Delusional Billionaire Tony Khan DEFENDS AIRING CM PUNK VS JACK PERRY FIGHT FOOTAGE STILL!

[@IamjustBruh]

Tony’s facial expressions at the scrum really reveals how socially inept he actually is.

[@Viper505repiV1]

Vince might be a terrible person but at least he knows what its like to struggle and to live like a somewhat normal person and gained the majority of his wealth off his own back. Vince at the same age as Tony could more than handle himself if a fight broke out. Tony has never had to struggle a day in his life and airing that footage just showed how much of a sheltered coward he is.

[@KarnageClown]

Vince is a terrible person lets not sugarcoat it lol

[@Viper505repiV1]

@KarnageClown not saying he isn't

[@KarnageClown]

@@Viper505repiV1 "vince might be" thats why i said just call him what he is a terrible person

[@jakewheeler6014]

@@KarnageClown He's done terrible things in the past and he's done goods things in his past. He's both good and bad like most people.

[@KarnageClown]

@@jakewheeler6014not Vince

[@dragonslayer2107]

I agree that was not the smartest move. I can understand him saying that he felt his life was threatened because his lawyers might have told him to say it to use as justification for firing Punk but once that footage aired, that went out the window.

[@soshiderek]

Could be all-time worst moment than Fingerpoke of Doom lol.

[@jakewheeler6014]

It took Vince decades before he started going out of touch and for his product to start to suffer. Tony didn't even get half a decade before he went out of touch and his product started to suffer.

[@goatbrook9065]

pretty much every billionaire isnt a normal down to earth person, they all have some sort of delusion or are strange people in some way. you cant be a billionaire and not be i feel.

[@misters4022]

which means what TK said was just him being him and being PC. but us fans gave him so much of a gracr period we overract to everything he does now.

[@chrisway3640]

Been waiting all weekend for your take. Preach. Tony needs to get humbled.

[@dstcoyote22rants]

Tony the snowman Has a Holly jolly soul With a rolled up bill and a real red nose, and pupils like black holes Tony the snowman Dreams a fairytale today His booking’s bad and the content’s sad but they’ll beat WWE one day… He thinks there is some magic with the snow goes up his nose… For when he takes a little sniff, he thinks he books like Rhodes… oh Tony the snowman He’s alive as he could be … He jumps and shouts and stomps around, hugging talent awkwardly

[@donovanmartin7946]

tony might never be held accountable like any of us...but nature itself is a hell of form of blind justice

[@NostalgiaKing90]

Imo, Tony Khan is the reason why WWE will always be a step above AEW.

[@bashamd96]

It's like modern Vince but sadder

[@NostalgiaKing90]

@@bashamd96 Exactly!

[@grammysworld5449]

​@bashamd96 nah at least Vince was smart enough to let his stooges fire people.. Tony gives the best job security.. You can even punch people there 😊

[@aldragonlegend6640]

I agree ☝️

[@soshiderek]

Some people shouldn't write even if they have the resources to.

[@HowardSimcox]

Tk will never listen 2 plebs who dont do coke

[@misters4022]

😂😂😂

[@soshiderek]

That footage was the last time they can squeeze anything out of their former star.

[@Viper_0713]

If you think it's bad now. The ratings going to get worse with AEW going to air Dynamite and collision on Max at the same time the show airs on TV. It comes to shows how much ratings matter.

[@misters4022]

welp.....ratings DONT matter as much if he got his show on Max. ratings mattered to only get WBD to say " hey, at least hes pulling in 500k"....aew isnt 200k or 300k horrible

[@ms.october_3096]

@@misters4022yet

[@MrTreyshawn22]

Pathetic fanboyism from the both of you

[@bennetjackson3343]

Tony Khan is the most pathetic businessman ever. He doesn't regret anything he did, and since dynamite stuck in 500k viewers, i think later in 2025 dynamite ratings will stuck at 300k unless WBD will tell him to do better or terminate aew tv deal.

[@MrTreyshawn22]

Annnnnd that’s a lie

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Tony continues to be the biggest problem with AEW. Also long as people like Meltzer, the DoucheBucks, Jericho, and Mercedes praise him, he'll never admit or accept the problems with the company. Releasing the ALL-IN footage has only seen AEW ratings and attendance drop more and more every week. It also proves that CM Punk really was the biggest draw they had. Of course, Tony also continues to stand on the hill the ALL got 81k people in attendance when it was proven to be 73k and does not "break the record." It's still an impressive number but it's not the best. He refused to acknowledge the existence of the Clash in Korea records, even if many people were forced to be there, it's still the record. Tony continues to become more like Vince every day, and AEW continues to go the way of WCW. Doing everything that brought about the downfall of that company.

