AEW Double or Nothing 2026 Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction and Highlights

Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of AEW Double or Nothing 2026.

As one of the original pay-per-views, this is one of All Elite Wrestling's biggest shows of the year. The card was stacked with grudge matches and title bouts, including a couple of special stipulations.

Here's a look at the card from Sunday's show:

Darby Allin vs. MJF (Title vs. Hair, AEW World Championship)

Athena vs. Mina Shirakawa (Owen Hart Tournament)

Bandido vs. Swerve Strickland (Owen Hart Tournament)

Samoa Joe vs. Will Ospreay (Owen Hart Tournament)

Thekla vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida (AEW Women's World Championship)

FTR vs. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage (I Quit match, AEW Men's Tag Team Championships)

Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O'Reilly (Continental Championship)

Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita (International Championship)

Chris Jericho, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Jack Perry, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin vs. Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, Toa Liona, Mark Davis, Andrade El Idolo, David Finlay and Clark Connors (Stadium Stampede)

Divine Dominion vs. Viva Van and Zayda Steel

The Conglomeration and Boom and Doom vs. Shane Taylor Promotions

Death Riders vs. The Opps

Let's take a look at everything that happened at this year's Double or Nothing.

Buy In Pre-show

Divine Dominion vs. Viva Van and Zayda Steel

The first bout on the pre-show was the five-minute open challenge with Lena Kross and Megan Bayne taking on Viva Van and Zayda Steel. Van and Steel put up more of a fight than most teams that have faced the champions, but they still ended up being beaten with 15 seconds left on the clock.

Kross and Bayne took out Christopher Daniels before Tay Melo and Anna Jay came out with weapons to clear the ring. This match was quick by design and had some bumps in the road, but the champions looked good.

Result: Bayne and Kross defeated Van and Steel

Grade: C+

The Opps vs. Death Riders

Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia took on Hook, Anthony Bowens and Katsuyori Shibata in the next matchup. They didn't waste time and went right into working a fast-paced bout.

This match saw all six men get some time, but Shibata felt like he spent more time in the ring than anyone. The Death Riders picked up the win when Castagnoli pinned Bowens.

Result: Death Riders defeated The Opps

Grade: B

Boom and Doom and Conglomeration vs. Shane Taylor Promotions

The third bout on the pre-show was a huge 10-man tag match. Big Boom AJ, QT Marshall, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Mark Briscoe faced Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Shawn Dean, Carlie Bravo and Anthony Ogogo.

Out of everything we saw on the pre-show, this bout had the most comedy mixed into it, which is to be expected when the Costco guys are involved. A triple powerbomb led to AJ getting the pin for his team.

Eddie Kingston and Ortiz showed up to prevent a post-match attack. This was a bit of fun, but it also felt like filler.

Result: Boom and Doom and Conglomeration defeated STP

Grade: C+

Notable Moments and Observations

Mick Foley got a huge pop when he came out to join Renee Paquette.

Van missed Steel's hand when she dove for a tag.

The Opps should have come out to Bowens' music.

The striking exchange with Claudio and Shibata was great.

There was a weird moment at ringside when Christyan XO and Harley Cameron were competing for The Rizzler's attention.

FTR vs. Cage and Cope

Last time in action: FTR defeated Conglomeration (Collision, May 20), Cage and Cope won a 10-man tag (Dynamite, May 13)

The first bout on the main card was an I Quit match for the men's tag titles. Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler put the belts on the line against Christian Cage and Adam Copeland.

With no tags and no rules, there was very little time spent on traditional wrestling. All four men came face to face before they started brawling. It took less than two minutes before the crowd started chanting for tables.

Belts, barbed wire, chairs and ladders were brought into the action, but neither team wanted to quit. This match was comprised of a series of spots and sequences instead of one cohesive pattern, which is usually how stipulations like this work.

This match had a little bit of everything and had the crowd hooting and hollering the entire time. When Stokely got involved, Beth Phoenix came out to even the odds. FTR attacked her, but when they tried to put her through a burning table, she pulled Stoke into the path so he crashed through it instead.

