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All Elite Wrestling has made a major hire.
AEW CEO Tony Khan announced that the company has hired former WWE writer Jennifer Pepperman as the Vice President of Content Development. Pepperman has achieved plenty of success as a director and executive producer of soap operas, including As the World Turns, One
Life to Live and After Forever, and has won three Daytime Emmys for Best Directing.
In her new role, Pepperman will work alongside Tony Khan on the development of content for live programming.
AEW’s Official Announcement
The press release, courtesy of AEW, is as follows:
February 21, 2024 – AEW CEO and Head of Creative Tony Khan announced that award-winning
director and producer Jennifer Pepperman has joined AEW today as Vice President, Content
Development.
A professional wrestling producer and senior writer since 2017, Pepperman was a prolific
director and executive producer of renowned soap operas including As the World Turns, One
Life to Live and After Forever. Pepperman has won three Daytime Emmys for Best Directing
across her career, bringing decades of experience in production and directing to AEW.
Pepperman will work alongside CEO and Head of Creative Tony Khan in the development of
content for “AEW: Dynamite,” live on TBS every Wednesday, “AEW: Rampage” on TNT every
Friday and “AEW: Collision,” live on TNT every Saturday.
“Adding Jennifer Pepperman’s brilliant mind to the AEW team opens the door for exciting new
ideas and will help us build upon the incredible stories currently developing on the road to AEW
REVOLUTION across our three weekly shows on TBS and TNT, and the effects of Jennifer’s
arrival in AEW will be felt for many years in the future,” said Khan. “We’re thrilled to welcome
her today, and I look forward to her creativity and collaboration with our team across the board
in what will be AEW’s biggest year yet, and beyond.”
Pepperman previously joined WWE in 2017, and she was a senior writer/producer. She made the decision to leave the company earlier in February.
