Clarification on AEW Double or Nothing & Battle of the Belts inclusion in WBD media release
A media release issued by Warner Bros. Discovery last Thursday caught the attention of the wrestling media as it listed a three-hour Dynamite/Collision during Full Gear week in addition to a Thanksgiving Day Collision which was new information.
It also included entries regarding both AEW Battle of the Belts and AEW Double or Nothing which some took to mean that the May pay-per-view was going to air on TBS or TNT on Friday, November 28.
There is some clarity on those entries from a WBD representative, the most important of which is the release was for HBO Max programming only and not TBS/TNT.
The “November 21: The Battle of the Belts joins the AEW programming roster alongside Dynamite and Rampage (2022)” line refers to the old Battle of the Belts shows becoming available on Max on November 21 as they are currently not in the archives. It will be the debut episode only with future BOTB shows added chronologically alongside Dynamite and Rampage.
As for Double or Nothing, the November 28 date listed is the date that PPV will be available for everyone on the HBO Max service. That is 187 days after the May 25 event which falls in line with the policy that PPV buyers of that show will get six months of exclusivity on the service.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.