Tony Khan comments on AEW parting ways with several wrestlers including Ricky Starks and Rey Fenix

During a media call to promote the 2025 AEW Revolution PPV event, AEW President Tony Khan commented on the company parting ways with several wrestlers including Ricky Starks and Rey Fenix…

“I do think it’s a case-by-case basis. I think everything is a case-by-case basis, and so much of life is a case-by-case basis. Philosophically, there is a change in what I’ve been doing. It felt like the right thing for the company and everyone involved at this point. That’s the thinking behind that. It’s on a case by case basis and they are all different situations.

In this case, they did have similar outcomes. It’s fair to ask why now and why I wouldn’t have done that before. I just decided that’s what I thought was the right thing to do at this point.” (quote courtesy of Jeremy Lambert)