Tony Khan Reveals How Christian Ended Up Signing With AEW

Last week on AEW Dynamite Paul Wight hyped up a “hall of fame worthy” signing for the Revolution pay-per-view on Sunday, and that signing turned out to be former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Christian.

Christian recently returned to action during the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, and following Revolution Tony Khan noted in a post-show media scrum that Christian reached out to him about joining the company.

“We saw him very recently compete on pay-per-view, and there was a lot of interest in it. It generated a lot of interest. He was interested in wrestling on a regular basis, and he gave me a call. He said, ‘I’d really like to come wrestle in AEW.’ And I said, ‘I’d really like to have you come wrestle in AEW for me, that sounds awesome.’ It all came together great.”

Khan went on to say that Christian is a friend of his, and he’s well respected in AEW.

“He’s a friend of mine, and I didn’t know he would be [interested in] coming here. Never in a million years would I have imagined it. Now I’m kind of kicking myself he wasn’t here when I saw him come back [at the Royal Rumble]. He got a great reaction. I can’t say it enough. I have so much respect for him. All the wrestlers here, this locker room has so much respect for Christian Cage as one of the great minds, the great wrestlers. So many people here consider him one of their heroes, and it’s great that the younger generation is going to get to wrestle against somebody who is known for being one of the best minds, not a selfish person at all, who’s looking to share their knowledge with all these young wrestlers.”

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