Tony Khan Names WWE Icon He Wishes He Could Have Signed

There’s one WWE legend Tony Khan wishes he could have worked with.

Tony Khan has made no secret of his love for Sting’s retirement run and last match at AEW Revolution 2024. He’s also worked to platform fellow legends such as Jake Roberts, Ricky Steamboat, Ric Flair, and many more.

Khan is widely known as a student of the game and someone who not only grew up as a fan of wrestling but with an appreciation of wrestling history.

With that in mind, if Khan could sign any wrestling figure in history, who would he choose?

During an appearance on The Superstar Crossover, he said that the answer was simple.

“Steve Austin. If you could get Steve Austin in the 90s and just have Steve Austin for the decade of the 90s, he’s the greatest ever. He’s a great human. I love Steve Austin. He was very nice to me, I haven’t seen him in a long time.

He was very kind to have me on his show after the original Double or Nothing, and I am one of the biggest fans of his, and I think Steve Austin’s the biggest wrestling star of all time. If you could pick any era of person and just if you had Steve Austin with you throughout the 90s, even though his persona evolved from Stunning Steve to Superstar Steve to the Ringmaster to Stone Cold Steve Austin, he’s one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.

If I had ever been fortunate enough to work with any iteration of Steve Austin, particularly in the 90s or early 2000s, I would count myself very fortunate. I’m very fortunate and consider myself very lucky for many reasons, but also lucky just to have met Steve Austin and had a nice chat with him. He actually was very positive about the original Double or Nothing.

I did his show after the first Double or Nothing in 2019, over six years ago, and he was incredibly positive about the show and I think he’s the greatest wrestling star of all time.”

Tony Khan Dismisses Popular AEW Criticism

During the same interview, Tony Khan also took the chance to fire back at claims that AEW lacks stories and proper storytelling.

Ever since AEW was created back in 2019, it’s become a popular online trope to suggest that while the company’s in-ring product is of a high level, there’s no real story behind those matches. This has caused further claims that the matches lack meaning, and fans have no reason to care who wins or loses.

In response, Khan said that the company had a long history of engaging storytelling, and cited Jon Moxley’s most recent run as World Champion and Adam Page’s quest to topple him.

H/t to Fightful