Blood and Guts is coming back this summer, but Tony Khan is taking a wait and see approach for one of AEW’s other marquee matches.
AEW President Tony Khan recently spoke with ESPN’s Marc Raimondi and delivered some updates on a pair of fan-favorite matches, one of which, Khan expects to be back sometime this summer.
“Yeah. I’d say to expect Blood & Guts this summer,” Khan confirmed.
“That I’ll have to get back to you on,” Khan proclaimed about a potential return of Stadium Stampede. “I’ve thought about it. It’s a very different wrestling world now than it was during the pandemic. I think it’s a great match, a signature match for us that people really enjoyed. But some of the reasons we presented that match were because of the challenges that existed in the world because of the pandemic, as far as presenting sporting events with live fans. That doesn’t really exist in this live-event pandemic.”
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During his media scrum after ROH Supercard Of Honor, Tony Khan spoke about Brian Cage being revealed as one of Tully Blanchard’s new clients. Cage had been missing from AEW programming for the past several months, but recently had the option on his contract picked up by AEW. Despite not returning to AEW TV, Cage recently said that plans were in place for him but didn’t elaborate any further.
During the scrum, Khan spoke about how he couldn’t tell Cage that he wanted to use him in Ring Of Honor under his ownership, and explained why he didn’t put him back on AEW programming after his feud with Team Taz wrapped up.
“I really like Brian Cage. I’ve always really liked Brian Cage and it was funny because when I first started thinking this might be a possibility [buying ROH] I hadn’t worked Brian Cage back into my plans yet [for AEW]. I couldn’t tell Brian Cage, especially when we’re in a confidential discussion about [buying Ring of Honor]. Based on where we were going with him, I thought Ricky [Starks] and [Powerhouse] Hobbs and Team Taz are in a really strong position right now and obviously with Swerve and Keith Lee coming in, it didn’t make sense to have Brian come in and fighting Ricky and Will anymore,” Khan explained, noting the current storyline progression with Swerve, Lee and Team Taz in AEW.
Check out more highlights from Khan’s ROH media scrum at this link.
