What AEW’s record-breaking Wembley show means for wrestling fans like me

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As All Elite Wrestling prepares to run one of the biggest wrestling events of all time at Wembley stadium later today, I wanted to reflect on how we got here, and how AEW willed into reality something that just a few short years ago seemed impossible. Whether it was the bargaining power it gave free agent wrestlers by providing them with another place to perform, the opportunities it provided to non-wrestling personnel who were still involved in the industry like writers and commenters, or simply the way it gave fans like me another easily accessible way to watch pro wrestling on television, the appearance of AEW on the scene represented a seismic shift in the world of professional wrestling. It won’t change what the event means for the world of professional wrestling To say the company has been a success would be an understatement. I don’t foresee any other wrestling companies putting on events of a similar scale to this one any time soon, but five years ago the idea of a startup company putting 80,000 plus fans into a stadium that hadn’t seen a wrestling event since 1992 would have been equally inconceivable.