AEW: All In Day 1 Pre-sale Tickets Sales Update, Jeff Jarrett on Deserving His AEW TV Time, More News

AEW All In Presale Tickets Sales Update

As noted before, AEW sold around 35,000 tickets for the first official day of their presale for their upcoming AEW branded All In event this August at the Wembley Stadium in London, England.

AEW CEO Tony Khan recently reflected on Twitter about the early ticket sales for AEW’s upcoming All In event and provided an update stating they had sold around 36,000 tickets on the first day. Khan also stated that gate revenues from the first day sales were around $4.7 million.

Today’s one of the best days in @AEW history

Thank you to all buying #AEWAllIn tickets today, off to an AMAZING start already
36,000 sold for £3.8M ($4.7M) +
we’re only getting started, more great seats are going on-sale!

Let’s celebrate TOMORROW on Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) May 2, 2023

Khan also responded to a reporter from ESPN denying his claims that AEW only scaled their upcoming event to have a max capacity of around 40,000 and implied this was something his former agent and current WWE CEO Nick Khan had told him to say to publicly diminish AEW’s sales success.

LIES. What a load of crap. Tell your agent Nick Khan to shove it up his ass

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) May 2, 2023

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Jeff Jarrett Comments on Reason Why He Deserves the TV Time He Has Received in AEW

A recent episode of the Good Karma Wrestling podcast featured Jeff Jarrett as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Jarrett’s reasons why he deserves all the television time he has gotten in AEW.

“Emotional connection with the audience (is why I deserve AEW TV time). It’s just that simple and it’s something that, you know, it goes without saying and the naysayers, ‘Oh, he’s done this, he’s done that.’ All you have to do is listen to the people in the arena. They love me. There’s some kind of ‘F you Jarrett’ that they get going on but I think that’s a term of endearment. They absolutely love me but it’s the emotional connection. That will never go away. The moves will continue to get more and more aggressive and more and more athletic. That’s just the nature of the beast. You look at things that will happen (at AEW in the ring) and I don’t use this word lightly, revolutionary. But at the end of the day, the emotional connection with the audience existed 70 years ago and it’s gonna exist 70 years from now. That’s what entertainment is all about and I don’t care if you’re playing NBA basketball, if you’re playing NFL football or if you’re in a Hollywood blockbuster. It’s all about connecting with your audience.“

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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AEW News & Notes

Chris Jericho reportedly recently joined the cast of a new upcoming film called Country Hearts, according to Variety. It was reported that Jericho will be the lead star of this upcoming film for UPtv and it will premiere in the Fall of 2023.

In a recent update to their profile bio on Twitter, the Young Bucks teased at being interested in the idea of having a potential match with The Usos in the future to see if they could break the record for most superkicks ever performed in a wrestling match. The Young Bucks stated “Before we hang it up, would love to wrestle the Usos just to see if we can break the all time superkick record.“

AEW filed a trademark for “Double or Nothing” on April 27th for merchandise-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Tuesday’s MLB game of Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals in Washington, D.C. featured Wheeler Yuta and The Best Friends’ Chuck Taylor, Kris Statlander, and Orange Cassidy making an appearance. Yuta and Best Friends were involved in that night’s Presidents mascot race resulting in them all cheating to help mascot Thomas Jefferson win the race.

As noted before, Rey Fenix has been out of action for AEW since this past April due to him dealing with several injuries. The Wrestling Observer reported that Fenix made his in-ring return for an indie event ran by his and Penta El Zero Miedo;s co-owned promotion this past Monday in Pasadena, California.

In a recent episode of the Grillin JR podcast, co-host Jim Ross gave his thoughts about his belief that him, Tony Schiavone, and Excalibur are the “smoothest” commentary team currently in wrestling. Ross stated “I think (Tony) Schiavone and Excalibur and I are the smoothest team in wrestling. I really believe that. It sounds egocentric, sounds horrible probably coming from me. So you got three play-by-play guys and we all seem to interface pretty well. We don’t do a lot of walking on each other, so I really enjoy working with Schiavone and Excalibur and I hope — I’m really comfortable doing that with those guys.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

As noted before, Jeff Hardy made his return to AEW from suspension over his DUI arrest this past April. In a recent episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast, co-host Matt Hardy gave his thoughts about who currently in AEW he feels would be dream opponents for his brother Jeff in the company. Hardy stated “The first one I’m gonna say is Kenny Omega. Jungle Boy, Sammy Guevara, MJF, and I’d say Wardlow.” In response to a comment made by co-host Jon Alba about Orange Cassidy as a potential opponent, Hardy stated “Oh my god, yeah. That’ll be amazing.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)