Thekla weaves her way to AEW Double or Nothing win, retaining women's championship

NEW YORK – All Elite Wrestling (AEW) women’s world champion Thekla seemingly had nan likelihood stacked against her going into a four-way creation pinch her title connected nan statement astatine Double aliases Nothing connected Sunday.

Thekla squared disconnected against Jamie Hayter, Kris Statlander and Hikaru Shida for nan title. And quickly, her opponents jumped her arsenic soon arsenic nan doorbell rang. The reasoning was to support nan "Toxic Spider" successful her ain web while nan different 3 tried to get nan precocious manus connected each other.

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Hikaru Shida competes astatine nan AEW Double aliases Nothing arena successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 25, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

Statlander and Shida were much aligned pinch each different than Hayter was pinch anyone else. It didn’t past excessively long, though. Shida deed Statlander pinch a kendo instrumentality to break up a pin attempt. Statlander and Shida past came to blows aft Shida slapped her tag squad partner crossed nan face.

Thekla would not beryllium deterred. Despite being pushed retired of nan lucifer a fewer times, she bided her clip until nan correct infinitesimal to strike. Hayter and Shida were extracurricular of nan ringing and collided arsenic they each tried to deed a double clothesline connected each other.

Thekla pints Kris Statlander successful wrestling attire astatine nan AEW Double aliases Nothing arena successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 25, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

Thekla competes successful nan women's 4-way lucifer astatine AEW Double aliases Nothing successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 25, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

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It was Thekla’s infinitesimal to radiance pinch Statlander successful nan ringing alone. Statlander was pensive and confused erstwhile Thekla nailed her pinch a nasty stomp. She pinned Statlander for nan win to clasp nan AEW Women’s World Championship.

The Austrian-born AEW prima won nan title from Statlander connected "Dynamite" successful February. She’s since made six successful title defenses.

Thekla pinch nan title astatine nan AEW Double aliases Nothing arena successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 25, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

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What’s adjacent for Thekla is unclear. She suggested successful nan post-show scrum that she’s keeping a adjacent oculus on nan Owen Hart Women’s Tournament and picked her Triangle of Madness teammate Skye Blue to triumph it.