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Tony Khan touts AEW All In 2024 attendance, PPV buys

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Tony Khan is touting the success of AEW All In 2024.

On social media today, Khan said he believes Sunday’s pay-per-view was the best event in AEW history. He also posted that All In was a success financially, drawing more than 50,000 fans to Wembley Stadium and doing one of AEW’s top two PPV buy numbers over the last year.

“Great news With over 50k tickets sold @wembleystadium for #AEWAllInLondon, I think our best show ever, it was also one of our top 2 PPV buys in the past year along with #AEWRevolution, @Sting’s Final Encounter!,” Khan wrote. “What a 2024 AEW! See you for Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite TOMORROW!”

This was the second straight year London’s Wembley Stadium has hosted All In. The 2023 event was AEW’s United Kingdom debut and had an announced paid attendance of 81,035.

AEW Revolution is believed to have done around 180,000 PPV buys this March. The number of PPV buys for All In 2023 was 200,000.

Next year, All In will take place from Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The event will then return to Wembley Stadium in 2026.

Bryan Danielson avoids retirement, wins AEW World title at All In

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Bryan Danielson refuses to go gently into that good night.

With his career on the line, Danielson defeated Swerve Strickland in the main event of All In to win the AEW World Championship. It’s the first championship that Danielson has held in his AEW career. Going back to when he was in WWE, this is Danielson’s first title reign since 2019.

It was a submission that got the victory for Danielson in this instant classic, marking the first time Strickland has ever tapped out in AEW. The match had a title vs. career stipulation where Danielson would have retired if he lost. He now enters the final few months of his full-time in-ring career as AEW World Champion.

Danielson celebrated in the ring with his family after the match. His Blackpool Combat Club stablemates Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta were also there for the celebration. During the match, Danielson’s wife Brie Garcia, their daughter Birdie, and son Buddy were all in the front row cheering him on. The match included a spot where Strickland beat down Danielson at ringside while mocking his family.

There was also a distraction by Hangman Page during the match. Helping to cost his arch nemesis Strickland the title, Page appeared at ringside and needed to be held back by security. The distraction led to Danielson hitting a Busaiku Knee strike for a near fall.

Both Danielson and Strickland had special entrances at All In. Tony Khan again licensed “The Final Countdown” by Europe — which was Danielson’s theme music in Ring of Honor — for this show. Rapper Bun B made an appearance as part of Strickland’s entrance.

Danielson joins Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega, Hangman Page, CM Punk, MJF, Samoa Joe, and Strickland on the list of wrestlers who have held the AEW World title. Strickland had been champion since April.

Ricochet signs with AEW, debuts in All In gauntlet match

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Nearly three months after finishing up with WWE, Ricochet has arrived in his new pro wrestling home.

Ricochet made his AEW debut at All In on Sunday, appearing as one of the entrants in the Casino gauntlet match. Tony Khan tweeted out an All Elite graphic welcoming Ricochet to AEW and confirming that he’s signed with the promotion.

Upon entering the gauntlet, Ricochet immediately showed off his athleticism. He took out a group of wrestlers with a Shooting Star Press to the floor.

Another spot saw Ricochet lay out Christian Cage with a dive. But — with help from Killswitch — Christian went on to win the gauntlet by pinning Kyle O’Reilly. Christian now receives an AEW World Championship shot whenever he wants it.

AEW has been the expected destination for Ricochet ever since he informed WWE earlier this summer that he would be leaving the company when his contract expired. The deal he’s signed with AEW is believed to be a multi-year one.

Joining AEW gives Ricochet a chance to renew his in-ring rivalry with new International Champion Will Ospreay at some point. In an interview with TalkSport ahead of All In, Ospreay called on Ricochet to find the fire within himself again and show everyone how good he truly is in the ring.

Shop AEW is already selling its first Ricochet T-shirt.

Wrestling Weekly: National Wrestling HOF notes, the roads to WWE SummerSlam & AEW All In

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On a new Wrestling Weekly, Les Thatcher has returned from his annual trip to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, so we discuss those ceremonies as well as all the happenings in WWE and AEW.
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Mercedes Mone vs. Britt Baker official for AEW All In

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Mercedes Mone and Britt Baker are officially set to clash at AEW All In.

During AEW’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, Tony Khan confirmed that Mone will defend her TBS Championship against Baker at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, August 25. The two have been feuding since Baker returned at Forbidden Door last month.

Before the match was made official, Mone repeatedly turned down Baker’s challenge for All In. She again said no to the challenge on Dynamite last night. On the episode, former NWA Women’s Champion Kamille arrived in AEW and aligned herself with Mone. Kamille attacked Baker and laid her out with a Torture Rack slam.

An angle then took place during today’s Comic-Con panel where Mone and Kamille — dressed as Batman villains Poison Ivy and Bane — confronted Baker. That led to Khan announcing Mone vs. Baker for the All In pay-per-view.

With Jamie Hayter having been out of action for more than a year now, Baker is at a numbers disadvantage against Mone and Kamille. Khan said last month that the timetable for Hayter’s return is still pending.

Mone has been TBS Champion since dethroning Willow Nightingale this May. She also is the current NJPW Strong Women’s Champion.

Five matches have now been announced for All In:

  • AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland defends against Bryan Danielson
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm defends against Mariah May
  • AEW American Champion MJF defends against Will Ospreay
  • TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Darby Allin
  • TBS Champion Mercedes Mone defends against Britt Baker

AEW announces All In Celebration fan event

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AEW has added a fan event to its schedule for All In 2024 weekend.

