Disappointing update on AEW's negotiations with WBD - Reports

AEW's TV deal with WBD is set to expire soon and many wonder the future home for the company's television shows. Recent reports have revealed the current standing of WBD and All Elite Wrestling.

WBD and AEW have been TV partners since the Jacksonville-based promotion launched in 2019. The up-and-coming company had great success in its beginning years and is now a strong wrestling promotion in the US. Warner Bros. and All Elite Wrestling are set to part ways soon which will allow the promotion to look for other networks for their programs.

According to a recent report by Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the negotiation period between All Elite Wrestling and Warner Bros Discovery is set to run out soon:

"The AEW exclusive negotiation period with WBD is running out very soon. Within a few weeks." - WON

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Nick Aldis addresses AEW's shots towards WWE

All Elite Wrestling has been taking huge jabs towards the WWE since the company came on the scene in 2019. However, WWE rarely acknowledges the company's presence and fires back at the promotion.

Speaking on the Gorilla Position podcast, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis spoke about the shots by All Elite Wrestling and stated that both promotions are at war:

"They [AEW] have made it very clear that they are sort of coming at WWE right? On a number of occasions they've sort of you know and I personally think the whole sort of war thing is just... is silly, I think it's silly on their part. But I think that if you sort of liken it to geopolitics for example it's like if someone's declared a war on you right, like you're sort of you know, it's not like you're going to just sort of throw their name around willy-nilly right?" [From 19:32 to 20:02]

WWE has been working with a lot of promotions recently like TNA, NOAH, GCW, and more. It will be interesting to see if WWE and All Elite Wrestling put their differences aside and work together in the coming years.

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