By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
AEW Double Or Nothing
Queens, New York, at Louis Armstrong Stadium
Aired live May 24, 2026, on pay-per-view
AEW Double or Nothing pre-show results: AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Megan Bayne and Lena Kross beat Viva Van and Zayda Steel in 4:46 in a five-minute championship eliminator, Wheeler Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, and Danial Garcia defeated Hook, Anthony Bowens, and Katsuyori Shibata in 10:35, and Orange Cassidy, Mark Briscoe, Roderick Strong, Big Boom AJ, and QT Marshall defeated Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Carlie Bravo, Shawn Dean, and Anthony Agogo in 6:30…
Excalibur, Nigel McGuinness, and Tony Schiavone were on commentary, and Arkady Aura was the ring announcer. Entrances for the AEW Tag Team Title match took place…
Adam Copeland made his entrance. The fans sang his entrance theme after it stopped playing. Christian Cage made his entrance. Excalibur listed the attendance as a sellout of 15,015. FTR and Stokey Hathaway made their entrance…
Powell’s POV: Earlier today, WrestleTix listed the venue as being set up for 14,028 with 14,028 tickets distributed, meaning it’s a legitimate sellout despite the difference between their numbers and the announced attendance. The attendance for last year’s Double or Nothing in Glendale, Arizona, at Desert Diamond Arena was roughly 8,200. On a side note, there was a verbal exchange involving MJF and Mick Foley on the pre-show that is worth checking out.
1. “FTR” Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler vs. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage in a New York Street Fight “I Quit” match for the AEW Tag Team Titles (Copeland and Cage can’t team together again if they lose). There was a “holy shit” chant before the bell, and then the wrestlers threw punches to start the match.
Christian, who had a brace on his “injured” wrist, wrapped a piece of barbed wire around the middle rope and then tripped Harwood, who fell onto it. The referee checked with Harwood, who declined to quit. Copeland set up Wheeler for a move on the apron with a table on the floor, but Hathaway grabbed his leg and distracted him.
Moments later, Wheeler placed a chair around Copeland’s neck and shoved him into the ring post. Harwood grabbed a toolbox from the timekeeper’s area. Schiavone said the toolbox was used to set up the ring. Christian ended up taking the toolbox and then used a pair of pliers on Harwood’s nose and then on Wheeler’s balls.
Copeland, who bled from a cut near his eye, fought both FTR members on the floor, but they ended up performing a spike piledriver on top of the Spanish broadcast table. Harwood slammed Christian’s injured wrist on the ring steps. Harwood held Christian’s arm, but he pulled it away when Wheeler tried to hit him with a cinderblock.
Harwood placed Christian’s wrist inside the hole in the cinderblock and then battered it with a chair several times (why would that hurt?). The referee put the mic in front of Christian, who said, “I, I, I, I banged your mother.” A short time later, Christian said, “Go f— yourself,” over the mic.
Harwood removed the top rope and tried to hit Christian, who took him down and choked him with it until Wheeler intervened. Wheeler choked Christian with barbed wire. FTR hit the Shatter Machine on Christian. “This pussy is going to quit,” Wheeler said over the mic. Wheeler hit Christian with a wrench, but Copeland speared Wheeler.
Copeland had Harwood down and stood over him with a chair. Harwood begged for mercy. Copeland caught Wheeler trying to sneak inside the ring. Wheeler pleaded with Copeland and said he’d say the words. Hathaway snuck in and shit Copeland with Christian’s watch wrapped around his fist. FTR hit Copeland with a Shatter Machine.
Beth Copeland (f/k/a Beth Phoenix) came out and put Hathaway down, but Harwood shoved her into the ring steps. Harwood poured lighter fluid over a table on the floor and then set it on fire while Hathaway held Beth. Wheeler went for a spear, but Beth pulled away, and Wheeler speared Hathaway through the burning table. A “you deserve it” chant broke out.
Harwood set up Copeland for a Conchairto. Harwood said that if Copeland wanted to see his two daughters tomorrow, he had to quit. Beth low-blowed Harwood, and then Christian kicked him in the balls. Christian put Harwood in a Sharpshooter, and then Copeland simultaneously applied a crossface. Beth grabbed Copeland’s baseball bat covered with nails and handed it to him. Copeland pressed the nails into Harwood’s head until he quit.
Adam Copeland and Christian Cage defeated “FTR” Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler in 19:35 in a New York Street Fight “I Quit” match to win the AEW Tag Team Titles.
Copeland, Christian, and Beth celebrated in the ring together…
Powell’s POV: A solid hardcore battle. The fans had fun with Christian’s lines when he refused to quit and with Beth Copeland’s involvement. A lot of fans probably expected more blood and violence, but the state athletic commission prohibits blading and intentional blood. The cut by Copeland’s eye was clearly accidental.
A video package set up the AEW International Championship match, and then entrances for the match took place…
2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the AEW International Championship. Don Callis sat in on commentary. The fans popped and chanted “holy shit” when the bell rang to start the match. Around 9:00, Okada flipped off the camera while Takeshita was down. Takeshita bounced back and performed a piledriver into a German Suplex. Okada popped right up and dropkicked Takeshita. Okada stuffed a Takeshita lariat and then put him down with a lariat of his own, and then both men stayed down.
Moments later, Takeshita set up for a move on the apron, but Okada slipped away and sent him to the floor with a Rainmaker. A “fight forever” chant broke out. Okada went to the floor and performed a DDT. Callis said he didn’t like what he was seeing because he didn’t need one of his assets to get hurt. Okada set up for a move on the floor, but Okada left the broadcast table and encouraged Okada to return to the ring, which he did. Okada could have won via count-out, but Okada went to the floor to break the count. Callis returned to the broadcast table.
Takeshita performed a brainbuster on the floor. Callis jumped up and asked what he was doing, but Takeshita wasn’t having it. Back in the ring, Takeshita performed a superplex and then immediately went for another move, but Okada slipped away. Takeshita blocked a Rainmaker attempt and then executed a German Suplex into a bridge for a nice near fall. Takeshita set up for a move in the corner and then charged Okada, who put him down with a tombstone piledriver that left both wrestlers down temporarily.
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