Several AEW Figures “Appalled” By Tony Khan Booking Decision

Tony Khan has come under fire from some within AEW.

At Dynamite Winter Is Coming, Toni Storm made her long-awaited return to AEW.

Now without her “Timeless” persona, Storm confronted Mariah May after the latter retained her Women’s Title with a win over Mina Shirakawa. Storm appeared at the top of the ramp as the show went off the air, to the sound of her old music, wearing her old gear.

Storm hasn’t been seen in AEW since losing the Women’s Title to May back at All In and even claimed she’d quit wrestling in November.

Following her return, it was announced Storm would battle Harley Cameron on Rampage, but not everyone was happy about it.

You can find out how Toni Storm fared on Rampage here.

Tony Khan Does What He Wants

As reported by Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live, many in AEW were “appalled” with Tony Khan’s booking of Storm’s return match on Rampage. However, he suggested those complaints would have been ignored.

“Do you know how many people I talked to in AEW yesterday, and every last single one of them… ‘aghast’ may not even be the right word… ‘appalled’ that Toni Storm’s return is on Rampage.

I swear to god this is true – you could have had 200 people lined up outside Tony Khan’s door last night, one by one, all 200 of them could have gone in there and said, ‘This idea is stupid’, and do you wanna know what’d happen at the end of the night?

He’d have still done it, because that’s what happens.

People argue things with him every single week, and at the end of the day, he does whatever he wants.”

Following Dynamite, Mariah May said she “doesn’t give a f*ck” about Toni Storm, claiming she’s going to wish she had never been born. May also took aim at Thunder Rosa who was taunting her from the crowd. The British star told Rosa to name a time and a place and she’ll “end her life” too.

Meanwhile, AEW Rampage is set to be scrapped in 2025, although Tony Khan has claimed the show could live on in some form.

H/t to WrestleTalk