Kevin Nash Rejects Tony Khan’s Bold Claim of AEW Becoming Second-Most Profitable Wrestling Company

Under Tony Khan’s leadership, AEW has built strong partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery for its programming. Khan obviously has a lot of faith in their partnership and recently claimed that AEW will become the second-most profitable wrestling company in history and Kevin Nash has now dismissed this claim.

Earlier this month, AEW President Tony Khan made it clear that he believes it is quite reasonable to believe that AEW will become the second-most profitable wrestling company in history.

“I think it is reasonable. Whether those cash flows happen overnight when the new deal kicks in, I can’t say those things for sure yet. There is still a lot to be figured out. I do think the die is cast that AEW is going to be the second most profitable wrestling company, at this point, of all time, which is very impressive for a promotion that is just over five years old and has been on television for less than five years. It’s amazing how quickly we’re expended. The expansion of the television product going from two hours a week to five hours a week. Being very excited about what the future holds in our media deal. It’s a really great time for the company.

As getting into the semantics and mechanics of the accounting, and how we’re counting all the dollars, I’m not sure exactly how much money WCW made in 1998, nor am I honestly sure how much Jim Crockett was making in 1986, but over the duration of this deal, I expect, over this multi-year period that we’re about to enter into, that we will be the second most profitable wrestling company in the history of the wrestling business. It’s a really exciting thing, and it’s also only the beginning. It’s the beginning of a really long journey. It’s been long journey, but it’s still early in the long journey. We’re really building for the future.”

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While speaking on his Kliq This podcast, Kevin Nash commented on Tony Khan’s expectation that AEW could become the second most profitable wrestling company ever. He pointed out that WCW and ECW both went bankrupt, comparing Khan’s claim to a cockroach boasting about survival amid a mess, sharing skepticism about AEW’s long-term success.

“WCW went bankrupt. ECW went bankrupt. It’s like the cockroach saying I’m the superior being because when all this fu***** s*** plays out, I’ll still be here.”

AEW is currently in active discussions to launch a TV show on FOX and AEW’s deal with Warner Bros. Discovery has also been finalized, so we will have to wait and see if Tony Khan’s claim will become reality one day.

What’s your view on what Kevin Nash had to say regarding Tony Khan’s bold claim? Do you believe AEW will ever become profitable? Sound off in the comments section below!

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