During a recent appearance on the “CHGO Sports” podcast, AEW President Tony Khan discussed the homegrown talents developed by AEW that the audience passionately supports.
Khan said, “I think it’s really awesome and really cool that some of the biggest acts and some of the biggest stars in AEW are people that the crowd got behind, and they’re homegrown stars. Hangman Page had been a star around the world internationally but had never been on American TV consistently, and to have Hangman Page become this great champion and star, the fans really got behind Hangman, the fans drove Hangman to the title. Orange Cassidy is a digital superstar for us. If you look at the top ten YouTube videos, seven out of the top ten have Orange Cassidy in them.”
During a recent appearance on Maven’s YouTube channel, Raj Dhesi (Jinder Mahal) discussed the scrapped plans for him to compete against Roman Reigns in a Punjabi Prison match.
There have only been three such matches, with Mahal facing Randy Orton in the latest one.
Dhesi said, “First time was supposed to be Great Khali and Undertaker. Great Khali couldn’t be in the match and Big Show was a substitute. Second time, Dave Bautista and Great Khali. Third time, myself and Randy Orton, and actually there was almost a fourth time. It was going to be myself and Roman Reigns in Chicago.”
