{"id":127157,"date":"2024-09-25T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=127157"},"modified":"2024-09-24T14:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:21:19","slug":"aew-five-year-anniversary-creating-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/09\/25\/aew-five-year-anniversary-creating-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Five Year Anniversary: Creating AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong> is approaching its fifth anniversary! AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/em> debuted on TNT<\/strong> on October 2, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, you could say the rest is history, or maybe I should say they have continued to make history. <\/span>AEW took the wrestling world by storm!<\/span><\/p>\n

It was one of the first promotions to compete against WWE<\/strong> in comparable ratings, creating a new atmosphere for wrestling fans.\u00a0<\/span>Tony Khan<\/strong> took a considerable risk by launching All Elite Wrestling, but ultimately, the audience gave it a chance.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t speak for Khan but I imagine this is one of his best decisions.\u00a0<\/span>Since then, All Elite Wrestling has grown exponentially and doesn\u2019t seem to be slowing down anytime soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

It has quickly become global, featuring phenomenal talent from all over the world. <\/span>Let\u2019s examine AEW’s rich history and how it rose rapidly as a company.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many components make it unique compared to other wrestling companies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Creation of AEW<\/h3>\n

It all started with Tony Khan, a man born into money because of his successful father, Shahid Khan<\/strong>. Tony used his money to invest in professional wrestling, which he grew up as a fan of.<\/span><\/p>\n

Khan took it upon himself to create All Elite Wrestling, the second-largest wrestling promotion in the world. <\/span>Rumblings of this promotion began towards the end of 2018 and into 2019. Khan became in contact with a few of the hottest indie wrestlers at the time: Cody Rhodes<\/strong>, The Young Bucks<\/strong>, and Kenny Omega<\/strong>, who all became Executive Vice Presidents of the company.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the company announced those four were EVPs, everyone knew this would be a prominent wrestling promotion. Many people debated whether they wanted to see them in WWE<\/strong> because WWE has a history of burying or changing outstanding wrestlers but it was the only prominent wrestling promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t anyone\u2019s worry anymore when they were shown to be part of AEW.<\/span><\/p>\n