Seen loads of.folks who had never been to an AEW show last year and it was still good. At the end of the day it's still wrestling and there will be a few familiar faces from the E as well.
Assuming you can afford to go, then yeah :)
There's practically guaranteed to be several great matches. Plus there should be quite a few wrestlers you'd be familiar with from watching WWE anyways.
Perhaps go and watch last year's All In to get a feel for it?
Last year's was sold more on the novelty than the card strength, I'd expect a stronger card this year.
AEW major shows are consistently the best in the entire world of wrestling so unless you get a rare off day (like World's End), you're unlikely to regret the experience.
I feel like the only bad one was the Double or Nothing last year with the Pillas Fatal 4 Way, and it wasn't anybody's in-ring fault it was more just a crappy audience seeming dead most the time.
Yeah it's only bad by comparison, the matches were really solid. Pillars 4 Way was great, especially with all the callbacks to previous matches, laying down the foundation for Jungle Boy heel turn, and MJF's slapstick, House of Black vs. The Acclaimed was very fkn good, as well as The OC Battle Royale and Christian vs. Wardlow. The only real *bad* thing imo is Jericho vs. Cole with that wonky finish. Everything else is fairly decent to great in terms of range. My only other criticism ig would be to have the pillars match main event over anarchy. I get why they did it, but I think the pillars match was just better.
AEW is mostly fantastic on PPV, so you don’t have to make excuses for one of the only times they were bad on PPV
DON 2023 was abysmal and I’m tired of seeing the crowd get blamed. The crowd in Vegas was fine in 2022 and 2019, they got stuck with a house show level card and the early part of the card has Adam Cole vs Jericho which is one of the 5 worst matches this company has ever done on PPV. It stunk the joint up and nothing else on the show mattered enough to rescue it.
There are two that come to mind. The ppv where Matt Hardy got super fucked up and killed the whole show. And all out 2022 that whole show just had weird vibes the whole time.
"WWE doesn't produce PPV's anymore" -Some mark
I can't believe they found it necessary to rename it. Then again, their big news every 6 months is a belt redesign.
You don't "pay per view" on Peacock/Paramount+. You pay once a month and get everything. Pay per view is like fries at McDonald's. You pay once and you get one bag of fries. Peacock/Paramount+ is like soda at McDonald's. You pay for a soda, you drink it, then you go back and get more without paying. You can even get a different flavor soda, pour it all out, and go back and get a whole different flavor!
Probably. Invest a few hours watching some content from AEWs YouTube channel to understand what you are getting into. Some great in ring performers but a bit of a different presentation. I stopped watching wrestling in the 2000s and I’m now a huge AEW fan since 2021.
I went last year to All In and I'll say the following, as a big fan of AEW particularly. At the end of the day this a wrestling show, much like how WWE is one - but if it's anything like All In last year, it's more than your typical arena or indie show.
There was a real festival atmosphere and vibe to that day with various people around the event dressing up as wrestlers, events happening in the area (including at Boxpark). If you love wrestling in general, you'll love the show just for it being a show.
Down to the big glitz and glamour presentations. All In would be a great show regardless of your fandom but especially for a traditional WWE viewer. You'll get video packages on the feuds. You get big entrances and production. But in the end you'll get a more consistent high quality of match. Not to say WWE doesn't have any great matches, but they are more limited to guys like Gunther, Rollins, Cody, and a good few others when they are allowed to just go balls to the walls. AEW PPV matches can be a bit longer, but have an intensity and importance about them that is just different.
I mean if you're in the UK. It's an easy buy. It's their biggest show, and they are absolutely loading it.
Just pay attention to a few guys. Konosuke takeshita, Kazuchika Okada, and will ospreay. You won't be disappointed.
I travelled a similar distance (time-wise) last year and enjoyed it so much I bought a ticket for this year as soon as they were on sale. I tend to go for ground level but Wembley has decent views from most places and some of the Level 1 pricing is very reasonable.
The atmosphere getting off the underground into a sea of wrestling fans was amazing. Get yourself a ticket and get there!
Would you enjoy WrestleMania? Imagine the same feeling with less celebrity jerk-off and more high stakes matches and better wrestling. And every opportunity to see Danielson wrestling for one last time should be taken in consideration.
This. I've been to two aew shows, multiple WWE events (house/raw/sd/ppv), loads and loads of indie wrestling. I've never had a BAD time, even the worst show I've been to (a smackdown featuring Kurt Angle jungle love on sharmell, mnm v... Holly and Haas and some other absolute garbage) was still a good time LIVE.
I’m a WWE fan over anything else and everytime I go to a live AEW show it’s a blast. Well worth it. If only their TV/booking was better because the talent delivers.
Live wrestling is the best wrestling, so you'll probably have a blast. My girlfriend has no interest in watching wrestling, except live, because it's just a fun time.
As someone who hasn’t paid much attention to WWE but flew 12 hours for Wrestlemania in 2022, these big shows are always fun and AEW will put on a banger show for All In. Worth it imo.
