60 Fun Facts About AEW

In which US city is All Elite Wrestling headquartered?

The Khan family's NFL stadium complex, including the Daily's Place amphitheater, doubled as AEW's home base during the pandemic.

Who founded All Elite Wrestling in 2019 and became its president and CEO?

Tony Khan's father Shahid, co-owner of the Jaguars and Fulham F.C., was reported to be the promotion's lead investor.

AEW's creation was announced at midnight on January 1, 2019, in which YouTube series?

Hangman Page simply looked at his phone to reveal the AEW logo; Double or Nothing was announced on Cody's and the Jacksons' phones in the same episode.

The 2018 independent wrestling show All In, which drew 10,000+ fans, was held in a suburb of which city?

Held at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, it drew 11,263 people, the largest non-WWE/WCW US crowd since 1993.

How quickly did tickets for the 2018 All In sell out, despite only one match being announced?

Cody and the Jackson brothers staged the show partly in answer to Dave Meltzer's claim that ROH couldn't sell 10,000 tickets.

AEW's first pay-per-view, Double or Nothing, was held on May 25, 2019, at which venue?

The show, in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, is also where the AEW World Championship belt was first unveiled.

Under what ring name had Jon Moxley, surprise debutant at the first Double or Nothing, wrestled in WWE?

He attacked both men from the main event that night and went on to win the world title at Revolution 2020.

Which wrestling legend unveiled the AEW World Championship belt at Double or Nothing 2019?

Hart's ceremony was interrupted by MJF, then Jungle Boy, then Hangman Page in an angle that set up the inaugural title match.

Who became the inaugural AEW World Champion in the main event of All Out on August 31, 2019?

Jericho then formed the Inner Circle with Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Santana and Ortiz on the first episode of Dynamite.

AEW Dynamite premiered on October 2, 2019, on which cable network?

The debut averaged 1.409 million viewers, the biggest TV debut on the network in five years, and kicked off the Wednesday Night Wars against NXT.

Dynamite's 2019 launch went head-to-head with which WWE brand on Wednesday nights?

Dynamite won the first night with 1.409 million viewers to NXT's 891,000 and doubled it in the 18–49 demo.

Who was AEW's first Women's World Champion, crowned on the debut episode of Dynamite?

The belt itself had been unveiled at All Out a month earlier, with both title-match participants decided at that show.

Which team won a tournament to become the first AEW World Tag Team Champions in October 2019?

Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky won it; the tournament had been announced in June 2019, six months after AEW was founded.

Which AEW executive vice president was the inaugural TNT Champion in 2020?

Cody had teased a television title in September 2019, a month before Dynamite launched.

The main event of Full Gear 2019 saw Jon Moxley beat Kenny Omega in what kind of unsanctioned match?

The two would later meet in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch at Revolution 2021, whose finale famously fizzled.

AEW's pandemic shows ran from Daily's Place, an amphitheater next to which NFL team's stadium?

Florida's governor deemed AEW an essential business in April 2020, and the 2020 Double or Nothing main event was shot inside the stadium itself.

AEW's first WarGames-style match in 2020 was billed under what name, because WWE owns the WarGames trademark?

The double-ring cage match was created by Dusty Rhodes, father of one of AEW's founding executive vice presidents.

Sting's 2020 AEW debut was his first TNT appearance since beating whom on WCW's final Monday-night show in 2001?

He then wrestled his first match in over five years at Revolution 2021, a tag team win at the age of 61.

Which manager's interference helped Kenny Omega beat Jon Moxley for the AEW title in 2020?

The win turned Omega heel and he walked out of the arena with the belt, later billed as the year's biggest WTF moment.

What is wrestler Britt Baker's profession outside the ring?

Hence the "D.M.D." she uses on television: Doctor of Dental Medicine.

Which wrestler did NOT make their AEW debut at All Out 2021, CM Punk's first match in seven years?

Wardlow had been in AEW since 2019 as MJF's bodyguard; Minoru Suzuki also debuted that night.

Which venue hosts AEW Grand Slam, its first show held entirely inside a stadium and its New York City debut?

The 2021 debut drew over 20,000 fans, making it AEW's most-attended event to that point.

Who beat Kenny Omega in the main event of Full Gear 2021 to win the AEW World Championship?

The match capped a two-year story that began when Page lost the inaugural title match to Jericho.

In January 2022, Dynamite moved from TNT to which sister channel?

TNT had picked up NHL rights; it kept Rampage and the Battle of the Belts specials instead.

In March 2022, AEW's owner announced he had bought which promotion from Sinclair Broadcast Group?

The purchase included the tape library and the All In trademark, which AEW revived for Wembley in 2023.

The first Forbidden Door pay-per-view, in June 2022, was co-promoted by AEW and which Japanese company?

It ran at the United Center, the first wrestling PPV there since WCW's Spring Stampede in 2000.

What did fans nickname the backstage fight between CM Punk and the Elite after All Out 2022?

Everyone involved was suspended; Punk was stripped of the world title and the Elite of the trios titles.

Whose brass knuckles helped MJF beat Jon Moxley for the AEW World title at Full Gear 2022?

He soon unveiled a custom Burberry-patterned belt he called the Triple-B, the "Big Burberry Belt".

