Also reported on Fightful Select
WrestleTalk and Fightful have learned that AEW CEO Tony Khan had a private meeting with Shane McMahon this week.
We can report that the meeting took place in an office at a private Arlington airport on Monday, July 29, 2024. You can see a photo of McMahon and Khan together below(in the comments)
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful has confirmed with sources that the meeting did take place, with Khan and McMahon discussing “possibilities moving forward”.
Sapp noted that Khan had been “open” to talking with McMahon for a while, but it’s believed they’d never met – or even spoken – before the rumors about McMahon possibly joining AEW emerged recently.
Khan is said to have been “very open” to “using” Shane McMahon for several weeks now, and has also made it clear that he was open to the idea of talking to McMahon when people have brought the topic up to him backstage.
Publicly, Tony Khan commented in a recent interview on the Maggie & Perloff show that McMahon was “welcome to stop by at any time” and “he seems like a really nice guy”.
Khan also told Sports Illustrated that he has “a lot of respect for (McMahon) as an executive and a professional wrestler”, and he’s “always welcome in AEW”.
Shane McMahon has been absent from WWE since WrestleMania 39 in April 2023 where he tore his quad just seconds into a match against The Miz.
Fightful reported in June 2024 that he was under no kind of contract with WWE as of that story being released.
He’s still listed on the current roster on WWE’s official website, but there are plenty of examples where that’s been inaccurate in situations like this.
We’ll keep you posted with any further updates on discussions between Shane McMahon, Tony Khan and AEW as they emerge.
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