It indeed was Anarchy in the Arena at AEW Double or Nothing.
Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, Willow Nightingale, and The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, Katsuyori Shibata) defeated The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Marina Shafir) and The Young Bucks to win the annual match and it delivered all sorts of anarchy throughout.
First, the music was a point of emphasis. The match started while The Young Bucks played their new "founding father gimmick" music. Eventually, that switched to the controversial Pointer Sisters song "I'm So Excited" that was the lead for AEW Collision, before switching to Drowning Pool's "Bodies" at the request of Omega.
We don't encourage stage diving, but who can stop @KennyOmegamanx?
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From there, both teams used tables, tacks, an ambulance, a forklift, pallet and other wild weapons to try and win the match. In the bout, Hook made his return to help his Opps faction and Gabe Kidd made a run-in to help out the Death Riders. At the very end of the match, Mark Briscoe ran out in his bloody clothes to help Strickland and Omega's team secure a win.
The finish saw The Opps, Nightingale and Briscoe lock all the Death Riders inside the ambulance that was used for the stretcher match earlier in the night. This left The Young Bucks in the ring with Omega and Strickland. Omega hit a V-Trigger and Strickland hit a House Call. He then grabbed a box of his new signature shoes from Prince Nana.
As Strickland put them on, Omega hit Matthew Jackson with a One Winged Angel through electrical wiring on a table.
What just happened?
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Back in the ring, Strickland hit a double foot stomp with his brand new line of shoes that was weaponized with thumbtacks before covering Nicholas Jackson for the win.
WHAT ARE THOSE? @SwerveConfident's new shoes look different!
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