AEW Double Or Nothing 2025 Results, Winners And Grades On May 25

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26-05-2025

Will Ospreay faces Hangman Adam Page in the finals of the 2025 Owen Hart Foundation Men's ... More Tournament.
AEW Double or Nothing 2025 advertised the annual Anarchy in the Arena, pitting the Death Riders and the Young Bucks against Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, Willow Nightingale and The Opps. This will be the first intergender Anarchy Arena in AEW history.
AEW also advertised two Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals, which book-ended the show as Mercedes Mone faced Jamie Hayter and Hangman Adam Page faced Will Ospreay to decide the likely savior of AEW.
Mercedes wore Bret Hart/Owen Hart-inspired sunglasses to the ring, except they were much larger and she did not give them to a little kid.
There were dueling chants of 'Jamie Hayter' and 'CEO.'
Despite the crowd heat, Mercedes and Jamie seemed to be on two entirely different pages early, resulting in some awkward single-leg crab spots.
The match picked up after a great-looking Meteora by Mercedes to the outside. Mercedes mocked Hayter by kissing her biceps beforehand
Hayter made her comeback after taking a series of Meteoras, mocking Mercedes right back before delivering a Meteora in the corner. Everybody with knees is going to be sore after this match even Aubrey Edwards who has to get down on her knees to count.
Fans got more into this match as the women laid in their strikes.
Hayter slipped on the stairsteps while trying to deliver a step-up lariat. The announce team tried to gaslight viewers by saying the move was more devastating due to the slip. It wasn't. Mercedes hit four consecutive Backstabbers before locking in the Statement Maker.
Hayter brilliantly countered an O'Connor Roll with a rear-naked choke in the middle of the ring. Mone reversed it into a rollup for a nearfall.
Hayter countered a second Statement Maker into an ugly Ushigoroshi followed by a Lariat for a nearfall that everybody fell for. Moments later, Mone kicked out of a Tombstone to the disgust of Glendale.
Mercedes countered another Lariat with an ugly schoolboy rollup where Jamie landed right on her head, ultimately winning the tournament.
FTR was little-brothering Daniel Garcia as Cash Wheeler gave him a sarcastic hug.
Excalibur had to correct Tony Schiavone, who undersold what FTR tried to do to him. To Tony, FTR tried to bully him. Excalibur made it more dramatic by implying they tried to paralyze Schiavone.
Garcia received a big pop for his signature dance, and Nigel received an even bigger pop as he tagged in and went toe-to-toe with Dax Harwood.
The crowd reacted to this match like it was any other tag team match. There was no 'underdog heat" for Nigel like there was for Pat McAfee against Gunther at Backlash, because Nigel is an actual wrestler who hung with his foes and even towered over them.
After FTR accidentally clotheslined each other, Nigel and Garcia locked in dueling submissions. StokelyHathaway tried to interrupt, but was thwarted by Daddy Magic.
After FTR escaped the submission, Garcia hit multiple top-rope superplexes from different corners of the ring. It was the super Three Amigos, but Dax countered with a spinning suplex from the top rope of his own.
After a Shatter Machine on the outside, FTR confronted Tony Schiavone. They then turned their attention to Daniel Garcia as Dax locked Garcia in a Sharpshooter. Garcia passed out. Two matches into a nine-match show and it's been an hour. This is going to be a long night.
Ricochet missed a shooting star onto the stretcher for a big reaction. Briscoe capitalized by paying homage to Mick Foley with an elbow to the outside, then to Sabu by throwing a steel chair.
Briscoe continued his domination by shining Ricochet's bald head with Mr. Clean. Briscoe attempted a Sabu-like Triple Jump dive but Ricochet interrupted by throwing a chair at Briscoe.
Ricochet took control, busting Briscoe wide open to the tune of 'you sick F' chants.
Ricochet stuffed Briscoe in the ambulance and tried closing the door, but Briscoe blocked it with a crutch. A bloody Briscoe came back with a J-Driller inside the ring. Briscoe followed up with a 'Froggy Bow' (Frog Splash/Flying Elbow Combo.)
Ricochet came back with his trusty scissors on Briscoe, who was now bleeding worse than viewers when Ricochet is on television.
