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00:00What a week we've had.
00:02What a week, what a night.
00:03I mean, I feel like, you know, a lot of times after pay-per-views, like, wow, that was crazy.
00:08But, like, what did it mean for you to be able to come back and to bring All-In back
00:14here to Wembley?
00:15You know, we got to be in Texas last year, but to be able to bring it back here, what
00:21was tonight like for you?
00:22It meant the world.
00:23It's always been a dream for me to have wrestling in Wembley Stadium with AEW coming here.
00:29And the first All-In was a dream come true, to come back and do it again in 2024.
00:39It was so amazing to sit up here with Brian and Birdie, and that was really, really great.
00:44And then to have so many emotional moments, and what a great group of people here.
00:48This has just been great, and to be able to come back in this media room and have the experiences
00:55that we've all just shared here.
00:57This has been a really special part of the night, honestly, just these conversations and reflecting on everything that's happened
01:04here.
01:06It was, I thought, a really, really great night for AEW.
01:09It's been a great week for AEW.
01:10You know, Wednesday Night Dynamite on TBS, it was the most viewers we've had on TBS in over two years
01:16on Wednesday.
01:17And two years ago, at that time, we had no viewers on HBO Max yet.
01:22That was before then.
01:23So really, when you add it all up, I think certainly, at least in many years, this is the best
01:29time for the AEW TV viewership.
01:31Then coming in today, we knew that this was the most pay-per-view buys we've ever had on HBO
01:35Max for an AEW show.
01:38And most importantly, all the wrestlers, the whole production team, the fans, everybody here came together to make this, in
01:46my opinion, one of the best AEW shows.
01:49And for me personally, one of the best wrestling shows I've ever seen.
01:52And for me personally, one of the most special days of my life, and so many of the best days
01:57of my life have been here in this stadium, in wrestling and in football, particularly English football, also with the
02:04NFL, with the Jaguars.
02:06But if you go on my X, that header, you see my dad and I holding each other, and that
02:12was here at Wembley Stadium.
02:15Tom Kearney scored the goal for Fulham to 1-0 in the English Football League Championship playoff eight years ago,
02:23over eight years ago, in 2018.
02:25And Tom was here today with his family, TC, and it was great to see TC here today, and so
02:32many people from Fulham that came out.
02:34I have a lot of great memories here from the Jaguars and Fulham, and these AEW All-In shows have
02:40been special.
02:40And today, with everything that came together, what an incredible, incredible night of wrestling and just an incredible night of
02:47people on a personal and professional level.
02:50I don't know if I've ever been so fulfilled in my life as I am right now.
02:54Yeah, I kind of wanted to say that to you, is to be able to sit here, I mean, kind
02:58of much like Will, to be able to sit here and be reflective of his career and what he's been
03:02able to build.
03:03But for you, to be able to sit here and look at what you've built.
03:07You've made this destination.
03:09We, we, we've built.
03:10Yes, I know, but this was your dream as well.
03:13And you've made this really great landing place for people to come and be and exist.
03:19And yeah, it's, it's really special.
03:22So I hope that you take a moment to, to feel proud of what you've been able to do for
03:25everybody.
03:26I really appreciate that.
03:27And I, I don't get to take those moments a lot because I'm always trying to focus and then spend
03:32as much time as I can in wrestling.
03:35But also it's a NFL season's coming, Premier League, we're in the transfer window.
03:40You know, I'm always looking at things and I don't always get to take the time and reflect.
03:43And this has been a really special time all around with all those things coming together.
03:47Just, it's a whirlwind, but it's hard to explain.
03:50But all those things have been working together.
03:53Fulham did not get the result that I did want today, but the team, but the team is coming together.
03:59And there's a spirit around the team and, and the supporters know what I'm talking about.
04:03Alvaro is such a breath of fresh air.
04:05It's a big transition time for Fulham after Marco left.
04:09And I think it's a very exciting time for the team and the group of players, the core that's been
04:14there for many years and the new players coming together.
04:16It is a really, really exciting time.
04:18And I have so much optimism about what's happening at Fulham while I've been here also with the Jaguars.
04:23But then to have this experience and this group of people come together today, just the people that have been
04:29up on the stage coming in here with a new world champion, Mercedes, and reflecting on everything that's happened since
04:35Mercedes was here.
04:38And Mercedes has been such a great wrestler, a great champion in AEW, but winning her first AEW world championship
04:46here.
04:47And knowing how much it meant to her and seeing how much it meant to her, that meant a lot.
04:51And then to sit up here with Swerve Strickland and the new level, somebody that I've worked with for a
04:56long time and been through a lot with, and two people that I'm just working with for the first time.
05:00That was an incredible experience.
05:01I bet I'm going to get a lot of questions about that.
05:03And then Darby Allin, to be here with Darby after everything we've been through, Darby Allin versus Kevin Knight, that
05:11was an incredible match.
05:13And then to have the Brawling Birds, Windsor and Jamie Hayter, they're both such great wrestlers, and they have absolutely
05:21delivered as a tag team together.
05:23I believed that they would be a great team, and they have exceeded all expectations.
05:27One of my favorite things in life is building combinations, putting teams together, and they're one of the best ones
05:35ever, I think, in AEW.
05:36And then, of course, to sit here with Will Ospreay and to hear that and to see how much tonight
05:42and this whole week and this whole journey is meant to Will Ospreay.
05:45And there are so many great stories and people that weren't out here, people that have been a huge part
05:50of AEW, people that have been here from day one in AEW that were here, a part of the show.
05:55People who didn't necessarily walk out with the championships, people like Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks and Hangman Page
06:03and so many others that have been a big part of AEW for many, many years.
06:07The return of Dr. Britt Baker, DMD, to have so many great wrestlers, top to bottom, participating in the show.
06:14New champions, familiar faces, coming back to AEW and to have the new level arrive here and to end on
06:22the highest of high notes with such an incredible match.
06:26It just really matches wall-to-wall.
06:28Every match I thought was fantastic tonight.
06:30I completely agree with what Ospreay said.
06:32I thought all the matches did fantastic.
06:34Every wrestler on the show, I thought, delivered.
06:36Every person on the staff delivered.
06:38And it took a big team to put the show together.
06:42And everybody just did a great job.
