Tony Khan is just days away from hosting AEW’s biggest event in company history, All In, on Sunday at London’s Wembley Stadium, which has drawn over 80,000 fans.
The main event will feature MJF defending his World Heavyweight Title against Adam Cole.
There have been numerous reported issues in the AEW locker room in recent months, whether it is CM Punk’s issues with The Elite or reportedly not allowing certain wrestlers such as Ryan Nemeth, Matt Hardy, and Christopher Daniels to compete at Collision shows.
AEW will have to separate Punk from those who oppose him, just as they did at Forbidden Door in June.
AEW President Tony Khan was asked about managing locker room tensions while speaking with the Hollywood Reporter to promote All In.
He began by saying that the fans are the most important thing to him because he is a fan and wants the best wrestlers in AEW to make up the best roster.
“And there may be some of them that don’t get along with each other backstage or on TV. It’s not ideal, but it’s a reality, and I can’t make everyone get along. I’m not sure it’s necessarily even in the best interest of pro wrestling for everybody to get along. But ideally, everybody is going to be able to focus on their matches and putting on the best shows for the fans. And I think that’s what we’ve been doing. We’ve had really strong ratings. So even though … wrestlers backstage hate each other and don’t want to be friends with each other, I think we all agree this is a really exciting time for the company. And it’s a really exciting time for the wrestling business and for the wrestling fans.”
Khan continued, “There are a lot of people around here who think they’re the best. And I think a lot of them have a valid claim that they’re the best. And what I’m trying to do is to create an environment where everybody can go out and prove it multiple times per week and create a platform where the fans can decide who the best wrestlers are, what the best rivalries are, what the best matches are. As long as I can keep the top talent in AEW, we will have the best matches and the best big events.”
Khan went on to say that the AEW roster is the strongest they’ve ever had, with the biggest matches in history.
