Early last year, AEW saw a few of its biggest stars, Jack Perry and The Young Bucks, turn into the biggest heels in the company. In an attempt to establish their heel turn, the former AEW World Tag Team Champions attacked Tony Khan. The Bucks hit Khan with what they now call the TK Driver.
While speaking on Sedano & Kap, Tony Khan shared his thoughts on getting hit by the TK Driver. Khan claimed that it was not by design but rather, he was a victim in The Young Bucks’ efforts to take control of the company.
“That was not by design. I was a victim of the spike piledriver, the deadliest move in professional wrestling. It was from one of the greatest tag teams of all time, the Young Bucks. They are the Executive Vice Presidents of the company, along with Kenny Omega. And they were trying to make a power play. I’m the President, they wanted to control the business, so they put me down.
“They spike piledrived me, but I survived and showed up at the NFL draft in a neck brace. Wrestlers went out for revenge, a man was set on fire. Jack Perry, Hollywood royalty himself, the son of Luke Perry, was set on fire by Darby Allin, coming to my aid.” [H/T Fightful.com]
Khan also reflected on the time when Darby Allin showed up just in time to save him from Perry.
“Certainly, when that happened, I have gotten pulled out of my chair with a headset on and my shirt ripped apart and thrown down on the set. Just as that happened, less than a second and a half later, a split second after I got thrown down on the ramp, Darby Allin came out with a flamethrower and set Jack Perry on fire,” Tony Khan said.
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