Kyle Fletcher shows up to AEW Double or Nothing, beats down Konosuke Takeshita after international title win

Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kazuchika Okada to capture the AEW International Championship at Double or Nothing on May 24, 2026, at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York, only for Kyle Fletcher to attack him seconds after the final bell in a turn that shifted the night’s narrative entirely.

The match between the two Don Callis Family members had been building for months, rooted in their Continental Classic semifinal meeting at Worlds End in December. At Double or Nothing, the pair produced a physically intense contest that drew “Fight forever!” chants from the crowd. Okada landed a Tombstone Piledriver and his signature Rainmaker lariat, but Takeshita absorbed both, answered with his own version of the Rainmaker, and ultimately finished Okada with Raging Fire to secure the championship. It was Takeshita’s second reign with the International title and his first singles championship at the company since that previous run.

The celebration was brief. Fletcher entered to an initially positive crowd reaction, embraced Takeshita, and raised his hand – then clotheslined him and struck him with the championship belt while Rocky Romero and Mark Davis held Takeshita in place. The sequence made clear that Fletcher’s allegiances rested with the Don Callis Family rather than with the new champion.

The assault leaves Takeshita’s first night as champion in disarray and raises immediate questions about his standing within the Don Callis Family heading into AEW’s next programming cycle.