AEW President Tony Khan Interview | PPV's, TV Contracts & the Women's Roster

Iridian Fierro talks with Tony Khan ahead of Forbidden Door and their Chicago Dynamite show. Tony talks about their WBD deal, the match he's excited for fans to see, and the women's roster.

[@SnapGrapplePop]

Iridian has quickly become one of my favourite interviewers in wrestling.

[@wrestfriends]

Thank you so much! -Iridian

[@TeamKaos1998]

Dynamite, rampage and Collison all ranked in the top 5 on cable last week despite all the gloom and doom. Forbidden door looks like it's gonna do over 10k attendance.

[@jamesmccain4748]

Beautiful interview

[@alexg585]

GREAT!

[@tetibangbang]

TK and Iridian on the Wrestfriends channel? 😮‍💨

[@JoeyLEGENDARY]

Great interview with TK as always, Iridian! Hmm.. he is really promoting Dynamite in Chi-Town, what could be THAT huge? No Punk, maybe debut of Ali? Return of Ricky Starks? MJF vs Swerve or Ospreay for the AEW World Title?!?

[@user-ib6ky5os1n]

He’s hyping it so much I would be disappointed if it was Ricky Starks lol. I’m expecting big things 😮

[@JoeyLEGENDARY]

@@user-ib6ky5os1n What do you consider BIG? Drew aint coming to AEW, lol. The Best in the World Shane-o Mac lol.

[@user-ib6ky5os1n]

@@JoeyLEGENDARY I wasn’t thinking of any of the guys you mentioned, also Drew Gulak and Shane have very shady clouds on them to say the least and I don’t think AEW are interested in them, could be announcing the tv deal or Ricochet signing, I would be happy for the return of Dr Britt Baker though.

[@JoeyLEGENDARY]

@@user-ib6ky5os1n A return of Britt would make more sense in Pittsburgh. Ricochet vs Ospreay would be fun too.

[@JoeyLEGENDARY]

@@user-ib6ky5os1n And the Drew I was talking about was McIntyre, no interest in Gulak.

[@scottgeorge5396]

Great job as usual Wrestfriend. You forgot to ask TK who killed WCW 😂

[@MBeats27]

People used to watch wrestling for the wrestling now they watch it for the ratings

[@JoeyLEGENDARY]

“Not available MOSTLY by injuries”…. So Starks is what in that scenario along with Britt, Hayter, and Omega?

[@franciswitcherplays3730]

According to the recent report, Starks has been shooting down pitches that could've elevate him. There's also a rumor that he's been arrested in Canada for starting a fight in a bar but AEW staff denies that claim.

[@JoeyLEGENDARY]

@@franciswitcherplays3730 Yes from Fightful and repeated on other YT channels like WhatCulture or Cultaholic. I still want Ricky in the Owen as the wild card. If Willow can defend it, why not Ricky?

[@franciswitcherplays3730]

@@JoeyLEGENDARY Would you be surprised if Ricky might also shot down the idea of going back to Owen? At this point I'm starting to believe he doesn't want to keep working or rather it's true that he lost control of the right side of his body because of his neck injury.

[@JoeyLEGENDARY]

@@franciswitcherplays3730 The latter is worrisome if that is true but no one that is close to Ricky has confirmed anything of the sort. I am thinking he might want to go to NXT/WWE like Ethan Page and let his contract run out. He is sadly an undersized Rock but is a better worker in the ring.

[@chcltstrwbrry]

Way to talk around actually answering on thought process of booking women matches 😀

[@ApolloTheLeader]

How did you want him to answer the question? What did you want him to say?

[@tomvallejo2438]

Why don’t you let Dustin Rhodes go after the nwa title like Cody did at a ppv like for Bidden door maybe you should try to form a partner ship roh and nwa

[@SamSamSamJ]

AEW's honeymoon stage is over. It's been time for TK to stop playing wrestling with his talent like wrestling figures, and start putting together great wrestling shows every week. Great stories and great wrestling with cliffhangers every show.

[@tonycampbell4982]

Aew is better than wwf wwf is in so much trouble with human trafficking allegations by the doj and the lawsuits😂

[@alexandermontejo447]

​@tonycampbell4982 accept those allegations are towards Vince Mcmahon not the company. As for AEW, 600,000 viewers alternative company my ass.

[@tonycampbell4982]

@@alexandermontejo447 no tgey are towards wwf and its long term standing employeesinda McMahon works for truth sicial i guess wwf sherp are dinsl trump voters 😆

[@user-ib6ky5os1n]

@@alexandermontejo447 the lawsuit and don investigation is on WWE as a company not just Vince. His family members also still work in WWE.

[@dracometeor8488]

​@@alexandermontejo447 correction. 500,000 and going down every week

[@tomvallejo2438]

You need to travel out of the country to get aew popular out of the states , you need to swallow your pride and do what’s the best for aew if your really serious about making aew great get guys who know how to run an organization like maybe former wrestlers and you should handle the business side of things just like your dad hires coaches to run the team and he handles the business side you should do the same

[@tomvallejo2438]

You favor orange Cassidy to much , I remember when aew first started you didn’t know who was gonna win now you know who’s gonna win especially when orange Cassidy wrestles

[@tomvallejo2438]

Maybe you should concentrate on wrestling and your company and let your dad handle the nfl and his football team jaguars

[@justin747]

He should definitely take your advice. Somebody who has no experience owning a wrestling promotion or a NFL football team would definitely give the best advice.

[@tomvallejo2438]

You need to stop getting rid of the great wrestlers and maybe you should get rid of wrestlers that will never make it you need more air time for a lot of your talent

[@AdvocatePower]

My suggestion to increase local event ticket sales, is to have people that are in the community who are connected to media and live wrestling to market the shows! I am a gorilla marketer! Hire me