The True Story Of AEW's First PPV: Double Or Nothing 2019

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
  • In 2019, the professional wrestling industry profoundly changed forever. After WWE held a near-total wrestling monopoly on the mainstream level in the United States for close to two decades, a new
    competitor emerged. This is The True Story Of AEW's First PPV: Double Or Nothing 2019.
    JOIN US and hit SUBSCRIBE!
    PATREON: / cultaholic
    WEB: cultaholic.com/
    MERCH: www.cultaholic...
    TWITCH: / cultaholic
    TWITTER/X: / cultaholic
    FACEBOOK: / cultaholic
    INSTAGRAM - / cultaholicwrestling
    DISCORD - www.cultaholic...
    CAMEO - www.cultaholic...
    PODCASTS - Spotify: open.spotify.c... - Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple...
    NEWS PODCASTS - Spotify: www.cultaholic... - Apple Podcasts: www.cultaholic...
    Sign up to Wrestle Crate UK using code CULTAHOLIC and receive DOUBLE the merch with your first month's crate: www.wrestlecra...
    Cultaholic provides video coverage of professional wrestling - including WWE (including WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown, and NXT), AEW, TNA Wrestling (formerly IMPACT), NJPW, ROH, and more with daily news updates, reviews, lists, highlights, predictions, reactions, podcasts and much, much more.

ความคิดเห็น • 128

  • @NYCDemonDiva
    @NYCDemonDiva 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    The hype going into this event was crazy. It’s good to have a look back. Mox showing up broke the IWC’s internet

  • @venomousnate7263
    @venomousnate7263 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    It’s really surprising that it’s almost been 5 years near to the day that AEW first pay per view Double or Nothing happened. A lot can happen in 5 years I guess.

  • @themachodan13
    @themachodan13 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    It’s gotta be safe to say that Double or Nothing is the best first show any company has ever put on

  • @claymathewselevator8121
    @claymathewselevator8121 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Bret Hart appearance makes me wish Tyson Kidd and Harry Smith could’ve wrestled together in AEW

    • @HendryTheHoover
      @HendryTheHoover 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That’s a great shout, I’d of loved to of seen that as well. However not at the expense of Tyson Kidd’s physical health.
      Still though, if one thing being a wrestling fan has taught me, is nothing is out of the realm of possibility.

  • @GingaWolf
    @GingaWolf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Honestly Cody's "I need my brother" line during that post match segment is still something that hits hard 5 years later.

  • @blackcountrysmoggie
    @blackcountrysmoggie 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Seems like only months ago I was as amped as ever for a wrestling renaissance. It may not have played out as I expected back then, but glad its happened in general

  • @gulraizbhutta
    @gulraizbhutta 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I'm happy AEW is Here
    And I became a Wrestling fan again

  • @iainmooney8610
    @iainmooney8610 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Got me and my wife back into wrestling. Still the only wrestling we follow now.

  • @claymathewselevator8121
    @claymathewselevator8121 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Shawn Spears showing up was a fun surprise

  • @scionoforion
    @scionoforion 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    I dont get all the hate between fans of both companies. Week to week Aew put on some of the best wrestling you could hope for. Wwe are doing the storytelling, either way the fans are being served in a way that has never happened in the history of the business, be happy people

    • @michaelpeacock4228
      @michaelpeacock4228 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Seriously. Just freaking enjoy wrestling as a whole. Why does the IWC seem to want to bathe in the cesspool of tribalism and criticism all the time?

    • @tj-23
      @tj-23 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think the problem is people aren’t willing to just tell the truth about AEW…

    • @scionoforion
      @scionoforion 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @tj-23 aew has plenty of issues for sure, but it also has a ton of positives also just like wwe

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@tj-23the truth is both companies suck and we need a better 3rd company😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @williamkirschenman
    @williamkirschenman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I always love the opening to this series. Idk why, but its the small details on the VCR, the tape, and tv.
    I did some video editing back in highschool 2 decades ago and it nothing that detailed 😂
    It makes me feel like an old man seeing what cool shit gets done these days 😂

  • @jdixon390
    @jdixon390 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jack Whitehall is a huge wrestling fan and has trained to wrestle before, although it was a long time ago

  • @natanaelabreu8533
    @natanaelabreu8533 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hey guys, can you make a "The Captivating Career of Sandman"? I don't know the guy, but I remember him on videogames and small clips about ecw. I couldn't find any documentaries or videos talking about his career in wrestling, only a few interviews with no footage of his performances.
    You can be the first channel to present a proper informative video about the guy. :)

  • @ernestgouker5939
    @ernestgouker5939 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great job on this one Jack. Just imagine if a couple of things that happened didn't happen.

