AEW Sells Out First TV Taping - 10,000 Tickets Sold In Under 2 Hours

Within a matter of hours, AEW's TNT debut has sold out.

by Andrew Pollard
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All Elite Wrestling’s TV debut has already sold out its entire ticket allocation.

The tickets for the October 2nd TNT debut of AEW went on sale at noon Eastern Time today, and all available tickets were snaffled up only a few hours later.

Taking to Twitter, Cody Rhodes confirmed the impressive ticket sales.

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As per Cody, it looks like more tickets may be freed up nearer to AEW’s debut TV outing.

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According to Wrestling Observer Live’s Bryan Alvarez, up to 10,000 tickets were sold today for AEW’s TV premiere – which is, whatever way you look at it, a ridiculous number!

AEW’s first two-hour TV offering emanates from Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena. Already announced for the episode are Cody vs. Sammy Guevara, The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho an two mystery partners, a match to crown the first ever AEW Women’s Champion, and an appearance from Jon Moxley.

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After 18 years of monopoly from Vince McMahon’s WWE, it looks as if there is finally a chance for the wrestling landscape to evolve and be brimming with competition in a mainstream sense should AEW hit the ground running when they hit TNT on October 2nd.

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