Darby Allin pitched involvement in AEW Double or Nothing

Darby Allin explains how his involvement in the 2024 AEW Double or Nothing Anarchy in the Arena match came to be. 

Darby Allin is borderline superhuman. 

He broke his foot in March which led to a postponement of his planned climb of Mount Everest, a climb that he wasn't even sure if he would make it back from. While out with his injury, he was hit by a bus in New York City on April 27, suffering a broken nose in the process. 

Still, he returned to AEW programming on May 15's AEW Dynamite to replace the injured Eddie Kingston and team with Bryan Danielson and FTR's Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood and represent AEW in the fight against The Elite's Kazuchika Okada, Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, and Jack Perry at Double or Nothing. 

Speaking with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp in an interview ahead of the pay-per-view, Allin revealed that he was in the process of helping his dad move into a new home when he heard that Eddie Kingston would not be cleared and decided to call Tony Khan to see if a plan could be made to put him into the match. 

Allin said that he was on a road trip with his parents when he got the news of Eddie Kingston's injury. He called Tony Khan and pitched him on being in the match. Khan said as long as he was cleared, he could, and Darby had to get clearance from his foot doctor, nose doctor and AEW doctors, but admitted he's still in a lot of pain.

Darby says he called Tony Khan on the night prior to Dynamite well he was in Yellowstone National Park with his dad. Darby says anyone who's surprised by his appearance should be because he wouldn't have believed that he was heading to Seattle on the morning prior to his call with Tony. 

Allin still hasn't bumped since his injury.

Check out the full card for AEW Double or Nothing here. 

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