Tonight, AEW Double or Nothing is live from Glendale, Arizona and a lot of gold and legacies are at stake here as we get settled for the road towards All In.
First on the Double or Nothing pre-show, the team of Anna Jay and Harley Cameron take on their formidable rivals Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne.
Bayne proves why shes a dominant force in the division, but Cameron and Jay look to use their assets to make her bow down.
The four competitors show a great test of teamwork but as Bayne drives Jay through the barricade, Cameron hits her Finishing Move and puts away Ford for the win.
To open the main show it is the finals of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament as The CEO Mercedes Mon and Jamie Hayter. The two have been going back and forth for the past couple of weeks, but face off for the first time tonight all with their legacies on the line.
The Arizona crowd is hot for both competitors tonight. Both try to synch in their holds with their technical prowess, but Mon takes control as she drives Hayter with her patented double knees.
This is a Mon match, but Hayter gives The CEO a taste of her own medicine to come back. Hayter rocks Mon with a hard lariat and the two are finally on an even playing field.
Mon hits a row of backstabbers as she follows up with a Statement Maker, but Hayter gets scrappy to power through.
Hayter capitalizes and locks in a sleeper hold as the crowd roars to their feet. Both are desperate to get the win, and Hayter swings on Mon only for her to get a two-count.
Mon attempts to drive her knees into Hayter again, but Hayter reverses and tombstones her for another near count. Both are winded and Mon capitalizes as she rolls Hayter up and becomes this years Owen Hart Cup winner.
Mons shot at the AEW Womens World Championship is set for All In, but the fate of the title holder going into All In is at stake tonight as Timeless Toni Storm defends her title against Mina Shirakawa.
Both women are quick to show why theyre the flashiest within the AEW womens division.
Shirakawas joshi prowess kicks in and is constantly on the prowl to target Storms leg through the match so she can lock in a figure-four leglock. She gives it all shes got and even sends Luther for a ride as well.
Storms leg seems to give through as she takes it to Shirakawa, but the World Champion fights through every single one of her offenses as she kicks out of the Glamorous Driver.
Shirakawa finally locks in the figure four and has it locked in for a good while until Storm gets to the ropes. Storm gets the rope break and goes for a Big Package, but Shirakawa thinks the same.
The two butt heads and Storm follows up with a Storm Zero to pick up the win. For both competitors, love is not lost.
With this victory, Storm will now head to All In and face the belt collector herself.
Willow Nightingale and Marina Shafir are involved in Anarchy In The Arena tonight, and they are the first two women to ever compete in a match like this.
This match is chaos as Founding Fathers music plays in the background and Shafir suplexes Nightingale on the barricade.
As both women continue to fight, Kenny Omega proceeds to let the bodies hit the floor. Nightingale cracks a cold one on Shafir and attempts to send her back to catering.
Nightingales ear is chained to the ring post as Shafir gets into the action with the men.
As Nightingale finally breaks free she takes it to Shafir and all the men involved throughout the match. To wrap up the chaos, Swerve Strickland spikes one of the Bucks for the win.
What did you think of tonights AEW Double or Nothing? Did the right women walk out victorious tonight? How is All In shaping up to be? Let us know in the comments below!
