Tony Khan Turned Down Making AEW Dynamite 3-Hour Show

One of the biggest complaints that fans have with WWE Raw is the fact that the show is three hours long, and this is apparently an idea that was pitched to Tony Khan for AEW Dynamite.

While speaking to Busted Open Radio about Dynamite moving onto TBS next year and the new Rampage show, Tony Khan revealed that WarnerMedia asked him if he wanted to make Dynamite a three-hour show, something he rejected:

“It’s great for everybody here, it’s big news,” Khan said. “We knew that another show was coming this year. I’ve been saying it for a long time that we were going to add another night, one hour. I didn’t want to do three hours of Dynamite. They (WarnerMedia) asked at one point if I wanted to do three hours of Dynamite. It came up about doing a third hour and I said I really believed in doing it on another night.”

Tony Khan said that Rampage will not be a secondary show and will be on par with AEW Dynamite:

“This time slot I think is really good for the fans to keep a great night for wrestling fresh on Friday nights. So at 10 p.m. you’re going to have a great option to come watch Rampage. And I promise you Rampage isn’t going to be a secondary show. Rampage is going to be the partner of Dynamite, the equivalent of Dynamite. We have these two strong franchises in Dynamite and Rampage and they are our weekly core properties.”

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Thanks to WrestlingInc for the transcription