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'Preview Of The Anarchy' Dynamite Ends In Absolute Chaos

Originally posted on The Sportster | By Ethan Schlabaugh | Last updated May 22, 2025 11:43 AM ET

Dynamite came to an end with the two teams from Anarchy in the Arena fighting around the ring.
The lineup for Anarchy in the Arena was confirmed.
NJPW's Gabe Kidd won't be an official part of the match.

Last week on Dynamite it was confirmed that AEW Double or Nothing would be hosting another edition of the brutal and chaotic, Anarchy in the Arena match. The two teams would be made up of a combination of the Elite and the Death Riders facing a group of babyfaces representing AEW.

Tonight's episode of Dynamite saw a special all-star multi-man tag match featuring some of these wrestlers, but the fight didn't end after the bell rang.

Fans Got A Small Preview Of Double Or Nothing

Anarchy in the Arena has started early!Watch #AEWDynamite on TBS & MAX pic.twitter.com/hTvAfkzjmq— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 22, 2025

Swerve Strickland, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Samoa Joe would score a win against Jon Moxley and The Young Bucks, but in typical fashion, a brawl broke out after the bell. This led Samoa Joe to say that the fight wasn't over tonight, and they would come for the Bucks and the Death Riders.

After the main event between Mina Shirakawa and Julia Hart, fans saw Joe and Hobbs attack Matt and Nick Jackson, with members of both teams making their way out to continue the brawl as the show came to an end.

Double Or Nothing Line-Up

The CONFIRMED teams for Anarchy in the Arena at AEW Double Or Nothing!- Willow Nightingale, Powerhouse Hobbs, Kenny Omega, Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, Swerve Strickland- Claudio Castagnoli, Young Bucks, Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley, Marina Shafir pic.twitter.com/0yGHYFEanQ— WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) May 22, 2025

One of the major questions for this Anarchy in the Arena match was who would be competing. Well, tonight it was confirmed that the line-up would feature Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley, Marina Shafir, and The Young Bucks, and the babyface team would be Hobbs, Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, and Willow Nightingale.

This left some fans confused as Gabe Kidd helped the heel teams last week, and he did the same tonight, but it seems he won't be an official part of the match at Double or Nothing.

This article first appeared on The Sportster and was syndicated with permission.

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