Tony Khan on Kevin Knight Having “Everything It Takes To Be A Top, Top World Champion”, International Cities He’d Like To Run AEW Shows, & Kevin Nealon Calling Out Danny DeVito for Match in AEW or WWE

A recent episode of the Battleground Podcast featured AEW CEO Tony Khan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts about the scheduled match between MJF and Kevin Knight for the TNT Championship will open Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show and his belief that Knight has everything it takes to be a top world champion in wrestling.

“That’s gonna kick off Dynamite tonight. MJF versus the TNT Champion, one of the best young wrestlers in the world, one of the best wrestlers right now in the world, ‘The Jet’ Kevin Knight. Somebody we really believe in. Somebody who’s come in recent years into AEW, was trained in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Boy, ‘The Jet’ Kevin Knight has everything it takes, in my opinion, to be a top, top World Champion and he’s already proven it as a World Trios Champion multiple times and as the TNT Champion. This is a great wrestler.”

Khan also gave his thoughts about Guadalajara, Mexico being among the international cities he would like to hold an AEW show in.

“There are a lot of great cities in Mexico that we have not been to yet. We’ve been to Mexico City but I think there are more opportunities. Guadalajara is a great town… There are so many great places that I’d love to go to. I mentioned Guadalajara. I think that’s one good opportunity for us that could be an awesome place to visit. There are also a lot of big international cities. There’s never been AEW in France, Italy, Germany. These are great markets for pro wrestling and where there’s lots of AEW fans.”

Khan also gave his thoughts about actor and comedian Kevin Nealon recently calling out actor and filmmaker Danny Devito on Twitter for a potential wrestling match in either WWE or AEW.

“Is Danny back and forth? Because right now, it seems like Danny DeVito is scared of Kevin Nealon. That’s my interpretation. Kevin is ready to fight. I can tell you that. Kevin Nealon is looking for a fight, he’s looking to come into AEW, and I’m a big fan of both men, and I think Danny DeVito is such a phenomenal actor, he’s such a phenomenal star. Kevin Nealon is so brilliant. He’s a brilliant comedian, a brilliant writer and an actor. He’s worked with former AEW World Champion MJF on Happy Gilmore 2, and we’ve got Kevin Nealon here who definitely wants to get involved in AEW which is really exciting, and if Danny DeVito’s got the guts, we’d love to have him in AEW so, Kevin Nealon, I can say, is moving towards becoming All Elite I think. It feels like Kevin wants to be here, and I hope Danny does too.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1, 2, & 3