AEW Double or Nothing SCOOPS THREAD

This will be updated throughout the evening!

PRE SHOW NOTES

• Sean Ross Sapp will be in the subscriber only Discord, talking about the event and dropping last minute scoops

• The Fightful post show will be at this link.

• Gabe Kidd was planned to be involved in the Anarchy in the Arena match in some capacity as of earlier this week, even though he's not officially in the match. He did media via AEW for the show.

• Despite his interview being largely in character, Gabe Kidd is not signed with AEW.

• For those asking about other talent, Wardlow was not planned for this show.

• The winner of the Owen Hart Memorial men’s tournament was kept very close to the vest, with talent not knowing this week who was going to win.

• We’re told that the plan for the All In Women’s Title match has been in effect for a number of months. 

• Regarding Mariah May, she is still under contract to AEW.

• If you were hoping Cedric Alexander would join Hurt Syndicate at the show, he’s in Europe this weekend. 

• For those asking about Eddie Kingston, while he sustained his injury a year ago, he didn’t get to undergo surgery until the summer of 2024. He had to let his leg heal before he could get knee surgery. He claimed to PWInsider he still has some time to go. 

• MJF is in Phoenix despite not being a booked for an AEW Double or Nothing match. He had a signing yesterday.

Betting

• Toni Storm, Will Ospreay, Mercedes Mone, Ricochet, Hurt Syndicate, FTR are the betting favorites. There are no Anarchy in the Arena lines as of yet.

• Storm, Ospreay, Money, Ricochet, FTR are our picks. We're also leaning towards Hurt Syndicate.

• Toni Storm is our BetOnline lock pick

NON AEW:

• Not AEW related, but it was reiterated to us by a TNA source that Tessa Blanchard was held back from wrestling yesterday due to precautionary measures for a possible concussion. We're pretty sure she will claim this isn't true.

• Yoshiki Inamura is backstage at today's NXT.

Mid-Show Notes will be added below

• Hiroshi Tanahashi is backstage at the show.

• As of 6 PM ET, Eddie Kingston and Darby Allin had not been seen at the show. It's likely they'll be hidden if they are there.

• Although the Buy In was listed online as 5:30, they planned internally for 6:30 PM ET

• Former AEW star Joey Janela was backstage visiting today.

• Agent Barry Bloom is at the show.

• There are additional "production elements" planned for Anarchy in the Arena, but we haven't been told what they are.

• Thekla is backstage, but we haven't heard she's planned for the show. She lives in the area.

• The attendance for the show was about 8,100.A

• Alex Hammerstone is backstage at tonight's show.