Tony Khan is not struggling to come up with ideas for AEW All In.
On August 27, AEW will take over Wembley Stadium when they present All In. Tony Khan recently spoke with John Pollock and Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics and addressed how much of that card he already has planned out.
“I have a lot of really great ideas for it, and I like to see how things flow, and if Forbidden Door goes as planned, I think it will then lead us into what could be one of our all-time historic special moments for AEW All In. I think we’re gonna have a great Forbidden Door and I’m very focused on that, and if we get through that and that goes as I expect, then we are gonna be in an amazing position for AEW All In, and hopefully the brand interest will be incredibly high worldwide, and will focus itself into a very great event in London. But I’m very focused on coming there to Toronto first and putting on a great one for you at Forbidden Door and building off that," he said.
When asked to describe the differences between AEW and WWE, and other promotions, Khan stated that he believes AEW has the best roster of wrestlers in the world. He also reiterated that there's an excitement about AEW that doesn't exist for other promotions, as the company is still young.
“I think AEW has the best roster of wrestlers in the world. If you want to watch pro wrestling, a lot of it’s opinions, but to me, I believe that the best group of pro wrestlers is the group in AEW, and you have a great opportunity to see them, and now I can showcase them even more and showcase more people throughout Dynamite, Rampage, and now we’ve added Collision, and we’ve gone from three hours of TV, now this week we’ll have five hours of TV for the first time ever. It’s gonna be so exciting, and it’s a great opportunity for the company, and I think that’s one of the things that sets us apart most importantly is the quality of the wrestlers, and then the way we build to the matches, I think there’s some really exciting matches ahead. I believe there’s an excitement about AEW that doesn’t exist for any other wrestling promotion as far as the ability to go do events for the first time because we are a new company. There’s still places we’ve never been, where we are a huge fan base," Khan said.
Khan then used the early success of AEW All In London at Wembley Stadium as an example, as he noted that it has already generated the biggest gate in the history of professional wrestling in Europe. He emphasized that there's a lot of excitement around AEW, and the company has grown its audience. Khan then repeated that he believes the quality of AEW's wrestling stands above anyone.
"A great example of this is the anticipation that built for AEW’s debut in Europe, and our first show I the UK, and our first show in London, and all of it has come together to create the perfect storm of excitement that has led to the biggest gate in the history of pro wrestling in Europe, and one of the biggest gates in the history of professional wrestling, and we’re months away from the show, and not a single match or participant has been officially announced or confirmed. I think there’s a huge amount of excitement around AEW, and we’ve grown this audience in a unique time. A lot of our fans found AEW in the pandemic, and there are people start started watching it all over the world, or it became available to them in places all over the world for the first time. We really grew our worldwide TV penetration. Now the show is available in over 150 countries around the world with AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision. I think for us, the quality of our wrestling, I believe stands above anyone, but I also think there’s a lot of great wrestling all over the world from multiple different promotions, and that’s what makes wrestling great. There were some companies that are out there right now that were doing great wrestling and having some great matches before we launched, but there was a space, there was clearly a place in pro wrestling, specifically based in North America, and an opportunity to launch the promotion that became AEW, and it’s gone incredibly well, and we’ve done things beyond my wildest dreams. Now the international expansion in particular the success of AEW All In London, it’s mind-blowing, and to be part of an event that will now be in the record books as one of the biggest wrestling shows ever worldwide in the history of the planet, that’s pretty cool," Khan said.
The updated card for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door can be seen here.
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