{"id":214572,"date":"2026-04-07T22:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=214572"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:07:25","slug":"tony-khan-says-his-bid-for-wwe-was-a-very-reasonable-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/04\/07\/tony-khan-says-his-bid-for-wwe-was-a-very-reasonable-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Khan says his bid for WWE was &#8220;a very reasonable number&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1504110051\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony Khan believes his bid for WWE was a very reasonable number. \u00a0He placed a bid of $6.9 billion on WWE in 2023 when the company was up for sale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was very interested in the process and I think that if there was going to be a sale, I would at least wanted a chance to be involved,&#8221; said Khan during an interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ieVWe8QUKIQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coach and Bro.<\/a> &#8220;If it had gone for any less than that, I would have really kicked myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;While respecting the confidentiality of that, I would say I don\u2019t have any complaints about that process from my side right now. While respecting the confidentiality of the whole thing, I also would say that, at the time, that seemed like to me, just reiterating, if it had gone for any less, I would have kicked myself. Why wouldn\u2019t you put in a bid? I thought it was a very reasonable number.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Khan placed a bid of $6.9 billion on WWE in 2023 when the company was up for sale. The information comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/03\/19\/tony-khan-placed-a-bid-for-wwe-during-2023-sale-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently unredacted<\/a> court filings from November 2023 that are part of the ongoing WWE shareholder lawsuit that questions the process by which Endeavor eventually acquired WWE.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Khan is the current booker and president of AEW. He has been the president and booker since AEW launched in October of 2019. 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