New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani invited to AEW Double or Nothing 2026
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been invited to AEW’s Double or Nothing 2026 PPV event taking place this weekend.
The show emanates from Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, NY, at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on Sunday, May 24, and AEW commentator Excalibur wants to see the NYC Mayor in the building. Writing on Bluesky, Excalibur asked “Are you free on Sunday, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social?”
If Mamdani does go to the show, then it wouldn’t be the first AEW event he has appeared at in New York. The NYC Mayor was seen attending AEW Grand Slam 2021, the event which saw Bryan Danielson and Kenny Omega at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
AEW Double or Nothing 2026 Confirmed match card
Here is the full card as of writing for this weekend’s AEW Double or Nothing 2026 PPV event from Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York:
| Match | Stipulation |
| Darby Allin (c) vs. MJF | AEW World Championship – Title vs. Hair |
| Thekla (c) vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Kris Statlander | AEW Women’s World Championship – Four-Way |
| Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita | AEW International Championship |
| FTR (c) vs. Cage & Cope | AEW Tag Team Championship – I Quit Street Fight (Cope & Cage retire as a team if they lose) |
| Team Jericho/Elite/Hurt Syndicate vs. The Demand/Callis Family/Dogs | 14-Man Stadium Stampede |
| Will Ospreay vs. Samoa Joe | Owen Hart Men’s Cup Quarterfinal |
| Swerve Strickland vs. Bandido | Owen Hart Men’s Cup Quarterfinal |
| Willow Nightingale vs. Alex Windsor | Owen Hart Women’s Cup Quarterfinal |
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