  • @kadharefinley224
    @kadharefinley224 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Almost half a decade since the first AEW PPV and ALOT has happened during those 5 years good and bad.

  • @talonthehand
    @talonthehand 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Hot take - I liked the voice-overs in Blade Runner, it fit the film noir genre.

    • @daviddalrymple2284
      @daviddalrymple2284 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I liked them in theory; they did a good job of fleshing out the world-building. But I thought Ford's delivery was a bit monotone. It was nowhere as good as the narration in classic films noirs like "Murder, My Sweet" and "Double Indemnity".

  • @donovanhefner1130
    @donovanhefner1130 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cody VS Dustin is still one of the greatest, if not the greatest matches of all time. Definitely the most emotional match of all time!

  • @bak8823
    @bak8823 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thank god for AEW

  • @claymathewselevator8121
    @claymathewselevator8121 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Jim Ross was a huge get for AEW

  • @claymathewselevator8121
    @claymathewselevator8121 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    AEW Dustin Rhodes is great

  • @Macephtopheles
    @Macephtopheles 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Get what he meant but calling Dusty/Cody "an all time AEW match" comes across with the same energy as going "Of all films ever, this is definitely one of them."

    • @jbagz1359
      @jbagz1359 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      First match I watched in over twenty years got me interested again, I agree with him, it was an emotional hard hitting match

  • @thepunkrocker4093
    @thepunkrocker4093 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    AEW helped me revive my love for pro wrestling. I was so about to give up because of the ridiculous monopoly WWE had and how it was basically We put on what we want and suck it up if you don't like. Is it perfect? Of course not

  • @MichaelPastz
    @MichaelPastz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thats cool and all but why did Riho push Yuka at fyter fest 2019???

  • @maritalturnip8344
    @maritalturnip8344 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They never did get Cody and Dustin towards the tag belts. Being wwe and see tag Champs before ftr would have be nice to see

  • @wjp05
    @wjp05 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can we please get a video on the relationship between aaa and cmll, with forbidden door bringing this back to light

  • @DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope
    @DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Haa! 8:34
    This pic makes it look like Excalibur has a bunch of hair in one side of his nose.
    😄👍

  • @BLasherman
    @BLasherman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey, a show I was at. Rare to see a video about one.

  • @Avenrise
    @Avenrise 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was a lapsed WWE fan at the time, a little bored of the same old but didn't hate it or anything. Didn't pay attention to any wresting news until I saw one photo- Dustin hugging Cody, covered in blood. I remember googling 'what is AEW'... and yeh apart from a couple of months break I've watched every episode of regular(not youtube) AEW show since. Even got me back watching WWE on the regular as well.

  • @adandelgado8591
    @adandelgado8591 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Why does everyone forget and dismiss TNA in the 2000s as a competitor. This is an actual question since in some what new to pro wrestling and it's history

    • @WarEagle1023
      @WarEagle1023 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      TNA from 2005-2009 was a competitor. TNA after Hogan took over creative was nowhere close to a competitor. You heard Jack. The very first PPV from a new company dwarfed every TNA PPV ever in terms of PPV buys. That doesn't say competitor at all.

    • @adandelgado8591
      @adandelgado8591 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WarEagle1023 thank you

    • @WarEagle1023
      @WarEagle1023 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@adandelgado8591no problem man.

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Because it never had solid backing and even at its peak, it rarely drew more than 3,000 fans per show.

  • @yvngjvcrspy
    @yvngjvcrspy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was there live for this show, Cody vs Dustin was a barn burner, and seeing Mox roll thru the crowd was a massive surprise and it helped legitimize what was a young AEW for the time, love this first show

  • @lastdayonearthmysteryman4849
    @lastdayonearthmysteryman4849 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The night the plumber was born!

