AEW All In 2023 Breaks All-Time Tickets Distributed Record Set By WWE WrestleMania 32

AEW All In 2023 is now the biggest show in pro wrestling history—at least by one metric.

Despite a lackluster overall build to AEW’s blockbuster event in Wembley Stadium in London, WrestleTix reported that AEW All In 2023 has surpassed WWE WrestleMania 32’s record for the most tickets ever distributed for a pro wrestling event:

While WWE boasted that more than 100,000 fans attended WrestleMania 32 in AT&T Stadium in 2006, the actual paid attendance was just a tad over 80,000. AEW’s historic All In event has already surpassed that mark, with the potential to grow beyond the 85,000-fan mark this coming weeks.

And no matter the criticisms, no matter the subpar storytelling in route to the show, that is quite the feat for AEW.

While All In 2023 has a star-studded card featuring names like Chris Jericho, Sting and Will Ospreay, it’s really a one-match show in terms of well-built marquee singles matches. That match, of course, is MJF vs. Adam Cole, who have carried AEW Dynamite with the most compelling storyline the company has produced in months.

But it doesn’t seem to matter that AEW isn’t exactly hitting its stride creatively.

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WWE legend John Cena made a surprise appearance at Money in the Bank in the O2 Arena London just last month, and when he did, he kind-of sort-of promised that WWE would bring WrestleMania to a city starving for one. Of course, AEW had already beaten WWE to the punch by that point.

AEW President Tony Khan revealed just this week that he chose Wembley Stadium over nearby Craven Cottage because it made more sense financially, with cheaper production costs and a much larger crowd capacity. Now in terms of fans who’ve paid to enter through the turnstiles and watch AEW’s biggest show ever, All In is also pro wrestling’s biggest show ever, too.

After previously surpassing WWE’s Clash at the Castle 2022 event in Cardiff, Wales , Khan said that All In’s live gate was at roughly $9 million when it hit the 70,000 mark, so the pay-per-view still has room to grow both in terms of attendance and live gate revenue.

Much like the record-setting WrestleMania 39 and WrestleMania 40—which is eight months away but has already set the all time live gate record—AEW All In 2023 became a massive success long before the card was even announced. Now, the pay-per-view—taking place just a week before All Out 2023 in the United Center in Chicago—has its card largely set.

Among the high-profile matches are Ospreay vs. Jericho, The Golden Elite vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Bullet Club Gold as well as an AEW World Tag Team Championship match pitting The Young Bucks vs. FTR. By no means has AEW assembled its greatest card ever, but the company’s diehard fan base has spoken.

All In 2023 is already AEW’s most successful event in its brief history, and more than 80,000 fans inside a raucous Wembley Stadium will prove it.