11 Ups & 3 Downs From AEW Double Or Nothing 2022

6. Team Taz vs. Jurassic Express vs. Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee

Following Anarchy in the Arena would have been a tall task for anyone on this lineup. With the World Tag Team Title match, AEW gave Double Or Nothing a great chance of maintaining its momentum. If the bout maintained the fluidity and creativity on display in Dynamite's three-way preview, it, and the pay-per-view, would fly.

The tag format places some limitations on that. Having two legal men at once, not three, doesn't eliminate opportunities for more elaborate interchanges between three or more wrestlers at once, but it does diminish them. The wrestlers still worked hard, though. The feeling out process was fast-flowing and fast-moving, never dipping below third gear until the time came to light it up.

For all the great dives, counters, and flips, Keith Lee provided much of the highlights. The big man doesn't often fly like he used to so when he does, it means something. As entertaining as a video-game powerhouse as he was as a gigantic flipper, Lee's tope after the obligatory three-way showdown between the giants was one of the spots of the night.

Minutes later, Jungle Boy's 2.999 kickout from a Ricky Starks spear was so well-timed it'd make Kazuchika Okada blush. The big move buffet that followed brought the match to a level above even Revolution's fantastic three-way, in which Jungle Boy looked a bigger star than ever before. False finish feasts are played it. It's tough to pull them off without inspiring at least a degree of cynicism these days. It's therefore an immense credit to the wrestlers that they accomplished this.

Jurassic Express retained with the pinfall on Swerve Strickland. An unexpected outcome when either of the other two options would have been more interesting, but not enough to sully the match.