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(PPV)
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produced by
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(AEW). It was the seventh annual
Double or Nothing Double or nothing (UK often double or quits) is a gamble to decide whether a loss or debt should be doubled. The result of a "double or nothing" bet is either cancellation of a debt ''or'' the doubling of a debt. It can be seen as a gentleman's ag ...
event and took place during
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weekend on May 25, 2025, at the
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in
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. With the exceptions of the
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and
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events, which took place at
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in
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due to the
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, this was the first Double or Nothing to take place outside of the
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in
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. This was the first AEW PPV to take place in the
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of
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and the second Double or Nothing to host the finals of the men's and women's Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. As with the 2023 edition, the event went head-to-head with
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's NXT Battleground
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event. Eleven matches were contested at the event, including two on the "Buy In" pre-show. In the main event, "Hangman" Adam Page defeated
Will Ospreay William Peter Charles Ospreay (born 7 May 1993) is an English professional wrestler. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former two-time AEW International Champion. He is also known for his eight year tenure with New Japa ...
to win the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament, while Mercedes Moné defeated Jamie Hayter to win the Women's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament in the opening bout. In other prominent matches,
Kenny Omega Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...
, Swerve Strickland,
Willow Nightingale Danielle Paultre (born January 25, 1994), better known by the ring name Willow Nightingale, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a current member of The Conglomeration and a former AEW T ...
, and
The Opps Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW World ...
(
Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW Worl ...
,
Powerhouse Hobbs William Hobson (born January 23, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Powerhouse Hobbs and is a member of The Opps. He is one-third of the current AEW World ...
, and
Katsuyori Shibata } is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer, and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Opps and is one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions with Samoa Joe and Powerhouse Hobbs. ...
) defeated Death Riders (
Jon Moxley Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley and is the current AEW World Championship, AEW World Champion in his ...
,
Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli ( ; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Death Riders and a former AEW World Trios Championship, AEW World Trios Champion. He also per ...
, Marina Shafir, and
Wheeler Yuta Paul Soren Gruber (born October 26, 1996) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Wheeler Yuta and is a member of the Death Riders, formerly known as the Blackpool C ...
) and
The Young Bucks The Young Bucks are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Matthew Massie and Nicholas Massie, who perform under the ring names Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson. , they are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), whe ...
( Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) in the Anarchy in the Arena match.


Production


Background

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is considered one of
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's (AEW) marquee
events Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of eve ...
, having first been held in
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, which was the promotion's first
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event and first
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(PPV) event produced. It is held annually in May during
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weekend and is one of AEW's "Big Five" PPVs, which includes All In, All Out, Full Gear, and
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, the promotions five biggest annual shows. With the exception of the events held during the
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in
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and
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, Double or Nothing was traditionally held at either the
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or the
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on the
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in
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, adopting a Vegas (or casino) theme. On February 19, 2025, AEW announced that the seventh annual Double or Nothing would be held on May 25, 2025, at the
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in
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, marking the first Double or Nothing to be held outside of the Las Vegas area since the event's inception in 2019 (excluding the two COVID era events), as well as the first AEW PPV event to take place in the
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of
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. The venue's namesake came from a naming rights deal with
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, keeping the Double or Nothing event in line with its casino theme. As with the 2023 event, Double or Nothing went head-to-head with
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, a
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event produced by
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for its developmental brand, NXT. According to WWE executive
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back in 2023, the scheduling was not intended for WWE to go head-to-head with AEW, but that it was just due to the holiday (Memorial Day weekend) as he said WWE events had always done well on holidays.


