MJF retains hair & regains World title at AEW Double or Nothing, Kevin Knight turns heel
MJF will keep his hair for a while longer and can once again call himself AEW World Champion after Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing.
In a physical match that had to follow the spectacle of Stadium Stampede, MJF got the win after a second rope tombstone piledriver, followed by a side headlock takeover — a staple of their feud dating back to the indies — for the pin and the beginning of his third World title run.
Allin put up the title against MJF’s hair as the big stipulation.
Afterward, Allin was being stretchered out when MJF stopped it to put his foot on top of him to add insult to injury. Kevin Knight then ran out to run off MJF and decided to then deliver a UFO splash from the top turnbuckle to the stretchered Allin on the outside of the ring, turning heel. There was no explanation for it with Excalibur mentioning both men were trained by the late Buddy Wayne.
As expected, Allin took some considerable punishment during the match even when he was delivering on offense. Late in the match, he hit a coffin drop through a table on the stage that was set up for a possible head shaving. The drop was from above the scaffolding setup and lights on the stage and when Allin landed, he appeared to hit his head on a platform the table was set up on as he came up bleeding from the back of his head.
Our Bryan Alvarez noted it had to be a hardway cut as the New York State Athletic Commission doesn’t allow blood.
Allin nearly got injured early as he went for a tope, but hooked his heels on the ropes and landed right on top of his head for a nasty spill. He later got hit with a package piledriver onto the ringside steps and also hit a cameraman on a dive as MJF pulled him in front of Allin.
The win ends the short title run that began the Wednesday after April’s Dynasty when Allin won the championship for the first time in front of his hometown of Everett, Washington. The 40-day run saw seven successful title defenses.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.