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73-811: The inaugural event was AEW's first event to take place entirely within a stadium, which was the Arthur Ashe Stadium , as well as the promotion's first event held in New York City . Grand Slam would subsequently continue to be held at the Arthur Ashe Stadium until 2025. The 2025 event will instead be held as a pay-per-view event at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , marking AEW's first event in Australia. Due to

146-475: A special episode of Dynamite titled Road Rager on July 7. Shortly after, AEW announced that their September 22 episode would be another special episode of Dynamite titled Grand Slam. The event was scheduled to be held in the New York City borough of Queens, New York at the Arthur Ashe Stadium . Grand Slam marked AEW's first event held in New York City , which is primarily known as home territory for WWE , as well as their first full event to be held in

219-476: A special episode of Dynamite titled Road Rager on July 7. Shortly after, AEW announced that their September 22 episode would be another special episode of Dynamite titled Grand Slam . The event was scheduled to be held in the New York City borough of Queens, New York at the Arthur Ashe Stadium . Grand Slam marked AEW's first event held in New York City , which is primarily known as home territory for WWE , as well as their first full event to be held in

292-490: 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. 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. On October 2, Dynamite debuted on TNT which averaged 1.409 million viewers, which made it

365-604: 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. 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 . In February 2021, AEW announced their newest show AEW Dark: Elevation , which began airing on March 15. The show

438-624: 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 . 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. As other sports cancellations and postponements were being announced in March 2020, AEW began to be impacted by

511-454: A COVID-19 vaccine to enter Arthur Ashe Stadium, and masks would be required to be worn while attending the Grand Slam event. Grand Slam featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines . Wrestlers portrayed heroes , villains , or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in

584-595: A beatdown of Christian Cage and Jurassic Express . On the September 15 episode of Dynamite , Cole won his AEW in-ring debut against Frankie Kazarian . Following the match, Cole challenged Cage, Jungle Boy , and Luchasaurus to a six-man tag match against him and The Young Bucks in a reunion of the Superkliq , which was scheduled for Rampage : Grand Slam. At Fyter Fest , Dan Lambert of American Top Team made an appearance, running down AEW for not being as good as wrestling

657-496: 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". On May 25, 2019, AEW produced their first-ever pay-per-view (PPV), Double or Nothing. It took place at

730-521: A full capacity crowd since March 2020. 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. Road Rager was also the first in a four-week span of special Dynamite episodes called

803-461: A match, which Lambert accepted on their behalf, and it was scheduled for Rampage : Grand Slam. After defeating Darby Allin at All Out in his first match in over seven years, CM Punk pondered who his next opponent would be while complementing several wrestlers on the AEW roster. He was interrupted from the commentary table by Taz , who criticized Punk's "love-fest". The following week on Dynamite , Punk

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876-404: 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

949-490: 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 . 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 ; Perry was also later suspended indefinitely. At

1022-477: A stadium. During the September 15 episode of Dynamite , AEW announced that Grand Slam was expanded to a two-part event. The second Grand Slam show was announced to air on tape delay as the September 24 episode of Rampage , which also aired for two hours instead of its usual one-hour. Additionally, three dark matches were taped to be shown on the September 27 episode of AEW's YouTube show, Elevation . With COVID-19 cases declining due to vaccinations in

1095-506: A stadium. During the September 15 episode of Dynamite , AEW announced that Grand Slam was expanded to a two-part event. The second Grand Slam show was announced to air on tape delay as the September 24 episode of Rampage , which also aired for two hours instead of its usual one-hour. Additionally, three dark matches were taped to be shown on the September 27 episode of AEW's YouTube show, Elevation . On May 11, 2022, AEW president Tony Khan confirmed that Grand Slam would return to

1168-696: A stadium. The event would also become AEW's most attended event, with over 20,000 spectators. On August 20, 2021, CM Punk joined AEW. It was Punk's comeback to professional wrestling after leaving WWE in 2014. 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 . 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. It

1241-637: 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. 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. In August 2023, AEW held All In at Wembley Stadium ,

1314-401: A wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Rampage , the supplementary online streaming shows, Dark and Elevation , and The Young Bucks ' YouTube series Being The Elite . On July 7 at Road Rager, Malakai Black debuted in AEW, attacking Cody Rhodes and his manager Arn Anderson . A match between Black and Cody

