FTR calls out Tony Khan to book them in AEW at NJPW show 2022

FTR calls out Tony Khan to book them in AEW at New Japan Pro Wrestling show 10/1/2022
#ftr #tonykhan #aew #njpw #wwe

[@InvisibleHotdog]

Their mistake was being 100x better than the EVPs with sensitive egos

[@primocolon4936]

These guys were on such alot of momentum (especially Dax) coming out of Forbidden Door going into their 2nd Match with the Briscoes and since then AEW is dropping the ball on them.

[@Absinthexx7]

Fr feel bad for those guys. They’re such a good team, obviously very passionate about the business and both major companies treat them like shit despite fan support

[@nolankuffner3573]

@@Absinthexx7 both companies treat them like shit..? AEW built their last ROH show around them, they get to travel to NJPW and AAA shows that (For The Record.. pun intended) AEW let them wrestle, which Vince wouldn't. Which, if you know their history, was a big reason they wanted to leave WWE to begin with. Now that they're travelling and the most decorated athletes on the planet, they want to.. what, stop travelling and get booked more on Dynamite? Featured on the PPVs that they are still wrestling on? I get that Dax and Cash want more AEW bookings, but their entire run this year was towards the Bucks and you can't exactly promote that if the reasons the Elite aren't on TV are reasons the executives aren't talking about 🤷 Does it suck that that's affecting their time on AEW TV? Sure. But these guys forgot pretty easily that the show they're calling out Tony Khan on is one they wouldn't have wrestled if they were signed to WWE.

[@Absinthexx7]

@@nolankuffner3573 wrestling in other promotions is something aew allows all their wrestlers to do. Just because they got the benefits written in their contract doesn’t mean they aren’t being treated like shit. They had 2 matches with the elite who wanted a new trios title with Kenny and it wasn’t out yet. These guys are great, they should be top stars in the company instead of barely having tv time and being used to job in singles matches. I think it’s sad

[@popshot8898]

@@Absinthexx7 WWE booked ftr like shit. Aew barely books them on tv. There's a difference in being filmed to shave your partner's back in national tv, and being booked to win a championships that isn't under the company's banner

[@fkakssc7677]

They’ve done so much in AEW the last couple years I think taking a lil break and fighting in UK, Mexico and hopefully Japan won’t hurt their momentum at all and I don’t think it has imo. When they return and they have a good direction for FTR story wise than they’ll be just as over if not more but we’ll seeee

[@tegarsatriyo2443]

FTR not on TV regularly is a mistake

[@Booth55555]

They are on Tv regularly. They just aren't booked in matches every week because AEW cycles talent so your not watching the same matches every week like in WWE.

[@The__Gent]

@@Booth55555 nah they are being punished by the EVPs the Young Cucks for defending CM Punk and being close friends with him. They might never recover from this.

[@mahakalavanilla6263]

You don’t get people over by keeping them off TV for months at a time bc the incompetent CEO has no idea what to do beyond having more debuts from other companies. Miro and FTR should be on every week doing something interesting or wrestling

[@KXNGGREE]

I agree ^ TK need to do better I understand everyone needs their 15 mins of fame but people that deserve more TV time like FTR, RICKY STARKS, WARDLOW, MIRO, and etc

[@javo10ful]

@@Booth55555 that doesn’t work. Let’s face facts, there is a bloated roster that needs to be cut in half. The guys that are the most over or have the most potential need to be showcased every week consistently. Did the rock or Shawn Michaels get over by showing up and wrestling every 2 to 3 weeks? Or did they get over by showing up every week? This is why a lot of guys in aew aren’t over. Why isn’t miro or Darby Allan showcased every week and working matches and angles. Yet there is random ROH matches that no one cares about. I dont care about Daniel Garcia vs wheeler yuta.

[@jordanspooner681]

Lmao Private party and the Butcher & blade getting title shots while FTR can’t even get booked

[@ShadyDBZ4]

They’ve been #1 ranked tag team in the AEW rankings for over 6 months and no title shot. The rankings gimmick is an afterthought now. Random teams get title shots. Feel for FTR. All that momentum and TK forgot about them. Especially now that Acclaimed is the most over team in AEW. Don’t see them facing FTR till a heel team wins the belts first. I don’t get it. 🥴

[@willybubba]

That is exactly why rankings in pro wrestling does not work.

