AEW: Tony Khan on “It’s Safe to Say AEW on TBS & TNT Is Here to Stay”, Ricochet on AEW Being the Gas Can to Rekindle the Fire of His Career, More News

Tony Khan Comments on “It’s Safe to Say AEW on TBS & TNT Is Here to Stay”

As noted before, AEW’s television deal with Warner Bros Discovery is currently expected to expire at the end of this year while their exclusivity window for talks with WBD for a potential new media rights deal expired at the end of this past July. WBD is currently believed to have offered AEW a new deal that is worth “at least double” of their current deal.

Prior to the start of Friday’s AEW Collision and Rampage shows in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, AEW CEO Tony Khan announced on Twitter that AEW was on the “one yard line” at the most important time in the company’s history.

Thank you all who watch AEW!

This huge weekend #AEWAllOut starts TONIGHT with 3.5 hours live on TNT!

AEW's on the 1 yard line at the most important time in our history, join us TOMORROW for All Out
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#AEWCollision
8pm ET/7pm CT
+#AEWRampage + All Out Countdown
TONIGHT on TNT

— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) September 6, 2024

Following AEW’s Collision show, Khan gave a speech to the live crowd stating “I think it’s safe to say, I feel pretty good to say, AEW on TBS and TNT, I think, is here to stay.” Khan did not provide any other details regarding the current situation of AEW’s talks with WBD for a new media rights deal.

Is the WBD deal done??? pic.twitter.com/AU3xAjmh0a

— Ulices (@11ulc) September 7, 2024

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Ricochet Comments on “AEW Is The Gas Can To Rekindle The Fire” of His Wrestling Career

A recent episode of The Ringer’s The Masked Man Show podcast featured Ricochet as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Ricochet’s thoughts about what excites him about him joining AEW.

“Being able to rekindle that passion, rekindle that love that I started doing it 21 years ago for. To go back to the roots of it and really open up that side of my life again and just rekindle that passion that was obviously still there, it just…my gas can was a little empty. The fire was still there, I just needed some gas to throw in the fire, rekindle that fire, and I think AEW is that gas can.”

Ricochet also gave his thoughts about if he currently feels like a new person since joining AEW.

“I always feel like the new person. I always feel, I was the same, even now because a lot of them are younger than me, which is crazy, but I was always the young kid, I was the young one and the new guy. Obviously my body feels like it’s a vet because my body has taken a lot of bumps and beatings. But I really just try to go in open-minded. I try to go in, again, I really do feel new. This is a new place. Although it’s my friends and everything feels comfortable, I am new, and I do feel new, so I want to do everything that I can, put extra work in to catch up basically to all these guys because they’re all doing some good stuff. Everybody’s doing good stuff here. I know I’m new and I know it’s a big thing that I’m here, but I want to be able to contribute and contribute and contribute as much as possible, just like everybody else is doing because everybody’s on top of their game.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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AEW News & Notes

AEW reportedly has sold and distributed around 7,610 tickets for tonight’s All Out 2024 event at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois as of Friday afternoon, according to WrestleTix.

AEW filed new trademarks for “The Clone” and “El Clon” on September 5th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

AEW announced that they have recently partnered with Ubisoft for the release of special limited edition of Assassin’s Creed themed Will Ospreay merchandise.

Friday’s special AEW Collision show in Hoffman Estates, Illinois featured New Japan Pro Wrestling talent Tomohiro Ishii’s final appearance of his summer stint with AEW. During the show, Ishii was seen laid out with a chair around his neck backstage by The Learning Tree and Chris Jericho stating that Ishii’s time with AEW has come to an end.

Friday’s special AEW Collision show in Hoffman Estates also featured “The Glamour” Mariah May announcing that she will be holding a celebration in honor of her recently won AEW Women’s World Championship at Saturday’s AEW All Out 2024 event.

In a recent virtual fan signing event for Highspots, “Timeless” Toni Storm gave a shout out to wrestling legend and former WWE wrestler Wendi Richter as part of Storm’s long-running routine of her character calling out Richter for a match between the two. Storm stated “Yes, so I’ve heard. About bloody time you spoke up Wendi Richter. I will meet you in the squared circle soon enough, you b*tch. I’ll slap your tits off.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

In a separate interview with 693 SenQ, “Timeless” Toni Storm gave her thoughts about what would have been next for her had she not lost the AEW World Championship to Mariah May at AEW All In 2024. Storm stated “It’s very clear. It’s very obvious. There is only one that can be a possibility. Wendi Richter. She has been ducking and dodging me for years. I, for one, have had enough. I’ve come all the way to Australia, straight from Wembley, to find her and she has not been seen. My plans have been ruined yet again.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with 97.3 The Game Milwaukee radio show, Kris Statlander gave her thoughts about her current goals for her career in AEW. Statlander stated “A dream would be probably to win the TBS Title back, maybe to win the AEW Women’s World Championship. Maybe have them both at the same time. Also just continue to be the best wrestler that I can be, and to be someone that gives everyone their best matches.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with What’s For Lunch with Chef Donny, Orange Cassidy gave his thoughts about the origin of the single firework for his match entrances in AEW. Cassidy stated “I’m very minimal. They said they were thinking about doing fireworks for me. I said, ‘that’s not really my style.’ One day, they were testing the pyro. There was a little firework. I was like, ‘Can I have that?’ ‘Yeah, we do it anyway. It’s free.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

AEW announced one new match for the card of next week’s AEW Collision show on September 14th in Dayton, Ohio:

• FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson)