During his “massive announcement” at the opening of Wednesday night’s live episode of AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan name-dropped Shane McMahon.
Khan said the following:
“When we started AEW, it was out on the parking lot [of Daily’s Place]. A lot of you were here from the beginning, which I am grateful for,” Khan began. “It was 17 years before that another wrestling company started, a company that I’ve been a fan of for a very long time. So you can imagine why I’m excited, because I just became the new owner of ROH!”
“Shane’s not here, though – There’s no Shane, it’s me.”
The reference was to the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro, where Shane McMahon would interrupt his father Vince McMahon, revealing himself as the “new owner” of WCW.
Shane was quietly let-go from WWE following this year’s Royal Rumble. You can find a link to the article at the bottom of this page.