Beth found Copeland's spiked club and he made Dax say he quit with it to win the match and the tag titles. This might not have been pretty, but it was non-stop fun.

Result: Cage and Cope defeated FTR to win the tag titles

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

MJF had a segment with Foley during the pre-show. He kicked Foley below the belt, but ran away as soon as Allin showed up.

FTR switched up the rainbow aesthetic for black and white.

The piledriver on the Spanish announce table looked brutal for Copeland.

Putting Christian's injured arm through a cinder block and hitting it with a chair caused exactly zero damage.

The crowd chanted "He banged your mother" after Cage said that to FTR.

Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Last time in action: Okada defeated Bryan Keith (Dynamite, May 6), Takeshita lost to Allin (Dynamite, May 13)

The International Championship was on the line when Okada and Takeshita finally met for the grudge match we have all been waiting months to see. Don Callis joined the commentary team to watch his clients go to battle.

These men are on even ground in a lot of ways. Okada has the experience advantage, but other than that, they are almost mirror images of each other. Their size, power and style are similar, so neither man felt like the underdog.

The Rainmaker began to control the pace and started using one foot to cover Takeshita to disrespect him. The challenger got in some offense now and then, but the champion had the upper hand for quite some time.

They paced this match perfectly so they were able to sell all of the big spots and take their time without feeling like they were going too slow. Each sequence got a little more intense. Callis tried to get Okada to finish the match instead of inflicting more damage at one point.

The final few moments were the most exciting of the match. Both men came close to winning a few times, but when it was all over, Takeshita pinned Okada to win the international title. This was a hell of a match.

It looked like the rest of the Callis Family might team up on Takeshita, but that is when Kyle Fletcher made his return. He stood with Takeshita and the family backed down. He gave the new champion a hug before laying him out with a clothesline.

It looks like Takeshita is officially out of the Don Callis Family and Fletcher will be chasing the title.

Result: Takeshita defeated Okada to win the international title

Grade: A-

Notable Moments and Observations

The video package before the match was great.

Takeshita makes a diving clothesline look better than most.

Tony Schiavone giving Callis a hard time will always be funny.

Takeshita is so deceptively strong. He makes so many things look easy.

Athena vs. Mina Shirakawa

Last time in action: Athena's team defeated Shirakawa's team in an eight-woman tag (Dynamite, May 20)

The first of the three Owen Hart Tournament matches saw Athena take on Shirakawa. They got right to the action and started throwing strikes.

The Forever Champ took control early and brought Mina out of the ring so she could throw her into anything she could find. She started to show signs of frustration when she couldn't put Shirakawa away.

They put on a hard-fought match, but there were a couple of moments when it looked like they wanted to do one thing, but they ended up doing something different when it didn't work.

Athena scored the win with her finisher to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.

Result: Athena defeated Shirakawa

Grade: B

Notable Moments and Observations

Athena's ring jacket was cool, but she took it off before she went to the ring.

They broke one of the LED boards on the barricade when Athena dropkicked Mina.

The crowd seemed like it needed a little break after the previous match. They weren't quiet, but they weren't being as vocal during this one either.

It was hard to tell what Shirakawa was going for when she had Athena on her shoulders, but what they ended up doing probably wasn't it.

Jon Moxley vs. Kyle O'Reilly

Last time in action: Moxley and O'Reilly had a time limit draw (Dynamite, May 20)

Moxley put his Continental Championship on the line in a match with no time limit against a man who holds a couple of wins over him already, O'Reilly. Rules stated nobody else could be at ringside, so their respective stables gave them pep talks before they went to the ring.

They sized each other up a bit as they started trading holds. Neither man was rushing, and both took their time easing into things.

It felt like the story they were telling was that Moxley knew he couldn't outwrestle KOR, so he was looking for other ways to combat his offense without giving him too much space.

