Tony Khan Says He And Miro Had Different Visions And That’s Okay

Miro (Rusev in WWE) joined AEW in 2020 in a partnership with Kip Sabian. After they split, Miro became The Redeemer, going on to win the AEW TNT Championship.

After losing the title, Miro was on and off television for months at a time before eventually departing in 2025. He wrestled his last match at AEW Worlds End 2024.

Speaking to Ariel Helwani on the Ariel Helwani Show, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about Miro and what went wrong.

“Miro is a great wrestler and he was great in AEW. He was a TNT Champion. He and I just had, at times, different visions of things. That’s okay because everybody is entitled to different opinions and different ideas. That’s what this all is, different ideas. We just kind of drifted into different ideas of what we should be doing, and that’s okay. He worked in WWE before and that clearly was a good experience for him. He clearly was excited to go back, and he did go back. I wish him the best. That must make sense for him and why he wanted to do it,” said Khan.

Miro returned to WWE in April.

Elsewhere during the interview, Tony Khan gave an update on the status of Shockwave. You can find his comments here.

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