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NEW YORK – Adam Copeland and Christian Cage ended a 25-year tag team title drought on Sunday when they pinned Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler in their match for the AEW Tag Team Championship at Double or Nothing.
Cope and Cage and FTR fought in a brutal match where ladders, tools and even a flaming table were used. As the fight became more and more brutal, none of the four men in the ring were going to stop immediately. Cage had his arm smashed several times, Wheeler nearly had a piece of his nose taken off, and barbed wire scraped the skin of each contestant.
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Adam Copeland and Christian Cage win at AEW Double or Nothing in Queens, NY on May 24, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)
FTR and Cage and Cope compete in a wrestling match at AEW Double or Nothing in Queens, NY on May 24, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)
Stokely Hathaway, the voice behind FTR, also got involved in the fight. But Beth Copeland, formerly known as Beth Phoenix, upset even the odds. But she was taken out before she could make an immediate impact.
Harwood, meanwhile, set up a table and poured lighter fluid on it. He then set fire to the table as Wheeler prepared to run Beth Copeland through it. However, Hathaway was pulled in front of Wheeler at the last second and he was led through the table instead.
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FTR hits a Shatter Machine on Christian Cage at the AEW Double or Nothing event in Queens, NY on May 24, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)
Adam Copeland and Cage went to work on Harwood immediately after, tying him up like a pretzel in several submission maneuvers. Beth Copeland found a spiked bat and handed it to her husband, adding to Harwood’s misery.
Harwood said the dreaded words: “I quit.” It gave Copeland and Cage the titles.
Copeland and Cage are a legendary tag team that won the tag team titles seven times in WWE. However, since they each joined AEW, the others had been able to get any kind of gold. But more than 25 years later, they’re back on top of the tag team division.
Dax Harwood begs Adam Copeland for mercy at AEW Double or Nothing in Queens, NY on May 24, 2026. (Lee South/AEW)
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The last time they were tag team champions was back in April 2001. They won the titles at WrestleMania X-7 in a tables, ladders and chairs match, but lost it to Kane and The Undertaker just 16 days later.