[@MechaSaiyan]

An Indy mark company ran by Indy marks, for Indy marks. No quality control, just a bunch of flips, dives and leg slaps. People who think a "great match" is endless moves with no psychological build or practical logic and have no idea what wrestling is supposed to be. Yeah, send the garganos and the rest of the Indy garbage to Tony.

[@avggamer710]

One thing i have to mention that i have noticed in Geekdom's criticism of TK and btw i am aware of how bad AEW is now, its almost unwatchable but every criticism Geekdom has done is basically about how TK is a billionaire and has money instead of only criticizing his business decisions and creative decisions. I don't know, i felt it came off as salty more than anything, but that's just my opinion.

[@kevinstfort]

It’s not just yours I’ve stopped watching his wrestling videos especially concerning AEW because of this. I’m all for legit criticism, but he’s just complaining now.

[@NoName-cz3wn]

I can't believe I'm gonna defend TK, but I don't see ANYONE mentioning this, so I will: Maybe the reason it "secured the WBD" deal has nothing to do with ratings. Maybe WBD were furious that he fired Punk after Collision, and even more furious hearing that Punk wanted out BEFORE Collision was even announced. By showing the footage, he can say "look, I had to fire him", taking the heat off himself... Now, why he wouldn't show them privately? Prob just an ego thing tbh. Children love saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

Collision was set up in part because of Punk, hence Punk's two separate contracts for two positions: wrestler and producer.

[@phale-fi2fo]

He really screwed up, showing that footage, no doubt. It did significantly help viewership at all.

[@RIRapSlowed]

Like CM punk said “Tell when I’m telling lies” 8:43 this man just told the truth bro 😅 about AEW

[@jessycruz2465]

Tony is like that ex gf who says he's done with the guy but still talks about him constantly. How about shutting up about wwe and just focus on making your product better.

[@mr.joedirt8583]

AEW had so much potential in the beginning. People had their hopes up that there would be a legitimate competitor to WWE. Khan completely blew it. The ratings show the plunge in AEW fans.

[@JesusJuarezGutierrez]

i was already losing interest in AEW about a month before the drama at All Out happened after that it was the last straw from me. watching Tony Khan sit there and say nothing to CM Punk on the media scrum was just pathetic and not acting like a boss.

[@Justanntt97]

Triple H ain’t gonna hire you little bro

[@Syfcobra8549]

Grown man in his mid 40 complaining about a Goofy wrestling show What happend to you Geekdom, you used to be THE Dragón Ball channel and now you are getting stressed over a fake fighting show 😂😂😂😂

[@mattroxursoul]

This whole ordeal was Khans fault. He let this stuff go and build up. The whole Hangman thing should have been handled by Tony right away. When it came to Perry... It should have Tony at the entry to Gorilla telling him to pack his bag and get out. You don't let bottom card talent antagonize your stars to the point that they retaliate. Tony should have told Punk, "No, I got this stand over there and watch". But Khan is a coward. Too afraid of confrontation. Even when he has all the power.

[@JoshCarlos1998]

And you can’t say “ratings don’t matter” when TK himself boasted about that punk footage rating on Twitter. So clearly he cares about that metric & since then it’s been going down as well as the quality of the product. It’s funny too, around the beginning of March or so they were producing good tv then it took somewhat of nosedive in the summer but it did have some good stories going into All In like Toni storm/May & MJF/Ospreay plus Bryan’s moment winning the AEW title against Swerve. After that? A steep decline quality wise. Hopefully they can regroup next year but after this? I’m not hopeful tbh.

[@bdr113080]

I think you hit the nail on the head about what Tony knows about wrestling. I think that he knows dates in advance and things like that that happened in the past, but AEW is not run by someone who really understands wrestling psychology. And when he makes statements like this one, it does come off as he doesn’t understand the business site either.

[@JD_ULTRA_19]

Seth Rollins on the Monday night Raw of tonight 12-30-24 just made a mistake he acknowledge AEW as a competition. He just said punk went to the competition and to me AEW is not even competition to NXT so why was Seth made a mistake of calling AEW the competition? I’m sure everybody’s gonna be talking about that tomorrow even tonight

[@kevinstfort]

No one will be talking about it, because WWE doesn’t get anywhere the criticism that AEW gets.

