AEW Grand Slam Mexico was a resounding success. Not only for ticket sale, but in the passion that AEW fans lived worldwide, both in Mexico and the United States and other parts of the world.
And Tony Khan, owner and president of AEW and ROHyou can't be happier about it. Reason why, in the most recent edition of the video podcast Battlegroundhe revealed that AEW will do more shows in Mexico and that his alliance with him CMLL It will become bigger and bigger, allowing many more things for AEW and fans. These were his statements:
► Tony Khan promises more shows of AEW In Mexico and with the CMLL
«Definitely, it was a fantastic event and it was very important for us for many reasons. It was a great show, very fun, fans enjoyed it very much and had very good television numbers.
«It was AEW's most watched episode since last year, and that was before the simulcast. So, according to our data on TBS, it was the most watched show of AEW in cable in almost a year, and in several of the main demographic, it was the most watched in more than a year. »
“And if the audience is added in streaming, I think this was AEW's most watched program in a long time – more than one year, perhaps several. And it is one of our best shows of all time, one of the best perceived by the audience.
«We went to a new market, working with great allies, it was the first AEW event we made in Mexico – and it was an incredible show. Wrestling was excellent, the alliance is excellent, and I definitely think there is a possibility of doing it again. In fact, it is almost a fact that we will return to Mexico. »
«We have a great relationship with CMLL – they own them and operate this wrestling cathedral that is the Mexico Arena. And we had a fantastic event in the Mexico Arena. It meant a lot for so many fighters to be there, because both I and many of AEW's talents are great wrestling fans.
«And the sand par excellence in Mexican wrestling is undoubtedly the Arena Mexico. It is one of the greatest enclosures, one of the most iconic stages of all wrestling, and was a perfect home for Aew Dynamite this last Wednesday. »
«It was an incredible, incredible event, and I can't wait to return to another Grand Slam Mexico – and hopefully many more come Great events under the CMLL label working with AEW ».
