A biography for Tony Khanhasn’t been written yet.
“I think we are doing some very edgy things and I think what you see on our social media is not necessarily what you will see in our television product which I do expect to be much more advertiser friendly than ECW. But that doesn't mean that we won't push the envelope sometimes, that doesn't mean that you won't see really exciting high spots.”
“Wrestling fans are a community unlike most others. I've been a part of this community since I was 7 years old, and I can tell you that wresting fans see the world every day through a special lens.”
“If I could pick one place in the world to do one show, this would be it. State Farm Center is my favorite place.”
“I urge everyone who believes in what we're doing, or wants to believe in dreams coming true, to support AEW by spreading the word and passing the wrestling bug onto someone else.”
“The vast majority of the top 100 shows are NFL games in this country.”
“Vince McMahon is one of my all time idols in terms of building a brand and sustaining a great company.”
“I don't want to compare us to any other wrestling company. We're AEW and we're doing something very different.”
“At any given time, I have to be looking at different things constantly, and it involves a lot of flying, and it doesn't involve much sleep.”
“We're bringing a focus on wrestling. We're bringing an emphasis on wrestling matches and action taking place in or around the ring. We'll do great interviews too, but in these segments, we can do it all in the arena and around the ring. We can do some stuff backstage; we just don't spend half the show backstage.”
“Fans see the competition between wrestling companies, which is the one thing traditionally everyone has known is real.”
“I think young people can spot when people believe what they are saying and when people aren't believing what they are saying, and when I was a kid, I really did believe what Ric Flair and Randy Savage and Bret Hart said in their promos. I think there has to be some believability.”
“People questioned if there was enough audience to sustain a major league, high-production value, second wrestling company, nationally, weekly. I think we've shown there is, there isn't any question now.”
“We have some of the best in-ring performers in the world, but they are also some of the best characters.”
“I imagine pretty much every analytics guy in football has offered a suggestion based on data, and the coach has probably gone a different way because of momentum or because he just doesn't trust the spreadsheet.”
“At my heart I love wrestling more than anything else.”
“The Young Bucks are super involved with tag team wrestling in our company.”
“I've been talking about trying to do fantasy wrestling for years. It's going to be really, really exciting as we build our fan base.”
“When you see a guy reading off a teleprompter or a mental teleprompter, just trying to recite a script or trying to look up in the air when you forget a line. It is hard to suspend disbelief when the wrestler doesn't believe in the real-life situation that is unfolding.”
“We are going to be offering a great sporting centric product. We are going to be focused on the athletes, focused on the work and we have some of the best wrestlers in the world and I really want to showcase them. But they also are some of the most dynamic personalities.”
“The AEW roster has much bigger stars and better wrestlers frankly than the NXT roster.”