Tony Khan Discusses Cody Leaving AEW, Signing Samoa Joe

AEW President Tony Khan was recently interviewed on an episode of Barstool Rasslin’, where he discussed a number of topics. Among them was Cody Rhodes’ departure from the company, signing Samoa Joe, and more.

Below are some highlights from the interview:

On Cody Rhodes leaving AEW for WWE:

“Yeah, I think it’s just one of those things where, you know, we couldn’t reach an agreement on going forward. I think he has found a situation that’s good for him, and we’re in a great position right now. There’s no ill will either way,” Khan said.

“We’re still friends, and I wish him the best. I think he wished us the best publicly and privately. So it’s all good.”

“Any buzz for professional wrestling is great for professional wrestling as long as it’s positive stuff, positive stories. I hope [Rhodes] keeps doing positive stuff and wish him the best,” said Khan.

On signing Samoa Joe, others:

“Just in recent weeks, Samoa Joe, Toni Storm, Jeff Hardy, Swerve Strickland have all come in, Keith Lee right before that. Our show is getting deeper and stronger. And that’s only a few months after we added the big batch with CM Punk, Adam Cole, Ruby Soho, Bryan Danielson, a bunch of stars coming in. And that followed another big wave of stars who’d gotten released for some reason, with Andrade El Idolo and Malakai Black, and some other really great wrestlers who came in,” Khan said.

“[Joe is] a great person. He’s very reasonable, and he wanted to come, and I wanted him to come. So in that sense, it was pretty easy,” he said.

“We got it figured out, and I was really excited to bring Samoa Joe to both Ring of Honor and AEW. “

[h/t to F4WOnline for the transcription]

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