The idea of two more hours of AEW was very appealing to Warner Bros. Discovery.
On June 17, AEW debuted their newest weekly series, Collision. It joined a stable of programming on TNT/TBS that includes Dynamite, Rampage, and AEW All Access.
Speaking with John Pollock and Brandon Thurston for POST Wrestling, AEW President Tony Khan commented on whether or not Ring of Honor was ever considered for the Saturday time slot.
“Not for TNT. I think the idea of two more hours of AEW is very appealing. What it meant was that AEW Dark and AEW Dark: Elevation would be coming to an end, at least for now, and they were great shows, and they’ve been huge to the development of AEW. So many great wrestlers, from a developmental perspective, got their start in AEW on Dark or Elevation, and it includes a lot of people who have been champions and are a major part of the show now on a weekly basis. I think in the future, Ring of Honor is gonna be really important to the development of AEW, and thankfully we are able to devote thousands of matches across hundreds of episodes of Dark and Elevation to really fostering a young roster, building people up, and now I think we have a great outlet also in a sister company in Ring of Honor and also our partnership with New Japan Pro Wrestling, and other great partnerships, other companies we’ve worked with to create possibly excursions or other great experiences for our wrestlers to get experience overseas or domestically," Khan said.
If you missed the debut episode of Collision, you can catch up by checking out Fightful's live coverage and post-show review.
ROH was purchased by Khan in March 2022 and currently airs every Thursday on HonorClub. Fightful has live coverage and a post-show review of ROH every week.
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