In spite of injuries, Tony Khan says 2022 pales in comparison to the difficulties of 2020.
Tony Khan says that he still considers 2020 to be his most difficult year as a promoter. Not only was it his first full year as a promoter, but an unprecedented global pandemic and the passing of Brodie Lee, provided challenges that no amount of promoting experience can adequately prepare someone to deal with. Khan spoke to Steve Muehlhausen of DAZN and answered the question.
“I wouldn’t compare that to the stuff we were going through in 2020 (with the pandemic and the passing of Brodie Lee). That was horrible. But with the pandemic and shows being shut down, no live fans, having to figure out ways around that. Brody getting sick. So your original question was, what was the hardest year? Yeah, that was for a multitude of reasons. Like I was saying, I don’t think those are all necessarily bad things. The wrestling business is benefiting, I think in a lot of ways from changes. You asked about it with the injuries. Well, we’ve responded pretty well to those, and people that have been out for a variety of reasons are all starting to come back. There’s a lot of light at the end of the tunnel, and we’re getting close to the end of that tunnel in many ways,”
Tony Khan to Steve Muehlhausen of DAZN
AEW still feels the loss of Brodie Lee to this day and the pandemic was hard for all wrestling companies at the time.
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