[@Booth55555]

It's not like AEW isn't pushing FTR, after all AEW booked FTR to be the ROH champs, AAA Champs, and the NJPW Champs. They've also won the AEW titles already. The problem arm chair bookers have is they don't seem to understand that even though FTR are the current ROH, NJPW and AAA tag champs, you don't want them to also be AEW tag team champs and then drop those other titles, that would make the AEW titles look weak. It makes more sense to have them drop the other titles first, then build them back up to win the AEW World titles.

[@ShadyDBZ4]

@@Booth55555 No one is saying any of that. If they’re ranked #1 for well over 6 months straight it’s not logical based off their “ranking” system they haven’t fought for them. Whether they win, lose, or draw; they should have fought for them by now. That’s it.

[@kleckamania4477]

@@Booth55555 even an arm chair booker can clearly see that AEW doesn't know their ass from a hole in the ground, and can't book logically to save their lives. They've kept FTR from the AEW titles because they mistakenly put the Bucks in as EVPs, and politics are interfering with sensible booking. FTR is being wasted, time to go back to WWE and get booked by people who know what they're doing instead of these fanboy marks AEW hired to book for them.

[@DarrenPaul]

They have three titles. TK being instrumental in being booked as those champions

[@CollinR27]

I was hoping to see FTR vs Swerve in our Glory. Would love to see the pop if they hit the big rig on Keith Lee

[@tordb]

Having the best tag team in your repertoire and not booking them correctly in AEW is so shameful.

[@Sindr0mYEAH]

Not booking them at all actually

[@smackdowngod]

Welcome to AEW

[@Booth55555]

Right, what tag team wants to hold the World tag team titles for 3 promotions at the same freaking time? Really, just crazy. How dare AEW. Nope that honor should have went to the Best Friends or the YOUNG BUCKS, I mean the narrative is that the Young Bucks influence the division right? Trust me, if the YB's influenced the division they'd have all the belts themselves.

[@Sindr0mYEAH]

@@Booth55555 Didn't they make new belts just so they can have them?

[@mecharidley]

Best tag team? I don’t know about that.

[@TheSUPERWIND2023]

FTR deserves so much more than whatever TK is giving them.

[@MRRR30]

Damn I forgot about them. I thought they were injured or something.

[@larontezmoore3313]

They legit have belts from three different companies and none of those belts are AEW belts. Yet they are not defending those belts on PPV, Dynamite, or even Rampage. What's even sadder is that Jade Cargill and Hook who are just novelty champions get more TV time.

[@RomnysGonzalez]

It's surprising how they haven't be defending those titles literally nowhere... Not even on the promotions where those title belong. It's so weird to me neither AAA or NJPW are booking them to defend them

[@TheTalk23]

Or what about danhusen. That guy is a joke and gets tv time. Oh yeah and had a match on rampage.

[@DonCrowseppe]

Tony Khan is the worst owner/booker ever no wonder everybody wants to leave now

[@tbspromotions]

I really want to know why he isn’t booking them more tbh. I thought they were injured and just chilling for a bit. But hopefully we see more of them.

[@connerhuston2613]

Yeah, I thought one or both were were injured as well.

[@nolankuffner3573]

After Thunder Rosa, Tony gives performers travelling a week before and a week after to clear medical. They want to travel, so Tony books them less. And to be blunt, all their AEW roads lead towards the Bucks, and that's clearly not happening for a while. They haven't missed a PPV and AEW booked them as the main event for a huge ROH PPV. So while I do get their frustration with not being on Dynamite, their complaints are being levelled against a guy who lets them travel the world.. ignoring the fact they left WWE because Vince handcuffed them in that aspect.

[@klawstecno2083]

This is influence of The Bucks, because they don't like the fact that FTR became the face of Tag Team Wrestling and they are super over with the Wrestling Community (except with The Elite fans). As EVPs, Nick and Matt Jackson are responsible for the Tag Team administration in AEW, so the booking of FTR became bad again because they don't approve their work and they even refused to give FTR vs Bucks III, dropping the titles to Swerve and Keith, so they didn't need to gave the titles for FTR.

