Paul Wight shows up to officiate the weigh-in of Anthony Ogogo and "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes. Ogogo is introduced first, followed by Cody. Ogogo is accompanied by The Factory, while Cody is accompanied by numerous members of The Nightmare Factory. Cody weighs in at 218 lbs., while Ogogo weighs in at 219 lbs. As the weigh-in is about to end, QT Marshall says that Ogogo has the victory at hand due to being one pound heavier than Cody, but that does not stop everyone from overwhelmingly cheering for Cody over Ogogo. The Factory clear out of the ring when "The Natural" Dustin Rhodes lunges at QT Marshall, then Cody says he will see the fans again at Double or Nothing before telling them to enjoy the show.
We see a video package about the upcoming Stadium Stampede match between The Inner Circle and The Pinnacle at Double or Nothing.
Backstage, Powerhouse Hobbs and Christian Cage brawl. Officials and referees stop both men before it gets worse.
Taz guests on commentary for the next match.
"Hangman" Adam Page beats "The Bad Boy" Joey Janela. During the match, it is announced that next week's show will take place at 10 PM Eastern/9 PM Central on June 4th. After the match, Taz introduces Page to "The Machine" Brian Cage, saying he will "kick the living shit out of [Page]" on Sunday, but Page sees Hook coming as he speaks to Taz and tells Cage he expected more out of him. Page asks Cage if he really needs help to beat him, then tells him to face him alone like a man on Sunday. Cage says he didn't need their help then and doesn't need their help on Sunday.
We hear from Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston as they bury The Young Bucks' shoes in the ground. Moxley says it is time to get serious, as they are "a couple of schmucks thrown together" while The Young Bucks are the best tag team in the world, and says he has had Eddie's back in war and that it will be a war for the tag team titles on Sunday. Moxley says he needs the tag team titles, and while The Young Bucks may be the better team, the tag team titles are a couple of T-Bone steaks and they are a bunch of pitbulls. Eddie says that they will not quit and that they will win the tag team titles because the pressure is coming.
Tony Schiavone is in the ring to interview Orange Cassidy, but PAC shows up before Cassidy does. PAC tells Schiavone to leave the ring, then says that Cassidy will be irrelevant on Sunday and that the only individual of any relevance who will beat Kenny Omega and become AEW World Champion is him. He says that Kenny Omega has been ducking, dodging and manipulating to the point that it is pathetic and dares him to stand face-to-face with him so he can show what will happen at Double or Nothing. Don Callis shows up on the video screen and tells PAC he is a dangerous person and "a violent, aggressive, soulless sociopath" as Omega tries to sneak up on PAC, but PAC sees it coming. Suddenly, The Good Brothers ("The Big LG" Doc Gallows and "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson) ambush PAC from behind, but they are chased out of the ring by Penta el Zero M and Rey Fenix. Omega gets up, but as he goes for the One Winged Angel, Best Friends (Chuck Taylor, Trent, Orange Cassidy, Kris Statlander) shows up. Cassidy gets in the ring and pulls out a note for Kenny Omega. Omega opens the envelope and find another torn-up contract, then eats an Orange Punch from Cassidy. As Cassidy is about to pick up the AEW World Championship, PAC stops him, but as PAC tries to powerbomb him, Cassidy overpowers him and lays him out.
In footage from earlier today, Tony Schiavone interviews Jade Cargill when Matt Hardy shows up and says he will win the Casino Battle Royal and wants Cargill to be part of the Hardy Family Office. Mark Sterling shows up and says Cargill is his client. Sterling also threatens to hit Hardy with a 50-foot restraining order if he keeps accosting Cargill, and says that he only gets paid when Cargill wins as opposed to Hardy's 30% across the board. Hardy is livid.
Jade Cargill beats KiLynn King.
We hear from Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Lance Archer. Lance Archer tells Roberts - who expects Dante Martin - that he wants Miro, for even though he respects Martin, Miro has done nothing but piss him off and he wants to beat him to become TNT Champion.
Miro retains the AEW TNT Championship against Dante Martin with Game Over. After the match, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Lance Archer show up, and Roberts tells Miro that his fairy tale will come to an end on Sunday. Miro dares Lance Archer to get in the ring with him, and Archer nearly choke slams Miro before referees get between them.
Hikaru Shida is honored for being AEW Women's World Champion for more than one year, and is presented with a new title belt. Shida says that when she won the title, there were no fans, but tonight, the fans are here, and she is proud to share this moment, for the AEW Women's World Championship is for the fans. Suddenly, Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. shows up. Britt says she has come in peace and that Reba is not here, then congratulates Shida on being women's champion during a turbulent time in wrestling before saying that she will be the face of a whole new era when she beats Shida for the title on Sunday. (In the commercial break before this segment, Spanish language commentator Willie Urbina can be heard mocking Hikaru Shida's accent on Spanish language commentary during the break when asked to translate what Hikaru Shida said into Spanish. This incident will be directly responsible for Willie Urbina being fired from the company less than 24 hours later.)
Scorpio Sky and "All Ego" Ethan Page beats The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Stu Grayson). After the match, Ethan Page says that what happened tonight will happen on Sunday, then Darby Allin shows up with a bunch of people in Sting masks and shirts before attacking Ethan Page. Meanwhile, Scorpio Sky attacks the people in the Sting masks and finds out the hard way that one of them is the real Sting. Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page eventually retreat.
Eric Bischoff shows up to host the celebration of The Inner Circle. After mentioning that he got the honor to introduce what would become the New World Order 25 years ago last night, Bischoff introduces The Inner Circle. We see a video package of some of The Inner Circle's greatest moments, then Santana says that they are standing stronger than ever after eighteen months in front of the returning fans after carrying the company through a pandemic. Santana says that if this is the last time they are together in the ring, then it has been an honor to do it front of the fans. Jake Hager says he wants to be shown "the hard times that make hard men" when The Inner Circle left a piece of themselves in the ring. Sammy Guevara says The Inner Circle have been through everything together, and says that when he quit The Inner Circle, he did not like it at all, and says that he will do all in his power to make sure it doesn't happen again. Guevara then thanks The Inner Circle for everything if this is the last time, then Chris Jericho admits he was hesitant to create a faction due to not playing well with others, but eventually, all they cared about was each other. He says that if they lose on Sunday, they will go down in a blaze of glory, then tells the group that he loves them in case this is the last time. Suddenly, MJF and Wardlow show up on the video screen. MJF says he is more excited than ever for Sunday before revealing that he and Wardlow have attacked Dean Malenko and tells them to get to the football field before he makes Malenko "extra cold." As The Inner Circle run to the football field, they are attacked by the rest of The Pinnacle, who drive the Inner Circle into the ground - and two tables - with simultaneous piledrivers.
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