Tony Khan Willing To Be An On-Screen Heel In Exceptional Circumstances

Although Tony Khan is referenced as the booker on All Elite Wrestling programming, he has avoided becoming a full-time on-screen character. 

That is something the AEW CEO is willing to change if the promotion were "really up against it", noting he would even be open to being an on-screen heel.

Khan told the Jon Chuckery Show:

"First of all, I really don't want to do that. I don't want to attract or take away any time from the great wrestlers in AEW. So I really try to limit the on-screen appearances I make. When I do come out, it's generally easier to make a very special announcement or specific instructions. I believe that's served us very well, and that's the role I would like to keep; more of being a device on the show than actually taking up a lot of time.

"I don't really want to be a character taking up a lot of time on the show. But, I also like answering people's hypothetical phone questions. So I think, in my limited appearances, I do like representing the company, which is a babyface company, generally in a babyface role. I don't think it's really my role to be out there trying to get heat. If we needed that or were really up against it, maybe I would try that, but I don't think there's any need or really any demand for that. I think the way we're doing it now is very well."

On-screen heel authority figures have been common throughout pro wrestling history, with the most famous being Vince McMahon and Eric Bischoff. 

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