06:44And the fans were a huge part of that.
06:46They showed out and they made this one of the most successful events in professional wrestling history, which is a
06:52credit to this team.
06:53And it's pretty amazing that we keep having these great successes here in London, which is such a special town
07:00for sports and wrestling.
07:02That's right.
07:02All right, let's have some questions from you guys.
07:06Hey, John.
07:07Tony, it's John Pollock from Post Wrestling.
07:09I definitely want to pick your brain about the opening video packages for Kenny and Will Ospreay.
07:15There was just a ton of reaction to these videos.
07:18And I'm just curious, going back to when you locked in this main event and sort of the creative planning
07:23for that, which I think was just at such a heightened level that was very evident in the audience.
07:29And if you want to share the attendance and gate, that would be great if you have it.
07:32And I know the gate is, I'm going to say, in the vicinity, it's probably about a $6 million gate.
07:40And I don't know the exact number, but it would be close to $50,000.
07:44And I am very proud of that.
07:46It was, to us, it felt like it was very, very similar to the show two years ago, which was
07:52an incredible accomplishment and one of the most successful wrestling events ever.
07:55And then to come back and have this, we're all very proud of it.
07:58And the quality of the show was, most importantly, something that I believe people would want to come back and
08:03see AEW again.
08:04And all the fans that bought the pay-per-view, it's our biggest pay-per-view ever on HBO Max.
08:09I don't have the exact numbers yet, but I know before it even had started, they were saying, this is
08:12your best show ever.
08:14The numbers are through the roof.
08:15And the trends were through the roof.
08:18And we've been planning this way for quite a while.
08:21And it's just been such a fantastic year.
08:23We've had great viewership, as I was saying.
08:25I know you and Brandon studied the numbers very closely and spent a lot of time looking at this.
08:29And the AEW television is having a fantastic year.
08:32The viewership of AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision are both up double-digit percentages.
08:37And as I said to reiterate, this past Wednesday was the most watched episode on TBS alone in over two
08:45years.
08:46And again, that time two years ago, we didn't have our streaming audience yet.
08:50So I think we've continued to build, and right now has been such an exciting time.
08:55Because I think, in addition to the strong viewership, that goes hand-in-hand with the quality of the wrestling
09:00and the quality of the shows.
09:02And Kenny Omega has been such an important part of AEW from the very beginning.
09:06And we've had our eye quite a while on Kenny Omega versus Will Ospreay.
09:13And there were a lot of people involved to help it get there.
09:17I think, you know, first of all, the involvement of Jon Moxley in Will Ospreay's comeback.
09:23And seeing the choices Will Ospreay made to get to this position, to find himself back on top, and then
09:35seeing the choices that he didn't make.
09:37And also for Kenny Omega, to see that vicious side come out of Kenny Omega again, and to see Kenny
09:43Omega back at his very best.
09:45It's been a really exciting year, and I also have to give a lot of credit to somebody who did
09:51a great job going into Beach Break.
09:53MJF was a fantastic world champion, and Kenny Omega versus MJF was a fantastic match at Beach Break.
10:00And whoever came out of that was going to make a fantastic opponent, as it stood, going into this night.
10:07And in every way, I just thought everybody involved this year has been delivering time after time.
10:13I'm really grateful to them.
10:14It's been the plan for a long time, and I think it worked incredibly well that Omega versus Ospreay helped
10:20make this one of the most successful events in the history of pro wrestling.
10:23Thank you, Jon. I really appreciate it.
10:28Hi, Tony. First of all, congrats on the success of All In.
10:31I'm Luca from Screeza and Wrestling Time Italy.
10:33We know that AW is expanding globally.
10:36It has been announced Grand Slam in France in October.
10:38Do you think in the future we can ever see something in Italy?
10:41There's a huge fan base, huge market there.
10:43What do you think?
10:43It's a great question.
10:45I think that so much of the success here of AEW in England, of course, there are great, great wrestling
10:51fans here.
10:51But also, in the history of professional wrestling, the places that draw the best are places with great television.
10:57And we have a great TV partner here with ITV that's been supporting AEW since the very beginning, for over
11:04seven years.
11:05And ITV's been really, really loyal to us, and I'm very loyal to them and their viewership and them disseminating
11:14these shows and helping us build an audience for many years before we ever came to Wembley.
11:19That was an instrumental part of the success of all three of our Wembley Stadium shows and why All In
11:262023, 2024, and tonight, All In 2026 are three of the biggest gates and three of the most attended wrestling
11:33pay-per-views ever.
11:35And the TV's a huge part of it.
11:37That's a big formula in pro wrestling that's worked for a long time.
11:40If you can build really strong TV partnerships and get big viewership, it can help grow the attendance, grow the
11:46excitement for when you do tour in these places.
11:48So that's a great thought.
11:50We have had great TV partnerships at times in that market, and I think building up the TV there can
11:57go a long way towards that, absolutely.
11:59And now we've also brought on a lot of great in Europe streaming fans here with MyAEW.
12:06We, of course, have this awesome partnership that is the lifeblood of AEW, which is our American domestic revenue with
12:14the TV and streaming deal.
12:16So you hear a lot about HBO Max with good reason.
12:19You hear a lot about TBS and TNT with good reason.
12:22That's the revenue that really powers the company, and most of the money the company makes and most of the
12:26money that the wrestlers and staff get paid, it's through those deals.
12:30However, tonight, nights like tonight, the support from the fans, the tickets, this is so instrumental to us and our
12:39company.
12:39And being able to go to different territories, different places, and build off it is something we really want to
12:46do.
12:46But I also want to make sure that we have a best chance to succeed there.
12:51And so that is definitely a good market that we could potentially hit.
12:55And again, we have had great TV partnerships at times there, so it's something to think about.
13:00Thank you.
13:01Hi, Ali from Catch Club.
13:03So AEW just announced their first show ever in France.
13:08I wanted to know if you could tell us a little bit more about your decision process.
13:12What motivated you to come to France, and what can we expect as French fans?
13:16Could you tease us a little bit?
13:17Well, no, I'm sure I can learn a lot from you.
13:20I'm very grateful.
13:21I'm excited to come to Paris.
13:23My first time in Paris was for the Olympics, and I was there with Warner Brothers Discovery.
