During the post-AEW All Out 2024 media scrum, Tony Khan provided some updates on the AEW TV rights negotiations and the recent copyright request for AEW Shockwave.
You can check out some highlights from the media scrum below:
On the AEW TV rights negotiations: “We’re still in very, very close and exciting negotiations with Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s been going on throughout the summer that we’ve been having these conversations, and it’s a very detailed package that we’re having discussions about. AEW has grown so much. Coming up October 2nd in Pittsburgh, we’ll celebrate five years of AEW Dynamite, fifth year anniversary. We started with two hours and we did All Out here five years ago and we were just getting ready to launch that two hours of weekly TV and now we do five hours of weekly TV and the company has grown and expanded so much.”
“I think it’s safe to say, I believe AEW is here to stay on TNT and TBS, and I think that’s true for a very long time, and I believe it. I have not put pen to paper, I’m still working on things, it’s an exciting time without getting too specific, while giving everybody that anticipation of things to come, there are really exciting things to come and I’m very grateful to have the support of Warner Bros. Discovery, TNT, and TBS.”
When asked if he could give a percentage number on where AEW would sign a media rights deal with WBD, he praised the network and said, “90%.”
On the copyright for AEW Shockwave and what that might be: “I think it would be safe to say that AEW is set to create a shockwave throughout all professional wrestling, and I think people tonight will be talking about what they saw at AEW All Out which was a huge business success for us, did really well here at the NOW Arena, big sell out show, and also really well on PPV and I think creates a lot of anticipation for what’s going to happen Wednesday night on Dynamite on TBS, and we’ll continue to send that shockwave through the world of pro-wrestling.”
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