Warner Bros. Discovery and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) today announced details about the start of their new multi-platform media rights agreement that will provide fans with the widest available access ever to AEW’s most popular programming.

Starting Wednesday, January 1, 2025, WBD’s networks and platforms will remain the exclusive home of AEW Dynamite (Wednesdays on TBS) and AEW Collision (Saturdays on TNT), and will also, for the first time, stream those programs live for Max subscribers in the U.S.

WBD and AEW will ring in the new year, and the new agreement, with AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen on TBS & Max at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 from Asheville, North Carolina. Fans will witness the aftermath of AEW’s World End in a special New Year’s Day event that will benefit victims of Hurricane Helene, which severely impacted the Asheville area in Sept. 2024.

On Saturday, January 4 at 8 p.m., TNT and Max keep the high-flying action going with AEW Collision, emanating live from Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina.

All live AEW programming airing on WBD’s networks will also be available to stream on Max and on demand after their live broadcast. Additionally, AEW Dynamite, AEW Collision, AEW Rampage and all AEW pay-per-view library content through the end of 2024, representing more than 700 hours of AEW action, will be made available on Max on a rolling basis. At launch, all AEW Dynamite episodes and pay-per-views from the company’s inaugural 2019 year will be available, as well as more than two months of the most recent AEW programming that aired across WBD’s networks (select episodes will be made available shortly after launch).

As previously announced, AEW and WBD will also collaborate to distribute AEW live pay-per-view events on Max, with all marketing and promotions of those PPV events exclusively centered on Max. AEW PPV distribution on Max will begin later in 2025, with additional information and pricing to be shared in the coming months.

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    will be made available on Max on a rolling basis.

    Boo. But at least it’ll be available…

    AEW PPV distribution

    That’s what I figured, they’ll just be a PPV provider like UFC and ESPN+. Too bad the shows aren’t going to be included in the MAX price.

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      I know they were talking before about a discounted price for Max subscribers. Wonder if that is in the works still or not.

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      Also:

      Effective February 6th 2025, AEW weekly TV programming will no longer be available on TrillerTV and the AEW Plus subscription service will be discontinued in many countries (Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama). AEW weekly programming and AEW PPVs will be carried exclusively on Fox Sports Mexico.

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    does anyone know if aew gets the entire subscription fee from fite for aew plus? i’d rather that then zazlav get some of my money