All Elite Wrestling, owned by Jaguars owner Shad Khan's family, is “interested in merging” with WWE, according to sources cited by Alex Sherman of CNBC.com. Sources said that AEW and the Khans “could partner with a strategic media company to share the intellectual property while merging the wrestling leagues.” AEW has a TV carriage rights agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery’s TNT and TBS. Sherman noted the idea that WWE controlling shareholder Vince McMahon would “merge his company with the much smaller AEW is a long shot.” Sources said that AEW “hasn’t had talks with McMahon or Nick Khan,” WWE's CEO, and that McMahon may view selling to the Khans as a “non-starter” (CNBC.com, 1/12).