Storylines

Double or Nothing featured
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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, ''
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'' and ''
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''. On April 2, 2025, the competitors for the
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were revealed for both the men's and the women's tournaments, with the finals of each scheduled for Double or Nothing. In the men's semi-finals,
Will Ospreay William Peter Charles Ospreay (born 7 May 1993) is an English professional wrestler. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former two-time AEW International Champion. He is also known for his eight year tenure with New Japa ...
defeated
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at ''Dynamite'': Spring BreakThru on April 16, while "Hangman" Adam Page defeated
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on the April 30 episode of ''Dynamite'' to advance, setting up the men's final between Ospreay and Page. Meanwhile, in the women's semi-finals, Mercedes Moné defeated
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at ''Dynamite'': Spring BreakThru, while Jamie Hayter defeated Kris Statlander on the April 23 episode of ''Dynamite'', setting up the women's final between Moné and Hayter. After winning their match on the special Beach Break episode of ''Dynamite'' on May 14, The Hurt Syndicate's manager
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announced that
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and
Shelton Benjamin Shelton James Benjamin (born July 9, 1975) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Hurt Syndicate and is one-half of the AEW World Tag Team Champ ...
would defend the
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at Double or Nothing against the winners of a number one contenders match, which took place on the May 17 episode of ''Collision'' between CRU ( Action Andretti and
Lio Rush Lionel Gerard Green (born November 11, 1994), better known by the ring name Lio Rush, is an American professional wrestler and rapper. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is one-half of CRU with Action Andretti. He also performs ...
) and The Sons of Texas (
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and Sammy Guevara), won by the latter. On the May 14 episode of ''Dynamite'', Mina Shirakawa won an AEW Women's World Championship four-way eliminator match after pinning the reigning champion, "Timeless" Toni Storm. Due to the match's stipulation, since she had pinned the champion, Shirakawa earned a title match against Storm. It was then announced that the match would take place at Double or Nothing, subsequently serving as a rematch from the prior year's
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event. Over the weeks before Double or Nothing, the now-
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FTR ( Cash Wheeler and
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) attacked various members of the AEW roster, including Daniel Garcia. On the May 8 episode of ''Collision'', Garcia faced Harwood in a singles match that ended in disqualification when commentator
Nigel McGuinness Steven Haworth (born 23 January 1972), better known by his ring name Nigel McGuinness, is an English professional wrestling, professional wrestler and commentator. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he serves as a color commentato ...
got involved after Harwood had verbally berated McGuinness about his reaction to the letter that FTR had given to him and
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on the April 17 episode. On the following episode of ''Dynamite'', FTR's manager Stokely interrupted an interview involving Garcia and McGuinness, on FTR's behalf, in order to issue a challenge for a tag team match at Double or Nothing, which McGuinness initially rejected despite Garcia's agreement. FTR then came out and assaulted both men before being fended off by a crowbar-wielding Matt Menard. On the May 17 episode of ''Collision'', McGuinness announced that he had changed his mind and accepted FTR's challenge, thus making the match official. At
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on April 6,
The Young Bucks The Young Bucks are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Matthew Massie and Nicholas Massie, who perform under the ring names Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson. , they are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), whe ...
( Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) returned and interfered in the main event, helping
Jon Moxley Jonathan David Good (born December 7, 1985) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Jon Moxley and is the current AEW World Championship, AEW World Champion in his ...
retain his
AEW World Championship The AEW World Championship is a men's professional wrestling World championship (professional wrestling), world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Unveiled on ...
against Swerve Strickland. At ''Dynamite'': Spring BreakThru,
The Opps Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW World ...
(
Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW Worl ...
,
Katsuyori Shibata } is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer, and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Opps and is one-third of the AEW World Trios Champions with Samoa Joe and Powerhouse Hobbs. ...
, and
Powerhouse Hobbs William Hobson (born January 23, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Powerhouse Hobbs and is a member of The Opps. He is one-third of the current AEW World ...
) defeated Death Riders (Moxley,
Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli ( ; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Death Riders and a former AEW World Trios Championship, AEW World Trios Champion. He also per ...
, and
Wheeler Yuta Paul Soren Gruber (born October 26, 1996) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Wheeler Yuta and is a member of the Death Riders, formerly known as the Blackpool C ...
) for the
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. Joe then began a feud with Moxley, culminating in a
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for Moxley's world championship at ''Dynamite'': Beach Break on May 14 where Moxley retained. At the end of the match,
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(NJPW)'s Gabe Kidd assisted Moxley in defeating Joe. This subsequently lead to a beatdown on Joe that Kidd would join before his Opps stablemates as well as
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and
Willow Nightingale Danielle Paultre (born January 25, 1994), better known by the ring name Willow Nightingale, is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she is a current member of The Conglomeration and a former AEW T ...
intervened. The Young Bucks and
Kazuchika Okada (born November 8, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler. , he is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is a member of the Don Callis Family stable and is the current AEW Continental Champion in his first reign. Known as the , he is b ...
also joined the fight and attacked the opposition, which lead into a further beatdown, before they were eventually chased out of the ring by Strickland who then challenged them to an Anarchy in the Arena match at Double or Nothing. On the April 23 episode of ''Dynamite'',
Mark Briscoe Mark Pugh (born January 18, 1985) is an American professional wrestler best known as Mark Briscoe. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), where he made a name teaming with his brother Jay as the Briscoe Brothers. ...
defeated
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. Over the next two weeks, both men faced each other in multi-man matches, first an eight-man tag team match, the second a trios match, both of which Ricochet won. On May 17, AEW President
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announced that Briscoe and Ricochet would face each other in a Stretcher match at Double or Nothing. Over the course of three weeks,
"Speedball" Mike Bailey Émile Charles Baillargeon-Laberge (born July 16, 1990), better known by his ring name "Speedball" Mike Bailey, is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is one-half of Jet Speed with Kevin Knight. ...
faced The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) in multi-man matches, all of which The Young Bucks won. On May 22, AEW President Tony Khan announced that Bailey would face The Young Bucks'
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stablemate Kazuchika Okada for Okada's
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at Double or Nothing. On May 22, AEW President Tony Khan announced that Paragon (
Adam Cole Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989), known by the ring name Adam Cole, is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of The Paragon (professional wrestling), ...
,
Roderick Strong Christopher Lindsey (born July 26, 1983), better known by his ring name Roderick Strong, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon stable and is a former one-time AEW I ...
, and
Kyle O'Reilly Kyle Richard Thomas Greenwood (born March 1, 1987), better known by his ring name Kyle O'Reilly, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Paragon (professio ...
) would face The Don Callis Family (
Kyle Fletcher Kyle Fletcher (born 24 December 1998) is an Australian professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is a member of the Don Callis Family stable and is one-half of the tag team Protoshita with Konosuke Takeshita. He a ...
,
Josh Alexander Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987), better known by his ring name Josh Alexander, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family. He also makes a ...
, and
Konosuke Takeshita is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to American Wrestling promotion, promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family and one-half of the tag team Protoshita with Kyle Fletcher. He is a former AEW ...
) at Double or Nothing. On the May 17 at ''Collision'': Beach Break, Megan Bayne defeated Harley Cameron. A match between Bayne and
Penelope Ford Olivia Hasler (born September 14, 1992) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Penelope Ford. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is also known for her work in Combat Zone Wrestling. Professional wrestling ...
against Anna Jay and Harley Cameron was then made official for the Double or Nothing Buy-In pre-show.


