Tony Khan: 'Spent more than I'd planned going into this year' on AEW & ROH - Lemmy.zip

Tony Khan says that he “spent more than I’d planned going into this year” and cited budgetary reasons for the recent AEW & ROH releases. Speaking at Saturday morning’s post-Supercard of Honor media scrum, Khan was asked why he had changed course and decided to release a group of performers from their contract rather than let them expire as he had in the past. Khan cited a high production budget and an aggressive dip into the free agent market as reasons. Khan’s response: >I think that this year I have been very active not only in the free agent market, but in the production budget. There are things tonight, like for example, on one song alone, I spent like a year’s pay for most pro wrestlers in this business. >And the budget not only with free agency, but production, is very high. And also we’re going into a contract year. And I plan to continue on being very active not only in free agency, but in the production of the show and producing great content. >Going into this year, I have to look at where we’re at. I’d really spent more than I’d planned going into this year. >So I really love our roster and where we’re at, I’m very supportive of everybody we have here and everyone who’s ever worked here. >I think I really appreciate everything they did when they were here. >And this particular group, it was not an easy set of choices to make, and in particular with this group of wrestlers we just released, I would be happy to take any of them back under the right circumstance. I have no bridge burned with any of them. >And like I said, even with The Boys, I disagree with the point on travel and that in the history of ROH and working with us that there hadn’t been a couple times where they didn’t make it and made me change stuff, but on the other hand I really like both of them. >And whether we agree or not about that point of contention, I think it’s regardless, I think they were great. They were a great part of Dalton’s act. I like both the Tates. >I like everybody we released in this last batch recently and I’m wishing nothing but the best for any of them.