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All Elite Wrestling, LLC (AEW) is an American Professional Wrestling promotion based out of Jacksonville, Florida.
Its early seeds were planted by Cody Rhodes, Matt & Nick Jackson as a result of their successful show ALL IN in late 2018 alongside the Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan and his son Tony Khan who would join in their journey later that year. After The Elite (Cody, Matt, Nick, and "Hangman" Adam Page) finished up their ROH/NJPW commitments (save for stablemate Marty Scurll who had several months on his ROH contract) they went on to launch the AEW venture. (Scurll eventually did not follow them to AEW, choosing to continue with ROH.)
In January 2019, the promotion announced a sequel to ALL IN dubbed Double or Nothing, which would serve as the company's inaugural event, as well as announcing the roles of Executive Vice President (initially consisting of Cody Rhodes and Matt & Nick Jackson, with Kenny Omega coming on board the following month), Chief Brand Officer (Brandi Rhodes), and the initial roster. They also announced a working relationship with Chinese professional wrestling promotion Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE) founded by Japanese wrestler CIMA. Also in February 2019, AEW announced a partnership with Mexican promotion AAA. From late 2020 to 2021, AEW also formed a partnership with Impact Wrestling.
The developments of the company can be followed in the following channels:
- The promotion's official channel.
- The Young Bucks' own YouTube series, Being the Elite.
- The "Nightmare Family" channel (property of both Cody and Brandi), which runs both the "All Us" series, documenting the ins and outs of ALL IN, and the "Road to..." series.
AEW's weekly show, AEW Dynamite, airs on TNT in the United States on Wednesdays, which premiered on October 2, 2019. The company have a secondary show exclusive to YouTube called AEW Dark airing on Tuesdays, which features dark matches not aired at the TNT live broadcast.
The promotion recognizes five championships;
- AEW World Champion: "Hangman" Adam Page since November 13, 2021
- AEW Women's World Champion: Britt Baker since May 30, 2021
- AEW World Tag Team Champions: Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix) since September 5, 2021
- AEW TNT Champion: Sammy Guevara since January 26, 2022. This is his second reign.
- FTW Heavyweight Champion: Ricky Starks since July 14, 2021