AEW and Warner Media announced a partnership today which will see pro-wrestling returning to TNT this fall. Journalist John McMullen recently provided new details regarding AEW’s deal with TNT including that the deal does not require Warner Media to pay AEW rights fees to air their show.
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He did note, however, that TNT and AEW will split advertising revenue.
He continued to talk about how difficult it is to get a significant TV rights deal as Vince McMahon has been able to get for WWE.
“From Viacom at the turn of the century. The monster deal took over 35 years. TNA/Impact once had Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Randy Savage and couldn’t get this kind of platform. It’s an amazing deal that those in AEW are ecstatic about,” McMullen continued on Twitter.
He said AEW not being paid rights fees is what should have been expected all along.
“If it comes across as flat to some
