Tony Khan strikes new deal with former WWE broadcasting partner

Tony Khan has struck a new deal with a broadcast partner which formerly did business with WWE. The network in question is FOX.

Sometime after the Tony Khan-led promotion filed a trademark for AEW: Shockwave, multiple sources reported that All Elite Wrestling might air a new program with the same name on FOX, or FOX Sports 1. FS1, incidentally, would go on to broadcast A Day in the Life of AEW GM & CEO Tony Khan on September 18, featuring the All Elite Creative Head.

After AEW and Warner Brothers Discovery recently agreed to terms on a new profitable deal, rumors regarding the promotion's negotiations with FOX continued to circulate. Now, in a major update, All Elite Wrestling and FOX Sports Mexico have revealed that the two entities have come to terms on a new broadcasting deal, which will enable the network to air the Jacksonville-based company's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Collision, and Rampage, as well as its pay-per-view events - a deal which kicks off with WrestleDream 2024.

Furthermore, the joint press release disclosed that FS Mexico will inaugurate an original production called the All Elite Show, which will present analyses of certain matches and "provide previews for upcoming AEW events," and which is set for broadcast on Monday nights.

Notably, FOX recently saw its five-year broadcasting partnership with WWE conclude as Friday Night Smackdown moved to the USA Network in September.

---

Eric Bischoff on a potential deal between Tony Khan's AEW and FOX

On a recent edition of the 83 Weeks podcast from earlier this month, Eric Bischoff shared his views on the reported talks between All Elite Wrestling and FOX, insisting that the two sides would likely not reach a broadcasting agreement.

This was after former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland supposedly inadvertently addressed the subject on a YouTube vlog he had appeared on.

“It’s not going to land on broadcast television. That’s a fantasy. Look, Swerve is - I understand. He’s excited. He’s out there promoting his company. He just got a big contract renewal, and he’s doing what he should do and promoting the company he works for. And I admire that. I think he got a little ahead of his skis by suggesting - and he did suggest it - that Fox Network didn’t renew SmackDown, which delivers about 2.3 million viewers a week, and they’re going to replace it with an AEW product that can’t find 600,000 or 700,000 viewers a week. With Rampage and Collision, we were looking at 300,000 to 400,000 viewers per week.” [H/T - RingsideNews]

It remains to be seen what the future holds for the developing working relationship between All Elite Wrestling and FOX, and what Tony Khan has in store for his promotion next.