{"id":131416,"date":"2023-05-29T13:56:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T18:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=131416"},"modified":"2023-05-29T13:56:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T18:56:56","slug":"pruetts-pause-aew-double-or-nothing-2023-anarchy-in-the-arena-delivers-again-mjf-defeats-three-other-pillars-and-aew-puts-on-its-worst-pay-per-view-since-pandemic-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/05\/29\/pruetts-pause-aew-double-or-nothing-2023-anarchy-in-the-arena-delivers-again-mjf-defeats-three-other-pillars-and-aew-puts-on-its-worst-pay-per-view-since-pandemic-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Pruett\u2019s Pause: AEW Double or Nothing 2023 &#8211; Anarchy in the Arena delivers again, MJF defeats three other pillars, and AEW puts on its worst pay-per-view since pandemic times"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1996231950\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><strong>By Will Pruett<\/strong>, ProWrestling.net Co-Senior Staffer (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/itswilltime\">@itswilltime<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>On June 1, 2022, CM Punk walked out on AEW Dynamite live from Los Angeles, tried to dive into the crowd, failed, and broke his foot. As his foot shattered, so did AEW\u2019s storytelling universe. While Punk has recovered and moved on to new injuries, AEW\u2019s storytelling universe remains broken. Double or Nothing 2023 was the first pay-per-view where AEW truly seemed like a flailing and broken wrestling promotion.<\/p>\n<p>For now, let\u2019s ignore the two main events, which were highlights of the night and saved this from being an awful wrestling show. I want to look at the first two and a half hours of Double or Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>The show started with a very good battle royal for Orange Cassidy\u2019s AEW International Championship. This title run and Cassidy\u2019s exhausted character are the best things going in AEW right now. This battle royal itself was actually a display of wrestlers who deserve better from AEW\u2019s creative team. Chief among them is Jay White, who should have been in a hot feud and match for his first pay-per-view on AEW\u2019s main roster.<\/p>\n<p>Then the show began a downward slide it almost couldn\u2019t recover from. Adam Cole, who has cooled off significantly since his big return and promo in January, took on Chris Jericho in an interference filled match playing at intensity instead of delivering intensity. FTR took on the duo of Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal in an interference filled tag match that was at least ten minutes longer than it should have been. Christian Cage and Wardlow had a ladder match filled with interference, even with some highlight reel moments. Jayme Hayter and Toni Storm then had an (understandably) interference filled match.<\/p>\n<p>Taken on their own, each match could make a case for the antics and interference contained within. Taken as a four-match block on this show (which is how they were presented), you see a wrestling promotion lacking in new ideas. I don\u2019t blame AEW for needing interference to get out of a tricky injury situation with Jayme Hayter, but I do blame them for doing so after three matches in a row all needed interference to get to their conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>In this block of matches, we also saw wrestlers in spots they did not belong in. Why are Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal in a tag title match on pay-per-view? AEW should have the best tag division in wrestling, but between splitting it into a tag and a trios division and not consistently featuring teams, we were left with Jeff Jarrett in a tag title match on pay-per-view.<\/p>\n<p>The creative issues did not stop at that mid-card. Look at Double or Nothing\u2019s World Championship match. Billed as a \u201cpillars four-way\u201d and built with a confusing and pointless tournament, MJF defending his title against Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin, and Jack Perry gave us a great match. If that is all that matters to you, then you must be overjoyed. For weeks on television, we\u2019ve seen MJF get brought down to the level of his three opponents. By the time we got to Double or Nothing, no one seemed credible in this match and MJF was more of a pest heel than a devil.<\/p>\n<p>MJF\u2019s title run got off to a promising start with a good TV feud with Ricky Starks and a fantastic match with Bryan Danielson at Revolution. Instead of continuing that momentum, MJF has spent two and a half months in a petty and awful feud with three men who became less compelling by the week. It feels like AEW entered a holding pattern with MJF while they tried to work out issues with CM Punk. In building up three challengers for the pay-per-view, they actually just broke their champion down to the mid-card.<\/p>\n<p>Even the Anarchy in the Arena match, which was excellent by the way, shows AEW struggling creatively. The talent in this match was off the charts, but AEW got less than the sum of its parts out of them. Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, Hangman Adam Page, and Jon Moxley could all be in main event level matches and programs on their own. On a show lacking in compelling matches and angles, this list of talent could have been useful up and down the card. I loved this match, but would have enjoyed something like Omega vs. Danielson, Hangman Page vs. Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley and Wheeler Yuta vs. The Young Bucks in meaningful matches on this card far more.<\/p><div id=\"prowr-751597256\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>AEW has been in a creative funk for a year now. When they had to pivot to interim champions and the puzzling non-stop featuring of Ring of Honor on TV last summer, they never really recovered. Every creative decision has seemed like a bandage to cover the last one. The pay-per-views, until this show, had not suffered despite the lacking creative. This show was different.<\/p>\n<p>Double or Nothing 2022 was an instant sell out in Las Vegas. Double or Nothing 2023 could not sell out and featured large empty sections on camera in the same arena. AEW is having trouble selling tickets for upcoming television shows and doing worse in markets they are returning to. They\u2019ve significantly cooled as a promotion and, despite adding a new television show in a few weeks time, aren\u2019t showing a ton of forward momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Double or Nothing 2023 is the clearest evidence yet of AEW\u2019s broken storytelling approach. Their universe broke in 2022 with CM Punk\u2019s foot banging against a barricade and repair has proved impossible. This has led to AEW\u2019s worst pay-per-view since All Out 2020 and worst major show in non-pandemic times.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for AEW to change. The repairs they have tried over the past year have not worked and the storytelling continues to break more and more.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i>And now some random thoughts:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I was really happy to see AEW reconfigure their normal TV stage set to something different for the pay-per-view. Every wrestling promotion should do this. Not having a unique stage for each pay-per-view is lazy (and a lost branding opportunity).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Max Caster\u2019s rap on this show leading into the trios championship match was one of his best to date. Dominik Mysterio is over in every promotion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The turning point of this show was Jade Cargill vs. Taya Valkyrie for the TBS Championship. Fans were more into this than just about anything else since the opener. The match was good and didn\u2019t overstay its welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I\u2019m delighted to see Kris Statlander back and was really happy to see her defeat Jade to win the TBS Championship. Jade has been needing this loss and the opportunity to move on for a long while. Statlander is a great talent and someone AEW has invested a lot into. Her injuries have been super unfortunate. Hopefully she is able to put together a great title reign and give AEW\u2019s women\u2019s roster more to fight for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; More wrestling shows should have exploding superkicks. That was one of the best spots I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p><div id=\"prowr-1149181299\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. To see his video content <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfMU6sUZAYG8YeYzoOgEQrQ\">subscribe to his YouTube channel<\/a>. To contact, check him out on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/itswilltime\">@itswilltime<\/a>, leave a comment,\u00a0or email him at itswilltime@gmail.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-440754397\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Will Pruett, ProWrestling.net 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