AEW TV To Be A "Serious Wrestling Show"
Tony Khan has updated fans on what to expect from their TV show...
All Elite Wrestling's weekly television show will be a "serious sport-based product with the best wrestling" according to AEW's owner Tony Khan in a recent interview with Busted Open Radio.
Khan was discussing what to expect when AEW premieres on TNT (and ITV here in the UK) in the Autumn and said:-
"We're going to provide...a serious sport-based product with the best wrestling, with the best bell-to-bell. Something you're going to notice more and more in our shows is they're going to take place in and around the ring. We're not gonna go out of the arena, we're not going to spend half the show backstage in dressing rooms or choreographed segments."
Although no official date has been set for AEW TV to launch, it's expected to be around the same time SmackDown Live moves to FOX, which will also see WWE's blue brand be broadcast on Friday rather than Tuesday nights.
Prior to that, All Elite Wrestling will put on Fyter Fest on 29th June, Fight for the Fallen on 13th July, and All Out on 31st August.
Tony Khan insisted that the highly popular 'Being the Elite' YouTube series would continue but not feature on their TV product, explaining:-
"There's plenty of time outside the matches to focus on storyline advancement and funny sketches. We can do all that, and nobody does that comedy better than our guys. There's nothing funnier in wrestling than BTE, but there's a time and a place for it. We have a great balance between the two and we're going to keep doing that."