TNA Wrestling has secured a new multi-year partnership with Sportsnet in Canada, with plans to begin airing there in 2025. According to a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio (via Wrestling Inc), Dave Meltzer revealed that Sportsnet had initially been in negotiations with AEW for a broadcasting deal. However, those discussions ultimately fell through. As a result, AEW has instead partnered with TSN and Canada’s version of the USA Network for its television broadcasts in the country.
Dave Meltzer said:
“[SportsNet] would say they went with TNA, AEW would say they got a better deal to stay with TSN and USA Network, so — USA Network in Canada, not to be confused with USA Network in the United States, even though they have a lot of similar programming — so, that’s what happened there. Right now, the only real — there’s a lot of small stations around the world that WWE’s out of, but the only big one is the India deal, that’s left. But the India deal’s the real big one, actually, the India deal — from a financially standpoint that WWE has on Ten — that deal is the most lucrative television deal in the world other than an American deal.”
Meltzer also mentioned that WWE is set to end its deal with Ten in India soon, potentially opening the door for AEW or another promotion to take over the spot.
Looks like they passed on AEW.