Tony Khan says AEW‘s roster is more stable now than it has been all year.
Throughout the early summer, the company dealt with injuries to top names like CM Punk, Adam Cole, and Bryan Danielson, while Kenny Omega was still sidelined. The aforementioned stars subsequently returned to action, and in the aftermath of AEW All Out, Khan expressed his confidence that the company’s roster has stablizied.
During an appearance on My Mom’s Basement with Robbie Fox, Khan was asked whether expanding AEW Rampage might be a possibility, given the company’s loaded roster and the struggle to spread television time across its numerous stars. In response, the AEW president noted that the company is on a great run
“Well I was just speaking with the Warner Brothers Discovery executives, who are really excited about last week’s results because it’s been a really strong run,” Khan said. “We’re on the best run of Dynamite ratings, the best six weeks we’ve had all year have been the last six weeks. I think it’s been in large part due to, obviously most of all the great support from the wrestling fans, but also the wrestlers right now. We have a great crew, we have great champions, great contenders up and down the card, and now great stories coming into place because this has been the most stable TV crew we’ve had, I would say the last five, six weeks, all year.
“There’s been so many different injuries. Obviously the hurricanes kept a few people out this past week that are prominent names, but that’s a one-week thing. Normally that would be terrible and catastrophic, but really first of all you gotta look to the hurricane itself, with the priority that people need to take care of their families and their homes, but it’s just a one-week dip compared to some of the major injures and incidents that have put people out for longer periods of time. So frankly, the last five, six weeks have not only been the best TV ratings of the year for us, the best business period of the year for us. It’s the perfect time to be going into the anniversary with this great support.”
Khan continued by praising the TV roster and noting that this strong run is happening right in time for the special anniversary show on October 5.
“The TV roster, like I’ve been saying, has just been great,” Khan said. “We’ve had young stars come into place, we’ve had some of the top stars stepping up, and it’s been stable. You’ve seen a lot of the top stars consistently week-to-week, which we weren’t able to. I would feature them, but a lot of them weren’t here. It’s great timing, and it’s a great time in the company, and I think it’s a great time in the wrestling business, and a great time to be a wrestling fan.”
Khan didn’t reference the fallout from AEW All Out, which saw Omega and the Young Bucks reportedly get suspended due to an alleged backstage confrontation with Punk, who was stripped of the AEW World Championship.
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