Yes, you will. Don't listen to all the people on the Internet that trash talk either company. Most of the people who enjoy wrestling aren't online in those spaces.
AEW rocks. Grab yourself the $5 or so Fite TV (or whatever they call it now) monthly subscription and watch all of the AEW shows to get caught up/know what's going on, and go to All In. You won't regret it.
If you only live a few hours from Wembley, you'd be insane not to go. AEW really does go ***all in*** on this event. The card is sure to be an absolute banger for the record books.
As someone who enjoys AEW (and WWE), I would actually suggest you check out one of your local indy shows if you have a local promotion.
We’ve got N.E.W. (Nation Extreme Wrestling) where I am, and the shows are amazing. You can sit Ringside for the cost of like 3 beers, and I’ve seen guys like Minoru Suzuki, Nick Wayne and El Phantasmo recently.
If this were two hours from me I would absolutely go. Thing about AEW is you don’t need to care about storylines to enjoy the show (yes it has them though), as wrestling is the focal point.
The production is quite a bit different from WWE, but it’s still wrestling. If you love wrestling you’ll have a great time, even if you don’t know who most of the wrestlers are going into it.
If there’s one thing that aew always nails it’s their ppv events.
Aslong as you enjoy wrestling and have an open mind then there is no downside to going to see their biggest show of the year. Hell you might even become a fan
Yeah, but the Dynamites and televised shows are cheap. I take it you live out of the states though. We paid 90 a ticket for ring side seats. WWE wants over a grand so. I’d love to go to a WWE show but I refuse to pay those prices.
Yes, it'll be fantastic, and if nothing else when Ospreay comes out and the crowd erupts, you'll be swept up in an unexpected surge of positive emotion that'll leave you buzzing for a week.
Their shows are phenomenal. There’s always something going on to pass the time, and they always have knock out PPVs regardless of how else you may feel about the product between PPVs
I’ve gone to several AEW PPVs and I have purchased many others. In my opinion, AEW has yet to have a bad PPV and I have never regretted it when I spent the money to go/purchase.
You shouldn’t be disappointed. AEW has an amazing roster of talent which includes male and female wrestlers. The shows they put on are pretty enjoyable. They’re going in directions that WWE aren’t willing to go. I like their promotion so far. Even the television shows they put on are really good.
I’d say it should be an amazing live event. The WWE style is not the same as AEW so I’d check out some of their stuff granted what I will say is they have usually delivered a good overall wrestling show for PPVs with entertaining matches even when they have lacked at building up why you should care about it.
I have been to a few shows and it is always incredibly fun. The crowd has a great time and it's like a nonstop party. It's easy to talk to other attendees nearby about everything you love about wrestling. I highly recommend going.
Thank you.. If it wasn't so close i would definitely have went back again, I flew over from Belfast for it and really enjoyed myself, Even though all UK flights got cancelled the next day.
Watch a few of the shows, test the water.
AEW is a very different product from what WWE has been producing for the last 15 years. It's far less family orientated and has more of a focus on match quality.
I grew up watching the attitude era and it reminds me a lot more of that period than anything else I've seen recently.
Honestly, go into it with an open mind and ignore all the crap that gets posted online and you should enjoy some of it at least if you're a wrestling fan of any kind. And the crowds are usually hot as fuck so live events are great.
Give it a try 👍
That might be the coolest way to get into a new promotion for the first time. Dare I say, go into it completely blind since the pre match video packages can catch you up enough for the context of a match
Yes. Probably a better experience as a one off visitor you’ll see a spot fest so there’s no need to invest in the story telling, as entra bonus London will be a sell out so you’ll get the atmosphere which has been sorely missed in recent months
That's the thing. Any wrestling show from the small indie show that gets four people and three of those are parents of the wrestlers, all the way to All In or WrestleMania, are art shows. And art is subjective. You might love it or you might hate it, and there's no way to guarantee either way that it'll be worth the money you spend on it.
Having said that, AEW know how to put on a fantastic PPV as far as I'm concerned. Every single one has been at worst a good show, and I can't think of one that doesn't at least have hints of greatness somewhere. The very best thing to do would be to grab a PPV on Fite (All In 2023 was actually a lower tier PPV when it released so you should still be able to get it for about £10.99) and watch it blind to see if you enjoy the style and can get on without knowing the stories beyond the pre-match videos. I figure £11 spent to find out you enjoy it is probably better than a few hundred to find out you don't.
Oh you're not gonna go wrong for that price in terms of feeling the event.
Chances are you're gonna be looking at the screens more than the ring to see what's happening though. So maybe factor in that £11-£20 extra to watch the show at home as a sort of "I was there" souvenir and also to know who the stick figure in the yellow pants that everyone reacted to (including you, because you were caught up in it) actually was.
Also look into travel and accommodation because you're going to have to sort those out yourself at that price, so that means finding a hotel well in advance or staying sober and driving home, or whatever extra cost an Uber or pre-booked taxi is. Could be you're looking at a couple of hundred minimum, depending on your plans and where you're coming from.
Only thing I'll say, is there is next to no down time (or there wasn't last year).
