Report: AEW TV ‘Will Ostensibly Remain With Discovery’ Following Close Of Netflix And WBD Deal

Reported details on the future of AEW programming.

On Tuesday, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery jointly filed a 519-page proxy statement with the latest update to their potential deal.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the statement offers insight into the future of AEW programming.

THR reports, “Though neither the phrase “All Elite Wrestling” nor the acronym AEW appeared once in the proxy, page 53 foretold the future for the WWE competitor. Really, it was the absence of the words and letters that informed (some of) this reporting. Following the close of the Netflix/WB deal, All Elite Wrestling rights will ostensibly remain with Discovery (aka the “Global Linear Networks” company), though the league’s weekly series and premium live events (PLEs) are expected to continue streaming on HBO Max throughout the remainder of AEW’s current contract. (AEW Dynamite airs on TBS and AEW Collision is on TNT; both stream on HBO Max.)”

“The AEW TV deal is tied to the basic cable channels TNT and TBS and expires at the end of 2027 or 2028, depending on what becomes of the contract’s fourth-year option.”

AEW signed a new media rights deal with WBD at the end of 2024 that began in 2025. Netflix is the home of WWE Raw in the United States and all WWE programming internationally.

It is unknown when the deal between Netflix and WBD will officially go through.