Last week Tony Khan informed the world that CM Punk’s AEW contract had been terminated following a backstage incident that took place at All In, and Tony Khan directly addressed the fans. Khan issued a statement online, spoke in front of the live Chicago audience ahead of Collision, and also released a pre-taped video explaining how he arrived at the decision to fire CM Punk.
Jeff Jarrett recently addressed the situation on his My World podcast and he indicated that he thinks Tony Khan made the right move when it came to addressing the fans directly while informing them about the situation.
“There were three things done. The social media audience – the discussion in the United Center – the television audience, and the live audience. All of them were addressed head on. When I read that release, it was as clear as a legal situation could possibly be.
“I believe my old man (Jerry Jarrett) would have been aligned with it because, get in front of it. That’s a hard pill to swallow. The easy one would have been ‘wait until Monday.’
“There are multiple things you could have done. A reconciliation, a cooling off period. We can talk about it ad nauseam, and it has been talked about over and over for months. Getting in front of things, with a clear-cut decision made, absolutely was the right thing to do. It’s best for business. Your consumers were informed. I just don’t think there are downsides to that.”
H/T Fightful.com
