Overview
- AEW dedicated Wednesday’s May 6 Dynamite on TBS to Ted Turner and began the broadcast with on-air tributes.
- Commentator Tony Schiavone told viewers that Turner believed pro wrestling belonged on national TV and gave it a home on TBS and later TNT.
- Sting recalled Turner urging wrestlers to keep going because he had “deep pockets,” then joined Schiavone in leading a ten-bell salute.
- AEW president Tony Khan paid respects in a livestream on X, calling it a very sad day for television and for professional wrestling.
- Turner founded TBS and TNT and purchased WCW, and AEW now airs Dynamite on TBS and Collision on TNT while honoring that legacy with TNT and TBS title belts.