Speaking to The Wrestling Observer Tony Khan explained further why he can’t use Hogan in AEW after racial language Hogan was caught on tape saying:

“What he said on the tape, long before George Floyd, I’ve told people I can’t work with Hulk Hogan.

How can I look my Black friends, football players, employees in the face or myself in the mirror after the things [Hulk] said and has never given an adequate apology for?” He can’t blame what he said on tape on the dangers of social media.”