AEW Naming Universal Studios Set "The All Elite Zone"?
The first set of AEW Dark tapings at Universal Studios are now done and dusted.
With AEW having not long wrapped up their first set of AEW Dark tapings from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, it appears that this venue is going to be formally referred to as the All Elite Zone.
From Twitter user @MrJacobCohen - who was live reporting what went down at these tapings - the All Elite Zone was what Dasha Gonzalez referred to the venue as during said tapings.
Scoop #11: Dasha referred to the venue as “The All Elite Zone”
Advertisement— Jacob Cohen (@MrJacobCohen) September 11, 2021
AEW ran two sessions of AEW Dark tapings, which each show expected to be approximately 90 minutes when they air on YouTube.
The reported plan at the moment is for AEW to run such tapings once a month and record four Dark episodes at that time. On the weeks that AEW Rampage is live, Dark will be taped as well from whichever venue houses that Rampage offering.
In terms of what went down at these first batch of Universal Studios tapings, Tony Khan made an appearance before and after the shows to thank the fans.
As for the matches themselves, as per the Wrestling Observer, a whole host of familiar AEW names and a fair few 'new' faces were featured - including Eddie Kingston, Santana and Ortiz, Ricky Starks, Thunder Rosa, Colt Cabana, the Dark Order, Leyla Hirsch, Jade Cargill, FTR, 2point0, Best Friends, Allie Katch, Stallion Rogers, Anthony Greene, Kiera Hogan, Adrian Jaoude, Anthony Henry and Santana Garrett,