Tony Khan Confirms AEW Collision Is Part Of New Contract For Same Time With WBD

While speaking at the AEW Double or Nothing post-show media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan was asked if Warner Brothers Discovery was paying the company for the addition of Collision. 

The show premieres on June 17 in Chicago, IL, and will be built around the returning CM Punk. AEW’s TV deal expires next year. 

“Yes, we’re definitely being paid for Collision and being paid very well. Yes, in addition to Dynamite and Rampage. We got a new contract. It’s more money, but it’s the same length of time. I was very excited about it. It was a great opportunity for us. It’s certainly very expensive to produce a two-hour live TV show, and on the weekend, doing it every week, it’s not going to be cheap, but it’s going to be great.”

“It was a great opportunity for the company to get more revenue to do more TV, but also grow another brand in addition to what we do with Dynamite and Rampage. It will be added production costs, and now we’re not producing Dark and Elevation, so there is some cost saving there. There will be increased costs, but it will also definitely increase revenue through, not only the ticket sales and the merch sales, but through license fees that we’re making because of an incremental change, increasing our compensation for Collision.”

H/T to Fightful

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