Tony Khanfounder and president of All Elite Wrestlinghighlights The power of streaming in AEW's boom from his arrival to HBO Max.
TOMORROW, May 21#Aewdynamite
8pm ET/7pm CT, TBS + MAX @MinaShirakawa vs @TheJuliaHartAfter Mina’s 4 Way Eliminator win vs Toni, AZM + @SkyebyeeSkye’s mentor Julia Hart aims for payback vs Mina,
with Women’s World Champion Timeless Toni Storm on commentary, TOMORROW NIGHT! pic.twitter.com/oRNLUisgGC— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 20, 2025
► The AEW winning formula
We attend to His recent statements In an interview with the Toronto Sun:
“What has really changed for us this year; it has been a real change of play and a change for sport in AEW. It has completely transformed the market in terms of wrestling panorama for AEW. It is Max, the streaming service. Having AEW in Max has helped us reach new spectators, a new audience, a younger audience, all kinds of people who had never seen AEW before, even some who left the cable and now have returned thanks to AEW.
We are still seeing audience record figures in TSN, TBS and TNT. The audience grew from the fourth quarter to the first, and that despite having started streaming; More people are seeing by cable, which is totally the opposite of what any analyst would have predicted. We have made our cable numbers grow at the same time that we expand to the streaming universe, and that step towards streaming has injected AEW new life, which has been something very positive for fighters, staff and fans in 2025.
The most important thing we are doing are great shows every week. Every Wednesday and Saturday, the programs have really fulfilled, and our fans have supported the company. Our fans love wrestling, they are expressive, and we hear. I love hearing when they enjoy it and I want to focus on the things they like. It can't be the same show every week. There has to be variety, but trying to do programs that our fans like is something we want to do and that we have been doing very well in 2025 ″.