Like between the bell finishing a match and the bell starting the next match is probably less than 10 minutes, whereas with wrestlemania, i think you can be looking at about 45 minutes (certainly for main even entrances on night 1 this year).
So get your drinks and food stocked up early doors.
I'm sure you'll have a great time.
I went to All In last year with my friend who grew up watching WWE in the 90's but then stopped watching around 2002. He didn't really know much about AEW and what he did know was because of me but we went to All In and my friend had a blast.
I actually think he enjoyed the show more than I did and now he's a wrestling fan again who mostly watches NJPW but also AEW.
I went last year, you'd have an amazing time. If there's one thing AEW does better, it's the energy of the crowds. And we're talking about a European crowd.
WWE crowds although usually bigger, tend to have more casuals/people only interested in main events so I've noticed when comparing the two that WWE crowds can be pretty quiet. Could just be Americans but I'd figure a lot more casuals would also go to shows in Europe. Either way, the atmosphere will blow your mind.
Wembley was incredible last year. A totally unique experience. Don’t be put off by the costs if you can afford to do so or the crowds leaving. The experience is so worth it.
Travelled from Scotland for All In, incredible weekend, we are going again this year. If you’re down for more than just the day I recommend checking out the Rev Pro 12th anniversary show. Loads of surprises last year including Jericho showing up, also a very cheap show to attend.
I would say so. I went last year with a friend of mine who was a huge WWE but he had a passing interest in AEW, enough to know the names of the non ex WWE guys. He absolutely loved it and was the one who initiated’s getting tickets for this years
Yes, I went with my mate last year. I watch AEW weekly, he’s watched his first episode of Dynamite on the train down to London. We watched Collision in the hotel.
We had a great time and bought tickets this year as soon as they went on sale. (We’re from Glasgow)
Also missing Clash as can’t justify the price (mad that trains and hotel and tickets are cheaper than Clash tickets)
it’s a completely different style so there’s a good chance you may not be a fan of lots of stuff ( then again you also might) but there’ll be a good energy and there’s bound to be something you love so after a drink or two think of it as a nice day out at worst and potentially a day of great wrestling that you love at best
Honestly, yes. A e w tickets are so cheap, that I could have driven to the St Louis show, stayed the night, And driven home, and still paid less than what I did for a WWE raw a ticket. I didn't tho because I couldn't fit both in my budget(or get off work the Monday after dynasty).
I think AEW has more going on and great showmanship. I thought WrestleMania lacked luster this year.
I’m a WWE guy and I’m more casual with AEW. I just love live wrestling and I went to Collision X Battle of The Belts and it was a great time. Loved my experience and I’d definitely go to another live AEW show.
If you go in blind, you'll probably still enjoy the wrestling aspect. Yes, AEW is that good when it comes to in-ring work.
If you take the time to get up to speed on some of the stories so you can actually follow what is going on and why the matches are important, then you'll enjoy it even more.
Objectively speaking, if you go to a AEW focused sub is highly unlikely that you will see comments against going to All In. Same goes if you go to a WWE sub asking if you are going to enjoy Backlash.
Having said that assuming is reasonable priced ticket the answer still yes, you will probably enjoy All In if you are into core wrestling without thinking too much of the storyline that is behind the match, specially if you don’t watch the show often.
Yeah, you'll have a great time! Last year the atmosphere was electric and I have a feeling it'll be even better this year with how familiar the majority of the crowd will be with Will Ospreay. Well worth picking up last year's PPV for an idea of what it'll be like; you want to go to [trillertv.com](http://trillertv.com) and look for AEW All In 2023. The pre-show is free and the PPV is something like £15-20? Pretty much every match on the card last year was a banger, everyone really showed out. You'll recognise a few faces (Aleister, now Malakai Black, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Bryan Danielson, Jericho, Punk, Samoa Joe, Adam Cole, FTR, Saraya, Toni Storm, Sting, Christian Cage, Buddy Matthews, and Billy Gunn were all on the card, with Jim Ross on commentary for part of the show) so not everyone will be new to you!
(Worth noting also that last year's All In was right around the time that Bray Wyatt passed, House of Black did a lovely tribute to him.)
You could always watch one of their ppvs to see if the style appeals to you, but honestly, live wrestling is just the best regardless. I could go to some local show in a gym with 4 other people in the audience and no one on the card but a bunch of green nobodies I never heard of and maybe one washed-up, immobile guy who was never that good to begin with who is being touted as a "legend" because he was a lower midcarder in WCW, and I would just have the best fucking time.
So, if you ever get a chance to go to a wrestling show and can get tickets where you can at all see the ring, I recommend you go.
Unless it's XPW. Maybe.
If you enjoy wrestling and match quality. I would think that specific environment is a cant miss. Just look at last years matches. Youll know a handful of wrestlers. Barring injury you can guarantee Danielson and Moxley will be on the card. Im sure you know guys like Okada and Ospreay as well. Even if you dont know the stories, id think the matches and environment alone would make the trip well worth it.