13:29They brought us, and I had a great time, and I've wanted to go back for a long time, and
13:34I'm really looking forward to it.
13:36It's going to be a great week in Europe for the family enterprises because also the Jaguars will be playing
13:41that weekend here in London.
13:43And I'm really looking forward to Grand Slam France.
13:48It's something that has been in the works for a long time.
13:51Of course, there are tremendous wrestling fans in France, and Paris is one of the sporting capitals of the world.
13:57It's one of the cultural capitals of the world, and I'm very much looking forward to October 6th, AEW Grand
14:05Slam France at the Adidas Arena in Paris.
14:08Yes, thank you.
14:10I'm excited for that one.
14:11Thank you.
14:14Hi, Tony.
14:16I'm Zard from the Romford Recorder.
14:18We're very happy that we've got a world champion from Havre, obviously, Will Ospreay.
14:23Now, you spoke about ITV and the great relationship you've had with the company.
14:31Now, AEW has got a British champion.
14:34How important is it to keep your relationship going now that, obviously, with ITV, they must
14:41be happy that you're showcasing a British world champion?
14:46Well, I think they're very happy with AEW.
14:47I mean, this is obviously all just happened tonight, and fans will be able to see AEW all
14:54in on ITV.
14:55ITV 4 and ITV are great destinations for AEW programming every week.
15:00And on ITV 4 in particular, AEW is consistently one of the top shows.
15:05Many times this year, AEW has been the number one show for the day on ITV 4, so we've been
15:10one of their top shows for years.
15:12And now to be able to build the company and have young wrestlers and stars that, in this
15:19case, hail from England and now have new champions crowned tonight, new Women's World Tag Team
15:25champions, both from England, and to have a new world champion from England, it's a big
15:30deal.
15:30And absolutely, it's something that our TV partners are very excited about.
15:34And there are some really big wrestling fans at ITV.
15:37John Williams, one of the biggest wrestling fans in the world.
15:40And despite being a Swansea supporter, he's a very nice guy.
15:45And I really like John a lot.
15:47And he's always been a great friend of ITV.
15:50Niall Sloan, the head of sport, Tom Graham.
15:52There's great people at ITV that have supported this from the very beginning when AEW was just
15:56an idea.
15:57A lot of people don't know.
15:59ITV is the original AEW TV partner.
16:01I had an ITV deal before I had any other TV deals.
16:04That was the first place that said they would take AEW, because I always believed if we
16:09built a relationship with ITV, which has such a tremendous history in professional wrestling
16:14with the world of sport and the great tradition of British wrestling associated with ITV, just
16:19like in America, I always wanted to be on TBS and TNT.
16:23There's such a rich history of professional wrestling associated with TBS and TNT.
16:27So many great promotions have been associated with those channels in America.
16:31and I think a lot of the fans around the world know that.
16:34And there's a rich legacy of professional wrestling that is very closely associated with ITV.
16:39So that was part of my original business plan.
16:42And that was the first time I met Will Ospreay.
16:44I went to Rev Pro and he was wrestling Pac, who was coming to AEW.
16:49And a lot of people who are in AEW now were at that Rev Pro show, like Kyle Fletcher and
16:55Mark Davis and so many others.
16:57MJF was there, actually.
16:59And many others.
17:00But it's tremendous working with ITV.
17:05They're a great partner and it really symbolizes what was always a mission of the company was
17:09to build really strong viewership here and then come to Wembley Stadium.
17:13And it was a dream to come to Wembley Stadium.
17:15I never imagined that we'd be doing it for the third time, let alone that they would be
17:19three of the most successful events in wrestling.
17:21And I think tonight may have been, and just in my opinion, the best show AEW's ever done,
17:25which is really saying something because weren't we all saying that at Double or Nothing?
17:29Wouldn't we all just sit up here at Double or Nothing and feel like we had done the best
17:32thing we've ever done?
17:33And then to come back up here again and really feel the same way and not have it in any
17:38way
17:38diminish Double or Nothing at all.
17:40And have it just be able to say, like, Double or Nothing, the very first AEW event, that's
17:43one of the best shows we've ever done.
17:45All in to be back at Wembley, that's one of the best things we've ever done.
17:48Last year was a huge year for AEW.
17:52And I think 2025, last year, represents a big momentum turnaround.
17:56Last year in 2025, Sports Illustrated voted AEW the promotion of the year.
18:03We won the award for best wrestling event of the year from numerous publications, including
18:08Sports Illustrated, ESPN, New York Post, Yahoo, and so many other great wrestling publications.
18:15And there were all these awards that we did not win in 2024 that we won in 2025.
18:20So I felt like I really know we all worked really hard in 2024 and did a lot of great
18:24things.
18:25But it felt like in 2025, we must have done a better job because our ratings and our viewership
18:30and everything, the business and the awards started rolling in.
18:36So it felt like 2025, we were really doing some special things.
18:39And in 2026, I think it's all been better.
18:41The viewership is way up.
18:42Our pay-per-views are way up.
18:44The top four HBO Max pay-per-views by far have all been the ones we've done this year,
18:49even though we did start doing them last year.
18:51The viewership has continued to go up and up.
18:53And it's a really great time for us to be doing things like this.
18:58Anybody that follows Warner Brothers news knows that it's a pivotal time for Warner Brothers.
19:04It's an exciting time.
19:06And I am really proud that AEW has been a partner and been shows on TBS and TNT now for
19:17seven years.
19:19And now going into what I think is the most exciting time for Warner Brothers and a chance
19:25for Warner Brothers and Paramount to come together and scale and a chance for us all to work for
19:31somebody that I really want to go work for, somebody that I've known for a long time through the NFL
19:36and somebody who is a wrestling fan and who I really believe will support these things,
19:41even though he can't come in and talk about AEW on TBS and TNT and these things until the merger
19:48eventually does, as I believe it will go through.
19:52I have to say that he's always been very supportive of me.
19:56He's always been a great friend to me.
19:57And also, Paramount and Warner Brothers together, I think it makes great sense.
20:03And it presents possibly new opportunities if and when all these things close, as I hope
20:09that they do.
20:10I believe it will mean more opportunities for AEW and our wrestlers and the wrestling fans
20:15in the new company.
20:16And that's really exciting.
