US EditionAEW President Tony Khan Tried To Purchase WWE In 2023
Tony Khan's Base 10 bid aimed to leverage synergies with All Elite Wrestling amid WWE's 2023 sale, but was outbid by Endeavor, the eventual WWE owner.
- Court and SEC filings reveal Base 10, backed by Tony Khan, AEW president, placed a bid for WWE during the 2023 sale process.
- Vince McMahon's allegations prompted WWE's 2023 sale, with public filings showing bidders including Liberty Media and private equity firm KKR.
- The documents list Base 10 as 'Strategic Party 2' and describe it as the owner of All Elite Wrestling, noting it would need equity and debt financing partners to complete a transaction.
- Acquiring the company would have made Tony Khan pro wrestling's principal figure and added a major asset to the Khan family, but Endeavor stepped in, blocking Khan's realistic chance.
- Industry observers note the rival backer's anonymized bid sharpened competition by showing WWE could have been sold to AEW, intensifying 2023's wrestling consolidation.
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