All Elite Wrestling

American professional wrestling promotion
(Redirected from AEW)

All Elite Wrestling, LLC, doing business as AEW, is a company that produces professional wrestling shows. It is the second most popular wrestling company in the United States. Its creation was announced by father-and-son businessmen Shahid and Tony Khan, with the elder acting as the promotion's lead investor, and his son being the founder, president and CEO of the company. Professional wrestlers The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) and Kenny Omega, founding members of a wrestling stable known as The Elite, are serving as both in-ring performers and executive vice presidents. Cody Rhodes, another wrestler who joined the stable shortly after it formed, was also an executive vice president before leaving the company in 2022.[1][2]

All Elite Wrestling, LLC
All Elite Wrestling
Company typePrivate
IndustryProfessional wrestling
FoundedJanuary 1, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-01)
FounderTony Khan
HeadquartersJacksonville, Florida, USA
Key people
Websiteallelitewrestling.com

On October 2, 2024, AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) both announced they they had agreed to a multi-year contract extension; the deal keeps AEW on TBS and TNT. HBO Max was also given the right to stream the weekly television shows alongside the channels and rights to broadcast AEW PPVs.[3]

Weekly shows

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Broadcast

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Day Network
Dynamite
Wednesday TBS
Rampage
Friday TNT
Collision
Saturday[4] TNT

Online

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Day Network
AEW Unrestricted
Varies YouTube
Being The Elite
Varies YouTube

Former

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Day Network Ran from
AEW Dark
Tuesday YouTube October 8, 2019 - April 25, 2023[5]
AEW Dark: Elevation
Monday YouTube March 15, 2021 – April 24, 2023[5]

Pay-per-view events

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Date Name Venue City Main Event Ref
May 25, 2019 Double or Nothing MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV Chris Jericho vs. Kenny Omega [6]
June 29, 2019 Fyter Fest Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL Jon Moxley vs. Joey Janela [7]
July 13, 2019 Fight for the Fallen Daily's Place Jacksonville, FL The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. The Brotherhood (Cody and Dustin Rhodes) [8]
August 31, 2019 All Out Sears Centre Arena Hoffman Estates, IL Chris Jericho vs. Adam Page for the inaugural AEW World Championship [9]
November 9, 2019 Full Gear Royal Farms Arena Baltimore, MD Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega [10]
February 29, 2020 Revolution Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL Chris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship [11]
May 23, 2020 Double or Nothing Daily's Place Jacksonville, FL The Elite (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Kenny Omega, Adam Page, and Matt Hardy) vs. The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Santana and Ortiz) [12]
September 5, 2020 All Out Daily's Place Jacksonville, FL Jon Moxley (c) vs. MJF for the AEW World Championship
November 7, 2020 Full Gear Daily's Place Jacksonville, FL Jon Moxley (c) vs. Eddie Kingston in an "I quit" match for the AEW World Championship
March 7, 2021 Revolution Daily's Place Jacksonville, FL
Atlanta, GA[a]
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Jon Moxley in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch for the AEW World Championship [14]
May 30, 2021 Double or Nothing Daily's Place
TIAA Bank Field
Jacksonville, FL The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz) vs. The Pinnacle (MJF, Shawn Spears, Wardlow, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) in a Stadium Stampede match
If The Inner Circle lost, they would be forced to disband.
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September 5, 2021 All Out[16] NOW Arena Hoffman Estates, IL Kenny Omega (c) vs. Christian Cage for the AEW World Championship [17]
November 13, 2021 Full Gear[18] Target Center Minneapolis, MN Kenny Omega (c) vs. "Hangman" Adam Page for the AEW World Championship [19]
March 6, 2022 Revolution[20] Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL "Hangman" Adam Page (c) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship [21]
May 29, 2022 Double or Nothing[22][23] T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV "Hangman" Adam Page (c) vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship [24]
June 26, 2022 Forbidden Door[25] United Center Chicago, IL Jon Moxley vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the interim AEW World Championship [26]
September 4, 2022 All Out[27] NOW Arena Hoffman Estates, IL Jon Moxley vs. CM Punk for the unified AEW World Championship & interim championship

Championships and accomplishments

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Champions

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Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held
Location Notes
AEW World Championship Jon Moxley 4 October 12, 2024 45+ Tacoma, Washington Defeated Bryan Danielson at WrestleDream.
AEW Women's World Championship Mariah May 1 August 25, 2024 93+ London, England Defeated "Timeless" Toni Storm at All In.
AEW International Championship Konosuke Takeshita 1 October 12, 2024 45+ Tacoma, Washington Defeated previous champion Will Ospreay and Ricochet in a Three-way match at WrestleDream.
AEW TNT Championship Daniel Garcia 1 November 23, 2024 3+ Elmont, New York Defeated Jack Perry at Full Gear
AEW Continental Championship Kazuchika Okada 1 March 20, 2024 251+ Toronto, Ontario, Canada Defeated Eddie Kingston on Dynamite
AEW TBS Championship Mercedes Moné 1 May 26, 2024 184+ Paradise, Nevada Defeated Willow Nightingale at Double or Nothing.
AEW World Tag Team Championship Private Party
(Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy)
1 October 30, 2024 27+ Cleveland, Ohio Defeated The Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) during Fright Night Dynamite on October 30, 2024
Had Private Party lost, they would have had to break up as a team.
AEW World Trios Championship Pac and Blackpool Combat Club
(Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta)
1
(2, 1, 1)
August 25, 2024 93+ London, England Defeated The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, and Nick Wayne), Bang Bang Gang (consisting of 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.

Other accomplishments

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Accomplishment Latest winner(s) Date won Location Notes
Casino Battle Royale (men) Kyle O'Reilly June 8, 2022 Independence, Missouri Last eliminated Wheeler Yuta on Dynamite to win, earning the right to face Jon Moxley later in the evening for an interim AEW World Championship match at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door.
Casino Battle Royale (women) Ruby Soho September 5, 2021 Hoffman Estates, Illinois Last eliminated Thunder Rosa at All Out to win, earning an AEW Women's World Championship match.
Casino Ladder Match MJF September 4, 2022 Chicago, Illinois Defeated Andrade El Idolo, Claudio Castagnoli, Dante Martin, Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fenix, Rush and Wheeler Yuta at All Out, earning an AEW World Championship match.
Casino Tag Team Royale The Young Bucks
(Matt and Nick Jackson)
March 3, 2022 Jacksonville, Florida Matt won by last eliminating Darius Martin of Top Flight on Dynamite, earning himself and Nick an AEW World Tag Team Championship match.
Dynamite Diamond Ring MJF December 15, 2021 Garland, Texas Defeated Dante Martin by submission at Winter Is Coming to win the ring after co-winning the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale with Martin on Dynamite. This marks MJF's third straight win of the ring.
Face of the Revolution Ladder Match Wardlow March 6, 2022 Orlando, Florida Defeated Christian Cage, Keith Lee, Orange Cassidy, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Ricky Starks at Revolution to win, earning an AEW TNT Championship match.
Owen Hart Cup (men) Adam Cole May 29, 2022 Paradise, Nevada Defeated Samoa Joe in the inaugural tournament final at Double or Nothing to win.
Owen Hart Cup (women) Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. May 29, 2022 Paradise, Nevada Defeated Ruby Soho in the inaugural tournament final at Double or Nothing to win.

Footnotes

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  1. The tag team Street Fight between the teams of Darby Allin and Sting and Team Taz (Brian Cage and Ricky Starks) was filmed before the event at a warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia. The exact location and filming date are unknown.[13]

References

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