Tony Khan Says He Loves Working With Nick Wayne Following ROH Death Before Dishonor
Nick Wayne has a fan in Tony Khan.
Since he signed with the company in 2022, Nick Wayne making waves in AEW, coming in before he’d even turned 18. Following his alignment with Christian Cage as part of The Patriarchy, Wayne made frequent appearances on both AEW and ROH TV, becoming the longest reigning and youngest ROH Television Champion. Since losing the title, Wayne has continued to work in ROH, challenging for the ROH World Champion as this past Friday’s Death Before Dishonor. Despite falling short against Bandido, Wayne clearly impressed Tony Khan, who spoke glowingly about working with the 21-year old.
Speaking at the ROH Death Before Dishonor post-show media scrum, Khan discussed just how brilliant he thinks Nick Wayne is:
“Nick [Wayne] is in my opinion truly a prodigy. He’s a very special talent. Darby Allin is the person who first put me on to Nick, and every person who’s worked with Nick and mentored Nick has always shared the belief that this is such a special young talent. And he keeps getting better and better. He’s so young and truly a prodigious talent. I love working with him. Veterans of decades in the sport of wrestling are blown away by Nick’s wrestling intellect… I’m very proud of what he’s been able to accomplish in AEW and ROH.”
-Tony Khan
As well as his success in ROH, Nick Wayne is also a former AEW World Trios Champion alongside Christian Cage and Luchasaurus, walking in to All In: London 2024 as champions. Wayne has also twice competed in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament in New Japan Pro Wrestling, including a strong performance in this year’s edition.
At the same press conference, Tony Khan was also asked about potential interest in signing recent WWE departee, Ilja Dragunov. You can read more about that here.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Nick Wayne as soon as we hear more.
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