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Recapping the major moments from AEW Double or Nothing! Find out how MJF defeated Darby Allin in a high-stakes match. Plus, a new villain emerges as Kevin Knight turns on his allies in a stunning conclusion to the pay-per-view.
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00:00Hello there my very good friends on today's wrestling news.
00:03MJF is not bald.
00:05AEW Double or Nothing 2026 ends on a massive heel turn.
00:10Restrictions were imposed on AEW during the stadium stampede on this show
00:14and Tony Khan talks potentially countering Wrestlemania 43.
00:20I'm Andy H. Murray here with a little bit of solo Monday news.
00:23Stealing Andrew Pollard's gimmick here.
00:25It's a public holiday in the UK that's why it's a bit weird today
00:27but it's okay, everything will be back to normal tomorrow.
00:30The H today, by the way, stands for hair
00:33because our opening story is that MJF has chosen to shun the warm, smooth, glistening, shiny embrace
00:42of the bald community to keep his hair and win the AEW World Champion.
00:47That's right, this man has chosen championship glory over being bald.
00:52What a disgusting move.
00:53So, obviously he beat Darby Allin at Double or Nothing last night
00:58in the main event of the show
01:00which was, it wasn't a hair versus hair match
01:02because Darby's hair wasn't on the line
01:04but the stipulation was that if MJF was to lose
01:07he would have to shave off that wonderfully restored Turkish hair of his.
01:14Bring him back, I mean, it's a classic wrestling stipulation, hair matches
01:18and it's a shame that in some ways online it was kind of portrayed as this weird comedy thing
01:24it's not that at all
01:25it's very, very high stakes and personal and all that stuff
01:29BenJF and Darby Allin, they're smart guys
01:31they understand all this
01:32Anyway, the match was mental, as you'd expect
01:35this Darby Allin title reign has been all about mental stuff
01:38there was one moment where Darby climbed to the top of the freaking set
01:42which was a lot smaller than usual
01:44and perhaps enabled something like this
01:45hit a Mick Foley Cactus Jack bang bang
01:48and then leapt off with a coffin drop
01:50put an MJF through a table
01:51they got back into the ring
01:52Darby's bleeding badly from this
01:54because he's Darby Allin
01:57takes MJF back to the ring
01:58hits a coffin drop proper
01:59but MJF kicked out again
02:01Darby went for a Scorpion death drop
02:03but as was the case in his recent match with Sammy Guevara
02:06he collapsed, he had to be checked on
02:08he got rid of Bryce Remsburg
02:11get out of the way
02:13said MJF
02:14but he went for a tombstone
02:16Darby went into another Scorpion death drop
02:18but all of this slowly started unraveling
02:20when Darby went up for another coffin drop
02:23MJF
02:23he got all the way up
02:25he crotched him on the top rope
02:27basically
02:28joined him up there
02:29spun him around
02:30hit the avalanche tombstone
02:31and then put him away with the
02:33the side lock
02:34side headlock takeover
02:36side lock
02:37what on earth is that
02:38for the victory
02:39which is thematically very pure
02:41for the rivalry
02:42between these two gentlemen
02:46avoiding the shears
02:47did MJF in this match
02:49which is interesting
02:49because I think like
02:50with how heavily it was teased
02:52and how heavily it was
02:54like MJF's desperation
02:55to avoid joining
02:57the bald life
02:58was put over during this show
03:00before this show
03:01sorry
03:01I think a lot of people
03:02really expected the opposite result here
03:04but for me personally