When O'Reilly accidentally kicked the ring post, it took away a big part of his offense. Moxley laughed as he attempted a kick and fell to his knees. He began to focus all of his attacks on Kyle's leg.

KOR eventually found a way to apply the ankle lock he has used to great success, but Mox refused to tap out.

This match was great on a technical level, but it felt like it took them a little too long to match the intensity of their previous encounters. They were going for more of a slow build, but it would have served them better to make this feel more violent.

After a long struggle, O'Reilly was forced to tap to an ankle lock from Moxley. Both of their stables joined them in the ring. Mox and KOR shook hands as a sign of respect.

Result: Moxley defeated O'Reilly

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

Jim Ross joined commentary for this match.

When Mox decides to sell for someone, he goes all in.

Both of these guys do a lot of little things to make their performances feel more realistic.

Samoa Joe vs. Will Ospreay

Last time in action: The Opps defeated Lethal Twist (Collision, May 16), Ospreay defeated Shibata (Collision, May 20)

The first match in the men's bracket for the Owen Hart Tournament featured Samoa Joe taking on Will Ospreay.

While Joe was still posing for his entrance, Ospreay hit him with a springboard cutter to get the match started right away. He tried to stay on him, but Joe recovered and took him off his feet with one big shot.

The Aerial Assassin hit a 450 before attempting an armbar, but The Samoan Submission Machine countered and took a breather at ringside.

The match was more of a back-and-forth fight from that point forward, but Joe had the upper hand a bit more often until Ospreay started building up a head of steam.

This was a very entertaining contest that made both guys look great. They blended their respective styles to create one of the more competitive fights by this point in the show.

After avoiding the Muscle Buster, Ospreay was able to hit the Hidden Blade for the win to advance to the semifinals.

Result: Ospreay defeated Joe

Grade: A-

Notable Moments and Observations

Joe yelling at the ref for ringing the bell was funny.

The way Joe sent Ospreay into the barricade looked brutal.

Joe had some great facial expressions when he was selling for Ospreay.

Swerve Strickland vs. Bandido

Last time in action: Bandido defeated Angelico (ROH, May 18), Strickland lost to Omega (Dynamite, March 25)

The third and final Owen Hart Tournament match of the night had Bandido taking on Strickland. This might just be a tournament match, but the buildup to it made it feel a lot more personal.

They ran at each other as soon as the ref called for the bell and started throwing hands. It was pretty even until the ROH champion used one arm to lift Swerve up and dump him over the top rope to the floor.

Once Strickland recovered, he started taking Bandido apart piece by piece. He slowed the pace down and tried to keep the high-flyer grounded.

They did a great job making it hard to tell who would win. Most of the matches on this card have been somewhat predictable, but this one kept fans on their toes.

Bandido looked like he had the match won with the 21 Plex, but his injured neck was unable to hold the bridge. When he went for it again, Swerve countered it into a vertabreaker before hitting the House Call for the win.

Result: Strickland defeated Bandido

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

Brody King accompanied Bandido to the stage but didn't follow him to the ring.

Bandido pressing someone with one arm will never stop being impressive.

The way Swerve sent Bandido into the top turnbuckle with a German suplex was cool.

The reverse hurricanrana from the apron to the floor was nuts.

Thekla vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Kris Statlander vs. Jamie Hayter

Last time in action: Thekla's team defeated Hayter and Statlander's team (Dynamite, May 20), Shida and Brawling Birds defeated Triangle of Madness (Dynamite, May 13)

The women's world title was on the line when Thekla faced three former world champions, Shida, Hayter and Statlander.

All three challengers teamed up to take out Thekla right away, but it didn't take long before Hayter and Stat started fighting. Shida and Statlander worked together, but Hayter and Thekla managed to stay in the fight.

This was an enjoyable and competitive showcase for these four stars. Thekla was the most entertaining thanks to her trash-talking, but all four competitors contributed to the fun. It felt like everyone was on point and worked hard to make sure the crowd was invested.

Thekla retained her title with a Stomp to Statlander to score the pin. This was tons of fun and all four women should be proud of this performance.

