Double or Nothing 2026 Reportedly Among Top Five or Six PPVs in AEW History

AEW presented the annual Double or Nothing pay-per-view from a sold-out Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens, New York, last Sunday. The event has garnered immense praise from fans and industry experts and is widely believed to be one of the best PPVs in AEW history. According to Dave Meltzer, this year’s Double or Nothing has the potential to end up among the top five or six AEW PPVs of all time.

Speaking on the post-Dynamite edition of Wrestling Observer Radio (WOR), Meltzer hailed Double or Nothing as a “huge success” and claimed that it beat Revolution 2026 “by a fairly significant margin.” He said (via F4WOnline.com):

“A huge success. I don’t know if it beat All In, the Globe Life Field show. It’s too early to tell. It was the biggest that they’ve ever done on HBO Max, but HBO Max started after the All In show. So to me, the big thing was, would they be able to beat Revolution? To me, that was the goal, and Revolution did a real big number. Revolution was the biggest since All In, and they beat Revolution by a fairly significant margin.

“The only numbers that I’ve seen were 15 percent up from Revolution. I think that’s a little bit higher than it’s going to end up, but again, I’ve only heard some stuff. But I think it is pretty clear that it will be among your top five, six pay-per-views in the history of AEW.

“It’s not going to beat the Sting retirement. It’s not going to beat that big one in Chicago when Punk had his first match there and everything, where they set the record. It’s not going to beat the first Wembley. Those three it won’t beat. But as far as spots four, five, six, I think it’s possible that it may beat some of them.”

Double or Nothing 2026 was headlined by the Title vs. Hair match between Darby Allin and Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF). The Long Island native saved his hair and regained the AEW World Title following a hugely entertaining match. The event also saw Cope and Cage dethrone FTR as World Tag Team Champions in an “I Quit” match, Konosuke Takeshita capture the International Title from Kazuchika Okada, and more.