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AEW reveals date for Grand Slam Mexico 2026

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW is officially heading back to Mexico City this summer for a special episode of Dynamite.

It was confirmed today that AEW Grand Slam Mexico 2026 will take place live from Arena Mexico on Wednesday, August 5. The announcement was made by Fox Sports MX, which is airing the event in Mexico. The show will be broadcast in the United States on TBS and HBO Max.

Tickets are going on sale this Saturday (June 6) at 10 a.m. Central time. AEW World Champion MJF, Andrade El Idolo, Thunder Rosa, and Bandido are featured on AEW’s advertising graphic for the show, along with dual-contracted AEW/CMLL stars Mistico and Mascara Dorada.

AEW and CMLL have become close partners, and this will be the second year Arena Mexico — CMLL’s home venue in Mexico City — has played host to AEW action. The inaugural Grand Slam Mexico was held in June 2025 and performed very well in the television ratings.

Upcoming AEW calendar —

On the AEW calendar, Grand Slam Mexico is happening not long after the company’s July 26 Redemption pay-per-view that’s being held in Montreal. AEW will then be in Detroit for Dynamite and Collision on July 29-30 before heading to Mexico the following Wednesday.

A trip to the United Kingdom is scheduled for late August with Wembley Stadium hosting All In on August 30.

Before all of this, AEW has Forbidden Door set for San Jose, California on June 28. That PPV is being presented in partnership with NJPW, CMLL, and Stardom.

Tony Khan on AEW Grand Slam Mexico return, potential dual contracts

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Tony Khan is excited for AEW to head back to Arena Mexico in 2026.

In a new interview with Q101 Radio, Khan confirmed that AEW plans to hold another Grand Slam Mexico in the coming year. The first edition of the TV special took place in June and was one of Dynamite’s best-received episodes of 2025. It also drew a strong number in the ratings.

“100 percent, I definitely want to do Grand Slam Mexico again,” Khan said. “We have amazing partners in CMLL, so I would want to work with them, and we’re going to work with them. So, Grand Slam Mexico will be back in 2026. And I’m just pleased that they’ll have us. And I can’t wait to go back.

“We had a great experience in Arena Mexico in Mexico City. There are other great cities in Mexico that we’d like to visit, and that’s something that I hope to be able to do and would do with the great pleasure of partnering with CMLL and them hosting us in their territory in their venues. It’s an honor. I love working with Salvador [Lutteroth] and everybody at CMLL. They’re having a great year, and it’s been great with AEW and CMLL working together this year.”

Hechicero is among the CMLL stars who have been featured on AEW programming. He’s under a dual contract with the promotions — and Khan confirmed that there will be more attempts to sign CMLL wrestlers to these types of deals.

“Yes, there will be more attempts to do things like that, which are very beneficial to us,” Khan said.