Tony Khan breaks silence on $6.9 billion bid to purchase WWE in 2023

AEW President Tony Khan broke his silence on making a bid to buy WWE back in 2023 during an appearance on The Coach and Bro podcast with Jonathan Coachman and Vince Russo.

While kept secret for a few years, the bid, through another company called Base 10, was for $6.9 billion and ultimately fell short of what it intended to do, with the offer being the lowest one out of the bunch.

“I was very interested in the process and I think that if there was going to be a sale I would at least want to have a chance to be involved and if it had gone for any less than that I would have really kicked myself,” Khan said, speaking about the subject for the very first time.

Asked if he had a chance to counter-bid or see any other information, Khan said he doesn’t have any complaints about the process from his side and while there were some stuff that he can’t talk about due to the confidentiality agreement, he’s happy with how things went.

Quizzed about the $6.9 billion figure which was published in the WWE shareholders lawsuit, Khan said it’s not something that he’s talked about or act big league about.

“You know, I’ve really tried to focus on the wrestling show and that was several years ago and and thankfully those have been really good years for AEW,” he said.