Jim Cornette on Tony Khan's Twitter Spat With Ariel Helwani

[@dolandarkxgrandayy6953]

I popped huge for Michael Cole calling Ariel Helwani "The only unbiased man in journalism, who asks the hard questions whether you want to answer them or not."

[@reademandweep4402]

in a way michael cole is having a career renaissance into his older age, this was a great moment for sure

[@thelastmotel]

@@reademandweep4402 He's in the "I'll retire soon, and I got my dough outta all this, so who f***in' cares anymore?" phase of his career.

[@Write-Stuff]

@@reademandweep4402 Vince not being in his ear anymore is a huge help, I'd surmise.

[@coryfusting9294]

Cole was a journalist before he was a commentator. The mutual respect makes sense.

[@qkomodo9098]

That moment left me WHEEZING, you have no idea

[@genxtasy9914]

Tony is such a sheltered man child. He embarrasses himself time and time.

[@deathmauler181]

Facts and he's a man child playing with daddy's money

[@L3ghair]

Him calling Helwani biased while having Meltzer and Alvarez at every media scrum is just hilarious.

[@keepyourhandsup6856]

100% this!

[@kennethallen3843]

Meltzer is the best heel in the business. Without Meltzer we wouldn't have such great artwork as Tony serving Dave catfood.

[@nickhughes8179]

@@kennethallen3843 Or Meltzer Hen, or Meltzer Broccoli, or Dynamic Dude Dave Meltzer on the skateboard, or Meltzer in Shining Armor.

[@kennethallen3843]

@Nick Hughes they're good but the cat food will always be my favourite. Remember when Ray is staring into the picture of Viggo in Ghostbusters 2, that's what it was like for me

[@nickhughes8179]

@@kennethallen3843 fair enough. The picture of Cornette and FTR holding up the picture of Meltzer breast feeding the Cucamonga Kids made me legit lose it and spit beer.

[@corpyhogan4433]

Tony Kahn, crying about unbiased journalism when he has basically the entire wrestling media in his back pocket is absolutely rich

[@DaggerPrince]

so true.

[@williammitchell4417]

This is why Nick Khan calls Tony the "Kid"

[@jerry85g7]

I know right

[@jacemacfie1475]

any evidence of that?

[@Copperstoned]

@@jacemacfie1475 The past three and a half years of the WON.

[@PaxBisonica89]

Tony Khan came across so poorly during this, even reddit turned against him .. and that's saying something.

[@Supernamek-rh2xv]

Reddit hates tony so that does not count

[@kattatatatat6361]

@Supernamek2121 not r/squaredcircle their mods will ban you at the sign of any AEW criticism, they're absolutely rabid

[@dustindiaz5511]

@@Supernamek-rh2xvhe largest wrestling subreddit loves him. But they turned on him over this issue.

[@OVO-Adolf]

@@Supernamek-rh2xvthey officially refer to him as tiny or “the kid” lmfao

[@Supernamek-rh2xv]

@@kattatatatat6361 all i am saying reddit hates tony khan except for the aew sub where they critisize him but not hate or in a literal way..wish him dead like squared circle and every wrestling sub in reddit hates tony khan so much they want him dead

[@oceanshrugs9235]

Tony Schivaone just sitting on the toilet when his phone starts going off and finds himself in the middle of this is hilarious

[@darksideon]

He was most likely in bed with Britt.😄

[@frod79]

@@James-if3kc it....stiiinnnnkkksss?

[@claybaxter3202]

Hahaha that’s hilarious.

[@bls8959]

I love it.. because I can't stand him either

[@linewalker]

😂Poor Tony

[@Blastanker]

“Snowman” was definitely a jab at Tony seeming like a coke head

[@maklame3318]

its adderall. Most CEOs and even guys like trump are on adderall.TK probably abuses it too much.

[@deathmauler181]

"Seeming"

[@todpolk]

Isn’t snowman also slang for a con man too?

[@iammine8117]

@@todpolk Yeah, but that ain't what Ariel meant. It was obviously a jab at his well known "secret" drug habits. Besides, Tony ain't the one pulling a con, he's the rube gettin worked by half the locker-room.

