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AEW World Champion MJF paid homage to a top WWE star during his title match at AEW Double or Nothing 2023.

During the May 28 pay-per-view, MJF defended his gold in a fourway bout against Sammy Guevara, Jack Perry and Darby Allin.

These stars have previously been referred to as the ‘four pillars’ of AEW, with many believing that these talents will carry the company’s main event scene for years to come.

During the bout, there was a spot in which each pillar utilized a move from their previous mentors.

The sequence was capped off by MJF who dropped Jack Perry with a Cross Rhodes, a tribute to former AEW EVP Cody Rhodes.

The other mentors referenced in the spot were Sting, Chris Jericho and Christian Cage, with Darby Allin using the Scorpion Death Drop, Guevara using a Codebreaker, and Jack Perry using an Unprettier.

You can watch a clip of this awesome sequence below.

Cody Rhodes notably handpicked MJF to be in his corner during Rhodes’ early AEW career. After MJF turned on Rhodes at Full Gear 2019, the rising star defeated his mentor at Revolution 2020.

Rhodes notably left AEW in February 2022 and returned to WWE two months later. He most recently wrestled at Saturday’s Night of Champions premium live event, losing to Brock Lesnar after passing out in his Kimura lock.

Full results from AEW Double Or Nothing 2023 were as follows:

HOOK, Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy def. Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn & Ethan Page

International Championship Blackjack Battle Royal – Orange Cassidy (c) def. 20 others, last eliminating Swerve Strickland

Unsanctioned Match – Adam Cole def. Chris Jericho

AEW World Tag Team Championship (Special Guest Referee Mark Briscoe) – FTR (c) def. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett

TNT Championship Ladder Match – Wardlow (c) def. Christian Cage

AEW Women’s World Championship – Toni Storm def. Jamie Hayter (c)

AEW World Trios Championship Open House Rules Match – Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black (c) def. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn

TBS Championship – Jade Cargill (c) def. Taya Valkyrie

TBS Championship – Kris Statlander def. Jade Cargill (c)

AEW World Championship – MJF (c) def. Darby Allin, Jack Perry, Sammy Guevara

Anarchy in the Arena – Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta def. Adam Page, Kenny Omega & Young Bucks thanks to interference from Konosuke Takeshita w/Don Callis

Four Pillars paying homage to their respective mentors. Sting, Chris Jericho, Christian Cage and Cody Rhodes.

This shit is fucking wonderful.pic.twitter.com/CqHlh1pQG7

— Drainmaker 🌧️ 💵 (@DrainBamager) May 29, 2023

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