Tony Khan Is Excited About AEW’s Women’s Division, Talks Division’s Growth In 2025

Tony Khan is proud of what the AEW women’s division has accomplished in 2025, detailing the division’s growth over the past year in an interview. The women of AEW saw some big milestones in the past year, including the crowning of the first Women’s Tag Team Champions and the first women’s Blood & Guts match.

Khan was asked about the matter during his recent interview with TV Insider. He highlighted some of the division’s successes and said he’s excited about the division going into 2026. You can see highlights below:

On the Women’s Division IN 2025 & 2026:

“I’m very excited about AEW women’s wrestling in 2025 and going into 2026. I think it’s the best women’s wrestling we’ve ever had. When we launched AEW over six years ago we started with a small group of wrestlers and built up our roster and built up our women’s wrestling. Our small group did a fantastic job establishing women’s wrestling in AEW. I made it a focus for years to try to accumulate the best wrestlers in the world. We had a big focus on finding the best women’s wrestlers.

“So many of the top stars are wrestlers we signed along the way. The tag team tournament for the Women’s Tag Team Champions is the perfect example.” There is the TBS Champion Mercedes Moné, “Timeless” Toni Storm, great free agents who have signed with us along the way. They had an incredible match at All In in Texas as singles competitors, but also competed in the tag team tournament teaming with two stars that are incredible in ROH Women’s Champion for over three years Athena and Toni Storm’s partner Mina Shirakawa.

On AEW’s Homegrown Women’s Talents:

“There are also homegrown talents that have developed. The Women’s Champion Kris Statlander is someone that has been there since the beginning, but she has risen and developed to be one of the top stars as a fantastic champion. Her opponent at Worlds End Jamie Hayter was there from the beginning but was away in England during the pandemic and came back after the COVID lockdown in better form than ever. She was out with injuries for some time but came back to be a top star.

“I’m so excited to have two AEW originals in a division where we’ve seen great free agents coming into compete at a top level. The Women’s Tag Team Championship match at Worlds End has four stars who were not on the first AEW shows but joined us along the way with Mercedes Moné and Athena facing the “Babes of Wrath.” That has Willow Nightingale, a former TBS Champion herself and has come so far since the Daily’s Place days and risen to be a champion and now first-ever tag team champion teaming with a popular star in Harley Cameron. Harley has risen and developed and is another great example of women’s wrestling in AEW.”