See full version: Tony Khan Wants To Bring AEW To Fulham; s Craven Cottage
Shahid Khan purchased Fulham from Mohamed Al-Fayed in July 2013, with Tony Khan initially getting involved with the club in 2015. By February 2017, Tony was named as Vice Chairman and Director of Football Operations, in addition to also serving as General Manager and Sporting Director. [links]
Ever since All Elite Wrestling formally launched in early 2019, many have pondered when AEW would embark on the company's first UK tour. And if Tony Khan gets his way, we could well see an AEW event take place from Fulham's Craven Cottage home on the bank of the River Thames.
Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Khan enthused how he not only wants to bring AEW to the UK, but that he wants to house a show at the legendary home of the Fulham football club that is owned by Tony's father Shahid Khan. more
The beloved Craven Cottage could get to house an AEW show in the future.
As for Craven Cottage, that has been the home of Fulham dating back to 1896. These days, the capacity of the ground is 19,359 for football matches, although one would imagine that a larger crowd could be assembled for a wrestling event - with the main pitch area obviously offering up plentiful potential for more seats. [links]
AEW president Tony Khan has confirmed that he plans to take AEW overseas and run a show at Craven Cottage, the home stadium of Fulham Football Club.
All Elite Wrestling president Tony Khan has revealed that he hopes to one day run an AEW event out of the home stadium Fulham Football Club -- the London-based soccer club owned by the Khan family.
Tony Khan's father Shahid Khan purchases Fulham Football Club from Mohamed Al-Fayed on 12 July 2013. Tony was named as co-owner and Vice Chairman/Director of Football Operations of the club in February of 2017. The Khans also own the Jacksonville Jaguars, whose stadium, TIAA Bank Field, has been used for AEW's Stadium Stampede matches. Could we see a Stadium Stampede at Craven Cottage in the near future? here
If we are to reach the levels that I’m sure Shad wants us to reach, we need a competent, experienced person in the Director of Football role. That is not his son.
With such an ambitious squad, full of fighters, hearing your DoF say relegation isn’t that bad, because the fans should be happy with being a yo-yo club is never going to have a positive effect. We aren’t happy Tony. Fulham Football Club may be your plaything, but to us, it’s so much more. more
When trying to reflect on this season, one thought stood out to me; in terms of squad morale and unity, other than our 17/18 promotion season, we’ve not had such strong positivity and togetherness for a very long time. So why is there still such an overwhelming amount of toxicity floating about the club?
Some of the loan signings this season have been a huge success. However, taking Joachim Andersen as an example, he will now go back to Lyon, who will be able to get a hell of a lot more money for him than before we loaned him in. One of our biggest assets has no financial value to us. All we have done is provide Lyon with an income boost and left ourselves needing to find yet another centre-back over the summer. “I can’t be in the business of developing other people’s players” – I’m afraid Tony, we’ve been doing that every season with you as a DoF. here
Despite promotion last season, it certainly wasn’t perfect. Scott Parker was recently interviewed on the Fulham Fix. He said that he knew the squad was not capable of romping to the Championship title as some had expected. Only being good enough to finish fourth in the Championship never bodes well for the Prem. But our transfers put us in that position. We need to stop signing players who are just about good enough to get us up, but not good enough to keep us up. Anthony Knockaert is our transfer strategy personified: A loan, converted at the princely sum of £15m, only to be immediately loaned out again as he’s not good enough for our top flight campaign. It might be easier said than done, but how many of our signings this summer had a positive Premier League CV? Not many. [links]
We need a hard reset as a club. We need stability. Ultimately, I don’t think that is possible with Tony Khan in charge of transfers. If someone else as DoF had the track record that Tony Khan has, they would have been ousted by now. Unfortunately, Tony seems to be blind to his failures, so I struggle to see him stepping aside. Which puts pressure on our owner – and Tony’s father – Shahid Khan.
While he didn’t announce exact dates, Tony Khan did reveal that he wants to bring AEW to Craven Cottage. Craven Cottage is a football stadium located in Fulham, West London. It’s the home of Fulham F.C., which is owned by Khan’s father Shahid Khan.
AEW CEO Tony Khan recently spoke with Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzales on Wrestling Observer Radio about future tour locations in England and talent acquisitions.
“I do want to come to England. It’s a huge part of my life. It’s a great thing we have with ITV. It’s been amazing for us. We have great wrestlers from the UK, male and female. I can’t announce exact dates, but I want to bring AEW to Craven Cottage. I think all the new additions would be the best home for AEW,” Tony Khan said (h/t to F4WOnline for the transcription).
He also teased that there are going to be multiple additions to the AEW roster in the next 4 to 6 months.
"I urge everyone who believes in what we’re doing, or wants to believe in dreams coming true, to support AEW by spreading the word and passing the wrestling bug onto someone else. here
"As important, I am the father – the proud father – of Tony Khan, who will serve in a leadership role at AEW during the 2019 launch and in the years ahead. [links]
"What’s important is that every individual decision we make as family, whether it’s ownership or investment in a team or property, is 100 percent beneficial to those specific interests. more
"AEW does not mean any less of a continued commitment to existing obligations and duties that I have, or my family has, to our business and sports interests. That will never be the case. more
The 36-year-old's role in England sees him head up the club's recruitment department where he oversees the identification, evaluation, recruitment, and signing of players, with Khan Jnr splitting his time between England and the States during the year.