[@carriebrooks2377]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rofbagging9749]

When Michael Cole dunks on you, it’s basically the WWE speaking 😂

[@deathmauler181]

No it's not ,not since Vince got out of his ear. Cole was a journalist before he became a commentator and there's a respect for ariel from that

[@christopherclinton8631]

​@deathmauler181 John arezzi is a true journalist, Ariel Helwani is not. A true journalist brings up actual facts about both companies. Not Meltzer with aew or Helwani with wwe.

[@UFCWWE69]

That’s what makes his top dolla shit especially hilarious 😂😂😂

[@shannonbayley3684]

@@christopherclinton8631 Bullshit. Ariel is legit as you can get. He's praised AEW a lot. The fact Tony Khan went on Ariels show and wouldn't answer any questions whatsoever and it was the worst interviewee he's ever had in over 10 years tells you how much of a child Tony is. Ariel has taken shots at Vince McMahon and his behavior. You have no idea what you're talking about or you're an AEW nut hugger.

[@christopherclinton8631]

@Shannon Bayley That's false Ariel Helwani is a troll. I'm not using them to put against Helwani, but examples of Legitimate wrestling reporters are John Arezzi, Don Laible, Bill Apter, back when wrestling was great nwa, Midsouth, Georgia etc.

[@benespinosa6725]

LMFAO Ariel Helwani called Tony Khan a snowman that was absolutely hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Which now makes all his loyal AEW followers, Snowflakes.

[@benespinosa6725]

@Matthew Hostetter I Absolutely Agree lol

[@SubtlyPoor]

@@matthewhostetter8974 😂

[@benespinosa6725]

@@SubtlyPoor yep

[@shai310]

@@matthewhostetter8974 Oh that's why he called him a snowman? Now that's a clever insult. At first I thought Ariel said "showman" for some reason lol.

[@rccomics]

This whole segment reminds me of a quote from Kevin Nash: “You know what a smart mark is? A mark.”

[@syko2695]

Imagine Vinny Mac or even HHH complaining on twitter about Meltzer showing up to All Out 😂😂

[@SimonCowie86]

It’s childiah & pure pettiness & it’s going to hurt AEW/ROH. Wait till WWE Premiere event Wrestlemania squashes ROH that will be a total melt down. 🤣🤣🤣 Imagine if one of AEWs VPs or all 3 or even John Moxely was to jump ship to WWE that’s going to be one hell of a melt down by Tony Khan as well then 🤣🤣🤣

[@john_blues]

Damn, he buried Schiavone. Schiavone should cut a promo on TK this Wednesday. And then end it with "Fire me, you f*ckin mark!". 😂

[@naseefzarif1576]

Schiavone would gather more views than 90% of AEW roster then

[@bury_the_elite65294]

@@naseefzarif1576 "The boys on commentary all want my spot. Well the boys on commentary can have my spot, because I don't want to be here anymore!"

[@naseefzarif1576]

@@bury_the_elite65294 And then Jericho comes out

[@Am0ment0fB]

The Adderall and Cocaine mixture makes Tony Khan a lil paranoid. Along with needing massive awkward hugs. Ha.

[@maklame3318]

its just adderall. A lot of meth heads have the bulging no blinking eyes.

[@HTXJOLO]

After Tony’s Twitter tirade and the Dynamite dumpster fire episode, I’ve been so hyped for this week’s Experience. 😂

[@EvanWCraig]

he sent 2 tweets. big deal, to a garbage "reporter"

[@ShatteredPedestal7]

@@EvanWCraig what other conspiracies do you believe?

[@DXCenaWWE4life]

@@EvanWCraig you sound like Snowman

[@wilcee238]

It’s like Tony found everyone’s been saying “Boo” instead of “Boo-Urns”, and he’s mad.

[@Smokey1419]

I was saying Boo-urns

[@deathmauler181]

Simon miller ,that you?

[@roden706]

funny how tony khan calls Ariel Helwani biased when AEW has Dave Meltzer biased for them.

[@jacemacfie1475]

any proof of that? also if AEW had Dave on their show there would be public outrage. Thats just the facts

[@moralesharold87]

@@jacemacfie1475 They have had Dave on their show, Tony goes on with Dave all the time.

