Recap of AEW Fairway to Hell, 9 May 2026

===AEW Fairway to Hell 9 May 2026===

SoFi Center, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

RESULTS

• AEW National Championship: "Dunkzilla" MARK DAVIS (with Don Callis) def. JUNGLE JACK PERRY (c) via pinfall in 14:25
• Distraction in favor of Mark Davis by Don Callis
• Interference against Jack Perry by RICOCHET 
• NEW AEW NATIONAL CHAMPION; Third reign of the AEW National title all-time; Perry's reign ends at three successful defenses
• First singles title and second title overall in AEW for Davis 
• Divine Dominion Five-Minute Eliminator Challenge: AEW Women's World Tag Team Champions DIVINE DOMINION ("Megasus" Megan Bayne & "Colossal" Lena Kross) def. RUTHIE SLAY & RACHEL LEY via pinfall, Lena Kross over Ruthie Slay, in 2:17
• SPEEDBALL MIKE BAILEY (with Kevin Knight) def. KIRAN GREY via pinfall in 1:50
• AEW Men's World Championship, no count outs: DARBY ALLIN (c) def. "The Bastard" PAC via pinfall in 20:22
• Distraction in favor of PAC by MARINA SHAFIR, WHEELER YUTA, DANIEL GARCIA

DEVELOPMENTS

• We're at a weird indoor golf venue. I'm not really sure what the appeal of TGL is but that's just me. Tony Schiavone, I think, has his headset audio too loud or something but we can hear whatever the production truck is telling commentary, including callouts counting down to when they get out of picture-in-picture. This guy LOVES his job.
• Don gets on the apron after a Frankensteiner to distract the referee so RICOCHET can run in and smash Jack Perry in the back with a golf club. He hides the club under the ring; Davis gets up and hits Close Your Eyes and Count to Fuck for the three. We've got a new National Champion.
• We've got a video package hyping up NICK WAYNE's participation in the Battle of the Super Juniors coming up, voiced over by Excalibur.
• Renee Paquette is here on the green, telling us that Will Ospreay's been medically cleared, and he'll be in action versus Ace Austin on Wednesday. 
• JACK PERRY is fucking PISSED backstage. He says winning the title in his hometown was one of the proudest moments of his career, and that Ricochet just ended that. He says he knows Chris Jericho wants a Stadium Stampede at Double or Nothing, though, and since it's called Double or Nothing, instead of two more guys, he'll bring them four: The Elite.
• We get an immediate response with Don, Davis, and Ricochet backstage. Don says he's thrilled because Jack Perry just gifted him an opportunity to beat up Ricochet, the Bucks, and Kenny all in one night, and that Davis is in for that Stadium Stampede. They're gonna go have some drinks and discuss who else is in.
• This tag match has a five-minute time limit in case you were wondering if this was going to go very long. Lena says backstage that they've come up with the "Divine Dominion Five-Minute Eliminator": if their opponents can survive five minutes, they'll earn a title shot.
• After that tag match, we get a brief recap of the women's tag match from Wednesday on Dynamite and the finish of Jamie Hayter vs. Skye Blue, as well as a brief recap of Thekla's title reign thus far. It'll be a four-way for the women's world title at Double or Nothing, with Hikaru Shida, Kris Statlander, and Jamie Hayter getting involved.
• The brackets for the Owen Hart Foundation Tournaments will be announced on Wednesday. 
• Don Callis is backstage out of the break and reminds us that the Don Callis Family are taking the world title on Wednesday from whoever has it at the end of the night. He tells us Okada is in Japan taking care of some family business, though, and in his place will be the firstborn of the Don Callis Family: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA. Takeshita reminds him he's still going to take the International title, but now he's the person who will bring the World title back to the Don Callis Family--unlike Okada.
