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AEW All Out going international for first time ever

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW will return to Canada this September for one of the promotion’s tentpole pay-per-views: All Out.

Revealed by the arena’s Facebook page on Tuesday, AEW All Out is set for Saturday, September 21st from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Pre-sales will begin on May 28th with a public on-sale date of June 2nd.

The news was later reported by the Toronto Sun.

It will be AEW’s first pay-per-view in Toronto since June 2023’s Forbidden Door that drew nearly 15,000 with a then-AEW record gate of $1.2 million. They returned to the city’s Coca-Cola Coliseum in March 2024 for Dynamite and Rampage.

It’s assumed the promotion will formally announce the date and location this week, given Sunday’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view.

It will the seventh All Out in AEW history and the first to go international. Five of the previous six took place in the Chicago area with only the 2020 pandemic year show airing from Jacksonville, Florida.

AEW, Joe Hand Promotions announce multi-year extension of partnership

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW and Joe Hand Promotions are continuing their long-term partnership for commercial PPV distribution.

Since the promotion’s inaugural year in 2019, AEW and Joe Hand Promotions have partnered together to make AEW pay-per-views available at businesses like bars, casinos, and restaurants — including airing at Dave & Buster’s locations. It was announced today that AEW and Joe Hand Promotions have reached a multi-year extension of that partnership, with Joe Hand Promotions continuing to be AEW’s exclusive PPV commercial distribution rights partner in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.

“The partnership offers commercial establishments flexibility and accessibility to AEW events with a variety of ways to show them, including leading satellite providers DIRECTV for BUSINESS and DISH, select cable networks via iNDemand, and streaming,” a press release said. “The agreement also focuses on enhancing AEW’s brand presence with impactful point-of-sale materials and leverages experiential marketing opportunities. AEW’s continued collaboration with Joe Hand Promotions supports hospitality venues like Dave & Buster’s and other businesses, helping drive traffic through co-branded campaigns that captivate fans and deliver memorable customer experiences.”

The announcement was made in advance of AEW’s Revolution PPV taking place this Sunday (March 9).

“We are excited to extend our partnership with Joe Hand Promotions to bring AEW events to commercial establishments in the United States,” Tony Khan said. “AEW pay-per-views are consistently the most exciting events in professional wrestling, and that tradition will continue at AEW Revolution on Sunday, March 9.”

“We’re thrilled to extend our partnership with AEW to bring their events to commercial venues and fans across [North] America,” said Joe Hand III, the president of Joe Hand Promotions. “AEW’s electrifying performances and compelling storytelling captivate fans around the world, and we’re proud to help expand their reach while delivering exceptional entertainment experiences to establishments.”

Revolution is being held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The main event will be Jon Moxley vs. Cope for the AEW World Championship.

AEW TV deal update: WBD, PPVs, potential Fox component

Posted on by Joseph Currier

On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer gave an update on where things stand with AEW’s impending new media rights deal.

Meltzer reports that AEW & Warner Bros. Discovery have reached an agreement for their new deal. It looks like the deal will include a pay-per-view component, though Meltzer doesn’t know the exact specifics regarding how PPVs will be handled.

“Everyone knows, but the WBD deal is a done deal,” Meltzer said. “There are going to be changes, from what I gather there is going to be a pay-per-view component in this deal. Exactly what it is, I don’t know. But if they’re doubling the number [of the past media rights deal] and WBD is getting the rights to the pay-per-views, that makes doubling the number make more sense in a lot of ways — if they get that. I don’t know exactly if it’s going to be how UFC does it, if it’s going to be how WWE does it. But there is going to be a deal with Max with the pay-per-views in some form, is what it looks like.”

Since AEW applied to trademark “AEW Shockwave” last week, there have been rumors that AEW is in discussions for an additional show that would air on a Fox network. Meltzer does not believe that a deal between AEW and Fox is done yet. If the new show does come to fruition, Meltzer suspects it would not be on the main Fox network, instead airing on a different Fox channel or streaming platform.

“The Fox deal is not done. I know a lot of people have been talking about the idea on the Fox network. I would strongly suspect — I do not know — but I would very strongly suspect it would not be on the Fox network,” Meltzer said. “It would probably be another station, whether it’s FS1, whether it’s a different station, whether it’s a streaming component, I don’t know. And I don’t believe it’s a done deal either. I think it’s something that they’re working on. Although as far as the Shockwave thing, they did trademark the name of Shockwave. So they have to be pretty darn close to a deal to actually go to the lengths of trademarking the name.”