  • @claymathewselevator8121
    @claymathewselevator8121 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cody Rhodes vs Dustin Rhodes gave me Eli Manning vs Peyton Manning vibes

  • @yadielenielbellecolon982
    @yadielenielbellecolon982 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank For the Story Video 📖🙊🤯😁😻💗😍🥰💐🌟🥇🏆😇🙏🏿🕊️✝️💟☮️🛐♾️🤗👍🤍🌟🥇🏆

  • @Dr_1212
    @Dr_1212 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    AEW 👍
    F the haters ratings watchers & doomsdayers
    Just sthu & enjoy wrestling
    Tribalism sucks

    • @SirDumplin
      @SirDumplin 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Where is this energy in the early years. Now aew is losing. It let enjoy all wrestling.

    • @Dr_1212
      @Dr_1212 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SirDumplin It's still good its just going to take time to undo crying man bs punks crap it drove fans away punk hurt AEW as bad as Russo hurt WCW

    • @WarEagle1023
      @WarEagle1023 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@SirDumplinI have been for AEW since day 1. Competition breeds innovation and I believe AEW did that

    • @Terry-y1g
      @Terry-y1g 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I love all wrestling. Do people like just one flavor of ice cream?

    • @Dr_1212
      @Dr_1212 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@WarEagle1023 👍

  • @PhilBertran
    @PhilBertran 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They've been around for almost 5 years and they still aren't bigger than the company that has existed for over 40 years? Obviously AEW is a failure...

    • @WarEagle1023
      @WarEagle1023 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Genuinely hope this is sarcasm....

    • @PhilBertran
      @PhilBertran 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@WarEagle1023 it is genuine sarcasm, yes

    • @damonodell9125
      @damonodell9125 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And they just became the second most profitable wrestling company in history. Such a horrifying result😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dannytoeman
    @dannytoeman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wtf is going on at 1:37

  • @lizbanana7047
    @lizbanana7047 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i was there, it was perfect

  • @platinumpagoda3079
    @platinumpagoda3079 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, a comment section completely devoid of AEW haters. I'm kind of shocked by the lack of gatekeeping😂.

  • @MatttPickklesss
    @MatttPickklesss 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I miss the old look of aew

  • @raoulk35
    @raoulk35 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It would be better to announce Pac as the former NXT champion rather than former WWE cruiserweight champ.

  • @kristopherruiz7644
    @kristopherruiz7644 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dean Ambrose is still a work

  • @arthurj.downeyjr_2013
    @arthurj.downeyjr_2013 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @DarrenDavis-fd7uz
    @DarrenDavis-fd7uz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When they gonna do a war stories episode about WWE vs. TNA???
    The New Monday War.

  • @C-Thunder
    @C-Thunder 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Phenomenonal documentary 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😢

  • @GuyThomas-jh2cn
    @GuyThomas-jh2cn 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hardly a competitor. Its more like a joke

  • @notsomightyjoe
    @notsomightyjoe 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Both of y’all can’t be first

  • @horty0735
    @horty0735 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I dont like aew but u have watched multipe double or nothing 2019 clips and videos becauae it was literally perfect

  • @michamazurek6410
    @michamazurek6410 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It 5 year anniversary and for haters AEW dies for the last 4 years haha XDDD

  • @Andre-jb2er
    @Andre-jb2er 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do the rise and fall of AEW

  • @oddishhonor
    @oddishhonor 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And then they crapped almost all this good will away. Great job Tony

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, $180 Million a year is so bad😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @thedecider6574
    @thedecider6574 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Crazy that this company is on the brink of extinction

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It just became the second most profitable wrestling company in history.

  • @lastdayonearthmysteryman4849
    @lastdayonearthmysteryman4849 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    AEW In 2019 was fresh and could be something different!
    AEW In 2024 is just pure garbage!

    • @Ge0rgika
      @Ge0rgika 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      How? Dynamite has been really good in the last 3 weeks.

    • @lastdayonearthmysteryman4849
      @lastdayonearthmysteryman4849 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Ge0rgika Great wrestling maybe but at the same time what’s the stories here? What am I invested in? It Swerve being a placeholder World Champion for a British Guy! I don’t watch dynamite on Wednesdays. I usually watch it the next day because on Wednesdays is Survivor night!

