Tony Khan Details Licensing ‘Carry On Wayward Son’, Says He’s Open To Using It Again

Tony Khan comments on licensing “Carry On Wayward Son” for AEW Full Gear and says he’s open to using it again.

Tony Khan comments on licensing “Carry On Wayward Son” for AEW Full Gear and says he’s open to using it again.

On November 19, The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, and Nick Jackson) returned to AEW at the Full Gear pay-per-view. The trio hadn’t been since on AEW TV since the All Out event; after the show, they reportedly got into a brawl with CM Punk, and everyone involved was suspended. Ahead of AEW Full Gear, the company teased the return of Omega and the Young Bucks with “Delete The Elite” vignettes, and they arrived at the pay-per-view.

The Elite came to the ring with Kansas’ “Carry On Wayward Son” as their theme song, and fans buzzed about the usage of the classic song. Despite the remarkable moment, Omega and the Young Bucks came up short in their match, as Death Triangle (Rey Fenix, Penta El Zero Miedo, and PAC) beat them to retain the AEW World Trios Championship.

During the AEW Full Gear post-show media scrum, Khan was asked about the process of licensing the song. He compared it to making trades in the sports world and emphasized that Kansas was pleasant to work with. Khan also stated that he thought using the song was a great idea.

“The song was a great idea. They asked me about licensing it. It’s similar to trades in sports where it takes two willing parties and sometimes you’re very happy to get a deal done and you’re like, ‘Wow, that was very pleasant and a good deal and good trade.’ Other times it’s very brutal and painful and you feel like you got dragged. This was not one of those. They were very nice. Kansas and all the people we worked with was very nice about licensing it. The Elite asked me about the use of it. I thought it was a great idea and I was excited about the idea of the series and I’m excited about matches going forward after the interesting finish and controversial ending. I thought it was appropriate to settle it with a best of seven series,” Khan said.

When asked whether the usage of the song was a one-off, Khan made it clear that he’s open to using it again by saying, “I’m very open to using it again and they were very cool about us using it tonight. I think there’s a good chance we would use it again.”

During the same scrum, Khan discussed his desire to bring Ring of Honor’s weekly television show back. Check out his comments here.

Matt Hardy previously stated that Omega and the Young Bucks didn’t do anything wrong in the situation regarding CM Punk. Click here to see what he had to say.

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