20:18When Warner Brothers merged with Discovery, that was great for us.
20:21That's how we ended up with Collision, which is such a huge part of AEW.
20:25I think some of the best AEW TV shows this year have been Collision episodes.
20:28And the viewership of Collision is way up this year because the shows on Saturday consistently
20:33are really strong and they're only going to get better.
20:36We just brought in guys like New Level, something that got me really excited about New Level.
20:41These guys are not afraid to work very hard.
20:44New Level told me, hey, we see Jon Moxley at AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision basically every
20:51week.
20:51We want to be at AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision basically every week.
20:55We want to work really hard for the company.
20:57We're going to be there practically every week.
21:00And that's really exciting to have people coming in like that.
21:04That's only going to bring more fans and more attention.
21:07And there were so many wrestlers that delivered in a major way tonight.
21:13And ITV was instrumental.
21:15ITV was instrumental in the success of this evening.
21:18So I'm very grateful to them.
21:19Thank you.
21:21Hi, Tony.
21:22Mark O'Brien from Bodyslamp.net.
21:23Huge congratulations on a third event here at Wembley Stadium.
21:26This evening you announced Dynasty emanating from Liverpool this coming February as well
21:31as returning to the O2 Arena in February as well.
21:34Can fans assume that Wembley Stadium might not be on the cars next summer for All In?
21:39Or if so, will it be pivoting somewhere else?
21:43It's a long way.
21:44It's a year away.
21:46But we've had great success here over the bank holiday weekends.
21:50These are the three biggest events in the history of AEW by far.
21:54All in London.
21:55All here in Wembley Stadium.
21:58And I can't say exactly when.
22:02I don't know the exact date yet.
22:04I haven't decided the time and place.
22:06Well, I haven't decided the time.
22:08But I have decided we will definitely bring AEW back to Wembley Stadium if they'll have us again.
22:13I know this has been the best experience I've ever had in wrestling or in life today.
22:19And I'm very, very grateful to them.
22:21We've had so many great times here and I can't wait to bring AEW back here again.
22:27This was what a success.
22:29When you have your three greatest shows in terms of revenue and then tonight, maybe the best wrestling show you've
22:37ever put on in a place like this, you have to come back.
22:41Thank you.
22:45Thank you.
22:45Hi, Mr. Khan.
22:46SoCal Val with Wrestling News Co.
22:48You mentioned.
22:49SoCal Val.
22:49Hi.
22:50Hey, girl.
22:50Thank you for having me.
22:51Hey, girl.
22:52Hey.
22:53Just a question.
22:54You mentioned my AEW.
22:55It's a great time to be an AEW fan.
22:57We've seen it grow and evolve.
22:59But how important is it to you that my AEW continues to feature and support independent wrestling?
23:05It's fantastic.
23:06It's a great opportunity that has been presented to us to work with a lot of these promotions.
23:10There's been major transitions in the wrestling streaming world, and we have a great opportunity right now with my AEW
23:17to bring in fans to watch the AEW events internationally, but also worldwide, giving fans access to a lot of
23:24these tremendous independent promotions.
23:26And not only independent promotions, but also some of the top international promotions, promotions that are the domestic leader in
23:34their respective countries.
23:36And it's tremendous.
23:38We've been able to step in and take advantage, I think, in a very positive way and, I think, give
23:47opportunities to a lot of these wrestling companies.
23:49And it seems like it's a win-win for the fans and us and these companies.
23:53So I'm excited about it.
23:54Thank you, SoCal Val.
23:55Nice to see you here.
23:59Hi, Tony.
24:00Morgan Richards from Satman Podcast.
24:02You've talked quite a lot just how busy days like these can be for you.
24:06It seems like you need to be a million places at once.
24:08But can you just show a bit of an insight?
24:10Is there moments where you can actually just, like, step away for a brief second and be a fan?
24:15Or is it just constantly needing to deal with all the business and then think of that afterwards?
24:20You can never truly detach from the production of the show and all the things that go into it.
24:26When I go home, I can detach to some extent and watch the show back.
24:31And, of course, I have to reflect on what to do on the next shows and shows in the future
24:36and learn from the show.
24:38But not exactly.
24:40I don't know if you ever really switch off on a day like today, especially on a match day.
24:45So I was paying attention to many different things today but very, very focused on this event.
24:54And at the same time, you know, this week has been a lot of other things happening in sports
25:00and a lot of things happening in wrestling, not just in the ring.
25:05So it's been a very, very busy week, to say the least.
25:08And I love it.
25:11It's been a great week in so many ways.
25:14And for AEW, it feels like maybe the best week I can remember.
25:19Certainly when you can say in this present-day 2026 cable environment,
25:26when you can say that you're doing your biggest viewership in over two years on TBS
25:30and we've got a great partnership for streaming
25:33and we've just done our biggest pay-per-view streaming numbers yet for our HBO Max partnership,
25:39there are so many exciting things.
25:41And then you've got to deliver.
25:44The show's got to be very good or great.
25:46And in this case, I think it was a great show to me personally.
25:49And all the reception and feedback has been so positive.
25:53The only thing I can really remember was Double or Nothing.
25:56And then when you can say you have two shows like that in the same year
25:59where people say that this is the best one you've ever done,
26:01that's pretty incredible.
26:03And especially to be able to do it here in Wembley Stadium in London means the most.
26:07So thank you.
26:10Hi, Tony.
26:11Davey Portman from Poison Rana.
26:13Thank you for an incredible show today.
26:16You're obviously very happy with the ITV deal.
26:19You've mentioned it a lot.
26:20Were there any frustrations this week from the Good Morning Britain interview
26:24where there was pretty much no mention on actually how to watch AEW all in
26:29and they shifted focus to The Rock?
26:32Like, are there efforts to keep the attention on AEW in similar situations moving forward?
26:38I was so grateful to ITV for giving us the opportunity to have Will Ospreay on Good Morning Britain.
26:44And I think something that made it so instrumental
26:48and he's been here since the very first AEW show
26:51and he just does it as a friend.
26:53He gets nothing out of it.
26:54Is Jack Whitehall being there?
26:55And I thought Jack did a fantastic job with the interview
26:58and trying to keep things focused.
27:00And Jack being there with Will was how we got that interview.
