AEW Double Or Nothing 2024: 10 Nightmares That Could Come True
Tony Khan wrestling on AEW pay-per-view CONFIRMED. No, only joking. Hopefully!
AEW Double Or Nothing 2024 will be a long night.
It could be a long night for good reasons, y'know. Fans could come away from the Las Vegas special with beaming smiles and phrases like, 'Tony Khan has cracked it!' or, 'Every match ruled'. Or, perhaps All Elite's loyal fanbase will funeral march their way back to hotel rooms with puzzled faces and cries of, 'CM Punk was right'.
You know the drill by now - positivity is in short supply when looking at all the various nightmares AEW could inflict on the biz this Sunday. As always, our Tony will be hoping his talent-heavy roster comes up with the goods and turns DoN into a show folks remember for good reasons. Sadly, the man's own booking and increasing inability to avoid well-known promoter pitfalls could scupper that.
There are a few matches on the lineup scarily close to the danger zone of audience apathy, and everyone's keen to see whether or not sticking lower-tier belts on some rather expensive signings is a solid plan. Then, there's the threat of a WWE rehash and a swerve so detestable it'd turn fans heel on AEW.
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10. Ex-Best Friends Battle Is A Snore
Pictured above: Best Friends during happier times.
On Sunday, Orange Cassidy will seek revenge on behalf of Chuck Taylor by...adhering to countouts, rope breaks and other standard pro wrestling match rules. Wait, what?! It's true. Thus far, AEW hasn't announced that Cassidy vs. Trent Beretta will be 'NO DQ' or anything else of the sort. That could outright murder the bout before it starts.
Orange and Trent can still work around things by making sure their match has some intense spots, but All Elite is asking a hell of a lot of them to make this revenge mission worthwhile under regular match conditions. The knock-on impact of such monotony might kill fan anticipation and make the showdown less-than.
It makes zero sense that the story has included 'Parking Lot Brawls' on free television, but will seemingly peak with a one-on-one singles match on pay-per-view. That's surely the wrong way around on the violence scale! TK should sort this ASAP before bell time.