All Elite Wrestling’s television presence is getting a makeover.
The company’s flagship show, “AEW: Dynamite” will be moving from TNT to TBS in January of 2022 and a new hour-long show, “AEW: Rampage” will debut on Aug. 13 at 10 p.m. on TBS, Warner Media announced Wednesday. AEW will still have a small presence on TNT as part of a brand new television deal, the company’s third in less than a year and a half with WarnerMedia.
“While we’re looking forward to our arrival on TBS, we’re not saying goodbye to our original and current home of TNT, which will air four new special supercard events annually,” AEW president Tony Khan said in a statement. “Plus, the financial upside to our new agreement will give us the opportunity to continue to invest in and grow AEW to serve the most important people in our industry: our fans, our wrestlers, our staff and our sponsors.”
AEW has been on TNT since Oct. 2, 2019 and has experienced ratings success, being one of the top Wednesday shows on cable weekly in the 18-49 demo. WarnerMedia already having the rights to the NBA and recently acquiring the rights to NHL games did factor into moving Dynamite to TBS. Wednesday has traditionally been a night to air the NHL.
“Both TBS and TNT have an incredibly storied history with wrestling, so the idea of us being able to put more AEW onto TBS is a natural fit,” said Brett Weitz, general manager of TBS, TNT and truTV. “Did the NHL have anything to do with it? Sure. NHL had something to do with it. NBA had something to do with it, the COVID schedule, the ton of preemptions.
“When we looked where the consumer’s gonna be, where wrestling fans were going to be, we want to give them the most opportunity to consume as many shows as possible. We felt TBS had an opportunity to be the network and the best platform for expansion.”
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