AEW: Tony Khan on MJF Being Huge Part Of AEW Success, Young Bucks on Hardys Match, Dynamite Notes

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Jun 2, 2022

Tony Khan Comments on MJF Being “Huge Part Of The Success Of AEW”

As noted before, MJF was involved in an incident this past weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. This incident revolved around MJF no showing an AEW fan fest event he was scheduled to attend. MJF’s status and match against Wardlow for AEW’s Double or Nothing 2022 event was in doubt at the time but MJF ended up working his scheduled match at the event.

A recent episode of The Corner podcast had AEW CEO Tony Khan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts on the current situation between MJF and AEW.

“I can’t…he’s been a big part of the company from day one, but I can’t really speculate on what he’s been saying about stuff that is unrelated to his match with Wardlow. It’s not related to what we’re talking about on television.”

On the topic of if he was surprised by MJF’s recent comments over his issues with his AEW contract, Khan stated:

“No, I’m not surprised, for a variety of reasons. Coming out of this weekend, as of now and everything he’s done in AEW, he’s been a huge part of the success of the company and he’s signed here for a long time. It’s 2022, and 2024 is a long way away.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

The Young Bucks Comment on Match Against Hardys at Double or Nothing 2022

Sports Illustrated held a recent interview with The Young Bucks’ Matt and Nick Jackson. One of the topics discussed included their thoughts about their match with The Hardys at AEW’s Double or Nothing 2022 event this past Sunday.

Matt Jackson – “We definitely wanted to present something fresh to the audience. Many of our fans have seen our other matches, and we wanted to respect that. Our biggest goal was to show the people that the Hardys are still great and have a ton of gas left in the tank, all these years later. We didn’t want to have to lean on the greatest hits. Every great artist creates new art and reinvents themselves. The Hardys clearly stood their ground. The highlight of the match was seeing and hearing the Hardys having another big career moment.”
Nick Jackson – “We’re all a bit older now than we were during our Ring of Honor match, and there was a lot more doubt from critics that we’d be able to pull off a great match, or as great as a match that we’ve had in the past. Those matches have a reputation as being classics, so we had big shoes to fill. But we thrive under situations like that and prefer when there’s a chip on our shoulder. So we went out, motivated to prove the naysayers wrong and put on a memorable match that we were all super proud of.”
Matt – “I think that was my favorite segment I’ve ever done. We used to do that very thing in our parents’ backyard, and now we got to do it on cable television. I feel like it stood out too because there hasn’t been much of that on the shows lately. We have no problem leaning into fun and comedy when it’s appropriate, and I’m really proud of the match. They’re the greatest in-ring tag team of all-time and the biggest box office, needle-moving, merch money-makers ever. So losing to them isn’t a tough pill to swallow.”
Nick – “If we have anything to say about it, that was not the last time we’ll wrestle the Hardys. There are so many other gimmick matches we are yet to explore. They clearly showed they’ve still got it.”

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite News & Notes

Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite in Inglewood, California featured a “pipebomb” style promo segment by MJF lashing out at Tony Khan, AEW’s locker room, ex-WWE guys in the company, and the fans. Following MJF’s promo, the show went into a commercial break. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that during the break, the live audience was treated to an extra segment featuring CM Punk chasing MJF out of the ring and MJF leaving through the crowd.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that AEW recently finished the production of a new entrance theme song for Wardlow and this new theme is currently planned to debut “imminently.”

Fightful Select also reported that most of AEW’s talent stayed in Las Vegas following AEW’s Double or Nothing 2022 event and traveled to Los Angeles this past Tuesday for this week’s set of Dynamite and Rampage shows in the area.

In a separate report, Fightful Select reported that WWE talent Dolph Ziggler was seen backstage in attendance at AEW’s Dynamite show on Wednesday in Inglewood, California. It was reported that the reason for Ziggler’s appearance was due to him visiting his brother and AEW talent Ryan Nemeth and friends in the company. Other notable people reportedly backstage were CJ Perry (former Lana in WWE) and Renee Paquette.

In regards to NJPW talent Hiroshi Tanahashi, Fightful Select reported that he was not kept hidden backstage prior to his surprise appearance on the show and was seen chatting with people throughout the night.