AEW All Out is a

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(PPV) event produced by

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(AEW). Established in 2019, it is held annually in September; it was originally held annually during

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weekend until 2024. The inaugural event was a

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to the September 2018 independently produced All In PPV, which served as a catalyst to the formation of AEW in January 2019. It is considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs for AEW, along with All In, Double or Nothing, Full Gear, and

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. With the exception of the 2020 event, All Out was held annually in the

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until 2025. The 2019,

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, and

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events were held at the Now Arena (formerly Sears Centre Arena) in the

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suburb of

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, the same venue that hosted the inaugural All In, with the 2023 event held at Chicago's

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. Due to the

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in 2020, that year's All Out, which was originally scheduled for the Now Arena, had to be held at

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, and it was AEW's first PPV to have a live ticketed audience (with a maximum 15% capacity of venue) after Florida loosened its COVID-19 protocols. The following year in July, AEW returned to live touring and the 2021 event became AEW's first PPV held outside of Florida since the start of the pandemic. The 2024 event was the first to not be held during Labor Day weekend, and it also returned the event to Saturday for the first time since 2020. The 2025 event will be the first non-pandemic era All Out to be held outside of the Chicago area, as well as outside the United States, as it will be held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

History

On September 1, 2018, an independent wrestling

(PPV) event was held called All In, which took place in the

suburb of

at the former Sears Centre Arena—renamed to Now Arena in 2020. The event was organized by members of The Elite and it was a catalyst to the formation of

(AEW) on January 1, 2019. The Elite became executive vice presidents of AEW, which scheduled a

to All In called All Out, with the inaugural All Out PPV taking place on August 31, 2019, at the same venue as All In. The event was named "All Out" as the "All In" name was owned by

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(ROH) at the time and AEW president Tony Khan wanted to avoid a lawsuit—Khan would later purchase ROH in March 2022 and later revived All In as an annual AEW PPV. A second All Out was then held on September 5, 2020, establishing the event as an annual

weekend PPV for the promotion—this second event was originally to be held at the same venue, but was instead held at AEW's home base of

, due to the

that began in mid-March that year. In August 2020, AEW began admitting a very limited number of fans to events, thus the 2020 event was AEW's first PPV to have live ticketed fans during the pandemic, though only at 15% of the venue's capacity. AEW resumed live touring in July 2021 and the 2021 event was held on September 5, returning to the inaugural event's venue, thus marking AEW's first PPV to be held outside of Daily's Place since the COVID-19 pandemic began. While All Out had traditionally been held at the Now Arena, the 2023 event moved All Out to Chicago's

. The 2024 event was scheduled for Sunday, September 1, 2024, returning the event to the Now Arena. However, on May 21, AEW announced that All Out would instead take place at the Now Arena a week later on Saturday, September 7, in turn marking the first All Out to not be held during Labor Day weekend. This change came in response to criticism of the 2023 event being held only one week after All In. This subsequently returned the event to Saturday for the first time since 2020. Although Double or Nothing was considered AEW's marquee event, AEW referee Aubrey Edwards referred to All Out as AEW's premier event on an episode of the '' AEW Unrestricted'' podcast. AEW President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Khan later referred to All Out as being one of the promotion's "Big Four" PPVs, their four biggest shows of the year produced quarterly, along with Double or Nothing, Full Gear, and

. With All In becoming one of AEW's annual events in 2023, it supplanted Double or Nothing as AEW's marquee event, and overall biggest event of the year, with the previous "big four" plus All In becoming the "big five". On May 20, 2025, the ''

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'' reported that the 2025 All Out would be held at the

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in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, September 20, 2025, thus breaking AEW's tradition of hosting the event in the

, subsequently marking the first All Out held outside the United States.

Events

References

External links

All Elite Wrestling Official website
{{All Elite Wrestling events, All Out Recurring events established in 2019

History

Events

See also

References

External links