Darby Allin is once again the new TNT Champion, having defeated Kevin Knight for the title at Sunday’s AEW All In PPV, at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
Knight had initially won the vacant TNT Championship by pinning Daniel Garcia in a 10-man Casino Gauntlet match back on April 12 at the Dynasty PPV.
Below is an excerpt from Alex Kahrs’ AEW All In PPV recap of how the title change went down.
Darby gets set up in a tree of woe in the corner by Cage, but before Knight can go for a Coast to Coast dropkick, the lights go out…and here comes STIIIIIING! He’s got a baseball bat in hand as he clears off Cage and Doyle on his way to the ring. Kevin confronts him but is scared off by Sting, who tosses his bat to Darby whose hands are now free. He lands a couple bat shots on the champ, who takes a Scorpion Death Drop by the Stinger and sent to the outside. Doyle and Cage are slow moving as Sting and his son set up the ladder to climb it. Junior tells his father that he’s got this and goes for a splash onto Cage and Doyle!
Darby turns his attention to Knight, who tries to make a getaway up the ramp. Darby follows him up the ramp, slamming him to the stage before climbing up the truss what is described as 20-30 feet…and then lands a Coffin Drop on the champ, sending him THROUGH the stage!
The crowd can’t believe their eyes as medics rush out to tend to Knight. They start to pull him away on a stretcher, but Darby isn’t done as he jumps off the ramp with a Coffin Drop sending Kevin off the stretcher and onto the floor. Darby makes the cover and picks up the win!
WWE Hall of Famer Sting also returned during the match.