Tony Khan Believes AEW Could Run SoFi Stadium In Los Angeles: ‘Not Crazy At All’

As AEW has continued to grow, the promotion has gotten more ambitious when it comes to running big arenas, beginning with AEW All In 2023 at Wembley Stadium in London. Since then, AEW has returned to Wembley for All In 2024, ran All In 2025 in Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and is set to return to Wembley again for All In 2026. And it appears another major arena is in play for a potential future AEW event, at least if Tony Khan has his way.

During the post-Revolution media scrum, the AEW owner was asked about potentially running an AEW show in SoFi Stadium, held just down the road from the Crypto.com Arena, the site of Revolution over the last two years. At first glance, the home of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers would seem to be a bit of a tall order for Khan and AEW, who have never run an event in an NFL sized stadium since the promotion’s formation. But Khan didn’t dismiss the idea at all, and even indicated it had crossed his mind.

“Yeah, it could be interesting,” Khan said. “It’s interesting. I’ve thought about it before. I think it’s interesting. I think it’s a very interesting idea. It’s not crazy at all. I don’t think that’s a crazy thought. 

“When you saw all the star power and it gets your brain firing off, and it makes you think. And there were so many great wrestlers wrestling tonight, there were so many great returns and rivals and all the moments. It’s not crazy.”

Steve Austin Praises WWE’s Chelsea Green: ‘She’s Pretty Fearless Out There’

Over the years, WWE Hall Of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has admitted that he doesn’t keep up with professional wrestling as much as he’d like due to his several business ventures, such as managing his Broken Skull Beer company and dessert racing. However, there’s still talent today that he’s been impressed by, and during a recent interview with “The TakeDown On SI,” he credited WWE star Chelsea Green for not being afraid to take risks creatively during her time on the main roster.

“You’re an idiot when you first join the business,” Austin said. “You just are, unless you’re Shawn Michaels and you kind of get it from day one. When you’re starving and you’re making $15 and $20 a night, you realize that you better get good pretty quick and learn how to reach people on an emotional level, so you can start making some money. I think that Chelsea Green does that a lot of time. She’s pretty fearless out there. On a creative note, she’ll go for it, and it’s done well for her.”

Despite Monday being “Austin 3:16 Day,” “The Rattlesnake” revealed that he will not be attending tonight’s episode of “WWE Raw” to celebrate, as he is preparing for dessert race later this week, and will be in car a garage in Nevada. That said, in January several reports indicated that WWE was looking to schedule Austin’s return, and with “Raw” being held from his home state of Texas, there’s always a possibility that the 61-year-old tried to keep his appearance on tonight’s show a surprise.

WWE’s Cody Rhodes Says He Is ‘Honored’ To Become A Polarizing Wrestler

Cody Rhodes is not embarrassed to admit that takes into consideration one of Batman’s most notorious villains, Two-Face (Harvey Dent’s), famous words, “You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” when deciding how to embody his current trajectory. And while most have seen his past heel-like tendencies in Stardust or during his run with the former coolest bad guys around in the Bullet Club, the now three-time Undisputed WWE Champion wants to become the best bell-to-bell crusading babyface that fans have ever seen, despite the mixed bag reactions.

“I think for me at this point, the prime of my career, I’d like it to really define who I am. I’m not so worried defining what the belt is to me. I’d like myself to be fully formed and fully defined. And I think I’m there,” “The American Nightmare” declared on “Insight.” “I was never a polarizing wrestler. Now, I’m a polarizing wrestler…I’m honored by it. I’m honored by the passion of both sides of the coin. What I would like to do and to honor those who are so excited and those who are not so excited, however you put it, is I want to make sure that I’m not gotten to by it.”

