Eric Bischoff on: is Tony Khan beyond help?

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

for the entire uncensored 50+ minute interview with ERIC BISCHOFF kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZnGfambgciWeq8

[@gimmiebackmybike1831]

Tony Khan makes so many people rich that no one on his payroll wants to tell him that he's wrong.

[@imfreviews]

It's a dream for so many of them - work how I want, be an indie wrestler, no one tells me what to do, and I can actually feed my family even if I don't draw a dime. I get it, I totally understand it, I don't begrudge any talent getting the money while they can. But to have the illusion that it's "good for the industry" is...delusional.

[@gimmiebackmybike1831]

​@@imfreviews oh bro, if I worked for AEW and was getting 6-7 figures per year I would 100% be Tony Khan's biggest cheerleader.

[@davidcwajgenberg6185]

You're probably right. That's like that in any form of life . People will kiss ass too rich bosses friends whatever . No but shit

[@hatchetmouth8211]

Must be a lonely place to be even when you're in a crowded room.

[@NJTRAF]

@@gimmiebackmybike1831 same. I’ve always said I do not blame “the boys” at all! If you’re getting paid 6 figures plus, and AT WORST I’m only having to wrestle one day a week (but with a lot of the roster it’s probably closer to one day a month) and not having to go work a normal job while wrestling indie dates a couple of days a week and barely making $20 by the time I’ve paid for my travel expenses etc. then I’d be saying it’s the best place ever! Particularly if you’re a realist and you know you’ll never get a chance on WWE

[@dkupke]

That moment from the NFL draft when Tony’s father glanced at him and shook his head. Said it all.

[@ninthlife1745]

That shows you how badly they are with media training. How could they had done that on camera knowing their were being filmed?

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

“Half a billion dollars is a pittance to keep my idiot son away from the real business.” Shahid Khan?

[@skeeterfinklage445]

​@@ninthlife1745 media training? Thats millionaire shit, billionaires dont care about that.

[@Hunkzilla]

Brutal !!!!

[@loooooooongstanding2141]

i get that Bischoff makes great money from 83 Weeks but it's so great to hear him be able to hear him talk about AEW without Conrad cutting him off. Conrad Thompson is a mark and either he's lying to himself about the state of AEW or else he's a shill on the payroll.

[@ryanbenson4610]

I lost faith in Tony’s self awareness when he said playing the CM Punk/ Jungle Boy video helped them get the big tv deal.

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

Wasn’t that quote actually from Meltzer?

[@jordanwillis542]

​@@ithinkaboutthings9052yes, grain of salt but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt on this because it's conversation between Tony and him.

[@ithinkaboutthings9052]

@@jordanwillis542 I give Meltzer no benefit of a doubt or buy into his insider information.

[@liamstewart4472]

Tony Khan smugness makes it fun to see how often he takes the L in public. The media scrums... I mean come on, he cannot see that he humiliates himself more and more every single time. He just wants to be told that he's a good boy.

[@oddishhonor]

Someone tell his dad that’s all Tony wants so maybe AEW can get some help.

[@Am0ment0fB]

Thumbnail looks like Tony 🤡 dealer ain't responding at 4 am. Ha.

[@ReactwithRespect-i5i]

😂😂😂😅😅

[@Am0ment0fB]

@ReactwithRespect-i5i you get it. Here have a 🍪. Ha.

[@whydoesthisexistpod]

Love how Konnan went from saying AEW is "a young company. Tony's still learning" to straight up laughing at the guy. Also amazing to hear Eric with no Conrad. Please drop that fool.

[@exiaR2x78]

As someone who stopped watching wrestling around 2017 how wwe does youtube made it so I could see what was going on with who I cared about. Then when I came back in 2022 made it so easy to find out what was going on currently with minimal effort

[@HDKG-SiF]

I know its whatever but I really hate that you guys are using ai slop for the backround pictures now

[@LPJMANGA]

lmaoooo konnan if theres no wwe aew will still be number #2 I havent laughed so hard at 3.30am before

[@RandallJohnson-d7o]

Yeah!! It took me a minute to get it!?! Good one though!!

[@LPJMANGA]

@@RandallJohnson-d7o HE AINT WRONG though with currently whats going on with aew

[@RandallJohnson-d7o]

@@LPJMANGA no he ain't wrong for sho

[@mansion1719]

That thumbnail is Tony Khan's face watching Pentagon debut on Raw next week. WWE have already made him seem like a bigger deal than AEW ever did.