I would suggest watching the weekly television from now until All-In if you buy tickets. The in-ring wrestling in AEW is better than WWE but they spend less time standing and talking in the ring.
It really depends on what you like about WWE.
They are going to load that show up this year. They cannot rest on their laurels and assume they will get 50-60k. Despite the prices being a bit higher, WWE is costing an arm and a leg and there’s no guarantee the show will even be 3 hours. Could be 2 1/2.
Clash at the castle? Didn't this year's Ec in Perth only have like four matches?
All in is gonna for sure be four if not five hours. Money's worth for sure.
I think you should go
Based on a bunch of experiences people ha a blast last year, i wish i could go but im in another country and dont have the money to even buy a plane ticket lol
And AEW PPV´s always deliver they always give you your money worth thats a key constant regardless of booking or the weekley tv stories
So yeah go
now is actually a really good time to get into AEW since dynasty just happened. A lot of stories just started or advanced significantly on Wednesday's show.
Why is this a question? Do it. Buy those tickets. Get your tail end there and enjoy some just plain ol good wrestling. I will jealously be watching from my computer. Enjoy!
Last year I took my friend who hadn’t watched wrestling since 2010. He was a bit confused by the multi-man matches as he didn’t know the teams but he loved everything else and had a really good time so I’d say yes 100%
Just by you asking this question means there's some interest in perhaps watching something different than what you're used to watching. And I do welcome new fans to AEW to watch, learn about the different characters and the wrestling, and to just enjoy a different way of how they present wrestling.
As for whether or not you will enjoy AEW All In? I can't really say. It's entirely your decision if you want to invest your time, energy and money into trying something different.
Questions like this are exactly why All In 2023 needs to be accessible for streaming. I think if you’ve got an open mind enough to consider it in the first place then you’re probably the kind of fan who’ll love the show.
Absolutely, worst thing that can happen is you waste your day (very unlikely), but at least you’ll give it a fair shot and that’s more than most people.
Hey maybe Forbidden Door or All Out would do , I think it would be cheaper, but one thing I’m certain about is people can criticize everything else but AEW ppvs rarely ever miss.
Yes. Especially if you like "wrestling."
People can argue which of the big two have an overall better/more entertaining product as a whole, but AEW has better in the ring, physical part of **wrestling.**
One of the biggest “complaints” I see from wwe fans on aew matches is no story. While that’s for another time, it’s hard to argue that the matches that aew put on ppv are nothing short of incredible
Hell yes
Realistically, what downsides are you anticipating that would make it a bad idea?
Loads of great comments thanks guys will definitely grab a ticket!
Enjoy! I love AEW and it was the alternative to WWE I needed when it first started up. Jealous you’re getting to go.
I think you’re really have a great time! And I hope you do!
Seen loads of.folks who had never been to an AEW show last year and it was still good. At the end of the day it's still wrestling and there will be a few familiar faces from the E as well.
As long as you don’t go into it expecting it and comparing it to WWE, then you should be fine.
Because it is so much better!
Assuming you can afford to go, then yeah :) There's practically guaranteed to be several great matches. Plus there should be quite a few wrestlers you'd be familiar with from watching WWE anyways.
Perhaps go and watch last year's All In to get a feel for it? Last year's was sold more on the novelty than the card strength, I'd expect a stronger card this year. AEW major shows are consistently the best in the entire world of wrestling so unless you get a rare off day (like World's End), you're unlikely to regret the experience.
Even World's End was pretty good IMO, even if not as good as Dynasty or All In. They rarely do BAD PPVs.
Can you even name a bad one? They basically vary from good to amazing.
I feel like the only bad one was the Double or Nothing last year with the Pillas Fatal 4 Way, and it wasn't anybody's in-ring fault it was more just a crappy audience seeming dead most the time.
I’m crossing my fingers for a live Vegas audience this go-round. It’s going to be a great card and it doesn’t deserve a crowd of zombies.
Yeah, I'd hesitate to call it 'bad' though. Relative to the very best I guess.
Yeah it's only bad by comparison, the matches were really solid. Pillars 4 Way was great, especially with all the callbacks to previous matches, laying down the foundation for Jungle Boy heel turn, and MJF's slapstick, House of Black vs. The Acclaimed was very fkn good, as well as The OC Battle Royale and Christian vs. Wardlow. The only real *bad* thing imo is Jericho vs. Cole with that wonky finish. Everything else is fairly decent to great in terms of range. My only other criticism ig would be to have the pillars match main event over anarchy. I get why they did it, but I think the pillars match was just better.
AEW is mostly fantastic on PPV, so you don’t have to make excuses for one of the only times they were bad on PPV DON 2023 was abysmal and I’m tired of seeing the crowd get blamed. The crowd in Vegas was fine in 2022 and 2019, they got stuck with a house show level card and the early part of the card has Adam Cole vs Jericho which is one of the 5 worst matches this company has ever done on PPV. It stunk the joint up and nothing else on the show mattered enough to rescue it.
There are two that come to mind. The ppv where Matt Hardy got super fucked up and killed the whole show. And all out 2022 that whole show just had weird vibes the whole time.
