Tony Khan hasn’t seen ‘Mr. McMahon’ series, is mostly focused on AEW
With everything else he has going on, AEW owner Tony Khan hasn’t gotten a chance to watch Netflix’s “Mr. McMahon” docuseries.
All six episodes of “Mr. McMahon” premiered on Netflix on September 25. While doing media to promote this Wednesday’s five-year anniversary edition of AEW Dynamite, Khan appeared on the Quinn and Cantara radio show and was asked if he’s seen any of the docuseries.
“No, I’ve been so busy with football and wrestling I have not seen that documentary. I’ve not gotten to watch that. Really mostly focused here on what we’re doing in AEW. I do love watching wrestling all over the world, and we work with a lot of the top wrestling leagues,” Khan replied.
“I’ve never met [Vince McMahon] and have never really worked with [WWE]. But have really grown up as a wrestling fan and a historian of the pro wrestling business. So, absolutely, we love being the challenger promotion and trying to grow and build AEW from the ground up. You know, it’s only been five years we’ve been around and done a lot in that time.”
The Netflix series covers Vince McMahon’s tenure leading WWE through his resignation from the company this January in the wake of the lawsuit filed against him by former WWE employee Janel Grant.
During an appearance on NFL Network this April, Khan said WWE — which is also named as a defendant in Grant’s lawsuit — is “like the Harvey Weinstein of pro wrestling.”
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