AEW President and CEO Tony Khan participated in the recent All Out 2026 media call, where he discussed various topics, including All In’s grand entrance by AEW World Champion Will Ospreay.
Khan said, “I thought that was one of our greatest nights, and certainly the main event of Kenny Omega versus Will Ospreay for the World Title was the perfect culmination to what I believe is the best event we’ve ever done. That was something that meant a lot to Will, and I know having so many of his closest allies, biggest rivals, people who have been really important to his journey, it was very important to Will.”
On putting it together and how it went through a number of different versions leading into the show:
“Exactly how we were going to do it, there were a lot of different versions of it throughout the weeks leading into the pay-per-view. A lot of different ideas, a lot of people bounced around to be there, and like so many great things in wrestling, the final version that gets put out is the best version after a lot of brainstorming. Lots of versions of this, that was perfect. The people, the presentation, the idea of how it was going to be done, whether it would be live or the video—there were so many different ideas. This was the perfect way to do it: to have a video and to have that walk, and put it all together and have one of the greatest video packages I’ve ever seen in wrestling followed by that walk and featuring those people live on Ospreay’s walk to the ring. It was awesome, and it was a great brainstorm with a bunch of people. Most importantly, it was very authentic to Will and it was what he wanted, and it was a perfect way to do it and have your cake and eat it too. We had the perfect video package and a great live moment.”
You can check out Khan’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to PWInsider.com for transcribing the above quotes)
