AEW Fairway to Hell 5/9/2026

AEW Fairway to Hell 5/9/2026

Note - This is going up against WWE Backlash 2026.

We are in Palm Beach, Florida, at a virtual golf arena. Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone are on commentary. 

AEW National Title Match - Jack Perry (c) vs. Mark Davis

JP hit forearms and chops. Mark throws him and is dropkicked in the corner. JP hits mounted corner punches. JP hurricanrana's him. JP enzugiri's him from the apron. MD misses a corner charge and goes out. JP top rope moonsaults him outside. JP dropkicks him outside. Mark blocks JP's wraparound kick on the post. Mark drops him face first on the apron and lariats him on the floor.

Mark chops him outside and throws him in the ring. Mark pulls on JP's hair. Mark chops him down inside.  

Jack's head is banged off the buckles then Mark throws him. JP jawbreakers him and boots him out of the corner. JP is shouldered off the apron into the rails outside. We go to PiP break and return.

They each hits shots to the body. JP rebound lariats Mark but Mark no sells it. JP hits forearms then flying forearms him. JP bites Mark's hand on the buckles then hits punches. JP top rope sunset bombs him for 2. JP boots him on the apron then superkicks him there. JP 2nd rope diving headscissors him down to the floor.

JP wraparound kicks him on the post. JP top rope elbow drops Mark's back for 2. Mark lariats him. Mark low forearms him in the corner for 2. JP hurricanrana's Mark for 2. JP hit superkicks. Mark spinning lariats him. Mark short piledrivers him. 

Mark has him upside down on the 2nd rope. JP hurricanrana's him down. Don Callis comes on the apron from commentary. Ricochet comes out in golf attire and hits JP with a golf club. Mark piledrivers JP and pins him.

Thoughts: They did a little much but they had the idea right of Jack being the high flying underdog and Mark being the big heavy who put him down. This was one of Jack's better matches. Mark's been on a roll lately in the ring and it's nice to see him get rewarded for it. I'm looking forward to see if he can step up a bit with this title reign. 

We get a video on Nick Wayne joining the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament.

The announcers talk about the rest of the card and you can definitely hear the director telling them what to do.

Jack Perry is on the phone in the back. He knocks away a water bottle. He says winning the National Title at home was one of the best moments of his career. He says Ricochet and Don Callis ended it for him. He says he knows Jericho and The Hurt Syndicate are looking for 2 more partners in Stadium Stampede. He says he will bring them 4 partners - him, The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega.

We hear the director talking more.

Renee talks to Don Callis, Ricochet and Mark Davis. Don says he's thrilled about the win and says he has an opportunity to live out his fantasy by beating up The Elite in one night. 

Don says he liked how Ric used the golf club. Ric says he will see him on the golf course. Don says they can talk about who will be in Stadium Stampede on the 19th hole.

Bayne and Kross do an inset promo. They say worthy opponents don't exist so they are doing The Divine Dominion 5 Minute Challenge. They say if any girls can last 5 minutes, they can get a title show.

The Divine Dominion 5 Minute Challenge - Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) vs Rachel Ley & Ruthie Slay 

Slay used to be Ruthie Jay in the NWA and she's been in AEW a few times. Ley appeared there once in the NWA too and looked good.

Slay dropkicks Lena and Ley step up enzugiri's Lena. Lena shoulders over Slap then spinning side slams Ley. Slay is slammed onto Ley. Lena back elbows Ley in the corner then pump kicks her. Meg running facekicks Ley and germans her. Lena release germans Ley. Meg germans Ley.

Meg grabs both opponents in the air and does a samoan drop + fireman's carry combo on them. Slay takes a double chokeslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was all squash here and it was fine with The Dominion looking big and bad. 

Don Callis does a promo. He says they will be waiting for the winner of Darby vs Pac and says they will take the AEW Title from one of them. Don says Okada is in Japan handling business and says he has a replacement, Konosuke Takeshita. Don says he will pluck KT out of obscurity and be his replacement for Kenny Omega. KT says he was interested in the Continental Title but will be the one who takes the AEW Title home for The Family.

Mike Bailey vs. Kiran Grey

KG pushes Mike from behind during the intros. Mike facekicks him down then PK's him. Mike standing moonsault double knee drops him. Mike triangle moonsaults him outside. 

Mike goes up top and they fight there. Mike is crotched up top. KG bangs Mike's head off the buckles. Mike hangs from the top and KG stomps on him. Mike bangs KG's face off the buckles. Mike hits a top rope ultimate weapon and pins him.

Thoughts: Mike won as expected here. It was just a squash with KG getting some stomps in and Mike doing some flying before winning.

Kevin Knight says Mike is red hot right now. Kevin says he's still the face of TNT. He says they should make it to the top of AEW together. 

AEW World Title No Count Out Match - Darby Allin (c) vs. PAC

DA walks onto the virtual putting green to start and wants Pac to join him. They fight there which pops the crowd. DA headbutts him down. DA is back body dropped on the rough. DA code red's him into the sand trap, which the announcers point out is a first in wrestling. DA dropkicks him and Pac flips into the sand trap. Pac then belly to belly suplexes DA into the sand trap. Pac then brutalizers him there. The ref tells Pac he can't win in the sand trap. Pac then gorilla press throws DA into the sand trap.

We go to PiP break and return. Pac ties DA's throat to the post. Pac pump kicks him there. DA spits at him. Pac back body drops him and DA flips. DA trips him then reverse ddt's him for 2. DA is crotched up top. Pac top rope falcon arrows him for 2. 

Pac sets up a table outside. Pac tries to SSP him through it but DA moves and Pac goes through it solo. DA gets in the ring and scorpion deathlocks him. The Death Riders come out and Pac nails DA from behind outside. Garcia and Yuta bring a table out.

Pac tombstones DA on the steps. A 2x2 stack of tables is set up. We go to PiP break and return. DA and Pac are on the 2nd floor. DA is thrown off the balcony through the 2v2 stack of tables. We then see Pac run down a couple of flights of steps to get back to him which is kind of funny.

Pac carries DA to the ring and of course he only gets a 2 count. Of course! Pac gets the AEW title belt. DA gets up. DA low blows him and hits him with the title belt. DA top rope coffin drops him and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. Darby shouldn't have kicked out of that throw off the balcony through the tables. There's no excusing that. Beyond that, it took them a while to get from the golf course back to the ring and it took them a while to get up to the stands as well. That caused the match to slow down and stall. 

Overall thoughts: It was a special episode of AEW here and something a little different. I liked the opener. They set up Stadium Stampede. We got two squashes. We had a wild Pac vs Darby match with Pac being thrown off a balcony through tables and them wrestling in the sand traps on a golf course. They did too much though and it took them a long time to get to those area's which slowed down the match. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as it was a neat presentation and something creative. I did like it as a whole.