Brisbane wins battle to host AEW Grand Slam Australia event next year

All Elite Wrestling is coming to Australia for the first time year, and in a major coup for Queensland, Brisbane has beaten Sydney and Melbourne to the hosting rights.

Brisbane has beaten Sydney and Melbourne in being chosen as the host city for AEW Grand Slam Australia.

For the first time since its inception in 2019, sports entertainment company All Elite Wrestling will stage a show in Australia, with organisers confident of attracting a 40,000-strong crowd at Suncorp Stadium for the event on February 15 next year.

“We are proud to bring All Elite Wrestling’s biggest stars to Brisbane for AEW Grand Slam Australia,” said AEW chief executive officer, general manager and head of creative Tony Khan, whose family also owns NFL franchise Jacksonville Jaguars and English Premier League club Fulham.

“Our historic Australia debut will mark another milestone for AEW in 2025 and we look forward to fans from all over Australia converging on Brisbane for an incredible night.”

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AEW’s stable of stars include well-known wrestling identities Chris Jericho, Christian Cage and Adam Copeland, better now as “Edge” from his time with the WWE.

Other former WWE performers now with AEW include Jon Moxley (Dean Ambrose), Mercedes Mone (Sasha Banks), Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan), Paul Wight (Big Show) and Samoa Joe.

Among the other top stars in AEW are MJF, Swerve Strickland, Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay and Auckland-born, Gold Coast-raised “Timeless” Toni Storm.

Adam Copeland vs Christian Cage in Long Island, New York.

Melbourne product Buddy Matthews and New Zealander Jay White are also part of AEW’s trans-Tasman contingent.

AEW Grand Slam Australia is also being presented by TEG Group, whose chief executive officer Geoff Jones said: “TEG Sport is proud to be partnering with the juggernaut that is AEW on this milestone announcement.

“This will mark the first time that the wrestling organisation will be making its way to the Southern Hemisphere.

“This event promises to be an absolute showstopper for all ages and an entertaining spectacle for the masses at Suncorp Stadium.”

General admin tickets for AEW Grand Slam Australia are on sale from September 10 via Ticketek, but fans can sign up to the TEG Sport pre-sale waitlist – tegsport.com.au/event/aew/ – to secure early access from September 6.