All In (2023)
All In (2023) (also known as All In London) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It took place on August 27, 2023 at Wembley Stadium in London, England.[3] It was AEW's first PPV held outside of North America.
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Tagline(s) | The Biggest Event in Wrestling History | |||
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Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | |||
Date | August 27, 2023 | |||
Attendance | 81,035 (according to AEW)[a] | |||
Venue | Wembley Stadium | |||
City | London, England | |||
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The show was the first All In event held by AEW and the successor to the All In event that was held in 2018 by an independent company. It also was the first professional wrestling event to take place at Wembley since the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) held SummerSlam at the original stadium in 1992.[4]
With 81,035 people, All In beat WrestleMania 32 to become the highest paid attendance for a professional wrestling event.[a]
The main event saw MJF defeat Adam Cole and keep his AEW World Championship. The match first ended after MJF and Cole hit each other with a double clothesline and landed on each other which the ref counted for 3. Cole and MJF demanded the match be restarted. MJF pinned Cole after a run in distraction from Roderick Strong.[5]
The event was also notable for a backstage fight between AEW performers CM Punk and Jack Perry (son of late actor Luke Perry) that led to Punk's firing several days later. The fight came nearly a year after Punk was involved in a similar incident involving three other AEW performers: Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson (the latter two collectively known as The Young Bucks).[6]
Matches
changeFootnotes
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brent Council said 72,265 people attended the show. Dave Meltzer said between 84,000 and 85,000 tickets were distributed.[1][2]
References
change- ↑ "AEW All In attendance request for Wembley stadium". whatdotheyknow.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2023.
- ↑ Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer (August 27, 2023). "AEW All In review, new records & PPVs, Punk vs. Jungle Boy" (Podcast). Wrestling Observer Radio.
- ↑ "AEW All In announced for London's Wembley Stadium". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ↑ "All Elite Wrestling plans Wembley return after sold-out debut event". BBC. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW All In notes: MJF & FTR retain their titles at London's Wembley Stadium". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ↑ Raimondi, Marc (September 2, 2023). "All Elite Wrestling fires top star CM Punk with cause". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW All In: London Results". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved August 29, 2023.