Jim Cornette on Tony Khan's Tweets

From Episode 474 of the Jim Cornette Experience
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[@Ghangis24]

The more Tony tweets, the more you realize that the only difference between him and the wrestling fans he's arguing with on Twitter is that their dads weren't multi-billionaires that could fund their wrestling booker fantasies.

[@chwenhoou]

And this is why no one should pity a billionaire. Especially a stupid one.

[@neilbiggs1353]

Never got why so many people would say things like "Tony is a nice guy" - it's blatantly obvious from his interactions with Fulham fans for years that he is thin-skinned and somewhat narcissistic. He is nice to people as long as they are sucking up to him, but if they are even slightly critical he gets comically defensive

[@LumpyAdams]

​@@neilbiggs1353 He's the textbook definition of a man child.

[@williamking256]

THIS

[@williammitchell4417]

Dixie Carter line One!!

[@daniellereilly]

I'll just put this in a simple way: nobody has to do anything to make Tony look bad. He does it all to himself.

[@hughmurphy151]

If funny you say that but there are what's supposed to be grown men that kiss his ass... well said

[@OmegaRedFan]

I'd rather see Vince Russo booking AEW.

[@662chillin]

You.... got a point

[@drobinson-uo7ic]

Yeah he's engaging everyday fans and critics like a mark.

[@hughmurphy151]

@@drobinson-uo7ic if it was original insults I'd at least laugh.. its real on the spectrum comments...

[@InsignificantNick]

Sometimes, I forget that Tony is 40 years old.

[@ralphso5567]

Same age as LA knight but their mentality and physique are like night and day

[@JustDevon]

So does he

[@yogafire646]

Honestly, I forget that I'm 40.😢

[@ralphso5567]

@@yogafire646 don't worry uce. I think you're more mentally mature than Tony

[@isitoveryet9525]

Guess that’s a side effect of being raised by a billionaire, & getting whatever you want with little to no effort for your entire life. Growth & maturity usually don’t thrive in such environments

[@WallyHays]

This is insane. Tony Khan is just a standard, toxic online wrestling mark. He is the LAST person who should own a wrestling promotion.

[@keeganhurley119]

You are so spot on

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

EXACTLY.

[@ReactwithRespect-i5i]

Hate too agree because I wanted so bad for aew be soo much better but Nah its just not that appealing at all no more

[@richardremick1639]

So true it’s painful

[@heey_im_mike]

At least they’re making a living off of him even if most of his talent are paid double or triple what they’re really worth… But yeah he really shouldn’t own a company

[@sbz88]

Imagine Vince, Triple H or Stephanie acting like that on Twitter. It would never happen cause they try to behave like serious professionals running a billion dollar wrestling company. Stuff like this is why people backstage in WWE are laughing at Tony.

[@christopherclinton8631]

Vince mcmahon jr ran from bad news brown.

[@sirtoby4939]

Vince has done worse things on camera. Check out his interviews regarding stereoids.

[@vapeymcvape5000]

Stephanie has proven how big a moron she is on numerous occassions.

[@zemm9003]

​@@sirtoby4939 his interviews regarding steroids were always very politically correct. They are great examples that Vince knows what he is doing while Tony doesn't. It is pretty obvious that Vince helped wrestlers get steroids, this is great because then they don't need to get UGL garbage like gym rats do, but obviously the general public doesn't know that it is actually a good thing so he has to lie about it.

[@unknownsample4801]

@@sirtoby4939 Vince also did say the N word on live TV in front of Booker T and his wife.

[@yoholmes273]

" I've been booking AEW since the 1990's.....in my mind. " - Tony Khan 👀 ⛄️

[@Ted_Bell]

Tony belongs in the Diva division for sure.

[@louio]

He'd be a great divas champion

[@Copperstoned]

Meltzer-Tony will rip-off Lay-Cool for sure.

[@steveolie985]

​@@louio eh soon as he won, he wouldn't know what to do and fall into irrelevance

[@mauricioreal7384]

Bruh 😂😂😂

[@MrDrsogood]

He wouldn’t had made in the diva division lol

[@ThatGuyX2]

It's so important for Tony to make the internet fans happy. Should be worrying about the diminishing viewers happiness

[@JT-fz2xy]

Tony is already thanking the big bangers for watching the opening segment of the show!

[@Castillo19-i3p]

Internet fans don't watch aew like us viewers

[@bensmith5032]

He just got a new AEW show bro...

