Unlike companies like New Japan Pro Wrestling or WWE who have dojos and the Performance Center, AEW doesn’t have a specific training facility for young talent to learn the basics and get ready to work full length matches. However, Tony Khan revealed that AEW actually has a number of different facilities scattered across the United States in the form of several wrestling schools operated by AEW talent. a number of which Steven Borden has trained at.

“Well we have training facilities and we’ve had Steven stay for extended periods of time. There’s great trainers in AEW,” Khan said, before noting that FTR and Adam Copeland are planning to open up their own wrestling school in Asheville, North Carolina, which will join the facilities in New York, Georgia, and Texas respectively. “In the New York area, Pat Buck is a great trainer. In Atlanta, QT Marshall trains. Dustin Rhodes is training wrestlers in Texas. We have some of the best trainers developing wrestlers in the different areas. So absolutely, the wrestlers have gone there and benefited. Steven’s done a lot of training and development work with is in Texas, but also in going to Georgia in the Nightmare Factory and working with QT.”

Khan rounded off by saying that he understands the importance of having a home base for all talents to travel to and train, but he also knows that the best experience wrestlers can get is in front of crowds, which is why a lot of Borden’s learning has been in dark matches before AEW shows. Nothing was mentioned about Borden actually appearing on AEW programming in the near future, but Khan reiterated the fact that he’s very excited for the future of AEW, and that Borden will be a big part of it.

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