by AEW has seen massive growth over the years. TBS and TNT have been the home for AEW Television since it’s inceptions. TBS and TNT is owned by Warner Bros. Discover. AEW’s TV deal with WBD is set expiry in Oct 2024.
PWInsider recently reported that on past Monday, TKO’s Mark Shapiro, and WWE’s Nick Khan and Triple H met with WBD’s Bruce Campell about potentially moving WWE RAW to WBD family.
Tony Khan recently on ROH Final Battle Media Scrum talked about their relationship with WBD. Tony Khan says AEW has a very strong relationship with WBD.
“Ring of Honor, we haven’t had recently as many, but we’ve had really good conversations about AEW, even in recent days, I’ve had really good talks with Warner Brothers Discovery. We’ve been with them for several years, it’s a really exciting time for AEW.”
“We’re performing incredibly well for Warners Brothers Discovery and we’re a very strong relationship. With media rights and all the things coming up, everyone has to do their due diligence. It’s just part of the TV business. Where we stand, we stand in a position for AEW to have a huge growth year in 2024. There are a lot of really exciting things happening that I know Warner Brothers is excited about, that we’ve talked about.”
“It’s a great relationship and it’s going very very well for us and part of the TV business, for both sides, is doing their due diligence and that’s just a part of sports and television, really. Being part of the NFL and Premier League, I’ve seen that process play out with certainly different TV networks looking at different sports and the sports looking at different TV networks. I’ve been part of this multiple times in the NFL.” (H/T: Fightful)
