In person, WrestleDream all about Dragon’s last dance
TACOMA, Wash. -- The Tacoma Dome captured another chapter of notorious wrestling history at AEW’s second annual WrestleDream event on Saturday, October 11th. Remembered forever as the final resting place of WCW Monday Nitro (which aired during an episode of Monday...
AEW Collision returns to Toledo (photos by Brad McFarlin)
Contains spoilers for AEW Collision in Toledo, Ohio, taped on October 3, 2024. Since their inception in 2019, AEW has only visited Detroit, Michigan twice, the first time in June 2022, followed up by May 2023, nearly one and a half years ago. I don’t know why this...
AEW Collision spoilers from Toledo
AEW Collision invaded the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, and we have all the details and spoilers for you below. The show is taped to air on Saturday night. Nigel McGuiness and Tony Schiavone are on commentary. Darby Allin versus Johnny TV Darby pins Johnny after...
AEW Calgary Collision all filler, no killer
CALGARY – Traditionally wrestling cards build up, with a big match at the start and a build up of matches to the main event. Whether a house show, a stadium event, a indy show, or a TV taping. After an excellent Dynamite taping in Calgary on Wednesday, July 10, AEW...
Second Dynamite in Calgary sees a drop in attendance, not action
CALGARY – With over 100,000 people on the grounds for the world famous Calgary Stampede, it’s a sad sign that the July 10th AEW Dynamite and Collision taping drew approximately 5,000 people to the Scotiabank Saddledome, a significant drop from the company’s debut last...
To Chicago faithful, Ospreay rules, MJF has ‘nuclear heat’
CHICAGO – As AEW made its way back to its second home of Chicago, fresh off the heels of Forbidden Door, GM and CEO Tony Khan built up anticipation in media interviews and social media in the days leading up promising a big card. The show would be revealed as the...
Everett crowd hot for Dynamite
EVERETT, Wash. -- The puzzle pieces for Double or Nothing were course corrected and seemed to fit more logically after a newsworthy edition of All Elite Wrestling Dynamite in Everett, Wash. on May 15. After a murky few weeks following Dynasty, it felt like AEW shifted...
AEW Collision & Rampage report: Big names, solid action highlight AEW’s Vancouver debut
The wrestling-starved market of Vancouver finally received its first-ever visit from All Elite Wrestling with a Collision and Rampage combo broadcast at Rogers Arena on Saturday (May 11) and it seems likely that a non-WWE attendance record was established for British...
WrestleDream shined spotlight on Pacific Northwest
SEATTLE - The first-ever AEW WrestleDream event on Sunday, October 1st, was billed as a tribute show to Japanese wrestling legend Antonio Inoki, and while it did commemorate his legacy, it may ultimately be remembered as the day the Pacific Northwest finally got some...
Danielson hometown hero at Collision in Seattle
SEATTLE -- Bryan Danielson and Zack Sabre Jr. finally went face-to-face and that encounter was the closing image on Saturday’s AEW Collision – the final stop before WrestleDream on Sunday. Sabre Jr. joined the commentary team for Saturday’s main event, which featured...
Collison & Battle of the Belts Stampede into Calgary history
CALGARY - More incredible moments were added to the long history of professional wrestling in Calgary as AEW made its debut July 15th to a rambunctious crowd. Whether it was the instant classic 58-minute battle between FTR and Bullet Club Gold or celebrating the Owen...
AEW’s Edmonton debut a memorable night
EDMONTON – It was clear before the first bell that fans at Edmonton’s Rogers Place were ready to be entertained and have fun at AEW Dynamite. When a disclaimer was aired over the in-house sound system advising that those on the floor were at risk of being in the path...
Musings from a first-time AEW attendee (includes Rampage spoilers)
HAMILTON, ON -- For a variety of circumstances, I had never been able to attend an AEW show in person until Wednesday night, when I went to the live Dynamite event in Hamilton, Ontario. Even though I've been watching AEW since the company started, I wouldn't say I'm a...
