AEW: Tony Khan on Recent WWE Changes, Battle of the Belts IV, Thurs. Dark Elevation Results

Tony Khan Comments on Recent WWE Changes: “It’s Going to Change the Competition”

SportsGrid held a recent interview with AEW CEO Tony Khan. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts on the impact the recent changes in WWE will have towards AEW and the wrestling industry.

“It’s going to change the competition, but I think that’s a good thing. AEW’s got a big fan base. We’re in 130 countries now around the world, and here in the US, we’ve built a great fanbase. And the competition is going to change. It’s a different person in the chair opposite me but I don’t think that’s going to be a bad thing for the wrestling fans, necessarily.

Probably more so than ever, I imagine that great wrestlers are going to be in demand. And again, I think this is probably going to be good for the wrestling fans because that’s one of the most exciting things about pro wrestling is free agency. It’s one of those things that was really missing from the sport for almost two decades before AEW came in, because there was not a legitimate competitor in the free agent market, and now there is…one of the worst things, I think, that happened in American sports, in my lifetime, was when WCW closed down.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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AEW Announces Date for Dynamite & Battle of the Belts IV Events in Washington DC

AEW recently announced that they will be holding a new set of AEW Dynamite and Rampage tapings and their Battle of the Belts IV event this October in Washington D.C.

It was announced that this upcoming AEW Dynamite taping will be taking place on October 5th and AEW Rampage and Battle of the Belts IV tapings will be taking place on October 7th at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.

Tickets for these upcoming shows was announced to officially go on sale starting on August 12th.

#AEW returns to Washington DC for 2 nights of LIVE action at @TheEventsDC!
-Wed 10/5 #AEWDynamite LIVE
-Fri 10/7 #AEWRampage LIVE + AEW BattleOfTheBelts IV
Tickets on sale Friday 8/12 at 10am ET 🎟 https://t.co/UN1cNj1kQq | https://t.co/Y4EcTO5v4i
2 Event Combo offers available! pic.twitter.com/DhW4WJx6sl

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 4, 2022

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AEW Dark: Elevation Results – Aug. 4, 2022

August 4, 2022
Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
Commentary: Tony Schiavone, Mark Henry, and Madison Rayne

AEW Dark Elevation Quick Match Results:

1. Hikaru Shida defeated Emi Sakura via Tamashii (pinfall)
2. Mance Warner defeated Serpentico via Evenflow DDT (pinfall)
3. Tony Nese & Josh Woods defeated Dean Alexander & Damian Chambers via Rolling Deadlift Bridging German Suplex (pinfall)