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THE AEW EDITION OF THE Q AND A

By Dave Scherer on 2025-01-08 10:00:00

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If Tony Khan wasn’t the son of a billionaire, he would not be promoting and booking pro wrestling, true or false?

Well, it’s possible that somehow he could have found a way to do it I guess but I don’t see any way that he would be running a national promotion if he were Tony Scherer instead of Tony Khan.

Toni Storm has amnesia or whatever it is and NO ONE in the company tells her about it?  I know about poetic license, but how can I look at AEW being anything other than ridiculous with this storyline?

It’s a very, very Vince McMahon, defying all logic (and borderline decency since it’s taking advantage of someone with a medical condition) for sure. I am not a fan of the angle at all, even though Toni Storm is doing the best that she can with it because she is uber talented.

When AEW started, it was supposed to be a place for young, fresh talent to get a chance.  On Saturday’s Collision, I turned the show to see Chris Jericho facing off with Edge (I refuse to call him Cope, which is just a stupid name).  I turned the show off.  Does Tony Khan even remember what his goal was when he started AEW?

Apparently not.  But then again, he always said he was going to deliver a reality based, sports-like product and he hasn’t done that either.

NJPW's doctors only clear Shibata for a match that, other than 1 head butt, was 5 minutes of grapples and chops while AEW clears him for full action.  Are NJPW being extra strict, or (taking into consideration other dubious decisions by AEW's doctors) is AEW being very lax in what is needed to get medically cleared?

I can’t say for sure since I don’t have access to the medical records but just from my general feeling about what Tony Khan allows his wrestlers to do (many of which I would not allow if I were in charge), I would guess is’t more AEW being less strict than New Japan.

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