The Boys’ Brandon Tate Claims Tony Khan/AEW Pulled The Outrunners From Indie Date, Adds That Khan Did It To ‘Get His Way’

The Outrunners were pulled from the match against The Boys.

Former AEW/ROH talent Brandon Tate took to Facebook and made a lengthy post about All Elite Wrestling and the company’s President, Tony Khan.

Brandon, alongside his brother Brent, collectively known as The Boys, are former AEW/ROH talent. The Tate Twins and former AEW commentator Kevin Kelly filed a lawsuit against AEW in 2024, and that is still ongoing.

The Boys were scheduled to face AEW’s The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) for the ECC Wrestling promotion on September 28th. Brandon noted on social media that Khan/AEW pulled The Outrunners from the match. He went on to share his opinion that Khan has ruined Ring of Honor, which he acquired in 2022.

🚩Match/Show cancelled🚩

It was announced that my brother and I were returning to the ring after being away for two years. Today I was informed that Tony Khan and All Elite Wrestling had removed the opponents from our match that was supposed to take place next weekend. Not only are they causing issues to continue outside of AEW where we no longer work and our personal life, but effecting the independent promotion, wrestlers, fans and everyone involved or planned on attending the show next weekend.

My brother and I have grinded for almost two years trying get our life back from the hole they left us in and were finally able to return to wrestling and make a little money for ourselves to try and bounce back. This dude has ruined over nearly two and a half decades of one of the best companies to ever exist in professional wrestling Ring of Honor and is now pulling talent from the independents just to get his way, but claiming his roster are “independent contractors”. I hope he realizes the company he once praised about changing wrestling for the better for EVERYONE is going completely backwards and this will one day all catch up to him.

I apologize on behalf of my brother and ECC Wrestling for anyone looking forward to seeing us wrestle and giving ECC Wrestling a bad rep like they did the both of us both.

In the Tate Twins and Kelly’s lawsuit, they alleged breach of contract, defamation, and additional claims. The Tates expressed that comments Khan made about them during a press conference harmed their reputation. Kelly alleged that AEW/ROH commentator Ian Riccaboni framed him as a member of the far-right, conspiracy theory movement QAnon after Kelly showed public support for a movie titled ‘Sound of Freedom.’ According to NPR, the movie gained massive online backing from QAnon supporters.

The latest on the suit is that Kelly and the twins are trying to reverse the district judge’s decision to send their case to arbitration.