All Elite Wrestling commentator Tony Schiavone recently appeared on AEW's Unrestricted podcast, where he talked about a number of topics such as how he was recently promoted by AEW President and CEO Tony Khan to Senior Producer and Special Advisor to talent. Tony Schiavone also talked about how a few AEW talents were promoted as well, including QT Marshall and Pat Buck.
Tony Schiavone said:
“It’s a crew of us [who] have been promoted. It’s Q.T. Marshall, Pat Buck and myself have been promoted within the confines of what’s going on and it’s a very important thing on many levels. I think, number one, you have to realize and I think a lot of times, people don’t realize this, that we’re still a very young company, we’re finding our way. Tony Khan has been so successful as we know with his ventures into Fulham [F.C.] and sports analytics and of course with the Jacksonville Jaguars but running a wrestling company is basically new to him.”
Tony Schiavone also spoke about how he finds his new position in the company very stressful at times, which is working with Pat Buck and Christopher Daniels in Talent Relations, but he is not in this for the ego and he knows how to treat people and he thinks that is one of the reasons he was put into his new position.
Tony Schiavone said:
“One of the things I’m involved with now and I like it, I really do. I find it very stressful at times and that is working with Pat Buck and Christopher Daniels in Talent Relations, because I really think that is important in any type of business is to be able to treat your athletes with respect and with their concerns and try to intervene when there is a problem and as we know, in any sports teams, there’s problems, so, and I think I was put in this position because I really do… you know how I am. I don’t like to watch myself on TV, I don’t listen back to myself. I’m not in this for the ego but I do think I can say this about myself, that I know how to treat people and I think that’s one of the reasons that I was put into this position.”
Tony Schiavone then talked about the conversation he had with Tony Khan about his promotion.
Tony Schiavone said:
“He [Tony Khan] and I talked at the party and we talked flying back and I said, ‘Listen, I know your EVPs are The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega. They wrestle and they have the final say on a lot of things’ but I said I’d like to work closely with him and just helping out any way I can and he was very receptive to it and so we started working overnight with him and Pat Buck had been brought in and Pat is very professional and does a great job on a lot of things so, I got working closely with Pat and then he brought us all in at Universal [Studios] during a taping and he says, ‘Guys, I really need your help. This company is going gangbusters, but I feel that I can use you in these ways’ and we said, ‘Sure’ and then the announcement was made. So it all started with a meeting at Palm Beach during a very, very over the top [NFL] owners party.”
You can check out Tony Schiavone's full comments at this link. H/T to PostWrestling for transcribing the above quotes.
