Tony Khan wanted AEW mentioned at WWE DX reunion in exchange for Billy Gunn appearance

Tony Khan was willing to allow Billy Gunn to appear at the 25-year Anniversary of D-Generation X recently, but only if WWE would acknowledge that he worked for AEW. 

Road Dogg recently commented on the situation, stating that it “broke his heart” that Gunn was not included in the special October 10 edition of WWE Raw. He also noted that at one point, Gunn was confident he would be able to be there. 

Our own Dave Meltzer reported in Friday’s edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, that WWE was not willing to mention that Gunn was an AEW talent on-air in exchange for his appearance. 

“Khan agreed to let him do to the show but on the air they would have to mention he’s from AEW, or that AEW allowed him to appear or some wording, but there had to be one mention that in some form he works for AEW, just as WWE already did when they got Mickie James for the Royal Rumble this past year. WWE stalled on the yes or no, and then at the last minute would not agree to it,” Meltzer wrote. 

Gunn did appear at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in 2019 while under contract to AEW. Other AEW talent has also been permitted to appear on WWE programming in the past as well including Paul Wight, Bryan Danielson, and Chris Jericho submitting videos for John Cena’s 20-year WWE Anniversary. Jericho also appeared on an episode of The Broken Skull Sessions with Steve Austin on the WWE Network last year.