Tony Khan plans to turn AEW Fairway To Hell into more than a one-off. Speaking on Good Karma Wrestling ahead of Saturday’s special edition of AEW Collision at the SoFi Center in West Palm Beach, the AEW President revealed plans to build the brand into an annual event and pair it with a charity golf tournament called “Fairway To Heaven.”
“I hope to continue this event and incorporate a charity golf tournament, fairway to heaven,” Khan said.
The annual ambition and the charity tie-in had not previously been part of the public conversation around the SoFi Center show, which had been on the AEW calendar but is now being positioned as the start of an ongoing AEW-PGA partnership Khan said he has wanted to put together for years.
“I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time. We’ve been talking to the TGL and the PGA about collaborating with AEW, and it came together to put on AEW Fairway to Hell this Saturday,” Khan said.
Khan pointed to a personal connection with PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp, who took over the PGA Tour in June 2025 after more than two decades with the NFL, as part of why the deal moved forward. Khan’s family owns the Jacksonville Jaguars, putting him inside the same NFL ownership network where Rolapp built his media and business reputation as the league’s chief media and business officer.
“Everyone was really excited. This has been a great collaboration,” Khan said. “It’s been great working with the TGL and the PGA now that my good friend Brian Rolapp is taking over the PGA. A lot of great things happening there. And I’m excited to have AEW all elite wrestling come to West Palm this Saturday and team up with the world of golf, which I love so much. And I love wrestling. So this is going to be a lot of fun.”
The SoFi Center, located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is the home arena of TGL, the indoor simulator golf league founded by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy through TMRW Sports. TGL completed its inaugural season earlier this year. The arena is purpose-built for the league’s tech-forward indoor format, and AEW Fairway To Hell will be the first pro wrestling event held inside the venue.
Asked what the reaction was internally when he pitched a wrestling show inside an indoor golf venue, Khan described it as enthusiastic. AEW has run shows on cruise ships, in stadiums, and in arenas across multiple continents, and Khan said the SoFi Center fit the company’s appetite for unconventional venues.
The collision between AEW and the golf world also has on-screen synergy. AEW’s former World Champion MJF appeared in Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2, which premiered on Netflix on July 25, 2025. MJF played Gordie, the most prominent of Happy Gilmore’s sons in the sequel.
“Very fittingly, with fairway to hell, MJF was one of the stars of Happy Gilmore 2. He played Happy Gilmore’s son. I think he was the most prominent of the sons in the movie, and had the most violent temper like Happy Gilmore in the movie,” Khan said.
Khan also walked through AEW’s broadcast plans heading into the weekend. Wednesday Night Dynamite goes from Charleston the night before Fairway To Hell, with TNT Champion Kevin Knight challenging Darby Allin for the AEW World Championship. Collision then airs live from West Palm Beach the following Saturday.
“Before we come to West Palm this Saturday for fairway to hell, we’ve got a big Wednesday night Dynamite,” Khan said. “TNT champion Kevin Knight is a rising star, and he will be wrestling Darby Allin for the world title.”
Khan also pointed to the cumulative effect of AEW’s TBS slots, its HBO Max streaming home, and the international footprint heading into Saturday.
“You can stream it on HBO Max. You can watch it on cable, on TBS, satellite, YouTube TV. However you watch TBS, and it’s on 150 countries all over the world. The eyes of the wrestling world and now the golf world are going to be on AEW, all elite wrestling, and we’re bringing you fairway to hell,” Khan said.
Where To Watch
AEW Fairway To Hell airs Saturday, May 9 on TBS in the United States and streams on HBO Max. The show airs in 150 countries worldwide. Tickets are still available through AEWtix.com.
Wednesday Night Dynamite airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on TBS, with Saturday Night Collision following Saturdays on TBS, also streaming on HBO Max.
