Tony Khan Explains Why He Cut A Promo On WWE-NJPW Rumors

By AG

Posted on June 1, 2021

• Tony Khan Explains Why He Cut A Promo On WWE-NJPW Rumors

As we noted before, WWE President & Chief Revenue Officer Nick Khan has been in talks with NJPW Officials for two months, regarding WWE becoming the official US partner of New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Prior to Friday’s special episode of AEW Dynamite, AEW President Tony Khan addressed this report and said the following:

“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.”

Ahead of tonight’s Live #AEWDynamite at 10pm ET/9pm CT, and #AEWDoN on ppv Sunday, AEW Owner/President @TonyKhan, aka the Forbidden Door, addressed rumors of a relationship between @WWE & @njpwglobal, + what this means to @AEW! Watch Dynamite tonight LIVE coming up on @TNTdrama! pic.twitter.com/atFTSrvyqZ
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 29, 2021

During last night’s post-Double Or Nothing media scrum, Tony was asked why he cut a promo on the WWE-NJPW rumors, and here’s what he replied:

“I talked to New Japan, and I asked them if they thought it would be a good idea for a good promo and they thought it was great. I thought it would be a good promo, and so it made sense.

We have a lot of stuff going with New Japan, and everyone’s welcome to talk to each other in the wrestling business, but we’ve done some great stuff with New Japan over these last few weeks.

And I think we’re going to do some great things moving forward, and I’m excited it.”

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