'SEE WHAT HAPPENS'
WWE rivalry stoked by AEW boss and Fulham owner Tony Khan as he claims this week’s Monday Night Raw ‘sucked’
ALL ELITE WRESTLING chief Tony Khan has attempted to reignite the war with WWE.
The billionaire, co-owner of NFL side Jacksonville Jaguars and Premier League club Fulham, turned his attention to the squared-circle two years ago when launching his new company.
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Since then he has led AEW’s growth and captured a number of big names from Vince McMahon’s WWE, such as Adam Cole, Bryan Danielson and Chris Jericho.
Despite WWE’s top brass insisting that they do not see AEW as competition, the two will actually go head-to-head this week.
An extra half-hour of WWE’s SmackDown will mean that it is being broadcast live against AEW Rampage for the first time.
During an interview with , Khan did not mince his words addressing the upcoming ratings battle.
And he promised that AEW will do a better show than McMahon's on Friday.
He said: “We have allowed the shows to coexist. I put my show on consciously after SmackDown knowing there's a huge audience that watches the show, and many of those people are going to watch Rampage.
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“It's been a huge hit for TNT. We've had nights where we were number one, we've been in the top 10-20 consistently.”
AEW’s Dynamite went head-to-head against WWE’s NXT and emerged No1 in the Wednesday Night Wars.
And he pointed to the poor response to this week's episode of WWE Raw as to why it will be a good week for AEW.
Khan added: “They're going to do a half-hour head-to-head with us? That's fine, okay. We'll see what happens.
“I'm not saying for sure we'll win - and maybe the odds are against us in some ways - but we're gonna do the better show, I know.
“And if you don't believe me, watch the go-home show [Raw] they did last night because it sucked.”
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