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door: Toronto crowd steals the show
TORONTO -- As someone who has been watching AEW since the beginning and a big fan of NJPW for about four years now, Forbidden Door was the show to be at. With Scotiabank Arena being the host to the second AEW x NJPW show ever, you know I made sure to be there. Toronto...
AEW returns to Detroit with high expectations
DETROIT - A commonly shared mindset of optimism suggests that All Elite Wrestling’s sole competition is the promotion in itself, and AEW encountered a challenge in returning to Detroit, Michigan on May 11; after a massively successful debut at Little Caesars Arena...
Baker rocked, jagoff Jericho and long lines mark AEW’s Pittsburgh return
PITTSBURGH – On Wednesday night at AEW Dynamite, construction around the 12,508-seat Petersen Event Center forced each and every patron to enter through two doors on the concourse area. Half of the line consisted on young men in black t-shirts. A yellow-shirted...
Winnipeg AEW show indeed Dynamite for those in attendance
If you've watched All Elite Wrestling over the last couple weeks, you heard "Winnipeg" come up several times during broadcasts, and with good cause. Wednesday's airing of Dynamite, along with tapings for Friday's episode of Rampage, emanated from the Canada Life...
AEW announces house shows starting in March
AEW fans will get the chance to see their favourite stars on the road starting in March, as the company announced the launch of non-televised live events called “AEW House Rules.” A press release sent out on Wednesday noted that the shows will be “taking place on...
AEW’s Kentucky debut brought tears and joy
LEXINGTON, KY – Show of hands: who would believe me if I told you AEW would deliver one of the most emotional, memorable shows in its brief history with no Bucks, no Moxley, and no Kenny Omega? Hands down, Cult of Cornette fans, I see you. I’m talking to the die...
Rampage: An emotional homecoming for Spears and lots (and lots) of wrestling
A lively crowd, many still buzzing from last night's Dynamite, showed up for the taping of Rampage and many, many Dark matches. From the listed showtime of 7:00 until just minutes before 9:00, it was all Dark matches -- but nobody seemed to care. Even when QT Marshall...
AEW Rampage Spoilers from Toronto
Here are your spoilers for this week's Rampage broadcast filmed on Thursday night but airing Friday night. Tony Khan greeted the crowd and thanked them for supporting AEW in Canada. Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley defeated The Butcher & The Blade The hometown...
AEW’s Dynamite debut in the north: A night of scissoring, patriotism, and overall good fun
TORONTO — Since its debut in 2019, All Elite Wrestling has only run live events across the United States. However, earlier this summer, AEW announced its first wave of international events as Dynamite and Rampage shows became set for October at the Coca-Cola Coliseum...
AEW Rampage Spoilers
Here are your spoilers for this week's Rampage broadcast. The Butcher and Blade vs. Private Party vs. The Acclaimed w/Billy Gunn - AEW World Tag Team Title Match Anthony Bowens pins the Butcher to retain the AEW tag team titles. Feugo del Sol vs. Lee Moriarty w/ W...
Buffalo crowd experiences the fall out from All Out
BUFFALO -- The "Dynamite after All Out" might have gone in any number of directions. With the in-ring events of the 2022 edition of AEW's spectacle being shoved aside in the news cycle to make room for coverage of new champion CM Punk using his post-event media scrum...
Rampage Taping Spoilers
Here are your spoilers for this Friday's edition of Rampage, taped on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the Key Bank Center in Buffalo: In a qualification match for the AEW World Championship tournament, Sammy Guevara beat Darby Allin with a GTH and with a little help...
Mat Matters: Blood and Guts becomes a family affair
The first time I took my son, Jack, to watch professional wrestling was on December 15, 2014, for Monday Night Raw at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. He was ten years old, the perfect age for the spectacle of a live professional wrestling event. It was a...
