Looks like billionaire Tony Khan is eyeing WWE now. He is more than interested to buy WWE and all its assets and maybe merge with his wrestling promotion.
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Tony Khan and his father Shahid were apparently among the people interested in purchasing WWE, according to a story from last week. Vince McMahon made a comeback earlier this month, which is said to be related to the corporation preparing for a sale. Tony appeared to confirm his desire in a conversation with The Maggie and Perloff Show (via Wrestling Inc.).
He said: “I am interested in the news that there’s potentially a sale process. Certainly, I think we’ve [the Khan family] shown that when there’s acquisitions, transactions, we are capable of making the big purchases. AEW is my main focus. But certainly when that news is out there, I think it’s very interesting … I think, you know, it’s very preliminary to talk about that process. But if there is a process there, which it sounds like there may be, then I’m interested in being a part of it, certainly.“
Khan continues, “The only way he was able to be there was, he had a concert that night and he had to get a private flight out. I think it was to Kansas City, and so he used my plane. And I had been talking to Chris about AEW and starting AEW and also, I knew that my first pay-per-view, I was locked in that the main event was going to be at Double or Nothing, Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho. A rematch in Wrestle Kingdom at the Tokyo Dome.
“And so, that helped that match. I mean, the idea of Jericho doing the run-in on Kenny to set up, you know, the rematch in many ways that I wanted to do. So I was all for that. So that was a great, great show, and I’m excited it’s now a part of a library we can all share.”
The only issue today is when and where Ring of Honor’s video archive will be available on a prospective streaming service. Tony Khan hasn’t heard anything yet but is optimistic that the problem will be handled shortly.
Khan said, “I don’t have an update on where that content will live exactly yet, but I know that eventually, we’ll get it figured out. We’re talking to WarnerMedia all the time and these are very complex and important conversations to have. But I think everybody’s aligned and wants to do the same thing, which is, make the fans happy and give the fans access to the great wrestling they want to watch.”