[@theazureknight9399]

​​​​@@jacemacfie1475 Public outrage? Lol. He'd get the biggest pop of the night. Most of AEW's big fans are signed to his newsletter or at least follow him on twitter/watch his streams. They agree with his opinions and trust his reporting. Hell, AEW's supposed top tag team has a finisher named after him.

[@meciocio]

@@jacemacfie1475 He has acces to the the Aew backstage and he gets reports directly from the locker room.

[@deathmauler181]

@@jacemacfie1475 ...the only people who havent been outraged are the aew crew

[@Immortalangel14]

The irony about Tony khan calling anyone's journalism Biased when Dave Meltzer is THE most biased journalist about AEW I've ever seen.

[@clifforddavidson7273]

That's not fair. Dave Meltzer is not a journalist.

[@Immortalangel14]

@@clifforddavidson7273 lol he pretends to be at least.

[@maklame3318]

@@Immortalangel14 and journalism hasnt been a noble profession since decades. All msm companies are hot garbage.

[@PaulNolanofficial]

@@Immortalangel14 exactly. he's just commenting about shows he hasn't seen while he was down at the bingo hall instead.

[@bury_the_elite65294]

@@clifforddavidson7273 in E. Bischoff's words, Melt-Derp is a, "useful idiot".

[@CMatt420]

TK needs to just stay off Twitter. This is not the first time he's said something stupid like this. And it won't be the last.

[@ronaldbrush4373]

Everybody needs to stay off Twitter!

[@shai310]

Yep, first the bots and now this. It just seems to me he needs a PR manager fast because Tony makes himself look like a clown. He should learn from Vince and focus on his own product rather than lurking on Twitter.

[@maklame3318]

@@shai310 i doubt vince even knows how twitter works

[@shai310]

@@maklame3318 Yeah but he is aware of social media in general

[@deathmauler181]

Tony is giving me trump on twitter vibes

[@joeytocd]

Damn, they didn't talk about what Michael Cole said about Ariel and how that was a shot at Tony. 😂😂

[@joses5292]

That happened after they recorded this, I'm sure they'll talk about it soon lol

[@joeytocd]

@@joses5292 Ah, bet. I'm ready to hear it!

[@vinylbuff1515]

@@joeytocd they talked about it when they review the elimination chamber ppv

[@ITSHIM1294]

“Hey Tony, how are you?” “You can ask but I can’t answer that”

[@Juicelee777ssj]

Ariel just addressed this today on his show and I hope Jim and Brian talk about his response because it was quite legendary.

[@PaulNolanofficial]

absolute god level. Heelwani is undefeated, 10-7's all rounds whether you're Brendan Schaub, Paddy Pimblett, Daa White or Tony Khan. They all swung. They all missed. They all got sat down. Immense.

[@bury_the_elite65294]

​@@PaulNolanofficial In the Aussie cricket vernacular, they swung like a dunny (outhouse) door. And they all looked around to see their middle stump lying on the ground...

[@PaulNolanofficial]

@@bury_the_elite65294 i'm a pommie mate so i totally get the vernacular ;)

[@jasonalec6573]

Funny he calls out the "unbiased journalism" when he pretty much exclusively gets interviewed by journalists with a heavy AEW positive bias. Sad!

[@Handle_Needs_3_Or_More_Charact]

Wrestling reporters that question anything that AEW does end up not being allowed at the media scrums.

[@bury_the_elite65294]

@jasonalec6573 like that "unbiased" AEW shill Meltzer.

[@bigsteve8921]

Michael Cole trolling Tony on commentary was great lol. Good job cole

[@Rosadomofo]

I popped when I read that lmaooo “the snowman ⛄️ “ hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂 got a little white residue on your nose there tony

[@akamiguelsanchez9985]

Can’t believe Tony tweeted that while Meltzer was tonguing his taint

[@kishoremb9809]

Ariel called Tony a snowman ☃️☃️☃️ 🤣🤣🤣 treated him like roadkill and didn't even look back

[@petebagwell6666]

Was it rrference to his cocaine

[@kishoremb9809]

@@petebagwell6666 yes

[@MaehiyaSOLDIER]

Shad about to put his son on a conservatorship.

