AEW Dynasty 2025 set for Philadelphia

[Chris]

AEW announces its first pay-per-view event in Philly, AEW Dynasty. Tony Khan hopes it can ‘live up to the original.’

AEW Dynasty will be held at Temple's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on April 6, marking AEW’s first pay-per-view event to be held in Pennsylvania.

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All Elite Wrestling is returning to Philadelphia in April. AEW Dynasty will be held at Temple’s Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on April 6, marking AEW’s first pay-per-view event to be held in Pennsylvania.

“Philadelphia has been a great home for AEW and really all of pro wrestling for many years,” Tony Khan, the CEO, general manager, and head of creative for AEW, told The Inquirer. “The energy is tremendous and we’ve always wanted to have a pay-per-view event there. AEW Dynasty is going to be a great pay-per-view in a great city at an arena where we have a great history of putting on awesome events. It’s the perfect place to make a pay-per-view debut.”

Since its inception in 2019, AEW has visited Philadelphia six times, previously filming its weekly programs Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision in the city. The last time AEW was at the Liacouras Center was for its Nov. 2 Collision show last year.

Before that, the company held multiple milestone events at the Liacouras Center — including its two-year anniversary show and one of its first Dynamite shows, which featured Kenny Omega teaming up with Hangman Adam Page for the first time.

But Khan says fans can expect an even more lively atmosphere this time around.
AEW's Wheeler Yuta (center) is a Villanova grad who wrestled in Philly at the Liacouras Center on Nov. 2.

“I think this will be the biggest event by far,” Khan said. “AEW Dynasty will be the biggest event AEW has ever held in Philadelphia. I’m very excited for AEW to continue to bring big events to the city and I think it’ll be a great pay-per-view and a great night of wrestling.”

AEW Dynasty is one of the company’s newer pay-per-view events. Its inaugural show took place at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis last April, and was headlined by several notable matches between Kazuchika Okada and Pac, Will Ospreay and Bryan Danielson, FTR and The Young Bucks, and Swerve Strickland and Samoa Joe.

“The goal is to live up to the original,” Khan said. “Last year’s Dynasty was a huge hit and a great event. It was tremendous and we built huge expectations for the card and I think we can live up to it and have Dynasty become a great tradition as an awesome pay-per-view for AEW.”

Fans can get tickets online on Monday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. ET via AEWTix.com and Ticketmaster. VIP tickets go on sale Monday, Jan. 27.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Excellent news. New locations for ppv is a good thing.

Hunter working on a house show rn

 

[Brandon Blaze]

That crowd is going to be great. Love a good Philly crowd

 

[Brandon Blaze]

 

[Cwalker]

Liacouras Center is a nice building. Been there a few times. Holds about 10k normally. Don’t know how much they’ll have to adjust for wrestling but they can get 8k people in there most likely

 

[Chris]

Liacouras Center is a nice building. Been there a few times. Holds about 10k normally. Don’t know how much they’ll have to adjust for wrestling but they can get 8k people in there most likely

Heard normal PPV stage setup might be 7-8k which is about what last Dynasty drew. These "B" show AEW PPVs that are newer have weird attendance trends so far, most second shows have done slightly higher even with overall TV attendance down so idk how I'd even plan out an estimated attendance at this time

 

[ScareValue]

I saw a Bound For Glory in that building many years ago. It’s a nice place. Don West almost got me to buy a Jeff Jarrett guitar while waiting to get in even though I am not a fan of Jeff Jarrett. I would have if I didn’t want to have to hold onto it all night. Man was good at his job.