[@hatchetmouth8211]

AEW has a real problem making fluid stories that mean something. All the title changes and crossover matches and special announcements are pointless if you don't make them mean something.

[@crshovrid3]

He just signs people and puts no build to them. I remember when Jay White officially signed with AEW I was bummed cause I knew WWE would've have him a tremendous build and aew basically kept him the way he was because he had already done some matches with them. Hope he still gets to go to WWE but aew isn't gonna do him any favors to bring up his stock

[@soshiderek]

White was buried from the beginning. What a waste.

[@mansion1719]

@@soshiderek Am I wrong or didn't Jay White debut with AEW in a backstage segment and then he wasn't seen or mentioned again for like 3 weeks?

[@soshiderek]

​​​​@@mansion1719 Right, then redebuted as tagalong to Juice vs. Starks feud. Y2J, Goldberg, AJ had better in WWE!

[@P186L]

Love it when you guys are all together 🫡👑👑👑👑

[@markmann5539]

The best thing to do with Tony Khan is to just sit back and watch his mental breakdown. People have tried to help him for too long and he's refused it all.

[@eptx830]

😅 I started enjoying it

[@markmann5539]

@@eptx830 i seen that he buckled under the Pointer Sisters song criticism already.

[@philwalsh8975]

Yes. AEW isn't a real company, they don't need to make profit to stay active. Tony Khan has a billionaire Daddy and nothing will ever change.

[@Bls-of1ld]

Im not a fan of aew but holy shit it's all u talk about

[@philwalsh8975]

@Bls-of1ld do you spend much of your day thinking about people who comment on KZbin?

[@CarlosSantos-kv9ip]

The Dork Order? Lol!

[@joemckim1183]

I think Cornette titled them that.

[@DanielMussen-ob7uo]

World Junior Heavy Weight Championship and World Middle Weight Championship and World Heavy Weight Championship

[@briankersten3287]

I keep trying to watch matches of AEW to see what ppl are defending/getting hyped about and it just looks so unbelievable. Like it is extremely laxadaisacal. Just go watch the ending to Dynamite last night 1/8/25. Meme Hogan chair shots.

[@thelowesttreeshavetops3541]

I hope AAA gets a new US deal. I know the ratings were in the basement, but, as a fan who doesn't care about ratings, it was fun to watch.

[@artminusme]

9:20 One thing I would say about the Dark Order, At the time when Brodie Lee was the leader, The Dark Order had steam (not nuclear but good momentum) Unfortunately Brodie Lee passed away. At the time, everyone was wondering when Brodie passed away “Well who’s going to take over The Dark Order?!” They signed Aleister Black (Formerly known as Tommy End) now know as Malakai Black…. He would have been the perfect talent to take over the mantle as The Dark Order leader and make that group more credible, dangerous and super hot but the other members said they didn’t want a new leader…. I get it but now you’re not even on the card. For Tony to survive he’s gotta do three things 1. Hire a booker that knows what he’s doing 2. Talent raid Rhea Ripley (if you can’t get Rhea then Asuka) 3. Pull up the brinks truck to hire either Brock (if the heat goes away) and if you can’t get Brock then buy Orton. At this point thats the only way you can compete

[@dwightdeserne61]

Your first Collision Max.. and the first match is Daniel Garcia vs. Briscoe. That says it all. No disrespect to the talent, but we needed more than that IMO.

[@jeff-ds2pr]

Meltzer's Greatest Moments in wrestling history: 3) Hogan vs. Andre WM3 2) NWO formation 1) Tony rolling down the ramp being chased by a flamethrower.

[@ChrisJericho22]

All he needs to do is stripped the powers from EVP's and get rid of people like a Cucks, Adam Hangnail and stop giving creative freedom to wrestlers and stop listening to people like Jericho. And surround himself with people who are real to him and ofc hire a real booker. But sadly TK won't do it as he is held bend on being the owner and booker of a wrestling promotion with different other designations.

[@realnumber_9]

Don't bad mouth Dave Meltzer, that's Konnan's good buddy!

[@johnnytheworldowner9130]

I really cannot wait to hear the fallout from this Max deal. The TV ratings haven't changed AT ALL since this Max deal began. So this means that either no one is watching AEW on Max or that AEW's fanbase hasn't signed up to Max yet.