[@northleedspoppa]

He's going to adopt omega

[@HereBeRabbit]

Daddy Shahid needs to take away Tony's internet privileges... If Tony doesn't straighten up after that then his real life wrestling action figures should be taken away from him...

[@MrSircharles05]

And this is why I don't buy Tony Khan's whole nice guy act.

[@BrokenSaintRW]

I would believe you if you claimed he has used the word "roastie" to refer to a woman.

[@anonymousbo0318]

Facts

[@NemesisDestroys]

Been waiting for this one.

[@drewspods]

Why did he insult Tony Schiavone though? 😂

[@chico1680]

Could have easily replaced Schiavone with Michael Cole in his attempt to discredit Ariel but, TK decides to bury his own commentator smfh

[@Fen1497]

Because TK is really bad at thinking on his feet.

[@youngbloodph4558]

@@chico1680 you think he'd try to bury Cole when the man covered the Gulf War and lost half of his hearing?

[@UFCWWE69]

@@chico1680 you can tell he was at that stage where you get so mad that you just stop thinking straight 😂

[@mja2317]

Embarassing stuff like this is why I stopped watching AEW. I don't have to like the people involved but I at least have to believe that they're competent at their jobs and not there as a result of nepotism. Thankfully WWE has gotten better storylines recently so at least some wrestling is watchable.

[@TheJohnnyDoggs]

Tony Kahn is becoming this era's Herb Abrams. 😝

[@georgeh4171]

I think everyone except AEW marks would prefer to hang out with Herb!

[@TheJohnnyDoggs]

@@georgeh4171 I'm sure Herb was a lot of fun jacked up on coke, But he was still a better booker than Tony. 😂

[@theweejoke9850]

Cocaine needs to lay off the Tony Khan

[@Am0ment0fB]

🎵 Tony the Conman likes to put stuff up his nose. Weather it's the good ol blow or the Adderall. It's going to snow all day long. 🎵 *To the tune of "Frosty the Snowman". Ha.

[@JamesJohnson-tr1gu]

If Shad has any sense, he'd step in right now, and tell Tony to take a long vacation, before he makes a bigger ass out of himself, and does more damage to AEW

[@J1R629]

Tony is a more unhinged maybe more drugged (maybe) out but more socially awkward version of Herb Abrams.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

Tony Khan is nothing like Herb Abrams. Herb had legitimate business skills and successes before he went off the rails after his father died. He wasn't a billionaire's failson. Tony's current trip through weirdness is financed and enabled by his father. Nobody is more drugged-out than Herb towards the end. The man was a walking cocaine psychosis, paranoid auditory hallucinations and everything. Tony meanders on for an hour at a time in interviews and podcasts, Herb couldn't go fifteen minutes without having to run to the bathroom to do a line towards the end. And Herb kept prostitutes busy in twos, threes, and fours. I'm not sure that Tony has any kind of sex at all. Mentally, he seems to be twelve years old in almost every respect. Lastly, I doubt that Tony has business connections to organised crime.

[@peterlee6374]

Imagine someone in aew complaining about biased wrestling media The actual audacity of it 😂😂

[@constablekennedy7705]

The ‘SnowMan’ as in JUNKIE ……. 👀

[@marcbasil]

You’re pretty clever, eh?

[@George-wv5hf]

For TK to say good luck with the unbiased journalism is beyond hypocritical. AEWs' media scrums are always riddled with yes men and women just excited to be there.

[@King4sshole89]

There's women at these scrums?

[@bury_the_elite65294]

@user-ie1lk4oi4q eg. Meltzer, the biggest yes-man of all.

[@cmcg3738]

The fact you lack the intellect to tell the difference between WWE paying a journalist to appear on screen, and AEE not paying journalists not to appear on screen, is amazing.

[@OVO-Adolf]

I don’t think any women get excited going to an aew event

[@REVIVALFitness]

Tony Khan, with Meltzer, Alvarez, and more endlessly running cover for his amateur product, calling Ariel biased for doing a little work with WWE. The downfall of AEW seems to be fast approaching, and they deserve it.

[@jacemacfie1475]

If Tony had Meltzer on the show you'd be crying on Twitter but you have no issue with WWE actually having Ariel on. Biased much?

