A first-time AEW show has Tony Khan all excited.
Since its inception in 2019, All Elite Wrestling has developed into one of WWE’s most popular competitions. With a massive growing fan base and popularity all across the globe, the AEW President is excited to host a first-ever show in its neighboring country, Mexico.
With two All-Ins PPVs in the United Kingdom and an upcoming Australian show later, Khan is hopeful to bring his brainchild into Mexico. Speaking in an interview with Brian & Kenzie on Q101, Khan opened up on his promotion’s working relationship with the Mexican wrestling promotion CMLL.
I love working with CMLL. Salvador [Lutteroth Lomeli] and his family have been so good to us, and there’s a reason these people have been in business for over 90 years. They’re great professionals, they’re great people, and I’m honored to have built a relationship with Salvador and CMLL that we’ve been able to put together. Over the past year, some of the biggest stars in Mexico have come into AEW, and we’ve seen great results for them.
They’ve clashed with some of our top stars, and we’ve seen the CMLL fighters come into AEW and really hold their own. As a fan, I am very proud to have Mistico and CMLL in AEW because when WCW went out of business, I really got into CMLL for the first time. I became a big fan. Mistico is such a great star and a big box office attraction, so I’m so excited to bring Mistico to Chicago next week. The stars of CMLL have done very well for us, and the stars of AEW have gone to Mexico and done very, very well also, and they’ve been really well received.”
Over the past few months, Khan’s promotion has built a solid relationship with CMLL, with stars from both promotions crossing over to each other’s territories. After successful results, Khan now wants to host a show in Mexico.
Tony Khan Open To Host An AEW Show At “Arena Mexico”
In the same interview, he further discussed his plans to partner up with CMLL and host a first-ever show in Mexico. Khan commented,
I love it, I absolutely love it, and I can’t wait eventually to bring AEW for the first time ever to Mexico. [Asked if there are plans to do so]. Well, I have never said so. But I will say, sooner or later, it absolutely has to happen. If I could go anywhere in Mexico and work with anyone in Mexico, I would love to go to Arena Mexico and work with CMLL and bring AEW there for the first time ever. It would be amazing, and I think Salvador would be open to having us there. If he would have us, it would be an honor to go to Arena Mexico and bring AEW there sometime.”
Hoping to bring the Jacksonville-based promotion to Arena Mexico and work with the talents there, Khan gleefully expressed his possible plans. However, till now there are no concrete plans for a Mexico show.
H/t Fightful.com
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