AEW Gains Enhanced Integration with Warner Bros Discovery Properties

Under Tony Khan’s leadership, AEW has forged a significant partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery, ensuring that AEW’s content aligns with the network’s standards. This collaboration has fueled speculation about a potential media rights deal. Now, it appears AEW has developed deeper integration with WBD properties, indicating a strengthened and more comprehensive partnership.

Warner Bros. Discovery has been a proud broadcaster of AEW’s popular shows such as Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision. This exclusive partnership has been so impactful that it led to the discontinuation of AEW Dark on YouTube, allowing for a more focused and cohesive presence on the network’s platforms.

According to PWInsider, San Diego Comic-Con will feature a panel on All Elite Wrestling, showcasing new collaborations with Warner Bros. Discovery properties, including DC Comics and Adult Swim. This collaboration hints at a positive future relationship between AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery.

”San Diego Comic-Con is revealing its programming for later this month with details on AEW’s panel also including details on new AEW collaborations with WBD owned properties, including DC Comics and Adult Swim. One would think that is a positive sign and deeper integration for the future of the relationship between the two sides.”

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The panel, titled “AEW’s Rise Inside the Ring and Beyond,” is scheduled for Thursday, July 25, 2024, from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM PDT in Room 6BCF. It will celebrate AEW’s journey from its 2019 inception to becoming a global wrestling powerhouse, highlighted by record-setting attendance at Wembley Stadium and significant achievements over the past year.

The event will include major announcements across different fandoms, featuring a DC Comics partnership and an Adult Swim brand integration. In honor of AEW’s five-year anniversary, stars such as Swerve Strickland, “Timeless” Toni Storm, Will Ospreay, Orange Cassidy, Britt Baker, and Darby Allin will provide an inside look at AEW’s evolution and success as one of the most-watched weekly television programs.

Even Tony Khan anticipates a significant media rights renewal for AEW. Reports suggest that the media rights deal between AEW and Warner Bros Discovery could be worth significantly more than $110 million per year. Fans and industry insiders eagerly await the final agreement between the parties, so we’ll have to see what will happen in the end.

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