Tony Khan Believes AEW Have 'Closed The Gap' To WWE In 2025

AEW CEO Tony Khan has been bullish about All Elite Wrestling's 2025 and he believes the promotion have "really closed the gap" to WWE this year.

Khan said on the Battleground podcast:

"I think AEW is where the best wrestle. I think that we have the best roster of wrestlers in the world today. And we're putting on consistently awesome shows. This has been an awesome year for AEW. We're the challenger brand in pro wrestling, and I think we've really closed the gap in a very meaningful way in 2025 in a number of key metrics."

After being asked about what success would look like for AEW in five years, Khan added:

"I don't have a crystal ball, but I can tell you my passion for this isn't going anywhere. It's been something I've been loving and dreaming to do for over 30 years. And now we've been doing it for six years in the real world - and I don't ever want to stop with AEW. I can’t imagine a better year. And if we can keep doing the things we're doing right now, having great pay-per-view shows, putting on great Dynamites on TBS, great Collisions on TNT, and keep this partnership with HBO Max going. Maybe hopefully go to some new countries, visit some new territories, expand.

"AEW's on now in over 150 countries. And we've built this AEW wrestling league into something where they watch it all over the world, and I'm really proud of that. I think we continue visiting some of those places, breaking open new territories.

"And here in America, I just want to keep doing what we're doing, because it's amazing. To have a wrestling promotion that is a challenger company doing the things that we’re doing, some of them are unprecedented and some of them are things that have not been done in over 25 years."

H/T F4WOnline