Tony Khan Explains Why The Cut Was Quickly Renamed From The Last Outfit

Tony Khan has revealed it was his idea to quickly rename The Last Outfit to The Cut in All Elite Wrestling, noting during the pre-Full Gear media call that he simply felt there was a missing piece with the new stable being named The Last Outfit.

"Well, reference them being The Last Outfit, it’s a fair question. I think it was something new, something we’re trying that clearly there’s been some big changes with the Death Riders specifically, recently, and I was trying something new and building a new… stable that I believe could threaten anybody, including the most established heroes of AEW, including The Conglomeration and, in this case, the Death Riders, who at times have been untouchable in AEW. They talked about how they wanted to establish themselves and talked about that they’re a new group that represents a lot of tradition, and they’re the last of their kind. They were The Last Outfit of an operation, and it’s a good expression and I got what they were saying and the fans really resonated when they saw Jay White and Juice Robinson and The Gunns and Ace Austin coming together with (David) Finlay and Clark Connors… It really felt like the fans loved the angle, and there was a missing piece, and I saw that missing piece with The Cut, and Jay White completely agreed with me and he embraced it. So, you saw that same day; he identified what they are and what they would be and I think he’s doing a great job. I really believe in Jay White and I believe in that group," Khan stated.

Jay White, The Gunns, Ace Austin and Juice Robinson were already aligned as babyfaces as part of the Bang Bang Gang but the stable turned heel on the post-WrestleDream edition of Dynamite by laying out the Death Riders and The Conglomeration and they joined forces with The Dogs of David Finlay and Clark Connors, the faction they had been feuding with for months on AEW TV, while White and Finlay's on-screen issues extended back to their time as young lions in the mid-2010s.

The new stable introduced themselves as The Last Outfit on the October 24 edition of AEW Collision, only for a digital exclusive video just hours later to confirm their new name would actually be The Cut. The group's new name of The Cut was then officially confirmed on the AEW roster page.

H/T Fightful