[@KC-vx5wo]

@@klawstecno2083 FTR really should have had that moment to win the AEW tag titles and literally have all the belts to cap off a great year. What a shame.

[@williammaxwell8427]

Nonsense. The bucks don't want them there as there better and more over. Its a fuckin joke

[@MrSawyers]

Booker of the year Come on home to Papa h bald ftr and mullet ftr You'll be treated with RESPECT

[@bradsmith9118]

You missed part of the reason they left. They aren't the biggest HHH fans, and absolutely despise Shawn Michaels for being a 2 face dbag to them.

[@iwatchfootball2152]

They needs 4hrs for for aew,1hr for roh .the roster is fuckin huge they can't use more then 50% for their wrestlers

[@itachisensei999]

tony khan they still work for you book them brother

[@theinfamousmrsleep]

Wrestle Kingdom is on Jan. 4th, which falls on the same day as Dynamite. Tiny Khan better come up with something because this is a logistics nightmare.

[@JavierGarcia-hd7xm]

That’s cool but honestly the acclaimed is a bigger draw. At the end of the day, everyone has to eat; their time will come.

[@matthewcurry5205]

If khan really loved wrestling he’d at the bare minimum would have FTR on TV. Fuck there the ROH tag champs which he owns. The acclaimed are a good tag team and it’s great AEW has home grown stars, however you can’t deny FTR are the best tag team of their generation. Having them under contract and not using them should be a criminal offense.

[@fourlomm]

Who was FTR fighting?

[@KC-vx5wo]

Aussie Open

[@jermainemorrison2774]

Who were they wrestling

[@mapache69.]

You can’t book everyone every week. I’ve been saying it for a while now. AEW would benefit from having a Brand split. They should rebrand Dark Elevation into ROH. AEW Dynamite: Main Show Rampage: Secondary ROH Dark Elevation rebranded into “ROH” and made into a Main Show for ROH Other AEW Dark: Developmental Brand for both ROH and AEW. They can easily put guys like Andrande, Black, Murphy, Miro, etc.. on ROH as main attractions.

[@wake6937]

They need a TV deal it isn’t that easy

[@MannyIsBallin]

Buying ROH was a huge mess and has completely ruined the AEW product

[@mobbarley7517]

3 out of the 4 you mentioned want out sounds like a great way to build a brand.....

[@spinofthewheel5345]

@@MannyIsBallin agreed Khan has taken on to much to quickly

[@wake6937]

@@spinofthewheel5345 he needs a TV deal unless he wants to barley make a profit on KZbin maybe not even make a profit due to how expensive these ring of honor wrestlers are

[@kimstuart7989]

Imagine being blackballed in your own company that you draw ratings for because you're better than your EVP 😂😂

[@al5306]

They were removed from the video game too

[@kimstuart7989]

@@al5306 oh yeah i wonder what that 'talk' ftr had with TK about why they weren't on the game was that went so well. Everybody thought they were supposed to be a dlc but idk

[@al5306]

@@kimstuart7989 they’re an afterthought and only get pushes when Tony feels like they’re unhappy. He throws them a bone and then forgets about them again.

[@MediCali951]

They’ve been given everything by Tony more than they’ve ever got in WWE and they still complain. Imagine how the other tag teams feel when these guys complain they don’t have every single belt

[@JoseRodriguez-hj2yw]

Good ol' papa h will bring them back to WWE and make them one of the top tag teams

[@brucemorrison3301]

I don't have as much of an issue with FTR not having the all of the belts or just the AEW belts again. The main issue is how god awful the booking has been for them. For the most part they get 30 -60 seconds to talk in the back, the build up to their matches have been either random or have been poorly booked, and they're not doing any tag team matches on Dynamite when they're the best tag team on the roster. If they were booked half as good as MJF they'd be one of the best things on the show

[@TheTalk23]

The best wrestlers in all elite wrestling. Don't get booked. But a guy who curses people and another guy with his hands in his pockets gotta get tv time every week. Maybe aew isn't. really wrestling after all.

