All Elite Wrestling

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All Elite Wrestling, LLC
All Elite Wrestling
Company type Private
Industry Professional wrestling
FoundedJanuary 1, 2019;5 years ago (2019-01-01)
Founder Tony Khan [1] [2] [3]
Headquarters
1 EverBank Stadium Drive
Jacksonville, Florida
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
ServicesLicensing
RevenueIncrease2.svg ~$250 million (2023) [4]
Owners Shahid Khan
Tony Khan
Parent Beatnik Investments, LLC [5]
Divisions AEW Games [6]
AEW Heels [7]
AEW Music [8]
Shop AEW [9]
Website allelitewrestling.com

All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned by father and son duo Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as president and chief executive officer. AEW is headquartered at EverBank Stadium, which is also the headquarters of its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and the home of the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars, which is also owned by Shahid Khan. [10] [11]

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AEW was founded on January 1, 2019 by Tony Khan and professional wrestlers Matt and Nick Jackson, Cody Rhodes, and Kenny Omega, who all served as co-executive vice presidents. [note 1] After signing with WarnerMedia that May, [12] AEW launched its flagship weekly television series Dynamite in October 2019, which aired initially on TNT and now airs on TBS. [note 2] AEW produces two other weekly television series— Rampage (which premiered in August 2021) [a] and Collision (launched in June 2023) [b] —as well as seasonal programs and regular television specials, such All Access , Overdrive , and Battle of the Belts . It previously produced the YouTube streaming series Dark and Dark: Elevation until April 2023, [c] and airs several YouTube-exclusive programs.

AEW holds live and taped events throughout the U.S. and internationally. Its biggest and flagship annual pay-per-view (PPV) event is All In, whose inaugural iteration led to the promotion's founding. [13] AEW's next largest PPV shows are All Out, Double or Nothing , Full Gear, and Revolution, which are produced quarterly and considered its "Big Four" events. [14] AEW first expanded abroad in October 2022, when it held a live broadcast of Dynamite in Toronto, Canada, followed by a Rampage taping the next night at the same venue. The promotion held its first PPV outside North America in August 2023 with All In London at Wembley Stadium, which also marked AEW's debut in the United Kingdom.

In addition to sister promotion ROH, which is also owned by Tony Khan, AEW has partnerships with several independent promotions outside the U.S., particularly in Mexico and Japan. In June 2022, it held the inaugural Forbidden Door PPV event and supershow with Japan-based promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Chicago; a second iteration was held the following year in Toronto, which marked AEW's first PPV outside the U.S. and NJPW's first traditional PPV in Canada.

AEW is considered one of the largest wrestling promotions in the world, ahead of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and second only to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) by annual revenue. [15] [16] In 2024, AEW was ranked by Forbes as the third most valuable combat sports organization in the world, after Ultimate Fighting Championship and WWE, with an estimated value of $2 billion. [17]

History

Background and formation (2017–2019)

In May 2017, professional wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer commented that the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) could not sell 10,000 tickets for a wrestling event, [18] a feat that no U.S.-based wrestling promotion besides the dominant WWE had accomplished since WWE's defunct major competitor, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), in 1999. [19] The comment was responded to by professional wrestlers Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks (the tag team of Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), who were then top stars signed to ROH and good friends both inside and outside of professional wrestling as part of the group Bullet Club (and later part of the sub-Bullet Club faction, The Elite). [20] They promoted and held an independent professional wrestling event called All In in September 2018, featuring wrestlers from ROH as well as other promotions. The event sold out in 30 minutes and had the largest audience in attendance for a professional wrestling show in the United States held and organized by promoters not affiliated with WWE or WCW since 1993. The event was attended by 11,263 people. [21] [22] [23] [24] The event was acclaimed, and it led to much online speculation that Cody and The Young Bucks would expand their ambitions and create their own professional wrestling promotion or do a second All In event. Reportedly, people in the television industry were also very impressed with the show. [25] [26]

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Left to right: Cody Rhodes, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson, and Kenny Omega helped start AEW.
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Tony Khan (left) is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of AEW, while his father Shahid Khan (right) is its co-lead investor and co-owner.

