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Tony Khan discusses the end of AEW Rampage.
At the AEW Rampage taping on December 22, Tony Khan noted that it would be the last one for the foreseeable future. Rampage was reportedly not planned for 2025 when AEW signed a new media rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery in October.
During the AEW Worlds End media call, WrestleZone’s Bill Pritchard asked Tony Khan was asked about his comments regarding AEW Rampage.
“I think it’s a great situation for AEW. We’re getting a new media rights agreement that is huge for us for many reasons,” Khan said. “It is a massive opportunity for AEW to be able to simulcast our shows and reach new viewers through the streaming service, Max. By streaming on Max simulcast, along with every Wednesday on TBS and every Saturday on TNT, to complement that with also simulcasting, it’s a huge opportunity for us. The deal was very favorable for AEW. We were able to get rights fees that are many times larger than what we had in our first five years. It completely changes the financial picture of AEW, and it is a big target that we have aspired to for many years. Part of the agreement is that we would focus on these four hours and really, it’s so important to us that we launched AEW Collision last year.
“This opportunity, this deal, is why I felt like it was very important for us to launch AEW Collision, to have a two-hour primetime home on TNT. We’re coming off one of the best results in the history of AEW Collision and our biggest viewership in a year and a half. We’re really, really proud of that result. I think it’s gonna be important for us to focus on Dynamite and Collision, and it will be a huge development for AEW. It is, in many ways, a reimagination of the calendar. But it’s also going to be great for the company. It’s a huge opportunity, and it allows us to really focus on Dynamite and Collision and put more resources into those shows and grow the company.”
Khan also noted that, with the rights fees, they put the company on the path to profitability.
Tony Khan On Focusing On AEW Dynamite And Collision
Khan then reiterated that AEW would focus their resources on AEW Dynamite and Collision going forward.
“Rampage has been a great, great show for us, and for the foreseeable future, we’re gonna focus our resources on Dynamite and Collision because Dynamite and Collision, the rights fees around those shows have skyrocketed,” Khan said. “That is the way we built it up, and that was why this deal made so much sense for us and why it’s such a great opportunity to focus on Wednesdays and Saturdays.”
WrestleZone will provide more information as it becomes available.
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