Attitude Era Wrestling

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Attitude Era Wrestling (also known as AEW) is a Efed professional wrestling company. The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia. AEW has one weekly show called Concussion until January 7, 2012 it was the only weekly show until SLAM! with the invasion of Wrestlemania Entertainment started in December of 2012.

[edit] Company history

[edit] The Beginning (2011)

The beginning was ran by Shane McMahon and part of the 2011 were ran by Taz at the end of 2011. Until Shane McMahon unexpectedly disappeared without a trace of what he was. Chris Jericho became the first-ever Attitude Era Wrestling (AEW) World Heavyweight Championship after winning a Triple tier cage match at Ultimate Ascension and would hold the title belt through 2011.

[edit] The new era of AEW (2012)

Beginning the 2012 year, Taz won the AEW Championship from Chris Jericho, until Randy Orton defeated Taz to win the AEW Championship. the AEW Championship continued to change hands from there. After Orton defeated Taz, Taz would return to AEW as the "Director of Authority" from there on Shane McMahon has not been seen in AEW. After months of being away from Attitude Era Wrestling, and after watching Paul Heyman entered the scene of majority owner, Shane McMahon has returned to bring his company back into the right ownership of his own, at the Ultimate Ascension McMahon tried to take his company back from Heyman and Reks, but thanks to Shawn Michaels Taz and McMahon lost, on the December 3 episode of Concussion with the help of Randy Orton, Shane McMahon continued his rampage to gain back control of HIS Attitude Era Wrestling but with the debuting of Rob Van Dam and Val Venis the plan backfired, However at The Last Stand pay-per-view McMahon has challenged Heyman to a Five-on-five Elimination match with Team AEW facing Team wMe, if Team AEW wins Shane gets control back of his company and if Team wMe wins Heyman wins the company.

[edit] Wrestlemania Entertainment invasion and closing of company (2012-2013)

In late December of 2012 Paul Heyman forced Taz to sign over his half of the company to Heyman, At Ultimate Ascension with the help of Shawn Michaels, Heyman and Tyler Reks defeated Shane McMahon and Taz to win majority ownership of the company. At the The Last Stand pay-per-view that was moved to January a team of 5-AEW superstars will face off with a team of 5-wMe superstars in a "Winner Take All" match for the company. As of January 14, 2013 there are only four superstars on the roster with no Starlets on the roster, the roster includes; Tyler Reks, Shawn Michaels, and Val Venis.

[edit] Shane McMahon returns, AEW returns & Closer (2013-2014)

On December 28, 2013 Shane McMahon announced that he would be taking back the AEW from Taz and delivered a "State of AEW" address to the AEW Universe, also announced that Concussion would now be on the Fox Sports 1, and also announced that three pay-per-views would be live on Fox Sports 1 and in February a Free pay-per-view would be broad casted, the company closed in September 2014.

[edit] Return and Paul Heyman as DOA (2014-2016)

[edit] New Era and New Management (2016-present)

[edit] AEW stock and corporate governance

[edit] Wellness program

[edit] Expansion beyond wrestling

[edit] Active properties

• AEW Libraries: a subsidiary of AEW that owns the largest collection of professional wrestling videos and copyrights for other promotions.
• AEW Studios: a subsidiary of AEW created in 2002 to create and develop feature film properties. Formerly known as AEW Films.
• AEW Music Group: a subsidiary that specializes in compilation albums of AEW wrestlers' entrance themes. The group also releases titles that have been performed by AEW wrestlers.
• AEW Home Video: a subsidiary that specializes in distributing compilation VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc copies of AEW pay-per-view events, compilations of AEW wrestlers' performances, and biographies of AEW performers.
• AEW Books: a subsidiary of AEW that serves to publish autobiographies of and fiction based on AEW personalities, behind-the-scenes guides to AEW, illustrated books, calendars, young adult books, and other general "Nonfiction" books.
• AEW Performance Center: a subsidiary of AEW that serves as the training and performance center for future employees.
• AEWShop.com: a website established as the place to buy officially licensed AEW related apparel, gear, and other merchandise.

[edit] Defunct properties

[edit] Charity

• AEW has had a partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation which spans three decades. John Cena has granted more wishes than any celebrity in history, having completed his 400th wish in April 2014.

Since 2012, AEW partners with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to raise awareness for breast cancer during the month of October. Their partnership includes offering special charity-related wrestler merchandise, as well as adding a pink color scheme to the sets and ring ropes; 20% of all October purchases of AEW merchandise go to the organization.

• In June 2014, Connor's Cure is a non-profit charitable organization established by AEW, which they have personally funded through Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation named in honor of Pittsburgh native Connor Mason Michalek (2005 - April 25, 2014) who died two months earlier from Medulloblastoma, a rare tumor that affects the brain and spinal cord.

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

[edit] Current AEW Champions

Main article: List of current champions in AEW Wrestling

[edit] Final GWF champions

[edit] Other accomplishments

[edit] Past accomplishments

[edit] See also

• List of AEW personnel
• AEW Hall of Famers
• List of AEW pay-per-view events
• AEW Concussion Anniversary Show

[edit] References

[edit] External links