Tony Khan Thinks Jacksonville Jaguars Linebacker Josh Allen Would Fit In AEW

Tony Khan thinks a lot of players on the Jacksonville Jaguars would make for good pro wrestlers. 

The Jaguars are set to play in their first playoff game since 2017 when they take on the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday as part of Super Wild Card weekend. The Jaguars are led by quarterback Trevor Lawrence on the field, but off the field, AEW President Tony Khan has helped build the roster as the Senior President of Football and Analytics. 

Speaking on KWWN Cofield & Company, Khan was asked which Jaguars player would make for a good AEW wrestler. 

“Josh Allen has been to some of the events, he’s a big wrestling fan, I actually introduced Josh Allen to Shaq [Shaquille O’Neal] when Shaq was wrestling in AEW in Jacksonville. There are a number of people on the Jaguars that I think would be great pro wrestlers. We actually had a number of the football players do a promotional shoot for London with the AEW wrestlers because AEW had gotten so popular in England, and we did a promotional shoot for our English TV partner, ITV, and had a lot of players out of Wembley. We had a great photoshoot with Trevor Lawrence and Claudio Castagnoli, the twin towers of wrestling and football, and that was cool to see the world of the Jaguars and the Blackpool Combat Club colliding. Like I said, Josh Allen is somebody who has been a fan, Andre Cisco had a great interaction with some of the wrestlers. I think Andre went to the same high school as HOOK. A lot of Jags players would make great wrestlers,” said Khan. 

Josh Allen is a linebacker for the Jaguars who finished the regular season with 35 tackles, six sacks, and four forced fumbles. He scored the game-winning touchdown on a fumble recovery in week 18 against the Tennessee Titans to clinch the AFC South for the Jaguars and send them into the playoffs. 

While making the media rounds to promote AEW Dynamite, Khan commented on Vince McMahon’s return to the WWE board of directors. You can find his comments by clicking here. 

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