During a recent appearance on the AEW Unrestricted podcast, AEW’s new Wrestling Administration Coordinator Will Washington revealed how Tony Khan’s direct contribution paved the way for his hiring.
Washington was initially considered for one of Khan’s other companies before finally landing a role in AEW.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On how Khan first got involved in helping with Washington’s job search: “I was a software developer for a really long time. And I lost my job back in December, and I tweeted very vaguely about it. It was a very vague ‘Rough times ahead’ kind of tweet. But the cool thing was Tony checked on me after that, to see what the problem was and if I was okay. And I was honest with him and told him what was going on. And over the months, he was a big help for me. He straight up said to me, ‘Let me see what I can do for you.’”
On how Washington eventually got pointed toward AEW: “Tony checked in every once in a while. He’d say ‘Hey, did you have a conversation with them? How did that go?’ And I’m like, I said the same thing, I should probably be working in AEW. And at one point, we finally had the conversation about ‘What would it take for me to just work in AEW?’ And here I am.”