AEW reportedly working on Canada debut in Toronto

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

AEW is looking at making its Canadian debut with a show in Toronto.

Dave Meltzer noted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that while the company is working on running an event in the city, it's not yet clear what venue it would take place in.

"AEW has at least started work on the idea of a Canada debut in Toronto. It’s not yet known when and what arena they would run," Meltzer wrote.

WWE typically runs the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto for television and pay-per-view events. The August 22 edition of WWE Raw will take place there. WWE House shows run from the Coca-cola Coliseum, which is home to the AHL's Toronto Marlies. WrestleMania VI and X8 both took place in the Rogers Center (FKA SkyDome), which is home to the Toronto Blue Jays.

"If the debut would be a Saturday night PPV in November, they may want to take the chance of Rogers Centre, the former Skydome. I don’t think they could get 50,000 but people in the market tell me they believe they could get 30,000, but more likely they’d play it safe and run Scotiabank Arena," Meltzer continued.

The Khan family also owns the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, having purchased it in 2016.

Tony Khan was in Toronto last month and spoke to Sportsnet about AEW potentially running shows in Canada.

“I’d love to get up to Canada,” Khan said. “We had planned to come to Toronto, we’re going back to a lot of these cities we were looking at now, and I think it makes a lot of sense to come up here."

“I don’t have the exact dates yet, but I’d like to come (to Canada) soon, very soon.”

 

[Comrade Khan]

DONT FUCK WITH ME ON THIS

 

[Comrade Khan]

Also, they should just go for it, I'm convinced they can sell out 30k + , we're STARVING for any source of entertainment or concerts and we've had ZERO major wrestling events in I want to say 3 years. + with all the buffalo/Niagara area, this sells itself imo.

 

[Comrade Khan]

also, if they do a PPV, they have to run the full week. Dynamite, Rampage + PPV.

Also, reading between the lines...I suppose they are saying Full Gear in Toronto, aren't they?

 

[Comrade Khan]

final thing for those who may doubt attendance possibilities:
Toronto alone is the home of 3 million people

 

[CakeWalker]

fuck Canada - we want UK tour

 

[Comrade Khan]

fuck Canada - we want UK tour

2023, apparently.

 

[CakeWalker]

i will start waching AEW in January then

 

[Comrade Khan]

hopefully DoN uk 2023 or a summer PPV at the Cottage, idk what crazy TK is thinking.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I guess they could do Revolution, but going to the UK in the winter seems weird to me ig

 

[CakeWalker]

winter in the UK - is the best time to get a big audience.

 

[CakeWalker]

if there first UK show is at the cottage, i will be done

 

[Comrade Khan]

winter in the UK - is the best time to get a big audience.

I stand corrected, then. As far as Craven Cottage, I almost expect/guarantee the PPV will be there. Im guessing as owners of the venue, they get a steep discount (same as why they'd go in Toronto asap since hotels wont cost them a dime) so it's understandable from a business perspective, as alienating as it might be to football fans

 

[CakeWalker]

its a really shit venue - if your just ignore the rivalry.

 

[CakeWalker]

literally no where near any bars or pubs either. and a really nightmare to get to - logistically it would be dumb AF