Amidst Tony Khan Declaring War With WWE, 32-Year-Old Star Points Out Similarity Between Triple H and the AEW Boss

For a long time now, WWE was dominating the entire pro wrestling division until Tony Khan came up with AEW. All the major pro wrestling promotions other than WWE did not have huge budgets like WWE, and instead operated on the indie circuit. However, after Tony Khan’s AEW came up with big budgets and wrestlers, it became a direct threat to WWE.

Prior to last year, before Vince McMahon’s retirement, several WWE superstars felt the lack of creativity and push in their careers. And it compelled them to jump ship to AEW from WWE.

Despite Tony Khan starting a war between WWE and AEW, wrestlers denied engaging and spoke highly about both promotions.

Several stars such as Swerve Strickland, Adam Cole, Bryan Danielson and several others joined AEW from WWE. However, recently former WWE NXT Superstar Swerve Strickland opened up on working with both WWE and AEW.

The 32-year-old wrestler however made an unexpected comment about Khan and Triple H. He claimed that both these people are similar in fashion, and think alike. He stated that Triple H used to have the pro wrestlers do their own thing if they believed in themselves. And, it is similar to Tony Khan.

What did Swerve Strickland have to say about working with Triple H and Tony Khan?

Both Khan and Triple H have great minds for the wrestling business and have taken their promotions to massive heights. Strickland opened up on working with Triple H and Tony Khan and claimed that it was something similar working with both of them.

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He said, “Tony Khan is the same way with all of 2022, like even me taking pliers to Billy Gunn’s hands. I believe in this, and then he believed in me.”  

Previously he told something similar about Triple H and claimed that The Game approved the ideas which the pro wrestlers themselves believed in.

Despite the rising heat between the two promotions, the pro wrestlers do not seem to share the same animosity and instead have a good professional relationship. Strickland’s comments proved how both the promotions share a somewhat similar mindset and worked at the same level.

What war did Tony Khan start between AEW and WWE?

WWE and AEW are currently two of the biggest wrestling promotions in the USA and the world as well. Both these promotions share a fierce rivalry with each other and are often at each other’s throats. Recently, AEW Founder Tony Khan appeared on The Dan Le Batard Show and made a rather controversial comment.

Appearing on the show, he claimed that the hatred between the two shows creates content for the audience to enjoy.

He said, ” we truly, truly hate each other and I think it makes for really exciting TV and it makes for an exciting wrestling war.”

Triple H on several occasions took digs at AEW, but he never engaged in a public spat of words against them.

Tony Khan’s comments were truly controversial, but WWE is yet to act on it.

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Do you think it was okay for Tony Khan to engage in such comments against WWE?