Tony Khan Discusses Potential Working Relationship With WWE Now that Vince McMahon Is Gone
James Stevens
Published Mar 28, 2026
AEW's Tony Khan has addressed the recent leadership shakeup in WWE, expressing optimism over the prospects of a collaboration between the two organizations, though he's unsure how willing the older promotion would be.
Vince McMahonannounced his retirement this past Friday. Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan have since been confirmed as WWE's new co-CEOs, with Triple H in charge of creative.
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The AEW president expressed uncertainty about whether the new leadership team would be more receptive to collaborating with AEW than Vince McMahon was when he spoke with Steve Fall of NBC Sports.
Khan, addressing the future of professional wrestling in light of recent developments, said: “I’m not sure if that’s the case, but I would certainly be open to talk with pretty much any wrestling promotion in the world about how to work together if the circumstances are right.
“We’ve worked with, I would say, in terms of securing footage or providing talent with probably a dozen companies around the world, including Ring of Honor before I was the owner, when they were owned by Sinclair.
“I’d like to think that was positively received by them and we did things to help them out when they were in tough times and I think that goodwill helped us in the sale process.”
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“I believe there are a lot of great wrestling fans all over the world who follow pro wrestling closely and there have been shake-ups. I’ve definitely followed that promotion since I was a small kid and it will be interesting to see how things turn out in the world of pro wrestling,” Khan said of the development itself.
“I’m a big fan of pro wrestling all over the place, not just AEW and not just Ring of Honor. We work with New Japan Pro Wrestling and a lot of other great companies all over the world.
“We’ll see what’s to be held for the future of the pro wrestling business, but I’m glad AEW and Ring of Honor are a huge part of it.”
It has since been reported that the former WWE boss is also being investigated by the SEC and federal prosecutors.
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