Tony Khan: ’90 percent’ chance of AEW media rights deal announcement in the next month

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A new AEW media rights deal may finally be near.

During an abbreviated All Out media scrum on Saturday, a reporter asked Tony Khan to give the probability of announcing a new media rights deal in the next month. Khan responded that he was “90 percent” sure that would happen. 

“Like I said, I feel we are on the one-yard line,” he later explained. “I’m not sure how many snaps it’s going to take to punch the ball into the end zone…I’m 100 percent sure the ball is going into the end zone and based on the timetable you gave me, I don’t know. You put me on the spot. But that’s how good I feel about the media rights.”

Khan at the end of Friday’s Collision & Rampage tapings said that “AEW on TBS and TNT I think is here to stay.” He reiterated those comments during the media scrum.

“I have not put pen to paper. I’m still working on things,” he said. “It’s an exciting time without getting too specific, but while giving everybody that anticipation of things to come.”

Only Khan took questions during Saturday’s scrum and answered a few other questions unrelated to AEW’s media rights negotiations before leaving early. One person asked about the recently filed AEW Shockwave trademark. Khan replied simply that AEW is set to create a shockwave following the events that took place at All Out.

Another question was regarding Britt Baker, who has been gone from AEW television since losing to Mercedes Mone at All In last month. Khan said that Baker was an important part of AEW and to keep an eye out on her.

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