Recently, WWE President Nick Khan appeared on the Bill Simmons podcast, in which he addressed a number of subjects.
One of the subjects was All Elite Wrestling and whether WWE considers them to be competition.
Khan answered that question, focusing more on Shad Khan, who is the father of Tony Khan and the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, than on the AEW owner himself.
"In terms of the other wrestling promotional company, they have a lot of talented wrestlers and we're happy about that. When, contractually, they are available to talk to and have conversations with, assume a number of them will come over. Nothing but respect to the father who finances it and owns the Jaguars and all those other things," Khan said.
Khan's comments were analyzed and sometimes praised/sometimes criticized online by fans, but very few AEW or WWE performers offered their opinions on Khan's comments.
AEW wrestler Ricochet did though.
Oh man, these guys fucking suck. -- https://t.co/TQIsYYAlEe
— Ricochet (@KingRicochet) April 16, 2025
Ricochet worked for WWE from 2018-2024. He is currently wrestling in AEW, most recently competing against Kenny Omega and 'Speedball' Mike Bailey at AEW Dynasty.
Elsewhere in the invertivew, Khan spoke about WWE always being the underdog when it comes to competition. Fans can read those comments here.
Khan also spoke about the Vince McMahon documentary and internal reactions to it. Fans can find those comments by clicking here.
