AEW Wiped from ESPN After WWE Pay-Per-View Deal Goes Public

All Elite Wrestling may have just been quietly dropped by ESPN—and the timing couldn’t be more suspicious. While AEW was once featured under ESPN’s professional wrestling coverage alongside WWE, that’s no longer the case.

Anyone trying to access AEW’s section on ESPN.com now gets hit with a dead end. The link leads to a simple error message: “Page error. Go to the homepage.” There’s no longer any direct page dedicated to AEW content on the site.

Although archived AEW articles can still be found using ESPN’s search function, the company’s actual AEW coverage had already been scaled back significantly. For months, the AEW section had barely featured any new updates, with most of the latest pieces tied to February’s Grand Slam Australia event. Aside from that, it’s been mostly silence.

The deletion of AEW’s presence on ESPN comes after WWE announced its pay-per-view events would begin airing on ESPN platforms in the U.S., starting with Wrestlepalooza on September 20. WWE was able to leave Peacock earlier than expected after completing all requirements under their deal with NBCUniversal, clearing the way for this ESPN move.

This quiet reshuffle raises major questions. AEW’s ESPN exit lines up almost too perfectly with WWE’s new arrival, and while no formal announcement has been made, the writing might already be on the wall.

Is this a clean break between AEW and ESPN—or is WWE simply taking over the entire spotlight? Drop your thoughts below and let us know what you think about ESPN’s shift in direction.