03:06I think this is for the best
03:08I think that the short
03:09weekly title defence reign
03:11of Darby Allin was unbelievable
03:12I think it made a lot of sense
03:14for him to have that
03:15and the match quality was really high
03:16obviously very high effort performances
03:17you're never going to get anything less
03:19from Darby
03:20but if you're talking about
03:22what's in the future
03:23well Wembley Stadium's coming right up
03:25and to me
03:26the idea of MJF
03:27versus Will Ospreay
03:28is the most enticing
03:30made event for that show
03:31because I know a lot of people
03:33really wanted Ospreay
03:34versus Kenny Omega
03:35and maybe you'll still get that
03:36I don't know
03:37it would require a bit of flip-flopping
03:38on the title obviously
03:39but hey maybe
03:41I know a lot of people
03:42were super into that match
03:43but personally
03:43I like MJF versus Will
03:45a little bit better
03:45it's a much more
03:46clearly defined
03:47face heel dynamic
03:48right
03:49the home country hero
03:51and the alpha
03:51super villain guy
03:53doesn't get much bigger than that
03:55in terms of face
03:56versus heel
03:56and that's more what I'm into
03:57these days
03:58but let me know your thoughts
03:58in the comments section below
04:01on everything
04:01really
04:02fire away
04:04right
04:05also
04:05double or nothing
04:06kind of closed on a massive
04:07heel turn here
04:08from Kevin Knight
04:09something that has been
04:10speculated online
04:11for a little while
04:13several months
04:13it was actually pulled off
04:15right at the
04:16right at the depth
04:17of this show
04:17so
04:18Darby was being loaded
04:19onto a stretcher
04:22to close the show
04:23MJF was a
04:24did some heel
04:25asshole stuff
04:25kicked him away
04:26he posed with a belt
04:27all of that stuff
04:28after that
04:28Kevin Knight
04:29kind of came down
04:31he ran him off
04:32he chased MJF away
04:33he climbed up
04:34to the top rope
04:35and you know
04:36kind of a telegraph move
04:37but in a good way
04:38sometimes wrestling
04:39should be a little bit
04:39telegraphed
04:40he's looking down
04:40from the top
04:41on Darby
04:42who's on this stretcher
04:43and he hits the UFO
04:46so
04:48MJF initially
04:49looked a little bit
04:50shocked
04:51but he applauded
04:52as the commentary
04:53were like
04:53oh what have you done
04:54Kevin Knight
04:55blah blah blah
04:56all that
04:56classic heel turn
04:57stuff
04:58they uploaded
04:59a short clip
05:00of Kevin
05:00kind of blowing
05:01some cameras away
05:02you know
05:02backstage
05:03to social media
05:04and he's also
05:05tweeted just an ellipsis
05:06as well
05:06so I guess
05:07we'll get some
05:07kind of explanation
05:08from Kevin Knight
05:09in the future
05:10maybe on Dynamite
05:11this coming week
05:13but yeah
05:13it's been speculated
05:14for a while
05:15obviously Knight
05:15has had varying
05:16success
05:16against MJF
05:18it has to be said
05:19and maybe that
05:19did influence
05:20his decision here
05:21be interesting
05:21to think
05:22what happens
05:22to speedball
05:23Mike Bailey
05:24as well
05:24his tag team
05:25partner
05:25who MJF
05:26has
05:26sorry
05:27Kevin
05:27has been
05:28very very
05:29focused
05:30on hey
05:30we're going
05:31to do this
05:31stuff together
05:32as of late
05:33will Mike Bailey
05:34join him
05:34in the heel realm
05:35it's interesting
05:36to think of
05:36because I think
05:37Mike Bailey
05:38would actually
05:38make a really
05:39smug
05:39really great
05:40smug
05:40unknowing
05:41still thinks
05:41he's a baby
05:42face
05:42kind of heel
05:43I think
05:43he'd do a
05:43great job
05:43and I think
