{"id":162404,"date":"2023-07-18T12:54:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=162404"},"modified":"2023-07-18T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:58:43","slug":"khan-says-aew-safety-memo-more-guidelines-for-referees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/07\/18\/khan-says-aew-safety-memo-more-guidelines-for-referees\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Khan says AEW memo with guidelines and restrictions issued last week won&#8217;t change the hard-hitting style of the show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-39422674\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>AEW CEO Tony Khan made an appearance on The Dan LeBatard Show on Tuesday. During the interview, he was asked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/07\/14\/aew-issues-memo-to-wrestlers-banning-unprotected-chairshots-spitting-bleeding-in-the-crowd-entire-memo-contents-with-reaction\/\">the reported memo that circulated last week<\/a>, in which unprotected chairshots, spitting, and bleeding in the crowd were banned. In addition, other moves or spots now require approval from a coach (i.e. agent) before they would be allowed to be implemented into a match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to have a great pro wrestling company,&#8221; Khan said. &#8220;A hard-hitting pro wrestling company. Those aren&#8217;t really crazy changes. It&#8217;s nothing that&#8217;s going to change the show. It&#8217;s really more guidelines for the referees as much as anything else. It&#8217;s good stuff for the wrestlers to know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The memo circulated backstage was titled \u201cHealthy and Safety Protocols Relating to Matches,\u201d and it went into effect this month.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/07\/14\/aew-issues-memo-to-wrestlers-banning-unprotected-chairshots-spitting-bleeding-in-the-crowd-entire-memo-contents-with-reaction\/\">AEW issues memo to wrestlers banning unprotected chairshots, spitting, bleeding in the crowd \u2013 entire memo contents with reaction<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>OR CHECK OUT THIS PROWRESTLING.NET ARTICLE: <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/07\/18\/teddy-hart-arrested-after-cops-found-a-variety-of-drugs-in-his-vehicle\/\">Teddy Hart arrested after cops found a variety of drugs in his vehicle<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2104480063\"><div id=\"pwtor-2680613418\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>AEW CEO Tony Khan made an appearance on The Dan LeBatard Show on Tuesday. During the interview, he was asked about the reported memo that circulated last week, in which unprotected chairshots, spitting, and bleeding <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/07\/18\/khan-says-aew-safety-memo-more-guidelines-for-referees\/\" title=\"Tony Khan says AEW memo with guidelines and restrictions issued last week won&#8217;t change the hard-hitting style of the show\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":158775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6163,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-14-at-1.40.57-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162419,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162404\/revisions\/162419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}