The U.K. television deal for AEW was announced on Wednesday afternoon, however it left many wrestling fans displeased with what they discovered.
The free-to-air British television network ITV announced via their official ITV Wrestling Twitter page today that AEW Dynamite will air on their ITV 4 channel on Sunday at 8:20am with one-hour highlight shows airing on their main networks on Monday at 11:45pm.
The announcement read as follows:
“Announcement! ITV is to show brand new weekly wrestling show AEW: Dynamite on free to air television from next month. The run will start with the full two hour show on @ITV4 on Sun 6 Oct at 0820 followed by a one hour highlights programme on ITV on Mon 7 Oct at 11.45pm.
Shows will run sequentially leading up to PPV events, including before 9 November Full Gear, so more details, including subsequent schedule information, to follow soon…”
(2/2) Shows will run sequentially leading up to PPV events, including before 9 November Full Gear, so more details, including subsequent schedule information, to follow soon…
— ITV Wrestling (@ITVWrestling) September 25, 2019
AEW President Tony Khan also chimed in on the announcement with a tweet of his own. It read as follows:
“We’ll work together to ensure there will always be a free to air broadcast of the most recent episode of AEW: Dynamite before Saturday PPVs including Full Gear. We’ll also be announcing a live viewing solution soon for the UK + many other countries with great AEW fans. Thank you!”
We’ll work together to ensure there will always be a free to air broadcast of the most recent episode of AEW: Dynamite before Saturday PPVs including Full Gear. We’ll also be announcing a live viewing solution soon for the UK + many other countries with great AEW fans. Thank you!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) September 25, 2019
We will keep you posted here at Rajah.com as more information on the AEW TV deal in the U.K. via ITV becomes available!
After #AEW's UK TV deal announcement via @ITV (@ITVWrestling) leads to mixed-fan reaction, #AEWrestling President @TonyKhan (#TonyKhan) issues statement
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— Matt Boone (@MattBoone1984) September 25, 2019
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