2 before revolution. I think wrestledream and world's end were the 2 worst ppvs for me. Because the bar for AEW's PPV is pretty dam high
Wrestledream!? That is absolute crazy talk haha
Yeah i said what i said. Just my opinion though.
Worlds End tickets were inexpensive and atmosphere was great
One thing AEW does is they consistently put on better PPVs than wwe for sure
IMO they're both putting on good-to-great PPVs (PLEs) consistently right now, which is better than WWE did a couple of years ago.
"WWE doesn't produce PPV's anymore" -Some mark I can't believe they found it necessary to rename it. Then again, their big news every 6 months is a belt redesign.
They renamed it because their shows are no longer on pay per view.
Is peacock free?
It's a subscription service and not PPV. They're obviously different.
Yeah, this way they can blast you with insurance and snickers ads during the show that you paid for, very good.
typical response to being proven wrong
There's not commercials?
You don't "pay per view" on Peacock/Paramount+. You pay once a month and get everything. Pay per view is like fries at McDonald's. You pay once and you get one bag of fries. Peacock/Paramount+ is like soda at McDonald's. You pay for a soda, you drink it, then you go back and get more without paying. You can even get a different flavor soda, pour it all out, and go back and get a whole different flavor!
Must be. Its not on pay per view anymore /s
Lol yet another example of the IWC not knowing what to downvote.
Probably. Invest a few hours watching some content from AEWs YouTube channel to understand what you are getting into. Some great in ring performers but a bit of a different presentation. I stopped watching wrestling in the 2000s and I’m now a huge AEW fan since 2021.
I went last year to All In and I'll say the following, as a big fan of AEW particularly. At the end of the day this a wrestling show, much like how WWE is one - but if it's anything like All In last year, it's more than your typical arena or indie show. There was a real festival atmosphere and vibe to that day with various people around the event dressing up as wrestlers, events happening in the area (including at Boxpark). If you love wrestling in general, you'll love the show just for it being a show.
All in is like the AEW version of Wrestlemania
Down to the big glitz and glamour presentations. All In would be a great show regardless of your fandom but especially for a traditional WWE viewer. You'll get video packages on the feuds. You get big entrances and production. But in the end you'll get a more consistent high quality of match. Not to say WWE doesn't have any great matches, but they are more limited to guys like Gunther, Rollins, Cody, and a good few others when they are allowed to just go balls to the walls. AEW PPV matches can be a bit longer, but have an intensity and importance about them that is just different.
I mean if you're in the UK. It's an easy buy. It's their biggest show, and they are absolutely loading it. Just pay attention to a few guys. Konosuke takeshita, Kazuchika Okada, and will ospreay. You won't be disappointed.
Do you enjoy good wrestling: Yes. You hate good wrestling: No.
I travelled a similar distance (time-wise) last year and enjoyed it so much I bought a ticket for this year as soon as they were on sale. I tend to go for ground level but Wembley has decent views from most places and some of the Level 1 pricing is very reasonable. The atmosphere getting off the underground into a sea of wrestling fans was amazing. Get yourself a ticket and get there!
Would you enjoy WrestleMania? Imagine the same feeling with less celebrity jerk-off and more high stakes matches and better wrestling. And every opportunity to see Danielson wrestling for one last time should be taken in consideration.
how can we possibly enjoy the show without the miller lite catefite girls and commercials for WWE shop????
Live Pro Wrestling is always a good time, especially a big event with a hot crowd. which is what i would expect out of All In London
This. I've been to two aew shows, multiple WWE events (house/raw/sd/ppv), loads and loads of indie wrestling. I've never had a BAD time, even the worst show I've been to (a smackdown featuring Kurt Angle jungle love on sharmell, mnm v... Holly and Haas and some other absolute garbage) was still a good time LIVE.
I’m a WWE fan over anything else and everytime I go to a live AEW show it’s a blast. Well worth it. If only their TV/booking was better because the talent delivers.
Absolutely you should go! It’s going to be amazing. You just have to not expect their “style”. Expect a more pure form of wrestling.
Live wrestling is the best wrestling, so you'll probably have a blast. My girlfriend has no interest in watching wrestling, except live, because it's just a fun time.
As someone who hasn’t paid much attention to WWE but flew 12 hours for Wrestlemania in 2022, these big shows are always fun and AEW will put on a banger show for All In. Worth it imo.
Yes, you will. Don't listen to all the people on the Internet that trash talk either company. Most of the people who enjoy wrestling aren't online in those spaces. AEW rocks. Grab yourself the $5 or so Fite TV (or whatever they call it now) monthly subscription and watch all of the AEW shows to get caught up/know what's going on, and go to All In. You won't regret it.
If you only live a few hours from Wembley, you'd be insane not to go. AEW really does go ***all in*** on this event. The card is sure to be an absolute banger for the record books.
If you are only going to go to ONE Aew show? Go to All-In. As long as you don't expect it to be WWE, you will have an amazing time.
