AEW Double or Nothing

Apps and Paper sit down to assess AEW’s first PPV of the COVID-19 era. Double or Nothing was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event took place on May 23, 2020 at Daily's Place and TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The event was originally scheduled to take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The venue, however, cancelled all events up through May 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. AEW moved the event to the Jacksonville Jaguars complex in Jacksonville, Florida, with most matches taking place in Daily's Place—an amphitheatre adjacent to TIAA Bank Field—while the main event match took place in the stadium itself. It was the second event in the Double or Nothing chronology and the first AEW event to take place in a stadium. Nine matches were contested at the event, including one on The Buy In pre-show. In the main event, Matt Hardy and The Elite (Adam Page, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz) in a Stadium Stampede match. In other prominent matches, Jon Moxley defeated Mr. Brodie Lee to retain the AEW World Championship, Hikaru Shida defeated Nyla Rose to win the AEW Women's World Championship, Cody defeated Lance Archer to become the inaugural TNT Champion, and Brian Cage won the Casino Ladder Match in his AEW debut. Additionally, the event featured an appearance from International Boxing Hall of Famer Mike Tyson, who presented the AEW TNT Championship to Cody.