Tony Khan Responds To WWE Backstage Reports About Him, Says AEW Is ‘Here To Stay’
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Tony Khan knows All Elite Wrestling is direct competition to WWE, and he doesn’t care if they realize it or not.
A recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter stated that among those in WWE, there is a perception that Tony Khan “will spend so much and lose so much money in the long run” in order to keep All Elite Wrestling going. They went on to say that the higher-ups within WWE believe that Tony Khan spent too much money to enter the pro wrestling industry, to begin with.
Reports state WWE is functioning under the belief that since they’ve already defeated Ted Turner and WCW, they can do it again with Tony Khan and All Elite Wrestling. With the prevailing theory that Turner is “smarter” than Khan.
Never one to back down, Tony Khan took to social media this afternoon to respond to these reports, tweeting out:
“I’ve never met Ted Turner. It’s very possible Ted Turner is smarter than me, but he didn’t know 1% of what I know about professional wrestling or WCW would still be on TNT/TBS. @AEW is here to stay, watch #AEWRampage LIVE tonight on TNT or WatchTNT app on your phone or any device,” Tony Khan said in a tweet.
The next two nights will be very important for All Elite Wrestling as they deliver four hours of wrestling action in 48 hours. Tonight’s special “Buy In” on YouTube and Rampage on TNT will go head to head with the final 90 minutes of SmackDown on FS1.
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