AEW has signed a new multi-year deal with TNT that will keep it on the air through 2023. In addition they will launch a new weekly show to go alongside Dynamite.
According to Variety: “When we launched AEW one year ago, we wanted to start a revolution that would disrupt the wrestling business, but everyone said that it would take a strong weekly television partner to make AEW real in the eyes of everyone – above all, the fans,” said Tony Khan, president and CEO of AEW. “What virtually no one realized at the time was Kevin Reilly and TNT were committed to this very same movement from Day One, and their belief in us made it possible for AEW to think and act big from the start. Here we are, only four months into ‘Wednesday Night Dynamite,’ and now we’ve been extended through 2023! We’re now making the ultimate statement that the team of AEW and TNT is here to stay and to bring fans more of the great wrestling that the fans demand and deserve.”
Other notes include that this is roughly a $45 million a year deal for AEW for the next four years. This number includes production which is roughly $30 million which means AEW gets an extra $15 million.
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— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) January 15, 2020
Breaking News – #AEWDynamite Extended Through 2023 pic.twitter.com/cZHeqGdcRs
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) January 15, 2020
So if #AEW is getting an extra $15 million out of this deal ($45M per year with the $30M production costs included) and speculating as to how much top talents/staff get, who do you think AEW will go after in 2020? pic.twitter.com/QZqD7NxF43
— PWPonderings (@pwponderings) January 15, 2020