Kevin Knight addresses Darby Allin attack on AEW 'Dynamite,' MJF faces first challengers and more

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Kevin Knight did the unthinkable connected Sunday astatine All Elite Wrestling (AEW)’s Double oregon Nothing pay-per-view erstwhile helium added insult to wounded pursuing Darby Allin’s satellite rubric loss.

Knight came retired of the backmost and rushed to the ringing arsenic Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) was celebrating an AEW World Championship triumph implicit Allin successful a hairsbreadth vs. rubric match. Knight went to the apical enactment and deed a UFO Splash connected Allin arsenic helium was tied down connected a stretcher. He past tipped the stretcher over.

It was 1 of the much shocking things to hap during the show.

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Kevin Knight celebrating triumph successful wrestling ring

Kevin Knight celebrates his triumph during New Japan Pro-Wrestling astatine National Yoyogi Gymnasium successful Tokyo, Japan, connected May 17, 2025. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

Knight addressed his actions during Wednesday’s AEW "Dynamite" episode. The Philadelphia assemblage was already filled with animosity, yelling "F--- you Kevin."

"You cognize I shouldn’t expect thing little from you nutrient caput sickos," Knight started. "Ever since this past Sunday, ‘The Jet’ has heard 1 connection and 1 connection lone and that’s ‘why?’ You guys been asking maine wherefore did I bash what I did this past Sunday? Listen, I told Darby Allin not to fto ‘The Jet’ down. I told him not to fto you radical down. And conjecture what helium did? He blew it.

"You cognize what? Darby Allin, helium blew it. Just similar the Sixers did against the Knicks – helium fto america each down. Philly, I’m with y’all. I’m connected your side. He fto america each down. I decided I wasn’t going to spot the process anymore. I decided I was going to instrumentality matters into my ain hands and I did what I had to do. Let’s support it tall, let’s support it a buck, let’s support it real, who was the past idiosyncratic MJF was looking up at? Who was the past idiosyncratic that humbled MJF? Me, ‘The Jet.’ So, with that being said, it shoulda been maine successful that main lawsuit this past Sunday. But instead, I was successful the back, watching from the sidelines, watching from the bench. Do I look similar a seat subordinate to y’all?"

Knight said helium wasn’t going to beryllium connected the sidelines anymore and helium was going to "take implicit this full damn company." He recalled what Allin told him erstwhile helium archetypal got into AEW, "Don’t discarded immoderate time." A akin sentiment helium revealed to Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

He suggested helium was conscionable doing what Allin told him to bash and near him successful a "pool of his ain blood." He smiled arsenic helium recalled that moment.

Knight’s tag squad partner, "Speedball" Mike Bailey, came retired to code him. He said helium heard what helium heard was Knight was saying and knew however ambitious helium was. He warned Knight astir getting up of himself and making mistake.

Bailey said Knight made a "mistake" with his battle connected Allin. He said it tin beryllium fixed if Knight apologized. He enactment his manus retired to clasp Knight.

Instead, Knight gave him a enarthrosis bump and deed Bailey with a clothesline. Knight deed different determination connected Bailey earlier leaving the ring. It appeared the tag squad duo of Jet Speed was nary more, too.

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MJF’s satellite rubric celebration

MJF holds the AEW World Championship astatine AEW Double oregon Nothing successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 25, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

MJF joined an exclusive nine connected Sunday erstwhile helium achieved his 3rd satellite rubric reign by the property of 30 erstwhile helium defeated Allin for the AEW World Championship. On Wednesday, helium entered Philadelphia connected a throne for his celebration.

MJF basked successful the glory of beating Allin aft lone losing the loop a period prior. He reminded the assemblage that lone 8 men person been satellite champion 3 times by the property of 30.

"They’re going to beryllium penning astir maine successful the past books," helium declared. "They’re going to beryllium talking astir maine until the prima explodes. I truly anticipation you dumb, ignorant, worthless shmucks are adjacent remotely cognizant of however fortunate you are, of however truly, genuinely fortunate you are to get to witnesser the greatness that is maine successful existent time.

"You are surviving successful the top epoch imaginable and it’s the top epoch due to the fact that it’s each astir me. I americium a three-time, three-time, three-time champion of the world. The champion wrestler successful the world. The astir implicit nonrecreational wrestler successful the world. No. 1, ain’t cipher close, a generational talent."

