AEW's Tony Khan 'Interested' In A Few Recently Released WWE Names

All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan has admitted he is 'interested' in adding a couple of the recently released WWE names to his promotion.

Another 18 talent were cut from WWE last Thursday in another round of reported 'budget-related' releases from the company. Main roster talent such as Keith Lee, Karrion Kross and Nia Jax were also joined by NXT stars like Oney Lorcan, Ember Moon and many others.

Khan has plucked some of the biggest names from WWE's loaded release list in 2021 and this crop of talent is no different, with the AEW boss suggesting there are two or three names he's like to snap up.

Speaking to Wade Keller of PWTorch, Khan said: "Every time they cut 20 people, let's just say, it's terrible because every time someone loses a job, it's affecting them and the people around them. Some of these people might have wanted to leave, but in general, most probably did not. It's terrible when anyone loses their work and I feel for them. Each and everyone counts.

"I'm going to take a ballpark number, and I'm not trying to make light of everything, but everyone counts and this probably not the exact amount, but every time they let, lets say in the ballpark of 20 people go, I think there have been in general one, two or three people in there that I am interested in and snatch up. They keep doing these mass layoffs and each time, I find a few people and the company gets a little stronger and stronger.

"I do see a few in this wave. I don't want to say who or when I would be interested in them, but there are a few interesting people they let go and same goes with the last wave and the wave before that and before that. Each wave, there are a few interesting ones and this was no exception."

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