AEW and WBD have agreed to a brand new, profitable media rights deal, making certain many extra years of AEW programming on TNT and TBS. One in every of AEW’s most vocal critics, former WCW Tv Champion Konnan is thrilled for the corporate.
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“Congratulations on getting 3 extra years. Clearly, that can by no means, ever be printed, [I] dare anybody to,” Konnan mentioned on “Conserving It 100” lately, clarifying his varied feedback through the years. “We do not need you to get canceled, we simply need the present to get higher by explaining who these Japanese and Mexican wrestlers are.”
Konnan was crucial of the deal when rumors first surfaced, noting that the $170 million price ticket is way from the billion-dollar supply that Khan has claimed up to now, although regardless the AEW President has been adamant the corporate was worthwhile forward of the rise in media rights charges. The corporate just isn’t solely persevering with on WBD networks. Freed of the exclusivity of the unique extension, the corporate is rumored to be negotiating a Friday night time program on Fox, both a brand new present known as “Shockwave” or as the brand new house of “Rampage.”
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AEW just isn’t solely set to stay on WBD networks however will even be simulcast on the Max streaming platform in 2025, which will even finally be house to the AEW PPV library. The information comes as WWE additionally joins the streaming world, as “Uncooked” will depart The USA Community for Netflix in January 2025, marking an finish to over 30 years on cable tv.
