It was a horrific landing that set the tone for the rest of the match’s story. MJF, as only the “Devil” does, targeted the weak point to sickening effect, ultimately reclaiming the title he’s becoming synonymous with — and in doing so, becoming a three-time World Champion at age 30. These two men do no wrong, and they delivered another epic affair.

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In the women’s world title match, Thekla maintained her championship supremacy in the car crash of the night. It was chaos in her Fatal 4-Way with former champion Kris Statlander, Hikaru Shida and Jamie Hayter. In the end, Statlander took the pin after her and Shida’s alliance seemingly came to an end. Thekla capitalized with a stomp and continues to fit her championship role like a glove.

Stadium Stampede was much more on the overly silly and comical side this year, compared to Anarchy in the Arena last year, which was more of a violence-fest to the most entertaining degree. That being said, tonight’s match reached all of the similar high points, with Jericho’s team ultimately coming out on top, as everyone involved continued to find ways to be creative in arguably the most unique stipulation in wrestling history.

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Elsewhere on the card, Double or Nothing 2026 opened up with maybe the best start to a show ever. Like, genuinely.

Two titles changed hands, as Cage & Cope dethroned FTR in the expectedly wild “I Quit” tag match, before Konosuke Takeshita finally overcame Kazuchika Okada for the International Championship. These two matches were the best of wrestling in the settings provided. Perfect chapter closes to two very different feuds.

The pace of Double or Nothing 2026 started in your face and didn’t let up. Last year’s edition was perhaps my all-time favorite wrestling event ever. This year’s was right up there with it, delivering another all-timer that essentially solidifies Double or Nothing as the unofficial “WrestleMania” that isn’t considered a calendar benchmark. It’s mandatory viewing whether you’re a wrestling fan or not, because it’s impossible not to be entertained on night’s like these.

AEW Double or Nothing 2026 crown score: 👑 10/10 👑

AEW Double or Nothing 2026 Uncrowned Awards

MVP of the Night: Darby Allin

It almost feels unfair to call Allin the “Most Valuable Player” in any sense when he clearly doesn’t treat himself like one. Nonetheless, there isn’t anyone quite like the Washingtonian anywhere else in wrestling right now.

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Consider that for better or worse, but Allin goes to such great lengths to sell a ticket that you genuinely believe, “OK. He might have done it this time. He isn’t moving after that thing he shouldn’t be moving from.” He forces you to respect the commitment and execution of his craft.

Uncrowned Gem of the Night: Stokely Hathaway

OK, there are countless choices for this one. It’s simply too difficult to choose, so to make it easy, let’s remember that Stokely went through a freaking flaming table. Like, what?

Additionally, I will shout out Kyle Fletcher, who deserves credit for the great technical work he did alongside Moxley.

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Match of the Night: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazuchika Okada

This match was everything their last one should have been. But the last encounter served its purpose, and arguably made this one what it was. These two are just made for each other, and got to go out there and smash it out of the park. It was one of those matches that leaves you with little to say. A masterclass from two of the best in the business. And maybe most importantly, Takeshita got his big win over a legend like Okada for a title.

Spot of the Night: Bandido’s Poisonrana to Swerve Strickland off the apron

AEW can’t help itself with making this award the absolute most difficult to hand out each and every PPV. On this night, though, nothing quite shocked the hell out of me like Bandido launching Swerve off the ring the way he did. I mean, aside from the Allin near-death, but I’m not sure if that should be counted as a spot because it was too hard to tell if it was intentional.

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Either way, Bandido and Swerve certainly gave the sleeper match of the night — but realistically, anything outside of the main event and two openers could be considered as such.

AEW Double or Nothing 2026 full card results, grades and highlights:

• AEW World Championship – Title vs. Hair match: MJF def. Darby Allin (c.) — 👑 Crown score: 5/5 👑

• Stadium Stampede match: Jericho, The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) and The Elite (Kenny Omega, Jack Perry, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) def. The Demand (Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona), The Don Callis Family (Mark Davis and Andrade El Idolo) and The Dogs (Clark Connors and David Finlay) — 👑 Crown score: 4.5/5 👑

• AEW Women’s World Championship: Thekla (c.) def. Kris Statlander, Jamie Hayter, Hikaru Shida — 👑 Crown score: 4.5/5 👑

• Men’s Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: Swerve Strickland def. Bandido — 👑 Crown score: 4.75/5 👑

• Men’s Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: Will Ospreay def. Samoa Joe — 👑 Crown score: 4.5/5 👑

• AEW Continental Championship: Jon Moxley (c.) def. Kyle O’Reilly — 👑 Crown score: 4.25/5 👑

• Women’s Owen Hart Cup Quarterfinal: Athena def. Mina Shirakawa — 👑 Crown score: 4/5 👑

• AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita def. Kazuchika Okada (c.) — 👑 Crown score: 5/5 👑

• AEW World Tag Team Championship – “I Quit” match: Cage & Cope (Christian Cage and Adam Copeland) def. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (c.) — 👑 Crown score: 5/5 👑

The Buy In Pre-Show on YouTube, 7 p.m. ET:

• Boom & Doom (“Big Boom!” A.J. and Q.T. Marshall) and The Conglomeration (Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong) def. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Anthony Ogogo, Capt. Shawn Dean, Charlie Bravo and Lee Moriarty)

• Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta) def. The Opps (Anthony Bowens, Hook and Katsuyori Shibata)

• 5-minute tag team eliminator match – If Steel and Van last five minutes, they will earn a title shot: Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) def. Zayda Steel & Viva Van

AEW World Championship – Title vs. Hair match: MJF def. Darby Allin (c.)