Tag: Double or Nothing

Mike Tyson To Present TNT Title To Tournament Winner At “Double Or Nothing”

AEW has announced Mike Tyson will appear at “Double or Nothing” to present the winner of the TNT Championship tournament with the new belt.

The Tyson announcement was made Wednesday night during Dynamite.

“Iron Mike” has been the topic of conversation as of late after declaring he’s “back” in an impressive new training video. The video has prompted talk of a possible return to the boxing ring.

The finals of the TNT Championship tournament – taking place May 23 live on pay-per-view – will feature Cody Rhodes facing-off against Lance Archer, with Jake “The Snake” Roberts in his corner.

“Double or Nothing” can be ordered on pay-per-view and B/R Live.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Tyson is rumored to making a return to the boxing ring.

 

AEW Returning To Live TV Soon?, News On Dynamite Plans For The Shows Leading To Double Or Nothing

AEW will likely return to live programming with their weekly Dynamite show on TNT in the next few weeks, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

The current plan is for AEW to resume tapings at their home base of Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL beginning May 6, according to the Observer. AEW is returning to Florida as the state recently opened up for sporting events with national audiences, which is what allowed WWE to resume operations during the coronavirus pandemic.

AEW currently has enough content taped to carry them for several more weeks, which was taped recently in Georgia. The Observer noted that the plan right now is for AEW to go back either weekly or more often starting on May 6 from Jacksonville.

The episodes beginning May 6 will begin the hard push for the Double Or Nothing pay-per-view, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 23. AEW officials expect to have about twice as many talents available for the next set of tapings as some were not brought to the Georgia tapings because they lived in areas heavily impacted by COVID-19. Some of those talents started quarantining earlier this week as officials wanted two weeks of quarantine before bringing people in from those coronavirus hot zones.

The next shows will reportedly focus on talents that are working Double Or Nothing.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Dustin Rhodes Talks About His Match With Cody At AEW Double Or Nothing – His Look, Bleeding So Much

From Goldust to Seven to The American Nightmare, Dustin Rhodes has had many different gimmicks and looks over the years. He debuted a new look against his brother Cody at Double or Nothing, and Dustin credits Cody with help inspiring his new costume.

Dustin talked more about his look at Double or Nothing when he joined Talk is Jericho.

“Me and Cody were talking about it and we were like, what do we do? He didn’t want just Dustin. He had his vision of what he wanted and he kind of left it in the ballpark of me and my faith to create something for my face,” said Dustin. “I had asked him what he was looking for? Did he want me in trunks? Did he want me in jeans? Did he want me in my old Dustin Rhodes gear? He said no, he didn’t want the cowboy carney ass bullsh*t he would say. He said that he really wanted me to look the very best that I can.”

Dustin said his look was a combination of previous costumes and new designs. He also said he worked his tail off to get in the best shape he could in order to go sleeveless, but he also said “Cody is the only Rhodes with abs.”

“He said that I was the artist on the paint and all that stuff to come up with something. I did it; I showed him some pictures. He loved it and Tony Khan loved it and that was it.

“I looked at the Darth Maul character [from Star Wars] as well. One of the paint jobs that I did for Goldust was kind of Darth Maul-ish but if I did the Darth Maul like Darth Maul, I just reversed the colors. I reversed the color so that it wouldn’t be a complete rip-off of Darth Maul. I added just a little bit here and there and I think it came off looking really good.”

Dustin donned a crimson mask during the match and left himself, Cody and the ring covered in blood. He was a bit nervous about there being so much blood at first, but in the end all of the blood helped tell the story between he and his brother.

“I know a lot of people were worried. I was worried. You do it and you saw it streaming out and it’s like, oh no, I went a little bit too deep and then 10 minutes go by and you’re like now I’m starting to worry a little bit,” admitted Dustin. “The ring is all red. I can’t see; it’s all in my eyes. I am trying to wipe it out but it just keeps shooting out to my heartbeat. It gets scary, but then after 15 minutes I’m like, I’m going to be okay. It’s going to be fine. You saw the fans’ faces in the front row and in the arena they are just horrified but into it. They can’t take their eyes off of it and it was an incredible man. I was so happy. I was so glad to be a part of that and I hope I did Cody proud.

