Tony Khan Regrets Matt Hardy's Teleportation AEW Debut
AEW News - Tony Khan wishes Matt Hardy's AEW debut went differently to what went down.
When Matt Hardy made his AEW bow in March of last year, certain wrestling fans were a tad taken aback by the teleporting ways of the Broken One. Given how AEW had set out its mission statement of being a more grounded wrestling product, seeing Hardy teleport from place to place felt a little out of place.
Using the benefit of hindsight, AEW President Tony Khan has admitted that he wasn’t actually a fan of that segment.
Speaking on Chris Jericho’s Talk is Jericho podcast - as picked up on by Fightful - Khan explained:
“That was your [Jericho’s] idea. There’s stuff like that, those are the things I tried to do a lot less of this year, honestly. That’s a good example. There’s stuff like that, where somebody had something and I knew I was sceptical going in and I talked myself into it, and I wouldn’t have done it.”
Khan would add:
“That’s a perfect example of where I wish we hadn’t done it, but it was my fault. If I really believed it that strong, I should have stood up and said it. Your idea was good, but the way we executed it on short notice, it didn’t really look right. It was tough.”
Matt Hardy’s AEW debut came at a time when the company had to adjust to the ongoing global pandemic that was unfurling – and Tony Khan praised AEW’s production team with doing the best possible job given the restrictions that were forced upon them.
During his chat with Jericho, Khan also seemed to reiterate plenty of what he’d said during his recent appearance on Renee Paquette’s Oral Sessions podcast, with him talking about becoming more and more comfortable with trusting his gut and not being afraid to say no to an idea that gets floated by him.
As for Hardy, he'll be in action against 'Hangman' Adam Page in just a matter of hours on tonight's broadcast of AEW Dynamite.