Tony Khan Fires Back At Triple H's 'Secondary Promotion' Comments About AEW

Tony Khan has responded.

Cody Rhodes is the subject of a new Peacock documentary, during which his role in founding All Elite Wrestling and eventual departure from the promotion in February 2022 is explored. Rhodes noted that he ultimately left AEW due to a personal issue, but it also provided the opportunity for him to go back to WWE and pursue the WWE Championship, the title Dusty Rhodes never won.

The comments also provided an opening for Triple H to take a shot at All Elite Wrestling as the WWE Chief Content Officer called AEW a "secondary promotion" during the documentary.

"To then take that gamble again and say, 'This is not what I wanted to be. I didn't grow up dreaming of being the champion or the face of a secondary promotion. I wanted to be the WWE Champion,'" Triple H said.

Those comments have since reached the eyes of Tony Khan and the AEW CEO has fired back at Triple H, telling the Orlando Sentinel: "We certainly won't be the secondary promotion at All In. We're no. 1 in the UK, on TV and with a record gate. I have a lot of respect for Cody. I know these weren't his words, to be fair, but we're not secondary in a lot of markets - for the first time in a long time, WWE has been secondary in a lot of markets. ... I'm proud of where we're at and we're not taking a back seat to anybody."

If Triple H will issue his own reply remains to be seen.

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