1387-1185: 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 , the home of the National Football League 's Jacksonville Jaguars , which is also owned by Shahid Khan. Its flagship annual pay-per-view (PPV) event is All In . AEW was founded on January 1, 2019 by Tony Khan with the help of professional wrestlers Matt and Nick Jackson , Cody Rhodes , and Kenny Omega , who all served as co- executive vice presidents . After signing with WarnerMedia that May, AEW launched its flagship weekly television series Dynamite on October 2, 2019, which aired on TNT until December 29, 2021 and now airs on TBS since January 5, 2022. AEW produces two other weekly television programs, Rampage (which premiered in August 2021) and Collision (launched in June 2023), as well as seasonal programming and regular television specials, including All Access , Overdrive , and Battle of

1460-666: 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. 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

1533-571: The COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in mid-March 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held the majority of their professional wrestling programs from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida ; these events were originally held without fans, but the company began running shows at 10–15% capacity in August, before eventually running full capacity shows in May 2021. In June, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with

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1606-468: The Dynamite portion. He called Grand Slam an "anomaly", noting: "AEW put on a show worthy of such a massive, enthusiastic crowd. The Danielson–Omega match was one of the best the company has ever had." Also noting the difference of television match quality and writing between AEW and WWE, he praised the draw between Omega and Danielson, saying: "The Danielson–Omega match should not have had a decisive winner. It

1679-604: The Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio . 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. 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. On May 17, 2023, AEW announced

1752-769: 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. During the summer, AEW produced two more events, Fyter Fest in June and Fight for the Fallen in July. On August 31, 2019, AEW produced their second pay-per-view event, All Out as

1825-590: 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 . 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

1898-588: The 2024 event was announced to air as Dynamite on TBS and AEW's Saturday night program, Collision , which premiered in June 2023 on TNT. Collision was taped the same night as Dynamite to air on tape delay on September 28. During All In on August 25, 2024, AEW announced that the 2025 Grand Slam would be held as a pay-per-view (PPV) event on February 15, 2025, at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , breaking Grand Slam's tradition of being held as an annual two-part television special at

1971-606: The American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) could not sell 10,000 tickets for a wrestling event, 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. 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

2044-473: The Arthur Ashe Stadium in late September. This in turn marks the first Grand Slam to air via pay-per-view, in turn reducing Grand Slam to one night, and the first AEW event to be held in Australia. Due to low ticket sales, however, the event was relocated to the Brisbane Entertainment Centre . AEW Grand Slam (2021) The 2021 Grand Slam was the inaugural Grand Slam professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It

2117-480: The Arthur Ashe Stadium later that year and the event would continue forward as an annual event at the same venue. During the Forbidden Door pay-per-view on June 26, the 2022 Grand Slam 's date was confirmed for September 21, with Dynamite airing live that night and Rampage airing on tape delay on September 23. The 2024 event was announced on June 30, 2024, and scheduled for September 25. Unlike prior years,

2190-452: The Belts . It previously produced the streaming series Dark and Dark: Elevation , which aired on YouTube until April 2023; it additionally airs multiple other YouTube-exclusive programs. In addition to All In, AEW's largest PPV shows are All Out , Double or Nothing , Full Gear , and Revolution , which are produced quarterly. It is considered one of the largest wrestling promotions in

2263-460: 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. 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 . On the February 22, 2023, episode of Dynamite , Tony Khan and Adam Cole announced

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2336-460: 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. 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

2409-527: The Joker in the Casino Battle Royale , winning the match by last eliminating Thunder Rosa and earning a match against Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. for the AEW Women's World Championship . On September 15, it was announced that this match would take place at Dynamite : Grand Slam. At All Out, after Adam Cole debuted to assist The Elite , Bryan Danielson also made a surprise debut to fend off The Elite. In

2482-523: The September 15 episode of Dynamite , Black insulted Cody's fellow Go-Big Show judge Rosario Dawson , which led to Cody's first appearance on Dynamite since his loss to Black, and the two brawled into the crowd. In reality, Rhodes had taken time off to tape a new season of Go-Big Show and Dawson's appearance promoted the show. On the September 8 episode of Dynamite , in Brian Pillman 's home town of Cincinnati, Ohio , MJF expressed his disgust at

2555-453: The U.S. and Canada, and carried by all major satellite providers. 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

