AEW President Tony Khan appeared on The Rich Eisen Show and in a follow-up interview with TMZ Sports this week, providing fans and media with a detailed breakdown of AEW’s current success — and why 2025 may be the company’s most historic year yet.
Khan kicked off by touting AEW’s growing television audience, revealing that both AEW Dynamite and Collision have now posted two consecutive quarters of ratings growth.
“We just got the Q2 numbers officially in… and Q2 was up from Q1,” Khan explained. “So two straight quarters on both TBS with Wednesday night Dynamite and TNT for Saturday night Collision… the ratings have been going up each quarter.”
A key reason for this growth, according to Khan, is AEW’s new simulcast streaming deal with Max.
“In Q1, not only did we become one of the top streaming shows on Max, but our audience on TBS actually got bigger,” he said. “When you factor in the additional fans watching on streaming, on the simulcast, it’s just going fantastic for us.”
Khan described AEW’s current momentum as “better than it’s ever been,” highlighting not just ratings, but the expansion of content and fan engagement.
“For many years, when we started up, we had great pay-per-views, and we had two great hours of TV every Wednesday night. And now we’re delivering something very different — twice as much TV every week. It’s a hard thing to do, and it’s something that here in 2025, I think we’ve done a great job on.”
The AEW boss also confirmed a massive milestone for the company’s upcoming All In: Texas event on Saturday, July 12, from Globe Life Field in Arlington.
“We’ve sold over $2.5 million dollars in tickets,” Khan revealed to TMZ Sports. “It’s going to be over $3 million dollars in tickets for the first time ever in the US. We’ve never even done over two million before in the US. So, we’re hitting a bunch of cool milestones with this as a business.”
With just days to go, here’s the stacked lineup announced for AEW All In: Texas:
AEW World Championship – Texas Death Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
AEW Women’s World Championship: “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Mercedes Moné
Winner Takes All – Unification Match: AEW International Champion Kenny Omega (c) vs. AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada (c)
AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight
Stipulation Match: Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay vs. The Young Bucks (If The Young Bucks lose, they relinquish their EVP status)
Men’s Casino Gauntlet Match (Winner earns AEW World Title shot)
Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match (Winner earns AEW Women’s Title shot)
Stay tuned to PWMania.com for complete coverage leading up to AEW All In: Texas and live results from the PPV event on July 12.
(h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription)