On November 5, 2018, several trademarks were filed in Jacksonville, Florida, that indicated the launch of All Elite Wrestling. [27] [28] Names filed for trademark included: All Elite Wrestling, AEW All Out, All Out, AEW, Double or Nothing, Tuesday Night Dynamite, AEW Double or Nothing, and several logos. [29] [30] [31] In December 2018, Cody, The Young Bucks, and several other wrestlers left ROH. [32] [33] The official announcement of AEW's creation came at midnight Eastern Time on January 1, 2019, in an episode of Being the Elite , a YouTube web series created by and featuring The Elite. Also announced in the episode was Double or Nothing, AEW's inaugural event and sequel to All In. [34] [35] [36]

On January 2, 2019, Cody and The Young Bucks officially signed with the promotion as competitors as well as serving as AEW's co-Executive vice presidents, while entrepreneur, football executive, and longtime wrestling fan Tony Khan was announced as the president of the company. [37] [38] Tony and his father, Shahid, were reportedly backing the promotion as lead investors. [39] [40] The Khans are billionaires and part of the ownership group of the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team and Fulham F.C.. [41]

Cody's wife, Brandi Rhodes, was announced as the company's chief brand officer on January 3, 2019. [42] [43] On January 8, 2019, the company held its inaugural press conference on the forecourt of the TIAA Bank Field, where they announced talents that were going to perform as part of the promotion, including former ROH wrestlers the team of SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Scorpio Sky, and Frankie Kazarian), "Hangman" Adam Page, independent wrestlers Britt Baker, Joey Janela, MJF, Penelope Ford, and former WWE wrestlers Pac and Chris Jericho. [44] [45] [46]

On February 7, 2019, the group held a press conference where tickets were released for Double or Nothing. Other big announcements included Kenny Omega joining as a wrestler and the company's fourth co-Executive Vice President, as well as the signings of Sammy Guevara, The Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fénix) and Best Friends (Trent Beretta and Chuck Taylor). [47]

Early history and TNT debut (2019–2020)

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AEW is headquartered at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida.
The original logo used from January 1, 2019, to January 3, 2023. All Elite Wrestling logo 2022.svg
The original logo used from January 1, 2019, to January 3, 2023.

On May 15, 2019, AEW and WarnerMedia announced a deal for a weekly primetime show airing live on TNT, the network that formerly had broadcast WCW's Monday Nitro during the Monday Night War (1995–2001). CBS Sports described AEW as "the first company with major financial backing to take a swing at beginning to compete with WWE on a major level in nearly two decades". [12]

On May 25, 2019, AEW produced their first-ever pay-per-view (PPV), Double or Nothing. It took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada and saw the debut of Jon Moxley, formerly known as Dean Ambrose in WWE. Also during Double or Nothing, pro-wrestling veteran Bret Hart unveiled the AEW World Championship belt. [48] During the summer, AEW produced two more events, Fyter Fest in June and Fight for the Fallen in July. [49]

On August 31, 2019, AEW produced their second pay-per-view event, All Out as a spiritual successor to All In. At the event, the AEW Women's World Championship belt was unveiled and in the main event, Chris Jericho defeated "Hangman" Adam Page to become the inaugural AEW World Champion. [50] On September 19, TNT's website listed AEW's show as AEW Dynamite with a one-hour preview show scheduled for October 1 at 8 p.m. [51] On October 2, Dynamite debuted on TNT which averaged 1.409 million viewers, which made it the largest television debut on TNT in five years. [52] Also on October 2, WWE's NXT would make its two-hour debut on USA Network (the previous two episodes featured the first hour on USA with the second hour on the WWE Network), and they averaged 891,000 viewers. Dynamite beat out NXT in viewership and more than doubled its competition in the key adults 18–49 demographic, scoring 878,000 viewers compared to NXT's 414,000. This would also mark the beginning of the "Wednesday Night Wars". [53] Prior to and after the episodes, untelevised matches were filmed to air on AEW Dark on the following Tuesdays (except before PPV events, where the episodes aired Fridays) on AEW's YouTube channel. [54] On November 9, AEW produced their third pay-per-view event, Full Gear. In the main event, Jon Moxley defeated Kenny Omega in an unsanctioned Lights Out match. [55]

