Tony Khan has discussed the AEW National Championship with Billy Corgan.
On the November 5 edition of Dynamite, Tony Khan announced All Elite Wrestling would soon be adding the National Championship its ranks, drawing inspiration from the title initially established in the National Wrestling Alliance way back in 1980. Following this, current NWA Wrestlers were quick to emphasise the lineage and legacy of the original gold. Now, while discussing his company’s newest title, Khan has recalled talking with Billy Corgan about introducing the National Championship.
Speaking on his Twitter, Tony Khan discussed talking to NWA President Billy Corgan about AEW’s newest title.
“I ended up having a nice conversation about it with the president of the NWA, Billy Corgan. The NWA National Championship has a great history of its own. When we created a National Championship, I saw NWA wrestlers saying, ‘We have a National Title.’ AEW is a separate company and we have our own lineage. I have a lot of respect for him and what he’s doing. I love the traditions of pro wrestling and I had a nice talk with Billy. We haven’t talked in a long time and it was good for him to do this. I respect him and the NWA. We’re trying to do something different here. We brought pro wrestling back to TBS, but there are a lot of promotions that had history on TBS before, one of them being the NWA. I think it’s great that Billy is trying to keep that tradition alive and revive it. We had a really nice talk about this. To any wrestlers anywhere in the world—particularly yin the NWA—you might be happy to hear Billy and I had a nice talk about this. I’m sure he would say the same.”
-Tony Khan
A first AEW National Champion will be crowned at Full Gear on November 22, as competitors battle in a casino gauntlet to begin the title’s lineage. The idea behind the gold indicates whoever wins the AEW National Championship will defend it both in All Elite Wrestling and around the world in promotions like ROH, NJPW and CMLL.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on the AEW National Championship as soon as we hear more.
H/T to Fightful for the transcription.