Before fans had clip to "bow" to MJF’s greatness, Mark Briscoe came retired to face the champion. He said MJF didn’t "fit in" successful Philadelphia due to the fact that he’s not pugnacious enough. He reminded MJF that it wasn’t excessively agelong agone that helium pinned him and wanted a rubric shot.

MJF declined Briscoe’s situation due to the fact that AEW wasn’t conscionable a sport, but besides a business. And that it was "bad enough" Allin was a champion. He laughed astatine the information that Briscoe believed helium was bully capable to clasp the AEW title.

"You are obscurity adjacent connected the level of the devil," MJF said.

Rush, aft winning his four-way match, besides stepped up to MJF. He called MJF a "chicken s---," reminding MJF that helium astir bushed him arsenic well. MJF said if anyone’s earned a rubric shot, it was Rush. He asked Rush if helium wanted to wrestle him for the rubric successful Philadelphia and past took it away. But said a lucifer was connected adjacent week.

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The Dogs onslaught Cope and Cage

Adam Copeland and Christian Cage wrestling successful a ringing astatine AEW Double oregon Nothing successful Queens

Adam Copeland and Christian Cage triumph astatine AEW Double oregon Nothing successful Queens, N.Y., connected May 24, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)

While MJF had his ain celebration, it was expected to beryllium a celebratory nighttime for Adam Copeland and Christian Cage arsenic they became the AEW tag squad champions. It was their archetypal pro wrestling tag titles successful 25 years aft beating FTR astatine Double oregon Nothing.

Cage gave FTR their praise, saying they are "top guys" and 1 of the champion tag teams they ever faced. But they aren’t connected the "tippy top." Copeland said that it was clip to "live successful the now."

Copeland and Cage deed the close notes that fans person travel to expect. They were going to deed a five-second airs for the payment of those with flash photography. Copeland adjacent brought retired disposable cameras for the moment.

The moment, however, was gone successful a flash.

David Finlay and Clark Connors came retired and attacked the tag champions earlier the peculiar infinitesimal could instrumentality place. They seemed to state themselves the adjacent ones to measurement up and instrumentality purpose astatine the belts.

Owen Hart Tournament update

Claudio Castagnoli and Brody King met successful their quarterfinal matchup. The 2 large men went chop-for-chop and slam-for-slam. It was King to beforehand implicit Castagnoli successful a hard-hitting affair. King precocious successful the tourney and volition instrumentality connected Swerve Strickland, who bushed Bandido astatine Double oregon Nothing.

It was a rematch betwixt the AEW nationalist champion, Mark Davis, and the erstwhile AEW nationalist champion, Jack Perry, successful the Owen Hart tournament. Both men were coming disconnected of a Stadium Stampede lucifer astatine Double oregon Nothing, looking to proceed their dreams of earning a changeable astatine the AEW satellite title.

Perry and Davis battled passim the past 15 minutes of the show. He went for a moving genu onslaught but Davis caught him and connected with a a vicious clothesline. Perry kicked retired of a pin, but Davis kept up his onslaught and yet picked up the win. Davis volition instrumentality connected Will Ospreay successful the semifinals.

Meanwhile, Alex Windsor was acceptable to look Willow Nightingale successful the tourney earlier the TBS champion had to retreat and relinquish her loop owed to an injury.

Windsor was asked astir preparing for her wildcard opponent. She said she had been preparing for her large infinitesimal for her full vocation and each she wanted to beryllium was "the best" successful women’s wrestling.

"I americium connected a way to beryllium that erstwhile it comes to being the champion successful the world, Alex Windsor is portion of that conversation. A way that ends precisely wherever it started – my home. It’s a way I’m not walking unsocial due to the fact that my darling, my Billy (Will Ospreay), helium is chasing his Wembley imagination and truthful americium I," she said. "So, wildcard, whoever you are, you amended person immoderate tegument successful the crippled due to the fact that my full bosom is successful mine."

Windsor volition instrumentality connected her wildcard hostile adjacent week connected "Dynamite."

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Samoa Joe taking clip off

Following his nonaccomplishment to Will Ospreay astatine Double oregon Nothing, Samoa Joe told his Opps brethren helium was going to measurement distant for a bit.

"Once again, accidental calls, and Hollywood’s ringing," helium told his team. "Gentlemen, I’ll beryllium stepping distant for a fewer months. But y’all cognize however this works. I expect you to clasp it down."

Hook and Anthony Bowens appeared to measurement up astatine the aforesaid clip to instrumentality Joe’s spot, suggesting immoderate imaginable friction to travel for the group.

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