Posted on 5/17/126 by Colin Vassallo
AEW President Tony Khan addressed the rumors reported by
Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer that a WWE insider
“thinks)” that AEW is not going to get picked for a new deal
under Paramount.
Talking to the press after the ROH Supercard of Honor, Khan
said that he read the report of WWE “talking” about AEW’s
next TV deal.
“I was surprised by that and I’ll say what they said could
not be further from the truth and they’re entitled to their
opinions,” Khan said.
“I’ve been trying to be respectful to them and try to
conduct myself as a gentleman and then for them to go on
background and spread these things…I’ll just turn the other
cheek, and maybe a couple of years ago I wouldn’t have done
it like that,” he continued.
The report was in this week’s Wrestling Observer where
Meltzer said that a WWE source are spreading the word that
AEW will have a hard time securing another television deal
once this one is up.
AEW’s current deal with WBD expires in 2027.