AEW Worlds End

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AEW Worlds End
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Promotions All Elite Wrestling
First event 2023

AEW Worlds End is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Since its inception 2023, it is held annually in late December on the weekend of or before New Year's Eve. The event also hosts the final of the Continental Classic tournament.

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History

On October 25, 2023, it was reported that the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) had filed to trademark the name "Worlds End". [1] Later that same night on Dynamite , AEW announced that it would hold a pay-per-view (PPV) event titled Worlds End on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on Long Island, marking the company's first PPV to be held in the state of New York. [2] On April 11, 2024, AEW announced that the second Worlds End event would take place on December 28, 2024, at the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida, thus establishing Worlds End as an annual PPV. [3] [4]

Events

#Event [5] DateCityVenueMain EventRef.
1 Worlds End (2023) December 30, 2023 Uniondale, New York Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum MJF (c) vs. Samoa Joe for the AEW World Championship [6]
2 Worlds End (2024) December 28, 2024 Orlando, Florida Addition Financial Arena Jon Moxley (c) vs. Orange Cassidy vs. "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Jay White for the AEW World Championship [3]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

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