Tony Khan at all times makes it clear that he feels AEW is direct competitors to WWE, which is why it wasn’t a shock when WWE determined to carry a Vacation Tour reside occasion on the identical day as AEW Worlds Finish and now Tony Khan has addressed WWE’s technique for a similar.
Whereas talking through the post-AEW Worlds Finish media scrum, Tony Khan was requested about WWE holding their Vacation Tour reside occasion in Orlando, Florida, on the identical evening as AEW Worlds Finish. It’s because Worlds Finish happened in Orlando on the Addition Monetary Area, whereas the WWE reside occasion was held on the Kia Middle in Orlando, Florida.
Khan acknowledged that it was nice for town to have two massive wrestling occasions on the identical evening, with 1000’s of followers at each reveals. AEW had a packed crowd, and he thanked the College of Central Florida and the world for being nice hosts. He additionally thanked the Orlando followers for his or her help and stated the evening confirmed how sturdy professional wrestling is within the U.S.
“It’s nice for town of Orlando, with two main professional wrestling occasions occurring on the identical evening, there have been 1000’s of followers on each reveals. We had a capability crowd right here, this was so nice, UCF and the Addition, have been super hosts for us and the neighborhood, it was nice to have such a help from followers. It goes to indicate how sturdy worldwide professional wrestling, significantly right here in the US is, to have in a single main American metropolis, with two promotions working head-to-head on the identical evening to have two nice crowds. I do know our followers right here have been superior and it was an awesome present tonight due to the Orlando followers who supported us all evening.”
Many consider that WWE made this transfer to crush AEW, however Tony Khan clearly sees it otherwise as he welcomes all types of competitors because it helps skilled wrestling as an entire. Due to this fact, we’ll have to attend and see if AEW and WWE will run occasions in opposition to one another sooner or later once more.
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