AEW
Sports abbreviation · Sports League and Organization
| Stands for | All Elite Wrestling |
|---|---|
| Categories | Sports |
AEW stands for All Elite Wrestling, a sports league and organization abbreviation.
Professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida, launched in 2019 as the first well-funded US rival to WWE in nearly two decades. Its flagship weekly show is AEW Dynamite, and its biggest events include All In and Double or Nothing.
Example: AEW drew more than 80,000 fans to Wembley Stadium for All In in August 2023.
Usage notes
Founded on January 1, 2019, by Tony Khan with financial backing from his father, Shahid Khan, owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham. Cody Rhodes, the Young Bucks and Kenny Omega were among its first executive vice presidents. The company grew out of All In, an independent show those wrestlers staged in 2018. Dynamite premiered on TNT in October 2019.
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