Casino Battle Royale The
Casino Battle Royale is a modified
rumble rules battle royal that features 21 entrants. It begins with a group of five wrestlers, and every three minutes, another group of five wrestlers enters, while the 21st and final entrant enters alone. The wrestlers are grouped based on the suit they drew from a
deck of cards—spades, diamonds, clubs, or hearts—and the order of when each group enters is based on a random draw of the cards. The 21st and final entrant is the wrestler who drew the
joker. The winner receives a world championship match of their respective gender's division—either the AEW World Championship or the AEW Women's World Championship. For tag teams and trios, rumble rules are also implemented, but participating teams are not grouped by card suit; instead, one new team enters every 90 seconds. Individual eliminations occur when a wrestler has gone over the top rope and both feet hit the floor; a team is eliminated when both members of the team have been ruled out of the match. The match ends when one wrestler or team is left.
Casino Ladder match The
Casino Ladder match is a modified
ladder match where the prize, a large
poker chip suspended above the ring, signifies an
AEW World Championship opportunity. The match has nine entrants: two participants start the match in the ring, and an additional wrestler enters the match every ninety seconds. The poker chip above the ring may be retrieved at any point during the match, even if not all entrants have participated. The first ladder match took place at
Double or Nothing in 2020 and was won by the debuting
Brian Cage. Further Casino Ladder matches took place on the 2021 anniversary episode of
Dynamite, which was won by
"Hangman" Adam Page, and at
All Out in 2022, which was won by
MJF.
Casino Gauntlet match The
Casino Gauntlet match is a modified
gauntlet match. Featuring a maximum of 21 participants, the match starts with two wrestlers in the ring and new entrants enter at randomly-timed intervals. The match may end at any time by pinfall or submission, even if not all 21 participants have taken part in the match. The first Casino Gauntlet match, on the April 24, 2024 episode of
Dynamite, was won by
Will Ospreay, who earned an
International Championship match at
Double or Nothing; the prize for subsequent matches has typically been a world championship opportunity in the division. Before
Forbidden Door in 2025, open-ended contracts could be executed at any time at the holder's discretion, not dissimilar to the rules of
WWE's
Money in the Bank concept; after that show, AEW president
Tony Khan announced that any future matches guaranteed by the contract would require one week of advance notice. == Winners ==