. And nor should Christian be taking crazy bumps and flying all over the place – he’s more than paid his dues in that regard.
That said, the vet’s a master at laying out matches. I’m assuming he’ll figure a way to work around the ladder rather than through it.
Build: 3 – Standing and staring someone down from the ramp only works if it’s a match fans are already dying to see: Reigns/Zayn.
And why on earth is this a ladder match? Christian attacked Wardlow once with the weapon in question. There is just nowhere near the level of antipathy here to reach immediately for a gimmick match.
Although perhaps that’s the problem. There was so little meat that they threw a gimmick on the bone.
Overall Score: 15
Honestly, the victor is anyone’s guess. At this stage, after spending the best part of eighteen months defecating on the TNT title and its champions, nothing would surprise.
The big man should win, but…
WINNER: Wardlow
MJF vs Sammy Guevara vs Jack Perry vs Darby Allin (AEW Title)
Star quality: 7? – That question mark’s there for good reason. The three challengers’ stock fluctuates wildly week to week.
Max is one of the biggest stars in the company. Darby’s just a notch below ‘main-event’. But the other two are very firmly mid-card. Particularly given Perry’s recent destruction by Rush.
Admittedly, as a long-time fan the Four Pillars thing helps. They’ve talked about it for years, making the weaker two seem more credible than they actually are. If they’d thrown Sammy and Perry in against say… Mox and Kenny, it wouldn’t be the same.
Match quality: 8 – It shouldn’t need stating by now that Max is more than a mouthpiece. Sammy’s spectacular; Perry’s an excellent athlete. Darby might actually kill himself to make the match good.
A four-way was the best of some bad choices. We might not think there’s a sniff of Darby pinning MJF. But he might pin Sammy.
Build: 5 – Upon thinking how to describe this feud the hook to that Katy Perry song honestly started playing in my head – up/down, yes/no etc. So a ‘5’ seems fair.
It’s good that young, home-grown talent has been given a chance to go for gold. Would it have been better if Sammy and Perry were on hot streaks before it all started? Sure. But this seems like a short-term loss for long-term gain situation. Depending on how all are presented going forward.
Since Guevara in particular is so all over the place one might believe he’s drunk when cutting promos. One week a money-grubbing, sell-your-soul heel; the next a chase-your-dreams babyface.
And both Perry and Allin have been dislikable at times during this feud.
Then there are the insider references. Worst of all from Max. Threatening to leave with the belt while the company’s flat is such a bad look.
But easily the most damaging was the Rush/Perry segment last week. One main-event babyface demolished by a mid-card heel who rarely makes tv; another (Darby) beaten down by a man whose moniker is the Assistant.
Perhaps this’ll later be revealed as a pivot-point for a turn. But ahead of a match where no-one believes MJF is losing. It was at absolute best counterproductive.
On the subject, all three challengers have been tempted by the Devil. All three have shown heel tendencies. Essentially, since there isn’t much doubt about who is winning, the real question is how?.
Max and Sammy had great chemistry and were wildly entertaining together. Will he take the money? Jack Perry has a hot girlfriend who’s already a heel (and was brought up several times here). Will he finally tire of being too nice for his own good and join her on-screen? An increasingly cocky Darby Allin’s been a dick to Perry.
Overall Score: 20
On Wednesday they positioned Max as having the odds against him. So who’ll help him retain?
Most likely, Darby has the match won and is thwarted by whoever’s turning, leading to Max snatching the win.
WINNER: MJF
Chris Jericho vs Adam Cole (Unsanctioned Match)
Star quality: 8 – Jericho’s presented as a top star. Cole comes and goes from that position but his trajectory has been upward since returning.
Match quality: 7 – Lately, Jericho’s worked to the level of opponents – solid enough against Starks; slow and plodding against Lee. Adam Cole’s a lot better than both. I’m typically not for these match types but it’s hard to see it being anything less than good (side note – really hope they’re going to bear Cole’s brutal concussion in mind here).
They’ve all but told us there’s going to be mass interference. Might drag it down.
