AEW Strikes Streaming Deal With TOD by beIN for MENA

All Elite Wrestling is expanding its international footprint with a new distribution deal bringing the promotion to TOD by beIN, the streaming service based in Doha, Qatar. The partnership will make AEW programming available to fans across the Middle East and North Africa for the first time on the platform.

Under the deal, TOD by beIN subscribers will get weekly episodes of both AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision, along with AEW’s major premium live events. That includes AEW All Out, the company’s next big pay-per-view, which is scheduled for Chicago on September 26.

AEW has spent the past several years steadily building its reach outside North America, and this agreement fits into that broader push to grow the promotion’s global viewership. The roster name-checked in the announcement underscores why AEW believes it can win over new audiences in the region — a mix of international stars and homegrown talent including Will Ospreay, Kenny Omega, MJF, Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Adam Copeland, Christian, Mercedes Moné, Darby Allin, Kyle Fletcher, Thekla, Orange Cassidy, Willow Nightingale, Hikaru Shida, Kofi Kingston and Austin Creed.

For a company built since its 2019 launch by CEO, GM and Head of Creative Tony Khan on the promise of accessibility and fan-first presentation, deals like this one matter as much as any in-ring storyline. Television and streaming reach directly shapes revenue, sponsorship opportunities and the ability to eventually run live events in new territories. Wrestling’s popularity has been climbing steadily across the Middle East and North Africa in recent years, and AEW landing a home on TOD by beIN gives it a foothold in a market that WWE has also targeted heavily through its own regional partnerships and live events in Saudi Arabia.

For longtime fans in the region who have followed AEW through import feeds or international streaming workarounds, the deal offers a simpler, officially sanctioned way to watch Dynamite, Collision and the promotion’s pay-per-views as they happen. For newcomers, it’s an entry point into a promotion that has built its identity around high-end in-ring work, character-driven storytelling and a roster stacked with recognizable names from multiple generations of the business.

No additional details on future AEW events in the MENA region were included in the announcement, but the arrival of weekly programming on a major regional platform is often a precursor to more direct engagement with a market, whether through international broadcasts of live shows or, down the line, AEW itself running events overseas. For now, the headline is simple: AEW’s reach just got considerably wider, and fans across the Middle East and North Africa have a legitimate new way to watch every Dynamite, Collision and premium live event, starting with All Out later this month.