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Before Tony Khan joined the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL Draft war room on Thursday night, he was involved in an angle on All Elite Wrestling’s “Dynamite.”

Khan, who is the chief football strategy officer for the Jaguars and the son of billionaire team owner Shad Khan, appeared in the ring to welcome Jack Perry back to the promotion officially. 

Tony Khan on the sidelines

Jacksonville Jaguars owners Tony and Shad Khan before a game between the New England Patriots and the Jacksonville Jaguars on January 2, 2022, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Perry, the son of the late actor Luke Perry, had been out of AEW following a backstage incident with former colleague CM Punk. Perry returned to the company on Sunday at AEW Dynasty to help Matthew and Nicholas Jackson in the AEW Tag-Team Championship.

Aside from major announcements and interviews, Tony Khan hadn’t gotten involved in any in-ring angles since he helped found AEW in 2019. Perry asked Khan to shake his hand and reinstate him so they could go on and “change the world together.” The two hugged it out, and Perry raised Khan’s hand to the crowd at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville.

Jack Perry in NJPW

Jack Perry enters the ring during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling at Ota-City General Gymnasium on March 6, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)

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Then, Perry struck Khan in the stomach and the wrestling executive went down. The Jacksons and Kazuchika Okada, stablemates in the faction known as The Elite, came down to the ring to address Perry’s actions. The Jacksons then turned on Khan and gave him a piledriver.

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The Elite, along with Perry, heard a chorus of boos from the crowd.

Khan will now have to try to focus on the NFL Draft after the viral moment in AEW. 

Tony Khan at SXSW

Tony Khan at SXSW Sports Track, Presented by Sportico, held at the Four Seasons on March 11, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Seth Reissig/Sportico via Getty Images)

Jacksonville has the No. 17 overall pick going into Thursday’s event. They also have picks in the second, third, fifth, sixth and seven rounds and two picks in the fourth round.

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