On January 15, 2020, WarnerMedia and AEW announced a $175 million contract extension for Dynamite on TNT through 2023 and that AEW would be launching an upcoming second television weekly show, later revealed as AEW Rampage . [56] [57]

AEW has a training facility known as the Nightmare Factory, which is co-owned by Cody Rhodes (the facility's name being an ode to his nickname) and AEW wrestler/coach Q. T. Marshall, who also serves as head trainer. [58] [59]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021)

From March 2020 to July 2021, AEW hosted most of its events at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida (which is connected to EverBank Stadium), due to the COVID-19 pandemic. DailysPlace Jax Edited1.jpg
From March 2020 to July 2021, AEW hosted most of its events at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida (which is connected to EverBank Stadium), due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As other sports cancellations and postponements were being announced in March 2020, AEW began to be impacted by the American onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the suspension of the 2019-20 NBA season after two players tested positive for the virus, the March 18 episode of Dynamite was held without spectators from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. [60] [61] That year's Double or Nothing was supposed to take place on May 23, but on April 8, the MGM Grand Garden Arena announced that they had canceled all events up through May 31 due to the pandemic. [62] At that point, Nevada had been in a state of emergency since March 12, banning all public gatherings indefinitely. In response, AEW announced that Double or Nothing would still proceed as planned but from Daily's Place, as well as TIAA Bank Field for the main event match.

On April 13, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had deemed AEW, like WWE, an essential business critical to the state's economy, and had added an exception under the state's stay-at-home order for employees of a "professional sports and media production" that is closed to the public and has a national audience. [63] [64] [65] In an interview on the AEW Unrestricted podcast, Tony Khan stated the pandemic has deprived AEW millions of dollars in revenue from live events. [66]

On August 3, 2020, Jazwares released the first line of AEW action figures and toys. [67]

AEW announced the return of ticketed fans to live events on August 20, following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines including wearing masks, physical distancing, and temperature checks. [68] Beginning with their August 27 episode of Dynamite, they allowed up to 10 percent capacity at Daily's Place and up to 15 percent capacity starting with that year's All Out. [69]

On November 10, 2020, the promotion announced AEW Games, the company's video game brand. AEW revealed that three games were in development; AEW Casino: Double or Nothing and AEW Elite GM for mobile devices, and AEW Fight Forever developed by former WWE 2K developer Yuke's. [70] [71]

For the Double or Nothing pay-per-view in May 2021, the venue was raised to full capacity, making it the first time AEW held an event with a full capacity crowd since March 2020. [72]

Return to live touring and ROH purchase (2021–2022)

In May 2021, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with a special episode of Dynamite titled Road Rager on July 7 in Miami, Florida, in turn becoming the first major professional wrestling promotion to resume live touring during the COVID-19 pandemic. [73] Road Rager was also the first in a four-week span of special Dynamite episodes called the "Welcome Back" tour, which continued with the two-part Fyter Fest on July 14 and 21 in Cedar Park and Garland, Texas, respectively, and then concluded with Fight for the Fallen on July 28 in Charlotte, North Carolina. [74] [75] In June, AEW announced that the September 22 episode of Dynamite would be another special episode titled Grand Slam and would be AEW's New York City debut, a city primarily known as home territory for WWE, as well as their first full event held in a stadium. The event would also become AEW's most attended event, with over 20,000 spectators. [76] [77] [78]