The promotion announced today that All In Celebration will take place at Boxpark Wembley on Saturday, August 24. It will last from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. local time. General admission tickets are priced at £56.25 each.

Boxpark Wembley also hosted a fan fest/welcome party before AEW made its London debut last year with All In 2023. Here’s the description for this year’s event:

“Join us as we celebrate the return of AEW All In: London at Box Park Wembley! Enjoy DJ & music, prize giveaways, your first opportunity to buy 2024 AEW All In merch and over 90 minutes of stage shows, interviews, and content featuring many of your favourite AEW stars! Come celebrate with us!“

The celebration event is taking place one day before Wembley Stadium hosts All In.

With Bryan Danielson and Mariah May winning the Owen Hart Foundation tournaments, the first two matches have been made official for All In. The pay-per-view will feature Swerve Strickland vs. Danielson for the AEW World Championship and Toni Storm vs. May for the AEW Women’s World Championship.

Before All In, AEW will tape Dynamite and Collision in Cardiff, Wales on Wednesday, August 21.

Swerve Strickland to perform at London concert with Chris Jericho’s Fozzy

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Two AEW stars are set to perform at a concert in London during All In weekend.

On August 23, Chris Jericho’s band Fozzy will be playing the O2 Forum Kentish Town. It’s been announced that AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland and rapper Flash Garments will be special guests at the concert. It’s taking place on the Friday before All In.

The announcement noted that this will be Strickland and Flash Garments’ first concert as a rap duo in the United Kingdom:

FOZZY have announced their hugely anticipated return to the UK capital with a date at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town. Promising an explosive Friday evening of rock and rap, the show kickstarts a weekend that culminates in the return of AEW to London’s Wembley Stadium on Sunday 25th August.

If it’s not enough for fans to have FOZZY, with their heavy melodic groove and fronted by 8 time World Champion Chris Jericho headlining the night, fans will go crazy knowing that direct support comes from current AEW World Champion: Swerve Strickland. Swerve Strickland & Flash Garments will be performing their first concert as a rap duo in the UK.

Music is one of Strickland’s outside-the-ring pursuits. He and Flash Garments also performed together at the Rolling Loud music festival in California this March.

Strickland’s “Big Pressure” theme music is by him and Flash Garments.

At AEW Dynasty last month, Strickland defeated Samoa Joe to win the AEW World Championship. Strickland has a title defense against Christian Cage at Double or Nothing this Sunday.

Jericho won the FTW title from Hook at Dynasty and will be defending against the winner of an FTW Contender Series at Double or Nothing.

Fozzy also played a concert in London prior to All In 2023. They were involved in the All In event itself as well, performing Jericho’s “Judas” entrance music live prior to his loss against Will Ospreay.

“All In All Night” is the name of the Fozzy concert. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday.

Bryan Danielson’s AEW contract expires before All In, wants to wrestle at Wembley

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Before he wraps up his career as a full-time wrestler, Bryan Danielson wants to compete at London’s Wembley Stadium.

AEW is returning to Wembley for All In 2024 on Sunday, August 25. It’s the second straight year AEW has run the stadium. When AEW made its Wembley debut last summer, Danielson was out of action at the time and couldn’t wrestle at the show.

Danielson told Casual Conversations with The Classic this week that his AEW contract actually expires before All In 2024. Despite that, he really wants to wrestle at the show before ending his full-time run. 

He responded when asked what milestones are left on his checklist:

The big one is Wembley. I want to make it to Wembley. My contract actually expires before Wembley. But I want to make it to Wembley. Because as a wrestling fan — one, last year’s All In was incredible. But then as a wrestling fan, that’s like a defining moment, when the British Bulldog beats Bret Hart. So you think of Wembley almost in these mythical terms.

AEW All In 2023 and WWF SummerSlam 1992 are the only wrestling shows Wembley Stadium has ever hosted.

Danielson mentioned that he’d like his last match as a full-time wrestler to take place at AEW’s WrestleDream pay-per-view this October, but he isn’t sure if he’ll make it that far before the end of his run:

But I really want to be able to do Wembley and just see what that’s like, see what that feels like. So, yeah, that’s a big one for me.

I’m not sure if I’ll make it, but one thing that would be a nice way to like kind of close everything out for me is to do my last match as a full-time wrestler at WrestleDream at the Tacoma Dome.

Washington is Danielson’s home state, and the Tacoma Dome is the venue where he saw his first wrestling show. It was a WWF event headlined by Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick Rude.

WrestleDream is being held on Saturday, October 12.

Once he becomes a part-time wrestler, Danielson would like to wrestle 5-10 matches per year.

Tony Khan announces AEW All In 2024 tickets on-sale date

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Tony Khan has announced the on-sale date for AEW All In 2024 tickets. 

Appearing on Wednesday’s Dynamite episode, the owner, president, CEO, GM, and head of creative for AEW announced an on-sale date of Friday, December 1 for All In 2024 tickets. The event is set for Sunday, August 25, 2024 at Wembley Stadium in London. 

An early pre-sale will be available for those who sign up at ticketmaster.co.uk/aewwembley2024.

Khan promised “an important announcement” for Dynamite, then revealed the tickets on-sale date in a segment with commentator Nigel McGuinness on the show. Khan pushed the idea of All In tickets for holiday gifts with the Christmas season approaching, and trumpeted the success of All In 2023 with its 81,000-plus tickets sold. 

A follow-up press release from AEW announced talent for the 2024 edition of All In:

All In 2023 was headlined by MJF defending the AEW World Championship against Adam Cole. The return date for next year was revealed during this year’s show. 

Our full report on this week’s AEW Dynamite episode can be found here.