With All Elite Wrestling shifting to a shorter schedule following the end of AEW Rampage, Tony Khan opened up about what it could mean for the company. The December 27 episode of AEW Rampage was the last edition of the show for the foreseeable future.

AEW airs the final episode of Rampage tonight, a special New Year’s Smash branded edition of the show. Tonight’s episode is headlined by current Ring of Honor World champion Chris Jericho facing

However, with the launch of Collision in June 2023, which became AEW's secondary flagship program, and the cancellation of the company's YouTube shows (Dark and Elevation), Rampage had gradually shifted focus to featuring younger and mid-to-lower card talent, essentially taking on the role once held by the YouTube programs.

This week’s episode of AEW Rampage will mark the end of the show, and AEW President Tony Khan appeared on the AEW Worlds End media call to react to the loss of an hour of weekly content. He said,

Tony Khan discusses the end of AEW Rampage. At the AEW Rampage taping on2, Tony Khan noted that it would be the last one for the foreseeable future. Rampage was reportedly not planned for 2025 when AEW signed a new media rights deal with Warner Bros.

December 27th will go down as a consequential day in AEW history, as it marks the final edition of Rampage before the show goes off the air in 2025. That’s right, the fastest hour in professional wrestling was not included in the promotion’s new media rights deal with Warner Bros.