Double or Nothing 2025: Hangman and Ospreay Give the Owen Cup a Main-Event Classic

Anna Jay and Harley Cameron defeated Megan Bayne and Penelope Ford in the opening Buy-In tag, with Cameron scoring the deciding pin after escaping a planned Doomsday Device. Bayne's power repeatedly forced Cameron to defend rather than dictate the match, and Ford tried to prevent Jay from helping her partner. A coordinated superplex finally gave the underdogs a way back into the contest. The important feature of the finish is Cameron escaping the move that was supposed to end her night, not an invented disqualification or a late title switch. B- (7.0) credits the popular pairing's genuine upset while recognizing that this was a short supporting bout.

Bandido, AR Fox, Komander and Hologram beat RPG Vice and CRU in a Buy-In eight-man match built around increasingly ambitious aerial counters. Trent Beretta and Rocky Romero briefly grounded Bandido, while Lio Rush and Action Andretti kept the pace erratic and Andretti wrestled through a visible cut late. Once Komander and Hologram entered the exchanges, the finish became a sequence of simultaneous top-rope dives, an assisted 450 splash and an assisted 21 Plex that put the winning four ahead. The official account does not identify which individual took the fall, so credit belongs to the quartet rather than an invented named pin. C+ (6.8) fits a frantic showcase that worked better as an opener than as a stand-alone dramatic rivalry.

Mercedes Moné won the Women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament final by pinning Jamie Hayter after countering another Haterade lariat into a DDT variation. Hayter's power and previous back injury became central to the contest: Moné repeatedly attacked her lower back, yet Hayter still fought out of the Statement Maker and came close to winning with the Haterade. The victory earned Moné a future AEW Women's World Championship challenge at All In Texas; it did not award her that belt on this night. A- (8.8) rewards an intense, strategically coherent tournament final and the new title-shot consequence, with Hayter's near falls treated as credible rather than erased.

FTR defeated Daniel Garcia and Nigel McGuinness by technical submission when referee intervention ended a Sharpshooter on Garcia, not because Garcia verbally gave up. Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood had isolated the returning McGuinness with severe apron and floor attacks, then left Garcia alone to absorb two piledrivers before Harwood reapplied the hold. McGuinness could not reach the broken-up pairing in time to prevent the stoppage. B+ (8.1) reflects the physically demanding grudge match and a finish that preserves Garcia's refusal to tap; McGuinness needing help after the bell was an aftermath detail.

Ricochet defeated Mark Briscoe in AEW's Stretcher match by incapacitating him with a Spirit Gun and closing him inside the ambulance. A pinfall or submission could not end this stipulation, which is why the closing door is the decisive action. Ricochet had hidden scissors under the ring and used them to cut Briscoe after also temporarily blinding him with cleaning solution; Briscoe had survived to land a Jay Driller and other heavy blows before collapsing. B (7.8) recognizes how the feud used the actual stretcher rule to escalate, with Ricochet's weapon shortcuts driving the result instead of any claim of a clean wrestling fall.

Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin retained the AEW World Tag Team Championship for the Hurt Syndicate against Dustin Rhodes and Sammy Guevara of the Sons of Texas. Dustin's Cross Rhodes nearly created an upset after Guevara fired up the match with aerial offense, but the champions' size and tandem control eventually returned. MJF's ringside behavior briefly distracted the champions, and Lashley later speared Rhodes through the barricade; Benjamin closed the defense by striking Guevara with a knee and superkick to secure the fall. B- (7.3) recognizes the challengers' resistance without suggesting a title switch or attributing the finish to MJF's initial missteps.

Kazuchika Okada retained the AEW Continental Championship by pinning Mike Bailey with a Rainmaker after intercepting the challenger's aerial attack with a dropkick. Bailey entered unbeaten by pinfall in AEW and nearly took the belt with Time Adventure, but Okada reached the ropes. A kick into the steel steps had already damaged Bailey's leg, allowing the champion to target his movement with a Dragon Screw and punishing floor offense. A- (8.5) credits the contrast between Bailey's speed and Okada's exploitation of a physical opening; it also identifies the precise sequence that kept the Continental Championship with Okada.

Toni Storm survived Mina Shirakawa's attack on her damaged knee to retain the AEW Women's World Championship. Shirakawa repeatedly trapped her in a figure-four and hit the Glamorous Driver for a close near fall, while Storm had to escape the ropes rather than overpower every attempt. The finish reversed that control: Storm connected with a headbutt and immediately followed with Storm Zero for the pin. Luther's awkward involvement at ringside did not turn into a title-changing interference finish. B+ (8.4) reflects a focused champion-versus-challenger story in which the holder's injured leg gave every Shirakawa submission a credible chance of ending the reign.

Swerve Strickland scored the deciding fall on Nicholas Jackson with a stomp delivered in shoes covered with thumbtacks, giving his side the win in the Anarchy in the Arena match. He joined Kenny Omega, Willow Nightingale and the Opps against Jon Moxley's Death Riders and the Young Bucks. The fight spread across the concourse and backstage areas, with Marina Shafir attacking Willow, a bloodied Mark Briscoe returning to help, and Gabe Kidd adding further disruption. The finish still belonged to a legal winner on the original six-person team, not to Briscoe or Kidd as newly added match participants. A (9.2) rewards spectacle while anchoring a sprawling brawl to Strickland's specific pinfall.

The Don Callis Family defeated Paragon when Kyle Fletcher pinned Kyle O'Reilly with a brainbuster, despite damaging his own leg earlier in the trios match. Konosuke Takeshita and Josh Alexander helped isolate Roderick Strong before Adam Cole sparked the comeback, but interference from Don Callis and Lance Archer kept breaking Paragon's rhythm. The later appearance of Brody King, Tomohiro Ishii and Hiroshi Tanahashi overturned a post-match assault and left Cole standing tall; it did not reverse Fletcher's actual winning fall. B- (7.4) reflects a productive middle-card grudge match whose aftermath drove the story more forcefully than its score.

Hangman Adam Page won the men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament by pinning Will Ospreay with a Buckshot Lariat, earning an AEW World Championship opportunity against Jon Moxley at All In Texas. Ospreay's OsCutter on the apron almost led to a count-out, but Page returned before ten. Page's Dead Eye through the announce table damaged Ospreay's back, and the pair traded counters to the One-Winged Angel before the decisive lariat. The result was a tournament win and a future title challenge, not a new world champion on this May card. A+ (9.7) rewards the sustained escalation and the clear personal reward at the finish.