AEW programming leaving NJPW World this summer
The end of AEW TV on NJPW World is coming soon for those in Japan.
Announced Wednesday by NJPW, archive episodes of Dynamite, Collision, Rampage, Battle of the Belts and AEW Now will no longer be available to those in the country after August 31, 2026, when their contract ends.
Starting in late-June, new episodes of Dynamite (June 24) and Collision (June 27) will also cease to be uploaded. There is one exception: the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door pay-per-views which are “still available for purchase and viewing.” That is assumed to also include next month’s PPV in San Jose, California.
The reason for all this is the MyAEW service which the announcement directed fans toward. The streaming service was created due to the dissolving of AEW’s Triller relationship which gave international fans the ability to watch their weekly TV and buy PPVs.
The content relationship began in April 2022 with episodes of Dynamite and Rampage available at no extra cost to NJPW viewers in Japan.
The news comes on the same day TV Asahi and CyberAgent took full control of NJPW from Bushiroad.
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