AEW President Tony Khan recently laid out a detailed and optimistic overview of the company’s business performance in 2025, pointing to significant growth in television viewership, the success of a new streaming deal, and record-breaking ticket sales for the upcoming All In: Texas event. Speaking on The Rich Eisen Show, Khan made the case for this being the company’s best year ever.
Khan began by highlighting the success of AEW’s weekly television programs, which have seen their ratings grow for two consecutive quarters. “We just got the Q2 numbers officially in… and Q2 was up from Q1,” Khan stated. “So two straight quarters on both TBS with Wednesday night Dynamite and TNT for Saturday night Collision… the ratings have been going up each quarter.”
He credited the company’s new simulcast deal with the Max streaming service as a major factor in their expanded reach. “In Q1, not only do we become one of the top streaming shows on Max, but our audience on TBS actually got bigger,” he explained. “When you factor in the additional fans watching on streaming, on the simulcast, it’s just going fantastic for us.”
This sustained growth led Khan to declare that the company is currently better than it has ever been. “I actually think it’s better than it’s ever been,” he said. “For many years, when we started up, we had great pay-per-views, and we had two great hours of TV every Wednesday night. And now we’re delivering something very different, twice as much TV every week. It’s a hard thing to do, and it’s something that here in 2025, I think we’ve done a great job on.”
He also touted the massive success of the upcoming All In: Texas pay-per-view. In a separate interview with TMZ Sports, Khan confirmed the live gate for the event has already surpassed a major milestone. “We’ve sold over $2.5 million dollars in tickets. It’s going to be over $3 million dollars in tickets for the first time ever in the US,” Khan revealed. “We’ve never even done over two million before in the US. So, we’re hitting a bunch of cool milestones with this as a business.”
AEW All In: Texas will take place next Saturday, July 12, from Globe Life Field in Arlington. The announced card for the event includes:
- AEW World Championship Texas Death Match: Jon Moxley (c) vs. “Hangman” Adam Page
- AEW Women’s World Championship: “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Mercedes Moné
- Winner Takes All Unification Match: AEW International Champion Kenny Omega (c) vs. AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada (c)
- AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight
- Stipulation Match: Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay vs. The Young Bucks (If The Young Bucks lose, they relinquish their EVP status)
- Men’s Casino Gauntlet Match for a future AEW World Championship shot
- Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match for a future AEW Women’s World Championship shot
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article please credit The Rich Eisen Show with a h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
