Tony Schiavone Signs New AEW Contract

Schiavone will remain #AllElite until at least 2024.

by Andrew Pollard
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Speaking on the latest edition of his What Happened When podcast, Tony Schiavone has revealed he's now committed to AEW through until 2024.

Having signed with All Elite Wrestling in August 2019, Schiavone initially penned a two-year deal to serve as a commentator and senior producer for Tony Khan's promotion. Now, the former voice of WCW has explained how an extension has been triggered to keep him with AEW through to mid-2024 - with this news coming at a time when the contracts of several AEW originals are believed to be coming up.

As alluded to, prior to arriving in AEW, Schiavone had last been seen in the wrestling business on a regular basis back when WCW was around. The Virginia native was on the call for World Championship Wrestling from 1990 up until the company was assimilated by Vince McMahon's then-WWF in 2001.

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Before that, Tony worked for Jim Crockett Promotions from 1983 - 1989, then did a year in WWF ahead of signing with WCW. After WCW went out of business, Schiavone appeared on two NWA-TNA shows in 2003, before working some dates for Court Bauer's MLW from 2017 until 2019.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.