Double or Nothing (2022)
Double or Nothing | |||
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Promotion All Elite Wrestling | | ||
Date | May 29, 2022 | ||
City | Paradise, Nevada | ||
Venue | T-Mobile Arena | ||
Attendance | 14,459[1] | ||
Buy rate | 155,000[2] | ||
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Double or Nothing chronology | |||
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The 2022 Double or Nothing was the fourth annual
Thirteen matches were contested at the event, including one on
The event saw the AEW debuts of
Production
Background
On February 23, 2022, it was confirmed that the fourth Double or Nothing event would take place on May 29, but unlike the inaugural event, which was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the 2022 event was held at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. Additionally as part of Double or Nothing week, both of AEW's weekly television programs, Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage, aired live on May 25 and May 27, respectively, at the nearby Michelob Ultra Arena at the Mandalay Bay.[5] There was also a fan fest on Saturday, May 28, held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.[6]
Tickets for Double or Nothing went on sale on March 4, 2022, in which first day sales drew over $1 million at the gate, marking the first time AEW crossed $1 million at the gate.[7] In addition to PPV, AEW partnered with Joe Hand Promotions to air Double or Nothing in select movie theaters across the United States.[8]
Storylines
Double or Nothing featured
In September 2021, AEW announced the establishment of the
In the wake of
During
Following the match between
After remaining undefeated for a year,
Event
Role | Name |
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Commentators
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Jim Ross (PPV) |
Excalibur (Pre-show and PPV) | |
Tony Schiavone (Pre-show and PPV) | |
Taz (Pre-show and Tag Title match) | |
Caprice Coleman (Young Bucks vs. Hardys) | |
Spanish commentators | Dasha Gonzalez |
Jon Cruz | |
French commentators | Alain Mistrangélo |
Norbert Feuillan | |
German commentators | Günter Zapf |
Mike Ritter | |
Ring announcer | Justin Roberts |
Referees | Aubrey Edwards |
Bryce Remsburg | |
Mike Chioda | |
Paul Turner | |
Rick Knox | |
Stephon Smith | |
Interviewer | Lexy Nair |
The Buy-In
During the Double or Nothing Buy-In pre-show, Hookhausen (Hook and Danhausen) faced Tony Nese and Mark Sterling. In the end, Hook suplexed Sterling and tagged in Danhausen, who pinned Sterling to win the match.[27]
Preliminary matches
The actual pay-per-view opened with MJF facing Wardlow. At the start of the match, MJF ducked to ringside and told the referee to make Wardlow back up. A short time later, MJF donned the Dynamite Diamond Ring, but the referee saw it and took it away. MJF tried to shake hands with Wardlow, who obliged and then held onto his hand. Wardlow would then perform ten consecutive powerbombs on MJF to win the match; since Wardlow won, he was granted his release from his contract with MJF and free to officially join AEW.[27]
Next, The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) faced The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), who were accompanied by
After that, Jade Cargill defended the AEW TBS Championship against Anna Jay. Mark Sterling made his way to ringside with a crutch in hand and argued with the referee. Jay performed a leg sweep on Cargill with the crutch for a nearfall. John Silver ran out and performed a brainbuster on Sterling. Stokely Hathaway walked out and stood at ringside, making his unannounced AEW debut. Cargill performed a Jaded on Jay from the top rope to retain the title.[27]
Following the match, Kiera Hogan and Red Velvet held up Jay for Cargill. Kris Statlander ran out and stared down the trio. They were interrupted by Athena in her unannounced AEW debut, who allied with Jay and Statlander. Hathaway led The Baddies out of the ring without any physicality.[27]
The next match was between
Next, the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals took place as Adam Cole faced Samoa Joe. As the match was continuing, Bobby Fish distracted Joe long enough for Cole to take advantage and perform the Boom on Joe for the victory and to win the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.[27]
The sixth match was the Women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament finals as Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D faced Ruby Soho. Soho applied a sharpshooter on Baker, who grabbed the rope to void the submission. In the end, Soho went to the ropes and put herself on the shoulders of Baker before performing a victory roll for a nearfall. Baker reversed it and got the victory and to win the Women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament.[27]
After the match, Dr. Martha Hart was introduced by commentator Tony Schiavone, who thanked the fans for the warm welcome while Cole and Baker stood on opposite sides of the stage. She thanked various people from AEW and her children. Martha presented the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament belt that she handed to Cole first, and handed the second Owen Hart Foundation Tournament belt to Baker.[27]
Later, American Top Team (Ethan Page, Scorpio Sky, Paige VanZant) were accompanied by Dan Lambert to face Frankie Kazarian, Sammy Guevara, and Tay Conti in a six-person
Next,
Subsequently,
Following this was an Anarchy in the Arena match between The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, Jake Hager, Angelo Parker, and Matt Menard) against The Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley), Eddie Kingston, Santana, and Ortiz. When the latter were entering from various places in the arena, the brawl started while Moxley’s "
In the penultimate match,
Main event
In the main event, "Hangman" Adam Page defended the AEW World Championship against CM Punk. Page went for a Buckshot Lariat, but Punk countered and applied the sharpshooter on Page, who managed to touch the ropes to void the submission. Punk landed a roundhouse kick on Page, who performed the
Reception
Double or Nothing received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics; however, much criticism was drawn towards the overall runtime of the event. For CBS Sports, Brent Brookhouse wrote that the event was an "uncharacteristically uneven" pay-per-view event for AEW. Cargill-Jay was "rough", the trios match between Death Triangle and House of Black was a "thrilling" action from start to finish, Baker-Soho was "a solid match that had a questionable winner", Deeb-Rosa was "a very nice showing for the AEW women's division" as both showed some solid technical skills and grit to put on a "fine match", the Anarchy in the Arena match was "a wild bloodbath", the tag team championship three-way between Jurassic Express, Swerve in Our Glory and Team Taz was "fun", and the main event was "a bit clunky at times" and "fine" when they just went at each other.[28]
Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated opined that although Double or Nothing "ran too long", it still had its "share of standout moments". Barasso thought there was no more significant moment at Double or Nothing than Punk regaining his place atop the wrestling world, the tag team championship three-way match was "outstanding", the Anarchy in the Arena match was an "unforgettable gore", Rosa-Deeb was a "technical brilliance", O'Reilly-Allin was "very good", and Baker-Soho was "one of the best on the card".[29]
Writing for Pro Wrestling Dot Net, Jason Powell stated that the event was "enjoyable". The Hardys-Bucks tag match exceeded his expectations, the six-man tag team was a "very good
Combat sports journalist Dave Meltzer for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter assigned star ratings to the event, with the highest rated match being the Anarchy in the Arena, which was rated 5 stars. Elsewhere on the card, the main event, the three-way tag, and the six-man tag team all received 41⁄2 stars out of 5. Rosa-Deeb was assigned 41⁄4 stars, and the Hardys-Bucks tag match received 4 stars. The lowest rated match on the show was Cargill-Jay, which was given 13⁄4 stars.[30]
Aftermath
During the Double or Nothing weekend, MJF
On the June 3 episode of Rampage, CM Punk announced that he was injured and required surgery. He initially wanted to relinquish the title; however, Tony Khan decided that an
Results
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See also
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