Tony Khan Says If He Could Sign Any Wrestling Talent Ever To AEW, He Would Sign 1990s Stone Cold Steve Austin

Tony Khan names the one talent he would sign to All Elite Wrestling if he had no restrictions over time and space.

Since AEW’s inception in 2019, Khan has signed several of wrestling’s biggest stars, including the likes of Cope, Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay, Mercedes Mone and many more. However, there is one wrestler that Khan would have loved to work with above the rest.

While speaking to The Superstar Crossover in a new interview, Tony Khan was asked what talent he would sign to AEW, dead or alive, if he could sign anyone in wrestling history, with Khan responding by naming Stone Cold Steve Austin in the 90s.

“Steve Austin. If you could get Steve Austin in the 90s and just have Steve Austin for the decade of the 90s, he’s the greatest ever. He’s a great human. I love Steve Austin. He was very nice to me, haven’t seen him in a long time. He was very kind to have me on his show after the original Double or Nothing and I am one of the biggest fans of his, and I think Steve Austin’s the biggest wrestling star of all time. If you could pick any era of person and just if you had Steve Austin with you throughout the 90s, even though his persona evolved from Stunning Steve to Superstar Steve to the Ringmaster to Stone Cold Steve Austin, he’s one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. If I had ever been fortunate enough to work with any iteration of Steve Austin, particularly in the 90s or early 2000s, I would count myself very fortunate. I’m very fortunate and consider myself very lucky for many reasons, but also lucky just to have met Steve Austin and had a nice chat with him. He actually was very positive about the original Double or Nothing. I did his show after the first Double or Nothing in 2019, over six years ago, and he was incredibly positive about the show and I think he’s the greatest wrestling star of all time.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Tony spoke about the idea of there being no ‘stories’ in All Elite Wrestling. You can read more about that here.

Elsewhere in another recent interview, Tony named his favorite wrestlers not signed to AEW. You can read more about that here.

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