Tony Khan Discusses The Addition Of The AEW All-Atlantic Championship

Tony Khan believes the AEW All-Atlantic Championship will create opportunities for the company’s loaded roster.

AEW surprised the wrestling world when it announced the looming arrival of the title on the June 8 episode of AEW Dynamite. Fans have widely been expecting AEW to add trios title to the mix, but the company will instead add another singles championship to the lineup.

In an interview with Connor Casey of ComicBook, Tony Khan described how the All-Atlantic Championship will generate more opportunities for the wrestlers.

“…So for the international fans and for the international wrestlers on the roster, I felt like it would create more opportunities,” said Khan. “But I also don’t think this title or these opportunities are exclusive to the international wrestlers. But it’s a big benefit of the term.”

Since Khan became the new owner of Ring of Honor, the promotion’s titles have been defended somewhat regularly on AEW programming. Khan noted that these championships have allowed the company to feature title matches on AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation, and he also expressed his excitement for the eventual return of ROH TV.

“The Ring of Honor Championships right now have primarily been defended in recent months in AEW, all across our shows. And I think it has benefited, for example, on AEW Dark and Elevation. First of all, on AEW Dynamite and Rampage, we’ve seen Samoa Joe defend the Ring of Honor World Television title. With Battle of the Belts, we’ve seen Jonathan Gresham defend the Ring of Honor World Championship. And then recently on Dark and Elevation, we’ve had Wheeler Yuta defending the Pure title and Mercedes Martinez defending the Women’s World title. Fans have asked in the past, ‘Hey, would there be champions on Dark and Elevation?’ Now we have had some good championship matches and I think there will still be some to come in the future across AEW shows.

“But also I look forward to hopefully getting the Ring of Honor weekly TV back,” he added. “And restarted under our management and hopefully, the best TV we could possibly do, and on a great outlet. And that’s something we’re still working on. And I think when there’s a weekly home for Ring of Honor, then there will be that much more programming where these championships can live.”

The company will crown the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion at Forbidden Door in a four-way bout between the winners of the qualifiers.