Tony Khan is already looking ahead to a bright future for AEW under Skydance.

The AEW President discussed the promotion’s future with the newly formed media company on Tuesday, October 6, before AEW Grand Slam France. The show was taped at Adidas Arena in Paris and was moved to Tuesday this week instead of its usual Wednesday night slot.

Khan revealed that Tuesday was his first day working with Skydance after the major media merger was completed.

“It’s great being here in Paris today, my first day working for Skydance, and it’s great. I love working for Skydance, and we are going to have a great future here,” Khan said.

The AEW President also highlighted the relationship between Skydance and the promotion’s existing media partners at Warner Bros. Khan then shifted his attention to promoting Grand Slam France.

“It’s our first day, hand in hand with our Paramount brothers and sisters here at Warner Bros. It’s going to be a great, great future for AEW. And it begins on Tuesday Night Dynamite, Grand Slam tonight,” Khan added.



His comments come at an important time for AEW. Warner Bros. Discovery, the promotion’s current media partner, officially merged with Paramount Skydance on October 6. The new company is known simply as Skydance.

However, there is no immediate sign that AEW’s current television arrangement will be changed.

The promotions current media rights deal remains in place through the beginning of 2028. An option to extend the deal into 2029 remains a possibility. Because of that, the immediate impact of the merger on AEW’s weekly programming and business operations remains unclear.

For now, Khan appears more focused on the opportunity than the uncertainty surrounding the corporate changes.