There are plenty of matches that could easily be considered draws on one of AEW’s biggest pay-per-views of the year, and the AEW World Championship match pitting Darby Allin against MJF in a hair-vs-title match is one. While the outcome of this match seems pretty obvious, as MJF isn’t likely to lose the hair he paid for (and suffered for, I’d imagine, as hair transplants don’t exactly look pleasant) while he’s also dabbling in Hollywood, just the fact that he could lose it makes it intriguing and fun. It’s not just a rematch now, there are stakes, and they felt necessary for this match that feels like it has a predictable outcome.

Since winning the title from MJF in a squash match on the April 15 edition of “Dynamite,” Allin has been on a tear, successfully defending the gold on every episode of “Dynamite,” plus a few “Collision” episodes, since landing multiple coffin drops on the now-former champion. From Brody King, to Tommaso Ciampa, Konosuke Takeshita, and more, Allin has defeated them all in impressive, crowd-pleasing matches. All of those bouts have been at least 15 minutes in length, much longer than the 2:17 it took for him to beat MJF, and now, MJF is out for blood.

While it may not be the best-ever main event match of Double or Nothing, it’s going to be a hard-hitting one. While it’s not advertised, as of this moment, as having any kind of hardcore stipulation, there’s no real doubt that MJF and Allin will spend a lot of time outside of the ring, to the delight of the sicko crowd. MJF is going to do everything he can to not only win, but to keep Allin down so he can’t hit any coffin drops or pull out anything else from his arsenal of crazy moves.

After Allin has had so many longer, consecutive defenses against great opponents, it’s possible he runs out of gas toward the end of this match, and it will be exciting to see the crowd behind him in attempts to help rally him to victory. It certainly seems like MJF is walking away as a three-time AEW World Champion, and if that’s the case, Allin can be proud of himself for what he accomplished in such a short time. The match is a draw for fans of MJF, fans of Allin, and all the AEW sickos, especially those hoping “The Devil” loses his hair in dramatic fashion.

Written by Daisy Ruth