27:05And Jack is, I believe, the number one touring stand-up comedian in Europe,
27:12certainly the number one touring stand-up in the UK.
27:15He's the top awards presenter, the host of The Brits.
27:18And he's also just a great person.
27:20I've been to three weddings this summer and I'm very close with all three people.
27:24They were all fantastic weddings.
27:26Two from people that I sat up here with.
27:30Three, actually, because two of them got married to each other.
27:32So, Will Ospreay and Alex Windsor.
27:39I was thinking of, of course, three of my buddies.
27:41But, of course, Will Ospreay and Alex Windsor, Darby Allen, and my best friend, Jack Whitehall.
27:47And I was able to go to Will and Al's wedding, to Darby's wedding, and Jack's wedding.
27:53And Will and Darby and Jack are really three of my very, very good friends.
27:58And Jack's my very best friend.
27:59And to be able to have those three weddings and in three beautiful places, two of them here in England,
28:06one around Seattle.
28:09And it's just been a really remarkable summer.
28:12And to have Jack and Will up there together was really cool.
28:17And it was just awesome Jack did that.
28:20I was really grateful ITV gave us the opportunity.
28:23And anytime they'll give us a chance to be on Good Morning Britain, we're really, really grateful for it.
28:28And Will did so much this week from the media, working outside the ring.
28:35And, of course, most importantly for us in AEW, the work Will did in the ring to have one of
28:40the greatest matches I've ever seen.
28:42And to have this incredible main event night, such an emotional event, Will did so many things.
28:49And I was really grateful to him for all the great work he did with the media.
28:54That was a big opportunity for Will and for AEW.
28:57And I'm really grateful to Jack Whitehall for being such a great friend and doing that.
29:01That was really cool.
29:02Did Jack Whitehall have thumbtacks at his wedding?
29:04No, Darby did.
29:07Jack Whitehall's wedding was shot for British Vogue.
29:10And we weren't allowed.
29:13They were all very different from each other.
29:15They were all great.
29:16And they were all so great.
29:17I had the best time at all three.
29:19They were all completely different weddings on the spectrum.
29:22Different people at the different weddings.
29:24And Jack Whitehall's wedding was the most white-collar, black-tie wedding I've been to.
29:29And it was a lovely affair.
29:32Osprey's was so fun.
29:33Darby's was so fun.
29:34They were all great.
29:36But yeah, it was really cool.
29:37Jack did that with Will.
29:39Thank you.
29:42Marcus Kronerman from the Wrestling Observer.
29:44Another question about my AEW and the partnerships you mentioned with local promotions in Europe.
29:51And I think Yves and RevPro felt very integrated with AEW this weekend.
29:59It almost felt a little bit like a multiverse of shows with different characters from AEW making appearances and having
30:08real storylines.
30:10And also implications for All In, like with the Will Osprey interview.
30:16So part of my question is how involved are you with how AEW talent is used at those shows?
30:23And also we've seen on WXW added to my AEW and we saw some AEW talent appear there.
30:34So can we expect further collaboration with WXW in the future?
30:39Well, WXW is a great group.
30:40There are a number of great promotions partnering with my AEW.
30:43So I approve those appearances.
30:45And then the promoters have some latitude within what we discussed for the appearances.
30:51But we allow most of the wrestlers in AEW, basically anybody within reason, to go out and make outside appearances
30:58as long as it's not at the same time they'd be on dynamite or collision.
31:02If people want to go out on a Friday night or a Sunday when there's no pay-per-view like
31:06today, I think that's tremendous.
31:08And a lot of AEW wrestlers you see take advantage of that to maximize their reps, to get more ring
31:16time and more matches under their belt.
31:18And my AEW is a great place to do that.
31:21We have a lot of great partnerships and promotions we work with there.
31:24And so I approve with our office the appearances outside of AEW.
31:29And thankfully a lot of those great promotions have shows on my AEW.
31:34Thank you.
31:36Hi, Tony.
31:37Hello.
31:40Hey, it's Jay from OSW.
31:42Listen, I've never said this before, but the Motor City Machine Guns are my favorite tag team.
31:47Dude, can you talk about bringing them in?
31:50Oh, yeah, absolutely.
31:51They're tremendous.
31:52Ray of sunshine.
31:53Oh, I really like the Motor City Machine Guns.
31:55I had met them years ago.
31:58And when Kenny was traveling as the AEW world champion, and I traveled with him.
32:05And that's when I first met them.
32:07And they're both great wrestlers.
32:08I've been a fan of both of them for many years.
32:10And when they were both free agents, I thought that was a great opportunity.
32:13And we had a show in Detroit.
32:15I thought it would be great for them to come in.
32:18And even though they really wanted to be here and come out and be a part of AEW All-In
32:23London,
32:24they couldn't resist and I couldn't resist the opportunity for them to say hello and make the announcement for their
32:30hometown fans in Detroit.
32:32And then to come back and reappear at AEW All-In in London at Wembley Stadium and not only appear,
32:41but to be out there with some of the great tag teams, arguably of all time.
32:46With the Young Bucks, the World Tag Team Champions, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage.
32:52The former champions, FTR.
32:55And now the two-thirds of the World Trios champions, New Level, and of course the Motor City Machine Guns.
33:02That's five incredible teams.
33:04And who would have ever thought it would be possible to see these five teams all in the ring at
33:08the same time, let alone at Wembley Stadium on pay-per-view, sharing the ring.
33:13Really exciting stuff.
33:15And after a tremendous match, I thought that Copeland and Christian versus the Young Bucks was an awesome match.
33:20And then to have all those teams out there confronting each other in the ring and setting the stage for
33:25the future.
33:26And so many potentially exciting matchups in AEW when it comes to the tag teams.
33:32It just speaks that AEW is where the best wrestle.
33:37And whether it's tag teams, singles, trios, men's wrestling, women's wrestling, we have the best wrestlers in the world in
33:44AEW.
33:45And I think they delivered tonight on AEW All In in a major way.
33:49Oh, slouch them on.
33:49A winner is you.
33:52We'll take just a few more questions for Tony.
33:54And by the way, if anybody, I appreciate, because I think there's some people that haven't asked anything yet.
33:58So I do want to make sure they get to ask if anybody, I always, you know, as you know,
34:01Renee, I'm the ultimate man of my word.
