Tony Khan Addresses Criticism Of Only Booking One Women’s Match At AEW All In London Wembley Stadium

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Tony Khan has responded to criticism of there only being one women’s match on the card for AEW All In at London’s Wembley Stadium.

There were 11 matches in total, so 10 men’s matches and one women’s match, and the women’s match was the shortest on the main card, and only longer than the two pre-show matches by 30 seconds for one and a minute for the other.

The sole women’s match did see a title change as Saraya won the AEW Women’s World Championship in a four-way against Toni Storm, Britt Baker, and defending champion Hikaru Shida.

In the post-show media scrum, Khan was asked about there only being one women’s match. He replied:

“A lot of the card tonight was featuring as many of the top stars in AEW as I could get, so a lot of the biggest stars in the company were not on this show, and that’s why we have big matches like Miro vs Powerhouse Hobbs, and obviously Ruby Soho vs Kris Statlander next week.

“I think the pacing of the show tonight was probably the best we’ve ever had, the best show we’ve ever done. So to add more I think would have been challenging.

“But also, we have so many great stars across both the men’s and women’s divisions, great wrestlers.

“I think the card in many ways was… I tried to pace it perfectly, and I think we did pretty great.

“One thing I would note, and you said it yourself, a lot of the card was paying homage to the original All In. The four-way match, Dr Britt Baker participated on the original All In and that was the key women’s match on the original show, and Madison Rayne pointed that out in her commentary as well, that she was also in that original four-way, and Dr Britt Baker participated.

“I had the Golden Elite in a trios match, kind of a callback to the original All In, and definitely, there were a lot of top stars, men and women, I was hoping to get on tonight’s card, and there were a lot of people that wanted to be on the show and I hope we can continue to get all the top stars in, but also, I wanna pace the shows and be able to have great matches without having to rush through.

“So I was really excited about the card and also very happy for Saraya, I thought it was a great moment, and I would love to try and get some of those top stars on All Out, and also next year’s All In.”

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There was some other women’s division related news from All In, that being Mercedes Mone (Sasha Banks) being highlighted in the crowd a number of times throughout the show.

To find out what Khan had to say about Mone’s status, click here.

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