2628-516: The United States and most establishments lifting pandemic protocols, AEW resumed live touring in early July, running shows at full venue capacity. Shortly after, however, COVID-19 cases began rising again due to the emergence of the Delta variant of the virus . On August 31, as a result of New York City policies, AEW announced that all ticketholders would be required to provide proof of at least one dose of

2701-444: The United States. Beginning in January, 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. Prior to Dynamite and pay-per-view events, AEW released

2774-728: The aftermath, all involved were suspended, Omega and the Bucks were stripped of their AEW World Trios Championship and Punk was stripped of the AEW World Championship. Steel's contract was terminated by AEW a month later, 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

2847-437: 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. On October 2, 2024, 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

2920-468: The beginning of the " Wednesday Night Wars ". 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. 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. On January 15, 2020, WarnerMedia and AEW announced

2993-468: The cable rating charts on their respective days. On Wednesday, Dynamite averaged 1.273 million viewers, earning a 0.48 Nielsen rating while Rampage on Friday averaged 640,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating. 40°45′00″N 73°50′49″W  /  40.750°N 73.847°W  / 40.750; -73.847 All Elite Wrestling All Elite Wrestling ( AEW ) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida . It

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3066-458: The city as well as Pillman's sister and daughter, respectively. The Varsity Blondes, consisting of Brian's son Brian Pillman Jr. , from nearby Erlanger, Kentucky , and Griff Garrison , came to the ring to defend the Pillmans, which resulted in the two being beaten up by MJF and Wardlow . A match between MJF and Pillman was later made for Dynamite : Grand Slam. At All Out , Ruby Soho debuted as

3139-596: The conclusion of the All In event in London, AEW announced that it would return to Wembley Stadium on August 25, 2024, with tickets going on sale on December 1, 2023. All In subsequently took place at Wembley Stadium as scheduled, coinciding with the United Kingdom's August Bank Holiday weekend. 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,

3212-559: The following weeks, Danielson tried to goad Elite member and AEW World Champion Kenny Omega into a match. On the September 15 episode of Dynamite , Danielson formally challenged Omega to a non-title match, which Omega accepted against the advice of Don Callis , marking Danielson's AEW in-ring debut and his first match against Omega since 2009. The match was scheduled for Dynamite : Grand Slam. At All Out, Adam Cole debuted in AEW, assisting his former Bullet Club stablemates Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in

3285-481: 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 . On February 7, 2019,

3358-462: The group Bullet Club (and later part of the sub-Bullet Club faction, The Elite ). 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

3431-414: 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 ). On May 15, 2019, AEW and WarnerMedia announced

3504-449: The highest letter grade of A+, going on to say: "Danielson looked as good as he ever has, and Omega seemed to approach this contest like he would any big title defense. Both men left everything they had in the ring. To say this match lived up to expectations might be an understatement. The finish might seem like a cop-out to some, but it might have been the smartest approach to this feud." Dan Gartland of Sports Illustrated also reviewed

3577-403: The industry in mid-March 2020, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) held the majority of their programs from Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida ; these events were originally held without fans, but the company began running shows at 10–15% capacity in August, before eventually running full capacity shows in May 2021. In June, AEW announced that they would be returning to live touring, beginning with

3650-516: The largest television debut on TNT in five years. 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

3723-410: The launch of All Elite Wrestling. 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. In December 2018, Cody, The Young Bucks, and several other wrestlers left ROH. The official announcement of AEW's creation came at midnight Eastern Time on January 1, 2019, in an episode of Being

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3796-436: The match, Moxley was confronted by NJPW's Minoru Suzuki . A match between the two was made for the ensuing episode of Dynamite , which Moxley won in his hometown of Cincinnati; prior to the match, Suzuki's iconic " Kaze ni Nare " entrance music was cut off. Citing hometown bias , Suzuki and his Suzuki-gun stablemate Lance Archer challenged Moxley and Eddie Kingston to a tag team match at Rampage : Grand Slam. Grand Slam

3869-450: The pandemic. 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

3942-462: 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 . 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

4015-454: 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. 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 . On November 10, 2020,

4088-480: The roster, including Colt Cabana , Adam Page and AEW Executive Vice Presidents Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks. 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. The incident was dubbed by fans and reporters as "Brawl Out". In

4161-466: 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. In an interview on the AEW Unrestricted podcast, Tony Khan stated the pandemic has deprived AEW millions of dollars in revenue from live events. On August 3, 2020, Jazwares released the first line of AEW action figures and toys. AEW announced

