AEW All Out 2024 will be held on September 7 at the NOW Arena in Chicago, IL. The event was originally planned for September 1, a week after AEW All In 2024.
In a recent interview with Sportsgrid, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about changing the date of AEW All Out 2024.
Khan cited the success of last year’s events, which saw AEW achieve a wrestling ticket sales record at Wembley Stadium with 81,035 tickets sold. The following week, AEW hosted All Out 2024 at the United Center, which was a sellout.
While acknowledging the challenge of scheduling events in close proximity, Khan highlighted the strategic advantages of creating synergy and interconnecting matches and narratives across the shows. As a result, he decided to move the show back a week to better position it between AEW All In 2024 and AEW: Grand Slam at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Khan said, “I thought it would be really an interesting thing to try. Last year, All Out followed All In. We set the record for wrestling ticket sales at Wembley Stadium; we sold 81,035 tickets in London. Then the next week, we had this sellout, awesome crowd at the United Center, did a huge show, and it was an awesome night. A lot of people thought All Out was one of the best pay-per-views in AEW history.”
He continued, “I think it’s challenging for any event to follow All In so closely. It also can create the ability for me to do some things between the shows, even though I think there is some synergy to the shows and having big events and being able to link up matches and stories across the shows. There’s a lot of utility to that, but I think I can do that and more by moving this show back a week. Also, with where Arthur Ashe Stadium Grand Slam AEW is falling this year, it works out where All Out is really positioned very well, a few weeks between All In and Grand Slam. Last year, a lot of people thought All Out was our best show, so I’m very excited to have a top All In and top All Out this year.”
