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TONY KHAN SPEAKS AT ACTIVATE CONFERENCE, UPTICK FOR DYNAMITE, COLLISION TO SHIFT TO AVOID SUMMERSLAM, COPELAND ON INJURY RECOVERY AND MORE AEW NEWS

By Mike Johnson on 2024-06-07 13:17:00

AEW President Tony Khan was a speaker at the Activate Conference in Santa Barbara, CA earlier this week, taking part in a panel discussion alongside a WBD Board Member.

We are told by a WBD source that they have been very happy seeing Dynamite's audience, demo and rating rising every week over the last four weeks.

There should be some WBD Shark Week integration on AEW programming in conjunction with Discovery's annual broadcast event, which launches 7/7.  John Cena is the host for Shark Week this year.

Penta vs. The Butcher is slated to open tonight's AEW Rampage.

AEW has released an official Pride shirt for 2024 with $2.55 of every shirt sold donated to The Trevor Project.

Wrestlenomics.com featured an in-depth breakdown of AEW's financial deal for their Arlington, Texas residency at this link.

AEW Collision on Saturday 8/3 will be time shifted to air early and away from WWE's Summerslam, which will take place that evening.

Next week's AEW schedule is a live Dynamite in Fairfax, VA on Wednesday 6/19 and a Collision taping on Thursday 6/20 in Allentown, PA, which is the promotion's debut there.

Since we get routinely asked about this, Britt Baker is out due to an injury issue.

Adam Copeland discussed his recovery from the broken tibia suffered at Double or Nothing on Busted Open this AM:

Will Ospreay tweeted:

 

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