Tony Khan has followed in his father Shahid Khan’s footsteps to become one of America’s top billionaires. In 2019, he fulfilled his childhood ambition of running his own wrestling company by launching AEW alongside Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and former EVP Cody Rhodes.
While Mr. Khan is a wrestling fanatic, Vince Russo senses a strong reason behind the former’s venture into the pro wrestling business.
Speaking with Dr. Chris Featherstone on the Writing With Russo podcast, Russo asserted that the company’s head honcho intended to reach stardom because he didn’t get attention from his father in his early days:
Russo added that Tony Khan only cares about getting over with fans, and it doesn’t matter to him whether or not his company yields profit:
You can listen to the entire Writing With Russo podcast below:
Tony Khan will make a huge announcement on AEW Dynamite tonight
There’s a massive buzz among fans heading into the upcoming episode of AEW Dynamite. As announced last week, Tony Khan will make a “huge” announcement on the show tonight.
RSN recently reported that Mr. Khan could be planning to announce a joint show between AEW and NJPW.
The supershow between the two top wrestling companies is rumored to go down in mid-June, with Chicago, Illinois being pinned as the likely location. Chicago is one of the primary “home” territories for AEW, having hosted the promotion’s precursor supershow All In and several subsequent pay-per-views.
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