AEW's Khan talks Forbidden Door, Bret Hart, trios titles and more

Being busy is nothing new for Tony Khan.

The 39-year-old native of Urbana-Champaign, Ill., wears many hats as the president, founder and booker of All Elite Wrestling, the senior vice president of football technology and analytics for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the director of football operations for Fulham. Being busy comes with the job(s).

But the past several weeks have been different. Khan closed the purchase of Ring of Honor from Sinclair Broadcasting. The Jaguars brought in a new coaching staff under Doug Pederson and had the first overall pick in last month’s NFL Draft, taking Georgia defensive end Travon Walker. Fulham’s campaign for promotion to the Premier League hit its crescendo with the Cottagers claiming the Championship title and a return to the top-flight of English football after only a one-year absence.

On top of all of that, there was the day-to-day operation of AEW as the company builds towards the Double or Nothing pay-per-view on May 29 in Las Vegas, followed by a joint-PPV with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, dubbed Forbidden Door, on June 13.

Khan concedes this stretch has been more than challenging, but worth it.

“It was the most intense run of work I’ve ever had by far, but it’s been very rewarding,” Khan told TSN.ca. “I think with the Jags, we’ve built a very young team and hired an awesome coach to help lead Trevor Lawrence, a young offence, and a young defence. We’ve just acquired a lot of players on both sides of the ball through both the draft and free agency and a new coaching staff under a very experienced leader in Doug Pederson. And with Fulham, it’s all come together so well under the leadership of [manager] Marco Silva. We’ve had the best results we’ve ever had [in the Championship] in