Tony Khan Articles - Page 8

When “Double J” himself, Jeff Jarrett, made a surprise appearance on AEW Dynamite, it presented more questions than answers. Was the very well-traveled veteran and founder of TNA Wrestling going to be leaving his black leather duster at the announcing table in order to stay awhile? Or was this a one-off, or at least a […]

On an otherwise insignificant Sunday night, “Uncle” Dax Harwood posted a message to his fans on Instagram featuring three pictures of previous NXT matches booked between The Revival and American Alpha – Chad Gable and Jason Jordan – that will certainly make wrestling fans both very confused indeed and a tad bit nervous about the […]

What is going on with Miro in AEW? He went from the hottest new acquisition in the company, the biggest, baddest dude in the promotion with a god complex and the muscle to back it up, to a part-timer who occasionally shows up on Dynamite or Rampage but hasn’t really had a long-term storyline since […]

When news broke that Jon Moxley had signed a new deal with AEW that would keep him under contract through 2027, it was met with almost universal acclaim. A three-time champion who has risen to the occasion every time AEW has called his number, Moxley was reportedly working without a contract heading into All Out, […]

After becoming a fixture of AEW television and a notable favorite of Saraya, Willow Nightingale has officially become a member of Tony Khan’s company, earning a full-time contract and an “Is All Elite” graphic after defeating Lela Gray in the ring on a live edition of Rampage broadcast, for some reason, from Daily’s Place in […]

After weeks and weeks of radio silence, where every tweet, rumor, and word spoken on commentary was heavily scrutinized, Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer has released a bold, definitive piece of reporting on his website, suggesting that AEW and CM Punk are nearing a contract buyout, with the lone hold up coming from the […]

After months of anticipation, Renee Paquette has finally made her debut in AEW, joining husband Jon Moxley in Tony Khan’s promotion. Though the pairing seemed like a borderline no-brainer, as WWE’s decision to fire Paquette was immediately viewed as a mistake, the interviewer/pundit/occasional commentator opted against AEW, or any other wrestling promotion for that matter, […]

After beginning his third tenure as AEW World Champion at Grand Slam, Jon Moxley has been rewarded with a new five-year extension that will keep him with the promotion until 2027. That’s right, gone are the hopes for a Dean Ambrose return in WWE  – or even a Jon Moxley match on a WWE x […]

After almost seven years with the company, WWE has officially released Nigel McGuinness from his contract, according to Pro Wrestling Insider. A commentator who mostly worked NXT, Main Event, and 215 Live over his commentary career, McGuinness leaves the greater WWE Universe with little fanfare, as the company is rapidly retooling their commentating teams ahead […]

Though the build-up may have been muddied by yet another backstage fight, with Andrade vs. Sammy Guevara the latest backstage battle to garner headlines across the greater sporting world, AEW: Battle of the Belts IV is officially here, and this time, it’s going to be a little different the previous runnings of the show. For […]

“Andrade is a terrible guy,” Tony Khan told Robbie Fox on the My Mom’s Basement show. “So if Andrade loses this match (with Pres10 Vance of the Dark Order) he will leave AEW forever and frankly, you know, the way things have been gone with Andrade and the ways things have carried on, I don’t […]

FTR haven’t wrestled on AEW television since Dynamite episode 152, when they wrestled alongside former Pinnacle member Wardlow in a trios match against Ren Jones, Vic Capri, and ex-Ring of Honor stalwart Silas Young. Now granted, they have been on AEW programming once since then, as the very same trio wrestled another long-time ROH member, […]

After watching two titles change hands at Grand Slam – three if you count the vacant World Championship – AEW is immediately putting the straps on the line once more with not one but two championship matches scheduled for the fallout edition of Dynamite coming to fans live from the “Home of Extreme,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. […]

After being the topic of heavy speculation about his current contract status, his future, and his past few weeks in AEW, Malakai Black took to Instagram Live to set the record straight in his own words in order to “debunk” some of the rumors floating around. “Alright guys, good evening,” Black began. “You know there’s […]

When Darby Allin and Sting’s match against the newly Malakai Black-less House of Black duo of Brody King and Buddy Matthews came to an end, things weren’t looking too good for Tony Schiavone’s favorite male wrestler. After being seemingly taken out of the match by a pair of Julia Hart handcuffs, Sting had to watch […]

In case you haven’t heard, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks are unofficially suspended, and that decision has had serious, wide-spreading ramifications across the AEW Galaxy. From forbidding Omega from wrestling at Lucha Libre AAA’s TripleMania, to the suspension of Being the Elite, to “The Cleaner” being taken off of the AEW team at Tokyo […]

When Tony Khan booked The Acclaimed to wrestle the Swerve in our Glory duo of Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland at AEW’s All Out, it felt like a compelling yet otherwise mildly predictable bout for a championship team still relatively early in their championship run. The Acclaimed had wrestled for the AEW World Tag Team […]

Since returning to AEW from his extended absence, MJF has taken up the practice of speaking about himself in the third person. ‘What MJF wants, MJF gets,’ ‘MJF always does what’s best to MJF;’ you know how things thing tends to go. But why? Is Friedman fully embracing the WWE way of doing things before […]

In less than 30 seconds of television time, AEW introduced the wrestling world to its new favorite performer: Luigi Primo. That’s right, in a segment designed to advertise for Grand Slam, which is booked for the subsequent edition of Dynamite live from Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York, Alex Marvez called for a backstage […]

