AEW Set For "Huge Expansion" - Including New Signings
Tony Khan says AEW's roster will grow as the company looks to expand.
All Elite Wrestling president Tony Khan has stated that the company is in line for a "huge expansion," doing so on the latest episode of the AEW Unrestricted podcast.
Citing Sunday's Double Or Nothing pay-per-view as the starting point, Khan claimed that he intends to look at adding to AEW's talent roster as part of the expansion, all while putting DoN over (h/t Inside the Ropes for the transcription):-
“There’s gonna be a huge expansion of the company and I think that’s where Double Or Nothing comes in. Our huge signature pay-per-view, we take our quarterly events seriously. I want Double Or Nothing to be one of the great pay-per-views we’ve done and I think the return of crowds is gonna help boost this great card. But I also think that we have to start expanding the roster in AEW and there’s gonna be great moments and great surprises on the show and I believe that we’re also just bell-to-bell gonna deliver an awesome wrestling pay-per-view for the fans at home and for all 5,000-plus in Daily’s Place.”
While AEW already boasts a sizeable roster more than capable of filling its weekly Dynamite, Dark, and Dark: Elevation cards, the upcoming Rampage show adds an extra hour to the weekly schedule.
Khan tied the new Friday night brand into his talk of expanding:-
"... with Rampage coming in, it’s a great time to expand. We’re gonna do all kinds of expansion, whether it’s the new show, new programming. We’re gonna launch quarterly specials with TNT, these super cards that I’m very excited about. And that is something that we all want and as we plan ahead with TBS and TNT – it’s great to have more programming ahead with TNT.”
Rampage debuts on TNT on Friday 13 August, moving to TBS from January 2022 as part of AEW's new deal with WarnerMedia.