On Thursday, AEW and ESPN declared a collaboration that will provide access to Dynamite, Rampage, and pay-per-view events to ESPN subscribers in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
Commencing on Thursday, February 16th, AEW Dynamite will be broadcasted on Thursdays in Australian Eastern Daylight Time, and AEW Rampage will air on Saturdays in the same time zone. Additionally, viewers will have access to same-day replays and on-demand episodes of both shows.
Through ESPN, fans can buy AEW pay-per-view events, including Revolution, Double or Nothing, All Out, and Full Gear.
ESPN and ESPN2 can be accessed through Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Fetch TV, and SKY NZ. Foxtel, which has a strong partnership with WWE, is the broadcaster offering these networks.
The regions included in this agreement are Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Niue, Nauru, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Northern Marianas, Tokelau, Tahiti, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, and Wallis and Futuna.
According to a press statement, this is AEW’s inaugural broadcast agreement in the region and marks ESPN’s first collaboration with a professional wrestling organization in the region.
