Darby Allin made one final AEW World Championship defense on Wednesday’s double episode of “Dynamite” and “Collision” against “Speedball” Mike Bailey and did so in front of his Double or Nothing challenger, Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF).Allin had been on an incredible run of title defenses since capturing the championship over MJF about a month ago. In the lead up to a title vs. hair match against MJF, Allin proved again why he was one of the best in pro wrestling.Bailey missed a high-flying aerial maneuver allowing Allin to hit a Coffin Drop. But MJF interfered, putting Bailey’s foot on the rope to break the count. Bailey nearly got a three count on Allin after a kick, but Allin would ultimately survive.Allin put Bailey into multiple Scorpion Death Locks, and forced Bailey to tap out. Still the champion, Allin and MJF will square off at Double or Nothing. If Allin retains, MJF will have to shave his head.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!Willow Nightingale reveals injury, relinquishes TBS ChampionshipUnfortunately, Willow Nightingale’s dominant reign as TBS champion came to an abrupt end on Wednesday night. She announced during “Dynamite.””Winning this championship was one of the greatest moments of my career and I haven’t had a shortage of great moments in my time at AEW. I’ve won the Owen before, I’ve won the TBS title before this reign,” she said in a backstage segment. “And I became half of the very first AEW women’s tag team champions But winning this back from Mercedes (Moné), I knew that if I could do that, I could prove to myself, I could prove to the world that I am everything I believed I could be which is why I told myself I would fight day in, day out to any challenger that steps up and if I couldn’t do that, then I didn’t deserve to be the TBS champion.”As fate would have it, in my most recent title defense against Red Velvet, I injured my right shoulder and I want so bad, I want so bad to wrestle at Double or Nothing in front of my family, at home in New York, against Alex Windsor. I want to go on in the Owen and go to All In and become the AEW world champ. But unfortunately, I have to withdraw from the Owen Hart Cup. Furthermore, I must relinquish the TBS Championship.”Nightingale said she was “overjoyed” to the face of TBS over the course of her 10 title defenses and vowed to be back, though it was unclear when.Mina Shirakawa will now take on Athena in the first round of the Owen at Double or Nothing. Windsor will have a wild-card opponent in the tournament.Will Ospreay makes statement before Double or NothingWill Ospreay appeared on the “Collision” portion of Wednesday night’s special, taking on Katsuyori Shibata – a member of The Opps. It was a tune-up match before Ospreay takes on fellow Opps member Samoa Joe in the first round of the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament.Ospreay has been more dangerous since he trained with The Death Riders in recent weeks, sho
Darby Allin makes AEW title defense before Double or Nothing, Willow Nightingale surrenders title and more
