Grand Slam Australia
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
| Date | February 15, 2025 | ||
| City | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||
| Venue | Suncorp Stadium | ||
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Grand Slam Australia is an upcoming 2025 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will be the fifth annual Grand Slam event and will take place on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, marking AEW's first event in Australia. This subsequently breaks Grand Slam's tradition of being held as a two-part television special at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City in late September.
Production
[edit]Background
[edit]Grand Slam is an annual professional wrestling event produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2021. From its inception until 2024, the event was traditionally held in late September at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in the New York City borough of Queens. It also originally aired as a two-part television special that encompassed the broadcasts of Wednesday Night Dynamite and Friday Night Rampage, although in 2024, it changed to Dynamite and Saturday Night Collision.[1][2][3]
During All In on August 25, 2024, AEW announced that the fifth Grand Slam would be moved up towards the beginning of the year, taking place on Saturday, February 15, 2025. Additionally, the 2025 event was announced to be broadcast via pay-per-view (PPV), in turn reducing it to one night, and be held at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, marking AEW's first event in Australia, with the event subsequently branded as Grand Slam Australia.[4] This announcement came shortly after AEW president Tony Khan confirmed that the company were scouting Australian venues to potentially hold an event in the country in 2025.[5]
Storylines
[edit]Grand Slam Australia will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Storylines are produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ AEW Staff (June 16, 2021). "AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam Coming To NYC September 22nd". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ Casey, Connor (June 16, 2021). "AEW Announces AEW Dynamite Grand Slam for New York City". ComicBook.com. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
- ^ Reneeo, Juan C. (September 27, 2021). "AEW Dark Elevation Results: Paul Wight, Dark Order, Thunder Rosa". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (August 25, 2024). "AEW Grand Slam Australia Announced For February 15, 2025". Fightful. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ Defelice, Robert; Lambert, Jeremy (August 22, 2024). "Tony Khan Confirms AEW Has Scouted Various Locations To Hopefully Run An Event In Australia In 2025". Fightful. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ Graianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.