https://www.scmp.com/rss/501213/feed The latest news, analysis and opinion on All Elite Wrestling - AEW. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When he was 16, Pakistani-born billionaire Shahid Khan went to the US with only US$500 in his pocket. He got a job as a dishwasher on his second day in the country and began dreaming the American dream. That was in 1967. Now 74, the tycoon has created a sporting empire, buying the Jacksonville Jaguars and English football club Fulham. He has also been a sleeping partner in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), the organisation led by his son, Tony. Shahid is married to Ann Carlson Khan, whom he met at... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3304999/meet-billionaire-shahid-khan-and-his-wrestling-obsessed-son-tony-shahid-owns-fulham-fc-jacksonville?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3304999/meet-billionaire-shahid-khan-and-his-wrestling-obsessed-son-tony-shahid-owns-fulham-fc-jacksonville?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:00:20 +0000 It’s not an overstatement to say the world of professional wrestling has turned on its axis since the last time the Post caught up with Ho Ho Lun 2½ years ago. From promoting shows in his home city of Hong Kong, the 34-year-old former WWE star has found himself stuck in Japan for most of the coronavirus pandemic, honing his skills in the ring and the commentary booth with local promotion Dragon Gate, all while a wrestling revolution was taking place in the US in the form of the upstart AEW. With... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3162147/hong-kong-pro-wrestler-ho-ho-lun-aew-debut-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3162147/hong-kong-pro-wrestler-ho-ho-lun-aew-debut-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:12:12 +0000 Hikaru Shida has broken her silence after All Elite Wrestling fired Spanish commentator Willie Urbina for mocking her accent. Urbina made an insulting impersonation of the 32-year-old Japanese star during the Spanish language broadcast of Friday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite. Kanagawa-born Shida had just delivered her first in-ring promo in English thanking the crowd at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, for their support after reaching the one-year milestone as women’s champion in the US... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3135588/aew-hikaru-shida-proud-my-race-after-spanish?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3135588/aew-hikaru-shida-proud-my-race-after-spanish?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jun 2021 05:46:12 +0000 The possibilities for cross promotion seem endless after ONE Championship announced last week it will premiere a new series of events following All Elite Wrestling on prime time US television network TNT. AEW has forged a significant audience on Wednesday nights with it’s signature Dynamite weekly show, and will now lead in to the Asian martial arts organisation’s ONE on TNT episodes – starting with April 7’s huge card featuring the legendary Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez. The... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3120203/one-championships-vitor-belfort-calls-chris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3120203/one-championships-vitor-belfort-calls-chris?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Feb 2021 07:43:32 +0000 Dwayne Johnson, known as The Rock to his fans, made his wrestling debut as Rocky Maivia in 1996. Now, his daughter, Simone Johnson, is following his footsteps as a professional wrestler and is becoming the youngest person in history to sign with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Why did WWE star ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey swap fame for life on a farm? View this post on Instagram To the little girl who fell in love with wrestling & said “this will be my life one day”,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3086532/5-surprising-facts-about-simone-johnson-daughter-dwayne?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3086532/5-surprising-facts-about-simone-johnson-daughter-dwayne?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 May 2020 19:00:17 +0000 Jon Moxley got a lot off his chest when he left WWE for AEW. And now he’s launched another verbal barrage at his former employers. Speaking at the Starrcast IV wrestling convention in Baltimore last week ahead of AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view, Moxley vented about the frustrations he experienced during his final year in the company after coming back from injury. “The whole time from when I came back to about the beginning of the year, I knew I was leaving. But I was p***** about it. I wasn't... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3038047/aew-jon-moxley-says-wwe-made-me-walk-away-all-money?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3038047/aew-jon-moxley-says-wwe-made-me-walk-away-all-money?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Nov 2019 08:35:53 +0000 Cody Rhodes’ barnstorming promo on AEW Dynamite this week is all the world of professional wrestling is talking about. Now even “The Rock” has weighed in. Hollywood icon and WWE legend Dwayne Johnson – who has been busy with MMA, crowning Jorge Masvidal the “BMF” champion at UFC 244 last weekend – gave Cody some props on Twitter after watching his electrifying performance. “Rhythm, cadence, tone, intent, passion, execution. Great promo, brother. You dropped that MF @codyrhodes,” Johnson... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3036862/wwe-rock-praises-cody-rhodes-promo-aew-intent-passion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3036862/wwe-rock-praises-cody-rhodes-promo-aew-intent-passion?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:41:56 +0000 Chris Jericho became the first world champion of AEW on Saturday night in Chicago. But he has lost the title – quite literally, but not to another opponent – less than a day later. Former WWE legend Jericho won the belt by defeating “Hangman” Adam Page at the upstart wrestling promotion’s All Out pay-per-view at the Sears Centre Arena last weekend. Fans on social media at first thought the incident was a storyline for AEW, which launches its weekly television programme on US network TNT next... https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3025646/chris-jericho-reports-aew-world-title-belt-stolen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/wrestling/article/3025646/chris-jericho-reports-aew-world-title-belt-stolen?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Sep 2019 06:33:21 +0000