Obviously, the big news before tonight's AEW Dynamite taping is that Tony Khan and AEW management held a meeting with talent before the show.
Khan, who we were told was very animated and impassioned, broke down a lot of the new systems and structures recently implemented (e.g., expansion of talent relations and development) and how they are in place to make things better for the talents.
Khan also made it clear that AEW was in an industry "that has long been dominated by WWE", and that he had put everything into it to make things better for the talents. Khan also stated that right before the meeting took place, AEW's Megha Parekh, the Chief Legal Officer for the company, who is effectively the #2 in the promotion's hierarchy, sent an email to WWE's Nick Khan and Stephanie McMahon warning them "not to tamper" with his talent.
We are also told Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Tony Schiavone, and Chris Jericho spoke, but we haven't confirmed details on that yet.
More as we get it.
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