[@REVIVALFitness]

@@jacemacfie1475 No correlation. Keep reaching.

[@jamirimaj6880]

the best part of this is human cesspool Bixenspan makes his Twitter private lolololoo

[@AmateurHour1111]

That is the craziest comment ever that Tony would say that on Twitter. That’s so fucking backwards and weird to say. Strange. If I were Schivoni I’d walk in his office and quit.

[@zachwhitlow4]

William regal already told us there was immaturity in upper management and once again TK shows it in public

[@bohottie]

The dude is a CEO of a major company. He shouldn’t be having Twitter spats with journalists because they were mean to him. It will never be a good look.

[@bohottie]

Also, I use the term “mean” very loosely….Ariel just didn’t fellate him the entire interview, and apparently that is anathema.

[@ChrisManley1994]

“I have the chain of tweets here in front of me.” “The chain of tweets!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jarethlarwood6445]

I wouldn't mind if "behearer" caught on.

[@takerdust]

The fact that he slams Schiavone while using him as a ridiculous comparison shows how unprofessional and out of his league Tony Khan really is.

[@cathallynch1]

Tony Khan't control himself or his locker room.

[@TheMM1215]

More like Tony KWAB. 🤣🤣🤣

[@BlackMoore82]

Calling the kettle black, because Khan’s barely a wrestling promoter.

[@jimmyandroid24]

That isn't snow, it's cocaine 🤣

[@apray359]

Was waiting for this one!!!! Lol did not disappoint 😂😂

[@QCS_AdamCole]

I took "snowman" as the carny definition, like Elvis's the Colonel was a Snowman...

[@longboy7]

☃️He must have called him snowman due to his coke usage

[@jamirimaj6880]

the funny thing is Tony's gonna take shots at him this Wednesday and will make his crowd go "F*** Helwani!" chants lol

[@huskyswordsman95]

I believe Ariel calling Tony the "Snow man" was in reference to TK always looking like he's done a fresh line of white powder AKA snow 🤣

[@ItsAGoodChannel]

Tony "I'm in love with the coco" Khan

[@sbz88]

Tony Khan burying his own employee while attempting (pathetically) to discredit Ariel Helwani is hilarious 😂😂. According to Ariel, after Cole put him over on commentary when he did that spot with GSP, people backstage were high-fiving him 😂. People in WWE have to be laughing at Tony now.

[@northleedspoppa]

99 percent of wrestling social media is constantly gargling khans nuts lol

[@nkotbfreak2983]

Im sure Tony prefers an impartial reporter like Uncle Dave 🤣

[@Howyanow]

Tony has meltzer and triple H has Helwani. Tony’s just annoyed Ariel’s voice goes further than AEW marks

[@kidvillain188]

Michael Cole vs Tony Khan at Mania. The streak is on the line

[@LeeShields11]

The streak of white powder? Lol

[@warrensloan3467]

Tony found the only person not giving him a tongue bath that covers wrestling and he can’t stand it, this says a lot more about him than Ariel.

[@bradpaton3927]

Ariel Helwani Versus Tony Khan in the first-ever Steel Cage, Tuxedo, First Blood match in the main event of WrestleMania 39, Night 1....#BookItLeVesque!

[@alokpandey8317]

Owner of the second biggest wrestling promotion in United States is behaving like a teenage girl

[@deathmauler181]

Comsidering the last American president did the same.

[@lsj6721]

@@deathmauler181 the last american president was a white supremacist, while this guy is a fucking migrant... hmmm

[@Brian-dg3kz]

To feel threatened by a guy writing about wrestling, while wrestling is completely dead and in who-gives-a-f mode ... eesh. Rich kid's finding out that his dad's money didn't guarantee that he would know how to do anything, it just got him the assets to attempt. Dude's failing.

[@thomashall6288]

Tony K... can't behave like an adult. Not to mention throwing Schiavone under the bus for no reason. Wtf on that one.

[@madGorkhali]

So an outside guy Ariel Helwani basically reignited wrestling war.

