On Saturday there was a lot of controversy surrounding Tony Khan and former AEW star Big Swole.
Swole had stated on her podcast that there is lack of diversity in AEW, which she claimed was one of the reasons for her departure.
Tony Khan responded back saying AEW is diverse and that he did not renew Swole’s contract because he felt her wrestling skills were not that good. There were AEW stars that took to Twitter to comment, which also includes Lio Rush who called on Khan to apologize to Swole.
Swole has now asked that everyone listen to her podcast, with the notion that her words have been misunderstood. In a Twitter post on Saturday, Swole had followed up and said that Khan was a very generous man.
Tony Khan responded in a single tweet, pointed to how other people of color have succeeded in AEW, and then said he let Swole’s contract expire because her wrestling wasn’t good enough.
Swole continued to retweet posts throughout the day yesterday, but it wasn’t until this morning that she finally posted a tweet of her own. In it, she implored the wrestling community to listen intently to her podcast because she believes her words are being misunderstood. Rush also took to Twitter to say he spoke further with Khan and one of his staff. He noted in his tweet from Sunday he is proud to work for a boss and company that tries to make strides in social equality.