Video: Tony Khan Addresses Nick Khan And WWE/NJPW Reports

AEW President, CEO, General Manager & Head Of Creative Tony Khan took to Twitter this evening and issued a message to WWE President & Chief Revenue Officer Nick Khan.

As we’ve noted, it’s been reported by multiple sources that the WWE President has been negotiating with New Japan Pro Wrestling since late March or April, about WWE possibly becoming the exclusive North American partner for NJPW. The talks have also had to do with Daniel Bryan possibly working with NJPW.

As seen in the video below, Tony Schiavone introduced Khan as they prepared for tonight’s Dynamite show on TNT, the go-home show for Sunday’s Double Or Nothing pay-per-view. Khan said-

“Thank you very much Tony. I appreciate it, Mr. Schiavone, and as we get ready to go live tonight on Dynamite on TNT, I just want to address, as ‘The Forbidden Door’, I read in the Observer today that New Japan Pro Wrestling has had talks with WWE’s President Nick Khan. Well, Nick, I have to say if you have been talking to New Japan Pro Wrestling for two months, you’ve gotten a lot done. Just in the last two weeks I’ve had Yuji Nagata, Ren Narita and Rocky Romero on AEW, I’ve reunited Roppongi Vice, I’ve had the New Japan IWGP United States Champion Jon Moxley defend the title successfully on our show, retaining it, and I have future plans for New Japan Pro Wrestling for the US Title. So you must’ve really gotten a lot done in the two months, Nick, and in fact, I think there’s only room for one Khan in the wrestling business, Nick, and it’s me. It’s Tony Khan, it’s not some con-man from Connecticut. Have a fun show tonight, Nick. See you on Dynamite.”