Darby Allin makes AEW title defense before Double or Nothing, Willow Nightingale surrenders title and more

Darby Allin made 1 last AEW World Championship defense connected Wednesday’s double section of "Dynamite" and "Collision" against "Speedball" Mike Bailey and did truthful successful beforehand of his Double aliases Nothing challenger, Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF).

Allin had been connected an unthinkable tally of title defenses since capturing nan title complete MJF astir a period ago. In nan lead up to a title vs. hairsbreadth match against MJF, Allin proved again why he was 1 of nan champion successful pro wrestling.

Bailey missed a high-flying aerial maneuver allowing Allin to deed a Coffin Drop. But MJF interfered, putting Bailey’s ft connected nan statement to break nan count. Bailey astir sewage a 3 count connected Allin aft a kick, but Allin would yet survive.

Darby Allin competes successful nan ringing during AEW Collision connected Oct. 3, 2024, astatine nan Huntington Center successful Toledo, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)

Allin put Bailey into aggregate Scorpion Death Locks, and forced Bailey to pat out. Still nan champion, Allin and MJF will quadrate disconnected astatine Double aliases Nothing. If Allin retains, MJF will person to shave his head.

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Willow Nightingale reveals injury, relinquishes TBS Championship

Willow Nightingale and Momo Watanabe compete during nan New Japan Pro-Wrestling Wrestle Dynasty arena astatine Tokyo Dome successful Tokyo, Japan, connected Jan. 5, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

Unfortunately, Willow Nightingale’s ascendant reign arsenic TBS champion came to an abrupt extremity connected Wednesday night. She announced during "Dynamite."

"Winning this title was 1 of nan top moments of my profession and I haven’t had a shortage of awesome moments successful my clip astatine AEW. I’ve won nan Owen before, I’ve won nan TBS title earlier this reign," she said successful a backstage segment. "And I became half of nan very first AEW women’s tag squad champions But winning this backmost from Mercedes (Moné), I knew that if I could do that, I could beryllium to myself, I could beryllium to nan world that I americium everything I believed I could beryllium which is why I told myself I would conflict time in, time retired to immoderate challenger that steps up and if I couldn’t do that, past I didn’t merit to beryllium nan TBS champion.

"As destiny would person it, successful my astir caller title defense against Red Velvet, I injured my correct enarthrosis and I want truthful bad, I want truthful bad to wrestle astatine Double aliases Nothing successful beforehand of my family, astatine location successful New York, against Alex Windsor. I want to spell connected successful nan Owen and spell to All In and go nan AEW world champ. But unfortunately, I person to retreat from nan Owen Hart Cup. Furthermore, I must relinquish nan TBS Championship."

Nightingale said she was "overjoyed" to nan look of TBS complete nan people of her 10 title defenses and vowed to beryllium back, though it was unclear when.

Mina Shirakawa will now return connected Athena successful nan first information of nan Owen astatine Double aliases Nothing. Windsor will person a wild-card force successful nan tournament.

Will Ospreay makes connection earlier Double aliases Nothing

Will Ospreay appeared connected nan "Collision" information of Wednesday night’s special, taking connected Katsuyori Shibata – a personnel of The Opps. It was a tune-up lucifer earlier Ospreay takes connected chap Opps personnel Samoa Joe successful nan first information of nan Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament.

Ospreay has been much vulnerable since he trained pinch The Death Riders successful caller weeks, showing his tenacity past week against Ace Austin. It was overmuch of nan aforesaid against Shibata. His aerial stylings and difficult hits proved to beryllium excessively overmuch for Shibata successful nan end. He deed Shibata pinch a Styles Clash and a Hidden Blade, pinning Shibata for nan win.

Joe addressed Ospreay aft nan match, saying he was going to "put your a--  to sleep."

Ospreay responded, detailing his ain "nightmare" business successful which he comes to grips pinch immoderate of his doubters. He said that he received messages for years astir really Joe was going to "kill" him and wondered really that would beryllium imaginable if he’s "already died successful this very ring."

"This year, nan stakes are precocious because nan victor of nan Owen Hart Cup goes connected to look whoever nan world champion is astatine nan biggest stadium my state has. A stadium that each kid successful my schoolhouse wanted to beryllium successful and I person a chance to fulfill my country’s dream and I person a chance to fulfill my dream because it’s not conscionable nan institution connected my back, I sewage a full flipping state connected my back.

"My nightmare, Joe, my nightmare died and it was successful nan hands of these men (The Death Riders) and Marina (Shafir). They killed nan aged maine and they rebuilt me. They rebuilt maine into a murderer, into a killer, into what I’ve been this full time."

He said Sunday astatine Double aliases Nothing started his roadworthy to winning nan AEW World Championship.

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Swerve Strickland, Bandido brawl earlier Double aliases Nothing match

Referee Aubrey Edwards raises nan manus of Swerve Strickland aft he defeated Shelton Benjamin during AEW Dynamite astatine nan Wolstein Center successful Cleveland, Ohio, connected Oct. 30, 2024. Prince Nana celebrates nearby. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)

For weeks, Swerve Strickland had made it clear that he was going aft Ring of Honor champion Bandido. The 2 were group to quadrate disconnected successful nan first information of nan Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament astatine nan upcoming Double aliases Nothing pay-per-view but they decided to springiness fans a preview of what’s to come.

Strickland was going to reside nan crowd successful Portland, Maine, erstwhile Bandido blindsided Strickland. The 2 brawled for respective minutes arsenic Strickland was trying to deed a Vertebreaker connected a char that he group up successful nan mediate of nan ring. Bandido countered and deed a subject property slam connected Strickland.

As Bandido was going for a knockout rustle pinch nan chair, Strickland rolled retired of nan ring.

New matches added to Double aliases Nothing

Jon Moxley will take sides nan Continental Championship against Kyle O’Reilly aft their eliminator lucifer went nan distance.

Viva Van and Zaya Steel will beryllium a portion of a women’s tag squad eliminator lucifer against champions Megan Bayne and Lena Kross. The lucifer will return spot during nan Buy In hr earlier nan pay-per-view officially kicks off.

"Dynamite" lucifer results:

Andrade El Idolo, Mark Davis and Ricochet def. Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Chris Jericho.

Mark Briscoe def. Tommaso Ciampa successful a nary rules match.

Jon Moxley and Kyle O’Reilly spell nan region successful a Continental Championship eliminator match.

Thekla, Julia Hart, Skye Blue and Athena def. Thunder Rosa, Jamie Hayter, Alex Windsor and Mina Shirakawa.

Darby Allin def. "Speedball" Mike Bailey to clasp nan AEW World Championship.

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"Collision" lucifer results

Will Ospreay def. Katsuyori Shibata.

Rush def. TJ Crawford.

Megan Bayne and Lena Kross def. Kayla Loprez and Elle Valentine successful an AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championship eliminator match.

Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler def. Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong successful an AEW World Tag Team Championship eliminator match.