Report: AEW Offered 'Considerably More' Than $110 Million Per Year By WBD

Unless there is a drastic change, it appears All Elite Wrestling will be profitable from 2025. 

AEW are currently in talks with Warner Bros. Discovery over renewing their United States TV deal. Dave Meltzer has reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that current talks have centred around the TV rights for Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision, as well as shoulder programming and streaming rights. 

The money being discussed between AEW and WBD is reportedly "considerably more" than $110 million per year, which would make AEW profitable. The exact details of the current offer from WBD are unknown but talk has suggested it could be 50 per cent above AEW's current TV deal or maybe even double that amount. 

AEW's current TV deal for the United States media rights is believed to be worth $80 million for 2024 after Warner Bros. Discovery exercised an option year, meaning AEW's new arrangement could be between $120-160 million. Meltzer noted that even the low end of the estimate would make AEW "significantly profitable in 2025."

A key AEW figure said about the talks with WBD: "(The) TV deal is super tight lipped. I heave heard it's positive for our side but I don't know what that means. I haven't heard figures at all. I can only hope it's sorted soon–which I believe it will be one way or another. Can't wait to see what the doubters say next."

Although streaming rights are a part of the current talks between AEW and WBD, there are no serious negotiations over purchasing AEW's pay-per-view rights, akin to the deal that Peacock has with WWE. 

The talks between AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery have been heavily discussed this week following multiple reports which stated that Tony Khan was disappointed with the United States media rights offer from Warner Bros. Discovery. It was noted soon after, however, that talks between the two parties were not going badly and there was actually some excitement within AEW over a possible deal. 

All Elite Wrestling and Warner Bros. Discovery have worked together since 2019. AEW Dynamite currently airs on Wednesday nights on TBS. AEW Rampage and AEW Collision, meanwhile, air on TNT on Friday and Saturday nights respectively.