AEW have announced two new matches for their May 25th Double or Nothing PPV. These announcements were made via Twitter and revealed a tag team match and a six-woman tag match.
The first match announced was a tag team encounter between the Best Friends, Chuckie T and Beretta, and the team of Angélico and Jack Evans. This comes off the heels of the news that Angelico and Evans had signed for the company.
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Sat, May 25th #LasVegas @MGMGrand #GardenArena#TagTeamAction@Trentylocks & @SexyChuckieT vs @AngelicoAAA & @JackEvans711 #AEWDoN pic.twitter.com/Pk2ovzsaAX— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) May 13, 2019
The other announced match was a Six-Woman tag match involving a slew of Japanese talent. The match will be the team of Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki and Emi Sakura taking on the team of Hikaru Shida, Riho and Ryo Mizunami.
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Sat, May 25th #LasVegas @MGMGrand #GardenArena
Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki, Emi Sakura vs Hikaru Shida, Riho, Ryo Mizunami#AEWDoN pic.twitter.com/7oweOR5jvs— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) May 13, 2019
Most people will recognise Aja Kong as she is a legend in the women’s wrestling industry. She even worked in WWE during the mid to late nineties. Hikaru Shida will also be relatively recognisable as she is one of the most recent women’s signees to the company. It will also be the second women’s match on the card.
Here’s the updated card of Double or Nothing event:
- Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho
- AAA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: The Young Bucks (c) vs. Pentagon Jr. and Fénix
- “Hangman” Adam Page vs. PAC
- Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes
- SCU (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, and Scorpio Sky) vs. CIMA, T-Hawk, and Lindaman
- Britt Baker vs. Nyla Rose vs. Kylie Rae
- Angélico and Jack Evans vs. The Best Friends
- Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki, Emi Sakura vs. Hikaru Shida, Riho Abe, and Ryo Mizunami
- CASINO BATTLE ROYAL (PRE-SHOW) – Winner receives a shot at the AEW World Championship: Sonny Kiss, Brandon Cutler, Ace Romero, Brian Pillman Jr., Glacier, Sunny Daze, MJF, Joey Janela, Dustin Thomas, TBA
- PRE-SHOW: Sammy Guevara vs. Kip Sabian
UK residents should also remember that Double or Nothing will be airing on the ITV Box Office.
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(All images/tweets courtesy of AEW)