[@claycowartisamazing]

Like for real.... the best damn tag team in the world and they don't get booked in their own promotion because of being real.

[@KC-vx5wo]

Should have won the tag belts from bucks at All Out then dropped to Acclaimed a few months down the line since Acclaimed need more in-ring experience. TK doesn't know how to book. Now their AEW advocate is gone and there's no hope for FTR. They'll go back to WWE or retire soon.

[@chriscollins3225]

They aren’t at all you sound dumb They named themselves Fuxk The Revival Why would they leave they were treated like jobbers who were gay for eachother in a shower in wwe While in AEW they hold 3 different tag titles Make it make sense

[@MannyIsBallin]

The Revival coming back home

[@aboynamedchris8412]

I believe Tony had a plan for FTR but something happened and he just didn’t change plans after whatever happened.

[@misterbaker9728]

That’s dumb. It’s obviously on The Bucks

[@aboynamedchris8412]

@@misterbaker9728 that’s honestly what it probably was. Like I love Tony and AEW but when things change he doesn’t really change things around. I think it was going to be Wardlow and FTR vs The Elite for the trios titles.

[@SpellOfSin]

It's easy: Tony Khan needs to sell his company off to WWE Execs and get the hell outta the scene.

[@danielfreer8487]

who is that team in the ring with them that they are acknowledging?

[@KC-vx5wo]

Aussie Open

[@Tribleman247]

They're going back to WWE, it's obvious, Trip's loves them, they would put a shot of energy into a tag deivision that should be split between both shows, not individual tag champs

[@chriscollins3225]

They aren’t at all you sound dumb They named themselves Fuxk The Revival Why would they leave they were treated like jobbers who were gay for eachother in a shower in wwe While in AEW they hold 3 different tag titles Make it make sense

[@Kr4ShSkeL]

They got tag belts from 3 major promotions in the world and you say they're going back to wwe please use your brain 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Tribleman247]

@@Kr4ShSkeL yeah, cos its the biggest game in town where they can make the most money possible and won't get idiotic gimmicks anymore, so I am, plus WWE is actually gunna last, unlike AEW that has 2 more years at best

[@Tribleman247]

@@Kr4ShSkeL plus, please, they have titles from 2 major companies and a subsidiary

[@chriscollins3225]

@@Tribleman247 ROH isn’t a subsidiary at all it’s own promotion kid AEW isn’t going off television in 2 yrs either y’all been saying that for the last 3 years and it’s STILL thriving wwe ain’t nowhere near the biggest show in town anymore nor is it the best wwe treatment of FTR like they were some homosexual jobbers last time they were there isn’t going to make them want to come back

[@donaldchin7205]

They r a great tag team but they rap??? Or break dance?

[@jdalexi590]

They are a better blood with tony khan than Levesque or michael hickenbottom

[@ANDREW.24]

Times I wonder if that's a planning or they did that whole by themselves calling out Tony Khan like that makes you wonder

[@christianquiles8711]

Ftr wrestlekindom

[@mahakalavanilla6263]

As if FTR is getting any time to shine in that company while the Bucks are out recovering from an ass-kicking

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

They have 2 titles man i get wanting to be booked but don't pile the pressure because the roster is full af

[@WildBuck]

I never got their appeal and don't miss them

[@Hard562010]

Khan man buried swole janela rush and gresham ☹

[@thegreatestshowonearth7623]

He's probably not booking them because of what they said about Jim Cornette in that media scrum with Tony Khan awhile back because I believe Tony Khan wanted FTR to bash Cornette one AEW biggest critics because they said people like Jim Cornette and Booker T and the rest of the vets have the right to critic and say whatever they want about the Wrestling business because they earned that right don't think Tony Khan liked that very much this could be punishment

[@klawstecno2083]

Actually is because of The Young Bucks, Tony Khan likes Jim Cornette even with his thoughts about the show.

