Jim Ross Says The Khan Family Deserves Recognition For Putting Money Into AEW

In the latest episode of his podcast (via Wrestling Inc), Jim Ross spoke about the Khan family putting money into All Elite Wrestling, if ROH can be a bigger promotion and more. Here are highlights:

On the Khan Family funding AEW: “The Khan Family deserve recognition for putting their money where there mouth is and there’s plenty of it. And I’m very curious to see how this brand continues to evolve and more of the players are put into place. I have great interest to see the other hires that will be made because I have great optimism that Tony Khan is a young genius and hopefully he’s going to be building a brand that will be influential and meaningful for years to come. And none of what I just said has anything to do with overtaking WWE. It’s the farthest thing from my mind. It doesn’t matter.”

On what’s good about the Khans getting involved: “That nucleus will grow with quality people that want a new venture. The nice thing about it is that you don’t have to do it, apparently, at a sacrifice because the Khans are going to pay going rates. I think they’re going to pay the going rate for a talent in [pro] wrestling based on their role, and status, and all that good stuff.”

On if ROH could be bigger: “Sinclair [has] got a lot of assets. They’ve got a lot of muscle, but they don’t flex it much. Ring Of Honor could be so much bigger, so much more potent, so much more formidable and profitable, but they don’t want to get out of their comfort zone and they have this little sphere that they’re going to stay in financially.”

On if AEW can rival WWE: “It’s not going to happen. They could be so profitable and so successful and have no association, no connect, with WWE. It’s not even funny. But everybody gets their own platform and they want a little innuendo here, and a little innuendo there, a little ribbing on the square here, if you know, you know [and] if you don’t know, it doesn’t matter, these little cliches that infiltrate your thinking.”