Tony Khan says Weapons N’ Roses have been nice to work with within the strategy of licensing “November Rain”.
Khan beforehand introduced that AEW licensed the basic tune for utilization in promotional movies forward of AEW Full Gear.
Talking with Iridian Fierro for WGN Radio 720, Tony Khan was requested about licensing the tune.
“November Rain has been utilized in November wrestling pay-per-views many years, however by no means licensed Weapons N’ Roses, by no means pretty compensated,” he stated. “They have been nice to work with.”
Tony Khan On ‘November Rain’ Video
Khan was then requested concerning the “November Rain” video that AEW has produced to recap their tales heading into AEW Full Gear. He reiterated that the tune had been utilized by ECW. Nevertheless, he identified that no one had legally used the tune earlier than.
“It has been achieved,” Khan stated. “The thought, ‘Utilizing November Rain’, ECW did use November Rain as a promotional automobile, illegally with out the permission of the artist,” Khan stated. “On this case, we’re on TBS and TNT, we gotta do issues by the ebook, and it’s additionally the fitting factor to do. Weapons N’ Roses, nice band, they usually’re nice to work with for those who truly name them and attempt to work one thing truthful out with them.
“They have been superior. I used to be actually so happy we in a position to do it, and once more, speak about a kind of issues that may reside on. In perpetuity, that video will be capable of play. It’s not the primary time ‘November Rain’ has been performed in affiliation with a wrestling present, to advertise a significant wrestling occasion within the month of November, but it surely was the primary time we’ve achieved in AEW, and it was the primary time it’s ever been achieved above board, legally, and the fitting means. I’m actually pleased with it.”
The video will be seen right here:
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