Build: 6 – After having the ‘love of (Cole’s) life’ beaten down while he watches, Jericho called him a ‘coward, I want nothing to do with someone who’d allow that to happen’. Beautiful psychology: a cowardly heel hiding behind – & blaming the babyface for – his own despicable acts.
Cole’s uncontrollable response to this was just right. And the Ocho’s labelling of it as an ‘unprovoked attack’ was again superb. As was his being petrified to even be in the same building as Cole.
Until he wasn’t. Suddenly deciding on Rampage to tear up Cole’s ban: not only was he no longer afraid, he actually rushed to brawl with Cole.
Then there’s another issue.
Since attacking Britt, Cole’s got the better of Jericho physically and intellectually every single week. He beat him down backstage, outsmarted him and gave him the Boom to cost him the match vs Strong. Even Britt got to paintbrush the vet and call him ‘Bitch Jericho’. And is apparently physically fine – not a single mention of her injuries during recent tags.
Cole seems to have gained his revenge. And Jericho’s no longer running and hiding.
Putting a capper on everything was Cole’s strong promo work Wednesday, contrasted with the very strange reveal of Sabu as ‘Special Enforcer’.
Overall Score: 21
Scrubbed from the 17/5 Dynamite was Britt Baker interrupting MJF and implying Adam Cole’s his next challenger. If it wasn’t already clear Cole was continuing his upward trajectory, that’ll seal it.
WINNER: Adam Cole
The Elite vs the Blackpool Combat Club (Anarchy in the Arena)
Star quality: 9 – Three of the six world champions in company history are in this match. As is last ppv’s top contender. The former tag champs. And the current ROH Champion.
Match quality: 9 – AitA is not my bag – action here; action there; action elsewhere – tough to follow the thread of the match. But last year’s version was tremendously well received. And this year’s possesses better workers.
Build: 6 – Great angles; bad story. Two examples to speak for the whole:
Bryan Danielson’s return was superb. The crowd were happy to see him and furious when he attacked Omega. Even more so as the BCC continued a gang attack. But it was never explained why the Dragon went from ‘be with my kids’ babyface to a lunatic heel raving about ‘amateurs’.
Ditto the Elite’s reunion last Wednesday. A moment years in the making. Yet in typical AEW fashion, they hadn’t mentioned the former world champion(!) the whole time he was off tv. No reminders, no sympathy, no concern about whether he’d ever wrestle again. Just – here he is, eyepatch and all, sucks if you missed that angle last month. Is he blind? Who knows?
And the only thing that’s actually come close to explaining the ‘why’ of the story is a throwaway line by Moxley that the BCC are the ‘only Elite in this business’. Which would’ve been as good a reason as any if they’d started with that.
Overall Score: 24
There’s been absolutely no explanation for Callis’ turn on Kenny. That might just be AEW being AEW. But let’s assume it’s not and that Callis plays a part in the finish. Or more specifically, Takeshita does.
He keeps losing. And has a manipulator in his ear. Given the Bucks cost the heels a chance at the ROH tag titles Wednesday, they’ve already had a little payback. And there’s absolutely no reason to conclude the feud here.
For a start, there’s Blood & Guts. For another, there are singles, tag and trios possibilities to help lagging tv ratings.
Forbidden Door gets in the way a bit.
Though you could keep this going and throw Okada (been teaming with Kenny, recently begun feuding with BCC in New Japan) or Ibushi on one side and Ospreay* on the other to keep that fire burning while holding off on the big singles rematch.
*Injury permitting
WINNER: BCC
Overall Thoughts
If you’re going to this show, it’s because you’re an AEW die-hard. As of very recently, they’d sold around 7000 tickets for a show they easily sold out in 2019 before the company even really existed.
It takes place on the 28th May. On the 12/5 Rampage they pushed tickets for it. And could advertise precisely one match.
That’s not a pitch for casual fans who’d have to tune-in at the exact right time during the last two Dynamites to catch the card. Not to mention have the means and freedom to purchase everything necessary ten days or less beforehand.
They assume fans are coming.
Similarly, if you’re buying this show on ppv, it’s because you’re an AEW die-hard.