4234-684: The story Danielson and Omega told made both men look stronger." Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave the Omega–Danielson match a five star rating , which earned Danielson the first match in his career rated five or more stars by Meltzer, and Omega's eighteenth such match, the first rating of its kind since his bout with Rey Fénix on the January 6 New Year's Smash edition of Dynamite (eventually one of three such matches in 2021). Dynamite and Rampage both topped

4307-594: The world, ahead of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and second only to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in terms of annual revenue. In 2024, AEW was ranked by Forbes as the third most valuable combat sports organization in the world, with an estimated value of $ 2 billion , behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship and WWE. Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s In May 2017, professional wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer commented that

4380-403: Was Danielson’s first match in AEW and it would have been detrimental to his character to have him lose. But having Omega, the world champion, lose to a guy who had never wrestled for the company, would have cheapened his title reign. In WWE, a non-finish would have featured outside interference, a double count-out or some other kind of chicanery that makes for an unsatisfying conclusion. But in AEW,

4453-410: Was a guest commentator for the first hour before being attacked by Team Taz members Powerhouse Hobbs and Taz's son Hook . A match between Punk and Hobbs was later made official for Rampage : Grand Slam. Prior to All Out, Jon Moxley had challenged anyone from New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) to face him at the show. His challenge was answered by Satoshi Kojima in a match that Moxley won, but after

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4526-500: Was announced as the president of the company. Tony and his father, Shahid , were reportedly backing the promotion as lead investors. The Khans are billionaires and part of the ownership group of the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team and Fulham F.C. . Cody's wife, Brandi Rhodes , was announced as the company's chief brand officer on January 3, 2019. On January 8, 2019, the company held its inaugural press conference on

4599-425: Was attended by 11,263 people. 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. On November 5, 2018, several trademarks were filed in Jacksonville, Florida , that indicated

4672-399: 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. 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. On May 4, the sale of ROH to Tony Khan

4745-419: Was expanded to two hours for the Grand Slam special. Three dark matches also occurred before the live event, which were shown on AEW's YouTube show, Elevation , on September 27. Grand Slam was AEW's New York City debut and marked the first AEW event to be held in its entirety within a stadium. Until All In London in August 2023 , it was AEW's most attended event with 20,177 fans in attendance. The event

4818-471: Was held on September 22, 2021, at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York . The two-part event was broadcast on TNT as special episodes of AEW's weekly television programs, Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage — Dynamite aired live while Rampage aired on tape delay on September 24. A total of 14 matches were contested. Five aired live on Dynamite while six aired on Rampage , which

4891-472: Was highly praised by fans and critics with particular praise towards the Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson match, which received a 5 star rating from wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer . The Rampage broadcast was also notable for CM Punk 's first wrestling match on cable television since facing Billy Gunn on the January 20, 2014, episode of WWE Raw . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting

4964-634: Was in his youth. In the following months, he would ally himself with the Men of the Year ( Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky ), continuing to deride AEW and its fans. On the September 15 episode of Dynamite , Lambert, surrounded by several America's Top Team members, was confronted by The Inner Circle 's Chris Jericho and Jake Hager . Citing his own shoot fights in locker rooms over the years as well as Hager's undefeated record in Bellator MMA , Jericho challenged Page and Sky to

5037-492: Was officially completed. 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. 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

5110-425: Was positively received, 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 . Broadcast Online Former AEW pay-per-view events are available on Triller TV in other international markets. They are also available via traditional PPV outlets in

5183-480: Was scheduled for Homecoming on August 4, which Black won in under five minutes. After the match, Cody teased retirement, removing one of his boots to leave in the ring before being attacked by Black. In the following weeks, Black would defeat Arn's son Brock Anderson , Cody's student Lee Johnson, and Cody's brother Dustin Rhodes . On September 8, a rematch between Black and Cody was announced for Dynamite : Grand Slam. On

5256-413: Was uploaded to their YouTube channel on Mondays at 7 p.m. ET as a complement to AEW Dark . 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. Beginning with the fourth special on October 7, 2022, Battle of

5329-446: Was well received by fans and critics who watched both shows, with many calling the match between Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson the best television match of all time. Chris Mueller of Bleacher Report reviewed the Dynamite portion, saying, "this episode of Dynamite might be the best one yet." He believed every match to be "either good or great" noting the non-wrestling segments "didn't overstay their welcome." He gave Omega–Danielson

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