AEW Double or Nothing: Full Confirmed Match Card and Predictions

AEW’s first official event, and their second unofficial one if you choose to count All In, takes place in just over a month. There are still a few gaps, but the card is already looking like a must-see event. How will things play out as AEW truly takes shape?

AEW has received flack since the announcement of the company’s formation because, despite the news coverage and hype, they hadn’t hosted a single event. That all changes on May 25 in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. In Paradise, Nevada, a stone’s throw south of Las Vegas, AEW brings us Double or Nothing.

With 32 announced wrestlers on the roster, AEW will put together their first event, and it’s one that’ll be headlined by two of the greatest tag teams in wrestling today. We’ll see AEW Executive Vice Presidents Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, and Kenny Omega all competing on a fairly stacked card.

While seven matches have been announced, there are still some openings to be filled and the opportunity for further surprises. If you look at All In, which is really the only thing we have to compare Double or Nothing to, the event was four hours long, not including the pre-show. There were 11 matches in total, 9 of which were on the main card. All In ended up coming very close to running over their allotted time, and as such the main event of the show had to be shortened.

With this circumstance in mind, it wouldn’t be surprising to see AEW go more conservative with Double or Nothing’s total matches, leaving them some room if a few go longer than anticipated. If the Over Budget Battle Royal goes to the pre-show, as it did at All In, six matches would certainly give them breathing room on a four hour, or even three hour, event.

Here, we’ll look at each match that’s been announced so far, the potential competitors that could be added to “to be announced” slots, and who the favorites are to walk out victorious at AEW’s first event. You can count on the winners at Double or Nothing being the favorites to take center stage as AEW starts to grow, and championships enter the mix.