Tony Khan Says AEW All Out on HBO Max Was ‘A Big Hit’, Discusses PPV Viability

Tony Khan spoke to the media following AEW All Out on Saturday and said that while he doesn’t have the final numbers yet, today’s show was “a hit” and added that it is going to be one of AEW’s biggest PPVs of the year. He also talked about AEW’s success on PPV. Highlights of his comments are below.

On AEW All Out being one of their biggest PPVs this year: “Over 13,000 people here in the arena tonight, our first ever PPV on HBO Max, we did it. I understand the PPV on HBO Max was a big hit, I don’t have all the numbers from all the carriers yet, but this is gonna be one of our biggest PPVs certainly of this year and we’re all excited about it because it was really important for AEW to deliver a home run. The relationship between AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery is absolutely the lifeblood of AEW.”

On if he could see AEW eventually doing a deal like UFC where all their shows are in one place, and if PPV is still viable: “Well tonight we’ve had a great milestone domestically in the United States we are carrying everything on one media company. Everything is on TBS, TNT, and HBO Max in the U.S., every show we do you can watch that way, as of tonight, that’s the first time that’s the case. It’s the first time we’ve had HBO Max PPV. Based on the reception and feedback I’ve got since the end of the show, just hearing the early preliminary feedback, I think it’s a huge success. AEW is delivering great numbers on PPV, this has been a great year on PPV for AEW, so I think the things we’ve been doing have been working really well.”