On August 20, 2021, CM Punk joined AEW. It was Punk's comeback to professional wrestling after leaving WWE in 2014. [79]

On August 27, 2021, it was revealed that Dark would begin being taped at its own set within Universal Studios Florida in Orlando at Soundstage 21. [80]

On the March 2 episode of Dynamite, Tony Khan announced that he had purchased Ring of Honor from Sinclair Broadcast Group, including its brand assets, intellectual property, and video library. [81] [82] It was clarified through a press release issued that night that the acquisition was made through an entity separate from AEW and wholly-owned by Khan. [83] In a media scrum following AEW's Revolution PPV on March 6, Khan revealed that he eventually planned to run ROH separately from AEW, and also indicated that ROH could be used as a developmental brand for AEW. [84] On May 4, the sale of ROH to Tony Khan was officially completed. [85] Later in 2022, AEW promoted its first events outside of the United States, when they held a live broadcast of Dynamite on October 12 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, followed by a Rampage taping the next night at the same venue. [86]

Expansion of live and broadcast events (2022–present)

Following the 2022 All Out pay-per-view, then-reigning AEW World Champion CM Punk used the post-PPV media scrum to air out-of-character grievances against multiple members of the roster, including Colt Cabana, Adam Page and AEW Executive Vice Presidents Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks. [87] After Punk's portion of the scrum concluded, it later emerged that Punk and his friend Ace Steel had a legitimate brawl with Omega, the Young Bucks and Christopher Daniels following the Bucks and Omega storming into the former's locker room. [88] The incident was dubbed by fans and reporters as "Brawl Out". In the aftermath, all involved were suspended, [88] Omega and the Bucks were stripped of their AEW World Trios Championship and Punk was stripped of the AEW World Championship. [89] Steel's contract was terminated by AEW a month later, [90] The Bucks and Omega returned at Full Gear and Punk returned the following June after undergoing surgery for an injury from his match with Moxley.

On February 1, 2023, AEW announced that they would be expanding its live events schedule and would begin doing house shows, with its house show series titled AEW: House Rules. AEW's first House Rules event took place on March 18 at the Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio. [91] Prior to House Rules, AEW had only held one house show, titled The House Always Wins, which occurred at Daily's Place in Jacksonville on April 9, 2021. [92] On April 5, 2023, AEW announced that they would revive the All In name—which Tony Khan acquired the rights to after purchasing ROH—for AEW's United Kingdom debut to be held at London's Wembley Stadium on August 27, 2023. [93]

On May 17, 2023, AEW announced a third weekly television show titled AEW Collision , with its first episode featuring Punk's return to the company and Luchasaurus capturing the AEW TNT Championship from Wardlow. The show airs live, with some exceptions, and premiered on TNT on Saturday, June 17, 2023. [94]

In June 2023 AEW released AEW Fight Forever after years of development; the game received mixed reviews, being praised for its throwback style of arcade gameplay but criticized for limited presentation, modes and customization. [95] [96]

In August 2023, AEW held All In at Wembley Stadium, a pay-per-view that received critical acclaim; with a live paid attendance number of 72,265, it became one of the highest attended events in professional wrestling history. [97] The event is also notable for being CM Punk's final AEW event, as he was fired with cause by Khan and the AEW Discipline Committee, following a legitimate backstage altercation with Jack Perry; [98] Perry was also later suspended indefinitely. [99]

At the conclusion of the All In event in London, AEW announced that it would return to Wembley Stadium on August 25, 2024, [100] with tickets going on sale on December 1, 2023. [101] All In subsequently took place at Wembley Stadium as scheduled, coinciding with the United Kingdom's August Bank Holiday weekend. [102] The event was notable for featuring the AEW debut of former WWE wrestler Ricochet, the return of British wrestler Jamie Hayter, who had been out with an injury since May 2023, the appearance of former AEW wrestler Sting, and the in-ring return of English wrestler and London native Nigel McGuinness following his retirement in 2011 and subsequent transition into color commentary.