• We get a look back at KYLE O'REILLY's last few months, tapping out Jon Moxley at Full Gear before returning at Dynasty to pick up the trios titles. His championship partner, Orange Cassidy, will be in a big 10-man tag on Wednesday.
• Standby match on tap. SPEEDBALL MIKE BAILEY is in the froggy gear tonight accompanied to the ring by the TNT Champion, Kevin Knight.
• After the match, Kevin says he liked what he saw, and even though he didn't become Jet Two Belts on Dynamite, he says the future in AEW is wide open, and he wants them to make it to the top together. They celebrate.
• Well, it's no countouts in our main event, so Darby IMMEDIATELY leaves the ring when the bell rings and goes onto the fairway. They fight for a bit before Darby hits the Code Red into a sand trap. They now fight to the other sand trap where Darby hits a shotgun dropkick and PAC flip bumps into it.
• PAC belly-to-belly suplexes Darby and gets the Brutalizer locked in in the sand. Darby fades, but the rules aren't falls count anywhere so even if Darby goes out he can't win out here. Stephon Smith is so mad at PAC he starts doing the Rainmaker pose. PAC press slams Darby back into the sand.
• PAC puts Darby in the corner back in the ring and ties the tag ropes around his throat before pulling him out feet first. PAC goes for his rebound lariat; Darby takes him out at the legs then does a fuckin Buckshot Scorpion Death Drop for a 2.
• PAC does the deal with a Falcon Arrow off the top for a 2 count. Darby's selling on the floor for a bit so PAC goes to set up a table. He puts Darby on it and goes up top and does a fucking shooter but crashes and burns when Darby dodges it. Darby tries to rush PAC into the ring, double legs him, and gets the Death Lock in.
• PAC gets to the ropes and, from the floor, signals for the Death Riders to come out. DANIEL GARCIA, WHEELER YUTA, and MARINA SHAFIR come out from the back and kind of just stand in the entrance way and Darby gets distracted long enough for PAC to hit a grimeline. The Death Riders now retrieve four tables from the back and stack them two by two over the next couple minutes as PAC hits a tombstone piledriver on top of the stairs. Darby, seemingly, is out cold.
• PAC and Darby fight up now to the second-story balcony where there is, coincidentally, a box placed at the edge of the railing for them to fight on. Marina has followed them. PAC and Darby are jockeying for position; Marina starts fucking with Stephon Smith which allows PAC to low blow Darby and throw him off the top. Darby dies.
• PAC races down the stairs and throws Darby in the ring and hooks his legs as deep as anyone ever has and Darby violently kicks out at 2. This is the most fucked up thing PAC has ever seen.
• Yuta distracts Stephon Smith with a chair. As he's shooing Yuta and Danny from ringside, Marina retrieves the championship belt and slides it into the ring. Darby is fully on his feet and cognizant, basically daring PAC to hit him, which stuns him for long enough for Darby to kick PAC in the nuts. He clubs him in the head with the title belt and hits the Coffin Drop to retain. PAC is helped out by Yuta and Danny. 

STILL TO COME

Dynamite, 13 May

• WILL OSPREAY vs. ACE AUSTIN 
• 10-Man Tag: YOUNG BUCKS (Matt & Nick Jackson), AEW World Trios Champion ORANGE CASSIDY, CAGE & COPE (Christian Cage & Adam Copeland) vs. THE DOGS (David Finlay & Clark Connors), TOMMASO CIAMPA, AEW Men's World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
• AEW Men's World Championship: DARBY ALLIN (c) vs. NJPW World Television Champion KONOSUKE TAKESHITA

Double or Nothing, 24 May

• AEW International Championship: KAZUCHIKA OKADA (c) vs. NJPW World Television Champion KONOSUKE TAKESHITA 
• "I QUIT" MATCH for the AEW Men's World Tag Team Championships: FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c) vs. COPE & CAGE (Christian Cage & Adam Copeland)
• If Copeland & Cage lose, they will retire as a tag team
• AEW Women's World Championship 4-WAY: THEKLA (c) vs. HIKARU SHIDA vs. KRIS STATLANDER vs. JAMIE HAYTER