Reception

The event received positive reviews, with the Anarchy in the Arena match and the final of the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament being singled out for particular acclaim. Reviewing the event for ''TJR Wrestling,'' John Canton described it as "an excellent show" and that "The match quality was strong from top to bottom, and the main event between Page/Ospreay is one of the best matches of the year from any promotion." He did, however, note that he thought the event was too long. Reviewing for ''411MANIA'', Thomas Hall echoed his displeasure at the length of the event, stating several matches could've been shorter, specifically noting the match between FTR and Garcia/McGuinness. However, he generally praised the event, calling the main event "outstanding" and that he enjoyed Anarchy in the Arena, though noted that "mileage may vary" depending on tastes. He gave the overall event an 8 out of 10, signifying "Very Good". The Anarchy in the Arena match was very well received. Reviewing the event for ''
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'', Alfred Konuwa called it "incredible", noting that "everyone shined" and that "it was worth the price of admission alone.", giving the match a rating of A+. Canton praised the creativity of the match and the performances of the twelve wrestlers, but noted it was hard to keep up with the action happening across the arena. Dave Meltzer, reviewing the event for the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' gave the match a five star rating. The final of the Men's Owen Hart Foundation Cop Tournament between "Hangman" Adam Page and Will Ospreay received widespread acclaim, with some calling it one of the best matches of the year. Canton praised the match as "outstanding", noting the final ten minutes as "especially impressive". He closed his review by displaying excitement for their potential rematch. Hall hailed the match as an "instant classic", calling the match an "outstanding story" between Page and Ospreay. Meltzer gave the match a score of five and a half stars, the highest of the event, and as of June 3, 2025, was tied for his highest rated match of the year. For the other matches of the event, Meltzer gave the pre-show eight-man tag team match 4.25 stars. For the main show, he gave the Women's Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Women's final 4.5 stars, the FTR vs Garcia/McGuinness tag match 4.5 stars, the stretcher match 4.5 stars, the AEW World Tag Team Championship match 3.5 stars, the Continental Championship match 4.5 stars, the Women's World Championship match 4 stars, and the trios match between Paragon and The Don Callis Family 3.75 stars.


Results


Owen Hart Cup brackets


Notes


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