Date: 05/29	2:00 PM
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Match One: Darby Allin vs. Cesar Bononi

Oh boy, that is just so many people without masks in the crowd.

Lockup, Bononi presses Allin to the corner, Allin with punches, chops, Bononi tosses him back into the corner, whip,Allin with an armbar, blocked, Bononi with a punch to the gut, whip, blocked, punches to the gut instead, toss to the corner, punches to the gut, throw across the ring, running powerslam (kinda sorta, I think that's what it was supposed to be), drops him across the top turnbuckle, Allin lands on the ramp, Bononi tosses him into the ring for one, cover for one, cover again for two, punch, body slam, reversed into a backpack sleeper, covers the nose and mouth until the ref makes him stop, keeps the sleeper locked in, Bononi gets to the ropes, Allin with punches, Bononi tosses him to the corner, punch to the gut, Allin with boots, Stundog Millionaire, shotgun dropkick in the corner, goes up top, Coffin Drop for three.

Winner: Darby Allin

Bononi fucked up a body slam twice, and that back suplex onto the top turnbuckle looked sloppy as hell too. Please stop using Cesar Bononi. This isn't the first time he's done this.

Allin: "Ethan, Ethan and Scorpio, I'm not going to wait to get jumped from behind, come out here right now!"

Sky walks out with Page. "You'd like that, wouldn't you? You'd love that. You expect us to just come down there, in our fancies, and fight you for free? Grow up. Because when we beat you on Sunday, on the big stage, everyone's gonna see, Double or Nothing will be the end of one legend, and the beginning of two more! We out!"

The Wingmen attack Allin and Sting, at this point Page and Sky come back in and join in the beatdown. The Wingmen leave the ring, Page locks Allin in a bulldog choke, Sky goes to Pillmanize Sting's leg, Dark Order run out to scare them off.

After a commercial, Paul Wight comes out for the weigh-in between Cody Rhodes and Anthony Ogogo. "Alright, AEW! I'm gonna tell you what, I feel great being out here in front of this amazing crowd, and they asked me, for some reason, I don't know why, they asked me to officiate the weigh-in for Double or Nothing. There's going to be no shenanigans, this will be a serious weigh-in! Let's bring out our first weigh-in, Anthony Ogogo!"

Ogogo comes out with The Factory.

QT: "Jacksonville! Tim Tebow country! Have some respect for a real athlete! Why are you booing Paul Wight? He's a legend! This is an Olympic athlete!"

Wight: "Hey QT, the people didn't pay you to run your mouth. Careful, kid, you keep looking at me like that it might be the last thing you ever do. There's a whole herd of you, get in here. And next, let me introduce to you a man I've known his whole life, a good man in his heart and his soul, Cody Rhodes!"

Cody comes out with his Nightmare Factory trainees, as well as Dustin Rhodes, Red Velvet, and Arn Anderson.

Wight: "Okay, gentlemen. Okay, listen, here's the thing, I get it, you want to jaw-jack. This is an official weigh-in, let's not give anything away before Double Or Nothing. You guys are professionals, let's start with The American Dream, Cody Rhodes!"

Cody strips down, and weighs in at 218. Anthony is up next. He weighs in at 219.

Wight: "That's your official weigh-in for Double or Nothing! Cody Rhodes, The American Dream: 218 pounds--"

QT: "Hold on just a second. Do you people realize what just happened here? 219-218, for you idiots out there, Anthony is bigger, Anthony has victory in his hands at Double or Nothing! Why are you chanting for Cody? I just told you, Anthony is going to win! Let's hear it: Anthony Ogogo!"

Ogogo poses, then Cody poses to a much better reaction. Ogogo tries posing in a different corner, Dustin Rhodes runs at QT, The Factory leaves.

Cody: "Ladies and gentlemen, the host of the weigh-in, Paul Wight, Big G, folks! Thank you guys, we'll see you at Double or Nothing, I love you all very much!"

They show a package for Stadium Stampede.

Backstage, Will Hobbs attacks Christian Cage, who rebounds before they're pulled apart, but then they start fighting again, this time with Christian on the offensive, they're pulled apart again.

Match Two: Hangman Page vs. Joey Janela

A rematch from All In.