October 2024 saw deals with two major broadcast networks. On October 2, AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced a multi-year contract extension; the contract maintains AEW's existing programs on TBS and TNT but adds digital rights for WBD's streaming platform Max in the United States; beginning in January 2025, AEW's weekly television programs will be simulcast on Max. Later in 2025, AEW pay-per-views will also become available for purchase and streaming on Max. Although they will remain available via television providers and other platforms, they will have a discounted price on Max, and Max will be promoted as the main home of AEW pay-per-views. [103] [104] On October 9, AEW signed a multi-year deal with Fox Sports Mexico that saw the network broadcast all AEW content and programming beginning with WrestleDream PPV on October 12; the agreement also called for Fox Sports Mexico to broadcast an upcoming new show AEW show on Mondays. [105]

Programming

Prior to Dynamite and pay-per-view events, AEW released a "Road to..." and "Countdown to..." series of videos on its official YouTube channel. The videos consist of interviews, video packages, and backstage segments. The series is used to hype pre-existing matches, as well as create new rivalries. [106]

In November 2019, AEW announced Bash at the Beach, a nine-day series of events, featuring two episodes of Dynamite, including one aboard Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea. [107]

In February 2021, AEW announced their newest show AEW Dark: Elevation , which began airing on March 15. The show was uploaded to their YouTube channel on Mondays at 7 p.m. ET as a complement to AEW Dark. [108]

As part of the deal to move Dynamite to TBS, AEW agreed to produce quarterly television specials on TNT that would air on Saturdays at 8 p.m. ET. The series was titled AEW Battle of the Belts , with the first special airing on January 8, 2022. [109] [110] Beginning with the fourth special on October 7, 2022, Battle of the Belts was moved to Friday nights, airing immediately after Rampage at 11 p.m. ET to avoid potential counterprogramming, particularly against WWE's pay-per-views. [111]

Beginning with seventh special on July 15, 2023, Battle of the Belts would be moved back to Saturday nights and would air live after Collision . [112]

On the February 22, 2023, episode of Dynamite, Tony Khan and Adam Cole announced a new television program beginning on March 29 called AEW: All Access. "All Access" was a mini-series and ran six episodes, airing from March 29 to May 10, 2023. It was a reality television show about the lives of the promotion's wrestlers and featured behind-the-scenes footage. The program aired immediately after Dynamite at 10 p.m. ET on TBS. Though Khan stated that the show performed well and was positively received, [113] there is no confirmation of a second season.

With the addition of Collision to AEW's weekly lineup, which began broadcasting on TNT on June 17, 2023, AEW ended their weekly online shows Dark and Dark: Elevation. [114]

Broadcast

ProgramOriginal releaseOriginal networkNotes
AEW Dynamite October 2, 2019–present TBS AEW's live flagship television program.
AEW Rampage August 13, 2021–present TNT AEW's taped supplemental television program.
AEW Collision June 17, 2023–present TNT AEW's second live television program. [115]
AEW Battle of the Belts January 8, 2022–present TNT Quarterly television specials.
AEW All Access March 29, 2023–present TBS Reality television program featuring behind-the-scenes footage.
TNT Overdrive August 10, 2024–present TNT Clip show presented by various AEW wrestlers.

Online

ProgramOriginal releaseOriginal networkNotes
AEW Unrestricted February 24, 2020–present YouTube Features interviews with AEW wrestlers hosted by Tony Schiavone, Will Washington, and Aubrey Edwards.
Hey! (EW)March 13, 2022–present YouTube Features interviews with AEW wrestlers hosted by RJ City.
Johnny Loves TayaFebruary 14, 2024–present YouTube Comedy show featuring real life husband and wife Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie and various AEW wrestlers.
AEW StoriesJuly 25, 2023–present YouTube The stories of individual AEW wrestlers through interviews and backstage access.
AEW TimelinesAugust 1, 2023–present YouTube Highlights greatest moments, matches, and wrestlers in AEW's history.

