All Elite Wrestling announces big event in Vancouver

All Elite Wrestling is bringing its Dynasty pay-per-view to Vancouver.

The American-based wrestling promotion, which most recently held its major event, All Out, in Toronto in September, returns to Vancouver for the first time since it hosted its Collision event there in May 2024.

This time, it will host Dynasty at Rogers Arena on Sunday, April 12.

Tony Khan, AEW’s CEO, GM and head of creative, told Postmedia on Monday that Canada continues to be a strong market for his company and that Vancouver is no exception.

“(We) made our Vancouver debut in May 2024 with AEW Collision,” Khan said. “It was an amazing crowd. They were incredibly passionate and had such a high respect and knowledge for AEW that I knew I wanted to bring the city a pay-per-view event in the future. Vancouver has had some great wrestling events through the years, but I’m confident that AEW Dynasty will be one of the best wrestling events ever held in Vancouver.”

Khan said the quick turnaround from Toronto in September to Vancouver in April is a testament to the popularity of wrestling in Canada. Khan and AEW partnered with Tourism Vancouver to bring the show to Rogers Arena next spring.

“Canada has been an amazing host country for many AEW events in recent years, and AEW Dynasty on April 12 will create a new chapter in AEW’s Canadian legacy,” he said.

With rival WWE having wrapped its recent retirement run with John Cena on the weekend and a new year on the horizon, Khan noted that AEW is coming off what he called its strongest year. Its most recent PPV, Full Gear, was arguably its strongest of the year and one of its strongest all time.

“I truly believe that 2025 has been AEW’s strongest year for the quality of our weekly TV shows and pay-per-view events,” Khan noted. “I thought that Full Gear was an excellent PPV. It’s just my opinion, but I thought that it continued a streak of tremendous PPV events throughout 2025. I also believe that this has been the most consistently strong weekly television that AEW’s ever produced. Every week this year I’ve been proud of the AEW TV shows, I’m beating myself up after the weekly TV shows less than ever.

“In particular, I think that in 2025, AEW Collision: Grand Slam Australia, AEW Dynamite: Spring BreakThru, episode 300, Grand Slam Mexico, Blood & Guts and this past week’s Winter Is Coming events were all among the best wrestling TV shows that AEW has ever produced. As incredible as those TV events were, I believe that our track record on PPV this year is even more impressive. I think that we are poised to hit even greater heights in 2026, and AEW Dynasty at Rogers Arena on Sunday, April 12 will be a key event to achieve that goal.”

Tickets for AEW Dynasty are available:
Presale: Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. to Dec. 21 at 11:59 local
General on sale: Dec. 22 at 10 a.m.