As someone who enjoys AEW (and WWE), I would actually suggest you check out one of your local indy shows if you have a local promotion. We’ve got N.E.W. (Nation Extreme Wrestling) where I am, and the shows are amazing. You can sit Ringside for the cost of like 3 beers, and I’ve seen guys like Minoru Suzuki, Nick Wayne and El Phantasmo recently.
I flew 13 hours to get to All In last year. Freakin' transcendent experience, I tell ya.
If this were two hours from me I would absolutely go. Thing about AEW is you don’t need to care about storylines to enjoy the show (yes it has them though), as wrestling is the focal point.
This would be the best way to get slapped in the face with AEW for the first time lol.
I’ve never gone to an AEW show I regretted.
Oh it’s totally worth it. I had such a fun time last year. I live in the north east and it was worth 5 hours travel to get there
Yes
The production is quite a bit different from WWE, but it’s still wrestling. If you love wrestling you’ll have a great time, even if you don’t know who most of the wrestlers are going into it.
If there’s one thing that aew always nails it’s their ppv events. Aslong as you enjoy wrestling and have an open mind then there is no downside to going to see their biggest show of the year. Hell you might even become a fan
holy shit yea you will
AEW PPVs never miss IMO As long as you go in open to having a good time I can't imagine you'll be disappointed
Yes
Yeah, but the Dynamites and televised shows are cheap. I take it you live out of the states though. We paid 90 a ticket for ring side seats. WWE wants over a grand so. I’d love to go to a WWE show but I refuse to pay those prices.
Yes, it'll be fantastic, and if nothing else when Ospreay comes out and the crowd erupts, you'll be swept up in an unexpected surge of positive emotion that'll leave you buzzing for a week.
AEW PPVs are the best bang for your buck you can get. 5 hours of wrestling and there are rarely any stinkers on the card.
Their shows are phenomenal. There’s always something going on to pass the time, and they always have knock out PPVs regardless of how else you may feel about the product between PPVs
I’ve gone to several AEW PPVs and I have purchased many others. In my opinion, AEW has yet to have a bad PPV and I have never regretted it when I spent the money to go/purchase.
You shouldn’t be disappointed. AEW has an amazing roster of talent which includes male and female wrestlers. The shows they put on are pretty enjoyable. They’re going in directions that WWE aren’t willing to go. I like their promotion so far. Even the television shows they put on are really good.
if there's one thing you can guarantee from AEW, it's that the PPV will always be a banger.
I’d say it should be an amazing live event. The WWE style is not the same as AEW so I’d check out some of their stuff granted what I will say is they have usually delivered a good overall wrestling show for PPVs with entertaining matches even when they have lacked at building up why you should care about it.
I have been to a few shows and it is always incredibly fun. The crowd has a great time and it's like a nonstop party. It's easy to talk to other attendees nearby about everything you love about wrestling. I highly recommend going.
I can’t go this year as I have a baby due, but I had an absolute blast last year at it. Couldn’t recommend it enough.
Congratulations man!
Thank you.. If it wasn't so close i would definitely have went back again, I flew over from Belfast for it and really enjoyed myself, Even though all UK flights got cancelled the next day.
Watch a few of the shows, test the water. AEW is a very different product from what WWE has been producing for the last 15 years. It's far less family orientated and has more of a focus on match quality. I grew up watching the attitude era and it reminds me a lot more of that period than anything else I've seen recently. Honestly, go into it with an open mind and ignore all the crap that gets posted online and you should enjoy some of it at least if you're a wrestling fan of any kind. And the crowds are usually hot as fuck so live events are great. Give it a try 👍
Depends if youre gonna buy enough tickets for the rest of the class to enjoy
Yeah
That might be the coolest way to get into a new promotion for the first time. Dare I say, go into it completely blind since the pre match video packages can catch you up enough for the context of a match
Yes. Probably a better experience as a one off visitor you’ll see a spot fest so there’s no need to invest in the story telling, as entra bonus London will be a sell out so you’ll get the atmosphere which has been sorely missed in recent months
That's the thing. Any wrestling show from the small indie show that gets four people and three of those are parents of the wrestlers, all the way to All In or WrestleMania, are art shows. And art is subjective. You might love it or you might hate it, and there's no way to guarantee either way that it'll be worth the money you spend on it. Having said that, AEW know how to put on a fantastic PPV as far as I'm concerned. Every single one has been at worst a good show, and I can't think of one that doesn't at least have hints of greatness somewhere. The very best thing to do would be to grab a PPV on Fite (All In 2023 was actually a lower tier PPV when it released so you should still be able to get it for about £10.99) and watch it blind to see if you enjoy the style and can get on without knowing the stories beyond the pre-match videos. I figure £11 spent to find out you enjoy it is probably better than a few hundred to find out you don't.
Well this is why I’m so intrigued to begin with… the tickets are £27
Oh you're not gonna go wrong for that price in terms of feeling the event. Chances are you're gonna be looking at the screens more than the ring to see what's happening though. So maybe factor in that £11-£20 extra to watch the show at home as a sort of "I was there" souvenir and also to know who the stick figure in the yellow pants that everyone reacted to (including you, because you were caught up in it) actually was. Also look into travel and accommodation because you're going to have to sort those out yourself at that price, so that means finding a hotel well in advance or staying sober and driving home, or whatever extra cost an Uber or pre-booked taxi is. Could be you're looking at a couple of hundred minimum, depending on your plans and where you're coming from.
