All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has offered fans an alternative professional wrestling promotion, and thanks to its nationally televised deal on TNT, something that can reach as wide of an audience as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The show has also been a success, regularly beating WWE's NXT programming in head-to-head competition on Wednesday nights. In an exclusive interview with CBR, Tony Khan spoke about his wrestling promotion and how it seeks to take what people love about wrestling and update it for a modern-day wrestling fan.

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When asked about the comparison to Marvel Studios' MCU and how it has updated comic book stories for a new generation, Khan appeared flattered and saw a strong comparison between the two companies.

"Marvel's been around for years," Khan told CBR. "I should say reemerge because Marvel's brand, and their comics, obviously, but the films and TV shows have become some of the most powerful, some of the most valuable content, and much more valuable and much more interest around these properties than there was 15 years ago."

The MCU began its run with 2008's Iron Man, which started its expanded universe of movies. That is the movie that Khan said changed everything.

"[Iron Man is] still my favorite Marvel movie. I just think that's a great movie. I don't think it's just a great comic book movie. It's a great movie about ingenuity. That's definitely my father's favorite of the Marvel movies," Khan said. "My dad and I saw that, and my dad's the smartest person I've ever known. And he really liked that movie. And so I know that there was something to it. If that makes sense. It wasn't just fluff."

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Khan also pointed out how AEW is similar to the MCU when it comes to presentation.

"One of the great things [Marvel does] is they really care about what their audience wants, and they go out of their way to hear their fans," Khan explained. "And I think that's what I try to do with AEW and we all have made our mission with AEW is to give a wrestling show that was giving the fans what they were missing in wrestling. I think we've carved out a great space for ourselves, similar to Marvel.

"Obviously, I'd love to have the kind of mainstream success they've had. But within the world of wrestling, we've been extremely successful," he continued. "And in the mainstream, we are very successful. I mean, we've got a top TV show. Since the news has dominated really the last eight-plus months, we've always consistently been in the top five non-news shows, often number one or number two, and that is great mainstream success. I'd like to get even bigger, and Marvel is a great company to try and aspire to be like them." Khan ended by saying, "I would absolutely take that comparison all day."

AEW Dynamite airs on Wednesday nights at 8 pm ET/7 PM CT on TNT.

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