[@thegreatestshowonearth7623]

@@klawstecno2083 you believe that The Bucks and Tony Khan like Jim Cornette you can respect someone but you don't have to like them they respect what he has done for the Wrestling business but on a personal level they don't like him

[@klawstecno2083]

@@thegreatestshowonearth7623 Tony like Jim Cornette as a person and expert in the business. The Bucks hate Jim because they don't have the same vision, specially because Jim acknowledge guys who doesn't do millions of flips and really try to be Pro Wrestlers. By the way, this is one of the reasons that all of The Elite Camp hate Punk and FTR, because they gave advices like "less is more!" and for guys like The Bucks,Omega and Adam Page, more is more! So they think that all of the flips and High Risk Spots are really what make people stars on wrestling. Even Dave Meltzer trashed FTR and Punk recently by saying that advice they gave is because they don't want young talents going over (a complete bullshit story of course, because Dave have a idiotic mindset about wrestling. He thinks the "Dick Spot" from Joey Ryan and the "Invisible Grenade Spot" used by Chuck Taylor are good).

[@TheMrAlgoh]

Meanwhile Hangnail Adam Page gets rewarded a title shot against Moxley when this empty headed idiot goes for business for himself and outright accused Punk of getting rid of Colt Jobberna. Whose Hangnail gonna stand up for next, Greg the janitor?

[@mahakalavanilla6263]

Tony likes Jim. And seems to book aiming for his tastes some of the time. And I think Jim likes Tony even if he shits over most of his booking. It’s the Bucks/Omega/Page camp that associate Punk and FTR with Cornette wrestling and go out of their way to get in their way

[@SLICK8116]

You guys wanted aew😢now enjoy rotting there😂

[@mrkaoz8619]

They had a problem with McMahon booking them now have a problem with Con booking them maybe it isn't the booker's fault

[@brianparker5592]

It actually is lol. They had all the momentum in the world after Forbidden Door and Tony Khan cooled them off cause it pissed off the Elite. Dude is an idiot.

[@AP099]

Are they aew champs? Also Khan really getting a lot backlash lately 😂 #Honeymoon

[@The__Gent]

@keemo da therapist Let's be honest, he's literally missing nothing important

[@a.42]

Come back to wwe

[@NathanDewey11]

Ex WWE guys are so whiny

[@The__Gent]

They are off TV while Adam "Cryman" Paige is on TV getting World Title matches and being featured like crazy and this is all after he started the whole heated controversy from the very start on live TV, making it public. Yet no one wants to hate a cowboy but love to hate a punk.

[@CastoBoyMania]

Are you telling me Tony Kahn isn't booking these guys but Hangman Page and his friends are still there? hahaha AEW is a clown show. Glad I stopped watching.

[@mahakalavanilla6263]

Worse yet, Page is getting a push

[@ev14304]

Tony khan is stil wrkng with bookmmm brther -- what did he nervously mumble ??

[@Tom93wbaBreslin]

Tony Khan we still work for you, book us brother. Defo didn’t mumble it nervously.

[@juanheredia9297]

So "the experts" believe holding 3 different championships is bad 🤔 oh yeah and they can still do what they love I guess that's also bad

[@mahakalavanilla6263]

Yeah, why would the best tag team in wrestling even want to be on TV when they can headline indie shows no one saw

[@juanheredia9297]

@@mahakalavanilla6263 I'm guessing you don't count the live crowd as those who see Indie shows not to mention KZbin 👍

[@InvisibleHotdog]

@@juanheredia9297 compared to AEW live crowds and ratings, pretty much. All because some EVPs are intimidated

[@Sindr0mYEAH]

@@juanheredia9297 500 people somewhere in a barn vs almost 1 million is a big difference

[@juanheredia9297]

@@Sindr0mYEAH I forgot you cultists don't like when signed pro wrestlers wrestle for other companies and approve they stick around in catering

[@zacharybarcelona4717]

If having THREE WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES along with looking strong in a trios effort with the TNT champion Wardlow is considered weak booking than I'd take that kinda weak booking every day of the weak over losing the aew trios titles and the world title not even a week after they were won

[@pilot7350]

FTR are boring old skool wrestlers sure good when ya dont need them but theres alota better and more interesting wrestlers

[@KennyOmegasCavity]

So ungrateful and unprofessional (Just like Punk) TK made them the champions of B-Class titles yet they're whining. If they have problem with THE Booker of the year, they should talk to him in private. Why embarrass him in public? You know how sensitive he gets.