AEW superstar Sammy Guevara recently joined TV Insider to hype up tomorrow’s Dynamite Grand Slam special, where the Spanish Sex God will be taking on Chris Jericho in a grudge match.
During the interview Guevara would commend his boss Tony Khan for addressing the AEW fanbase live on the night he fired CM Punk. Guevara says that Khan wanted to be upfront with fans, a move that showed he had a lot of balls.
Tony, I feel, doesn’t get enough credit he deserves. He, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes. They all changed everyone’s life and wrestling. Without them, especially Tony, there would be no AEW. There would be a bunch of people doing something completely different. I don’t know anything regarding the behind-the-scenes decisions he makes, but he is such a caring guy. What I will say is that he has a lot of balls. I have a lot of respect for him. He went out in front of the Chicago crowd to address them personally after he made the decision to let Punk go. He didn’t have to go in front of everyone. He could have just played the video. But he went out in front of thousands of people. He is getting booed. He understood how they felt. He is an upfront guy.
Guevara then says that Khan didn’t have to speak to the fans at all if he didn’t want to, another reason he found the move very commendable.
I watched him make the announcement thinking, ‘Wow, he doesn’t have to do this.” I get it from a wrestling fan’s perspective. You went to the show expecting to see someone, and now this guy is telling you he isn’t going to be there. It’s almost like killing the messenger. But when you think about it, this man did not need to go out there. He could have easily also had someone else do it. Mad respect. I told him that too. I told him he had a lot of balls for him to do that. He said, ‘It had to be done, and I had to be the one to do it.’ He wasn’t going to get the heat on any of the boys or anyone that night. He wanted to take the heat, which I thought was commendable.
Khan himself spoke about this moment during his recent interview with Insider. You can check out his full thoughts here.
