Tony Khan Says If He Hadn’t Sent Private Planes, A Lot Of Scheduled Wrestlers For AEW Full Gear Wouldn’t Have Made The Show

Tony Khan sent private planes to scoop up talent.

A nationwide ground stop halted flights in the USA, and members of the AEW talent roster were among those affected.

During the Full Gear post-show media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan discussed the ground stop and shared that if he hadn’t prepared for it beforehand, a lot of the wrestlers scheduled for the pay-per-view wouldn’t have made it. He added that he sent three private planes.

“I really appreciate everybody who pulled a lot of strings to make it happen. For anybody who didn’t hear, I announced earlier today, we utilized private aviation. Yesterday, all flights were shut down. Private and public and that meant that we’re playing by the same rules as everyone and nobody from AEW was flying yesterday but I did start lining things up if and when the travel block did get changed which happened last night and at that point, we thought about it and I’m really glad we did. It turned out — the commercial flights — a lot of the wrestlers on the pay-per-view did end up getting cancelled and had I not sent the private planes, a lot of people on this pay-per-view would not have made it here tonight. That was great. Some people would have been able to make it with their commercial flights but, sending the three private planes worked really, really well.”

Maya World and Samoa Joe were names who were not able to be at Full Gear.

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