As many saw this past Friday on “WWE SmackDown,” it’s never been in Randy Orton’s DNA to ever  maintain nor possess the qualities of a babyface, as we watched him bludgeon his former friend turned opponent at WrestleMania 42 in less than five weeks. That said, Rhodes knows going into Las Vegas this year that it’ll be up to him to prove why he deserves to retain, while trying to convince those who have since booed his efforts why he’s the best for business. However, as he quoted from “Rick and Morty”: “I don’t care that you boo me because I’ve seen what you cheer for.” In other words: he wants to resist the narrative and prove you don’t have to die to become a hero; you can be one for as long as you live.

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Backstage Report On Ronda Rousey Appearing At AEW Revolution 2026

It’s not hard to top “Hangman” Adam Page losing the opportunity to challenge for the AEW Men’s World Championship ever again, but Ronda Rousey’s surprise appearance at AEW Revolution may have done the trick. And with AEW owner Tony Khan playing it coy about Rousey after the show, many are still left wondering what the future holds, if anything, for Rousey in AEW.

Reviewing Revolution on “Wrestling Observer Radio,” Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer attempted to answer some of those questions, including when people first got word Rousey would be on the PPV.

“I heard on Friday from people who had heard she was going to be there, but didn’t know for sure,” Alvarez said. “And she was. There were some people in WWE who knew, but many, many did not. I would presume most in AEW did not. But, I mean obviously she’s there to plug the fight…

“I presume they’re going to do a tag match. I mean, she did a physical angle with Toni Storm. Marina Shafir got involved…So I think she’s probably going to be, I presume, a television character, and have that fight plugged every single time she’s on television. And I don’t know from there.”

Meltzer was also unsure of what the next move between Rousey and AEW would be, but he does believe that a potential Rousey match will have to wait till after May 16, where she’s set to make her return to MMA by fighting Gina Carano.

“I can’t see her doing anything before May 16,” Meltzer said. “Maybe she’ll show up at a TV. But she’s got to be serious about her training. I don’t think showing up every week on TV’s a smart move. I mean, will she show up in Fresno on Wednesday? I don’t know, I didn’t get any impression that she would…but I can’t see her ever being a weekly character. I don’t think she’s going to want to go back on the road.”

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Ax & Smash Recall Demolition Origins Ahead Of WWE Hall Of Fame Induction

WrestleMania season is upon us, and with that comes the traditional WWE Hall of Fame ceremony that opens the weekend of festivities. Familiar with each other for nearly 40 years, Bill “Ax” Eadie and Barry “Smash” Darsow never thought their smash mouth, post-apocalyptic getup would turn them into soon-to-be Hall of Fame inductees. Just weeks away from receiving their long-awaited recognition, both Smash and Ax retell how they first met and carved their path of destruction as Demolition.

“Well, Randy Colley [Moondog Rex] came up with the basic concept,” Ax told legendary journalist Bill Apter. “If you remember, he was the original Smash, but it just didn’t work out because people recognized him as one of the Moondogs. So, he was gracious enough to step aside after the second day. And I was going to Japan, and in the meantime, we needed a replacement.”

Looking for a career change after leaving Jim Crockett Promotions, Darsow described how he replaced Colley as the new Smash, all thanks to his friends and now Hall of Famers Earl Hebner and Ricky Steamboat, who initiated a meeting between Darsow and former CEO and Chairman, Vince McMahon.

“They flew me up to New York. Limo picked me up…I was in the office and Pat Patterson was there, Vince was there, and they showed me a book, and it had all these different pictures of what the Demolition would look like. And he says, ‘What do you think of it?’ And I says, ‘I’m in. I definitely want to do it,'” Smash recalled.

To Darsow, it was a dream come true working with Eadie, as he knew his partner was a top worker that could offer the both of them a top spot in the company. And they did it, together. All it took was a good lunch and a case of fine Canadian beer for them to cement their legacies and become the three-time WWE World Tag Team Champions, with their first run setting the tone as the fourth longest reigning champions in WWE tag team history at 478 days. This year will mark the first time both men have appeared on WWE programming since the 1990s, even after signing a Legends deal last year. 

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