AEW Double or Nothing 2020 opens with a video of the AEW roster thanking the first responders during the COVID-19 crisis.
The first match will be the Casino Ladder Match, and we see short promos from each man in the match, staking their claim as to why they’re going to win.
Casino Ladder Match
SCORPIO SKY VS. FRANKIE KAZARIAN Vs. Kip sabian Vs. Darby Allin vs. orange cassidy vs. luchasauras vs. Colt Cabana Vs. Joey janela Vs. Brian Cage
Everyone will enter this match one at a time, so we start off with partners Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky. They circle each other for a minute, then head out and grab ladders, but then drop them and come back in to do some mat wrestling. Kip Sabian comes out third, accompanied by Jimmy Havoc. Sabian drops Scorpio with a Michonoku Driver and follows him out of the ring, but Kazarian counters Jimmy Havoc to hit a German suplex onto a ladder!
Kazarian starts climbing but Sabian runs in and prevents him from climbing. Sky comes back and slams Sabian, right as Darby Allin enters the match. Allin immediately ducks a lariat from Sky and hits a suicide dive to Havoc and Sabian. Darby then takes out Sky and bridges a ladder between the ring and barricade.
Kazarian hits Allin but he throws a skateboard in his face. Allin puts Kazarian on the bridged ladder, then climbs up a huge ladder with his skateboard and dives off trying to land on Frankie but nobody’s home and Allin crashes on the floor. Orange Cassidy is the next entrant and he walks over to the announce desk and asks how you win this match. Excalibur says he needs to set-up a ladder and climb it and he rolls his head in exhaustion.
Cassidy stands on a flat ladder in the ring and reaches up but is nowhere close. A few wrestlers run in but he sidesteps them and they fly out of the ring. Cassidy tries to set a ladder up but can’t and the timer counts down to Colt Cabana.
Cabana joins Cassidy in the ring and feigns helping him, then knocks him from the ring. Cabana starts climbing but he gets ripped down. SCU take control of the match and beat OC to the floor. Joey Janela is out next and he runs right with a dive off the stage onto SCU, then dives over the barricade onto Sabian. Back in the ring and Janela attacks with a chair until Sabian knocks him from the ring.
Luchasauras is next and he makes his presence known with kicks and clears the ring, then powerbombs Kip over the ropes onto everyone on the floor. Kazarian sneaks in and tries to lift a ladder but Luchasauras chokeslams him onto the ladder! Allin finally returns and he hits Luchasauras with a Code Red from the top rope. Allin starts setting-up a ladder in the ring but the final entrant is out.
Brian Cage, the mystery participant, comes out with Tazz and snaps a ladder in half. Cage comes down and hits Darby with a spinning F5, then throws him into the buckles and to the floor. Cage slams Sabian, then sets up a ladder before tossing Scorpio into the corner and hitting an enziguiri, followed by a release German suplex. Janela comes back but gets hit with a suplex, then Kazarian tries to sneak up the ladder but Cage hits him with a wheelbarrow suplex.
Cage starts climbing the ladder and every man in the match comes in to grab his legs and pull him down. They team-up to beat Cage down and SCU hit him with a ladder, then they take him outside and bury him under ladders and a giant poker chip. Cabana gets cracked with a ladder in the ring, then put in the corner with a ladder in front of him, and Kip Sabian hits Coast-to-Coast. Sabian tries to climb the ladder but Kazarian stops him, then Cassidy comes in and slams Kazarian.
Sabian and Cassidy brawl atop the ladder and Penelope Ford comes out to the stage. Sabian gives Cassidy the finger but he bends it, then punches him off and onto a ladder below. Ford runs down and climbs up to fight Cassidy but he knocks her off onto Sabian. Jimmy Havoc comes back and attacks Cassidy until Trent and Chuck Taylor run out to help.
Luchasauras comes in and tips the ladder over, then wants to fight Cassidy. OC tries for a chokeslam on the dinosaur but can’t lift him. Marko Stunt comes out with a tiny ladder and sets it up, then uses it to help him chokeslam Cassidy. Stunt hits a suicide dive to a bunch of people on the floor, and Luchasauras gets dropped by Kazarian. Janela grabs the tiny ladder and hits Cassidy with it, then takes him to the apron and jumps off with Cassidy for a rolling death valley driver onto the poker chip lying on Brian Cage!
Scorpio Sky and Kazarian climb the ladder and brawl atop it but Luchasauras tips the ladder over, then he starts climbing it. Brian Cage reappears and comes face-to-face with Luchasauras. They go back and forth but Cage counters a chokeslam and hits a flying knee, followed by a powerbomb onto a ladder! Brian Cage starts climbing but in comes Darby, so Cage goes after him and turns him inside out with a lariat.
Cage hits a Michonoku Driver and out comes Tazz. Cage follows instructions and puts Darby on a ladder across the top rope, then Cage lifts them above his head and tosses them to the floor. Cage climbs up and wins.
Winner : Brian Cage
Brian Cage has an opportunity for the AEW World Championship. Tazz yells into the camera that the bodies are going to keep dropping. Cage poses on the ramp with the poker chip.
