AEW & ITV announce extension of UK TV deal

Heading into the new year, AEW has reached an agreement to extend its television deal in the United Kingdom.

It was announced today that AEW and ITV have extended their existing media rights deal for 2025. ITV has been AEW’s broadcast partner in the UK since the promotion launched in 2019, and Dynamite and Collision will continue to air tape-delayed on ITV4 and ITVX.

“ITV will continue to show weekly episodes of AEW programming, with AEW Dynamite every Friday night and AEW Collision every Wednesday night on ITV4 and ITVX,” a press release said. “The renewal for 2025 takes ITV into its sixth year as AEW’s free-to-air UK partner, first broadcasting AEW Dynamite in 2019.”

In the press release, Tony Khan was quoted as saying: “We are thrilled to extend AEW’s partnership with ITV to continue bringing the best wrestling action to fans all across the United Kingdom. We thank all of our incredible fans in the UK as well as everyone at ITV for their loyal support of AEW since our inception.”

Richard Botchway, Commissioning Editor at ITV, added: “We are proud to continue to be the UK free-to-air broadcast partner for AEW. We’re looking forward to continuing our relationship into 2025, bringing the UK audience every minute of action across ITV and ITVX.”

While ITV is AEW’s free-to-air partner in the country, UK viewers are able to watch Dynamite and Collision live if they subscribe to Triller’s AEW Plus service.

The first AEW TV episode of 2025 will be a special Fight for the Fallen edition of Dynamite from Asheville, North Carolina on New Year’s Day. In the United States, that will be the first AEW show simulcast live on Max in addition to its regular airing on TBS.