AEW has announced their first-ever TV deal in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and ESPN’s first broadcast partnership with a pro wrestling company in the region.
AEW and ESPN have just announced that AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage will begin airing each week for ESPN subscribers in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, beginning Thursday, February 16. Viewers will also have access to all of AEW’s quarterly pay-per-view events on a delay – Revolution, Double Or Nothing, All Out, Full Gear.
ESPN has secured the exclusive broadcast rights to air AEW programming in the region. Dynamite will air on Thursday AEDT, while Rampage will air on Saturday AEDT, with same-day replays and all episodes made available on-demand.
AEW will be available on ESPN in the following locations: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Niue, Nauru, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Northern Marianas, Tokelau, Tahiti, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and Wallis and Futuna.
“This marks AEW’s first broadcast deal in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and ESPN’s first broadcast partnership with a professional wrestling organization in the region. AEW, the new professional wrestling league taking the world by storm, is continuing its meteoric rise with record-high ratings, world-class roster and highly entertaining product,” they wrote in tonight’s press release sent to us.
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