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TONY KHAN RUMOR KILLER, TRAVEL DAY FROM HELL, BACKSTAGE VISITORS IN KNOXVILLE AND MORE AEW NOTES

By Mike Johnson on 2025-01-23 01:18:00

While PWInsider.com will not be linking to it to prevent additional sharing, there is a fake audio file making the rounds claiming to be a private meeting between AEW President Tony Khan and WBD execs.  We are told it is an AI generated and absolutely not real.

Conrad Thompson and Beau James were at last night's AEW taping in Knoxville, TN.

It was travel hell for just about everyone getting to the taping due to flight delays across the country, which led to missing of connecting flights, etc.  Will Ospreay was in his street clothes in part because Delta lost his bags while he was changing flights in Atlanta - even though there was a multi-hour delay for that flight.

After AEW went off the air, Adam Copeland cut a promo promising to return to Knoxville as AEW Champion.  Tony Khan came out and said that he loved Smoky Mountain Wrestling as a kid and that getting to promote the Knoxville market was a dream come true  - and it would not be the last time.

Paul Jordan sent the following....Rocky Romero is on the latest episode of the AEW Unrestricted Podcast, speaking about being the fifth most powerful man in professional wrestling working with AEW,  New Japan,  CMLL and Rev Pro, the creation of Wrestle Dynasty.  Plus, he talks about the current stars of New Japan, the final year of Hiroshi Tanahashi, looking at what that means for his future and how it felt to return to his past with Ring of Honor in the Hammerstein Ballroom alongside Homicide. 

Britt Baker tweeted the following after some salacious rumors about the end of her real-life relationship with Adam Cole began to float online - and it's sad she even needed to address it:

Anthony Bowens has filed to trademark "The Pride of Pro Wrestling."

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