[@marcbasil]

How is he an outside guy..? He’s employed by the Fed & Nick Khan was his agent

[@DateTwoRelate]

"It's still real to me, damn it!" (sobbing) - Tony Khan

[@antiauxidants]

The thing with the “soft ball” questions is that those interviews are always from BTSport for WWE not Ariel’s own show. By his own accord today he was hired for MMA but Dana didn’t want him covering UFC so he does those WWE interviews for BT. Asked Cody real questions when he was on his personal show for example

[@Melo_Soul]

Snow man ❄ 👨 had me dead 💀🤣 Get off the drugs Tony 😆

[@carriebrooks2377]

The Twitter wars and back stage drama is better than aew shows they just need to air all this on tv more interesting

[@stephentot5011]

Tony Khan has proven to be gullible

[@LemoncookieTV]

Tiny Khan obviously has no realistic self-assessment at all, he embarrasses himself in public on such a regular basis that it's getting ridiculous. That's usually a symptom of people that like the snow

[@scottwells8064]

"Ear of the behearer" is my new favorite phrase.

[@nickh9619]

This is brilliant!

[@chrisdominguez5632]

I swear the thumbnails 🤣

[@dsgbmatt]

Another reason I’m losing interest in AEW, Khan offers big announcements than don’t deliver. Moaning on twitter, not using star names properly, more worried about having shot at WWE than why is own company is letting the inmates run the asylum

[@AmateurHour1111]

When Tony goes to the bank they should turn off the camera 😂

[@RandyLWhitaker]

Ariel is from Canada also which is why he was there this weekend

[@deathmauler181]

He's from Montreal specifically it's why people loved him so much there.

[@carriebrooks2377]

😂😂😂😂 this pic

[@dallasdelaney1840]

Look at how unhinged Tony Khan is over wrestling, and then consider he also co-owns an NFL team and a Premier League team. How embarrassing it must be to work for this guy.

[@henrygvidonas9573]

Tony doesn't co-own the Jacksonville Jaguars or Fulham F.C.- his father does and made him an "executive" in both. Apparently he did it to keep Tony away from his real business, Flex-N-Gate. Even Shahid Khan isn't enough of an enabler for his son to let him mess up his moneymaker.

[@christhornycroft3686]

I want to see Ed The Sock interview Tony Khan. He’d call him out.

[@tmotivate]

Bonus pop for a Mr. Socko run-in

[@christhornycroft3686]

@@tmotivateEd The Sock, not Mr Socko. Less childish, and more Canadian.

[@Highly3666]

@@christhornycroft3686 reread

[@deathmauler181]

Ed the sock isn't what he used to be ,he'd blow Khan these days and thank him for it.

[@layna-heyhey]

Khan seems a little sensitive from all these stories

[@minechaftgamer288]

Ear of the behearer haha, gump you are a god damned genius!

[@garyhen2028]

Ariel was right, tony is the snowman

[@redwolfxl69]

Maybe he shouldn't have totally sandbagged him in that interview. Ariel doesn't lose in this argument.

[@devontesanders2568]

It’s snowman meaning Tony khan sniffs blow 😂😂😂😂

[@redkritter1225]

Wow Tony khan is a 40 year old man child who is used to everything being his way I am soooooo shooooocked

[@jinmochizuki]

Moxleys dumb face gets me everytime

[@matthewwatson125]

Snowman!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@garyhen2028]

Camp Cornette in 2023! Now that's a bidding war!

[@misters4022]

schivaone catching a mean stray from tony snowman montana ⛄🔫🤣

[@ukgraffitiwalker8846]

Snowman means coke head.

[@marcbasil]

Copernicus over here

[@moreblack]

Ariel adding Tony's head to his collection of online beef scalps, up on the shelf with Schaub, Dana and Paddy.

[@SimonCowie86]

If this is Tony Khan cracking up over a Wrestling MMA & UFC reporter doing his job & reporting on the Elimination Chamber in Montréal, Canada, What will he be like if one of his VPs or John Moxely leaves AEW for WWE. Tony Kahn will be in a total melt down. 🤣🤣🤣

[@alcheman12]

Tony Khan ranting about unbiased journalism is the most hilarious thing I've heard in awhile

[@Epsilonsama]

The Snowman won't like this ⛄😂 Also good job burrying Tony Schiavone Mr Snowman

[@TonyDanza4Lyfe]

As the son of a Pulitzer winning journalist, thanks for saying what ya did corny