Tony Khan: It’s reasonable AEW will be second-most profitable wrestling company ever

During his Thursday media call to promote Saturday’s All Out, AEW head Tony Khan confirmed MJF’s recent statement that his company is on the precipice of becoming the second-most profitable company in wrestling history if they can secure a new TV deal.

Khan was asked about a recent MJF interview in which the former AEW World Champion mentioned that if AEW gets their new deal, they will be “the second most successful wrestling company that has ever existed.”

“That’s reasonable. Whether those cash flows happen overnight when the new deal kicks in, I can’t say those things for sure yet as there’s still a lot to figure out. I do think the die is cast that AEW will be the second-most profitable company, at this point, of all-time which is very impressive for a promotion that is just over five years old and has been on TV for less than five years,” Khan said.

Khan then said without getting into the semantics of the statement, mechanics and accounting (he wasn’t sure how much WCW made in 1998 or Jim Crockett made in 1986, he thinks over the duration of the deal and this multi-year period, they will indeed take the no. 2 spot.

While no renewal with WBD has been finalized publicly, Khan continued to strongly insinuate that a new TV rights deal with his lone TV partner will indeed happen and even went as far to confirm that recent reports in the media about some of the happenings are accurate. While never publicly confirmed, it’s believed the existing deal expires at the end of the calendar year.