“To me, I have always been told that red on the head is green in the pocket. I believe that to be true to an extent when it is used sparingly here and there. It was just right in every way that night. It might have been a little bit excessive but it added to the story. It added to the emotions and it just felt incredible and I am still on a huge high from this match. Twitter has never blown up for me like that and all of the social media is going crazy and to tell me that I stole the show from the great Chris Jericho that means a lot to me.”

Source: Talk Is Jericho via Wrestling Inc.

Impact World Champion Brian Cage Almost Worked AEW Double Or Nothing

Impact World Heavyweight Champion Brian Cage almost worked the recent All Elite Wrestling Double Or Nothing pay-per-view.

Cage was backstage in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Arena for Double Or Nothing and was prepared to wrestle, according to PWInsider. Impact officials found out Cage was there, contacted him and informed him that he could not appear due to his contract with the promotion.

There’s no word yet on what Cage would have done at Double Or Nothing, but it would have been a surprise appearance. Impact creative team member Tommy Dreamer worked the Casino Battle Royale on the Double Or Nothing “Buy In” pre-show, but he’s not under contract to any promotion.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Hall Of Famer Ted DiBiase Sr. Praises Cody And Dustin Rhodes For AEW Double Or Nothing Match

WWE Hall of Famer Ted DiBiase Sr. took to Twitter this week to praise Cody Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes for their match at AEW Double Or Nothing.

“They stole the show, folks. @CodyRhodes vs @DustinRhodes had the makings to be a great match. It exceeded that & delivered something special. Cody & Dustin are very talented. Versatile students of pro wrestling. Dusty would be very proud. Dustin showed 50 is the new 30,” DiBiase wrote.

You can see The Million Dollar Man’s full tweet below:

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Double Or Nothing PPV Buys, Online Interest Tops WWE Shows

All Elite Wrestling’s Double Or Nothing pay-per-view is currently estimated at drawing around 98,000 buys, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This number includes buys from TV and digital pay-per-view, with close to a 50/50 split between the two platforms.

To compare, the All In event from 2018 reportedly drew around 55,000 pay-per-view buys.

The Observer noted that around 2/3 of the Double Or Nothing buys came from the United States. The UK came in at a strong second, followed by Australia, Germany and Canada. With replay buys, Double Or Nothing should top ECW’s best pay-per-view, which drew 99,000 buys, and become the biggest pay-per-view in pro wrestling history that was not produced by WWE or WCW. The Observer noted that Impact Wrestling/TNA only did half the buys that Double Or Nothing did in its 16 years, and they only did that a few times, and never came close to beating the number.

Regarding online interest in Double Or Nothing, AEW was the second most-searched item on Google Trends for Saturday night, topping 220,000 searches, trailing only the NBA’s Toronto Raptors. All In, New Japan Tokyo Dome shows and the ROH/NJPW Madison Square Garden show never cracked the top 20 trends list. WWE NXT as only broke the top 20 once, when it hit 50,000 for the recent NXT “Takeover: New York” event. The AEW interest on Saturday night beat the last UFC show by 12% and WWE Money In the Bank by 35%. When it came to second-day interest, Double Or Nothing more than quadrupled Money In the Bank and was more than six times greater than UFC 237.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Jon Moxley Appears At AEW Double Or Nothing

After Chris Jericho defeated Kenny Omega in the main event of AEW Double or Nothing, he told the crowd he was AEW and wanted a thank you from everyone.

Before he could get one, Jon Moxley (fka WWE’s Dean Ambrose) came out through the crowd and gave Jericho dirty deeds. He then gave one to the referee in the ring and attempted to land one on Omega, but the two ended up brawling a bit before they got to the stage where Moxley finished off Omega.

Below are videos of Moxley’s appearance:

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132493327474057217

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132493721696636928

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132494164917137408

Source: Wrestling Inc.

