Tony Khan doesn’t assume WWE tampering with contracted AEW expertise has stopped.
In October 2023, AEW CEO Tony Khan took to Twitter and stated that he had wrestlers come to him, claiming that WWE tried to get them to interrupt their contracts.
“This weekend marks 1 yr since @MayoClinic saved my mother’s life. Throughout her ordeal many AEW expertise got here to me alleging WWE tampering, inducing them to interrupt their contracts. I’ll always remember these telephone calls at her aspect within the hospital; it’s when enterprise grew to become private for me. That is nothing new, I discussed it final yr after she got here dwelling. It’s related right now as a result of she checked in for surgical procedure 1 yr in the past right now. As I’ve talked about a number of occasions since, @MayoClinic are heroes and due to them, her restoration from a really grim outlook has been a miracle,” Tony Khan stated in a sequence of posts.
Tony Khan lately appeared on The Dan LeBatard Present, and he was requested whether or not he thought the contract tampering had gotten higher since his feedback. (H/t Jeremy Lambert of Fightful for the transcription)
“I don’t assume that it has,” Tony Khan stated. “It’s nonetheless occurring. I’ll reserve all rights in terms of that, however I don’t assume that it’s stopped. I’ll depart it at that.
This comes amid some controversy involving The Lucha Bros; as reported by Fightful Choose, sources near the duo stated that they’ve claimed they’ve had talks with WWE, and so they even stated that that they had a suggestion.
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