As expected, AEW and their main media rights partner Warner Bros Discovery announced today (Sept. 3) that the promotion’s pay-per-view events will now be available for purchase on the same HBO Max streaming service where AEW’s television programs are simulcast each week.
The move was promised when AEW and WBD announced a renewal of their contract
last October, and rumored to begin with Sept. 20’s All Out PPV — which it now will.AEW & WBD had promised they would offer the shows “at a discounted price
per event”, and at $39.99 they technically are cheaper on HBO Max than they’ve historically been in the U.S. through other services and on other platforms (at $49.99). But you’ll also need to subscribe to HBO Max for at least $9.99 a month for the ad-supported version, so your monthly outlay will be pretty much the same. You do get a streaming service for the price, though.
The other news included in today’s announcement is that, likely in response to WWE kicking off their ESPN partnership with the just-announced Wrestlepalooza premium live event on Sept. 20, AEW is moving All Out to that Saturday afternoon, just as it moved All In Texas when WWE counterprogrammed that in July. The PPV from Toronto now has a 3 p.m. ET start, presumably with a pre-show before that. Wrestlepalooza in Indianapolis has a listed start time of 7 p.m. ET.
A presser confirms all of that, and AEW’s All Out week television plans:
HBO Max To Stream Live All Elite Wrestling Pay-Per-View Events, Starting With “AEW All Out” On Saturday, September 20 At 3 P.M. ET
Beginning Friday, September 5, HBO Max Subscribers In The U.S. Can Pre-Order AEW All Out For $39.99; First-Ever PPV Event To Be Offered On HBO Max
Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO Max and All Elite Wrestling today announced a groundbreaking expansion of their nearly six-year relationship, with the launch of AEW pay-per-view events on HBO Max, starting with AEW All Out on Saturday, September 20 at 3 p.m. ET from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada.
HBO Max will stream live AEW pay-per-view events without ads, with all marketing and promotions of AEW PPV events primarily centered on HBO Max. Preorders for AEW All Out on HBO Max will launch this Friday, September 5, allowing U.S. HBO Max subscribers with supported devices to purchase the event for the exclusive price of $39.99. Fans streaming AEW All Out on HBO Max can enjoy this event in HDR10 and Dolby Atmos, delivering stunning picture quality and immersive, arena-like sound that puts fans at the center of the action. Purchase and access to PPV Content may vary by subscription provider.
HBO Max users with a base subscription and a supported device can log on to purchase the event, which will be highlighted throughout the app or found in search. Once a purchase is complete, subscribers can find the event under “My Purchases” via the “My Stuff” page on the HBO Max menu. After the event, replays will be exclusively available for six months for purchasers. For more information on the HBO Max PPV experience, click here.
Leading into AEW All Out that Saturday, September 20, TNT and HBO Max will air AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl: All Out at 2 p.m. ET, a one-hour live show that will get fans’ adrenaline pumping for the afternoon’s main attraction.
Also, earlier in the week on Wednesday, September 17, TBS and HBO Max will be live from London, Ontario for a special three-hour show — September to Remember — starting at 8 p.m. ET, featuring AEW’s biggest names in non-stop high-flying action as they set the stage for the signature pay-per-view event that weekend.
The addition of AEW pay-per-view events on HBO Max continues an incredible year for AEW programming across Warner Bros. Discovery networks and platforms, delivering the widest offering for AEW fans ever.
HBO Max subscribers in the U.S. have access to a growing library of hundreds of hours of AEW content, including all new AEW weekly telecasts — AEW Dynamite on TBS and AEW Collision on TNT — as a live simulcast as well as on demand replays, all AEW pay-per-view special events through the end of 2024, all episodes of AEW Dynamite from its first two years, as well as all recent episodes of AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision.
AEW programming has reached more than 11 million fans so far this year across TBS and TNT, with AEW Dynamite on TBS ranking as Wednesday’s #1 cable entertainment program among P18-49. AEW Collision also ranks among the top 5 programs in its Saturday time slot among P18-49 and M18-49. TNT’s April 26 episode of AEW Collision delivered the show’s third largest total viewers ever, and TBS’ AEW Grand Slam Mexico on June 18 had the most watched AEW Dynamite episode among P25-54 in nearly a year (July 2024).
For additional information on HBO Max PPV experience, please see here.
While last year’s press release said “all marketing and promotions” of AEW PPV would be “exclusively centered on [HBO] Max” once the service began offering the shows, Variety’s report on today’s announcement says that “AEW PPVs will continue to be available for purchase on other platforms, including Amazon Prime Video.”
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