AEW Trivia
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60 free AEW trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
All Elite Wrestling went from a phone-screen reveal on a YouTube show to a $2 billion promotion selling out Wembley Stadium in under five years. This quiz covers that whole run: the 2018 All In show that proved the market existed, the January 2019 launch, the first Double or Nothing at the MGM Grand, the Wednesday Night Wars against NXT, the pandemic shows at Daily's Place, the ROH purchase, Brawl Out, Collision and the record-breaking London pay-per-views. Expect questions on every era of the AEW World Championship from Jericho to Danielson, the women's and tag divisions, TNT and TBS title history, signature match types like Blood and Guts and Stadium Stampede, and the wrestlers themselves: real names, hometowns, gimmicks, big debuts and retirements. It opens with questions any Dynamite viewer can handle and finishes with facts only people who read the Observer will know. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and the source cited under each question, so if you argue with a result you'll at least be arguing with a citation. Play it solo or run it as the wrestling round at your next trivia night.
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Q 01In which US city is All Elite Wrestling headquartered?
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida. A week after announcing itself online, AEW held its first press conference in the city to reveal the opening names on its roster.
Q 02Who founded All Elite Wrestling in 2019 and became its president and CEO?
Tony Khan
Tony Khan. A lifelong wrestling fan, he launched the company alongside four wrestlers, who signed on as executive vice presidents as well as performers.
Q 03AEW's creation was announced at midnight on January 1, 2019, in an episode of which web series?
Being the Elite
Being the Elite. The wrestlers' own travel vlog broke the news itself, with the new company's logo appearing on a cast member's phone as the clock struck twelve.
Q 04The 2018 independent wrestling show All In, which drew 10,000+ fans, was held in a suburb of which city?
Chicago
Chicago. The self-funded show at the Sears Centre in suburban Hoffman Estates sold out in about half an hour, and AEW followed four months later on the back of its success.
Q 05Which TV superhero actor wrestled Christopher Daniels at the 2018 independent show All In?
Stephen Amell
Stephen Amell. The actor came out in Bullet Club gear and crashed through a ringside table when Daniels dodged his elbow drop from the top rope.
Q 06AEW's first pay-per-view, Double or Nothing, was held on May 25, 2019, at which venue?
MGM Grand Garden Arena
MGM Grand Garden Arena. Tickets for the Las Vegas debut went on general sale in February 2019 and were gone in four minutes.
Q 07Under what ring name had Jon Moxley, surprise debutant at the first Double or Nothing, wrestled in WWE?
Dean Ambrose
Dean Ambrose. WWE gave him that name in 2011; when his contract expired in April 2019 he went straight back to Jon Moxley, the name he had debuted under in 2004.
Q 08Which wrestling legend unveiled the AEW World Championship belt at Double or Nothing 2019?
Bret Hart
Bret Hart. The Hitman carried the new title out in a belt bag and introduced one of its first challengers before MJF strode out to interrupt and insult them both.
Q 09Who became the inaugural AEW World Champion in the main event of All Out on August 31, 2019?
Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho. Days later he reported the new belt stolen from his limousine while he ate at a Tallahassee steakhouse, and police recovered it that week.
Q 10Which faction did Chris Jericho form on the first episode of AEW Dynamite in October 2019?
The Inner Circle
The Inner Circle. Jake Hager's surprise debut in the closing attack completed the group, giving the brand-new show its first villainous faction on night one.
Q 11Dynamite's 2019 launch went head-to-head with which WWE brand on Wednesday nights?
NXT
NXT. Dynamite won the first night with 1.409 million viewers to 891,000 and more than doubled its rival among adults aged 18 to 49.
Q 12Who was AEW's first Women's World Champion, crowned on the debut episode of Dynamite?
Riho
Riho. She beat Nyla Rose, who had earned her place by winning the Casino Battle Royale at All Out a month earlier, the night the belt was first shown.
Q 13Which team won a tournament to become the first AEW World Tag Team Champions in October 2019?
SoCal Uncensored
SoCal Uncensored. Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky beat the Lucha Brothers in the final, in a bracket blown open when Private Party upset a team of AEW's own executives in round one.
Q 21Three of these wrestlers debuted at All Out 2021; which one had been in AEW since 2019?
