Tony Khan comments on the potential WWE sale.
With a WWE sale being explored following Vince McMahon’s return to WWE, several companies are rumored to be interested in acquiring the sports entertainment juggernaut. One of those names appears to be AEW President Tony Khan. During a recent appearance on The Maggie and Perloff Show, Khan addressed the possibility while noting his family has a history making “big purchases.”
“I am interested in the news that there is potentially a sales process and certainly, I think we’ve shown, when there are acquisitions and transactions, we are capable of making the big purchases, whether my dad steps up with the Jaguars or Fulham FC in the Premier League and he’s done such a great job building up the club and putting resources into it, and we’re playing football at a high level in the Premier League.
“With AEW, we’ve shown that we can build a company. Even when I purchased Ring of Honor—that’s a very different thing than WWE—but Ring of Honor is a company with 20 years of history, and I really have enjoyed running it. I think we’ve shown that we’re at all-time highs in terms of every business metric since we relaunched it and it’s only going to get better. AEW is my main focus, but certainly, when that news is out there, I think it’s very interesting. So stay tuned to AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage. You never know when I’m going to address something. On the other hand, it’s very preliminary to talk about that process. But if there is a process there, which it sounds like there may be, I’m interested in being part of it.”
Khan also stated that he did not know McMahon personally and has never had a relationship with him, although he has had “good conversations” in the past with Stephanie.
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