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AEW Grand Slam is set for Wednesday and the current Tag Team Champions, Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland are set to defend against The Acclaimed, a big rematch from AEW All Out. But, many fans noticed the absence of FTR on the Dynamite Grand Slam card, and now Tony has been asked about it. Tony Khan sat down with The Rise Guys Morning Show from 93.3 in Greenville, South Carolina to chat about the upcoming Grand Slam event and he was asked about why we haven’t seen FTR and if they’ll be challenging Swerve and Keith for the Tag Team Championships soon. This is what Tony had to say.
I love them too, I think they’re both tremendous, I think they’re one of the greatest tag teams and nobodies a bigger fan than me in many ways. I mean, certainly, I’ve helped orchestrate a lot of these championships and want them to be a really prominent part of Pro-Wrestling, AEW and all of our great affiliations whether it’s Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and, so, I’m a huge supporter and that would be a dream match. It’ll be really interesting to see what happens in the world tag team title match tomorrow night on TBS with Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland vs. The Acclaimed, who are the winningest tag team in AEW history, going up against the champions in a great rematch from our last pay-per-view, absolutely that was a classic and I think right now the tag team picture’s hotter than ever. Certainly, Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Triple A, we’ve seen FTR have a lot of obligations, you know, as it stands, they’ve defended the titles in Ring of Honor, they’ve got big matches coming up in New Japan, they’re actually going to travel over to defend those New Japan IWGP World Heavyweight Tag Team Titles, so, they’re competing for a lot of companies, but absolutely, they’re one of the top teams in AEW.
Tony Khan via The Rise Guys Morning Show
He went on to say that he believes they’d be great AEW champions and even called FTR one of his favorite teams ever!
So, I do think right now as the Ring of Honor champions, New Japan IWGP World Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, AAA Lucha Libre, they certainly have a lot of obligations right now but they’d be great champions in AEW and they’re one of my favorite tag teams ever.
Tony Khan via The Rise Guys Morning Show
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