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TONY KHAN GOES TOO FAR WITH THE WEINSTEIN COMMENT, WHY TONY RUSHED THE BEATDOWN, NFL-WRESTLING AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2024-04-28 10:00:00

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What was the point of this Tony Khan beatdown angle and why rush it? They could build to this in-ring meeting with Perry and Khan and made it so it would get a rating.

Tony is a terrible booker and always rushing things but in this case he knew he was being tailed by cameras leading into the NFL draft and he wanted to have his neck brace on so he could do interviews with NFL media and totally no-sell the injury by moving his head freely.  He is unreal, he really is.  With that said, he could have planned this out a month ago and had it play out, but he would have to be a competent booker to do that.

Also does anyone who is not a regular viewer or doesn't know about The Punk-Perry incident even know that Perry is suspended?

Of course not.  Like most stories in AEW, Tony doesn’t explain much, he just expects everyone to live on the internet and know everything that has gone on.  It’s partially why his fan base keeps eroding.

Tony Khan just can't help himself, can he?  He just referred to WWE as the Harvey Weinstein of professional wrestling during the NFL draft...... Is he trying to deflect all the criticism he's getting online after Dynamite?  Because he's certainly seen it.

I don't know what his end game is because what he said is so ridiculous.  I half wonder if he knows something about his TV deal that isn’t good and he is just acting out.  I hope that isn't the case because a lot of good people work there and a lot of fans love his product.  But man, he is literally impossible for me to root for.  He just continually acts like a tool.  He should go into hiding.

No questions at the moment but I LOVE the One Man Show format. Keep it going.

Thanks!  I appreciate it and I will.  It's fun for me to do.  I am glad you like it.

It seems like you guys, along with many fan and football players, are fans of pro wrestling. Have either of you tried to cover both ie going to the draft, or Super Bowl media week?

I have not.  I love the game, believe me, but I have my plate pretty full doing what I do here.  Plus, a lot of wrestling fans don’t have any interest in football so I wouldn’t want to mix the two here.

Hope you folks are well, Q&A is my favorite part of the site.  Lots to unpack from the 4/24/2024 episode of Dynamite, and I'm sure you guys have been bombarded with questions.  Aside from the numerous poor decisions that made it to TV last night, one small interaction made me shake my head: During the battle royal, Will Ospreay had an exchange with Komander (who, by their rankings has 29 losses and 6 wins overall, being 1/8 this year ).  Ospreay wound up on the end of a pin attempt and had to be saved by another competitor.  Will is quite clearly being positioned as one of the, if not THE top stars in the company going forward.  In no sane world should he need saving in a meaningless battle royal with mid-card talent or even sweating over someone like Komander.  He should have been kicking everyone's asses and had a showcase outing.  But yet again, more 50/50 garbage.  Head scratching....Thoughts? 

I will repeat myself.  Tony Khan is a terrible booker.  What you described is garbage booking, just like it was when Tony booked Ospreay to go about 20 minutes with Kyle Fletcher, who never wins.  Of course, Tony had Swerve Strickland work way too hard to beat Fletcher too on Dynamite this week.  Tony is the pits when it comes to being a booker.  On another note, if you like the Q and As give the One Man Show a listen.  It’s an audio version of this column.

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