Blood and Guts violence appreciated at AEW in Detroit
DETROIT - The Midwest has habitually harbored All Elite Wrestling (AEW) shows throughout the promotion’s young three-year tenure - particularly Chicago at an almost upsetting frequency. But following yet another Chicago date, ironically, AEW at last came to Detroit,...
George Tahinos’ AEW Forbidden Door photo gallery
SlamWrestling.net's George Tahinos was at the Allstate Arena, in Chicago, Sunday, June 26 2022, as AEW presented the Forbidden Door pay-per-view with stars from New Japan Pro Wrestling. Here's his photo gallery from the event. For more of George's photos, visit his...
Rampage fans were pulling for Statlander, not Soho
LAS VEGAS - The final of the Owen Hart Foundation women’s tournament is now set for Sunday’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view show, but for many fans in attendance at Friday’s Rampage show the wrong person will be taking on Britt Baker. All Elite Wrestling took over the...
Crowd in Vegas red-hot for Wardlow-MJF
LAS VEGAS - On a night when All Elite Wrestling celebrated its third anniversary, the biggest news coming out of Wednesday’s Dynamite show was the promotion’s future plans for Double or Nothing and the west coast. AEW president and CEO Tony Khan spoke to fans in...
Pittsburgh crowd turns on Guevara & Conti, Britt Baker is Teflon
PITTSBURGH - Before Wednesday night's Rampage from the Peterson Event Center in Pittsburgh Wednesday night, Virgil walked amongst the crowd. He was spotted near the line in which Sammy Guevara and real-life gal pal Tay Conti were happily taking pictures with fans who...
A wrestling veteran hits first AEW show
RALEIGH, NC -- I attended my first live wrestling show in February 1970 at the War Memorial Arena in Johnstown, PA. This was the old Pittsburgh territory and featured a main event of Bruno Sammartino and The Battman versus Ivan Koloff and Professor Toru Tanaka. There...
Live Full Gear had an ‘electric atmosphere’
MINNEAPOLIS - There’s no debating All Elite Wrestling has set a high bar with its pay-per-view events. Each one seems to have just the right mix of matches, which almost are, at worst, good, and at best, all-time classics. Saturday’s Full Gear certainly fit right in....
All Out live was a major grand slam
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — The forbidden door has firmly been kicked open. If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: All Elite Wrestling has the professional wrestling world feeling some type of way. All Out on Sunday saw the roof blow off the building with the promotional...
Live Punk’s return a ‘special moment in time’
CHICAGO — In our sport, there are moments that transcend time. Friday at the United Center was one of those moments as the worst-kept secret in professional wrestling was revealed. CM Punk made his long-awaited return to the sport after a seven-plus year absence in...
Live, Pittsburgh Rampage show just flies by
EDITOR'S NOTE: This report may contain spoilers for upcoming AEW shows. PITTSBURGH -- AEW Ring Announcer Dasha Gonzalez introduced promotion owner Tony Khan as “The Man Who Saved Wrestling” prior to the launch of “Rampage” Friday Night at the Peterson...
Full Gear in person: Great action, too many COVID concerns
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nobody said putting on live wrestling shows in the middle of a global pandemic was going to be easy. All told, All Elite Wrestling has handled things very well. No COVID-19 outbreaks among its roster, producing a compelling television show most...
Baker brings Brittsburgh to AEW, Jericho, Cody and Dustin Rhodes highlight Steel City debut
PITTSBURGH - All Elite Wrestling Dynamite made a historic showing at Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The AEW show (the fourth since its TNT debut) was the first professional wrestling event in the venue's 17-year history and...
Thoughts from the crowd at All Out
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - As I sat in the stands during All Elite Wrestling's sophomore pay-per-view effort, All Out, on Saturday night at Sears Centre Arena, I couldn't help but be almost stunned. North American wrestling is fun again. This isn't an indictment against...
All In will be long remembered
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. - A dream became reality Saturday night. A year ago, All In was a pipe dream. But the brain child of Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks blew past expectations in front of one of the most raucous crowds in recent memory. The 10,000-plus fans at Sears...
