Tony Khan Bought A Extra Hour So Martha Hart Could Have More Time For Her Speech At DON

Tony Khan continues to show his craftiness as a promoter.

The AEW Double Or Nothing PPV was a long event. Coming in at a final runtime of almost five hours, the show was stacked from top to bottom but there was a point where the show came to a screeching halt. A segment was produced where Martha Hart gave a wonderful speech in memory of her late husband while Adam Cole and Britt Baker were awarded their prizes as the tournament winners.

According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, Tony Khan bought an extra hour for Double Or Nothing so that Martha Hart could speak for as long as she wanted to.

What happened was, he had two things – First, the Martha Hart segment. He wanted Martha Hart to say as much as she wanted to, so he bought the extra hour of PPV. So he added two more matches to the PPV and the Martha Hart segment which she didn’t know how long it was gonna go because she was not scripted. He bought the extra hour and he went through about 37, 38 minutes of that extra hour.

Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio

An incredible gesture from Tony Khan and AEW as a whole to allow Martha the time she deserved to make her speech.

Transcription by Ringside News

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