Jericho, Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega were the biggest names when the company debuted. They did a couple live shows in Salt Lake City and Denver in early 2020 before the pandemic took everyone off the road from March 2020 through June 2021. I think now that we’re here, we’re just scratching the surface of how far we’re gonna go.”įans have gravitated to AEW because of its emphasis on wrestling without a lot of backstage drama or storylines.ĪEW’s growth has happened despite not being on the road for 15 months due to the Coronavirus pandemic. I think it’s gone even further than I expected. And it was like taking a little bit of a chance. And it’s a safe place for people to come now,” he said, “When we first started it was a little bit of the wild, wild West, no one knew what to expect. The two-hour program on TBS has drawn over 900,000 nine of the last 11 weeks.Ĭhris Jericho, who has been with the company since the beginning and was AEW’s first champion, said the trip to Vegas was a good time to assess how much they have grown. Last week’s episode of “Dynamite” was the second-highest rated program on cable television with a 0.4 rating and average audience of 969,000. It is normally taped on the same night as “Dynamite”. It is one of the few times since “Rampage” debuted last August that it has aired live. There’s so much more to come.”ĪEW remained in Southern California a couple more days and had their Friday “Rampage” card from Ontario. We have a great group of wrestlers that have had so many amazing matches. “Every event has had year-over-year growth. Three years later we came back and we have kept growing our audience,” Khan said. “It was great to go back to the city where it all began for us.
That was followed by an appearance in Los Angeles for the first time as its Wednesday “Dynamite” show on June 1 attracted a sellout crowd to The Forum.ĪEW CEO Tony Khan said the May 29 Las Vegas show at T-Mobile Arena had $1.1 million in ticket sales, the biggest gate revenue they have generated, as well as an estimated 155,000 buys on pay-per-view.
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The upstart professional wrestling circuit kicked off a busy summer schedule by returning to Las Vegas for its “Double or Nothing” pay-per-view for the first time since its opening card in 2019. LOS ANGELES (AP) - All Elite Wrestling continues to thrive with compelling matches while attracting new fans three years after making its debut.
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