10 Ways AEW Has ALREADY Made Wrestling History

10. All In

Before you exclaim "this wasn't an AEW event", consider firstly that everybody knows that, then also consider that everybody also knows that this was an essential milestone towards the official creation of AEW, and should be recognised as the spiritual beginning of the promotion.

Following a comment made by Dave Meltzer that Ring of Honor could not sell 10,000 tickets for a wrestling event, Cody Rhodes and the non-WWE wrestling world en masse set out to prove him wrong.

On 1 September 2018, Rhodes, the Young Bucks, and Kenny Omega, eventual EVPs of AEW, were joined by future AEW signings and wrestlers from every corner of the wrestling landscape for the event, which was held in association with ROH.

Future AEW signees included the current AEW World Champion "Hangman" Adam Page, Penta El Zero Miedo, Rey Fénix, all three members of SoCal Uncensored, then ROH World Champion Jay Lethal, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, and current AEW Women's Champion Dr. Britt Baker.

Add to this list Kazuchika Okada, Rey Mysterio, and Arrow star Stephen Amell, and it's clear to see how All In became a draw that would sell out in 30 minutes, garnering an attendance of 11,263 people, and making it the largest audience for a professional wrestling show in the United States not affiliated with WWE or WCW for 25 years.