Lockup, break, lockup, Page with a side headlock, snapmare, keeps the hold locked in, Janela presses Page to the corner, feigns a punch, hits a chop, Page reverses position, chops the hell out of Janela, Janela reverses, chops, Page rebounds with chops, cover for two, whip, Janela ducks a clothesline, Page tosses him to the floor, misses a suicide dive, Janela with a kick from the apron, leaps, Page catches him for a Fallaway Slam, rolls him into the ring, cover for two, recliner, Janela with a punch, trip into the bottom turnbuckle, does a Hulk Hogan pose to taunt the crowd, stomps a mudhole, Page rebounds with chops, Joey with a chop, Page with a punch, Joey with a punch, snapmare, fist drop for two, choke in the ropes, toss to the corner, punch, Page with punches, Joey with a punch, arm wrench, whip, Page sells hard, Joey with an elbow for two, choke in the ropes, snapmare, chinlock, Page with punches, Joey with a clothesline, Page clotheslines him to the floor, Dead Eye on the apron, blocked, trading punches, Page with a suicide dive, Buckshot Lariat, blocked, trading shots, Page with a spinebuster for two, Dead Eye, reversed into a rollup for two, Joey with a punch, Page with a big boot, Joey with a whip to the corner, German into the turnbuckle, goes up top, elbow drop for two, punch, Page with a discus lariat, pop-up powerbomb, Buckshot Lariat for three.

Winner: Hangman Page

Page was busted open somewhere near the end of the match.

Taz: "Hangman! Page! Hangman! Adam Page, over here, dude! Oh yeah, hey, I'd like to introduce you to one of my good friends who's going to whoop your ass this Sunday, The Machine, Brian Cage!"

Page: "Hey, hey, Taz! You can go ahead and shut the hell up! Come in here, Brian. I know how this works, Taz, every time, you talk, distract 'em, here comes Hook, here comes Ricky. I expected that from Taz, but Brian, I expected more from you. Are you the kind of guy who needs help to whoop my ass? I thought you had balls, maybe they've shrivelled up by now. How about tonight, and Double or Nothing, you leave these assholes at home."

Cage: "I didn't need their help, and I won't need it at Double or Nothing! You want me by myself? You got it! Who better than Cage? Nobody."

Moxley and Kingston start cutting a promo, but it cuts to commercial halfway through.

When it comes back on, they're burying the Bucks' shoes. Moxley says the Bucks may say they're not a real team, but they've been family for years. He says they may have better team chemistry, but the gold is just too good to pass up. Eddie says the Bucks will give up just like they gave up on the fans and the locker room. Kingston calls out the rest of the locker room for not calling the Elite out on their bullshit, and vows to take over the company. Mox says he doesn't have time to be an EVP.

Tony Schiavone starts to introduce Orange Cassidy to find out if he's taking Kenny up on his offer to drop out of the match, but PAC comes out instead. He says Orange Cassidy is irrelevant, and the only one who matters is PAC. He calls Kenny out. Don Callis comes over the 'tron and says he's not coming out there. Kenny tries to run in from behind and hit him with the belt, but PAC sees it coming, cuts him off, and beats Kenny down with kicks. The Good Brothers come out and beat PAC down until Death Triangle come out and chase them off. Kenny hits PAC with a big boot, goes for a One Winged Angel, Orange Cassidy comes out. He stares down Kenny, then pulls out the contract that would remove him from the match. He hands it to Kenny, who opens the envelope to discover that the contract has been shredded. Cassidy levels him with an Orange Punch. He goes to pick up the championship, PAC cuts him off, goes for a powerbomb, reversed into an Orange Punch.

They show an interview from earlier today where Jade Cargill revealed she has an open challenge match accepted by Kilynn King. Matt Hardy walks in and tries to recruit Cargill, Mark Sterling walks in and reveals that he's been hired, and he only gets paid when she wins.

Match Three: Jade Cargill vs. Kilynn King

Test of Strength, Cargill gets the better of it, King starts to power back up to even, Jade with a boot, kick, whip, arm curls into a World's Strongest Slam, steps on her back, King with a toss to the corner, kick, Cargill with shoulder tackles, leapfrog, powerslam, boot, stomps, mounted punches, stomps, wrenches the neck, chinlock, trading punches, Jade tosses King to the floor, Sterling offers a business card to King, she swings at him, Jade with a punch, toss into the apron, rolls King into the ring, Jaded for three.

Winner: Jade Cargill

Backstage, Lance Archer says he hopes Miro wins tonight, because he wants Miro. He vows to take the championship on Sunday.

Match Four: TNT Championship: Miro (c) vs. Dante Martin

Miro tosses Dante across the ring, kicks him a couple times, taunts the crowd for cheering for him, Martin with a jawbreaker, Miro with a hip toss, misses a splash, Dante with a kick, swing kick from the apron, springboard standing moonsault for one, Miro tosses him to the stage, Dante lands on his feet, springboard dropkick for two, Miro with a clothesline, Game Over for the tapout.

