Tony Khan WrestleDream media call notes and audio

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On the same day when one of his homegrown stars signed with WWE, AEW head Tony Khan spoke to the media Tuesday to hype up this Sunday's WrestleDream pay-per-view and was asked about Jade Cargill's new home.

The audio from the call can be found below.

Khan said he has nothing but positive things to say about Cargill and that she would always be welcome in AEW and wished her the best. He didn't comment further about efforts to re-sign her.

Khan also was vague on the current status of Adam Cole after his apparent leg injury suffered while jumping off the entrance ramp on last Wednesday's AEW Dynamite Grand Slam. Khan said that as of now, the MJF & Cole ROH Tag Team title defense against The Righteous this Sunday is still on, but that they will address Cole's status on tomorrow's Dynamite.

While not directly saying no, Khan said he was unsure where the rumors of him buying NJPW are coming from. He was asked about his voiceover comments on the WrestleDream promo video saying that Sunday would be "the end of an era." He declined to specify what those comments meant, joking that he wants people to buy the PPV Sunday.

It doesn't appear that will mean the merging of AEW & ROH as Khan has been happy with how ROH TV has been lately and that newer champions like Eddie Kingston, The Young Bucks & Hangman Page, and MJF & Adam Cole will appear on ROH TV in the future.

Khan answered a question from our Dave Meltzer about rumors of WBD taking an ownership stake in AEW. Khan said he would be open to conversations with partners like WBD, but wants to remain in control of decision-making and voting.

Other notes:

• Khan said Antonio Inoki's family will be in attendance Sunday and that he filed the date away in his mind when Inoki passed last year. He hopes the tribute will be an annual event for AEW.
• He said he's never said AEW will move to one PPV a month. He isn't sure what the right number is while saying there is more appetite for AEW content.
• He said with a streaming service, that would likely be packaged into their next TV rights deal as they don't want to do a 6-9 month tryout before those come up.
• Khan said Wardlow is a great star for the company and will "surely be back on AEW TV when the time is right."
• Khan would like to stay on WBD "forever" and when asked about whether Fox could be a possible home for AEW, he didn't feel it was the right time to talk about it. He mentioned how there's not enough loyalty these days and mentioned the recent WWE post-merger layoffs without directly referencing the company by name.

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