Former

ProgramAiredNetworkNotes
AEW Dark October 8, 2019 – April 25, 2023 YouTube Online show that featured matches taped at Universal Studios Florida.
AEW Dark: Elevation March 15, 2021 – April 24, 2023 YouTube Online show that featured untelevised matches from Dynamite tapings which involved wrestlers from AEW's roster and the independent circuit.

Events

AEW pay-per-view events are available on Triller TV in other international markets. They are also available via traditional PPV outlets in the U.S. and Canada, and carried by all major satellite providers. [116] [117]

International rights

On May 8, 2019, AEW reached a media rights deal with British media company ITV plc to broadcast AEW shows on ITV4 with pay-per-views being broadcast on ITV Box Office starting with Double or Nothing on May 25, 2019. However, after ITV Box Office ceased operations in January 2020, ITV no longer broadcasts AEW pay-per-views in the UK. [118]

On February 19, 2020, AEW reached a new media rights deal with German media company Sky Deutschland (which previously broadcast WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling shows) to broadcast AEW pay-per-views on Sky Select Event. [119]

On summer 2020, all AEW programs (with the exception of AEW Collision) have been broadcast in Italy by Sky Italia through its sports' channels. [120]

On January 22, 2021, TNT Africa announced that the channel would begin airing Dynamite on Friday nights in Sub-Saharan Africa. The show premiered on February 5, 2021. [121]

On May 19, 2021, AEW announced that Dynamite would be moving to TBS in January 2022. In addition, AEW also announced that they would be launching a second weekly TV show called AEW Rampage, which would air on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on TNT, beginning August 13. [109]

On August 2, 2021, AEW announced a deal with Discovery Inc. to air Dynamite and Rampage on Eurosport in India starting on August 15, 2021. [122] On February 10, 2022, Warner TV announced that they would be airing Dynamite and Rampage in Poland. [123] On April 8, 2022, it was announced that as part of the AEW and NJPW working relationship, Dynamite and Rampage would air in Japan on NJPW World. [124] [125] On May 5, 2022, AEW announced that Dynamite and Rampage would air on TNT in Spain starting on June 17, 2022, and later live from June 19, 2022. [126]

AEW events aired in Latin America on Space from late 2020 to late 2022. The promotion airs in Hispanic America on Vix since July 2023, and in Brazil on AEW Plus.

In January 2023, AEW sold its broadcasting rights to streaming service DAZN in 42 territories in Europe and Central Asia. [127] [128]

Partnerships

AEW has partnership agreements with several promotions around the world. Additionally, as Tony Khan owns both AEW and Ring of Honor (ROH), wrestlers from AEW companies frequently appear on ROH and vice versa; however, although ROH belts are often defended on AEW shows the reverse is rarely true.

Shortly after its founding in early 2019, AEW struck partnership deals with promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) in Mexico and Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE) in China. [45] [47] By late 2020 and through 2021, AEW was collaborating with other wrestling promotions in the U.S. and abroad, with Tony Khan stating he needed to be "open to allow all of the partnerships with the multiple promotions that AEW is working with." [129] In December of that year, AEW began a partnership with Impact Wrestling, which saw AEW World Champion Kenny Omega making appearances on Impact! . [130] Omega would later make his in-ring debut for Impact at Hard to Kill, [131] defeating Rich Swann to win the Impact World Championship at the Rebellion event, making him the first person to hold championships in both Impact and AEW concurrently. [132] In October 2021, the working relationship between AEW and Impact ended following the latter's Bound for Glory PPV. [133]

On February 3, 2021, at the Beach Break television special, AEW started a partnership with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). After the main event, Kenta made his AEW debut and hit Jon Moxley with his finishing strike, the Go 2 Sleep. [134] Kenta would later make his AEW in ring debut at the following Dynamite. Over one year later on the April 20, 2022 edition of Dynamite, it was announced that AEW and NJPW reached an agreement to co-produce a pay-per-view event titled AEW×NJPW: Forbidden Door, which took place at the United Center in Chicago on June 26. [135] [136] [137] The event was an acclaimed success and was followed by a second iteration on June 25, 2023, held at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, which AEW's first PPV outside the U.S. and NJPW's first traditional PPV in Canada.

