Double or Nothing 2020: AEW Finds Creativity inside an Empty-Arena Crisis

Best Friends earned the next AEW World Tag Team Championship opportunity when Trent pinned Marq Quen following Strong Zero. Private Party had made the Buy-In contest close: Kassidy and Quen hit a G9 in tribute to Shad Gaspard, and Quen landed a shooting star press on Trent for a near fall. Chuck Taylor broke up the danger by pulling Quen outside and delivering a piledriver on the floor. Trent then avoided the Gin & Juice, leaving Best Friends free to connect with the finishing tandem attack. The result was a contenders match rather than a title defense, and Quen was the wrestler pinned. The decisive adjustment came from Chuck's interruption of the near fall and Trent's escape from Private Party's combination.

Brian Cage debuted as the mystery entrant and won AEW's first Casino Ladder Match by climbing to retrieve the giant poker chip, securing a future AEW World Championship match. Darby Allin had earlier crashed onto a ladder after Kazarian avoided his skateboard-assisted leap, while Orange Cassidy, Colt Cabana and other entrants battled for the chip. Cage arrived with Taz and dominated the field, but the wrestlers collectively buried him under broken equipment to keep him from climbing. When Cage escaped, he battled Luchasaurus and eventually hurled a ladder carrying Allin out of the ring before retrieving the chip himself. The match was decided by climbing the ladder, not by a pinfall, and Cage's late arrival made the decisive difference in a crowded debut.

MJF pinned Jungle Boy after a string of reversing roll-ups, surviving an energetic comeback in a singles match that exposed the challenger's injured left arm. MJF initially feigned an injury to lure Jungle Boy into backing away, then attacked the arm with a backbreaker and stomps. Jungle Boy rallied with three dives to the floor and a reverse rana on the apron, and he nearly won with an avalanche Liger Bomb from the ropes. The same injured arm stopped him from completing a later deadlift attempt, giving MJF time to regroup and win the final scramble of cradles. Wardlow accompanied MJF, but the decision came through the wrestlers' counter-wrestling rather than a Wardlow-assisted finish.

Cody Rhodes pinned Lance Archer with two successive Cross Rhodes to become the inaugural AEW TNT Champion. Archer dominated much of the tournament final, surviving a springboard cutter and Cody's first Cross Rhodes while punishing the challenger with a rope-walk moonsault and repeated power attacks. Their corners became part of the conflict when Arn Anderson interfered with Archer on the ropes and was ejected along with Jake Roberts. Roberts then returned carrying his snake bag, only for guest title presenter Mike Tyson to confront him from the stage and send him away. Cody countered Archer's final Blackout attempt before landing the two finishing moves. Tyson presented the new title after the bell; he was not a referee, wrestler or participant in the legal pin.

Kris Statlander pinned Penelope Ford after finally connecting with Big Bang Theory in a singles match Ford entered as an injury replacement for Britt Baker. Kip Sabian accompanied Ford despite being on crutches and distracted Statlander on the floor, allowing Ford to strike with a DDT. The challenger also scored a near fall with a hook kick and countered an earlier Big Bang Theory attempt. Statlander responded with a dive that caught Ford and Sabian outside, then absorbed a hurricanrana before blocking Ford's stunner and landing her finishing move. The win was a straight pinfall over Ford, with Sabian providing outside interference but never competing as a legal opponent. The match's shifting counters distinguished it from a routine replacement booking.

Dustin Rhodes pinned Shawn Spears with Final Reckoning after Spears tried to claim a forfeit before the match even began. Wearing a suit, Spears mocked Rhodes' absence and demanded that the referee count him out. Brandi Rhodes appeared onstage during the attempted stunt, allowing Dustin to enter from behind and attack Spears while his shirt was still over his head. Dustin then landed a powerslam, pulled off Spears' suit trousers and sent him over the ropes before striking with Final Reckoning. This was an abbreviated grudge-match comeuppance rather than a legitimate forfeit or title contest, and the pin belonged to Dustin. Brandi's entrance was the diversion that reversed Spears' attempt to win without wrestling.

Hikaru Shida pinned Nyla Rose after a running knee strike to win the AEW Women's World Championship in their No Disqualification, No Count Out match. Rose attacked with Shida's own kendo stick and drove her through a ringside table, but the challenger repeatedly survived power moves that might have ended an ordinary title defense. Rose's powerbomb through a table inside the ring still drew only a near fall. Shida later answered with an avalanche Falcon Arrow, used the kendo stick herself and connected with the decisive knee. The title changed hands by pinfall, not by countout or submission, and the weapons were part of the announced stipulation rather than a disqualification. The match gave Shida her first AEW women's championship.

Jon Moxley retained the AEW World Championship when Brodie Lee lost consciousness in a rear-naked choke, prompting referee stoppage rather than a normal submission tap or three-count. Lee had stolen the physical championship belt before the event and survived a heavy attack from the defending champion, including a Paradigm Shift through the entrance ramp and two more in-ring versions of the move. He emerged bloodied from the damaged stage, kicked out again and forced Moxley to find another way to finish the contest. Moxley's final choke deprived Lee of the chance to continue, ending an unusually violent championship defense without pretending that the official recorded a clean pinfall.

Kenny Omega pinned Sammy Guevara after a One-Winged Angel from a high stadium platform to give his team victory in the first Stadium Stampede match. Omega joined Adam Page, Matt Hardy and the Young Bucks against Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Santana, Ortiz and Guevara in a falls-count-anywhere fight that spread from the football-field ring through the entire stadium. Page entered on horseback and later exchanged punches with Hager in a bar; Hardy battled Santana and Ortiz near a swimming pool, while the Bucks used football stadium equipment for dives and strikes. Hardy and Omega eventually pursued Guevara in a golf cart, then cornered him when a drone distracted him. Omega's elevated finishing move supplied the actual pin, distinguishing the decisive result from the match's many cinematic detours.