Double or Nothing (2024)

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Double or Nothing
Promotional poster featuring various AEW wrestlers
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
DateMay 26, 2024
CityParadise, Nevada
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena
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The 2024 Double or Nothing is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will be the sixth annual Double or Nothing event and take place during Memorial Day weekend on May 26, 2024, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. The event returns Double or Nothing to the MGM Grand after five years, which is where the inaugural 2019 event was held.

Production[edit]

Background[edit]

Double or Nothing is set to return to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in 2024, which is the same venue which hosted the inaugural event in 2019.

Double or Nothing is considered All Elite Wrestling's (AEW) marquee event, having first been held in 2019, which was the promotion's first professional wrestling event and first pay-per-view (PPV) produced. It is held annually in May during Memorial Day weekend and is one of AEW's "Big Four" PPVs, which includes All Out, Full Gear, and Revolution, their four biggest domestic shows produced quarterly.[1] The event's name is a reference to its Las Vegas theme and it is traditionally held in the Las Vegas area in Paradise, Nevada. Exceptions from this norm occurred in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that were in place at the time, but they maintained the Vegas theme.[2][3]

On March 27, 2024, it was announced that the sixth Double or Nothing event would take place on May 26 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, marking a return to the venue after five years, which was when the inaugural 2019 event was held there. It was also announced that during Double or Nothing weekend, Saturday Night Collision the night before on May 25 would also be held at the venue.[4]

Storylines[edit]

Double or Nothing will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines.[5] Storylines are produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision, and the YouTube series Being The Dark Order.

Starting in early 2024, The Young Bucks turned heel by embracing their roles as AEW's executive vice presidents.[6] They started abusing their power by (kayfabe) suspending "Hangman" Adam Page and kicking Kenny Omega (who had been inactive due to legitimately suffering from diverticulitis) out of The Elite, while subsequently bringing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) mainstay Kazuchika Okada into AEW and The Elite, which also established Okada as a heel after he attacked Eddie Kingston and won his AEW Continental Championship on the March 20 episode of Dynamite, becoming the third Japanese champion in AEW.[7][8] The Bucks later won the vacant AEW World Tag Team Championship at Dynasty against FTR after receiving assistance from a returning Jack Perry, who had been off AEW television and competing in NJPW following his backstage altercation with CM Punk at All In, which led to Perry's suspension (and Punk's firing),[9] and Perry officially joined The Elite after assisting them in attacking AEW president and CEO Tony Khan.[10] Omega made an appearance on the May 1 episode of Dynamite to talk about his health and AEW's status, and would later be attacked by The Elite.[11] The following week, Omega (via a pre recorded video from the hospital) used his own EVP power to book an Anarchy In the Arena match with The Elite going up against a "Team AEW" originally comprising of FTR, Kingston, and Bryan Danielson.[12] Kingston would be removed from the match after legitimately breaking his leg at NJPW's Resurgence,[13] with his space in the match taken by Darby Allin, who returned from a broken foot on the May 15 episode of Dynamite to assist Team AEW in fending off The Elite.[14]

In the main event at Dynasty, Swerve Strickland defeated Samoa Joe to win the AEW World Championship.[9] After condemning The Elite for their actions against Tony Khan, Swerve found out his Double or Nothing opponent would be a returning Christian Cage, whose Patriarchy stable would assault Swerve.[11] During another confrontation with The Patriarchy on the May 8 episode of Dynamite, Swerve's Mogul Embassy stablemates would turn on him as well.[12]

At NJPW Resurgence in 2023, Willow Nightingale defeated Mercedes Moné to become the inaugural NJPW Strong Women's Champion, a match in which Moné suffered a broken ankle.[15] At Dynamite: Big Business on March 13, 2024, Moné made her anticipated AEW debut, and following the show's main event match, helped Willow Nightingale fend off an attack from AEW TBS Champion Julia Hart.[16] On the April 3 episode of Dynamite, Moné declared that she would be challenging whoever was the champion at Double or Nothing, which would also be her AEW debut match.[17] At Dynasty later that month, Nightingale defeated Hart to win the TBS Championship, thus scheduling Nightingale to defend the title against Moné at Double or Nothing.[9]

