Tony Khan Confirms Planned Taping Formats For AEW’s Four Television Programs
All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan has high hopes for the future of the company and big plans for how the company will continue to evolve.
In a recent interview with PWInsider’s Mike Johnson during a media event at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City, Khan spoke about how AEW intends to proceed with television tapings going forward. He confirmed that the company will alternate between airing its upcoming Rampage show live and pre-taping this program.
“With Rampage, there’s going to be some weeks Rampage will be live and there’ll be weeks where we plan to tape Rampage after Dynamite, including here at Arthur Ashe stadium, where we will be filming also after,” Khan said. “We’ll do Dynamite live and we’ll also film Rampage. And in some of the markets where we have these amazing crowds, I think it’s okay.”
Khan explained why he believes that this strategy for both Rampage and Dynamite can help give fans a better product. He noted how a live debut for Rampage, and a handful of live episodes beyond that, could produce some “special” content.
“We can take advantage of it and give them Dynamite and Rampage,” said Khan. “There’s also going to be times where we’re going to do a lot of live Rampages. We’re going to have a live debut. We’re going to do some great live episodes. The Go Home will be live for All Out at the Sears Center, and also we’ll be live for the Go Home in St. Louis and it’ll be great. We’ll also be… so it’ll be Rampage. It’ll be really, really special for us. I think it will be, sometimes we’ll do it after Dynamite. We’ll do Dynamite, then we’ll do Rampage. Sometimes if Rampage is not live, then that’ll be one taping.”
Khan confirmed that AEW Dark and AEW Dark: Elevation will undergo some changes to their taping format. He described how Elevation will now be taped before Dynamite; Khan also stated that he intends to find a venue to tape Dark in addition to other content.
“Before Dynamite, we used to tape Dark,” Khan said. “That’s going to change. I’m going to tape Elevation before Dynamite now. So it’s going to be a shorter Elevation and I may add matches that I’ll explain where I’ll add them from. I’m going to procure a venue for use to tape Dark and other content that’ll be great. And I’m really looking forward to this. I think it’s going to be tremendous and it will be where we’ll shoot Dark and we’ll do tapings.
“And it’ll be, as it’s been, it’s been a developmental situation and it’ll continue to be developmental. And it’s been great doing it all under one roof, all at one taping. And there’s been advantages, but there’ll be some advantages now to doing it as its own taping and being able to give 100% attention to these and not having also to think about Dynamite and soon Rampage and Elevation also.”
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