Tony Khan was on today’s Busted Open Radio to promote tonight’s Rampage on TNT and the debut episode of Collision, premiering tomorrow night at 8 pm Eastern on TNT.
Mark Henry asked Khan when he has time to rest and breathe: “Well, it’s a great question. Really I love what I’m doing so much that it doesn’t feel like work because I love wrestling and I love football and it’s what I like to be doing if I wasn’t at work…”
On CM Punk and Collision, Khan said that tomorrow’s show will be one of the biggest attended shows of the year for AEW and people are excited to hear what he has to say.
Khan was asked if there would be a hard roster split between Dynamite and Collision. He said, “Nope, it’s not a separate roster. In fact, you’re seeing people that are wrestling on this show that just wrestled on Wednesday where we follow up on what happened with Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue match for the AEW Women’s World Championship…”
Khan continued, “No, it’s not a separate roster. It gives us an opportunity to showcase a lot of the top stars in AEW and feature certain stars week to week. I never said there would be a hard roster split. In recent media appearances, I’ve been making it pretty clear that it won’t be and it’s a great opportunity for the fans to see featured stars on these Dynamite shows and Collision shows week in and week out. But also we can have rivalries carry over between shows and utilize the shows to make follow-up matches or settle grudges or book big title matches…”
Dave Lagreca talked about Punk’s return and some of the drama around him but he thinks that Punk’s return will be good for AEW and everyone involved. “I think so too. It’s going to be really great to have CM Punk back in Chicago. It’s gonna be great to have CM Punk back in AEW. He’s a huge star and it’s gonna be really really exciting for the fans tomorrow night on Collision.”
Khan said that he wants to make Saturday nights a tradition again for wrestling and he’s really excited.
Khan was asked if there was any doubt that Punk would return. Khan did not directly answer but said that some things will be addressed tomorrow night Collision. Khan did say that he always wanted to get Punk back in the ring and he’s excited that it’s happening.
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