AEW Revolution is a
professional wrestling
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pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by
All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE.
AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...
(AEW). The event was established by the
promotion
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in 2020 and is held annually in late February–early March. The 2021 event was AEW's first PPV held on a Sunday. It is considered one of the "Big Four" PPVs for AEW, along with
Double or Nothing
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,
All Out, and
Full Gear, the company's four biggest shows produced quarterly.
The first two Revolution PPVs were well acclaimed. The 2020 event was voted as the
Best Major Wrestling Show of the year for the
''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' awards, while the 2021 event was the highest-grossing non-
WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vari ...
wrestling PPV since 1999. The latter was also AEW's largest attended event during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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up to that point.
History
The
inaugural Revolution event took place on February 29, 2020, at the
Wintrust Arena
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in
Chicago, Illinois
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, and was held in partnership between
All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Jacksonville, Florida. It is considered the second largest wrestling promotion in the United States behind WWE.
AEW is owned by Shahid Khan and his son Tony, ...
(AEW) and the
Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
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(C2E2). This inaugural event would be AEW's last
pay-per-view (PPV) held before the start of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, which moved the majority of AEW's shows to
Daily's Place
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in
Jacksonville, Florida
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.
Later that year, AEW President and Chief Executive Officer
Tony Khan
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referred to Revolution as being one of the promotion's "big four" PPVs, their four biggest shows of the year produced quarterly, along with
Double or Nothing
Double or nothing (UK often double or quits) is a gamble to decide whether a loss or debt should be doubled. The result of a "double or nothing" bet is either the subject doubled to twice the amount as the original ''or'' the doubling of a debt. It ...
,
All Out, and
Full Gear. A
second Revolution was then held on March 7, 2021. The second event was originally scheduled for February 27, but due to the
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bout in
Miami Gardens, Florida
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airing that same night, AEW rescheduled Revolution for Sunday, March 7, which in turn made it AEW's first PPV to be held on a Sunday; the promotion had considered Saturday, March 6, but ''
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'' was airing that night.
AEW resumed live touring with fans in July 2021. In turn, the
2022 Revolution was held on March 6 of that year at the
Addition Financial Arena
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in
Orlando, Florida. It was the culmination of a three-day event, with an episode of ''
Rampage'' and a fanfest taking place on March 4 and 5, respectively, at the same venue.
For the 2020
''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' awards, the inaugural Revolution event was voted as the
Best Major Wrestling Show of the year. The following year's event became the highest grossing non-
WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vari ...
wrestling PPV since 1999. It was also AEW's largest attended event during the COVID-19 pandemic up to that point, with an estimated 1,300 spectators.
Events
See also
*
List of All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events
This is a list of All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view events, detailing all wrestling shows promoted on pay-per-view (PPV) by All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
The formation of AEW was announced on January 1, 2019, with the promotion holding its inaugu ...
References
External links
All Elite Wrestling Official website
{{All Elite Wrestling events, Revolution
Recurring events established in 2020