In a recent interview with Scott Fishman of TVInsider, All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan discussed the contracts of several AEW stars expiring soon, making tough choices in regards to whether to keep a talent or let them go, and more.

“When we started, a lot of people had contracts that were a couple of years long and a lot of them are coming up. I have really tried hard to be very considerate of the people on the roster, especially going through the pandemic, that encompassed a long period of time where we were still in our first year of television and going into our second.

I kept a lot of people under contract, even though I wasn’t necessarily using them on television because I wanted them to still have paying work, which was hard to come by for wrestling during the pandemic where there weren’t any independent shows, really only two places were running and the other place was cutting people left and right. I did want to give some job security to people.

Now, with so many wrestlers coming in, I can’t renew all the contracts, I’ve had to make some tough choices based on ability, fan response or both. I try to maintain the best roster I can for the company and fans.”

The full interview is available at this link.