34:03That's right.
34:03You know, and it's not just in wrestling.
34:05I was the most honest man in football as well.
34:09So Mitrovic gave me that name and it stuck.
34:11I like it.
34:12I see a Mitrovic pop.
34:13That's what I love.
34:15Hey, Tony.
34:16How you doing?
34:17Sid from the takedown on Sports Illustrated and True Hill Heat.
34:22Congratulations on the great show for tonight.
34:24You did say earlier that you expected someone to ask.
34:28So I will ask.
34:29When did you start speaking with the new level and making sure this happened on this night at all?
34:35I was very careful.
34:37And, of course, when I saw that the new level were going to be, it was big wrestling news that
34:43they were going to be potential free agents.
34:45First of all, I wanted to play it safe.
34:49And for the sake of all three of us, for me and them and the company, do things the right
34:53way.
34:54And after their 90 days were up, and only after the 90 days had expired, and I gave it an
34:59extra day or two just to be safe, and I engaged with their representatives.
35:07And it was clear there's interest, but it's also a very interesting situation for a number of reasons.
35:14AEW really, I believe, as I've said, is where the best wrestle, and these are two great wrestlers that fit
35:20what we do perfectly.
35:21So it's a great opportunity, but it wasn't something I had planned or budgeted for.
35:26And it's not the kind of thing that you can negotiate in five seconds.
35:31It takes some time.
35:32So it wasn't like it was all, you know, a done deal the very first second that they had gotten
35:40released or were able to go out and look elsewhere.
35:43The whole situation was a big surprise to me, and then knowing that, I tried to create an environment with
35:51tag teams and trios where there would be an exciting opportunity.
35:56And knowing that we had this huge pay-per-view event, I tried to build up the tag team and
36:03the trio scenes to where there would be a great opportunity if such a deal were to be made where
36:10we could do something really special.
36:16And it was a great audible.
36:18As we said, I love to go up to the line of scrimmage and look around and see what's there.
36:24And you can go up there with an idea, but then you see what's up there, and then you move
36:27people to here, and you move somebody over there, and you change something.
36:31And this was a great, great call.
36:34There's no way I could have planned for it because never in a million years at the start of this
36:39year or even a few months ago would I have ever seen.
36:41I never thought that Austin and Kofi would be free agents this whole time.
36:45We've been doing this seven years.
36:47It's unthinkable that Austin and Kofi would be free agents to me.
36:51And when they were, I had to go in with obviously an open mind, but also we're all in business,
36:57and we had to figure it out and find something that worked for everyone.
37:00I couldn't just assume that it was going to get done.
37:02And I was very, very pleased while I'd been over here in the U.K. that we were able to
37:09figure it all out and make it happen.
37:11And the trios roulette royale was so much fun.
37:16Everybody involved did so great.
37:18As I said, you know, I've watched Kofi as a fan for many years, and I've always seen he was
37:24something of an escape artist.
37:25So I thought it would be tremendous to see something like that tonight.
37:32And I also thought that to see new level teaming with somebody that is so associated with AEW,
37:41to see new level arrive in AEW with somebody who was in the main event the last time we were
37:47here,
37:47somebody who had held the world championship, the world tag team championship,
37:51and now the world trios championship, and that they could all make history together in Wembley Stadium.
37:57That was too good to pass up.
37:59And I have to give credit to all seven of the trios in that match.
38:03We have new world trios champions.
38:05There were 18 other men in the match, six trios.
38:08All of them have been the world trios champions, and they all did a fantastic job in the match and
38:14to get us to this point.
38:15Now there's so much excitement around the trios championships.
38:17And then on the buy-in earlier, we saw the Rascals pick up another win.
38:22The Rascals keep winning matches.
38:24They're doing a fantastic job in AEW.
38:26And now to have Swerve Strickland and the new level as the AEW world trios champions,
38:32that's going to be a very exciting fight this Wednesday on Wednesday Night Dynamite
38:36to see Swerve Strickland and the new level versus the Rascals.
38:40And just weeks ago, something like that would be unthinkable.
38:43So it's pretty exciting and awesome, and a lot of credit to Swerve and the new level
38:49and all the great trios that made that possible.
38:51Thank you.
38:52Is there anyone that didn't ask a question yet tonight?
38:55Yep.
38:57Hi, Tony.
38:57Chris Hunter, BBT Radio.
38:59Hey, Chris, we're back together.
39:00Lovely to see you again.
39:01It's good to see you in London.
39:02We had such a nice time in California at the World Cup together.
39:05I thought you should come and play on my side.
39:07That's great.
39:08Right.
39:08Lovely to see you.
39:09Well, I liked having you in Los Angeles too, Chris.
39:11And by the way, thank you very much.
39:14You know, Chris works for the BBC, and Chris is a big wrestling fan,
39:18but we intersected in the world of football on the BBC Global Football Daily Podcast,
39:23and I really appreciated that you guys had me on during the World Cup on the show,
39:27and I really, really enjoyed.
39:29Lloyd and Rick were great on the show, and you're a great producer.
39:32Thank you, Chris.
39:33Right.
39:33I'm done.
39:34Thank you.
39:38Well, thank you, and you're quite good at putting on wrestling shows,
39:41it would appear, on the strength of this evening.
39:44This is a lengthy and convoluted question.
39:46Do bear with me.
39:49AW is obviously having a fantastic period at the moment.
39:52You've talked about the numbers in linear television, streaming, pay-per-views,
39:57the quality of the matches, the reception that matches are getting.
40:01And you obviously know your wrestling history really, really well.
40:06So many companies have been hot.
40:09Some have stayed hot for a long time.
40:10Some haven't stayed hot for very long.
40:14Have you identified what stops the company being hot,
40:17and what steps can you take to avoid that yourself
40:20at such a good moment for the company?
40:22Is this?
40:23That's a great question.
40:24I think about it all the time,
40:25and there are a lot of things in wrestling that are out of your control,
40:30but what's in our control is to work very hard to try to put on shows
40:33we believe the fans would like.
40:36A lot of these things are subjective,
40:37but because we're all wrestling fans,
40:39and because so many of these people love AEW,
40:42I think I've come to understand to some extent
40:45what a lot of the fans might enjoy seeing in a wrestling show.
