Tony Khan, All Elite Wrestling’s President, General Manager and Head of Creative, spoke to the media on Thursday April 3, 2025 about the company’s upcoming pay-per-view Dynasty. This show will be available on Prime Video, Triller and all forms of PPV platforms.
TK spoke at length about the PPV but also addressed a number of AEW-related stories out in the media, as well as a question from our editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin who inquired about Khan’s mindset about evaluating free agents in 2025 given how hot AEW is right now creatively and they are in the midst of a TV rights deal that provides them ample money.
Here are the rest of the subjects TK spoke about:
- The validity to SES Scoops report of AEW’s streaming audience.
- The reception to AEW from WBD for Dynamite’s audience on MAX.
- AEW and WBD’s relationship and how AEW works successfully with activations with WBD properties like Shark Week, Minecraft, and DC Comics.
- Toni Storm vs. Megan Bayne at Dynasty.
- The Owen Hart Women’s Tournament Matches featuring Athena vs. Harley Cameron and Mercedes Mone vs. Julia Hart at Dynasty.
- The implications for women’s matches from Dynasty for All In.
- Will Sting induct Lex Luger into the WWE Hall of Fame.
- His thoughts on the spiked bat spike.
- An increase in violence to gain an audience?
- Hardcore wrestling and AEW.
- The transition from three AEW TV shows to two AEW TV shows.
- The future of intergender wrestling in AEW.
- Women Main Eventing Dynamite & Collision — storyline driven or a strategy?
- The Dynasty Card — Chris Jericho vs. Bandido — is this happening for the PPV?
- Athena as an ROH regular — will we see her more on the AEW outside of the tournament?
- Could Collision move to Thursday when WBD’s contract with the NBA expires?
- The sports lead-ins for AEW Collision and how its benefitted AEW.
- AEW and Prime Video Relationship – original programming in the future?
- How do you react when something like The Death Riders gets a negative reaction online?
- Also the term of pivoting — something that gets thrown around a lot with AEW.
- Interpreting viewership data.
- Has his evaluation of free agent evaluation changed with the current reception of AEW and given the lucrative contact they signed.
- New international media deals on the horizon?
