5 Things That Could Be Tony Khan’s HUGE Announcement On AEW Dynamite

6. Here Comes The Money?

Tony Khan has excitedly tweeted about the “Forbidden Door,” which has now become a catch-all term for any new signing.

The wording is interesting; on February 5, when clarifying the new definition, Khan wrote that the Forbidden Door can be opened “for anyone from any wrestling promotion in the world, whether or not it’s a company AEW is on good terms with”. AEW is not on good terms with WWE. AEW is their biggest competitor. Khan also said “They’re also welcome to slam the door in the face of their prior company”.

Is Khan alluding here to the motherlode of shocks? Is Khan alluding here, with the wording “slam the door in the face of their prior company,” to an embittered ex-WWE star cutting a scathing, bridge-burning shoot promo on Vince McMahon?

Is…is Khan alluding here to the debut of Shane McMahon?!

Writing subjectively, Shane McMahon is the worst wrestler alive. He can’t aim a worked punch, let alone throw one, and yet he thinks he’s a hard-nut prizefighter. His character work and how it clashes against his execution is about the only thing he connects with - aside, of course, from the potatoes he throws, being so fundamentally useless at his craft. Shane McMahon: MMA ass-kicker is about as convincing an act as 2017-era Kane: lucha libre aerial artist.

But the prospect of a McMahon appearing on AEW television is simply too seismic, too compelling, to not consider.

It’s probably not happening, but the surreality aspect is surely worth giving John Silver or whoever a black eye.