[@vmartin96]

All Internet Wrestling

[@badladyami]

The louder they scream on the internet, the less likely it is that they're spending any money of consequence.

[@MrFoxxx47]

This dude has access to billions of dollars and he's really looking through tweet history of random fan accounts lol. Amazing.

[@nukiepie]

He's basically those reddit squared circle marks with money.

[@madnomad3861]

He doesn't know how to use those billions of dollars properly

[@TheVardon90]

@@madnomad3861 It's his Daddy's money anyway

[@MrTeamBringIt123]

Sounds like the hardcore aew fan base

[@micahjohnsonboxing6409]

​@@TheVardon90 and WWF was Vince's daddy's company.

[@brettperry3737]

Ya know... the more that comes out about that place, the more I'm genuinely surprised it took an entire year for Punk to blow up.

[@naseefzarif1576]

Ikr. Punk is a 15 years experienced veteran and he lasted pretty long in a company run by children.

[@tux789]

Also leads credence to Punk's complaint that Khan never 'corrected' the rumor that Punk was demanding Cabana not be booked. By Khan not saying anything Khan is implying the rumors were 100% accurate.

[@megsley]

Tony khan really honestly believes that no one can change their mind about AEW, and really believes that anyone who says they don't like AEW is not real 🤯

[@TheTalk23]

Their fan base think the same thing. Tribalism at it's finest.

[@ralphso5567]

@@TheTalk23 Funny thing that Snowman Kahn is the one that promotes tribalism more than anyone by saying WWE has bots against him and are war with him

[@zombieninjatedsmith1301]

I'm an AEW fan.....I like being abused weekly with subpar wrestling and the ruining of classic rock songs.

[@ralphso5567]

@@zombieninjatedsmith1301 having licensed songs must be costing a lot more than the wrestlers using it

[@Matt-cr4vv]

It is funny how he does this because I would probably be an example of someone who started as a fan of AEW and at this stage through Tony’s eyes would just be a hater. I watched weekly for probably the first 9 months or so and liked it fit awhile but then it changed to something I no longer enjoy. I still want it to succeed but have accepted its growth potential is slim to none because Tony and the fans actively work to not do things that would grow the audience and anything someone says would be a good chance for growth gets brushed off as hate. Kinda sad honestly because they have all you could want to be a strong alternative product in the market if they had any interest to expand their audience but they don’t

[@mahakalavanilla6263]

From one to another, Tony’s right that there’s nothing wrong with being on the spectrum. But his behaviour online is easily the most hatable part of AEW for me. Worse than the Elite, smark-baiting and Fed-badding. This ain’t and will never be the guy to front a company that’s serious about revenue and stability. Someone needs to take his phone away for his own good.

[@jesterbob828]

>hatable

[@DaleWeise99]

Yeah if i stop watching aew one day its clearly going because i cant stand tony khan

[@al5306]

@@DaleWeise99 it would be because the shows are dog shit.

[@0tt0z]

​@@jesterbob828 Free Hat!

[@TD1021-]

Wtf is fed-badding?

[@jhsand1515]

Brian, please, stop feeling sympathy for Tony. He's a 40 year old man doing this shit to himself. He's a 40 year old man PLAYING at running a company. He REFUSES to take accountability. He's nice! SO WHAT. Tony is fucking around and ignoring all the finding out he should be doing. At this point, Tony has revealed who HE is and what HE cares about. The man doesn't need sympathy at this point for HIS choices.

[@MrSircharles05]

YES! THANK YOU!

[@RainmakerXBooty]

Nice guy, bad at business. But he’s a rich kid so wtf can you do

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

Yeah he really talks about him like he’s 12 wtf

[@henrygvidonas9573]

@@juliandavidhoffer2022 Do you honestly want to imply that Tony Khan has the mental capacities and emotional development of a normal forty-year-old? The guy is stuck at the level of a child/teenager, as far as that is concerned. It really doesn't take a trained psychiatrist or psychologist to see that. There's more than just a "spoilt richboy" thing going on with him. The guy needs help.

[@Dr170]

It's amazing how easy it is for people to put you over as "nice" so long as you put food on their table

[@6ANUR34DT81S]

Tony Kahn is definitely the kid in class you tell on the playground, "It's just a game..." because he throws tantrums whenever he missed at kickball 🤦

[@brandonmaddox4862]

I was that kid, then I turned 13, plus I’m not a billionaires son and consume Scarface levels of yeyo

[@xylsky1300]

Whenever Brian yells the "mothership", the first image that comes to mind is that Elmo meme where he's tilting his head back with his hands up in the air

[@RandalfElVikingo]

I love that one, the flames version.

