AEW making changes to in-arena fan experience for 2025

Fans attending live AEW events in 2025 will experience a different presentation inside the venue during commercial breaks when matches aren’t going on.

According to AEW executive VP & head of global production Mike Mansury in a technical trade publication, the company will shift to a more “sports-style presentation” during commercial breaks when matches aren’t happening, designed to entertain fans in attendance.

“Starting in 2025, you’ll see more of a sports-style presentation in-arena in terms of being able to entertain the audience when there isn’t in-ring content or taped content happening as part of the television broadcast. We want to create a nice split between the live event and TV show, just to make that experience for those in the house feel a bit more special,” he said.

What the specifics are or the date these will begin have yet to be revealed. Currently, the ring announcer for the night engages with the crowd to kill time during breaks when nothing is going on in the ring.

The article notes the company’s investment in new technology in their production trucks which will assist with the in-arena production elements in addition to the overall production. They have been using this technology for three months to work out the kinks with a goal of providing a seamless experience for those watching at home — even if issues arise behind the scene.

Mansury also said there are some details to be worked out regarding the impending simulcast between the Max streaming service and TBS/TNT when it comes to Dynamite and Collision as AEW currently produces a domestic and international feed. How WBD wants to leverage those feeds with its own content that is one of those details.

He also said this July’s All In from Arlington, Texas’ Globe Life Field could have as many as 20-25 cameras of all kinds, putting the new technology to the full test.