Tony Khan Says He Spoke With Billy Corgan Over National Title Controversy, ‘I Respect Him And The NWA’

AEW introducing the National Title on the November 5th episode of Dynamite sparked some controversy, as NWA wrestlers pointed out that the NWA National Title already exists and has the lineage that Tony Khan spoke about in his AEW National Title introduction.

Speaking on Twitter, Khan addressed the controversy.

“When I recently announced it, I saw a lot of talk online and there was chatter from people from other promotions and people all over. Wrestlers are going to talk and say stuff, that’s totally cool. I ended up having a nice conversation about it with the President of the NWA, Billy Corgan. The NWA National Championship has a great history of its own. When we created a National Championship, I saw NWA wrestlers saying, ‘We have a National Title.’ AEW is a separate company and we have our own lineage. Blly, I have a lot of respect for him and what he’s doing. I love the traditions of pro wrestling and I had a nice talk with Billy. We haven’t talked in a long time and it was good for him to do this. I respect him and the NWA. We’re trying to do something different here. We brought pro wrestling back to TBS, but there are a lot of promotions that had history on TBS before, one of them being the NWA. I think it’s great that Billy is trying to keep that tradition alive and revive it. We had a really nice talk about this. To any wrestlers anywhere in the world, particularly you in the NWA, you might be happy to hear Billy and I had a nice talk about this. I’m sure he would say the same,” said Khan.

The first-ever AEW National Champion will be crowned at AEW Full Gear in a Casino Gauntlet Match.

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