Tony Khan talks Battle of the Belts, other TV news

[Chris]

AEW Battle of the Belts will live on despite the debut of the new weekly Collision show.

In an interview with Post Wrestling Wednesday, AEW head Tony Khan said the quarterly show will continue but was non-committal as to whether it will continue to air on TNT, saying more information will be coming soon.

The one-hour specials were first announced in May 2021 as part of a deal that included the creation of AEW Rampage as well as Dynamite's move to TBS. The first Battle of the Belts bowed in January 2022.

AEW has held six Battle of the Belts shows with the most recent airing live on Fridays after Rampage as opposed to running a taped version on Saturdays.

If last year's schedule holds, the next such Battle of the Belts would take place in August but nothing has been announced as of yet. AEW's August schedule currently has two Dynamite/Rampage dates and two Collision dates in addition to All In. It's also unclear when AEW would hold the show given their new weekly schedule with Collision.

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During the conversation, Khan was asked by Brandon Thurston whether AEW fans could expect AEW content to air on the WBD networks this January -- a different way of asking whether WBD has picked up their one-year option to extend the current TV rights contract through the end of 2024.

Khan didn't directly say whether WBD had done just that, but said that he would expect AEW to air on WBD in January and hopefully for many years to come.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/tony-khan-says-aew-battle-of-the-belts-will-continue

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Everytime I see “more information will be coming soon” I always feel that’s away of saying some stuff will be moving to Max, but can’t announce it yet. Surely when it’s stuff like All In and All Out where he’s not been able to comment on it