I know the backstory of the Elite because I’ve watched every week since 2020. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t know Page and Kenny used to tag, wouldn’t know Page beat Kenny for the title, wouldn’t know the Bucks couldn’t bring themselves to stop him despite being on opposite sides at the time. Wouldn’t know they’d been apart for two years.
They assume fans already do.
And as for being a fresh, young alternative – six of the ten matches feature a wrestler from the Attitude Era. Two of them in singles.
While it can be argued that every belt excepting the International is worse off since the last ppv.
‘I don’t mean to be mean’ as Eminem once rapped. But big improvements are needed amid the busiest big-show period in company history.
To not end on a completely miserable note (too late?) I’ll twist Thanksgiving on y’all and say what I’m looking forward to: AitA, AEW title match (& who helps Max win), whether Jade loses and the outside shot HOB have a different challenger since it is nominally an open challenge.
It looks like Jimmy Uso superkicking Roman Reigns was a big hit not only with the fans inside the Jeddah Superdome, but also online.
In just 20 hours, the video clip of Jimmy hitting his cousin not once, but twice, amassed over 8 million views across WWE’s YouTube and Twitter accounts.
On YouTube, the video had 1.8 million views while on Twitter, the clip did a whopping 6.4 million views, outnumbering any other clip from Night of Champions many times over.
Just for comparison, the whole Night of Champions highlight video did less than a million views on YouTube and the next most-popular video of the weekend was Triple H crowning Seth Rollins with the World Heavyweight title at under half a million views.
Live tonight from the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, WWE presents NXT Battleground on Peacock and WWE Network. The full card is as follows:
Carmelo Hayes vs Bron Breakker for the NXT title; Lyra Valkyria vs Tiffany Stratton in the tournament final for the vacant NXT Women’s title; Noam Dar vs Dragon Lee in a British Rounds Rules match for the NXT Heritage Cup; Wes Lee vs Tyler Bate vs Joe Gacy in a triple threat match for the NXT North American title; Ilja Dragunov vs Dijak in a last man standing match; Gallus vs The Creed Brothers for the NXT Tag Team titles.
The show will start at 8PM ET while the Kickoff show will air on all of WWE social media networks starting at 7:30PM ET.
Live tonight from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, AEW presents Double or Nothing on pay-per-view and Bleacher Report. The full card is as follows:
MJF vs Sammy Guevara vs Darby Allin vs Jack Perry in a four-way match for the AEW World title; Jamie Hayter vs Toni Storm for the AEW Women’s World title; FTR vs Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal for the AEW World Tag Team titles with Mark Briscoe as the guest referee; Wardlow vs Christian Cage for the AEW TNT title; Jade Cargill vs Taya Valkyrie for the AEW TBS title; The House of Black vs TBD in an Open House six-man tag team match for the AEW World Trios titles; Adam Cole vs Chris Jericho in an unsanctioned match with Sabu as the guest enforcer; Blackpool Combat Club vs The Elite in an Anarchy In The Arena match; 21-man battle royal for the AEW International title; and Ethan Page and The Gunns vs The Hardys in the Buy In show.
The participants in the Blackjack Battle Royale for the International title are Ari Daivari, Bandido, Big Bill, Brian Cage, Chuck Taylor, Dustin Rhodes, Jay White, Juice Robinson, Keith Lee, Kip Sabian, Komander, Lee Moriarty, Penta El Zero Miedo, Orange Cassidy, Rey Fenix, Ricky Starks, Swerve Strickland, The Blade, The Butcher, Tony Nese, and Trent Beretta.
Double or Nothing starts at 8PM on pay-per-view with the Buy In show starting at 7PM ET airing on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
Current ROH World champion Claudio Castagnoli will be making his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut on the Dominion show on June 4.
Castagnoli, who never wrestled for the Japanese promotion before, will be teaming up with his BCC team mate Jon Moxley and Shota Umino as they take on Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team titles.
Castagnoli had expressed his wish in the past to wrestle at a New Japan show but that was not possible while he was part of WWE. He made his AEW debut at the AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door last June in Chicago.
Dominion 6.4 will take place at the Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka.
FITE is running a promotion for the remaining four AEW pay-per-views which is available for the majority of countries around the world.