Result: Thekla defeated Statlander, Shida and Hayter

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

All four competitors had cool gear for this match.

Thekla kept calling the other women names and it was hilarious.

Statlander was wiped out when Thekla kicked her on the apron.

The way Stat picked up Thekla for a piledriver was awesome.

Stadium Stampede

This year's Stadium Stampede match featured 14 competitors, making it the biggest bout on the card. Jericho, Benjamin, Lashley, Perry, Omega and The Young Bucks took on Ricochet, Kaun, Liona, El Idolo, Davis, Connors and Finlay.

As soon as the ref called for the bell, all 14 men started brawling. This match had so many people fighting in so many places that it was impossible to follow everything, but that is always how this kind of match is going to be.

The important thing is that AEW did a good job keeping the camera focused on things that mattered and big spots that had the crowd cheering. While some people stayed in and around the ring, others fought to the backstage area.

Grading a match like this is tough because it's so different from everything else we see on a regular basis. There wasn't much wrestling happening or psychology involved, but they packed a ton of fun moments into it, so there is no doubt that it was entertaining.

Jericho pinned Kaun to get the victory for his team after a long and chaotic match.

Result: Team Jericho defeated Team Ricochet

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

Parts of this match were likely recorded separately and spliced into the footage.

The entrance videos before the match were a nice touch. Omega coughing from his cigar was funny.

Liona had both Bucks and Perry on his shoulders for a huge Samoan drop. It was a very impressive display of strength.

A beach ball was being tossed around at one point.

Lio Rush showed up backstage and got involved to help Lashley.

Satnam Singh got involved when the fight spilled into the catering area.

They made it look like Perry crashed his bus into Davis in a golf cart.

Darby Allin vs. MJF

Last time in action: Allin defeated Mike Bailey (Dynamite, May 20), MJF lost to Kevin Knight (Dynamite, April 29)

The main event between Allin and MJF wasn't just for the world title. MJF also put his hair on the line in order to get Allin to agree to a rematch.

The introductions took longer than usual, but it helped create some anticipation for when the match started. Allin used a side headlock takeover a few times, but MJF kept kicking out.

Allin sent him out of the ring and went for a suicide dive, but MJF sent him crashing to the floor for what looked like a rough landing. From that point, the former champion was in control for a long time.

The majority of this match was MJF controlling the pace for long periods of time while Allin had short bursts of offense. It made the champion feel like an underdog despite how many dangerous opponents he had beaten.

They had a good, competitive match, but on a show with so many strong performances, it was hard for this one to stand out the way it usually would. It was the kind of match that would have stolen the show most nights.

In the end, Allin stretched himself too far and MJF was able to get the pin and regain the world title. After the match, Kevin Knight showed up in what looked like an attempt to protect Allin, but he ended up turning heel when he hit a frog splash from the top rope onto the downed former champion.

Result: MJF defeated Allin

Grade: B+

Notable Moments and Observations

There was a barber's chair and clippers on the stage for if MJF lost.

Allin landed on his head and shoulders when he tried a suicide dive. It looked brutal.

The missed Coffin Drop on the apron looked painful.

MJF pulled the cameraman into the path of a suicide dive. The way it was shot looked cool.

Allin was bleeding from the back of his head after leaping off the stage onto MJF.

The Final Word

Sunday's Double or Nothing was another successful event for AEW, especially when it comes to certain people. 

Just about every match delivered something different, especially the Stadium Stampede bout that took the fight all over the arena. 

When it comes to the best bell-to-bell performance, that goes to Okada and Takeshita. They put on a clinic that gave us a new champion and a satisfying conclusion to the story of Takeshita leaving The Don Callis Family. 

Even if a couple of matches didn't live up to expectations, everything else was so good that it's safe to call this one of the stronger PPVs of the year so far. 

Ending the night with Kevin Knight turning heel on Allin was unexpected, and it will be interesting to see where AEW goes with it.

Grade: A-