Tony Khan: If Charles Barkley Wanted To Come To All Elite Wrestling, I Would Encourage And Support That
Tony Khan wouldn’t mind having Charles Barkley become All Elite.
In 2025, TNT is planning to lose its rights to the NBA to Amazon. Charles Barkley, who is one of the four hosts of Inside the NBA signed a ten-year extension in 2022 and has expressed the intent to stay with the company for the rest of the deal.
When asked about Barkley being welcomed to the doors of AEW, Tony Khan said he would encourage and support that idea if it came to him.
“I don’t know. Charles Barkley is a wrestling fan, I think. We presented the Inside The NBA team with AEW Championship belts. He was great and very gracious. We’ve worked with Shaq and Shaq is one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever met or worked with in my entire life. I know that Shaq has been great to AEW. I don’t know what the future of the NBA holds, but Charles Barkley, as far as being one of the top hosts in all of sports and being one of the most entertaining people in all of television, I think he adds to any sport he’s involved in. If he wanted to come to AEW, we would love that. Absolutely, I would encourage that and support that,” Khan said to “I don’t know. Charles Barkley is a wrestling fan, I think. We presented the Inside The NBA team with AEW Championship belts. He was great and very gracious. We’ve worked with Shaq and Shaq is one of the greatest human beings I’ve ever met or worked with in my entire life. I know that Shaq has been great to AEW. I don’t know what the future of the NBA holds, but Charles Barkley, as far as being one of the top hosts in all of sports and being one of the most entertaining people in all of television, I think he adds to any sport he’s involved in. If he wanted to come to AEW, we would love that. Absolutely, I would encourage that and support that,” Khan said to The Dan Le Batard Show.
Barkley recently said this past April that he was ready to beat up Chad Gable after he turned his back on the WWE and attacked Sami Zayn following their match on Monday Night Raw.
h/t to Fightful for the transcription.
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