Tony Khan Talks About Getting Bret Hart To Introduce The AEW World Championship

Tony Khan was a recent guest on the Steve Austin Show where the AEW President discussed getting Bret Hart to appear at Double or Nothing.

The Hitman introduced the brand new AEW World Heavyweight Championship in a segment on the night, with his appearance being kept as a surprise from everyone.

Speaking of how the decision to bring Bret in came about, Khan said:

“It just felt right. To be honest, I was on the phone with Cody one night and this was a segment that he was working on: the title segment. You saw what it became with the title segment, where my friend, Jack Whitehall introduces Bret Hart. Bret Hart: the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be came out. Bret is an all-time great legend in professional wrestling, and to me, there was not anybody better for this than him. The way it happened was that Cody and I were on the phone talking about this segment, and he was like, ‘Maybe a legend brings it out?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, maybe Ric Flair or Ricky Steamboat.’ And then I was like, ‘What about Bret Hart?” Cody was like, ‘Yeah, I love it. I love it. It’s great.’ I had to reach out to him and talk to the guys to see what they think, and they all loved it.”

H/T to WrestlingInc.com for the transcriptions.