Tony Khan addresses a possible crossover wit WWE now they are under new management.
WWE were purchased by Endeavor earlier this year around WrestleMania 39, and they intend to fully merge WWE and UFC into one company in the near future.
Asked by CNBC about the impact of the WWE and UFC merger, AEW president Tony Khan addressed if this could lead to a crossover between the corporations.
“In terms of business, I think both companies are focused on pro wrestling, in terms of AEW and WWE. Working with outside sports is great, but for me in AEW, our primary focus is the fans, and for us that’s the wrestling fans. Whenever you can bring in people from outside pro wrestling, celebrities or athletes or both, it can be very exciting, and there is a lot of history in the business of great cross promotions involving celebrities and wrestling, and athletes from outside of wrestling coming into pro wrestling. Alternatively, there have been some not-great promotions that other people, outside of AEW, at times have done.”
Tony Khan
Tony is currently focused on the upcoming Forbidden Door crossover event this Sunday as the best of New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling clash.
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