10 Things We Learned From Attending AEW: Double Or Nothing

1. AEW Is The Real Deal

This is not the first wrestling show to have serious aspirations. This is not the first wrestling show that has rode into a big arena on a wave of hype and expectation. This is not the first wrestling show that has seen a recently departed WWE star make a shock debut.

But something was different here, and there a tangible sense of something genuinely special starting. Vegas, 12,000 people inside the MGM Grand, a card stacked with some of the greatest talent on the planet all hungry to prove a point. Slick production, a rabid crowd, F***ING PYRO, everything falling into place almost seamlessly.

And still, none of that guarantees you anything. A large crowd, an exciting card, JR on commentary, it all falls flat if the matches don’t deliver and the stories you tell don’t connect. However leaving that arena on Saturday night every single fan was buzzing with the memories they’d just collected and the excitement of what might be to come. They nailed it.

Was Rhodes vs Rhodes one of the greatest matches they’d seen in ages? Are The Lucha Bros Did Chris Jericho really just get himself into the first AEW world title match? Has Jon Moxley really just debuted. The conversation has moved from AEW the company to AEW the product, and that's the biggest tripumph of all.