40:49I also think that there's a lot of different shows.
40:5352 weeks a year, you can do different things
40:55across different weeks in wrestling shows.
40:57Not every show needs to be the same.
40:58It's a journey, and that we've gotten to this point,
41:01it's very, very exciting, and it's amazing
41:03how many great TV shows and pay-per-views we've had in one year.
41:07It feels like so many weeks are very exciting,
41:10and some of the big TV shows have even had that big pay-per-view feel,
41:14like Grand Slam Mexico, Grand Slam Australia,
41:17some great events we've had this year, in my opinion,
41:19and Beach Break is another event that certainly would fit that description.
41:27I think that it's really helpful for me to study wrestling history
41:31and to look at the things that have caused the rises, the declines,
41:37and all the deltas in professional wrestling business trends.
41:42We have the Wrestling Observer here.
41:44There's a great issue from 2001.
41:46I think it's June 25, 2001, that looks at different periods in wrestling,
41:52and it was also looking at the present day
41:54and what was happening in June of 2001 in professional wrestling,
41:56but it's a very interesting look at the wrestling business,
41:59and it looks at some of those periods that you're talking about,
42:03and for anybody that wants to read up on that,
42:07they do a great job on that one.
42:08I thought that's a very good recap of the wrestling business at that point,
42:11of what was happening then,
42:13but also historic things that had happened in years like 1987, 1992, and 1999.
42:19Thanks for asking, Chris.
42:22Anyone else that didn't ask one?
42:25Yeah.
42:27Hi, Tony.
42:28Nico from Ministry of Wrestling and Extreme Channel.
42:31Just before my question,
42:32I wanted to start off with a little preamble of gratitude.
42:35I grew up watching WCW, fell out of love with wrestling in the mid-naughties.
42:40Because of you and because of your company,
42:44I'm completely back into wrestling for the last seven years.
42:47I'd also like to say you've got my four-year-old daughter curious in wrestling,
42:51which is allowing us to bond,
42:52so I'd like to piggyback off of what Renee said to you at the beginning.
42:55I know how busy, I mean, I don't know.
42:57I can imagine how busy you are, maybe.
43:00Please just take a moment to realize you have done so much for us fans,
43:04and especially for us British wrestling fans,
43:06so I'm really grateful to you for that, so thank you.
43:08I really appreciate that.
43:09The question is, I mean, you've had so many highs in AEW.
43:14You've got, I mean, I think, what was it, Swerve said earlier,
43:17you've got arguably the best tag team division ever assembled.
43:21You've got the best, maybe, roster ever assembled.
43:24What's your next mountain?
43:26Like, how can you keep increasing your shows?
43:28Because it seems you've got no ceiling, but what's your next mountain?
43:31I really would like to keep AEW just putting on great shows,
43:36and that's what's amazing about wrestling.
43:37It's the only sport that goes 52 weeks a year with no offseason.
43:42And it's remarkable when you think about it,
43:45but knowing some of the top athletes in the world in sport here in the Premier League
43:50and also in the NFL, they're amazed by it.
43:52They're amazed by what the wrestlers and the people in wrestling go through,
43:55that there's no weeks off, that you do this every year for 52 weeks,
44:00year-round every year, would never take a break.
44:03Football people are astounded by it,
44:06and that's pretty amazing to me because the football players are such astounding
44:09and incredible athletes, and they put themselves through so much,
44:13and they are arguably the greatest athletes or amongst the greatest athletes,
44:18and that you're able to impress these people who are very, very hard to impress
44:24with people who work so hard as footballers and people who work in football,
44:30and that they're amazed by the work ethic and the schedule that wrestlers maintain.
44:34I think that's really, really cool.
44:36And that also means a lot what you said.
44:38I'm really very just proud to hear that, and any time I can hear that, thank you.
44:44It means a lot to hear somebody say that AEW helped bring them back to wrestling,
44:48and now that you're bonding with your daughter as a wrestling fan
44:52and hopefully making a new wrestling fan, a young wrestling fan in that young demographic.
44:57That's very good. Thank you.
44:59She refused to go to Steve and say,
45:01Daddy Dale's going to win.
45:02Oh, that's great.
45:05That's awesome.
45:06That's really cool.
45:08Thank you.
45:09We'll take one more question from somebody who hasn't had a question yet.
45:11Are there two people that haven't asked questions, Renee?
45:14Oh, I don't know.
45:14There's at least one.
45:15There's WAC.
45:15There's WAC up here.
45:16Let's go.
45:17Let's get it from WAC.
45:18The WAC pack.
45:19Twitter handle getting referenced.
45:22Kevin McElveny, PWI.
45:24So, I think one of the strengths that you have as a boss is, you know, allowing people to go
45:33out and pursue these passion projects in and outside of wrestling,
45:36but also, you know, go and work these different places.
45:40Was a part of you when Will Ospreay told you, I'm going to go and work this tag match at
45:46RevPro the night before the main event at Wembley?
45:49Is part of you worried, like, a lot can happen.
45:51People can do really routine stuff.
45:53They can get injured.
45:54Your main event could have been jeopardized.
45:56So, like, when you hear this, like, what is your, is there part of you that's like, uh-huh, all
46:00right, go, or do you just, that's a risk you take?
46:06That's a good question, and in this case, no one Will Ospreay, I think he knows all the risks associated
46:11with pro wrestling.
46:12He knew the stakes of tonight, and it was a risk he was willing to take, and he's got a
46:18great mind for wrestling, and in this case, I trusted Will Ospreay,
46:21and I knew he was going to give his very best at AEW All-In, and he absolutely gave his
46:25very best at AEW All-In.
46:27Like you said, it's pro wrestling.
46:28Injuries can happen anytime in the wrestling ring, and that's a risk Will Ospreay was willing to take
46:34because he wanted to be out there with the British wrestling fans and soak in this entire weekend,
46:40and yeah, he might have played with fire, but he didn't get burnt.
