Tony Khan Reveals Why AEW Introduced The FTW Title

Tony Khan Reveals Why AEW Introduced The FTW Title

Not satisfied with waiting for Jon Moxley to put up his AEW World Championship, Taz reintroduced the FTW Championship in All Elite Wrestling. The belt was presented to Taz’s star, Brian Cage. Now, Tony Khan has revealed how the FTW title was introduced in AEW.

Khan was recently interviewed by Mike Johnson of PWInsider where he discussed the details of the title’s introduction. Here is the quote:

“Well, it was a few weeks ago. Taz told me he had it. And immediately, that’s when the idea struck me to do this. Then I asked him to bring it down and get it down here and Taz’s son, Tyler, who is a great kid, traveled down with it and came down and got tested, and joined us in the bubble. Tyler brought it and then we had it. Taz presenting it to Brian was a really important part of the presentation. I think Taz and Brian, it was good that it wasn’t the first thing they did together, because they really had become associated. Brian was always supposed to debut in that casino ladder match, as soon as we got his diagnosis that he was going to be out until May.”

“This thing had been planned for a long time for Brian to make the big intro, and make the big splash, and challenge Moxley. Brian and Taz, they’ve established a rapport on television. When Taz told me he still had the belt, it was a perfect thing to add to the story I thought. And so, a couple weeks ago, when it came up, I really jumped on it. Once I found out he had it, and we were able to use it, I wanted to make it a part of the story. I wouldn’t have done it without his blessing. I mean, he’s the one who told me he had it.

So once he said he still had possession of it, and I checked, and we’re cleared to use it, then, at that point, I was like, ‘This is, to me, almost like a no brainer. It adds so much to the story, to the presentation of Brian. It’s so much credibility, the FTW title.’ I grew up watching ECW, as you know, and that belt meant a lot. Even though it’s not a recognized championship, when it was defended, or when you saw it, it felt like it was part of the presentation of Taz as one of the top wrestlers in the sport and I think it can be the same thing for Brian Cage. So I was really excited about it, as soon as Taz told me he still had that belt, and then when I realized that we could use it. It was a few weeks ago.”

Brian Cage will face Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at Fight for the Fallen. Cage made his debut at Double or Nothing where he won the Casino Ladder Match. The win earned him this title shot, which was originally scheduled for Fyter Fest.

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4 years ago by Tempest

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