Tony Khan Says AEW Was Refunded $100K For Dud Explosion At Revolution Appearing on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugoz this morning, AEW President Tony Khan talked in depth about the explosion, or lack thereof, from the Exploding Barbed Wire Death match between Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley at AEW Revolution. Khan revealed he had hired a team of professional pyrotechnics to rig the explosion, and after their work it’s not something he’ll be doing again. “I was trying to be too safe and I let the professionals handle the stuff and they are guys who don’t understand wrestling,” Khan said. “It was professional pyrotechnic guys. They totally s--t the bed, these guys. I ended up not paying them. It was like $100,000 they ended up refunding for all the expenses of the match. So I didn’t end up paying for the (exploding) barbed wire deathmatch, which I shouldn’t have. They screwed up royally. We put together something great. Kenny and Jon worked their asses off and all they had to do was set up the final explosion. This is because we used professional pyrotechnic people who are supposed to know.”