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AEW All Out sells out in Chicago, even head-to-head with WWE and CM Punk

Live coverage and related reports for AEW All Out sells out in Chicago, even head-to-head with WWE and CM Punk.

AI Story Summary

What happened?

AEW's All Out on Sept. 26 at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL has sold out its current seating configuration, with WrestleTix estimating about 9,148 tickets distributed and more seats expected to be added. WWE is running a Worlds Collide show in nearby Rosemont the same night featuring CM Punk — a move described in reports as counter-programming aimed at competing with AEW. Despite the head-to-head booking, the ticket report indicates AEW's gate was not harmed so far.

Key Takeaways

  • AEW All Out (Sept. 26) sold out the current NOW Arena configuration.
  • WrestleTix estimates about 9,148 tickets have been distributed for the configured seating.
  • WWE announced a Worlds Collide show in Rosemont the same night featuring CM Punk.
  • WWE's booking has been described in reports as counter-programming aimed at AEW.
  • AEW is expected to add more seats as the event date approaches.

AI Timeline

Event scheduled

AEW All Out set for Sept. 26 at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL.

WWE announcement

WWE announced a Worlds Collide show in nearby Rosemont for the same night, featuring CM Punk; reports framed this as counter-programming.

Ticket report (11 days out)

WrestleTix reports AEW has sold out the current configuration of NOW Arena, with an estimated 9,148 tickets distributed.

Capacity update

AEW is expected to add additional seats to the configuration as the date approaches.

Model: gpt-5-mini•Generated: Sep 15, 3:00 PM

Sources Covering This Story

Cageside Seats

Timeline

Sep 15, 2:42 PM

AEW All Out sells out in Chicago, even head-to-head with WWE and CM Punk

Cageside Seats • AEW

Sat., Sept. 26 is shaping up to be a big day of wrestling in Chicagoland, with AEW All Out happening in Hoffman Estates, Illinois that night as WWE is roughly 30 minutes away in Rosemont with a World Collide show featuring its Lucha Libre AAA brand, and Chi-town’s own CM Punk. WWE’s announcement of Worlds Collide was the latest example of a counter-programming effort that’s said to be designed to “hurt AEW” any way it can. Fans can — and are — debating the effectiveness of the strategy… But while it may help WWE in the attention economy, it didn’t hurt All Out’s gate. With 11 days to the show and more matches to be announced, WrestleTix says AEW’s sold out its current configuration of NOW Arena. They’ll likely add more seats as the date approaches: AEW All Out has officially sold out. The September 26 event at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL, is currently at an estimated 9,148 tickets distributed, matching the number of seats currently configured for the event. More seats are expecte

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