    • @danielholmes-nj5nq
      @danielholmes-nj5nq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not garbage per se, the in-ring stuff in AEW is top notch, but the storytelling and character development is wack.

    • @lastdayonearthmysteryman4849
      @lastdayonearthmysteryman4849 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@danielholmes-nj5nq The in ring is basic indy garbage!

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wrestling is pure garbage😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @RedneckOgre9000
    @RedneckOgre9000 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Tony Kahn = Herb Abrams with unlimited trust fund

    • @WarEagle1023
      @WarEagle1023 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Comparing Tony Khan to Herb Abrams is no knowing about how batshit Herb Abrams was.

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The company is now profitable.....

  • @Mazz3D
    @Mazz3D 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    First

  • @MarashcinoLarry
    @MarashcinoLarry 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I look forward to an AEW without Jim Ross. He has to be one of the most bitter and miserable old men on the planet. He is widely considered the greatest (or at very least, one of the greatest) play-by-play man in US wrestling history, but he acts like he never gets any respect. He seems proud that he has refused to go through the therapy necessary to address his prolific daddy issues.

  • @EddieHearnTimestampsGuy
    @EddieHearnTimestampsGuy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I neber heard of AEW! wow they must be destryed WWE now!

  • @chrissalem3747
    @chrissalem3747 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Now tell the true story of how quickly the awesome debut went to shit.

    • @WillyKillya
      @WillyKillya 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      But cultaholic is telling biographical wrestling stories, not some mark's crybitching

    • @chrissalem3747
      @chrissalem3747 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WillyKillya I believe how quickly the bloom was off the rose would still be a biographical wrestling story.

    • @WillyKillya
      @WillyKillya 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@chrissalem3747 again, that's a story for you, not everyone

    • @chrissalem3747
      @chrissalem3747 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WillyKillya not everything is a story for everyone. That's the beauty of different tales. Some appeal to some people, others appeal to others. So again, how quickly the amazing start deteriorated is a biographical wrestling story.

    • @WillyKillya
      @WillyKillya 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@chrissalem3747 but that's a story in your head, that is your perspective, that is not how everyone sees it

  • @timowerner9211
    @timowerner9211 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Changed wrestling forever" lol y'all give aew too much credit. Wwe was gonna become better with or without aew. It wasn't aew pushing wwe to get better,it was vince slowing wwe. AEW is still light years behind,go outside and nobody knows aew,they didn't change shit. WWE is STILL and Forever will be the number 1.

    • @WarEagle1023
      @WarEagle1023 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That's the thing. Nobody with a brain believes that AEW is number 1. But you can't dent that AEW didn't light a fire under WWE. Competition breeds innovation. Hell AEW bested NXT so bad Vince scrapped the black and gold era. So you are lying if you truly believe that

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah the half empty arenas and record low tv ratings as well as the part timers burying all the rising stars really spelled out a successful business plan from WWE😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@WarEagle1023why does everyone choose to forget just how empty wwe arenas were in 2018? How Super Roman was a massive failure? How WWE offered The Elite contracts with full creative control just to stop them from creating AEW?

  • @andisuge
    @andisuge 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's starting to sink in?? You fn Meltzer marks are starting to realise we are getting closer to the End???
    Long Live CM Punk and Long Live Jim Cornette!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @mikeddh2018
      @mikeddh2018 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You should get off of your knees sometimes

    • @andisuge
      @andisuge 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikeddh2018 AEW Fanboy Detected 🫵🤣🤣🤣🫵

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fragile Phil the worst UFC fighter in history, and Who????

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, that new tv deal just made them the second most profitbale wrestling company in history. ITS OVER😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Richothecat
    @Richothecat 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Didn't bother watching but since it's jack this is obviously Gunna be an aew asslicking video

    • @FernandoMartinez-pv1id
      @FernandoMartinez-pv1id 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Youre too busy on your knees to watch this?

    • @Richothecat
      @Richothecat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FernandoMartinez-pv1id this was 4 months ago why sook at me now weirdo

  • @rogerrosales2176
    @rogerrosales2176 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    First