-- As AEW closes in on a new media for their TV shows, President Tony Khan spoke to SportsGrid about the importance of a prospective deal and what it would mean for AEW. The current deal AEW has with Warner Bros. Discovery has just mere months left on it with an expiry at the end of 2024. The two sides remain in discussions about a new agreement and by most accounts, it appears they are close to locking something down.
"We’re having great conversations with Warner Bros. Discovery. Mr. Zaslav himself has been really great, very engaged. And we’re trying to figure this out. It’s a very complicated thing. It’s a big media rights package and I’m very excited to keep working, hopefully for a long time, with Warner Bros. Discovery. We’re having a great time here and we have a great relationship with the management. Mr. Zaslav in particular has been fantastic to us."
"It’s going to be a huge thing. It will mean that all the investment into AEW has more than paid off. It’ll mean a very secure future for AEW for a very long time to come. We’re going to get a great media rights deal. We’re having great conversations here. And we have a great home now at Warner Bros. Discovery, and, you know, I think this is a great home for us. And I’m really pleased they want us to stay. They’ve made us great offers and we’re having great conversations now. But, you know, with five hours of wrestling every week and streaming, there’s all kinds of things to talk about. And It’s really, really very exciting for the future of AEW."
