Tony Khan Recalls How First AEW Dynamite Was Meant to Take Place at Madison Square Garden

Tony Khan noted last night that the original debut of AEW Dynamite was scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden. Khan appeared in front of the crowd during last night’s AEW Dynamite taping in the Hammerstein Ballroom. During the live interaction with the fans, the audience changed “MSG.”

Tony Khan noted that it was an “interesting idea” and said:

“For a long time, to be honest, they didn’t want me there. Did you know that? Because the first episode of Dynamite was actually originally going to be there. And they called me, they offered me the date and they said, ‘Would you like to do the first episode of Dynamite here?’ The people who called me don’t work there anymore, but it was over six years ago. They called me and they said, ‘Do you want to do the first episode of Dynamite here?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I really would. It would be great.’ And then they called me a couple months later, and they said, ‘We don’t want you anymore. We don’t want you do do the first episode of Dynamite here anymore because it would really upset somebody.'”

The first episode of AEW Dynamite took place in Washington, D.C. at the Capital One Arena.

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