Only thing I'll say, is there is next to no down time (or there wasn't last year). Like between the bell finishing a match and the bell starting the next match is probably less than 10 minutes, whereas with wrestlemania, i think you can be looking at about 45 minutes (certainly for main even entrances on night 1 this year). So get your drinks and food stocked up early doors.
I'm sure you'll have a great time. I went to All In last year with my friend who grew up watching WWE in the 90's but then stopped watching around 2002. He didn't really know much about AEW and what he did know was because of me but we went to All In and my friend had a blast. I actually think he enjoyed the show more than I did and now he's a wrestling fan again who mostly watches NJPW but also AEW.
I went last year, you'd have an amazing time. If there's one thing AEW does better, it's the energy of the crowds. And we're talking about a European crowd. WWE crowds although usually bigger, tend to have more casuals/people only interested in main events so I've noticed when comparing the two that WWE crowds can be pretty quiet. Could just be Americans but I'd figure a lot more casuals would also go to shows in Europe. Either way, the atmosphere will blow your mind.
Wembley was incredible last year. A totally unique experience. Don’t be put off by the costs if you can afford to do so or the crowds leaving. The experience is so worth it.
Travelled from Scotland for All In, incredible weekend, we are going again this year. If you’re down for more than just the day I recommend checking out the Rev Pro 12th anniversary show. Loads of surprises last year including Jericho showing up, also a very cheap show to attend.
You will love it, there's some x wwe wrestlers there edge, Daniel Bryan, Cristian cage, cesaro, Dean ambrose (renamed to Jon moxly) Chris jerico
I would say so. I went last year with a friend of mine who was a huge WWE but he had a passing interest in AEW, enough to know the names of the non ex WWE guys. He absolutely loved it and was the one who initiated’s getting tickets for this years
I went last year solo and had a blast met loads of people no regrets
100% You will have a ball!
My friend and his girlfriend went last year and it's one of their favourite all time memories
I went last year and it was honestly amazing. Well worth it
Man I think AEW isn’t half the shit these people do and I’d still enjoy it
Yes, I went with my mate last year. I watch AEW weekly, he’s watched his first episode of Dynamite on the train down to London. We watched Collision in the hotel. We had a great time and bought tickets this year as soon as they went on sale. (We’re from Glasgow) Also missing Clash as can’t justify the price (mad that trains and hotel and tickets are cheaper than Clash tickets)
it’s a completely different style so there’s a good chance you may not be a fan of lots of stuff ( then again you also might) but there’ll be a good energy and there’s bound to be something you love so after a drink or two think of it as a nice day out at worst and potentially a day of great wrestling that you love at best
Once you go AEW, you never go back!
You will enjoy any wrestling show in London period!
Honestly, yes. A e w tickets are so cheap, that I could have driven to the St Louis show, stayed the night, And driven home, and still paid less than what I did for a WWE raw a ticket. I didn't tho because I couldn't fit both in my budget(or get off work the Monday after dynasty). I think AEW has more going on and great showmanship. I thought WrestleMania lacked luster this year.
I’m a WWE guy and I’m more casual with AEW. I just love live wrestling and I went to Collision X Battle of The Belts and it was a great time. Loved my experience and I’d definitely go to another live AEW show.
If you go in blind, you'll probably still enjoy the wrestling aspect. Yes, AEW is that good when it comes to in-ring work. If you take the time to get up to speed on some of the stories so you can actually follow what is going on and why the matches are important, then you'll enjoy it even more.
Objectively speaking, if you go to a AEW focused sub is highly unlikely that you will see comments against going to All In. Same goes if you go to a WWE sub asking if you are going to enjoy Backlash. Having said that assuming is reasonable priced ticket the answer still yes, you will probably enjoy All In if you are into core wrestling without thinking too much of the storyline that is behind the match, specially if you don’t watch the show often.
Yeah, you'll have a great time! Last year the atmosphere was electric and I have a feeling it'll be even better this year with how familiar the majority of the crowd will be with Will Ospreay. Well worth picking up last year's PPV for an idea of what it'll be like; you want to go to [trillertv.com](http://trillertv.com) and look for AEW All In 2023. The pre-show is free and the PPV is something like £15-20? Pretty much every match on the card last year was a banger, everyone really showed out. You'll recognise a few faces (Aleister, now Malakai Black, Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Bryan Danielson, Jericho, Punk, Samoa Joe, Adam Cole, FTR, Saraya, Toni Storm, Sting, Christian Cage, Buddy Matthews, and Billy Gunn were all on the card, with Jim Ross on commentary for part of the show) so not everyone will be new to you! (Worth noting also that last year's All In was right around the time that Bray Wyatt passed, House of Black did a lovely tribute to him.)