On March 20, 2022, during Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling's Judgement event, it was announced that AEW had formed a working relationship with DDT and with Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling that would see wrestlers from both brands appear on AEW programming. [138] [139]

On October 13, 2023, AEW announced a working relationship with Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre promotion. [140]

Contracts and roster

AEW signs most of its talent to exclusive contracts, under which they can appear or perform only on AEW programming and events (which includes ROH) or AEW-approved independent events; additionally, AEW allows periodic appearances from wrestlers and personalities from partner promotions, including Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), [141] DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah, [142] and World Wonder Ring Stardom, and Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

AEW has garnered attention for seeking to diversify its roster, [143] including signing international talent. [144] To that end, AEW reportedly offers salaries well above the industry norm, often bidding directly against WWE. [145] AEW's comparatively high salaries have reportedly impacted the industry by driving up the bargaining power of professional wrestlers. [146] [147]

Video games

List of video games based on the company
YearTitleDeveloper
Main series
2020AEW Casino: Double or NothingKamaGames Android, iOS
AEW Elite General ManagerCrystallized Games Android, iOS
2023 AEW Fight Forever Yuke's Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One
2024AEW Rise To The TopEast Side Games Android, iOS
AEW Figure FightersImmutable X Android, iOS

Championships and accomplishments

As of December20, 2024

Current champions

Men's division

Singles

ChampionshipCurrent championReignDateDaysLocationNotesRef.
AEW World Championship Jon Moxley Oct 2021.jpg Jon Moxley 4October 12, 202469 Tacoma, Washington Defeated Bryan Danielson at WrestleDream. [148]
AEW TNT Championship Daniel Garcia Dec 2019 (cropped).jpg Daniel Garcia 1November 23, 202427 Newark, New Jersey Defeated Jack Perry at Full Gear. [149]
AEW International Championship Konosuke Takeshita Forbidden Door 2024 06 30 008 (cropped).jpg Konosuke Takeshita 1October 12, 202469 Tacoma, Washington Defeated previous champion Will Ospreay and Ricochet in a three-way match at WrestleDream. [148]
AEW Continental Championship Kazuchika Okada - 03-07-2024 EDIT-12.jpg Kazuchika Okada 1March 20, 2024275 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Defeated Eddie Kingston on Dynamite . [150]

Tag Team

ChampionshipCurrent championsReignDate wonDays
held		LocationNotesRef.
AEW World Tag Team Championship Private Party, 2020 (cropped).jpg Private Party
(Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy)		1October 30, 202451 Cleveland, Ohio Defeated The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) on Fright Night Dynamite .
Had Private Party lost, they would have had to disband as a team.		 [151]
AEW World Trios Championship Pac Champ Champ.png
Claudio Castagnoli, June 2022 (cropped).jpg
Wheeler Yuta (2021-07-14) (cropped).jpg 		Death Riders
(Pac, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta)		1
(2, 1, 1)		August 25, 2024117 London, England Defeated previous champions The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, and Nick Wayne), Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Austin Gunn, and Colten Gunn), and House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) in a four-way London Ladder match at All In. They originally won the title as Blackpool Combat Club, but changed their name to Death Riders on November 6, 2024. [152]

