AEW fans in the UK, and specifically London, it sounds like your wait to see a show in person might not be too much longer. We just don’t know exactly how long it will be just yet.
The company created a buzz by revealing its plans to hit London sometime in 2023 ahead of Full Gear. During the press conference following the show in Newark this past weekend, AEW GM, CEO and Head of Creative Tony Khan was asked when more specifics would be revealed, but he said they aren’t quite ready at the current time.
“I have not got the exact details on the date of that,” Khan said. “I think all we’ve announced is that we’re coming in 2023, and our first AEW event in the UK is going to be in London. We’re still working through some of the details.”
Khan noted that AEW just did its first international show of any kind in 2022, when the promotion visited Canada in October, calling it “pretty complicated.” But he also felt that experience would help when venturing to additional markets.
“We learned a lot by going to Canada, and I think we can parlay it into our first overseas trip,” Khan said. “And then also, I think it can be really good revenue for the company. Today was our fourth straight pay-per-view with over $1 million in live ticket sales, and it’s the fifth event this year that we did that.
“We’ve never done that before this year. It’s a new milestone, and I think that’s potentially the kind of business we can do in the UK, which is pretty exciting.”
And while the bad news is that people in the UK hoping to see AEW up close won’t be rushing online to buy tickets at the moment, the good news is that 2023 is right around the corner.
“Next year is definitely the plan, and it’s crazy because it’s already mid-to-late November here, so next year is right around the corner.”