AEW President Tony Khan turned heads throughout Wednesday’s “AEW Dynamite” after taking a piledriver often called the “Tony Khan Driver” (previously the “Meltzer Driver”) from The Younger Bucks after a shock assault by a returning Jack Perry. Simply days after the storyline closed out “Dynamite,” Khan appeared throughout night time one of many NFL Draft in a neck brace, persevering with to promote the transfer publicly. Khan is the Chief Soccer Technique Officer of the Jaguars, which his father, Shad Khan, owns. Khan appeared on the NFL Community on Friday to debate the draft, in addition to his kayfabe damage, and took a shot at AEW’s competitors as soon as once more. A video of the interview with Khan on the community was posted by a person on X.
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“We’re probably the most profitable sports activities startup because the AFL, pre-merger,” Khan stated within the clip. “There has not been a challenger model that has gained as a lot market share as AEW in lots of, many, a few years. We’re just like the Pepsi of pro-wrestling and we’re up in opposition to a very evil juggernaut. WWE is our competitor. That is who we’re dealing with. AEW is just like the Pepsi of pro-wrestling, WWE is just like the Harvey Weinstein of pro-wrestling.”
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Seemingly shocked that Khan in contrast WWE to the disgraced media mogul at present serving time for rape and sexual assault, the hosts rapidly deflected Khan and requested “what is the prognosis” of his neck damage. Khan stated followers must tune in to AEW on Wednesday to search out out. In the course of the first spherical of the draft, NFL analysts talked about Khan’s kayfabe damage and defined what occurred to non-wrestling followers. They talked about that Khan “grew to become the first-ever NFL government in a draft room, shaking off the results of a piledriver.” “WWE Uncooked” commentator Pat McAfee additionally talked about Khan carrying the neck brace on his ESPN present, with out mentioning the place Khan took the transfer.
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