Reason Why AEW Pulled Double or Nothing from Triller in United States Revealed

AEW Double or Nothing 2025 will not be available on Triller in the United States, Canada, or Puerto Rico.

The platform confirmed the news on social media earlier this week, writing, “Catch the biggest PPV of the season with #AEWDoN THIS SUNDAY on TrillerTV PPV 🌵 Available worldwide excluding USA, Canada and Puerto Rico.”

But there’s a lot more to this story. On Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer broke down the real reason behind AEW’s sudden U.S. exit from Triller. “What’s the update on Triller?” Alvarez asked. “You cannot order on Triller in the U.S. or Canada.”

Meltzer replied, “Well, it’s a lot bigger story than that. But yes, you can’t in—and I don’t think in Mexico either. But they are gonna—in the UK, you can still order on Triller. They put it up there. So, and they’re adding Fubo, which is carrying it as a pay-per-view in the United States.”

He added that several Dave & Buster’s locations will also show the event, but the big story is Triller itself. “The big thing with Triller is: Triller is in—and I’ve known this for a long, long time—Triller is in a real bad financial state. They didn’t file their 10-Q. They’re on the verge of being delisted. Their stock is under a dollar a share. So they need someone to buy them right now, because they’re in trouble.”

The financial instability reportedly spooked AEW from continuing the relationship in their biggest market. Meltzer explained, “Obviously, AEW is still allowing Triller… but you know, if you’re far behind [in payments], there’s the fear that you may not get your money.”

And AEW isn’t the only company at risk. “I know other people who’ve done business there are fearing that right now,” Meltzer said. “From my standpoint, it kind of sucks because the Triller Plus thing actually—for all the indies—is a really great deal.”

He then compared the situation to FLO Sports’ collapse: “FLO offered to pay EVOLVE a lot of money each show. It was a great deal for EVOLVE. But what ended up happening was they had to default on the deal. It ended up in court, and EVOLVE got screwed. It probably led to EVOLVE going out of business.”

Meltzer warned that smaller wrestling promotions relying on Triller may be in serious danger: “A lot of companies that are on Triller rely on that Triller money. And if the money doesn’t come, it’s going to be very tough for those companies. At least several of them.”

As for AEW’s U.S. streaming strategy going forward, Meltzer said, “I would guess that this probably plays into AEW not doing the U.S. deal with Triller. Because obviously, the United States is where most of the pay-per-view buys are.”

AEW appears to still value Triller for international distribution. “The other thing too is the Triller Plus situation—for AEW Plus on Triller—is a big deal internationally. You get the shows streaming live or, in the case of Collision, at the same time it airs in the U.S. You don’t have to wait several days. And you get commercial-free commentary during the commercials,” Meltzer explained.

“We don’t even get that in the United States—until MAX starts doing that, which isn’t live anyway. It’s usually several days late. That’s because WBD is trying to protect its advertising business in the U.S. market.”

AEW Double or Nothing airs Sunday, May 25, 2025, but U.S. fans won’t find it on Triller. With the platform in a free fall, AEW may have just dodged a major bullet.

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