Wardlow
Wardlow. He had arrived in November 2019 and spent his first years as MJF's bodyguard, whereas Soho won the women's battle royal as its surprise last entrant and Cole and Danielson walked out after the main event.
Q 22Which New York venue staged the first AEW Grand Slam in 2021, the company's debut in the city?
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe. On the main court of tennis's US Open, world champion Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson opened the broadcast by wrestling to a 30-minute time-limit draw.
Q 23Who beat Kenny Omega in the main event of Full Gear 2021 to win the AEW World Championship?
Hangman Adam Page
Q 14Which AEW executive vice president was the inaugural TNT Champion in 2020?
Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes. He beat Lance Archer in the tournament final at Double or Nothing and was handed an unfinished belt, because the pandemic had delayed its gold plating.
Q 15The main event of Full Gear 2019 saw Jon Moxley beat Kenny Omega in what kind of unsanctioned match?
Lights Out
Lights Out. The label marks a bout AEW officially refuses to recognise, which let the pair bring barbed wire, broken glass and a board covered in mousetraps.
Q 16Which NBA Hall of Famer teamed with Jade Cargill to win a tag team match on Dynamite in March 2021?
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal. Shaq was sent crashing through two ringside tables and loaded into an ambulance, which was found empty moments later, while his partner scored the winning pin.
Q 17AEW's first WarGames-style match, held in May 2021, was billed under what name because WWE owns the WarGames trademark?
Blood and Guts
Blood and Guts. The name throws back Vince McMahon's 2019 jab at a new rival's "blood and guts" style; the match was set for March 2020, but the pandemic pushed it back more than a year.
Q 18Sting's 2020 AEW debut was his first TNT appearance since beating whom on WCW's final show there in 2001?
Ric Flair
Ric Flair. The old rivals closed out WCW's last broadcast, and Sting's first AEW match was a tag team win at Revolution 2021, at the age of 61 and after more than five years out of the ring.
Q 19Which manager's interference helped Kenny Omega beat Jon Moxley for the AEW title in 2020?
Don Callis
Don Callis. He climbed onto the apron with a microphone that ended up in Omega's hand and between Moxley's eyes, then the pair fled to the parking lot promising answers on a rival company's show.
Q 20What is wrestler Britt Baker's profession outside the ring?
Dentist
Dentist. The first woman AEW signed, she wrestles with the letters D.M.D. after her name and added a mandible claw to her moves as a nod to the day job.
Hangman Adam Page. He turned the champion's own One-Winged Angel against him, then needed two Buckshot Lariats, the first to the back of the head, to finally take the belt.
Q 24In January 2022, Dynamite moved from TNT to which sister channel?
TBS
TBS. The first night there crowned Jade Cargill as the first holder of a women's title named after the new channel, just as the men already had one named after the old one.
Q 25In March 2022, AEW's owner announced he had bought which promotion from Sinclair Broadcast Group?
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor. He broke the news live on Dynamite, and the deal handed him a video library reaching back to 2002 from the promotion that launched future AEW names such as CM Punk and Bryan Danielson.
Q 26The first Forbidden Door pay-per-view, in June 2022, was co-promoted by AEW and which Japanese company?
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The title borrows wrestling's phrase for the barrier that keeps rival companies apart, and the show fell in the Japanese promotion's 50th anniversary year.
Q 27What nickname did fans give the backstage fight between CM Punk and the Elite after a September 2022 pay-per-view?
Brawl Out
Brawl Out. The name puns on All Out, the show it followed; everyone involved was suspended, and that week the world title and the trios belts were both declared vacant.
Q 28Whose brass knuckles helped MJF beat Jon Moxley for the AEW World title at Full Gear 2022?
William Regal
William Regal. He was in Moxley's corner as his mentor, but sent him to check on the referee and slipped MJF the brass knuckles behind his back.
Q 29AEW's third weekly TV show, Collision, premiered on which night of the week in June 2023?
Saturday
Saturday. The show is billed as Saturday Night Collision, and its first episode opened with CM Punk's return after nine months out injured and saw Luchasaurus take the TNT title.
Q 30AEW's 2023 video game, developed by former WWE 2K studio Yuke's, is called what?
AEW Fight Forever
AEW Fight Forever. It skips realism for the arcade feel of the Nintendo 64 favourite WWF No Mercy, which its producer named as a key influence.