10 Things We Learned From Attending AEW All In 2023

2. Queen At Wembley From 1986 Is THE Influence

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It's Queen.

It's Queen and especially Freddie Mercury and especially their 1986 special that define England's colossal national stadium

Not Bret Hart and Davey Boy Smith's 1992 epic, nor Jimmy Montgomery's dramatic double save for Sunderland in the 1973 FA Cup Final, nor Live Aid, nor Elliot Embleton and Ross Stewart's winners for Sunderland against Wycombe in the 2022 League One Playoff Final, nor Blur's tear-jerking reunion double-header or even Sunderland's heroic and unfair 1998 Championship Playoff Final defeat to Charlton Athletic (voted the greatest game in the history of the ground). It's Queen Live from 1986 that left the most indelible memory in the minds of the planners and performers within AEW, and the evidence was everywhere.

From The Young Bucks' outstanding take on Freddie's iconic look to Saraya's undeniably mammoth "We Will Rock You" entrance and Chris Jericho's criminal attempt at the singer's idiosyncratic call and response, this was comfortably the legendary show 2023's Wembley debutants were looking to top.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say. With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.