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AEW Grand Slam 2024 update

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A Ticketmaster listing may have revealed the date for AEW Grand Slam 2024.

The listing, which has since been taken down, stated that AEW is scheduled to make its return to Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City on Wednesday, September 25. The show would include a live Dynamite episode as well as a taping for that week’s Collision. The listing did not provide a date for when tickets would be going on sale.

Grand Slam has been an annual September tradition for AEW since 2021. If the listing proves to be correct, this will be the first time Collision has been part of Grand Slam. Rampage was taped in conjunction with Dynamite at Arthur Ashe Stadium each of the past three years.

Arthur Ashe Stadium is located in Queens and hosts the US Open tennis tournament every year.

Originally, AEW was planning to hold Forbidden Door at Arthur Ashe Stadium this year, but that didn’t end up coming to fruition. The Forbidden Door pay-per-view is instead taking place at UBS Arena in Long Island this Sunday (June 30).

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door no longer being planned for Arthur Ashe Stadium

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Forbidden Door won’t be held in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Andrew Zarian reported on his Beyond the Bell podcast that AEW’s annual Forbidden Door event with NJPW won’t be held in the New York City stadium this June. Fightful further reported that this was due to NJPW not wanting to split the costs with AEW when it comes to running the venue. However, Rocky Romero on X denied Fightful’s claim.

Zarian had reported back in February that AEW and NJPW were looking at holding their show at the stadium, which AEW has booked before for their Grand Slam events in the fall. Forbidden Door has previously been held in Chicago and Toronto.

Last month, Tony Khan announced that this year’s Forbidden Door would also feature talent from CMLL and Stardom, as AEW has strengthened ties with both promotions over the last several months. Last year’s show in Toronto was headlined by Bryan Danielson defeating Kazuchika Okada and Sting, Darby Allin, and Tetsuya Naito teaming together to defeat Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Minoru Suzuki.

AEW to bring Forbidden Door to NYC’s Arthur Ashe Stadium

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW will be returning to Queens, New York, this year, but not for their traditional Grand Slam event. 

Instead, the company will bring their third-ever Forbidden Door pay-per-view to Arthur Ashe Stadium in June according to Andrew Zarian.

Earlier in the day, PWInsider reported that AEW would return to the famed tennis venue but not necessarily for their September Grand Slam editions of Dynamite and Rampage and that a PPV was being considered instead.

AEW has yet to confirm the news, but could do so next week during media interviews for next Sunday’s Revolution PPV or at the PPV itself.

If confirmed, it will be the third different city to host the annual show, following Chicago and Toronto, Canada. The event has featured AEW vs. NJPW action but could include CMLL wrestlers as well as has been reported.

In terms of the future for the Grand Slam event, Zarian said that it will happen but a venue and date has yet to be confirmed.

AEW first ran the stadium in September 2021, drawing over 20,000 fans for a live Dynamite that featured a 30-minute draw between Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson and a taped Rampage with CM Punk vs. Powerhouse Hobbs in Punk’s first non-PPV AEW match.

They returned in September 2022 for a Dynamite with Danielson vs. Jon Moxley for the then-vacant AEW World title and a taped Rampage featuring the in-ring debut of rapper Action Bronson in front of nearly 14,000 fans.

Finally, they ran the venue in September 2023 in front of 11,000 fans for a Dynamite headlined by then-AEW World Champion MJF defeating Samoa Joe and a taped Rampage with The Young Bucks & Hangman Page winning the ROH Six-Man titles.

AEW Grand Slam returning this September

Posted on by Josh Nason

AEW will bring their now-annual Grand Slam event back to Queens, New York, this September, according to Andrew Zarian.

Zarian tweeted Wednesday that Wednesday, September 20th is the date both the live Dynamite and taped Rampage will emanate from Arthur Ashe Stadium — home of the U.S. Open for tennis.

It will be the third-such edition of Grand Slam — the first pro wrestling event to take place in the historic venue. The first one marked AEW’s first-ever stadium show when it debuted in 2021.

It has yet to be officially announced by the company, but it was one year ago today they confirmed the date and announced the on-sale for the second Grand Slam.

The first edition drew over 20,000 fans with the gate falling just short of $1 million ($960,000) while last year’s event surpassed the $1 million gate number with considerably less fans (13,800 fans, 12,600 of them paid).

The event will be the third in a busy four-week stretch for AEW as they head to London’s Wembley Stadium for All In on August 27th followed by All Out the next week in Chicago during Labor Day weekend followed by Grand Slam.

Tony Khan expects AEW to run Arthur Ashe Stadium again in 2022

Posted on by Ian Carey

Tony Khan says he expects to run AEW Grand Slam Dynamite & Rampage from Arthur Ashe Stadium again in 2022. 

While speaking with News 12, the AEW president touted the success of the first Grand Slam event in 2021 and his belief that a second show there will take place later this year. 

“I expect we’ll be back to have AEW Grand Slam Dynamite and Rampage back in Queen’s at Arthur Ashe Stadium again. It was a huge success for everyone involved and it’s all thanks to this great partnership with the USTA. They were so kind and I think it resulted in a big partnership.”

The first AEW Grand Slam event took place on September 22, 2021. Over 20,000 fans were in attendance for the show. 

“It was almost the first million dollar gate in AEW history, just came shy of that but it was real close.”

“We will be back and it will be another hopefully huge success going back to Queen’s for AEW Grand Slam Dynamite and Rampage later this year in 2022 again.”