05:44Knight will do
05:45a great job
05:45as well
05:45I'd have
05:46probably kept
05:46him
05:46if it was
05:47me
05:47with a pencil
05:47the pencil
05:48I'd have
05:49probably kept
05:49him a face
05:50for a little
05:50bit longer
05:50because I think
05:51he has
05:51such great
05:52instincts
05:52there
05:52but hey
05:53maybe this
05:54will be
05:54the absolute
05:54making of him
05:55I do think
05:55the guy
05:55is a future
05:56world champion
05:56in AEW
05:57and I'm
05:58very very
05:58high on
05:59Kevin Knight
05:59won't be
05:59selling that
06:00stock
06:01anytime
06:01I might sell
06:02some socks
06:02but I won't
06:03sell that
06:03I can't speak
06:04today
06:05I won't sell
06:05that stock
06:06anytime
06:07soon
06:08is what I'm
06:08trying to say
06:09to you today
06:09viewers
06:09sorry we have
06:10to get up
06:10very early
06:11for these shows
06:11it's fine
06:12it's fine
06:13it just means
06:13you talk a lot
06:14of rubbish
06:14the next day
06:15as evident
06:15from this
06:16right
06:20wondering why
06:21the stadium
06:22stampede match
06:22was maybe
06:23a little bit
06:23tame
06:23I mean it
06:24had plenty
06:24of crazy
06:25spots
06:25but in
06:26terms of
06:26blood
06:26and in
06:27terms of
06:27brawling
06:28in the
06:28crowd
06:28and stuff
06:29like that
06:29if you're
06:29wondering why
06:30that was
06:30completely
06:30absent
06:31it's because
06:31they weren't
06:32allowed to
06:32do it
06:32basically
06:32so a
06:33report here
06:34from Brian
06:34Alvarez
06:34states that
06:35the New
06:35York State
06:36Athletic
06:36Commission
06:36actually
06:37wouldn't
06:37allow
06:38those
06:38things
06:38it
06:38wouldn't
06:38allow
06:39blood
06:39and it
06:39wouldn't
06:39allow
06:40brawling
06:40through the
06:41crowd
06:41in the
06:41stadium
06:41stampede
06:42so
06:50more of
06:51a fun
06:52silly
06:52focused
06:53stipulation
06:54than
06:54anarchy
06:54in the
06:54arena
06:55for example
06:55and certainly
06:56a lot
06:56more so
06:56than
06:56blood
06:56and guts
06:57but
06:57anarchy
06:58in the
06:58arena
06:58is the
06:58closest
06:58comparison
06:59here
06:59and while
07:00that one
07:00has
07:00traditionally
07:01been more
07:02bitter
07:02and violent
07:03and ugly
07:04stadium
07:05stampede
07:05is
07:05I mean
07:06it started
07:07in an
07:07empty
07:07stadium
07:08and they're
07:09drinking
07:09pints of
07:09milk
07:09and stuff
07:10and they're
07:10just
07:10being
07:11wacky
07:12transformation
07:12swimming
07:13pools
07:13in the
07:14first one
07:14with Matt
07:14Hardy
07:15and everything
07:15so
07:16yeah
07:16I don't
07:17mind
07:17there not
07:17being
07:17blood
07:18in it
07:18or whatever
07:18but yeah
07:19a little bit
07:19of crowd
07:19brawling
07:20would have
07:20been pretty
07:20sick
07:20I think
07:22obviously
07:22if you want
07:23to encompass
07:23the whole
07:24stadium
07:24if you truly
07:25want to
07:26stampede
07:26right
07:28parts of that
07:29being
07:29it's not a
07:30stampede
07:30if it's
07:30controlled
07:31if it's
07:31restricted
07:32right
07:32in terms
07:33of your
07:33movement
07:33and stuff
07:34like that
07:34when a
07:35herd of
07:35buffalo
07:35stampedes
07:36through
07:36the prairie
07:37you don't
07:37go
07:38no buffalo
07:38you can't
07:39go in
07:39that direction
07:39you gotta
07:40go in
07:40this way
07:40through
07:40this perfectly
07:41designed
07:41funnel
07:42I'm being
07:43a bit
07:43of a
07:43jerk
07:43but the
07:44match was
07:45a lot
07:45of fun
07:45either way
07:47but I don't
07:49think the
07:49blood hurt
07:49it at all
07:50the lack
07:50of it
07:51but you
07:51could argue
07:52that maybe
07:53there should
07:53have been
07:53some crowd
