A top AEW star and Tony Khan had a heated discussion over the weekend.
Fightful Select has learned that AEW founder Tony Khan and MJF had a discussion this past weekend that was said to have left both men frustrated. The conversation stemmed from MJF's interview with Ariel Helwani, where the two spoke for over an hour, notably about his contract status with AEW. MJF's deal runs until 2024, which looks to be a major year for pro wrestling free agency.
We're told that the contract status of MJF is what has left him frustrated of late, but that Tony Khan took issue with the interview being set up without notifying AEW's PR team of such. Those that we spoke to didn't think there would have been an issue with the subject matter or the interview in general if that were the case.
Fightful reached out to Tony Khan and MJF, but didn't get a comment on the record.
Sources are just no confirming that I'm gay and my dick is small.
Jack Sanchez
Simple someone other than Tony needs to be in charge of AEW. He's not a good booker. It is the wrestling talent and their passion that has driven the company, Tony himself is a total loser with no vision.
Oliver Butler
SRS is a WWE stooge. Literally no reports other than a happy locker room at AEW
Just like Cody huh aew can make stars unlike the wwe has Reigns and any old champ 20 years ago
Adrian Perry
Unironically true
Matthew Foster
MJF is not that good and is always going into business for himself. Let him go to WWE.
Austin Allen
What are you on about, retard. They're having a contract (money) dispute. Replacing the booker won't fix that unless the new booker just doesn't book MJF
Ryder Robinson
>AEW PR team I.e. they didn’t let Meltzer know ahead of time so he could spin it as a good thing for AEW
Joseph Peterson
>We're told that the contract status of MJF is what has left him frustrated of late, but that Tony Khan took issue with the interview being set up without notifying AEW's PR team of such. Those that we spoke to didn't think there would have been an issue with the subject matter or the interview in general if that were the case. Yeah, this is clearly just a work being fed to Sean Ross Sapp to try and add more to the "will MJF go to WWE?!?!" angle that no one believes anyway
Ryan Rodriguez
Observer forums insider confirms that MJF will be leaving AEW
Austin Theory gets literally no reaction for anything he does
David Johnson
whoever gets MJF in 2024 wins the war and that's a shoot, brother
Jonathan Gonzalez
Literally who
Ryder Jenkins
>MUST. DEFEND. BILLIONAIRE.
Adam Brown
Who cares about this big nose jew anyway, does he move the needle? No
Gavin Myers
Cody's a star he has pedigree and does TV outside of AEW. WWE can put Joe Gacy or Andre Chase in suits and get the same value they would get from hiring MJF and all that is assuming the Miz is gone in '24
>every other guy on the roster has some cringe youtube vlog or show and he doesn't say shit >gets mad at mjf doing an interview i don't think this is true
Benjamin Collins
I’ve been saying this whole time give the book to one of the veterans
Mason Jenkins
MJF has spent a year talking about going to WWE, including on Dynamite. Why would the issue just arise now?
Dominic Barnes
WHO
Easton Brown
As predicted, Tony is spreading himself too thin working for Fulham, AEW, the Jags, and ROH and he is becoming deranged
Owen Robinson
Why doesn't the crowd react?
Charles Parker
2024 is when AEW is supposed to get their TV raise. Why can’t Tony just overpay him then? He needs MJF way more than WWE does.
Gavin Rodriguez
There is no war though. These companies couldn't be more different in their goals.
Isaiah Barnes
>Tony Khan took issue with the interview being set up without notifying AEW's PR team lmao tony is such a little faggot
Bentley Cooper
he's working the AEW fanbase poorly, since they only care about WWE and it's the one of only ways to get heel heat there since their fans are obsessed with dirt sheets but he's a shit heel and they're laughing with him not actually angry at him.
Ryder Jenkins
That doesn’t explain anything in the post you’re quoting
Henry Taylor
>Tony Khan >gets buttblasted about a kayfabe interview by MJF >doesn't care about Shida running to every media outlet in Japan shitting on AEW's handling of the women