Tony Khan says Fight for the Fallen’s show tonight is not designed to make a profit. Rather, Khan says a large amount of the proceeds will be donated to the Victims Advisory Assistance Council in Jacksonville.
Khan spoke with First Coast News in Florida recently about the event.
“I know we’re all here for the wrestling but we’re doing some other really awesome stuff with it too,” Khan said during the interview. “A great example of that is Fight For the Fallen. We’re donating a very large amount of money and this show is not designed to make a profit, it was never designed to make a profit, it’s not going to make any money. We’re in fact going to donate money made to the Victims Advisory Assistance Council, which the mayor has set up. And the VAAC will help benefit the victims of local crimes.”
Last August, the city was rocked by a shooting at Jacksonville Landing which left 2 dead and 10 injured. The shooting took during a gaming tournament featuring Madden NFL 19.
“We were looking for a partnership with the city where we could take the money we make from this event and donate a large portion of what we take in to benefit these people who have been victims of very unfortunate things.”
Khan would then continue to say that the shooting at the Jacksonville Landing and his commitment to the city is his motivation for throwing tonight’s charity event.
The full interview can be viewed in the player below:
AEW Fight For The Fallen Lineup
- Cody Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes vs. The Young Bucks
- Kenny Omega vs. CIMA
- Brandi Rhodes vs. Allie
- Adam Page vs. Kip Sabian
- Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky vs. Pentagon and Rey Fenix
- Britt Baker and Riho vs. Shoko Nakajima and Bea Priestley
- Chris Jericho will have a live mic
- Dark Order vs. Jack Evans and Angelico vs. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus (Winners advance to All Out for an opportunity at a first-round bye in the AEW World Tag Team Titles tournament)
- MJF, Shawn Spears and Sammy Guevara vs. Joey Janela, Darby Allin and Jimmy Havoc (Pre-Show)
- Sonny Kiss vs. “The Librarian” Peter Avalon with “The Librarian” Leva Bates (Pre-Show)
