Tony Khan Discusses ‘The War’ Between AEW & WWE

The “war” in between the 2 promos being genuine: “The wrestling company is really unclean. I can’t talk to the battle company. I believe it’s more arranged than the battle organization. There are 2 efficient promos taking on each other. Once again, I do not understand if these things have actually occurred. I just understand what individuals have actually pertained to me and declared, however I do understand that it’s a genuine war in between AEW and WWE, and the fans have an interest in it.”

How it produces fan enjoyment: “That belonged to the initial organization design of AEW. I understood wrestling fans, honestly, are extremely thinking about wrestling complimentary company and wrestling wars. I thought we might produce a complimentary representative market that is absolutely a genuine thing now, which would be a huge part of the story. I believe wrestling fans, at the end of the day, value that a great deal of what occurs in wrestling programs is in some cases story, which’s why individuals like viewing the programs. They like the stories and the amazing matches, and specifically the mix of the 2 when the stories result in interesting matches and vice versa. Now what’s fascinating is the story that is the most genuine, the most extreme, and the most hatred and all of professional wrestling is that in between the 2 wrestling promos, I believe we really, really dislike each other. I believe it produces truly interesting television, and it produces an interesting wrestling war.”

WWE attempting to get NJPW to break their handle AEW: “I’ll provide you a fine example. About 2 years back, there was a report I continue reading the web that my company partner, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, had actually gotten a call from Nick Khan about switching to deal with them. I was actually simply getting going with New Japan. We just had actually been collaborating a brief time. That likewise had actually been, honestly, a turbulent relationship, however it was getting respectable. To this day, it is a remarkable collaboration, and I called the New Japan executives and stated, ‘Is this real? Did WWE call you and attempt to get you to switch on me?’ They stated, ‘Yeah’ and I stated, ‘Okay, well, are we still doing the things we have prepared?’ We had a match set up for Wednesday Night Dynamite where there was going to be a New Japan title match in AEW due to the fact that at the time. It was the very first of a lot of those such matches, and they informed me, ‘No, we do not trust them. We wan na deal with you, and we wan na stick with you.’ Since, our relationship has actually been extremely favorable.”