Summary

AEW announced ahead of the May 6 episode of Dynamite that the show will be dedicated to Ted Turner, who died on Wednesday, May 6.

Turner founded TBS and TNT, the same networks that once carried WCW and now serve as the television homes for AEW programming. Dynamite airs on TBS each Wednesday, while Collision airs on TNT on Saturdays.

Ted Turner's connection to AEW's TV home

Turner's importance to wrestling fans goes well beyond his name on a network masthead. WCW spent years on TBS and TNT, and AEW now runs its two main weekly shows on those same channels.

That made AEW's decision an easy one to understand. The company used Wednesday's broadcast to acknowledge the man whose networks helped keep pro wrestling in a prominent national television spot across multiple eras.

What Turner's tribute means for Dynamite

By dedicating this episode of Dynamite to Turner, AEW made the night's broadcast about more than the in-ring card and tied the show directly to wrestling's history on TBS and TNT. It also adds extra weight to a lineup that includes Darby Allin defending the AEW World Championship against Kevin Knight, Jon Moxley facing Juice Robinson in an AEW Continental Championship Eliminator, Dax Harwood meeting Orange Cassidy in a Double Jeopardy match, and Mina Shirakawa teaming with Harley Cameron against Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander.

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