Tony Khan Addresses Potentially Stepping Away From His Role With AEW

AEW President Tony Khan was asked about potentially leaving the company during a media call to promote the 2024 Dynasty PPV event.

Khan said, โ€œCertainly, at some point, we would have to see where weโ€™re at. With all positions, nobody lasts forever, and eventually, thatโ€™s something, with any position in any organization Iโ€™m in will be a reality. Whether itโ€™s the Jaguars, Fulham, AEW, or True Media. I wonโ€™t be here forever,โ€ he said. โ€œItโ€™s definitely one of the highlights of my life, being involved in these shows, work on these shows, and do creative planning. Iโ€™m having more fun than ever right now. I take it year to year, moment to moment, and really love what weโ€™re doing right now. Iโ€™m only 41 years old and I feel like the company is in a strong place and some of the greatest wrestlers in the world are loyal to me personally, and Iโ€™m really proud of that, and hopefully, I can continue to do my best to repay them.โ€

โ€œRight now, I think the company is in a strong place. We just had a valuation of $2 billion placed on AEW for a sports start-up. The fastest-rising sports start-up of all time and the most successful sports start-up in the world since the AFL, that later merged with the NFL. I donโ€™t see that same future for us, but I do love the comparison and I think the numbers are quite real and the story is exciting for AEW. We are a major player in the sports scene and itโ€™s going to be a big year for our company with our media rights renewal and itโ€™s the most important thing right now for the wrestlers, staff, and everyone that works at AEW and for our fans.โ€

You can check out the complete media call below:


(quotes courtesy of Fightful.com)