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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.

AEW Dynamite gets big ratings increase for Grand Slam Mexico

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s special Grand Slam Mexico episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 736,000 viewers on TBS, up 23.3 percent from last week. This is the best audience total for the show since July 24 of last year.

Dynamite drew a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 23.5 percent from last week and is the highest rating the show has done in that category since November 13, 2024.

There was no major sports competition on the night with the Stanley Cup final having concluded and the NBA Finals not having a Wednesday game.

As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was up 46.6 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 31.3 percent. Last year’s show fell on the Juneteenth holiday and was a record low for Dynamite that still stands. This year’s numbers do not include Max viewership, so the year-over-year increases are even higher than they appear.

This was AEW’s Mexico debut with Dynamite being held at the historic Arena Mexico.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 18.6 percent in overall viewers and 31.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WOL: HOOK interview, plus Grand Slam Mexico and more!

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez is back with tons to talk about including a bunch of injury updates, Goldberg talks his upcoming match with Gunther, AEW Grand Slam Mexico, and then, in the final segment, we are joined by HOOK to talk wrestling and his new film. Yes, he talks! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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