Update On Tony Khan Being 'More In The Weeds' With AEW Creative

Tony Khan has confirmed that he is writing much of what takes place on AEW's weekly programming in Dynamite and Collision and he has pushed back on a lot of pitches made to him in recent months.

After being asked what he attributes the improvement in Dynamite and Collision to on the pre-AEW Revolution media call, Khan stated:

"I think five years ago around the same time on the path to the original Revolution I made a lot of New Year's resolutions to myself and I felt like the television in January, February, and into March five years ago around the original Revolution was better and some of the best television we ever did. Every week we delivered a great show, never took the foot off the gas pedal.

"I think there are many elements that make a wrestling show great and I made a promise to myself five years ago around New Year's going into 2020 at the end of 2019 that we were gonna deliver great shows every week. And really the big thing I told myself, this is no secret…I told myself if I don't like something and somebody pitches me an idea I'm not gonna be nice anymore, I'm just gonna tell them, 'No I'm not gonna do it. I'm sorry.' And I have really pushed back on a lot of stuff in recent months where a large percentage of what you're seeing is being handwritten by me. That is the exact same thing I did five years and it worked really, really damn well and I realised that is probably what I should do going into this Revolution because it worked really well for the first one.

"I never meant to look back but, you know, a lot of times you try things, you get into habits, and I really like working with people. Most of AEW is about collaboration and that's really one of the things that makes AEW stand out. And there's times where I've been too collaborative and just need to push back. I think in this past couple of months and five years ago at the same time you saw that and the product was the best shows we've done week in, week out. I think we've gotten that kind of quality going again and if you're not watching the shows you wouldn't know. I sometimes see people who haven't clearly watched the show talk about it but I think the people who are watching it week in, week out are very, very happy with the quality."

Reports in January 2025 noted that Tony Khan had been 'more in the weeds creatively of late.' AEW Dynamite and Collision, for the most part, have been praised since the beginning of the year.

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