Colt Cabana hasn’t been on AEW programming, be that television, Pay-Per-View, or even broadcast on YouTube, since AEW Dark #133, when he wrestled in a losing effort alongside Alan Angels as “Dark Order” in a loss to The Butcher and The Blade. His last match on television came in November of 2021 when Bryan Danielson […]

Folks, according to Wrestling News via a post from Ryan Frederick of The Wrestling Observer on the company’s board, “The Young Bucks reportedly sent feelers out about interest in WWE after AEW deals expire.” Oh snap, the fight after All Out must have been a whole lot worse than fans initially thought. If the Young […]

Folks, it’s officially official: CM Punk has been removed as AEW World Champion. Now, as you may or may not know, this has been a long time coming, as Punk has been on a tear since he returned to AEW in August and the tension surrounding the situation reached a fever pitch during the media […]

When CM Punk came out of retirement to join AEW in August of 2021, it felt like a paradigm shift for the professional wrestling business. After over half a decade away from the ring following his incredibly firey burnout with WWE, Punk was propositioned by seemingly every professional wrestling promotion in the world to lace […]

If you plan on watching just one episode of AEW Dynamite in 2022, the Wednesday, September 7th edition of the show would very much be the episode to tune into, as this two-hour block of television could very much change the direction of Tony Khan’s company for the foreseeable future. According to Justin Barrasso of […]

After taking a face full of black mist from Sting at the end of the penultimate match of AEW’s All Out, Malakai Black was pinned cleanly in the corner of the ring by Darby Allen following his signature Coffin Drop. On paper, this wasn’t a particularly unusual way to end the match. Sure, it would […]

Welp, there you go; after months of anticipation and a weird swerve where Jon Moxley secured the rights to call himself the World Champion for a little less than two weeks, CM Punk has officially been afforded an opportunity to hold AEW’s top strap above his head in the middle of the ring while thousands […]

Sometimes, a booker gets it wrong. They decide Brock Lesnar should break The Undertaker’s streak, that John Cena should beat Wade Barrett and the Nexus, and that Shawn Michaels should defeat Bret Hart with a sharpshooter even if the “Best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be” didn’t actually […]

When Paul “Triple H” Levesque gave AEW the most backhanded compliment of all time by congratulating Tony Khan’s company for “beating our developmental system” in a sitdown interview with Ariel Helwani for BT Sports, it drew a massive response from both sides of the proverbial aisle. WWE stans loved it, AEW die-hards took to social […]

While Paul “Triple H” Levesque may be the new EVP of Talent Relations for the WWE, at his heart, “The Game” is a showman. In the ring, Levesque was a big game hunter always looking to get himself over, and in his 24-year in-ring tenure with The Fed, he accomplished that feat a ton. He […]

Is everything going well in AEW? Is the promotion in a good place, or are all of the rumors of discontent, dissatisfaction with booking, and mandatory talent meetings worthy of worry among fans of Tony Khan’s company? Well, if Christopher Daniels is to be believed – which he is – everything is going just fine, […]

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when one question rose above all others: When would MJF return to AEW? After no-showing a fan event in Las Vegas ahead of Double or Nothing, maybe buying a plane ticket to leave the weekend early, and then cutting a fiery promo on the LA edition of […]

Wrestling fans have to give it up to Konnan – he’s not one known for holding his tongue. Whether working in WCW, TNA/Impact, AAA, MLW, or even the occasional appearance in AEW, Konnan has always “kept it 100” to the point where his podcast is quite literally named “K100 w/ Konnan & Disco.” While openness […]

No matter how much AEW fans complain, it’s clear the Trustbusters quartet of Ari Daivari, Slim J, Parker Boudreaux, and now Sonny Kiss aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Tony Khan loves them, Daivari specifically seems very popular among his peers, and even after losing in the first round of the AEW World Trios Championship, it’s […]

“Hangman” Adam Page had a fantastic run in AEW over the past year. He had a grand buildup to his eventual championship match with former tag team partner Kenny Omega – a run that saw the former member of “The Elite” overcome a crisis of confidence to win the belts at Full Gear – a […]

Folks, it’s happening; it’s finally happening: AEW is going to unify their two World Heavyweight Championship belts at All Out. All of the anticipation has been worth it, all of the hype has been justified, and the dynamic duo of CM Punk and Jon Moxley, a pair of post-modern anti-heroes who are among the most […]

Though the backstage drama has been ever so slightly overshadowing their in-ring product – need I say more than “Hangman” Adam Page vs. CM Punk? – the actual in-ring AEW product has been on fire as of late. The company is drawing good viewership numbers, drawing big gates for live shows, and, after literally years […]

For one reason or another, Tony Khan really likes to throw themed AEW shows during the summer. Call it a hangover from the pre-television era of the promotion, where shows like Fight for the Fallen or Fyter Fest cost money to watch, or as a counterpoint to the monthly “Premium Live Events” that WWE runs […]

After months of anticipation – of dark matches, vignettes, and Ring of Honor appearances – Ari Daivari and the Trustbusters have officially landed on AEW television, first in a backstage segment with the Best Friends and again on the subsequent episode of Rampage in a pair of matches versus Sonny Kiss and Orange Cassidy. While […]

As, well, basically every fan of professional wrestling surely knows, Friday nights at 8 pm is when WWE’s SmackDown airs on FOX… except during football season, which is when the process of preemption starts to rear their ugly heads and fans suddenly have to scramble for when and where to watch their favorite show. So […]