Women's division

ChampionshipCurrent championReignDate wonDays
held		LocationNotesRef.
AEW Women's World Championship Mariah May in April 2024 (cropped).jpg Mariah May 1August 25, 2024117 London, England Defeated "Timeless" Toni Storm at All In. [152]
AEW TBS Championship Mercedes Mone DYNAMITE 2024 07 17 038 (cropped).jpg Mercedes Moné 1May 26, 2024208 Paradise, Nevada Defeated Willow Nightingale at Double or Nothing. [153]

Notes

  1. ↑ A one-hour program which premiered on August 13, 2021
  2. ↑ A two-hour program that premiered on June 17, 2023
  3. ↑ Both of which ended in April 2023 due to the addition of Collision
  1. ↑ Rhodes departed AEW in 2022.
  2. ↑ Since January 2, 2022.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">All Out (2019)</span> All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view event

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">AEW Double or Nothing</span> All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view event series

AEW Double or Nothing is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established in 2019, it is held annually in May during Memorial Day weekend. The inaugural Double or Nothing was also the first PPV as well as the first event produced by AEW and is thus considered the promotion's marquee domestic event. It is also considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs for AEW, along with All In, All Out, Full Gear, and Revolution, the company's four biggest shows throughout the year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AEW TNT Championship</span> Mens professional wrestling championship in All Elite Wrestling (AEW)

The AEW TNT Championship is a men's professional wrestling television championship created and promoted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established as a secondary title on March 30, 2020, it is named after the TNT television network, which airs AEW's weekly programs, Collision and Rampage, as well as the promotion's Battle of the Belts quarterly television specials. The inaugural champion was Cody Rhodes. The current champion is Daniel Garcia, who is in his first reign. He won the title by defeating Jack Perry at Full Gear on November 23, 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Double or Nothing (2021)</span> All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view event

The 2021 Double or Nothing was the third annual Double or Nothing professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place during Memorial Day weekend on May 30, 2021. The event was primarily held at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida; however, portions of the main event match were pre-taped at the nearby TIAA Bank Field. It was the first Double or Nothing event to be held on a Sunday. It was also AEW's last PPV to be held at Daily's Place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Double or Nothing was originally scheduled to be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada on May 29, but was moved to Daily's Place and pushed back a day due to the pandemic. The event aired through traditional PPV providers, as well as on B/R Live in North America and FITE TV internationally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AEW Fyter Fest</span> All Elite Wrestling special event series

AEW Fyter Fest is an annual professional wrestling event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event was established by the promotion in 2019 and is held during the summer; the first event was held in June but moved to July in 2020 and then August in 2023. Since 2020, Fyter Fest has been held as a multi-part television special. The name, slogan, and logo of the event are a parody of the fraudulent Fyre Festival.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Revolution (2021)</span> All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view event

The 2021 Revolution was the second annual Revolution professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was broadcast on March 7, 2021, which marked the first AEW pay-per-view following the death of Brodie Lee. While the majority of the event aired live from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida, the tag team Street Fight, which was produced as a cinematic match, was pre-recorded at an undisclosed location in Atlanta, Georgia. It was AEW's first PPV event held on a Sunday, as all of their previous PPVs were held on Saturdays. The event aired through traditional PPV outlets, as well as on B/R Live in North America and FITE TV internationally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beach Break (2021)</span> All Elite Wrestling television special

The 2021 Beach Break was the inaugural Beach Break professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event took place on February 3, 2021, at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida. It was broadcast on TNT as a special episode of AEW's weekly television program, Dynamite. It replaced Bash at the Beach as the promotion's annual midwinter beach-themed event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AEW Grand Slam</span> All Elite Wrestling special event series

AEW Grand Slam is an annual professional wrestling event produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The event was established in 2021 and originally aired as a two-part television special, encompassing the broadcasts of Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage from 2021 to 2023, and then Dynamite and Saturday Night Collision in 2024. The event was also originally held annually in late September. The 2025 event, however, will move Grand Slam up to February, which will also be the first Grand Slam to broadcast via pay-per-view (PPV), in turn reducing the event to one night.

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