Matt Jackson obtained special license for AEW Double or Nothing spot

Matt Jackson had to obtain a special license in order to deliver an exploding superkick to Jon Moxley. 

Matt performed the move during the Anarchy in the Arena match when Moxley had Nick Jackson in a single-leg crab. Our own Dave Meltzer reported in today’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that he was required to get a fire performers license from the state of Nevada. 

Meltzer wrote:

Matt Jackson came up with the exploding superkick spot about a month ago. He wanted to do something that hadn’t been done and to do so he had to get a Nevada State Fire Performers license that other entertainment acts in Las Vegas using things like that as part of the show have to get.

Meltzer gave Anarchy in the Arena at Double or Nothing 2023 a five-star rating. Last year’s Anarchy in the Arena match also received the same rating. 

The Young Bucks have now been in 10 matches rated five stars or above, Kenny Omega has been in 23 (the record is 25), Moxley has been in four, Danielson has been in five, and Hangman Page has also been in five. Sunday’s match at Double or Nothing was the first five-star match for both Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta.