and
2021 events during the
COVID-19 pandemic, the Double or Nothing events from 2019 through 2024 took on a
Las Vegas theme and were held at venues on the
Las Vegas Strip in
Paradise, Nevada. After the success of the September 2018
All In event, an
independent professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event that came as a result of a bet with wrestling journalist
Dave Meltzer, a group known as
The Elite (
Cody,
The Young Bucks, and
Kenny Omega), the driving forces behind the event, used the positive response from All In to pursue further events with backing of businessmen
Shahid Khan and
Tony Khan. In a promo after All In, Cody said "I know when you make a bet, sometimes you go
double or nothing". On November 5, 2018, several trademarks were filed in
Jacksonville, Florida, among them were "All Elite Wrestling" and "Double or Nothing", leading to speculation of the formation of a
professional wrestling promotion and the name of its first event. On January 1, 2019,
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was officially founded. Along with the announcement, the promotion's inaugural event,
Double or Nothing, was scheduled to air on PPV during
Memorial Day weekend on May 25, 2019, at the
MGM Grand Garden Arena on the
Las Vegas Strip in
Paradise, Nevada, with the event taking on a
Las Vegas theme. Double or Nothing would become considered AEW's marquee event, with AEW president Tony Khan later referring to the event as being one of the promotion's "big four" PPVs, their four biggest shows of the year produced quarterly, along with
All Out,
Full Gear, and
Revolution. With
All In becoming one of AEW's annual events in 2023, it supplanted Double or Nothing as AEW's marquee event, and overall biggest event of the year, with the previous "big four" plus All In becoming the "big five". , the
2020 and
2021 events were held at AEW's home venue of
Daily's Place in
Jacksonville, Florida; the 2021 event was subsequently AEW's final
pay-per-view event held at Daily's Place as the company resumed live touring that July. While AEW had planned to again host the
2020 event at the same location on May 23 that year, the venue canceled all events up through May 31 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. In response, the promotion announced that the 2020 event would still proceed as planned (which occurred at
Daily's Place and the
TIAA Bank Field stadium in Jacksonville, Florida), while also confirming that a
third Double or Nothing would emanate from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 29, 2021. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2021 event was again held at Daily's Place and was moved back a day to May 30. AEW resumed live touring in July, thus the 2021 Double or Nothing was the promotion's final PPV held at Daily's Place during the pandemic. It was also the company's first show to run at full venue capacity during the pandemic after Florida loosened its COVID-19 protocols. In December 2021, it was confirmed that the
2022 Double or Nothing would return the event to Las Vegas, and it would be held at the
T-Mobile Arena. It was also announced that the event would host the finals of the inaugural
Owen Hart Cup. On March 27, 2024, it was announced that after five years, the
2024 event would return Double or Nothing to the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 26 that year. was held at the
Desert Diamond Arena in
Glendale, Arizona, marking the first non-pandemic Double or Nothing event to take place outside of
Las Vegas, but still maintaining a casino theme due to the venue's connection to
Desert Diamond Casinos. On February 19, 2025, it was announced that the
2025 Double or Nothing was scheduled for May 25, 2025, at the
Desert Diamond Arena in
Glendale, Arizona, ending the promotion's tradition of holding the event in the Las Vegas area. The venue shares its namesake with
Desert Diamond Casinos, thus continuing Double or Nothing's casino theme. == Events ==