# Khan Explains Why The Last Outfit Became The Cut Label: CONFIRMED Promotion: AEW By WrestlingNews.com Staff Published Nov. 13, 2026, 9:08 AM ET URL: https://wrestlingnews.com/story/khan-explains-last-outfit-name-change-to-the-cut/ > Tony Khan said on the AEW Full Gear media call on Thursday, Nov. 12, that Jay White's faction became The Cut because he saw a missing piece in The Last Outfit, and White agreed. Full Gear is Saturday, Nov. 14. ## The quick version - Asked on the Nov. 12 Full Gear media call why The Last Outfit became The Cut, Tony Khan said he was "trying something new" with a stable he believes could threaten anyone, per Fightful, eWrestlingNews, F4W Online and POST Wrestling. - Khan said fans liked the angle but it was missing a piece. He said he saw that piece in The Cut, and that Jay White "completely agreed" and embraced it. - White introduced The Last Outfit on Collision on Saturday, Oct. 24, and AEW released a video of him calling the group The Cut after the show, per Fightful and Ringside News. - The Cut face the Death Riders and The Conglomeration in Anarchy in the Arena at Full Gear on Saturday, Nov. 14, in Phoenix. AEW President Tony Khan explained on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, why Jay White's new faction went from The Last Outfit to The Cut in a matter of hours. He answered on the media call ahead of AEW Full Gear, which is Saturday, Nov. 14. We did not hear the call. This story is built from the written transcriptions and notes of Fightful, eWrestlingNews, F4W Online, POST Wrestling and Cageside Seats. The outlets word some of Khan's answer differently, so the quotes below are limited to phrases that the transcriptions agree on. ## What Khan said Khan said the group was "something new" he was trying, after big changes around the Death Riders, and that he wanted to build a stable that could threaten anyone in AEW, including The Conglomeration and the Death Riders. He said he met with the members, that they were excited, and that they described themselves as a new group built on tradition and as "the last of their kind." That is where the phrase "last outfit" came from, per Fightful and F4W Online. F4W says it is an allusion to the members' Bullet Club Gold days. Khan did not use those words in the quotes printed by Fightful or eWrestlingNews. He then said the fans liked the angle, but there was a "missing piece." He said he saw that piece in The Cut. In Khan's words, White "completely agreed" with him and embraced it, and White's new promo came out the same day, per Fightful and POST Wrestling. Khan did not say what the missing piece was beyond the name, and he did not describe a creative plan for the group after Full Gear. ## How the change played out The group formed in October, when White's Bang Bang Gang (Juice Robinson, Ace Austin, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) joined David Finlay and Clark Connors of The Dogs, per Fightful. Ringside News reports that White teased a Bullet Club return on the Oct. 24 Collision and then named the group The Last Outfit. After the show AEW released a backstage video in which White used the name The Cut, per Fightful and Ringside News. Ringside News says fans criticized the first name online. It reads Khan's answer as saying the reaction was not the reason for the change. None of the transcriptions we read has Khan addressing criticism of the name, so we report the reason as the one he gave. ## What is next The Cut meet the Death Riders and The Conglomeration in a 7-on-7 Anarchy in the Arena match at Full Gear. Our [Anarchy in the Arena lineup story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-names-anarchy-in-the-arena-teams-full-gear-has-7-matches/) has the full teams, and our [Nov. 11 results story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-dynamite-collision-results-nov-11-mcmg-win-series-dragunov-set-for-ciampa/) covers the last Dynamite and Collision before the show. Ringside News and our earlier story list seven members of The Cut. Fightful's Nov. 12 list names six and leaves out Robinson. **How we know.** Source: Tony Khan's remarks on the Nov. 12 Full Gear media call, as transcribed by Fightful (Andrew Thompson) and eWrestlingNews (Ryan Clark), with notes from F4W Online (Josh Nason), POST Wrestling (Jason Ounpraseuth) and Cageside Seats (Cain A. Knight), and background from Ringside News. We read each in full. We did not hear the call or contact AEW. Nothing in this story is a rumor. Why AEW made the change is Khan's account, not something we have checked. ## Sources - Fightful (Andrew Thompson), "Tony Khan Explains The Last Outfit's Name Change To The Cut", Nov. 12, 2026, 3:38 pm, no time zone shown (Khan's transcribed answer, the October formation, the video after the show). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/tony-khan-explains-the-last-outfits-name-change-to-the-cut/ - eWrestlingNews (Ryan Clark), "Tony Khan Addresses The Future Of AEW, Reveals Reason For Name Change, & More", Nov. 13, 2026 (the same answer in a second transcription). https://ewrestlingnews.com/news/aew/tony-khan-addresses-the-future-of-aew-reveals-reason-for-name-change-more - F4W Online (Josh Nason), "AEW Full Gear media call notes: Updates on Marcus Mathers, The Cut, Christian Cage", Nov. 12, 2026, 13:49, no time zone shown (the summary of the answer and the Bullet Club Gold allusion). https://f4wonline.com/news/aew/tony-khan-aew-full-gear-media-call-marcus-mathers-christian-cage-the-cut - POST Wrestling (Jason Ounpraseuth), "Tony Khan's Full Gear 2026 Media Call Notes: Relationship with Skydance and David Ellison, recruiting Marcus Mathers, The Cut's name creation", Nov. 12, 2026 (the missing piece and the same-day promo). https://postwrestling.com/2026/11/12/tony-khans-full-gear-2026-media-call-notes-relationship-with-skydance-and-david-ellison-recruiting-marcus-mathers-the-cuts-name-creation - Cageside Seats (Cain A. Knight), "Tony Khan rambles on forever about why he changed the name of The Last Outfit to The Cut", Nov. 12, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (a longer transcription, used to check which phrases the outlets agree on). https://cagesideseats.com/aew/486405/tony-khan-explains-name-change-jay-white-faction-last-outfit-the-cut-bullet-club-bad-answer - Ringside News (Felix Upton), "Real Reason AEW Changed Jay White's Faction Name So Quickly", Nov. 12, 2026 (the account of Khan's answer and fan reaction). https://ringsidenews.com/real-reason-aew-changed-jay-whites-faction-name-quickly - Ringside News (H Jenkins), "Jay White Reveals New AEW Faction Name After Teasing Bullet Club Return On Collision", Oct. 24, 2026 (the Oct. 24 Collision naming and the seven members). https://www.ringsidenews.com/jay-white-reveals-new-aew-faction-name-teasing-bullet-club-return-collision/ - Ringside News (H Jenkins), "AEW Changes Jay White's Faction Name Following Fan Backlash", Oct. 25, 2026 (the new video after the show). https://www.ringsidenews.com/aew-changes-jay-whites-faction-name-following-fan-backlash/ - WrestlingNews.com, "AEW Names Anarchy in the Arena Teams; Full Gear Has 7 Matches", Nov. 9, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-names-anarchy-in-the-arena-teams-full-gear-has-7-matches/ - WrestlingNews.com, "AEW Nov. 11 Results: MCMG Win Series, Dragunov Faces Ciampa", Nov. 12, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-dynamite-collision-results-nov-11-mcmg-win-series-dragunov-set-for-ciampa/ - WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: compared five transcriptions of Khan's answer and quoted only the phrases they share, and checked our own site for an earlier story on the name change (none). We did not hear the call or contact AEW. How we credit sources: [Editorial standards](https://wrestlingnews.com/editorial-standards/).