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Tony Khan determined to take a shot at WWE’s Saudi Arabia deal and its upcoming Crown Jewel occasion whereas selling AEW Grand Slam this week. Khan was talking with News 12 forward of Wednesday’s occasion at Arthur Ashe Stadium and claimed, “We’re working quite a lot of nice reveals across the Northeast — It’s so many nice wrestling markets in a single geographic area. I’ll say it, the crown jewel of wrestling markets — the actual crown jewel of wrestling markets, not some BS abroad in Saudi Arabia.
“New York City is the place you wish to be. And I really like, love, love New York. And as a wrestling fan, I’ve had a particular connection to the town. Some of my first reminiscences of watching sporting sports activities in New York are watching the Bulls and the Knicks and watching the Bears and the Giants. … But, actually, for me, wrestling has been my old flame, in order a sports activities fan you’ll be able to’t be a wrestling fan with out loving New York City [and] with out having this nice connection to the followers up right here,” he continued.
Khan confirmed in a tweet that this 12 months’s Grand Slam is the highest-grossing TV occasion AEW has achieved since launching in 2019. WWE introduced its fundamental occasion for this 12 months’s Crown Jewel will see Roman Reigns taking over YouTube Logan Paul with the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on the road. Meanwhile here is what Grand Slam’s card seems like for the reside episode of Dynamite and the Rampage taping:
Dynamite (Sept. 21)
- AEW World Championship: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
- AEW World Tag Team Championships: Swerve In Our Glory vs. The Acclaimed
- Interim AEW World Championship: Toni Storm vs. Serena Deeb vs. Athena vs. Dr. Britt Baker
- AEW All-Atlantic Championship: PAC vs. Orange Cassidy
- ROH World Championship: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chris Jericho
Rampage (Sept. 23)
- Hook & Action Bronson vs. Jericho Appreciation Society
- Sting & Darby Allin vs. House of Black (No Disqualification Match)
- TBS Championship: Jade Cargill vs. Diamante
- Eddie Kingston vs. Sammy Guevara
- Golden Ticket Battle Royale (AEW World Championship Match)
- Rey Feni vs. Jungle Boy
- Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Ricky Starks
- Wardlow & Samoa Joe vs. Tony Nese & Josh Woods
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