The AEW 2023 PPV Bundle will include Double or Nothing, Forbidden Door, All Out, and Full Gear all available for $71.99. Typically, each pay-per-view is priced at $19.99 so there’s not much savings per se, only $7.97 off the regular price if purchased individually.
FITE airs all AEW pay-per-views and content internationally where there are no TV or PPV agreements in the region.
All purchases come with unlimited replays and FITE is available on most streaming devices.
AEW is back in Las Vegas for the annual Double or Nothing tomorrow night and it’s another loaded card.
Today we will take a look at the early betting odds for the top matches and then tomorrow we’ll run down the odds for the full card. After checking out the odds, take a look at https://bitcasinos.net/bitcoin-casino-bonuses/ for casino games!
The AEW World title will be up for grabs in a four-way match between the pillars of the company, with champion MJF, Jack Perry, Sammy Guevara, and Darby Allin. MJF is the overwhelming favorite to retain the title tomorrow with odds of 1/16. Darby is 5/1 second favorite, Guevara is 6/1, and Jungle Boy is 8/1.
Anarchy in the Arena returns for what will be another wild encounter, this time between The Elite and the Blackpool Combat Club. The Elite are 4/6 favorites to come out victorious while the BCC are 11/10 underdogs.
The AEW Women’s title will be defended by the Brit Jamie Hayter against the New Zealander Toni Storm. Hayter has a slight advantage in the odds with 8/11 as favorite while Storm is 1/1 to regain the title.
Chris Jericho and Adam Cole will fight in an unsanctioned match, a match which will have ECW legend Sabu also appearing. Cole is the favorite heading into Sunday with 1/4 odds while Jericho is currently 11/4 underdog.
The Bloodline implosion has started on Roman Reigns’ 1000th day as Undisputed WWE Universal champion.
At Night of Champions, Jimmy Uso snapped and super kicked The Tribal Chief not once, but twice! The chaos started when The Usos came out to help their brother and cousin and each super kicked Sami Zayn. The third superkick did not go as planned as Sami ducked and instead Solo ate a double superkick from his brothers.
Reigns, on the outside, saw all this and was fuming. He entered the ring and asked why they were there and pushed Jimmy aside. Jay touched Reigns and Reigns told him not to touch him and pushed him aside too. But this time, from the side, in came Jimmy Uso who took Reigns’ head off with a superkick to massive pop from the Saudi crowd.
Jay asked his brother what has he done and Jimmy told him he did what he should have done months ago. And with that, he delivered a second superkick to Reigns who was on his knees at this point recovering from the first one.
The two exited the ring and Kevin Owens entered and hit Solo with a Stunner and Zayn followed with a Helluva Kick as a second referee came down to count to three.
Here are the results from today’s Night of Champions premium live event which took place from the Jeddah Superdome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Seth Rollins defeated AJ Styles to become the new WWE World Heavyweight champion; Trish Stratus defeated Becky Lynch; Gunther defeated Mustafa Ali to retain the Intercontinental title; Asuka defeated Bianca Belair to become the new Raw Women’s champion; Rhea Ripley defeated Natalya to retain the Smackdown Women’s title; Brock Lesnar defeated Cody Rhodes; Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defeated Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa to retain the WWE Undisputed Tag Team titles.
Asuka has managed to dethrone Bianca Belair, ending her 420-day reign as Raw Women’s champion, after winning their WrestleMania rematch at Night of Champions.
It took a little bit of cheating from Asuka’s part to accomplish the job however, as after she missed with the mist the first time, she had a backup plan in place.
With Asuka resting on the ropes and the referee not looking, she put mist on her fingers and when Belair went for the KOD, Asuka used the oldest trick in the book – raking the eyes – although this time with the misty fingers. She got out of the KOD and hit a kick, covering her for the pin.
This is Asuka’s third reign with the Raw Women’s title. She last won it in August 2020 and lost it to Rhea Ripley on night two of WrestleMania 37 in April 2021.
In a lengthy opener to kick off Night of Champions live from Jeddah, Seth Rollins became the new World Heavyweight champion after defeating AJ Styles in a phenomenal match.
