Summary

Darby Allin said Tony Khan once watched him attempt one of his wildest stunts over FaceTime, as Allin jumped a Jeep 96 feet over his house while Khan was tied up in a Super Bowl meeting.

The AEW star discussed his approach to dangerous stunts during a recent interview, saying he prefers chaos over anything that feels overly planned or controlled. He framed that mindset around the influence of Evel Knievel and said that kind of risk has shaped the way he has lived for years.

Darby Allin on how he approaches stunts

Allin described his process as instinctive rather than carefully mapped out, saying that too much control takes away from what makes those moments feel real.

Quote from Darby Allin

"It’s more of a spur-of-the-moment, man. I’ve been living my life on the edge forever. I feel like if it’s too controlled and it’s too calculated, it doesn’t feel right. So, I like to just be as haywire as possible with a lot of these things. Growing up, watching a lot of Evel Knievel videos, and just how there wasn’t a lot of safety nets with that guy. So, it was incredible. That’s how I kind of want to live. Do or die by the sword."

Allin later went on to say:

"Well, you see my roof right here. I took a Jeep and jumped over the house. You can insert that video. I took a Jeep and jumped 96 ft over my house. Tony [Khan] was on FaceTime watching me do that because he had to be at the Super Bowl meeting. But I remember him watching me and being like, ‘Hey, can we just have a stunt double in that car before you do this?’ I was like, ‘Absolutely not. I could never live with myself.’ So, I jumped the Jeep, flew into all these mobile home trailers. First thing I did, I jumped out of the Jeep, and then I ran to the phone where Tony was on. I said, ‘Yo, I can make it Wednesday, so don’t worry.’"

What this says about Darby Allin in AEW

Darby Allin’s latest story reinforces the same all-or-nothing image that has defined him in AEW, and it helps explain why his risk-taking still stands out even in a promotion built around spectacle. Khan asking about a stunt double also underlines the balance AEW has to manage with Allin, because his willingness to push past normal limits is part of his appeal but also part of the danger.

It also lands at a time when Khan remains central to several major AEW talking points, including his recent comments about STARDOM being part of AEW Forbidden Door 2026.

Sources

As reported by Fightful.