46:43He's the world champion, and it's been a great weekend for Will Ospreay and AEW
46:48after that amazing AEW All-In show culminating in the main event, Will Ospreay versus Kenny Omega,
46:54and yes, Will Ospreay was all over the British wrestling scene, all over TV, media,
47:02independent wrestling shows in England, and then the main event at Wembley Stadium
47:05winning the world championship, and I think it's been a great week for Will Ospreay and his family,
47:10including one half of the world tag team champions, Alex Windsor,
47:14so they're a great family of champions now, and I'm very happy for both of them,
47:21and in Will Ospreay's case, he's somebody who I thought I could trust to know the risks associated
47:28with that match and the importance of AEW All-In at Wembley Stadium here tonight.
47:34Thank you, Kev.
47:37Okay, last one right here.
47:39Hey, buddy.
47:42Hello, Tony. Thank you for the time.
47:43Jorge Cervera with Fox Sports Mexico.
47:46I want to talk just a little bit about Lucha Libre.
47:48We got Bandido, Commander, Mystico, and then Persephone getting the TBS championship,
47:53and Andrade the gauntlet match.
47:55What are your thoughts and your opinion about the luchators that we have tonight
47:59at Wembley Stadium making their debut, all of them?
48:02That's a great group of wrestlers.
48:04Those are some of my very favorite wrestlers, and yes, they are great luchadors.
48:08They're great AEW stars.
48:09You're talking the new TBS champion, the face of TBS, Persephone.
48:15Of course, the national champion and the winner of the casino gauntlet match,
48:20Andrade Alidolo.
48:21So great to have Andrade Alidolo back in AEW and as the national champion,
48:25and now guaranteed a shot at the AEW World Championship and the winner of a great casino gauntlet match.
48:33Commander, Mystico, of course, Bandido has been involved in so many great matches in AEW this year
48:38and in Ring of Honor.
48:39I haven't brought it up yet.
48:41I would say, just personally, I thought that Ring of Honor, Death Before Dishonor
48:45was the best Ring of Honor show in many years, in several years.
48:49I've been involved in Ring of Honor now for over four years, and it's just my personal opinion.
48:55I thought the Death Before Dishonor show last week was the best Ring of Honor show since 2022,
49:02and for me, it's my favorite Ring of Honor pay-per-view that did not involve an FTR versus Briscoe's
49:07match.
49:08And God bless Jay.
49:10God rest your soul, Jamin.
49:12And Briscoe's versus FTR, those are probably my favorite ROH matches ever,
49:16and those were all in 2022.
49:19So since then, I thought this was ROH's best pay-per-view,
49:22and what a great champion Bandido is.
49:25What a great main event.
49:26Bandido and Nick Wayne both were a big part of the show tonight.
49:29They've both been champions in AEW, and then in Ring of Honor,
49:33they had that world championship match.
49:35They tore the house down, and you asked me about the great luchadors.
49:39I thought all of them did fantastic,
49:41but also great to have representation from CMLL's office here today.
49:46It was great to see Miguel, and fantastic from all of those people.
49:51And I think AEW and CMLL are both having incredible years.
49:55Business is really strong for both promotions,
49:57and the partnership and the friendship is the strongest that it's ever been.
50:01I'm very loyal to Salvador and CMLL,
50:04and I'm very grateful to Salvador and CMLL for the partnership,
50:07and I'm really proud of those great wrestlers, a lot of great luchadors,
50:11and some great champions in ROH and now in AEW,
50:15including Andrade Alidolo and Persephone tonight.
50:18Thank you for asking.
50:20This has been a fantastic night for me.
50:24Did you not get to ask a question yet?
50:26I want to ask one more.
50:28One? You seem like you were about to.
50:29What do you got? What do you got?
50:30I'll take one more.
50:32I really appreciate it.
50:32Thanks, Jorge.
50:34Thank you.
50:35Thank you.
50:37Yassin from The Zone here.
50:39Coming from Norway, first off,
50:40great with Sander Baddiel, Scott Bob representing Fulham at their level, right?
50:44Yeah.
50:45No, both of them.
50:45Both of them did fantastic.
50:47Sander and Oskar did a great job, both of them.
50:49I was really, I think, everybody at Fulham was really proud
50:51of what both of them did for Norway and what they do for Fulham.
50:54Yeah, and these days there are so much talk about transfer news in football,
50:58but in a wrestling sense.
51:00Are there maybe some transfers you might look into in the upcoming weeks?
51:06Well, we've seen some great new arrivals in AEW just in recent weeks and months,
51:12and absolutely, I think we're always out there looking because AEWs wear the best wrestle.
51:17Right now, the people in AEW, I think this is the best group of wrestlers in the world,
51:22and we're always looking to make it competitive, to expand the field and bring in top wrestlers.
51:27I do think there are people that would fit that bill, and after one of my personal favorite shows,
51:35after one of the most successful AEW events in every way, one of the most attended events,
51:40one of the biggest gates ever, one of our biggest pay-per-views, and I think one of our best
51:44shows,
51:44what's amazing is I think we can keep working and do new things, bring more people to AEW,
51:51and keep making this wear the best wrestle in the most competitive field of professional wrestlers on the planet.
51:58And that's only possible because we've got the greatest fans, and I'm really grateful to all the AEW fans.
52:04I'm also really grateful to all of you.
52:06There are a lot of you who've been covering AEW for many years.
52:10I recognize a lot of you from on the road, coming to the pay-per-views when I come to
52:15your towns
52:15and see you here in England, people that have traveled a long way from America, from Mexico to be here.
52:22I'm really grateful to all of you because without people covering pro wrestling
52:26and giving us these opportunities and promoting the events and covering all of it,
52:31and I understand it's news and you've got to treat it impartially.
52:37I appreciate that.
52:38I hope that, just like some of you said, you hope that I can enjoy it as a fan and
52:44step back.
52:44I hope that you were able to enjoy it as much as you could,
52:47and I hope that professionally, I hope you got everything you needed.
52:50I hope you were all fulfilled and got everything you needed to get out of this trip.
52:54Anybody watching at home, I hope you really enjoyed the show.
52:57I know I did, and I'm very thankful to the whole staff, of course, all the wrestlers
53:03and all the people that worked on the show, in the truck, in the back, this great media team,
53:08and you, Renee, on both sides of the ball, backstage, here, and on the show.
53:13You were just fantastic, so thank you.
53:15Thanks, Renee.
53:16We did it again.
53:16Thank you.
53:17We did it again.
53:18Thank you, guys.
53:21Thank you.
53:32Thank you.