Tony Khan reflects on taking his first bump inside a ring at the hands of The Elite.
On the April 24th edition of AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan would have a face to face meeting with Jack Perry in the ring at Daily's Place. After seemingly burying the hatchet, Perry would attack the AEW president with a microphone. This would bring out the rest of The Elite who after briefly feigning concern for Khan, would hit the Tony Khan driver on Tony Khan, laying out the president.
While speaking to Bleacher Report in a recent interview, Khan reflected on taking his first bump in professional wrestling.
"I don't think anybody in pro wrestling wants to be spike-piledrived ever," Khan said. "It's one of the most dangerous, deadly moves in pro wrestling. It's banned in multiple pro wrestling promotions and it's illegal in several states, and there's a reason. I don't recommend it to anybody nor would I ever be eager to take another spike piledriver again. Only the most trained professional wrestlers can sustain that kind of beating, especially multiple times."
Tony would continue, discussing his father's appearance in the segment, and how he became a meme online after.
"He thought it was fantastic," Khan said. "People were sending it to him. He knew it was going to get attention. He knows AEW is a big deal, and he follows the show and the product. He's not a hardcore wrestling fan, but he watches AEW."
After the attack, Khan would sport a neck brace during the NFL Draft and would later auction it off for charity along with Rich Eisen.
"To have the voice of the NFL and host of the draft, Rich Eisen, every single round, reference the neck brace, talk about AEW, talk about the piledriver and what The Young Bucks had done to me, it got a lot of great attention for AEW."
Elsewhere in the same interview, Khan discussed AEW's current working relationships with CMLL, Stardom and New Japan Pro Wrestling. You can read more about that here.
