Tony Khan Teases AEW Possibly Running Another Tournament
Tony Khan believes that AEW running a new tournament could work very well.
There are multiple tournaments in AEW every year because the company’s Owner Tony Khan believes that tournaments are a good way to tell stories.
For the past few years, AEW has run the Owen Hart Memorial Tournament for the men’s and women’s divisions. In addition to the Owen Hart Cup, AEW also does the Continental Cup tournament featuring some of the company’s top male wrestlers.
Since the Continental Classic tournament has produced so many great matches, Tony Khan was asked about a Women’s Continental Classic tournament during an AEW Worlds End media conference call.
“I think the [women’s] division is very strong and really, we’ve had some of our best matches in the history of AEW women’s wrestling this year. So absolutely, I think the potential is there to have a great Round Robin tournament. The scheduling is very intense, and I’ll be honest, we’ve had a lot of injuries in the women’s division in recent years.
This tournament takes a toll. We saw this year that Juice Robinson was injured in the first week, and I thought we were very fortunate not to have many other severe injuries with the hard-hitting nature of the tournament. I think a women’s Continental Classic potentially could be a very, very exciting tournament.”
Juice Robinson was replaced in the Continental Classic by Komander, who went on to lose every match he had in the tournament except for one match.
Tony Khan Believes In AEW Women’s Division
As he continued, Tony Khan made it clear that he believes in the women’s division that AEW has.
“We’ve had some of our top wrestlers in the women’s division returning from injuries recently. If we get everybody healthy, I do think it’s something I’m very interested in. It is a very grueling and challenging tournament for many reasons.
“I think that right now, the quality of women’s wrestling in AEW is the highest it’s ever been, and we’re continuing to build and have more great matches, more great rivalries….We have a great, great group right now, and I think it’s the strongest it’s ever been.
So I’m hoping to continue building on that, and if we keep everybody healthy and keep building and moving in that direction, I definitely think a great tournament like that would be a great development in continuing the great work that the women’s wrestlers in AEW have been doing.”
While Tony Khan did talk glowingly about the women’s division in AEW, he did not confirm or deny if a women’s Continental Classic tournament will happen.