AEW Double Or Nothing Results 5/25/19

(The Buy In) Casino Battle Royale:  winner of the match will earn a future shot at the AEW world championship

MJF, Dustin Thomas, Sunny Daze, Brandon Cutler, Michale Nakazawa

Brian Pillman Jr., Isiah Kassidy, Jimmy Havoc, Joey Janela, Shawn Spears

Billy Gunn, Glacier, Ace Romero, Marq Quen, Jungle Boy

Luchasaurus, Sonny Kiss, Marko Stunt, Tommy Dreamer, Orange Cassidy

Hangman Adam Page

Winner: Hangman Adam Page

(The Buy In) Sammy Guevara vs. Kip Sabian – Winner: Kip Sabian

Backstage, Jim Ross makes his way up to the announce table.

– Outside, a pickup truck pulls up, we see Pharaoh first, then Brandi Rhodes, and finally Cody. He sips some coffee, gives Brandi a kiss and heads in. Inside, Kenny Omega is apparently watching the show on a laptop and gives the camera a big thumbs up. Matt Jackson is walking around backstage and meets Michael Nakazawa. Matt tries to put on a friendly face, but then gets angry as he heads off. Nick asks him if he’s okay, Matt says yeah. Matt and Nick are asked about their credientials, Nick superkicks the guys and papers fly.

The group comes out to hype up the crowd. Cody goes to welcome the crowd, Matt takes the mic, Nick grabs it, Kenny then snatches it away to welcome the crowd. “AEW!” chant from the crowd. Matt says it’s so cool to see 20k people, Cody says it’s more like 13k, Matt says this is pro wrestling, you round up. Cody goes along with it and says they set the attendance record with 20k fans! Brandi notes this is the first sensory inclusive event in wrestling history. Cody says this is a revolution as we fade to black.

SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian, Christopher Daniels, Scorpio Sky) vs. Strong Hearts (Cima, El Lindaman & T-Hawk) – Winners: SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian, Christopher Daniels, Scorpio Sky)

Allie joins commentary for the women’s match.

Before things get going, Brandi Rhodes’ music and she heads out in her ring gear. Rhodes says she meant all three women had a shot at winning and she wanted a great match. But the problem is she wanted the match to be awesome, and out comes Awesome Kong!

Nyla Rose vs. Dr. Britt Baker vs. Kylie Rae vs. Brandi Rhodes vs. Awesome Kong – Winner: Britt Baker

Angelico & Jack Evans vs. The Best Friends (Chuckie T & Beretta) – Winners: The Best Friends

Post-match, The Best Friends want a hug, the lights go out as they do so. Lights up and The Super Smash Bros. are in the ring. Lights off and on again and a bunch of masked minions are around the ring. Both teams end up getting destroyed by them. Crowd didn’t really know how to react to that, got some boos and what sounded like a “Who are you?” chant.

Video promo for AEW “All Out” at the Sears Center in Chicago on August 31, tickets go on sale June 14th.

Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki & Emi Sakura vs. Riho, Ryo Mizunam & Hikaru Shida – Winners: Riho, Ryo Mizunam & Hikaru Shida

There’s a throne that looks very Triple H-like on stage. Cody and Brandi head to the ring, Brandi grabs a sledgehammer from under the ring and hands it over. Cody goes back to the thrown and smashes it.

Cody Rhodes vs. Dustin Rhodes –

Brandi Rhodes was interfering in the match, she hit Dustin with a spear on the outside. Referee Earl Hebner tossed her from ringside. DDP came out, picked Brandi up and carried her to the back.

Dustin was bleeding profusely.

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132463347914268672

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132467574720126976

Winner: Cody Rhodes

Post-match, Cody goes back in the ring, Dustin moves away from and into the corner. Cody takes the mic and tells Dustin he doesn’t get to retire tonight. Crowd with a “thank you, Dustin” chant. Cody says at Fight for the Fallen he put down his name and a partner of his choosing against The Young Bucks. He says he doesn’t need a partner or a friend, he needs his older brother. Cody tears up as Dustin gets up and gives him a hug. Cody holds the ropes open for Dustin as he heads out of the ring.

