Posted on 10/04/124 by Colin Vassallo
AEW Rampage is expected to end its run in December and will
not return on TNT as part of the new AEW/WBD media rights
deal in 2025.
The one-hour broadcast on Friday nights, which started in
2021 and was the show which CM Punk made his return after
seven years out, has been tanking in the ratings this year,
with an average of just 320,000 viewers so far.
Rampage was not mentioned anywhere in the press release
issued by AEW and Warner Brothers Discovery and Battle of
the Belts, which is a quarterly show on TNT, was also
omitted, suggesting that it will be canned as well.
AEW is rumored to be negotiating a deal for another show,
tentatively titled Shockwave, with FOX.
Some industry insiders suggested that while AEW on WBD is
not exclusive, WBD has the exclusivity when it comes to
cable – on TNT and TBS – and on streaming – on Max – so that
would leave network television and the main FOX station as
the only other option, which would be a huge get for the
company.