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Collision is on hold tonight so that AEW can bring you a FIFTEEN-match PPV, including seven title bouts, the possible debut of new factions, an hotly-anticipated three-way, and the heartbreaking chance of a quarter-century career coming to an end. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Oct 12, 2024 - 3 comments

We've come once again to the anniversary of All Elite Wrestling's inaugural show as a new promotion. Last year in Chicago... had a lot to overcome, but AEW is having a Hot Wrestling Autumn, coming off a well-received return to Wembley Stadium and headed towards Grand Slam in NYC later this month. A lot of matches tonight, but the main focus will be on (1) Danielson placing an "I Win Or I Quit" stipulation on all his title matches, (2) WIll Ospreay facing a fellow countryman with whom he has a history, and (3) Swerve and Hangman are going to MURDER each other in a cage. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Sep 7, 2024 - 5 comments

Last year, the upstart wrestling promotion that started on a bet upped the ante by booking themselves into England's largest stadium, and wound up putting on the largest-attended show in three decades.. Now AEW returns to Wembley Stadium, with a main event pitting their current champion on a giant hot streak against literally one of the best wrestlers alive. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Aug 25, 2024 - 8 comments

Once is an event, twice is a coincidence, and the third time is a new institution in professional wrestling. Tonight, the talent rosters of All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, which have already gotten comfortable with each others these past few years, will once again battle, this time sharing the stage with visitors from World Wonder Ring Stardom (NJPW's sister joshi promotion), and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Yours truly will have difficulty posting during the show because I'LL BE THERE LIVE. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Jun 30, 2024 - 0 comments

If the original Double Or Nothing is considered the first actual event by All Elite Wrestling then welcome to the celebration of five full years of dream matches, indie booking and internet smarks! Tonight all titles are defended, a former WWE sensation goes straight into the main event, and the new heelish version of The Elite tries to maintain their dominance of the company against an alliance of babyface deathmatch lunatics. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on May 26, 2024 - 4 comments

All Elite Wrestling travels to St. Louis and introduces a new premium live event to make space for every single one of their titles to be defended -- and a few titles from other companies too! But the real show-stealer might be the first ever match-up between The Greatest Professional Wrestler Ever Bryan Danielson vs. The New Hottest Signee Of Professional Wrestling Ever Will By-God Ospreay. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Apr 21, 2024 - 5 comments

Tonight the wrestling world sends off an Icon, as Sting -- through a history that encompasses almost 40 years in the business, matches across the world, championships in three companies -- has his final match in the same venue where he faced Ric Flair in 1988. With nearly every title being defended, will the greatest match of the night be Sting and Darby defending their tag belts, Samoa Joe defending against the fire and ice of Hangman Page & Swerve Strickland, or the non-title AEW debut of Will By-God Ospreay? [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Mar 3, 2024 - 6 comments

The Young Bucks face their friend Kenny Omega, both women's titles are in contention, Sting has his last ever (?) match in Los Angeles, and AEW World Champ -- and relatively new babyface -- Maxwell Jacob Friedman must reclaim his stolen belt from Bullet Club Gold's sleazy leader Jay White. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Nov 19, 2023 - 3 comments

Following the extremely successful All In at Wembley Stadium, AEW President Tony Khan announced WrestleDream, to be held on the anniversary of the death of Japanese wrestling legend Antonio Inoki, at Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena. Tonight the card is STACKED with title defenses, hometown heroes, and a dream-match main event several years in the making. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Oct 1, 2023 - 5 comments

Well folks, I said that this would be a big week for pro wrestling, and I was even more right than I realized. Tonight AEW will try to end the week on a high note in front of an arena full of Chicagoans who are primed to be very vocal. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Sep 3, 2023 - 20 comments

Five years ago, Cody Rhodes made a bet with Dave Meltzer that an indie wrestling show could sell 10,000 tickets, and then he and the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega changed the business. This year, All Elite Wrestling shipped 81,000 tickets for a single night at Wembley Stadium, breaking the paid attendance world record for a pro-wrestling event to stage "The Biggest Event in Wrestling History". [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Aug 27, 2023 - 21 comments