MJF walked out with The Hurt Syndicate to a rousing ovation.
The Sons of Texas came out of the breaks firing as Dustin laid in the strikes while Speedy Sammy laid into Shelton with his own high-flying offense.
MJF attacked Sammy Guevara on the outside, then appeared to lambaste the fans as they cheered him on.
Guevara made the lukewarm tag to Dustin Rhodes, who opened up on Benjamin with Lashley still on the apron, where he spent most of the match.
MJF distracted the referee, which opened the door for Rhodes to kick Shelton in the nether region with the Unnatural Kick.
MJF tried to give Shelton his Dynamite Diamond Ring right in front of Aubrey Edwards, who did nothing to stop him. Instead, Bobby Lashley did Aubrey's job for her and stopped MJF from using the ring.
After MJF gauged Dustin Rhodes' eyes, a proud Bobby Lashley speared Rhodes through the barricade. Benjamin was late to cutting off a Sammy Suicide Dive, leading to a Hurt Syndicate win.
Mike Bailey accidentally kicked the stairs, hurting his leg, but he followed up by doing the Crane pose on his good leg.
Bailey worked very hard with dives to the outside and running shooting-star presses, but Okada worked more like a big man by cutting him off and slowing down the offense.
Tony Schiavone noted the breaths were coming out heavy for Speedball, but not so much from Okada. That's because, true to form in AEW, Okada really wasn't working all that hard.
Okada avoided a superkick and countered with a middle finger. A shooting star from the top rope was met with double knees from Okada.
Okada hit an impressive dropkick and tried the Rainmaker, but Bailey countered with another kick. Bailey pinned Okada after The Time Adventure, but Okada grabbed the bottom rope right despite referee Rick Knox making the three count. The ref immediately reversed the call.
There was more half-and-half chants for Toni Storm and Mina Shirakawa. They spent the opening moments trying to outshine one another.
Luther tried to stand in front of a charging Mina, but she attacked him and hit a spinning cross body splash on Storm. Luther then took a flying cross body from Shirakawa.
Mina worked her ass off, and threatened to beat Toni a couple times, though fans didn't take most of the nearfalls seriously.
Storm was in 'imminent danger' while locked in a second Figure Four by Shirakawa, even teasing tapping out. Instead, Storm reached the bottom rope to a polite pop from Glendale.
After a Big Package attempt and a headbutt, Storm secured the win with a Storm Zero.
Justin Roberts announced this match by saying 'Aww shit, it's time for Anarchy in the Arena!'
Swerve Strickland walked out in Predator cosplay. The Deathriders walked out in different areas of the arenas and made a Shield-like entrance. Conspicuous by his absence were Samoa Joe.
The Young Bucks walked out to a hilarious Civil War-inspired entrance about how they 'blazed a trail' of a 'land of prosperity for all professional wrestlers.' Roberts read this from a scroll. The Founding Fathers walked out dressed like Founding Fathers to a chorus of boos.
Samoa Joe appeared in the concourse to attack Claudio Castagnoli. There was a four-way split screen and Civil War music played on the PA during the match. Omega asked for a music change, and the next track was 'I'm So Excited.' Kenny Omega continued the one-man game of Pass the Aux as he requested 'Bodies' by Drowning Pool. I was hoping Powerhouse Hobbs would get the aux next so I could hear 'Knuck if you Buck.'
Wheeler Yuta was tossed off the balcony into a crowd of catchers while Kenny Omega hit a moonsault off the same balcony onto the heels.
Hobbs hit a spear through a table on Castagnoli to another big reaction.
As the women brawled outside, Marina Shafir loudly said 'hit me' as Willow Nightingale hit he with a bottle. Shafir was busted open.
Katsuyori Shibata hit Yuta with a barbed-wire kick.
Castagnoli hit the giant swing on Swerve and released it into a speaker as the music stopped.
A bloody Shafir continued to scream spots at Willow as the reentered the arena. The camera missed another big Young Bucks spot as Matthew double-stomped Omega on the top rope, causing him to flip into a Nicholas Jackson powerbomb.
The heels dominated as Nightingale's ear was literally chained to the post. Fans chanted 'Please help Willow!'
Matthew Jackson hit a Swanton Bomb from the top of the screen through a table.
