AEW All In Turnstile Count Much Lower Than Announced Paid Attendance

Written by James Holder • Published 14th September 2023
AEW All In crowd

Fans now have more AEW attendance figures to argue over.

On August 27th, AEW headed to the United Kingdom for the first time, holding All In at the world-famous Wembley Stadium. The event was the first wrestling show to be held at the venue — or at least the modern version of the venue — since SummerSlam 1992.

Heading into the event there was a great deal of speculation around how many fans would be in attendance and whether it would break WWE’s all-time paid attendance record, which was set at WrestleMania 32.

On the night, AEW announced the attendance as 81,035, which would make it the highest-paid attendance at a wrestling event in history. However, things might not be quite that simple.

Following a freedom of information request, Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics reports that Brent Council (The local authority where Wembley is located) recorded the turnstile count as 72,265. This figure represents the number of tickets that were scanned as attendees entered the building.

Thurston noted that a source stated that AEW events typically have a turnstile count of around 80%-90% of the paid attendance figure. Furthermore, Wembley has 160 suites that hold between two and eight people, that’s less than an extra 3,200 attendees that could hypothetically be added to 72,265.

Crucially for those fans keeping score, that’s not enough to take the event past the 80,709 turnstile count recorded by WrestleMania 32. Thurston adds that WrestleMania 32 remains “the verifiable most-attended wrestling event, North Korea shows excluded.”

It remains unclear which event sold the most tickets, with the “implied range” of sales for WM32 being between 74,000 and 86,000.

WWE’s own announced number for the event — which the company regularly inflates — was 101,763.

What Happened In The Ring At AEW All In?

AEW All In was a huge night in the careers of MJF and Adam Cole, as the pair won the ROH World Tag Team Titles before battling over the AEW World Championship in the main event.

Meanwhile, Saraya scored a popular home win, as she claimed the Women’s Title, and Will Ospreay was cheered to the rafters as he overcame Chris Jericho.

There was also something of a surprise as FTR retained the World Tag Team Titles with a victory over the Young Bucks. Heading into the match, many had expected the Bucks to win back the gold.