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STING SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH AEW, TONY KHAN COMMENTS

By Mike Johnson on 2020-12-02 21:12:00

AEW announced the following:

“THE ICON” STING MAKES DEBUT ON AEW DYNAMITE 

“WINTER IS COMING” EPISODE ON TNT 

December 2, 2020 – “Winter is Coming” was already guaranteed to be the biggest episode of AEW DYNAMITE yet, but on a night packed with tremendous clashes, the debut of wrestling legend Sting took the world by surprise. 

Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers ever, Sting’s jaw-dropping appearance sent electricity through the crowd at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Fla., and throughout the wrestling world, when he stepped in the ring. 

AEW has also confirmed tonight that it has officially signed Sting to a full-time, multi-year  agreement.  

“The surprise introduction of Sting was a great way to celebrate our biggest episode of Dynamite  yet,” said Tony Khan, CEO and GM of AEW. “When AEW launched, I was ecstatic to bring  wrestling back to TNT after a very long absence. Sting defeated the legendary Ric Flair in the  final wrestling match to be shown on TNT for more than 18 years until the debut of Dynamite in  2019. Now, almost two decades later, it's such a thrill to welcome Sting to AEW and bring him  back home to TNT!” 

Tune in to AEW DYNAMITE on TNT next week to see why Sting is joining the most boundless promotion in all of wrestling. 

About AEW 

Founded by President and CEO Tony Khan, AEW is a new professional wrestling league headlined by Cody & Brandi Rhodes, Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), Chris Jericho, Hangman Page and Jon Moxley. For the first time in many years, AEW is offering an alternative to mainstream wrestling, with a growing roster of world-class male and female wrestlers that is injecting new spirit, freshness and energy to the industry. The inaugural event under the AEW banner was the sold-out DOUBLE OR NOTHING PPV in Las Vegas in May 2019. 

AEW began airing its weekly show on TNT on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, from 8-10 p.m. ET. The show, “AEW DYNAMITE,” is Wednesday’s No. 1 wrestling show and attracts the youngest wrestling audience on television. AEW’s multi-platform content also includes “AEW DARK,” a weekly pro-wrestling YouTube series, “Being the Elite” a weekly behind-the-scenes YouTube series, and “AEW Unrestricted,” a weekly podcast series co-produced with WarnerMedia. For more info, check out @AEW (Twitter), @AllEliteWrestling (Instagram), / AllEliteWrestling (FB), AllEliteWrestling (YouTube).

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