Tony Khan Never Wants To Have A Hybrid Championship Representative Of ROH And AEW

Tony Khan plans to keep AEW and ROH separate, at least as far as their respective championships are concerned.

Tony Khan plans to keep AEW and ROH separate, at least as far as their respective championships are concerned.

Khan is the president of AEW, and in March, he announced that he had acquired ROH. Since then, he has been at the helm of both promotions, and he has regularly featured ROH talent on AEW programming. In the early stages of this new era, he has utilized plenty of AEW talent, such as Jay Lethal, Samoa Joe, and FTR. Given the constant crossover, some fans have wondered whether titles could travel between the companies.

During a media scrum prior to Death Before Dishonor 2022, Kenny McIntosh posed the question to Khan, who responded by saying, “The titles, I think, are going to be kept separate. I wouldn’t have a hybrid championship or any hybrid championships I think between AEW and Ring of Honor. For example, the AEW All-Atlantic Championship is about that. It has been defended outside the country versus wrestlers outside of AEW and then PAC, or whoever ends up retaining the title in his upcoming defenses, the champion will return to America and defend that title against AEW wrestlers. I also think a lot of the AEW championships have been defended outside in other companies against other wrestlers and we’ve seen championships from outside of AEW defended here.”

Khan continued, noting that he doesn’t think he’ll have a hybrid championship between the two companies. However, he stated that fans can expect to see the champions of AEW and ROH defend their titles in other promotions.

“But as far as having a hybrid championship between two companies, I don’t — I probably would not do that. But I would have the champions of AEW and Ring of Honor continue to fight each other in their respective companies and in other companies like New Japan Pro-Wrestling and other companies we’ve worked with, AAA and a number of others, RevPro in England is now a great example of that with the All-Atlantic title also. So that’s probably how I see it going,” Khan said.

During the call, Khan also discussed ROH’s potential return to television. You can check out his comments here.

You can learn more about Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor streaming on Bleacher Report at this link.

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