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| All Elite Wrestling | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Professional wrestling |
| Founded | January 1, 2019 |
| Founder | Tony Khan[1][2][3] |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
| Products | |
| Services | Licensing |
| Revenue |  ~$250 million (2023)[4] |
| Owners | Shahid Khan Tony Khan |
| Parent | Beatnik Investments, LLC[5] |
| Divisions | AEW Games[6] AEW Heels[7] AEW Music[8] Shop AEW[9] |
| Website | allelitewrestling |
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned by father and son duo Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as president and chief executive officer. AEW is headquartered at EverBank Stadium, which is also the headquarters of its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and the home of the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars, which is also owned by Shahid Khan.[10][11]
AEW was founded on January 1, 2019 by Tony Khan and professional wrestlers Matt and Nick Jackson, Cody Rhodes, and Kenny Omega, who all served as co-executive vice presidents.[note 1] After signing with WarnerMedia that May,[12] AEW launched its flagship weekly television series Dynamite in October 2019, which aired initially on TNT and now airs on TBS.[note 2] AEW produces one other weekly television series— Collision (launched in June 2023)[a]—as well as seasonal programs and regular television specials, such All Access, Overdrive, and Battle of the Belts. It previously produced other weekly television series Rampage until December 2024, the YouTube streaming series Dark and Dark: Elevation until April 2023,[b] and airs several YouTube-exclusive programs.
AEW holds live and taped events throughout the U.S. and internationally. Its biggest and flagship annual pay-per-view (PPV) event is All In, whose inaugural iteration led to the promotion's founding, the event itself being comparable in size and scope to WWE's WrestleMania.[13] AEW's other largest PPV shows All Out, Double or Nothing, Full Gear, and Revolution, which are produced quarterly and considered (with All In) its "Big Five" events.[14] AEW first expanded abroad in October 2022, when it held a live broadcast of Dynamite in Toronto, Canada, followed by a Rampage taping the next night at the same venue. The promotion held its first PPV outside North America in August 2023 with All In London at Wembley Stadium, which also marked AEW's debut in the United Kingdom.
In addition to sister promotion ROH, which is also owned by Tony Khan, AEW has partnerships with several independent promotions outside the U.S., particularly in Mexico and Japan. In June 2022, it held the inaugural Forbidden Door PPV event and supershow with Japan-based promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in Chicago; a second iteration was held the following year in Toronto, which marked AEW's first PPV outside the U.S. and NJPW's first traditional PPV in Canada.
AEW is considered one of the largest wrestling promotions in the world, ahead of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and second only to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) by annual revenue.[15][16] In 2024, AEW was ranked by Forbes as the third most valuable combat sports organization in the world, after Ultimate Fighting Championship and WWE, with an estimated value of $2 billion.[17]
- ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEWrestling] (May 15, 2019). "Breaking News – @AEWrestling to air on @TNTDrama" (Tweet). Retrieved May 16, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Hignet, Katherine (May 27, 2019). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Praises AEW Wrestler Cody Rhodes: This Is 'What Growth Looks Like'". Newsweek. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
- ^ Muthanna, Pradhan (March 15, 2019). "AEW To Sign Two Former WWE Stars? Swagger Admits Possibility". International Business Times. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ^ Teitelbaum, Justin. "The Most Valuable Combat Sports Promotions 2024". Forbes. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ^ Thurston, Brandon (October 8, 2024). "AEW discloses parent company as Khan-owned Beatnik Investments LLC". Wrestlenomics. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
- ^ "AEW Games". Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ "All Elite Heels". AEW Heels. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ All Elite Wrestling's channel on YouTube
- ^ "Shop AEW". Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "Tony Khan Confirmed As 'All Elite Wrestling' President; Cody Rhodes & Young Bucks' Roles Revealed". ProWrestling.com. January 2, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ Joyner, KC (January 8, 2019). "Jaguars owners backing new wrestling venture". ESPN. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ Silverstein, Adam (May 15, 2019). "AEW TV deal: Weekly show to air live on TNT with Turner also streaming pay-per-views". CBS Sports. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
- ^ "All Elite Wrestling and Double or Nothing officially announced". F4W/WON. January 1, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ^ "Tony Khan Likes AEW's 'Big Four' Pay-Per-View Schedule, Announces 'Beach Break' Special For January | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ^ Qrquiola, John (March 3, 2023). "AEW Wants Wrestlers In Mainstream Movies & TV, Says Boss Tony Khan". Screen Rant. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "【QAあり】ブシロード、2027年6月期を最終年度とする新中期計画を策定 売上高1000億円・営業利益133億円達成を目指す" (in Japanese). March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ Teitelbaum, Justin. "The Most Valuable Combat Sports Promotions 2024". Forbes. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
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