Bret Hart come out to unveil the AEW World Championship title. Adam Page makes his way out as the first confirmed contender to wrestle for the title. He shakes Hart’s hand and then MJF’s music hits. MJF on the mic and introduces himself as he heads to the ramp, then yells “Wait, Bret! A fan is coming to—!” Mocking what happened at the WWE Hall of Fame. MJF says everyone is looking at the face of the company, a horse can’t be the face of AEW. MJF says when it comes to horses, once they get hurt sometimes you have to shoot them.

MJF tells Page says he should relinquish his title shot to a real man. MJF mocks Bret Hart’s catchphrase. Page takes a swing at him and he ducks out of the way, “Easy there, seabiscuit!” Jungle Boy heads out from the back to get in MJF’s face. He tells off Jungle Boy and goes to head to the back, out comes Jimmy Havoc who back MJF up to Page. All three guys surround MJF, he tries to throw a punch and gets clocked. Page sends him into the crowd as Jungle Boy and Havoc continue the attack in the crowd. Bret Hart shows off the new title.

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132473237588332546

AAA World Tag Team Titles Match: (C) Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix) –

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132478262884667392

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132479156036546560

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132480391053553664

Winners: The Young Bucks

Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega (Winner will be contender for AEW World Championship and face Casino Battle Royal winner at a later date.)

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132484209367552000

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132485148669284352

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132488021780123648

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132489621651304449

Winner: Chris Jericho via Pinfall (Will face Adam Page for the AEW World Championship at a later date.)

Post-match, he tells the crowd they can boo him all they want, but he knows it’s his time now. Some people try to cheer and he tells them to shut up. “Chris Jericho is AEW.” He says it’s not a company for the fans, it’s a company for him. Before he could get one, Jon Moxley (fka WWE’s Dean Ambrose) came out through the crowd and gave Jericho dirty deeds! He then gave one to the referee in the ring and attempted to land one on Omega, but the two ended up brawling a bit before they got to the stage where Moxley finished off Omega.

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1132494164917137408

Transcript via Wrestling Inc.

AEW Double Or Nothing 5/25/19

All Elite Wrestling will finally be making its debut after months of anticipation, and that takes place this weekend with the AEW Double or Nothing going down inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.

AEW Double or Nothing begins at 8 p.m. ET with a pre-show dubbed “The Buy In” set to begin the festivities at 7 p.m. ET. Double or Nothing will air on traditional PPV and B/R Live for $49.99 at 8 pm ET this Saturday. For those in United Kingdom/Ireland on ITV. For other international fans on FITE.

The Buy In pre-show will stream for free on All Elite Wrestling’s YouTube channel.

Below is the card for AEW “Double or Nothing”

Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega (Winner will be contender for AEW World Championship and face Casino Battle Royal winner at a later date.)

AAA World Tag Team Titles Match: (C) Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix)

Cody Rhodes vs. Dustin Rhodes

Team All Elite Wrestling vs. Team Oriental Entertainment Wrestling: SoCal Uncensored (Frankie Kazarian, Christopher Daniels, Scorpio Sky) vs. Cima, El Lindaman & T-Hawk

Dr. Britt Baker vs. Kylie Rae vs. Nyla Rose

Angelico & Jack Evans vs. The Best Friends (Chuckie T & Beretta)

Aja Kong, Yuka Sakazaki & Emi Sakura vs. Hikaru Shida, Riho Abe & Ryo Mizunami

(The Buy In) Sammy Guevara vs. Kip Sabian

(The Buy In) Casino Battle Royale: Brandon Cutler, Glacier, Sonny Kiss, Ace Romero, Sunny Daze, Brian Pillman Jr., MJF, Joey Janela, Dustin Thomas, Billy Gunn, Jimmy Havoc, Michael Nakazawa, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus, Isiah Kassidy, Marq Quen, Shawn Spears, Orange Cassidy, TBA

* 21 wrestler over-the-top Battle Royale

* Starts with 5 men

* Every 3 minutes a new wave of 5 men enter

* Lucky 21 competitors will enter last

* It was recently announced that the winner of the match will earn a future shot at the AEW world championship, facing off with the winner of Jericho vs. Omega

Adam Page Not Wrestling At AEW Double Or Nothing? (Being The Elite Recap)

In the latest Being the Elite, Adam Page is shown at home with his knee bandaged up from the attack by PAC in England. The two met last weekend at a Wrestle Gate Pro event in Nottingham where Page won by DQ. As noted, their Double or Nothing match was reportedly pulled due to creative differences between PAC and AEW.

