Megha Parekh goes into detail about AEW running Wembley Stadium.
Fans are anxiously awaiting May 5, as that is the date that tickets are set to go on sale for AEW All In, the promotion's first event in the Europe. Notably, the event will be held in Wembley Stadium, which has a capacity of 90,000 fans.
Many fans of the company are excited to see if the promotion can sell out the stadium, as AEW has sold out many big shows throughout their short history.
For a long time, Tony Khan openly expressed interest in bring AEW to Craven Cottage in London, which only holds around 25,000 fans. In a new interview with The A2theK Wrestling Show, AEW Senior Vice President Megha Parekh talked about the decision to run Wembley Stadium.
“It has been,” she said when asked if AEW going to London had been in the works for a while. “The Jaguars were one of the first teams and have consistently played over in London at Wembley for a long time. Tony felt really strongly that the market would show up. That’s the incredible thing about working for him. He is a fearless leader in that sense. ‘If we’re going to do it, let’s go for the biggest possible venue.’ We, luckily, do have some familiarity with the operations of Wembley from being there as part of the Jags games. We’ll be able to have the knowledge of what that building can support and set it up for AEW. Our production team is working through it right now in terms of all the details. I’m so excited for AEW’s growth over the last four years. I never would have thought it would have launched and been as successful as it is. It survived as a live events business through COVID and then getting back on the road and continued to grow. We always try to look ahead and see what we can do and what we can expand, but it’s pretty incredible what has been built over the last several years.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Parekh talked about handling big personalities in AEW. Fans can learn more by clicking here.
Aussie Open's Mark Davis recently responded to AEW Rampage viewership and said that Aussie Open should be in the main event of AEW All In. Click here for more information.
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