During Thursday’s ROH Death Before Dishonor Media Conference Call, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about online claims the company had secured a new deal with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Khan said the following:
“We’re having great talks. Still in conversation. So I think that would be premature to say that, we’re all set and done because that’s still what we’re working on…so having great talks, including today. I’ve had some great meetings with the executive team, Mr. Zasloff, Kathleen Finch, Bruce Campbell, and the great people at Warner Brothers Discovery that put a lot of time in and had a lot of great meetings and conversations. It’s still something we’re all working on together. Yeah, I think it would be premature to say that for sure, but also important to note that. It’s a very good ongoing dialogue that we’re having.…I don’t usually do this, but since Brandon [Thurston] brought it up and asked, I had a major member of the wrestling media mentioned to me yesterday [that] WWE Is telling people that…I don’t know why WWE is Telling people about our media rights deal….I don’t really understand why WWE PR calls people and talks about my business. WWE PR is telling people that the deal is done and that the deal is done at the same level. That it was going to be our previous deal. That’s not the case. I don’t know why WWE PR and why major wrestling media members who are very credible and have never lied to me are…I don’t know why they’re telling people that it’s none of their business. I think WWE PR really gets involved in a lot of things they shouldn’t get involved in, and I can tell you that is very untrue because when we make a deal for AEW, it’s going to be a great deal with a big increase. Over what we’ve been doing, we’re in a really good position. We’ve been doing great business here, despite what they’re trying to do to us.”
Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics has posted the audio from the media conference call, which can be listened to below:
Quote source: PWInsider