AEW All Out media call notes

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Tony Khan addressed the media on Thursday ahead of Sunday's All Out pay-per-view in Chicago.

Khan had little to say regarding the CM Punk and Jack Perry altercation on Sunday. He was asked by Jim Varasallone if Punk will be part of All Out and responded by saying the company is continuing to investigate an incident that occured prior to All In. Khan said he always tries to be honest with the fans and will provide an update as soon as he is able to do so.

He was later asked if an answer to Punk being on the pay-per-view will be available before Sunday. He responded that it is their goal to provide an update by then. Khan also declined to answer a question about a reported "contentious" conversation he had with Punk on Sunday, stating he cannot comment on any "incidents."

The AEW president was far more willing to speak about Mercedes Mone during the call. He referred to the former Sasha Banks as "one of the best wrestlers on the planet" and spoke in glowing terms about the former IWGP Women's Champion. However, Khan emphasized that Mone is not cleared and likely will not be available for WrestleDream on October 1. Mone has been out of action with an ankle injury she suffered at NJPW Strong Resurgence in May.

Khan also noted that All In could end up being the company's second biggest pay-per-view event in terms of purchases. He further spoke of the event's success by saying it brought in more money than any Starrcade ever did and sold more tickets than any WrestleMania.

Audio from the call will be posted when available.

More notes from today's media call are below:

• Khan was asked about having All In and All Out on back to back weekends. He noted that he looked into the idea of having the two shows offered as a PPV bundle but there were too many obstacles with carriers. Khan teased that it'll be interested to see on what platform All Out could air on next year.
  • Khan noted that when he was fantasy booking as a child, it was a dream of his to have bundled PPVs on back to back weekends. He seemed surprised that this was not something the PPV carriers are able to do.
• He's enjoying booking the women's division in ROH, specifically mentioning the storyline involving Billie Starkz and Athena. Starkz is waiting to be cleared from an injury.
• Khan spent quite a bit of time talking about his excitement for Ring of Honor.
• He's hopeful to have wrestlers from NJPW and Stardom available for WrestleDream and has spoken with Bushiroad regarding the show.
• Khan spoke about renting videos of Terry Funk matches as a kid. Tommy Dreamer had tried to facilitate a meeting between the two but it never ended up happening.
• He spoke about having some multi-tag matches at All In involving wrestlers having singles matches at All Out, including Kenny Omega, Konosuke Takeshita, Orange Cassidy and Jon Moxley. He called it a best of both worlds situation.

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