Tony Khan to bring in released WWE star to AEW and immediately pull off a shocking move? Possibility explored

Tony Khan has signed many former WWE stars (Image via Tony Khan & WWE
Tony Khan has signed many former WWE stars (Image via Tony Khan & WWE's X)

Tony Khan is pulling out all the stops to make his upcoming AEW pay-per-view, Full Gear, a major success. He might pull off a memorable yet shocking move at the event, possibly at the expense of a recently released WWE Superstar.

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The star in question is Ridge Holland. He was one of WWE's top wrestlers, competing at all their major shows. He got injured during a match with TNA star Moose, and his contract was nearing expiration recently.

However, days before that, WWE decided to terminate his contract because of Holland's negative comments about the company, a move he later regretted. Since then, things have gone downhill for him as he has been recovering from an injury and also been out of a job.

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With Holland under no non-compete clause due to his termination, it could allow Tony Khan to sign him to his company and have him debut as a surprise entrant in the Casino Gauntlet match at Full Gear 2025. Not only that, the creative booking could go one step beyond and crown Holland the inaugural AEW National Champion, which was unveiled a few days ago.

This would be a major shocker while also garnering attention for the Jacksonville-based promotion in terms of viewership and traction.

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A former WWE name offered his help to Tony Khan

Amid Tony Khan's strides with AEW as a top wrestling promotion, he was criticized for his live session skills by former WWE personnel, Jonathan Coachman. Despite that, The Coach offered to help him out, as he had been regularly going live to promote his shows.

"When the video starts on X, you can hear him go, the video's starting, count me in, count me in ... and then he started and he went (Coach doing a thumbs up impression of Tony Khan). I was like, oh man, I want to get my hands on him so badly, not to make him cool, but just to help him out a bit, i mean like whose shooting this and it was like a ... drink from a 1942 hotel, and I'm like c'mon."

As Khan experiments with new ways to promote his television product, it can be said that he will eventually improve with consistent effort.

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