In the video above, Page informed the fans he would not be “allowed” to wrestle on this Saturday’s PPV.

“Hey guy, I’m checking in, because apparently it is my responsibility to tell you that due to recent events I will not be allowed to compete at Double or Nothing,” Page said. “I am sure that none of you are as disappointed or pissed off about the situation as I am. But I will still be at Starrcast on Friday, doing a meet & greet. And I’m sure that the entire show in itself will be great.”

A saddened Page then goes to flip off the camera as it cuts away.

Below are the rest of the highlights from the latest Being the Elite:

* Young Bucks are talking outside and David Arquette comes up to them. Nick is playing with a deck of cards and Arquette asks if he could have one, Nick says no and they’re all booked up. Arquette asks if they know who he is and The Young Bucks don’t recognize him at first, but then Matt realizes he was a former WCW Champion. Nick says they are still booked though, but he could come to the party: a superkick party. They double superkick Arquette who then tells the duo, “That was awesome, guys!” Johnny Impact is in the background and asks if Arquette wants some ice.

* MJF taunts Cody and Brandi’s dog, Pharaoh, and tries to give him some chocolate. Brandi catches MJF and wonders what he’s doing. MJF says he was just going to have a brownie, she tells him to eat it then, and he initially puts up a fight. He eats some and then spits it up, “I don’t like gluten.”

* Joey Ryan talks with Peter Avalon who doesn’t get why there are two Librarians. He’s worried they aren’t going to gel as a team, unlike Ryan and that blonde girl. Avalon says AEW just wants to send him home and pay him, but he doesn’t know what do to. Ryan says not to ask him, he doesn’t work in AEW.

* Brandon Cutler tells MJF the Bucks sent him so MJF could pick a card for the Casino Battle Royale. MJF taunts Cutler, makes fun of his wife’s designs for wrestling gear, and his kids. MJF goes to leave and Cutler stops him so he can just pick a card. MJF says he has an issue with Cutler thinking his mentors (Young Bucks) are better than his (Cody). An angered Cutler shoves MJF up against the wall, yells at him, and tells him to pick a card, MJF does so.

* BTE Mailbag: Frankie Kazarian is asked if he and Christopher Daniels are the voices for Arthur and Trevor. He says they get asked this a lot especially because they once had other alter-egos, Curry Man and Suicide. But says Arthur and Trevor are just jerks who have terrorized the roster. Kazarian says it kind of hurts that people think he and Daniel would do voices for those disgusting human beings. Matt Jackson is asked if Being the Elite will be around when AEW is on weekly television. He says that’s a tough question, he and Nick have talked about if it will be possible once things really get rolling with the company. Matt says he just doesn’t know right now.

* Kazarian and Daniels approach Pentagon Jr. and Fenix to say they will be watching their match against The Young Bucks. Daniels says maybe them and the Lucha Brothers can do it again one more time in AEW down the road. Both Pentagon and Fenix say “of course,” and the teams shake hands. They walk away, Pentagon asks Fenix who those guys were.

* Text to Matt Jackson asking if he’s going to really do his new move. Matt writes back, “Si.” We see clips of The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. / Fenix at PWG Battle of Los Angeles where things started between the two teams. Clips are shown of Matt and Nick getting attacked by the Lucha Brothers at an AEW Press Conference, the teams fighting at an AAW event, and The Young Bucks defeating them for the AAA World Tag Team Titles in Mexico. The match is being billed as “Who’s the best tag team in the world?”

Source: Wrestling Inc.