Alex Marvez Recalls AEW's Tony Khan Waking Up Dante Martin At 2:30am

Since founding All Elite Wrestling in 2019, Tony Khan has developed a reputation for working an insane number of hours due to his many jobs, as well as for having an eccentric personality. 

These characteristics seemingly came into play during one late-night session with Alex Marvez as the AEW backstage interviewer revealed on the promotion's podcast that Khan once had Darius Martin drive through Minneapolis, Minnesota at 2:30 am because the AEW President suddenly needed his brother Dante for a TV taping. 

While discussing Khan having to change booking plans on the fly sometimes, Marvez said: "We tracked down Dante Martin at 2:30 in the morning to come to a taping. His brother Darius - who I cannot wait to see back in the ring by the way and I think he's gonna be fantastic - he drove 30 minutes across town in Minneapolis to wake up Dante and say, 'Dante, we need you at a taping, please come in, because Tony had an idea.' And he did it of course.

"And that's happened with Matt Sydal before. It happens. And sometimes, Tony will get word from medical, 'This person tested positive for COVID, or because of a situation he's not medically cleared or she's not medically cleared for an injury. And then suddenly weeks and maybe even months of planning of where things may be going get thrown out the window and he has to adjust on the fly. 

"But this has been the benefit of having such a deep roster and so many talented people, that there are ways to elevate others, but we'll eventually get to where Tony wants to go with the story, but the whole thing is that it may take a couple swerves that none of us expected along the way, because of unforeseen circumstances."

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