07:54brawling
07:54I don't know
07:55who knows
07:55you're at
07:56the mercy
07:57of the
07:58athletic commission
07:59so you can't
07:59really do much
08:00more than that
08:00you can't
08:01criticise
08:01AEW
08:01for it
08:02it's not
08:02like they
08:02can go
08:03no screw
08:03you New
08:04York State
08:04athletic commission
08:05because then
08:05they can
08:05just go
08:06okay screw
08:06you no
08:07show
08:07it's pretty
08:08simple
08:09it's pretty
08:09straightforward
08:13great
08:14attendance
08:14last night
08:15great crowd
08:15in general
08:16New York
08:16sounded on
08:17fire
08:17we're going
08:17to wrap
08:18this one
08:18up now
08:18by talking
08:19about some
08:19Tony Khan
08:20comments from
08:20the post-show
08:21press conference
08:23regarding the
08:24idea of
08:24maybe like
08:25countering
08:26is a strong
08:26word but
08:26sorry
08:27countering
08:28Wrestlemania
08:2843 by
08:29possibly holding
08:30a big
08:30AEW event
08:31in the
08:32United States
08:32while WWE
08:33is over in
08:34Saudi Arabia
08:34for Wrestlemania
08:3543
08:35Tony was asked
08:37about this
08:37currently there's
08:38no big
08:38domestic event
08:39taking place
08:39in the US
08:40there's a gap
08:40in the market
08:41he was asked
08:41and he said
08:42the following
08:43I think it's
08:43potentially viable
08:44and it's a
08:45very interesting
08:46fault
08:46we'll have to
08:47see what
08:47happens in
08:47the world
08:48landscape
08:48between now
08:49and then
08:49but it's a
08:49very interesting
08:51possibility
08:52so yeah
08:53I mean we've
08:53been beating
08:54this drum
08:54since day one
08:55I think he
08:55absolutely
08:55should do it
08:56if he has
08:58identified a
08:59spot where
08:59US based
09:00consumers are
09:01looking for a
09:02big wrestling
09:02event to attend
09:03next April
09:04yeah there's no
09:05reason not to
09:05do there really
09:06isn't in my
09:07honest opinion
09:08here if he
09:09thinks he can
09:10pull I don't
09:10know even
09:1120 30
09:11thousand people
09:12because they
09:14build their
09:15annual year
09:17around going
09:18to Wrestlemania
09:18and that's
09:19their big
09:19vacation and
09:19stuff like that
09:20and maybe they
09:20don't want to
09:21travel halfway
09:21across the world
09:22because it's
09:23expensive or
09:23whatever other
09:24reasons you might
09:25have for not
09:25wanting to
09:26travel to
09:27Wrestlemania 43
09:30yeah it just
09:31looks like there's
09:32a gap in the
09:32market and
09:34obviously they
09:34will have a
09:35whole ass
09:35team researching
09:36this and will
09:37know much more
09:37about it than a
09:38guy in his
09:38living room with
09:39his wacky
09:40floral wallpaper
09:42but it'll be
09:43interesting to see
09:44if he actually
09:45pulls it off
09:45I think they
09:46should I really
09:47do think they
09:47should and it's
09:48not just because
09:48I want a
09:48wrestling based
09:49American holiday
09:50next April
09:50like we
09:51every year
09:53spoiled privileged
09:54man over here
09:56but yeah do
09:57the thing man
09:58do the thing
09:58it'll be a lot
09:59of fun and I
09:59think there will
10:00be tens of
10:00thousands of
10:01wrestling fans in
10:01America looking
10:02to scratch that
10:03wrestling itch in
10:04April that they
10:05might not be able
10:05to do if they
10:06don't want to
10:06travel all that
10:07way for
10:08Wrestlemania 43
10:09but that's enough
10:10for me I'll see
10:11you later tomorrow
10:12everything is back
10:12to normal tomorrow
10:13don't worry Simon
10:14Miller's here with
10:15ups and downs
10:15later on have a
10:16nice day goodbye
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