All Elite Wrestling holds 10-bell salute for Ted Turner
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Updated · Fox News · May 7
All Elite Wrestling holds 10-bell salute for Ted Turner
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 7
The tribute opened Wednesday's special double episode of Dynamite and Collision after Turner, founder of TNT and TBS, died on Tuesday aged 87.
AEW co-founder Tony Khan, commentator Tony Schiavone and wrestling icon Sting praised Turner's backing of wrestling on national television and his role in sustaining WCW.
Turner's support helped WCW challenge WWE in the 1990s, while AEW became the first wrestling promotion to return regularly to TNT and TBS after WCW's demise.
As AEW faces an uncertain future, what lessons must it learn from the rise and fall of Turner's WCW?
Were Ted Turner's 'deep pockets' the secret to WCW's success or the ultimate cause of its spectacular downfall?
With a media merger looming, will Ted Turner's wrestling legacy on his own networks actually survive his death?