Get ready to mark your calendars, hang up your tassels, and maybe even do a celebratory Canadian Destroyer off your front porch (don’t) — Springfield, Massachusetts has officially declared April 12, 2025, “All Elite Wrestling Day.”
That’s right. The city that once gave you basketball, Dr. Seuss, and probably a headache trying to park downtown is now giving AEW an entire day of civic glory, as declared by Mayor Domenic J. Sarno himself.
The proclamation, signed with all the pomp and professional wrestling reverence you’d expect, credits AEW with bringing the body-slamming, rope-running spectacle to Springfield and helping drive fan engagement (and possibly steel chair sales) all over the Northeast. It’s a nod to AEW’s cultural impact, as well as the sweet, sweet tourism dollars that follow Thunder Rosa and company like a conga line of devoted fans.
Speaking of Thunder Rosa, the former AEW Women’s World Champion and face-paint fashion icon broke the news personally via MassMutual Center’s Instagram, standing outside city hall in a pastel pink blazer, full lucha glam and enough pride to power a turnbuckle dive.
“Thank you so much to Mayor Sarno for giving us a proclamation! … Saturday, April 12, it is All Elite Wrestling Day!” Rosa beamed.
Even the mayor’s note, read aloud by Rosa, stayed in kayfabe just enough to keep things glorious:
“Thanks for coming back to Springfield. One bodyslam away from the title! Good health and continued success both in and out of the ring. God bless.”
Honestly? That’s a shoot, brother.
Whether this becomes an annual Springfield tradition or just a one-time superkick to civic normalcy, AEW Collision is bringing the fireworks to town. Saturday’s lineup is stacked:
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Women’s Owen Hart Cup matches
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Megan Bayne bringing the heat
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“Timeless” Toni Storm likely floating somewhere with a martini
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Anthony Bowens freshly returned
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Death Riders defending gold and probably bleeding somewhere
Springfield is All Elite. And now, officially.