
Tony Khan AEW Media Call Notes – Tony Khan, in his media address ahead of the All Out pay-per-view, touched on various topics, offering insights into the ongoing situation with CM Punk, updates on Mercedes Mone, and the success of All In.
Regarding the CM Punk and Jack Perry altercation at All In, Khan mentioned that the company is currently investigating the incident and that he intends to provide updates to the fans when he’s able to. He emphasized his commitment to honesty and mentioned that an update on Punk’s involvement in All Out would ideally be available before the event.
Khan declined to comment on the reported “contentious” conversation he had with Punk on Sunday, stating that he cannot discuss specific incidents.
Switching gears to Mercedes Mone, Khan expressed high praise for her wrestling abilities, referring to her as “one of the best wrestlers on the planet.” However, he clarified that Mone is not currently cleared due to an ankle injury she suffered at NJPW Strong Resurgence in May. He indicated that she may not be available for AEW’s WrestleDream event on October 1.
On the success of All In, Khan shared impressive statistics. He mentioned that the event’s pay-per-view purchases could potentially make it the company’s second biggest, only trailing behind the successful All Out event. He highlighted All In’s financial success, stating that it outperformed any Starrcade event and even sold more tickets than any WrestleMania event.
More notes from today’s media call:
- Khan was asked about having All In and All Out on back to back weekends. He noted that he looked into the idea of having the two shows offered as a PPV bundle but there were too many obstacles with carriers. Khan teased that it’ll be interested to see on what platform All Out could air on next year.
- Khan noted that when he was fantasy booking as a child, it was a dream of his to have bundled PPVs on back to back weekends. He seemed surprised that this was not something the PPV carriers are able to do.
- He’s enjoying booking the women’s division in ROH, specifically mentioning the storyline involving Billie Starkz and Athena. Starkz is waiting to be cleared from an injury.
- Khan spent quite a bit of time talking about his excitement for Ring of Honor.
- He’s hopeful to have wrestlers from NJPW and Stardom available for WrestleDream and has spoken with Bushiroad regarding the show.
- Khan spoke about renting videos of Terry Funk matches as a kid. Tommy Dreamer had tried to facilitate a meeting between the two but it never ended up happening.
- He spoke about having some multi-tag matches at All In involving wrestlers having singles matches at All Out, including Kenny Omega, Konosuke Takeshita, Orange Cassidy and Jon Moxley. He called it a best of both worlds situation.
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Tony Khan AEW Media Call Notes