Through the worldwide pandemic, many sports organizations were put on ice. The NBA suspended operations with two teams warming up for a game, MLB suspended all activities, and the NFL had to move their draft into the digital world.

But the one sport that has been able to keep it going has been pro wrestling.

The best news for sports fans when it comes to pro wrestling, is that there are now two major companies putting out weekly events, instead of just one. WWE is the standard in the pro wrestling world, and they've kept things moving at their Performance Center in Orlando. That includes Wrestlemania, and their Money in the Bank events, as well as weekly Raw and Smackdown shows. It has provided a much needed outlet for many.

Upstart wrestling company AEW has been working hard to keep new product coming as well. They did take a few weeks off from live TV, but had produced enough material to keep new weekly shows, which they call Dynamite, on Wednesdays. Now AEW is going to do their first major pay-per-view event in the pandemic this weekend.

The event is called Double or Nothing, and it will be live from Daily's Place outside of TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville on Saturday night. Well, most of the show will be in Daily's Place, there will be a significant amount of activity inside TIAA Bank Field, the home of the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars. The match inside the stadium will be the Stadium Stampede Match, which will be incredible.

Here's the rest of what to expect this weekend.

-Stadium Stampede Match: Ring will be at the 50 yard line of TIAA Bank Field, with match taking place all across the stadium, with falls count anywhere rules - The Elite: Matt Hardy, Adam Page Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson vs. The Inner Circle: Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz
-AEW World Championship Match - Jon Moxley (c) vs. Brodie Lee
-Tournament final for the inaugural AEW TNT Championship - Cody vs. Lance Archer (Mike Tyson to present Championship)
-MJF vs. Jungle Boy
-Casino Ladder match for a future AEW World Championship Match - Darby Allin vs. Colt Cabana vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Rey Fenix vs. Scorpio Sky vs. Kip Sabian vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Luchasaurus vs. Mystery Entrant
-No Disqualification and No Countout match for the AEW Women's World Championship - Nyla Rose (c) vs. Hikaru Shida
-Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. vs. Kris Statlander (This match could be scrapped due to Baker's knee injury)
-Tag team match to determine the #1 contender for the AEW World Tag Team Championship - Private Party vs. Best Friends
-Dustin Rhodes vs. Shawn Spears

 

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