[@JD_ULTRA_19]

@ that’s true

[@creatureofthenight20]

Honestly, if that 1 rating helped them, they would've gotten the deal earlier around that time

[@StardogChampion06]

Tony Khan would hire Vince McMahon as an on air character just to bump a rating.

[@kennycai8695]

I am not sure how true the source is, but I heard from the grapevine that even the Young Bucks themselves were initially reluctant to show the footage, but something must have happened backstage, so the angle went ahead. Honestly, I have no idea what caused this change in Khan. Compare how he conducts himself in 2019 to now, well ... either the meteoric success of AEW got to his head, Khan got influenced by the worst of the IWC (the core of the AEW hardliner fan base), or a combination of both. This looks like typical prideful people behavior, where they have to justify their deeds even when it backfired on them hard. Is it too late to reverse course? Of course not, but if the driver of the car refuses to listen, there's no point.

[@patshaf902]

The fact Tony has everyone sign a NDA tells you that he's incompetent and he's a horrible owner

[@kevinstfort]

What proof do you have that he makes anyone sign them?

[@TheZeroDozer]

Tony Khan being a spaz doesn't surprise me anymore.

[@Oakshang]

I gave up on AEW along time ago. I don't give a fuck about wrestlers doing moves. It's not why I watch wrestling.

[@Gagakki]

Tf? U watch it for the plot? Might as well watch a telenovela The thing as a child that caught my attention was fkn Rey Mysterio jumping from a cage onto a crowd a people and hooked me as a child not the Rock calling Hulk Hogan a jabroni

[@steb0ne_]

Tony khan just has to learn how to say no when it comes to the wrestlers booking the shows, example being the moxley storyline

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

y u no like NWO Temu storyline?

[@steb0ne_]

@ “nwo temu storyline” 🤣🤣🤣

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

@@steb0ne_ 😃

[@Aniwazoa]

I think that what will likely happen over the coming years if AEW fails to regain momentum and if ratings continue to decline is that many top stars will start leaving when their contracts come up. If Tony Khan fails to address this issue, TV deal or not, if key stars start to bleed out of the company that will affect AEW's ability to hold ratings further and it could slip in to a being a third tier wrestling company behind TNA.

[@mr.joedirt8583]

He didn't even have that choke locked in.

[@NiyiDaNinja]

That episode made me stop watching AEW tv

[@SandMan1998]

I already gave up on AEW when they screwed up Wardlow's push

[@robotmafia000]

They screwed Wardlow so bad 🤦🤦🤦

[@EyeOfTheWatcher]

Tony Khan just does not care, as his enablers don't let him live in reality.

[@ronniemation]

i havent watch all friends wrestling in 2 years. i dont care about dream matches. i want good storylines and booking that makes sense. the plumber has no ability to carry that company and his plumbers union storyline is trash

[@SANDERZ_PLAYZ]

Vince gave us most of the classic iconic wrestling matches for 30 freakin years...he was the top booker for a reason...if a wrestler mingled in some kind of backstage fight he would immediately show them who's the boss and would then create an awesome story from real feuds...but what does this joker do? He not only ruins his own company but the expectations of certain niche of audiences who are AEW bound!😂 Good job Tony 'manchild' Khan!🙏😂😂😂

[@deamon506]

All I want Tony to do is sign the checks and shut his mouth lol. I really don’t think it’s that hard to come up with good stories

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

Why would he even comment on it? If asked just give a generic “this is a professional company and I won’t speak on the past but focus on the future” type of response.

[@mr.j2443]

Thank you for asking your work geekdom

[@quincygray9659]

It feels like it that one girlfriend you never get over

[@girnation4]

Preaching to the choir I’ll say it again this company has so much potential but it’s in the wrong hands

[@gilroypro1010]

I understand you are a passionate wrestling fan, hate Tony Khan's direction with the AEW company and are worried about AEW's well-being. But just remember people like you think they can run AEW better, but at the same time your not in that position and have a mark booker thinking like everyone else on Twitter 😂. Just be happy that there is an alternative and that otherwise wrestlers that would still be in the indies, are making a killer living.

[@chrishopkins2448]

This was just like all these cosplay wrestling shows, terrible and unwatchable

[@reginaldshort8486]

Any good match Tony can put together has already been done 3 or 4 times with no story told. No one will pay to see FTR/Bucks round 5 or Swerve/Page part 6.

[@FrankencteynGamingPlaythrough]

Tony K. McMahon, y'all.