AEW's third weekly TV show, Collision, premiered on which night of the week in June 2023?

Its first episode featured CM Punk's return and Luchasaurus winning the TNT title.

AEW's 2023 video game, developed by former WWE 2K studio Yuke's, is called what?

Published by THQ Nordic in June 2023, it was praised for arcade-style gameplay and criticized for thin modes and presentation.

AEW's 2023 All In at Wembley was the first wrestling show there since which 1992 WWE event?

AEW claimed 81,035 tickets; the local turnstile count logged 72,265, still one of the biggest crowds in wrestling history.

CM Punk was fired by AEW after a backstage altercation at All In 2023 with which wrestler?

Perry, formerly Jungle Boy and the son of actor Luke Perry, was suspended indefinitely; Punk resurfaced in WWE that November.

Who won the inaugural Continental Classic in December 2023 to become the first AEW Continental Champion?

The round-robin tournament runs every year from late November to the Worlds End PPV.

Samoa Joe is the only man to hold the world titles of AEW, ROH and which other promotion?

Joe won it at Worlds End, weeks after the two had been uneasy tag partners.

In which North Carolina city was Sting's retirement match at Revolution 2024 held?

He and his tag partner won a tornado tag match to keep the tag titles, so Sting retired undefeated in AEW.

Which team did Sting and his tag partner beat in his final match at Revolution 2024?

It was a tornado tag match, and Sting's whole nearly 40-year career closed with a win at the same arena where it took off.

Which AEW trios team was Pac, Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix, managed by Alex Abrahantes?

Formed in March 2020, the group also produced a Casino Tag Team Royale win for Pac and Fénix in 2021.

Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler of FTR were known by what team name in WWE?

They wrestled there as Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson before joining AEW in 2020.

What is the real surname of Matt and Nick Jackson, the brothers who co-founded AEW?

They taught themselves to wrestle in a backyard ring the family put up in 2001.

Kenny Omega, whose real name is Tyson Smith, was born in which Canadian city?

He grew up in the Transcona suburb and was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in 2020.

Under what epithet has Orange Cassidy, the hands-in-pockets king of minimal effort, wrestled in AEW?

He has been one of the promotion's most reliable crowd favorites since debuting in 2019.

Which straight-edge, skateboarding Seattle native postponed a Mount Everest expedition for AEW commitments?

He was later written off TV, thrown down a stairwell by the Death Riders, so he could resume climbing training.

As of 2025, which record did Hikaru Shida hold in the AEW Women's World Championship's history?

Oddly, Shida also owns the shortest reign in the title's history at 25 days.

Which returning wrestler ended Jade Cargill's 60-match unbeaten streak and TBS title reign?

Statlander won in under 50 seconds, and Cargill left for WWE later that year.

Bryan Danielson won his first AEW World Championship at All In 2024 by defeating whom?

He lost it to Jon Moxley at WrestleDream 2024 in what was billed as the last match of his full-time career.

The AEW International Championship, first held by Pac, was established in 2022 as what?

AEW said the title represented fans around the world, with no particular focus on the Atlantic despite the name.

AEW Dynamite's 289th episode in 2025 passed which WCW show as Turner's longest-running weekly wrestling program?

Nitro ran 288 episodes on TNT from September 1995 to March 2001.

Which journalist's 2017 remark that ROH could not sell 10,000 tickets helped inspire All In?

Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks took the bet, and the 2018 show sold out in under half an hour.

Besides the Jacksonville Jaguars, which English football club do the Khan family own?

Tony Khan's father Shahid is a billionaire with stakes in both teams.

How much was the January 2020 contract extension for Dynamite on TNT worth through 2023?

The same announcement revealed a second weekly show, later named Rampage, for Friday nights.

On which platform did AEW Dark, its untelevised-match show, air on Tuesdays?

Dark: Elevation followed in March 2021; both were discontinued when Collision launched in 2023.

From August 2021, AEW Dark was taped on Soundstage 21 at which Orlando location?

It gave the YouTube show its own dedicated set.

Why did AEW move Dynamite from TNT to TBS in January 2022?

TNT kept two new AEW programs, Rampage on Fridays and the quarterly Battle of the Belts specials.

In which city did AEW hold its first events outside the United States, in October 2022?

A live Dynamite on October 12 was followed by a Rampage taping the next night at the same venue.

What was the live paid attendance at All In at Wembley in August 2023?

It ranks among the highest attended events in professional wrestling history.

Which AEW show was cancelled under the autumn 2024 Warner Bros. Discovery contract extension?

The deal added digital rights for Max from January 2025, including live simulcasts and a PPV library.

With which partner did AEW launch its international streaming service MyAEW in March 2026?

The over-the-top network is available worldwide outside the US and Canada; Revolution was its first PPV.

To which streaming service did AEW sell rights across 42 European and Central Asian territories in 2023?

Earlier deals had put Dynamite and Rampage on Eurosport in India and NJPW World in Japan.

At which February 2021 TV special did AEW announce its partnership with New Japan Pro-Wrestling?

The relationship later produced the co-promoted Forbidden Door pay-per-views.

When did the quarterly Battle of the Belts specials air their final episode?

Rampage followed with its own final episode, the New Year's Smash special, on December 27, 2024.