Tony Khan Explains Why There Was No Casino Battle Royale At AEW Double Or Nothing 2022
AEW held its fourth annual Double or Nothing event on Sunday and for the first time in the history of the event, there was no casino-themed match.
The Casino Battle Royale took place in 2019 and 2021 while the Casino Ladder Match took place in 2020.
Speaking during the Double or Nothing post-show scrum, Tony Khan explained why there was no Casino Battle Royale this year.
“It would arguably get more wrestlers on, but I don’t think it would spotlight people as much and it’s a longer match. Historically, a lot of entrances and you talk about a match that could burn the crowd out on a night where we’re trying to do that. Doing 21 entrances isn’t necessarily the way to go. Also, I didn’t want to have somebody come out, the winner of the match could tip what was going to happen in the main event. It could have been somebody that was a good matchup for either person. I also thought it was probably better to have Darby and Kyle do a great match at the length they did, which was a kick ass and hot match versus sticking them in with 19 other people where, anybody else, a mixed trios would have made sense there, the other matches on the card were all in good spots. Death Triangle and House of Black, with Fenix coming back, they deserved a good trios match. They kicked ass versus jamming the six of them in there with Darby, Kyle, and a bunch of people,” he said.
AEW Double or Nothing featured 13 matches with Daby Allin vs. Kyle O’Reilly and Sammy Guevara, Tay Conti, & Frankie Kazarian vs. Ethan Page, Scorpio Sky, & Paige VanZant being added during the final week.
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