[@joetroller514]

Just watch how Tony Khan puts his entire 2025 focus into a Jon Moxley vs Jeff Jarrett feud.

[@heysaekari]

never expected to agree with disco lol but he's right. i will often skim through the live weekly programming because it's so ad heavy. just wake up and watch a recap. high profile matches will be uploaded to their YT within a day anyway

[@DanielMussen-ob7uo]

All Sports and MLB and NBA and NFL and NHL and Pro Wrestling Sports Entertainment

[@ericdorsey7481]

I actually like them showing someone’s record and stuff like won 7 of their last 9

[@hatchetmouth8211]

Am I hearing this right that Bischoff and Disco are talking cordially here after Bischoff talked shit about firing him a few weeks ago? It's cool to hear, just making sure I got that right.

[@Ocram_sokart]

Who has done more damage to a wrestling promotion? Russo, Khan,Meltzer?

[@DavidDexterGaming]

Tony doesn't understand how to book wrestling but he would never admit that even to himself so he will continue to believe that he is doing everything great but there's something wrong with the fans for not liking it.

[@budwyzer77]

Tony Khan is so bad at his job he can make Bischoff, Cornette, and Russo agree on something.

[@VesiustheBoneCruncher]

Death matches are not to everyone’s taste and I think we can all get that, but they aren’t in themselves the problem. I will say I hate how AEW books them. Pentagon Jr vs Vampiro in LU is how you book it. Made sense for both the characters in the ring. Made sense in the story. Made sense that it would be brutal. Made sense in that promotion at that time. Did exactly what it set out to do, get Pentagon Jr, Vampiro and the promotion over, all in different ways. You don’t - for example - advertise you are having an exploding barbed wire deathmatch. That is already trash-tier booking.

[@joemamacom4]

I think keeping it 💯 needs to help. I never seen a podcast talk so much about Tony Khan.! Tomorrow video Tony Khan ate a breakfast burrito!

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

You can't believe that someone in the wrestling business is being spoken about on a wrestling podcast hosted by people who work in the wrestling business?

[@joemamacom4]

@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL Every day, though? You might as well change the podcast name to The Tony Khan podcast ft Konan and Disco.

[@darthsebio1726]

Their fans,Tony,dark order...especially the second half of this clip convinced me that they really want aew to succeed🙄

[@Deans-jm3uf]

I suspect that Tony’s main problem is he is stretched too thin. AEW needs to be his sole focus if he is going to be this involved in the day to day operations

[@joemckim1183]

Tony has 3 job titles that all of them should be full time jobs.

[@jamesmaskell3743]

I don't think his Fulham job is a full time job.

[@Deans-jm3uf]

@ if he spends 5-10 hrs a week on Fulham that is too much and could be spent on AEW. Other than promotion he has nothing to offer the Jags and Fulham. I suspect slot of the time spent on those teams would be better utilized on AEW. That is unless he hands some of the booking and talent management to other people.

[@dbszady]

Tony is running AEW the same way Vince ran WWE in the 2010s. Into the ground. Pushes starting then stopping out of nowhere. People getting over organically then made to change what they were doing. Wrestlers not being on tv for weeks or months. Too much blood on tv so means very little now. Refs letting wrestlers fight on the outside of the ring in every match and rarely doing a 10 count. Many instances of acts/things that should be used sparingly to keep their impact high are so common now they don't get the crowds to react anymore. Roster is too big does he even use half of it in a 1-3 month period

[@TheNinthHeart]

No one watches pro rasslin anymore, haven’t in decades, and never will ever again. This show or cast or whatever it is is hysterical. It’s so cringe to watch these smarks with no lives pretend like pro rasslin is still an actual active entity that regular, well-adjusted civilians are aware of. It doesn’t get any more embarrassing than professional rasslin. 1988 was several generations ago 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

thanks for adding to the view count

[@TheNinthHeart]

@ go back to bed, leprechaun ☘️ 🤓

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

@@TheNinthHeart you just did it again, thank you.

[@TheNinthHeart]

@ go play in traffic, Irish m!dgett-mark

[@jamesmaskell3743]

Posted over 100 comments in 4 months 😂

[@rondoughhowell6442]

Well just like with WCW, some people just don't know how to step out of the way

[@liamstewart4472]

People did step out of the way in WCW. What's wrong with you? How do you not know this?

