{"id":208427,"date":"2025-12-07T22:48:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T04:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=208427"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T02:24:22","slug":"tony-khan-says-he-isnt-ready-to-discuss-netflix-wbd-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/12\/07\/tony-khan-says-he-isnt-ready-to-discuss-netflix-wbd-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Khan says he isn&#8217;t ready to discuss Netflix-WBD acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4117004326\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Tony Khan isn&#8217;t ready to discuss Netflix&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/12\/05\/netflix-announces-it-has-outbid-other-suitors-for-warner-brothers-discover-streaming-service-and-library-regulatory-hurdles-remain-tnt-and-tbs-not-included\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pending acquisition<\/a> of Warner Bros. Discover streaming service and library.<\/p>\n<p>Khan said that it is \u201ctoo early to comment on anything that\u2019s pending\u201d when asked at the Final Battle post-show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Li-2C0dMDtA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media scrum<\/a> on Dec. 5 about Netflix acquiring the WBD streaming service and library.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed deal would see HBO Max, which is AEW&#8217;s domestic streaming home,\u00a0 move to Netflix. TBS and TNT, the respective homes of Dynamite and Collision, are not included in the deal <a href=\"https:\/\/about.netflix.com\/en\/news\/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced by Netflix<\/a> on Dec. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Khan expanded on the topic by focusing on the strong relationship AEW has with WBD. \u201cWe have a great partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery and it will continue for many, many years to come,\u201d said Khan. \u201cWe have years left on our remaining agreement with TBS and HBO Max.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Khan also emphasized that their current deal lasts &#8220;until the very end of 2027 going into 2028&#8221; and he feels that wrestling is part of the identity of TNT and TBS.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Khan is the CEO and booker of AEW. He founded AEW in January of 2019. He also is the current owner, President, and CEO of Ring of Honor. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wrestling\/2022\/03\/03\/tony-khan-aew-ceo-announces-purchase-of-ring-of-honor\">purchased<\/a> ROH in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the Final Battle post-show media scrum below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ring of Honor Final Battle Post Show Media Scrum | 12\/5\/25 Columbus, Ohio\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Li-2C0dMDtA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3169122443\"><div id=\"pwtor-596467407\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tony Khan isn&#8217;t ready to discuss Netflix&#8217;s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discover streaming service and library. Khan said that it is \u201ctoo early to comment on anything that\u2019s pending\u201d when asked at the Final <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/12\/07\/tony-khan-says-he-isnt-ready-to-discuss-netflix-wbd-acquisition\/\" title=\"Tony Khan says he isn&#8217;t ready to discuss Netflix-WBD acquisition\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":158775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6163,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-14-at-1.40.57-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208427"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208666,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208427\/revisions\/208666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}