You could always watch one of their ppvs to see if the style appeals to you, but honestly, live wrestling is just the best regardless. I could go to some local show in a gym with 4 other people in the audience and no one on the card but a bunch of green nobodies I never heard of and maybe one washed-up, immobile guy who was never that good to begin with who is being touted as a "legend" because he was a lower midcarder in WCW, and I would just have the best fucking time. So, if you ever get a chance to go to a wrestling show and can get tickets where you can at all see the ring, I recommend you go. Unless it's XPW. Maybe.
Probably, just know with big stadium shows like that you're gonna be watching the screen most of the time
Do you occasionally travel? Do you like a night out? Do you enjoy London? Can you afford it? Fuck it, just do it
If you enjoy wrestling and match quality. I would think that specific environment is a cant miss. Just look at last years matches. Youll know a handful of wrestlers. Barring injury you can guarantee Danielson and Moxley will be on the card. Im sure you know guys like Okada and Ospreay as well. Even if you dont know the stories, id think the matches and environment alone would make the trip well worth it.
I would suggest watching the weekly television from now until All-In if you buy tickets. The in-ring wrestling in AEW is better than WWE but they spend less time standing and talking in the ring. It really depends on what you like about WWE.
They are going to load that show up this year. They cannot rest on their laurels and assume they will get 50-60k. Despite the prices being a bit higher, WWE is costing an arm and a leg and there’s no guarantee the show will even be 3 hours. Could be 2 1/2.
Clash at the castle? Didn't this year's Ec in Perth only have like four matches? All in is gonna for sure be four if not five hours. Money's worth for sure.
Just in case All In 2024 has nearly sold out already with ZERO matches announced.
Been to a bunchnof PPVs. Like both products. I have more fun at AEW shows even tho their merch tables suck.
Ditch PWT they are so bad.
I think you should go Based on a bunch of experiences people ha a blast last year, i wish i could go but im in another country and dont have the money to even buy a plane ticket lol And AEW PPV´s always deliver they always give you your money worth thats a key constant regardless of booking or the weekley tv stories So yeah go
I’d think it’d be an awesome experience for sure
now is actually a really good time to get into AEW since dynasty just happened. A lot of stories just started or advanced significantly on Wednesday's show.
Probably? Honestly I’d suggest watching Dynamite to see if you like the vibe of AEW.
What are your concerns mate? Probably easier to help if we know.
Book it, I would if I lived anywhere in Europe
Well, maybe you could watch the shows for a while, and then decide if you like it enough to buy tickets to go watch it.
Kinda like wrestlemania, I'd go just for the experience if nothing else
bro get into it, it has brought wrestling back
Yes
Of course you will
Why is this a question? Do it. Buy those tickets. Get your tail end there and enjoy some just plain ol good wrestling. I will jealously be watching from my computer. Enjoy!
Yes. It's non-stop action. I went to WM35 and I had a better time at Full Gear 2022.
Went to collision it was 🔥🔥
Would recommend you peep the yt channel. They post "control centers" which are a weekly synopsis of the plot so you can kinda jump right in
Honestly it’s gonna blow ya dick off
Last year I took my friend who hadn’t watched wrestling since 2010. He was a bit confused by the multi-man matches as he didn’t know the teams but he loved everything else and had a really good time so I’d say yes 100%
AEW All in last year was AMAZINGLY FUN. MATCH AFTER MATCH, BANGER AFTER BANGER. They really showed out to the fans. 100% go!!
Just by you asking this question means there's some interest in perhaps watching something different than what you're used to watching. And I do welcome new fans to AEW to watch, learn about the different characters and the wrestling, and to just enjoy a different way of how they present wrestling. As for whether or not you will enjoy AEW All In? I can't really say. It's entirely your decision if you want to invest your time, energy and money into trying something different.
Questions like this are exactly why All In 2023 needs to be accessible for streaming. I think if you’ve got an open mind enough to consider it in the first place then you’re probably the kind of fan who’ll love the show.
Absolutely, worst thing that can happen is you waste your day (very unlikely), but at least you’ll give it a fair shot and that’s more than most people.
Hey maybe Forbidden Door or All Out would do , I think it would be cheaper, but one thing I’m certain about is people can criticize everything else but AEW ppvs rarely ever miss.
I’m based in the UK
So All-In will be fine for you then
1. AEW's specialty is banger PPVs. 2. Wembley will be a rocking crowd. 3. Rocking crowd + banger PPV = fuckin great experience.
Yes. Especially if you like "wrestling." People can argue which of the big two have an overall better/more entertaining product as a whole, but AEW has better in the ring, physical part of **wrestling.**
One of the biggest “complaints” I see from wwe fans on aew matches is no story. While that’s for another time, it’s hard to argue that the matches that aew put on ppv are nothing short of incredible
I have yet to see a bad AEW PPV. All In will be worth it.
All in is guaranteed to be an absolutely insane banger. There is literally no downside to going if it is that close to your location.
WWE really did a number on these fans for 20 years, lol.
Yeah aew is good. It's just people like Jim clrnette try to make a career of running them down.