Tony Khan’s Big ‘Lie’ on Fox News Seemingly Exposed After Pre Forbidden Door Interview

Attendance is important in the world of the professional wrestling industry. It determines a substantial portion of the revenue wrestling promotions incur. However, these promotions also choose to frequently mislead these numbers to enhance their reputation and prowess. Tony Khan appears to have attempted to do the same thing with AEW’s attendance in his recent interview, although the exaggeration was far worse. As a result, it was readily identified as a falsehood.

Khan has entered the spotlight numerous times for the controversies that he instigates. Recently, it appears that the AEW head honcho attempted to tell the entire world another lie. However, he was caught red-handed by the masses. Khan appeared on Fox Business News as he gave an important interview.

In the below bullet points section of the channel, a talking point gained everyone’s attention. The line stated, “500M+ people attended 110+ live events of AEW in 2024.”

This amounted to a terrible deception since there was no means through which the promotion could have achieved such numbers in a year where ratings and viewership had faltered. Wrestling Daze took to their Twitter to note that these numbers are way off the chart. They tweeted, “500M+ people attended 110+ live AEW events in 2024 WTF?!?! NO THEY DIDN’T  Even if AEW ran 200 shows, you’d need each show to have 2.5M in attendance to hit that number! I think Fox Business may need to go back to Business school.

To put it more accurately, 5 million people must attend each AEW event for the firm to reach this milestone. In the realm of wrestling, this emerges as an unattainable prospect. Wrestling fans who are familiar with the inner workings of the industry ridiculed this claim as they made fun of the AEW president. The AEW head honcho has perhaps taken measures to ensure that the numbers he reiterated come true as he looks to hold an AEW PPV internationally.

Tony Khan looks to take the Forbidden Door PPV to international waters

Khan was present at this interview to discuss the Forbidden Door PPV. This is one of the most profitable events for AEW because it allows them to partner with other promotions like as NJPW and stage some dream feuds and matches. Khan appears to have massive plans for this event since he disclosed something hot about it during this interview.

Tony Khan has disclosed that he is currently aiming to move the event outside of the United States, so fans outside of America in turn can witness the event live. This will be a significant move since it will allow AEW and NJPW to test their brand worth in international waters. Furthermore, this approach may have been inspired by WWE, which is currently hosting practically all of its PLEs overseas.

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