Tony Khan Discusses Negotiations For New AEW Media Rights Deal: “I’m Not The Person That’s Gonna Chase People Around & Ask About Contracts”

Tony Khan wants to put his head down and focus on the work.

Going into the 2026 AEW Full Gear pay-per-view, company President Tony Khan fielded questions from reporters on the pre-event media call.

Among the questions asked of Khan were about potential negotiations for AEW’s media rights deal with Skydance that runs through 2027.

Khan first commented on the Paramount/HBO Max bundle and said he views that as an opportunity to grow AEW viewership. As far as the negotiations, he said they’re not in the process of that because there’s still a lot of time left on the current deal. Khan said he’s not the type to chase around people asking about contracts.

“I think Warner Bros. and Paramount can be a great team. They’ve talked about a bundle with HBO Max and Paramount+. I think that creates great opportunities for AEW to grow our viewership.” Khan continued, “Absolutely, we’ll be looking to a contract renewal; we’re not really in the process of doing that as a negotiation right now because we still have a lot of time left. Right now, I’m excited to be working with this new group under the deal we have, and I’m not the person that’s gonna chase people around and ask about contracts. I really just wanna put my head down and deliver and do a very good job, and that’s also what I had stressed to David Zaslav when he was running Warner Bros., that, ‘I want to do a good job for you. I really care about this. We do this 52 weeks a year. I’ll never take a day off from it. You’ll always get my very best, and I’m not chasing you for money. I’m not doing this for the money.’ We do need the money to make this a strong company and to grow the business but it’s because I love wrestling…”

Khan commented on the talks he’s had with the Skydance team, and to read those remarks, click here.

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