Tony Khan is the president of All Elite Wrestling. AEW is set to change the wrestling world when they go live every Wednesday on TNT beginning October 2.
When speaking to Decider, Tony Khan touched upon a multitude of issues including running free pay-per-views recently, the value he feels the Japanese Joshi will bring to the company, and why he is so passionate about protecting the well-being of AEW employees. Below are some highlights.
Tony Khan on not bringing every star to TV every week:
“We’re basing the company to be way more wrestler-friendly and in terms of the scheduling, because we’re not going to have a constant touring of five nights a week or anything like that, six nights a week never. And really focusing on that and building the big events, big pay-per-views, and streaming specials.
“It’s not about forcing everybody into the show to do one dumb segment just to show them in the show. We’re not going to drag people in and make them travel.”
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Tony on the Joshi:
“I really think the Joshi that Kenny scouted out could our be our generation’s luchadores because the luchadores and the lucha style became very prevalent through wrestling on TNT weekly in the 90s. And now, almost twenty-five years later, the Joshi could come in and just blow people away. I mean they have on our shows and it’s happening.”
Tony Khan on Being The Elite:
“What Nick does putting Being the Elite together every week and what Matt does both on and off the camera it’s so huge. With Being the Elite, you’ll see some of the most innovative stuff, but it’s going to be very different than the weekly TV show. But that’s by design and I want to keep it that way so you’ll have outlets to see different things.”