[@bdr113080]

2.2 that one thing where you showed footage of a WWE wrestler beating up one of your guys and then for the next five months after that the ratings got worse and worse, but he’s going to say that’s the reason that they got the deal? They paid no attention to the rating of anything else, but just that one show huh? This is where I think people don’t like Tony because I think everyone thinks he’s a nice guy, but we know now that he’s not going to be completely completely honest about things either.

[@RedShogun13]

All the AEW discourse out there can be summed up in one phrase. All roads lead back to one thing. Tony is the problem (emphasis on Tony himself and not his money which the company needs as life support at this point)

[@kevinstfort]

Tony is the company. Without him there is no AEW. Without AEW, WWE reverts to prior and wrestling as a whole suffers.

[@RedShogun13]

@ If you kept Tony’s money/funding and let someone else run the show would AEW cease to exist?

[@tkdanny7918]

Funny how shittt he runs this company while actually doing a great job at keeping his football team Fulham in the top 8

[@kevinstfort]

His company just got the biggest media rights deal outside of WWE. Hes doing fine with AEW.

[@jaredtolbert3133]

Worlds end was a good show until that atrocious main event. One of the worst ppv main events I've ever seen. I mean the caliber of wrestlers in that match it should have been amazing but we got that piece of shit.

[@misters4022]

lets be honest: when cm punk was on rampage....wat was their ratings a month in???? barely 500k? did TK showing the footage absolutely tank their ratings? NO. TK's delusion is BOTH a gift and a curse. but what does geekdom want him to do...????....TK should ADMIT his mistakes like a chump? its just not realistic to expect that from someone who, otherwise, is a multi millionaire

[@Ray_Petree]

I’m not here to defend Tony Khan, but do you know how much hubris you need to make a blanket statement like: “Tony Khan doesn’t understand the wrestling business.” If you think that you know more about the wrestling business than the guy who owns one of the most successful wrestling companies in HISTORY, then you’re out of your mind. That’s the kind of bad faith, bad take rhetoric that has ruined the wrestling community. It’s preposterous and makes you sound like a joke.

[@SerpentineDeity]

I thought all the drama was to end with Punk gone? He seems to be doing good whe these guys flounder.

[@Physictsdrumtoo]

And I actually gave up on AEW.

[@Lelouch79]

If tony goes away and they let the people book who know how to book they might have a chance

[@adamescobar7963]

Yea It's Bad When WWE'S Developmental System NXT Is Kicking There Butts On Most Weeks There Product, There Developing Of Wrestlers And The Way They Run There Shows Is Something Tony K. Should Be Watching And Studying But Of Course He Cant Do That Because His Ego Is To Big And Thinks He Knows Everything. He Needs To Step Back Hire Great Wrestling Minds And Let Them Run It And Just Focus On The Business Side Of Things

[@above.average.gaming.natio3026]

And Just Focus On The Business Side Of Things? Tony? With how well he is running the Jags now?

[@Sicko88]

Dude it's 2025 move on

[@kickdreaming]

NAMASTE 🙏🏽 FROM BROOKLYN.

[@lindizwimoshoeshoe4315]

🤦🏾‍♂️

[@iDRiLLzz]

Livv or Reah ?

[@UncleJoey619]

To me, it inevitably worked out in the end. Jack got super over. He was great as a heel. But I also think it was bad to show the footage. It was a lose win in my opinion.

[@bashamd96]

But he's not over he got his ass kicked and trying to pretend he's a badass for it

[@renatoarauz7784]

​@bashamd96 wouldn't say getting sucker punched with terrible form BTW equates to getting your ass kicked.

[@bashamd96]

@renatoarauz7784 But looking like a chump in front of everyone when airing the footage loops it to the worst outcome. If this was a leak or something like that it'd just be stupid

[@renatoarauz7784]

@bashamd96 to me personally they both came off like dorks its no wonder punk failed in the ufc he cant produce a strike to save his life and jack looked like a B for not atleast trying to fight back

[@bashamd96]

@renatoarauz7784 Punk still looked bad with the only valid defense being he was trying to get TK to fire him

[@NEXUSATL]

Who cares Aew trash

[@jayignacio9837]

Aew is not the alternative anymore tna replaced that a long time ago

[@jasonlewis9240]

Dixie Carter > TK. Dixie company went against RAW and had 2 million people watching

[@kevinstfort]

Wresting was bigger back then (look up WWE’s ratings). You bringing up TNA from a decade ago shows that you’re don’t have a leg to stand on.