[@carlcharlbury]

If there were no WWE would these guys have had to band together and start AEW?

[@SwagAli]

Dave always tries to prove he isn't bias in favor of AEW by saying "Everyone on the Observer message boards think I'm too hard on AEW." Well yeah, Dave. The only people buying your newsletter are AEW fans lol

[@unclePhilcows]

Audio needs some work. The whistling with every S is very annoying

[@jackiejones3296]

AEW hasn't changed at all since day 1. This isn't a hot take but if you go compare the first Dynamite and you all all the mistake that were made (which is understandable because it was the first ever show) they're still making the exact same ones now. Normal people learn from mistakes.

[@joemckim1183]

The definition of insanity is keep on doing things that don't work expecting a different result.

[@mr.c4p]

Khan needs to put the poppers down and find Jesus

[@jesterr7133]

I don't think Tony is beyond help, but he has to get rid of the Young Bucks. Their influence on the current product is blatantly obvious. Nearly all of the top spots are occupied by their friends, and most of the crap that is being done on AEW tv right now is the same kind of crap they did in PWG and New Japan. If Tony gets rid of the Bucks and starts listening to some of the professionals he has working for him, there is a chance.

[@joemckim1183]

But Tony is incapable of dong any of the things you just said so unless he lets people actually help him he's beyond help.

[@jimcrack3776]

Dawg ion care what u say, if the show was good as they say it is people would tune in live, I know yall look at from a business perspective but I’m talking entertainment and they need to improve on that

[@Thecultofwrestling]

They don't realize people talk shit about aew because its true

[@nicksparta9580]

Ngl Konans podcast is fun. Or is it only because Eric was on too?

[@ninthlife1745]

This may be dramatic but I think I actually hate Tony Khan. Plus now all these stories are coming out that he's such a mark for himself that he shut down the EVP storyline because he didn't want anyone thinking that he wasn't running the show for AEW.

[@mikefegan2324]

eric bishcofff is the onyl eprsonw roth lsitensing to here. Konna & idoc as rebjsut being ahters.

[@mrlahey6176]

Tony is ratings poison

[@Hunkzilla]

Dont worry you guys,Garcia will be the face of AEW very soon. He will outdraw Hogan and Stone Cold combined.

[@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL]

Getting my Garcia tattoo done later today

[@Hunkzilla]

@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL Nice

[@toontown0633]

Shame Eric doesn’t do his own show.. between Conrad’s rocking and his voice I don’t listen or watch

[@garygasper296]

Dork order is better

[@veegob5287]

So nice to not hear Hugheezy & Bin Amin. They are both awful. I like PWT too, but Hugheezy runs it for me too when he is on it. Shallow, sophomoric humor, and breaking Twitter news & saying Konnan said it, by giving him a nickname. Hugheezy is Irish Billi Bhadi

[@Bunbunfunfun]

Aew as of late is damaging to the overall industry in my opinion. By having all the matches full throttle " bangers" and poor storytelling it makes pro wrestling look like nonsensical garbage.

[@victormelendez9752]

Yes. TK is the reason I can’t watch AEW.

[@ReactwithRespect-i5i]

Why not because I'm so excited I Just can't hide it I'm about lose control and I Think I like it 😅😅😅

[@skeeterfinklage445]

To be fair, i dont mind the concept of keeping records, would theoretically force there to be a rhyme and a reason to who and why im watching a title fight. People arent constantly jumping the line because...Goldberg gets cut off during a promo or some other poorly contrived reason. And they could afford to rotate the roster a little more. Every show its the same people doing the same matches for what feels like years at this point. I would say there are no filler matches anymore, but half the show is filler matches that have been rinsed and repeated like theyre major storylines. I hate AEW as much as anyone else, but WWE also suffers from a lack of competition. They may be miles ahead of AEW, but that doesnt mean they can rest on their laurels.

[@joemckim1183]

But records don't make sense in pro wrestling. If you do a triple threat match there's only 1 winner. So the winner of that match went 1-0 in the match 2 people went 0-1. Or in a battle royal of 20 people, 1 person went 1-0 and the other 19 were 0-1 in that matchup. Having a winning record in wrestling is essentially imnpossible unless you're getting an uber push.

[@EnthusiasticIcyComet-yq2bv]

Experts say the Los Angeles fires were caused by the negative energy and carbon dioxide from all the booing at Hulk Hogan.