Tony Khan took part in a media call on Tuesday to promote this Sunday’s AEW All In 2023 pay-per-view event.
During the call, the AEW President announced that Warner Bros. Discovery is “very pleased” with what AEW is doing these days.
You can check out some highlights from the media call below:
On if AEW is seen by WBD as more sports-centric programming or otherwise: “I believe we do fall in with sports. We’re a very, very prominent live sporting event. We do tremendous ratings. You may have seen the press release that Warner Bros. Discovery put out yesterday afternoon, publicizing the success of AEW Dynamite: Fight For the Fallen, which was the No. 1 show in multiple demographics.”
On AEW’s relationship with WBD: “Warner Bros. Discovery is very excited about the potential of AEW. In the past year, I’ve been very fortunate to get to spend time with Mr. Zaslav, and Mr. Zaslav is very excited about AEW. I’ll take it a step further — I saw Mr. Zaslav over the holidays, with my father, and I walked up to him and introduced my father to him. The first thing he said to my dad is, ‘Your son is effing killing it!’ So, I was very pleased and proud of that.”
On Zaslav’s assessment of AEW: “I believe it’s true, I think we’re doing a great job, and Warner Bros. Discovery is very pleased with the work we’re doing. I think that bodes really well for everybody at AEW, the future of the company, and hopefully for the wrestling business — to have one of the most powerful people in [the] entertainment business taking notice of what we’re doing, paying attention doing it and trying to create opportunities for us.”
