All Elite Wrestling

"AEW" redirects here. For other uses, see AEW (disambiguation).

All Elite Wrestling, LLC
All Elite Wrestling
Company typePrivate
IndustryProfessional wrestling
FoundedJanuary 1, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-01)
FounderTony Khan[1][2][3]
Headquarters
1 EverBank Stadium Drive
Jacksonville, Florida
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jeff Jarrett
(Director of Business Development)
Products
ServicesLicensing
RevenueIncrease ~$250 million (2023)[4]
OwnersShahid Khan
Tony Khan
ParentBeatnik Investments, LLC[5]
DivisionsAEW Games[6]
AEW Heels[7]
AEW Music[8]
Shop AEW[9]
Websiteallelitewrestling.com

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, the home of the National Football League's Jacksonville Jaguars, which is also owned by Shahid Khan.[10][11] Its flagship annual pay-per-view (PPV) event is All In.

AEW was founded on January 1, 2019 by Tony Khan with the help of 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 on October 2, 2019, which aired on TNT until December 29, 2021 and now airs on TBS since January 5, 2022. AEW produces two other weekly television programs, Rampage (which premiered in August 2021)[a] and Collision (launched in June 2023),[b] as well as regular television specials, including Battle of the Belts and Grand Slam. It previously produced the streaming series Dark and Dark: Elevation, which aired on YouTube until April 2023.[c] In addition to All In, AEW's largest PPV shows are All Out, Double or Nothing, Full Gear, and Revolution, which are produced quarterly.

Considered one of the largest wrestling promotions in the world, ahead of TNA and second only to WWE in terms of annual revenue,[13][14] AEW was ranked by Forbes as the third most valuable combat sports promotion in the world, with an estimated value of $2 billion, behind UFC and WWE.[15]

  1. ^ All Elite Wrestling [@AEWrestling] (May 15, 2019). "Breaking News – @AEWrestling to air on @TNTDrama" (Tweet). Retrieved May 16, 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Hignet, Katherine (May 27, 2019). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Praises AEW Wrestler Cody Rhodes: This Is 'What Growth Looks Like'". Newsweek. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Muthanna, Pradhan (March 15, 2019). "AEW To Sign Two Former WWE Stars? Swagger Admits Possibility". International Business Times. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Teitelbaum, Justin. "The Most Valuable Combat Sports Promotions 2024". Forbes. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  5. ^ Thurston, Brandon (October 8, 2024). "AEW discloses parent company as Khan-owned Beatnik Investments LLC". Wrestlenomics. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "AEW Games". Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "All Elite Heels". AEW Heels. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  8. ^ All Elite Wrestling's channel on YouTube
  9. ^ "Shop AEW". Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  10. ^ "Tony Khan Confirmed As 'All Elite Wrestling' President; Cody Rhodes & Young Bucks' Roles Revealed". ProWrestling.com. January 2, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  11. ^ Joyner, KC (January 8, 2019). "Jaguars owners backing new wrestling venture". ESPN. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Qrquiola, John (March 3, 2023). "AEW Wants Wrestlers In Mainstream Movies & TV, Says Boss Tony Khan". Screen Rant. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  14. ^ "【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.
  15. ^ Teitelbaum, Justin. "The Most Valuable Combat Sports Promotions 2024". Forbes. Retrieved April 18, 2024.


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