At NJPW's Windy City Riot, Jon Moxley defeated Tetsuya Naito to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.[18] He then began feuding with The Don Callis Family when Don Callis arranged a title match against Powerhouse Hobbs on the April 24 episode of Dynamite. Moxley won the match and would be called out by Konosuke Takeshita.[10] Takeshita would attack Moxley on the following week's Dynamite, and an eliminator match for a future title shot would be scheduled for Double or Nothing.[11]

At Revolution, Roderick Strong defeated Orange Cassidy to win the AEW International Championship.[19] On the April 24 episode of Dynamite, Will Ospreay won a Casino Gauntlet Match to become the number one contender to the championship.[10]

At Dynasty, TNT Champion Adam Copeland (along with Mark Briscoe and Eddie Kingston) lost a Trios match to House of Black after Malakai Black spit black mist into Copeland's face and hit him with the Black Mass for the win.[9] In the weeks following, Copeland defeated Buddy Matthews and Brody King in singles matches in order to challenge Black at Double or Nothing to a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match with the title on the line.[20] On the May 15 episode of Dynamite, House of Black attacked Copeland and stole his wedding ring which belonged to him and his wife, Beth Copeland. In a backstage promo, Black accepted the match, but if he wins, Copeland would have to bend a knee to the House of Black.[14]

Chris Jericho began feuding with Hook when the latter refused to take on a mentor-student relationship. This led to a match between the two at Dynasty where Jericho won Hook's FTW Championship, turning heel, and adopting a sarcastic advice and guidance offering moniker "The Learning Tree". He took on Big Bill as a "student" when he assisted in Jericho retaining the title in a match against Katsuyori Shibata on the May 1 episode of Dynamite.[21]. Hook returned on the May 15 episode of Dynamite to demand a rematch for the title, but Jericho said he would have to earn his way back to contendership. Shibata also wanted another shot at Jericho, so a trios qualifying match was set up for the May 22 Dynamite episode with qualifying matches on the May 18 Collision episode. Hook, Shibata, and Bryan Keith won their respective matches again Johnny TV, Rocky Romero, and Boulder[22], and during the qualifying match itself, Keith tapped out to both Hook and Shibata's submission holds, causing the FTW Championship match to become a Three-way match.

Matches[edit]

No.Matches*Stipulations
1PThunder Rosa vs. Deonna PurrazzoSingles match[23]
2PThe Acclaimed (Max Caster, Anthony Bowens, and "Daddy Ass" Billy Gunn) vs. Cage of Agony (Brian Cage and Gates of Agony (Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun))Trios match[24]
3Adam Copeland (c) vs. Malakai BlackBarbed Wire Steel Cage match for the AEW TNT Championship[25]
4Roderick Strong (c) (with Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) vs. Will OspreaySingles match for the AEW International Championship[26]
5Trent Beretta vs. Orange CassidySingles match[27]
6Bang Bang Gang (Jay White and The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn)) (c) vs. Death Triangle (Pac, Rey Fénix and Penta El Zero Miedo) (with Alex Abrahantes)Trios match for the Unified World Trios Championship[28]
7Chris Jericho (c) (with Big Bill) vs. Hook vs. Katsuyori ShibataThree-way FTW Rules match for the FTW Championship[29]
8Jon Moxley vs. Konosuke Takeshita (with Don Callis)IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Eliminator match[30]
If Takeshita wins, he will receive a future IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match.
9"Timeless" Toni Storm (c) (with Luther and Mariah May) vs. Serena DeebSingles match for the AEW Women's World Championship[31]
10Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Mercedes MonéSingles match for the AEW TBS Championship[32]
11The Elite (Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry, and The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson)) vs. Team AEW (Bryan Danielson, Darby Allin, and FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood))Anarchy in the Arena match[33]
12Swerve Strickland (c) (with Prince Nana) vs. Christian Cage (with Killswitch, Nick Wayne, and Mother Wayne)Singles match for the AEW World Championship[34]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match will be broadcast on the pre-show
*Card subject to change

FTW Contender Series[edit]

References[edit]

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