Report: AEW's New TV Deal With WBD Is 'Done', Will Include PPVs

A new media rights arrangement between All Elite Wrestling and Warner Bros. Discovery is considered a "done deal" and will include pay-per-views on Max in some form. 

This is according to Dave Meltzer who reported on Wrestling Observer Radio: "The WBD deal is a done deal and there are going to be changes. From what I gather, there is going be a pay-per-view component in this deal. Exactly what it is I don't know...There is going to be a deal with Max with the pay-per-views in some form is what it looks like."

AEW and WBD have been in talks for several months over a new media rights deal in the United States. The offer on the table is believed to be at least double the value of AEW's current deal that is estimated to be around $70 million per year. The new deal between AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery reportedly won't be exclusive, however, with rumours in recent days suggesting that AEW are in talks with Fox over a new one-hour show named Shockwave that will air on FS1. 

How exactly AEW pay-per-views on Max will work is unknown. WWE pay-per-views air on Peacock and the shows are included at no extra cost to the price of subscribing to the streaming service. 

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