During the media scrum after All In: Texas, AEW President and CEO Tony Khan addressed various topics, including how the match between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada at Saturday's pay-per-view was conducted under AEW rules.
This is what Tony Khan said, “We did it under AEW rules. In this case, for AEW rules, the referee’s decision is final. We’ve gotten through this amazing run, Kazuchika Okada has been the Continental Champion, and there has never been any outsider interference. If anybody ever interfered in a Continental Title match, they would be fired. Tonight, we fought a match under the unified rules of AEW, where the referee’s decision is final.”
On how future Unified Championship Matches will be contested under Continental Rules:
“In this case, the referee had no way of knowing who pulled him out of the ring or who did anything after you [Callis] incapacitated them. If we had been under Continental rules, I would have fired you for that. Going forward, as the Unified Champion, the prevailing rules will be the Continental rules, so there will never be outside interference ever again in a Unified Championship match, now that the Continental rules apply, with the Continental Champion winning.”
You can check out Khan's comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
