AEW Double or Nothing was a ‘huge success’ on pay-per-view
An update is available regarding how AEW Double or Nothing on Sunday is trending on pay-per-view.
Dave Meltzer addressed the show on the post-AEW Dynamite edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, noting that he believes it will end up in the top five or six AEW pay-per-views of all time.
Meltzer said:
“A huge success. I don’t know if it beat All In, the Globe Life Field show. It’s too early to tell. It was the biggest that they’ve ever done on HBO Max, but HBO Max started after the All In show.”
“So to me, the big thing was would they be able to beat Revolution? To me, that was the goal, and Revolution did a real big number. Revolution was the biggest since All In, and they beat Revolution by a fairly significant margin.”
“The only numbers that I’ve seen were 15 percent up from Revolution. I think that’s a little bit higher than it’s going to end up, but again, I’ve only heard some stuff. But I think it is pretty clear that it will be among your top five, six pay-per-views in the history of AEW.”
“It’s not going to beat the Sting retirement. It’s not going to beat that big one in Chicago when Punk had his first match there and everything, where they set the record. It’s not going to beat the first Wembley. Those three it won’t beat. But as far as spots four, five, six, I think it’s possible that it may beat some of them.”
Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez also discussed AEW’s history of pay-per-view numbers for shows with stipulations. Meltzer noted AEW adhering to its stipulations regarding Cody Rhodes never challenging for the AEW World Championship again after his 2019 loss to Chris Jericho, Bryan Danielson not wrestling again after losing the AEW World Championship to Jon Moxley, and Sting staying retired after his final match.
Meltzer continued:
“As far as I can recall, they haven’t reneged on a stip, and the last two pay-per-views that did real big numbers were both stip involved. Danielson said he was going to retire, and Danielson hasn’t done another match. Sting said he was going to retire. Sting hasn’t done another match. They’ve actually been really good at this.”
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