With the present tv rights deal between All Elite Wrestling and Warner Brothers Discovery set to run out on the finish of the 12 months, each side have begun discussions about the opportunity of renewing it. Throughout a latest interview with “SportsGrid,” AEW President Tony Khan shared an replace on their conversations, indicating whereas they’ve leaned in an general constructive course, the negotiation course of itself is moderately complicated.
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“We’re having nice conversations at Warner Brothers Discovery, positively that it is a terrific dwelling for professional wrestling. TBS is the station that has the longest historical past of internet hosting professional wrestling of any channel in America. We’re actually enthusiastic about having AEW each Wednesday on TBS and each weekend on TNT,” Khan stated.Â
“I believe it is superior and we’re having nice conversations with Warner Brothers Discovery. [WBD CEO and President] Mr. Zaslav himself has been actually nice, very engaged. We’re making an attempt to determine this out. It is a very difficult factor. It is a huge media rights bundle. I am very excited to maintain working hopefully for a very long time with Warner Brothers Discovery. We’re having a good time right here and we’ve got a terrific relationship with the administration. Mr. Zaslav, particularly, has been implausible to us.”
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In one other latest interview, Khan famous that discussions between AEW and WBD have been nearing the metaphorical finish zone. This indication strains up with earlier reviews circling the summer time or fall of 2024 because the probably time-frame for the corporate to make an official announcement on their new tv rights deal. The projected size of this anticipated deal continues to be unknown, though Khan is hoping for AEW to stay underneath the WBD umbrella ceaselessly.
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