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AEW is headed to Brisbane for AEW Grand Slam this weekend, and it appears to be a financial success for AEW.

Speaking with Fightful via Deej of DownUnderTheRing, Tony Khan said that as things stand, AEW Grand Slam looks to be the biggest international gate that AEW has ever done outside of the company's Wembley Stadium shows. He also called it one of AEW's highest gates of all time.

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door took place in Toronto in 2023, and 20 other dates in Canada since the company opened. The company also held an event in Cardiff last year.

See the brief chat at this link: https://youtu.be/txJmFTu8kOY

Downunder The Ring is Pro wrestling from the perspective of Australian Pro Wrestler, The Warship and a life long fan and award winning podcaster Phid McAwesome. Downunder The ring is available on your favourite podcast platforms Twitter: @dwnunderthering Instagram: @downunderthering

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R

But I read Grand Slam Shambles somewhere yesterday 🤔

heather icanhasapanic

Very excited to be going (flying from Melbourne to Bris for it) but fuck I’m povvo from the whole thing with backstage tour pass.

David

What I don’t understand is, when they realized it was on nba all star Saturday, instead of pushing it to be prerecorded and playing after the game, why not make it a max exclusive special to air live, and then be rebroadcast on TNT after the all star game? It would have made it special for those who woke up early to watch it like a free ppv, but would still be airing in its normal time slot.

MB

Having to move the show was probably AEW's first failure, but they've salvaged things a bit with a great gate.

ChiTownSpurs

Well that's because people paid really high ticket prices early. Just like when WWE does this I'm not really moved. Should be a fantastic show though, really looking forward to it

Mark Butchers

That'll happen when you charge stadium prices for a B show recorded in an arena

AH

If you look at the people who are actually going, they are upset with the whole thing. It's a mess

William Rosmer

Not allowing refunds after downsizing the show probably helped.

William Rosmer

Sure. But if Tony is talking about how good the gate was the fact that the ticket selling company won't allow refunds is part of that huge gate.

Hunter Camp

Okay, I don’t want to be unfair to AEW, but how many international shows have they done? By default it’s probably one of the best internationally.

MB

Enjoy, cheer all the Aussies on! Feel the Wrath!!!