The Saudi fans sang along to Seth’s theme and fireworks helped “burn it down” as Rollins celebrated with the title which was presented to him in the ring by 14-time champion and Hall of Famer Paul “Triple H” Levesque.
In the tournament to crown the new champion, Rollins defeated Damian Priest and Shinsuke Nakamura in the first triple threat qualifying match to advance to the semi final match against Finn Balor before reaching Jeddah and Styles. Styles had to go through a triple threat involving Edge and Rey Mysterio as well and then defeated Bobby Lashley to go to the final match.
This is Seth’s first heavyweight title run since 2019.
We are just a few hours away from WWE’s return to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Night of Champions where a new World Heavyweight champion will be crowned.
We are presenting the latest betting odds for today’s show, but remember, odds will likely change as the event gets even closer to bell time, so be careful when placing bets with real money. If you want to calculate the true probability without the influence of the bookmaker’s margin, consider using the keyword no-vig odds calculator to ensure accurate assessments.
Seth Rollins and AJ Styles will battle to become the new WWE World Heavyweight champion. Seth Rollins is the current favorite with 1/8 odds while Styles is 9/2 to win and move to Raw with the title.
Will The Bloodline get back their Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles? Bookmakers think not as Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens are the favorites to retain with 1/4 odds while Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa are 11/4.
Cody Rhodes has a “broken arm” but is wrestling anyway and odds are certainly not looking good for him. Brock Lesnar has 4/11 odds to beat Cody at 2/1 and if that happens that would be Cody’s second loss in WWE since he arrived last year.
Will The Man get some Stratusfaction tonight? Judging by these numbers, Becky Lynch is going to whoop Trish with 1/3 odds in her favor while the former seven-time champ is 9/4 underdog. Woof woof.
Bianca Belair defends her Raw Women’s title against Asuka in a WrestleMania rematch and the result is looking like a WrestleMania repeat, with Belair at 1/6 odds while Asuka is 7/2.
Rhea Ripley has monster odds in her favor and this is going one way only for sure, with Ripley the clear favorite with 1/50 odds while Natalya is 12/1 for the major upset.
And Gunther also has decent odds in his favor with the Intercontinental champion 1/20 favorite to beat Mustafa Ali who is 8/1.
Bret “Hit Man” Hart has added another accolade to his hall of fame career after he received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame yesterday.
The former WWE champion is the 38th who got his star in the Sports & Athletics Pillar of Achievement category.
Hart said that it was special for him to be a wrestling and TV hero for many Canadians during his wrestling career. He said it was a great journey and ride and he as really proud of everything he accomplished and most of all, was proud to be Canadian.
“It’s a big honor. It really means a lot to me. It’s one thing to be appreciated as a wrestler, it’s another thing to be appreciated as a Canadian,” Hart said.
Bret hopes now that him receiving a star will open up the door for other stars like Edge and Trish Stratus to also get the honor one day.
“It doesn’t just start or end with Bret Hart,” he noted.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Wrestling is reporting that former Impact Knockouts champion Jordynne Grace is now a free agent.
Grace wrapped up her duties with Impact Wrestling yesterday at the Under Siege event where she was unsuccessful in regaining the Knockouts title from Deonna Purrazzo. The stipulation was that if Grace loses, she can never challenge for the title again as long as Purrazzo is the champ.
The 27-year-old made her Impact debut in 2018 and is a former two-time Knockouts champion, a Digital Media champion, and a Knockouts Tag Team champion as well.
According to Fightful, Grace is apparently moving away from the business for a little bit to take on other outside projects.
Live from the Jeddah Superdome in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, WWE presents Night of Champions on Peacock and WWE Network. The full card is as follows:
Seth Rollins vs AJ Styles for the WWE World Heavyweight title; Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team titles; Gunther vs Mustafa Ali for the WWE Intercontinental title; Bianca Belair vs Asuka for the Raw Women’s title; Rhea Ripley vs Natalya for the Smackdown Women’s title; Cody Rhodes vs Brock Lesnar; and Becky Lynch vs Trish Stratus.
The Night of Champions Kickoff show will start at Noon ET and will air on all of WWE’s social media platforms while the actual event will start at 1PM ET.