Winner and STILL TNT Champion: Miro

Lance Archer comes out with Jake Roberts. Roberts taunts him, vows an Archer win, curses him in Bulgarian, and calls him a bully. Miro tells him to shut up, goads Archer on, Roberts lets him go, Archer goes for a chokeslam, blocked, trading punches, Archer with a big boot before the refs pull them apart.

After a commercial, Tony Schiavone talks about Hikaru Shida being the longest reigning champion in AEW history, then invites her out. Schiavone presents a new championship belt, which is a bit bigger and more embossed. Shida talks about getting to perform in front of a full live audience for the first time in her title reign. Britt Baker comes out. She congratulates Shida for being champion throughout the hardest period in company history, and says she wants to take back calling herself the face of the women's division, and says she's going to be the face of a new era, the era of DMD.

Match Four: Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page vs. Evil Uno and Stu Greyson

Uno and Sky start off, lockup, Uno with a rear waistlock, Sky reverses, throw down, lockup, Sky with an arm wrench, reversed, both men roll through, Uno with an arm drag, keylock, double tag, Greyson with a DDT to Sky on the apron, stares down Page, punches, shoulder tackle, Uno in, chops in the corner, Stu back in, side slam/springboard elbow drop combo for two, suicide senton onto Page on the apron, Sky trips Stu on the apron, tags in, springboard cutter, avalanche, Page in, Sky with a punch, Stu with punches, Page with punches, punch for Uno, Sky in, double team stomps, punch to the back, punch, European uppercut, Stu goes for a sunset flip, Page in, punch, stomps, Sky in, punches, Stu with punches, Sky goes for a TKO, reversed into an uranage, Page in, Stu with a Pele to both opponents, Uno in, clotheslines for all, whip to Page, reversed, hits a hurricanrana, stomps on Sky's hands, bites him, End of Days to Page, Stu joins in, they beat down their opponents, monkey flips Page into Sky, cannonball/450 in sync, one each to each opponent for two, Fatality, blocked by Sky, who trips Stu into the heel hook, Page with Ego's Edge for three.

Winners: Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky

Page grabs a mic and promises the same outcome on Sunday. Darby Allin comes out with a bunch of people in Sting masks, then charges at Page while Sky starts beating down the dudes in Sting masks, until one of them turns out to actually be Sting, causing Sky to retreat.

After a commercial, Eric Bischoff comes out to MC the celebration of the Inner Circle. I think this may mark the first time both pro wrestling personalities who have me blocked on Twitter (Bischoff and Hager) share a ring. Bischoff talks about how, 25 years ago to the day, he got to introduce the NWO, but now he gets to introduce another faction that may be in the running for most badass of all time. Inner Circle come out.

Jericho: "Eric Bischoff! One of the guys we called to make amends with, I want to thank you for everything you've done for my career in WCW!"

Bischoff: "Thank you, Chris, I wanted to show this that we put together."

They show a video package of Inner Circle torturing everyone for the past two years.

Santana: "Wow. We've done some cool shit, boys. Does anyone remember October 19th, 2019? The night it all changed for us. The night we made magic. But we're still here. And we took this company on our backs throughout this entire pandemic! And here we are, with the return of the best fans in wrestling! If this truly is our last time together, our last dance, then I wouldn't have it any other way than with my brothers, in front of all of you!"

Ortiz: "Yo. That was beautiful, man."

Hager: "That was beautiful. I've always been a believer that it's about the journey, not the destination. If this really is the last time, I don't want to see the highlights, I want to see the hard times. The times we got beaten down, the times we had to struggle to get back up. Those are the times that make men! Those are the times that should be celebrated."

Sammy: "We've been through everything together. Hell, when I started in AEW I was wearing a freakin' panda head. But then I got to be part of the greatest faction in pro wrestling, unti I wasn't. When I quit the Inner Circle, not having you guys around me didn't feel good at all. I don't ever want to go through that again, and I will do everything in my power to make sure I don't have to."

Jericho: "When I was asked to put together a faction, I hesitated, because I don't play well with others. But the first time I saw a picture, we looked like Guns n' Roses in 1987, we didn't care about anything except each other. If this is the last time, if this really is our last run, we're going to go out in a blaze of glory! And I just want to say to all of you, I love you guys."

MJF and Wardlow come over the 'tron from TIA Bank Field and reveal that they have Dean Malenko unconscious. As Inner Circle run out after him, the rest of Pinnacle launch a sneak attack. It ends with all five of them hitting simultaneous piledrivers, including FTR piledriving Proud and Powerful through tables. MJF says The Pinnacle is always on top as Dynamite goes off the air.