Tony Khan says he & Miro ‘at times had different visions of things’ during AEW run
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AEW head Tony Khan addressed Miro’s departure from the company earlier this year and acknowledged they had some differences on the creative end of things.
Khan spoke to Ariel Helwani on Tuesday and during a segment in which he was asked about specific wrestlers, Helwani inquired about the current Rusev in WWE and what happened in AEW.
“I think he and I just, at times, had different visions of things. That’s ok because everyone is entitled to different opinions and different ideas,” Khan said. “We just kind of drifted into some different ideas of what we should be doing and that’s ok.”
Khan noted Miro/Rusev had worked in WWE before and “clearly that was a good experience for him so clearly he was excited to go back and did go back. I wish him the best.”
The 39-year-old was released from his AEW contract this past February after requesting it initially in the early fall of 2024. The former TNT Champion hadn’t wrestled in AEW since December 2023’s Worlds End pay-per-view after initially debuting in September 2020. He wrestled just 36 times for AEW during his run.
He returned to WWE this past April on the Raw after WrestleMania. His wife, Lana/CJ Perry, signed a WWE Legends deal at the same time but has not been seen on TV.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.