AEW Double or Nothing

AEW Double or Nothing is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established in 2019, it is held annually in May during Memorial Day weekend. The inaugural Double or Nothing was also the first PPV as well as the first event produced by AEW. It is also considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs for AEW, along with All In, All Out, Full Gear, and Revolution, the company's five biggest shows produced annually; until 2023, it was considered AEW's marquee event before being supplanted by All In. The name Double or Nothing was originally referenced in a promo that Cody Rhodes made immediately after the September 2018 All In event, which was an independently produced PPV that came as a result of a bet with wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer. Rhodes, a key figure behind the original All In who would become a co-founder and wrestler for AEW from 2019 to 2022, said "I know when you make a bet, sometimes you go double or nothing"—AEW was then founded in January 2019 with Double or Nothing as its first event that May. The name is also a reference to its gambling theme, as the event was traditionally held at arenas on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada until 2025. The exceptions to this during this time were the 2020 and 2021 events, which were originally scheduled for Vegas but had to be held at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida due to the COVID-19 pandemic—after Florida loosened its COVID-19 protocols, the 2021 event was AEW's first PPV to have a full capacity crowd, as well as the final PPV held at Daily's Place before AEW resumed live touring in July that year. The 2025 event was the first non-pandemic era Double or Nothing to be held...