Swerve returned on a forklift, where he hit a double-stomp on the Young Bucks. Awesome. Schiavone mocked the Founding Fathers as the 'Floundering Fathers.'
Prince Nana protected Black women by unlocking Willow Nightingale just in time to deliver a spinebuster to Shafir and reveal a matching 'Big, Black and Jacked" tee.
Matthew Jackson stapled Hobbs, but Hobbs liked it. In fact, he stapled himself. Swerve absconded the staple gun and stapled everything that moved.
Marina stapled Swerve's tongue shut, then the woman-on-man violence continued as Willow gave a double-spear to the Young Bucks. Moxley took out Nightingale to massive heat, and Omega hit a snap-dragon suplex on a defiant Marina Shafir.
Back came Willow, who reversed a Meltzer Driver as Swerve came flying in to spike Matthew.
Hook returned and mauled Castagnoli with a golf club before storming off. Gabe Kidd hit the ring and wiped out the babyfaces with a briefcase. The Young Bucks hit the EVP Trigger with thumbtacks in Omega's mouth, followed by a Bulldog Choke. Samoa Joe broke it up.
Mark Briscoe came flying off the stage onto the heels as the action spilled toward the ambulance. I guess this was Eddie Kingston's replacement?
With the Death Riders locked in the ambulance, The Young Bucks were left alone. Omega and Swerve hit a stereo V-Trigger and House Call. Prince Nana pulled out a pair of spiked Swerve Answer 3's. After a One-Winged Angel through an exploding table on Matthew Jackson, Swerve hit a spiked stomp on Nicholas Jackson for the win. Swerve showed off the staple on his tongue in celebration.
This was an incredible Anarchy in the Arena Match. Every person in the match got to shine and it delivered on its ominous match title. Worth the price of admission for this match alone.
Lance Archer randomly appeared on commentary alongside Don Callis. The crowd was quiet throughout, but not nearly as dead as I expected them to be after such a wild Anarchy in the Arena Match.
This was just move, after move from one Dave Meltzer teacher's pet after another. There was a good reaction for a series of spots with the barricade on the outside, but fans were mostly watching politely.
After the Don Callis Family win, Brodie Lee and Tomohiro Ishii came out followed by Hiroshi Tanahashi. The babyfaces evened the odds ahead of Forbidden Door.
There was a great video package for both Hangman Adam Page and Will Ospreay. Hangman emphasized that he needs this, and his vignette featured several callbacks to his feuds over the past two years.
There was a faint 'Holy shit' chant as the match began, followed by chants of 'Cowboy shit!'
Ospreay hit a springboard forearm, but he landed awkwardly on Hangman's knee, appearing to hurt his back. Thankfully, Ospreay waved off the injury and continued the match.
The announcers pointed out how Ospreay was appealing to the crowd much more than Hangman was.
At the halfway point of the match, the audience reaction wasn't dead, but it didn't feel like a main event reaction either. In hindsight, Anarchy in the Arena should have gone last.
Fans finally came to their feet after a running Spanish Fly from Ospreay.
Hangman paid homage to Christopher Daniels with the Angel's Wings for a nearfall. Page tried another homage with a BME, but he stumbled a bit and missed. Ospreay followed up with a Styles Clash from the apron to the floor.
The match broke down into a fight as Ospreay pummeled Hangman, drawing boos from the crowd. Hangman briefly contemplated a Buckshot Lariat, but Ospreay kicked him off the apron. An increasingly heelish Ospreay bashed Hangman's head into the announce table as the boos continued.
Ospreay went for a Stormbreaker on the table, but Ospreay tried to counter with a Deadeye as the table collapsed before he hit the move.
Both Ospreay and Page removed their arm pads and charged at each other, but Ospreay took the Buckshot Lariat for a great nearfall. After a second Buckshot Lariat attempt, Ospreay intercepted him with a Hidden Blade for a nearfall.
Ospreay invoked Kenny Omega with a V-Trigger, but Hangman countered a One-Winged Angel withSwerve's Made in Japan finisher. Hangman hit another Buckshot Lariat for the win.
After the match, Hangman Adam Page returned to the ring to console a desolate Ospreay. The two shook hands.