[@ilovecookiesmorthanyou]

Serenity Now!

[@RagingCookie127]

I'll never be able to unsee this now.

[@taylork7530]

Tony: Really, Cory? Could’ve fooled me. Too late. Jericho and the EVPs, alone, have already done an exceptional job at that.

[@MrSniperfox29]

There are so many ways he could have answered "it wasn't just about AEW", but he had to go down the toxic street to try and portray the poster as being "against AEW and him"

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Kenny vs some dude 95% of people have never heard of. Dream match, okay...

[@Matt-cr4vv]

But just GOOGLE it it’s not hard 🙄😂😂😂

[@Awells89]

People have really lost the definition of "Dream match" Hogan vs The Rock was a dream match because they were the biggest stars of their respective eras.

[@undertakernumberone1]

@@Awells89 Undertaker VS Sting was a dream match. And man, sting should've taken the deal with WWE for that in 2011. Would've saved him from the Victory Road fiasco.

[@shaolin1derpalm]

In. AWAY taker vs Sting was a dream match. But not really. They didn't have parallel careers per Se. There want much reason for them to wrestle. Also sting already beat him.

[@pjludda4323]

Mister Snowman... Give me some coke... Make the 8-Ball the biggest, that I've ever seen...

[@MrSircharles05]

I'd call Tony Khan a joke, but jokes are supposed to be funny.

[@TomFoolery350]

I think the guy is hilarious. He acts like a typical internet loudmouth teenager and he can't accept or ignore the slightest criticism. Imagine if this guy is your boss.

[@iamdb1990]

no, jokes are meant to not be taken seriously, so it would be correct to call him one lol

[@Batony]

That monitor fits Jim perfectly lmao

[@Copperstoned]

​@I Think About Things Maybe Windows 3.1 with the Dial-up GUI? Looks a little modern... I think. Lmao, no clue.

[@GraveMemories]

​@@ithinkaboutthings9052 looks like every computer monitor in 2003 when I was in first grade

[@badladyami]

@@ithinkaboutthings9052 Looks like MacOS 7-9.

[@elmagnificodep]

Packard Bell running Windows 98.

[@6steveo9]

​@@elmagnificodep Commodore 64 loading Chucky Egg.

[@adamg2031]

The entire history of Tony Khan and AEW has been the wrestling equivalent of the Emperor's New Clothes. He surrounds himself with people who would rather get paid to tell him he's a genius than risk pointing out that he's so obviously a fool.

[@TheMadmage]

Typical money mark being fleeced by the wrestlers who know that flattering his ego is their meal ticket and venue to gain fame.

[@Dr170]

The least he could do while he's at it would be to have select women under his employ wear that selfsame garment.

[@taylork7530]

Tony: AEW spends millions of dollars a year on good, quality hotel rooms… How about that free health insurance that was promised when just the idea of AEW was announced? One of the ways to be a TRUE “alternative to WWE”.

[@TheMadmage]

I'm in favour of universal healthcare and everyone having the right and access to professional treatment. That said, when you allow your wrestlers to go do stupid shit for other outlaw promotions, then I can understand why AEW wouldn't want to provide care for injuries they may sustain.

[@jmtheelitefan9616]

Funny enough, I think they eventually clarified that applied solely to the EVP’s/active wrestlers who work the business side (i.e. Brandi Rhodes being Chief Brand Officer) and not every contracted wrestler, and definitely not the non-contracted indy wrestlers they bring in for Dark/squash matches.

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@jmtheelitefan9616 Correct The Hardly boys and such made a big deal about "free health care" on every source they could, saying how great AEW would be Tony then, in an extremely low key way, admitted "yeah, it's just for my pals the EVP, but we hope to do something in the future", so it wasn't even for "active wrestlers", it was JUST for EVP's (as in his boys) We are now in the future, and no, they have still done nothing.

[@jmtheelitefan9616]

@@MrSniperfox29 I think they did eventually concede that any wrestler, contracted or not, who suffers an injury and requires medical care while on a company program would be on AEW’s dime. But yes, the long term health insurance deal they espoused so vehemently turned out to be a sham.

[@bookmark7859]

Is this what Steve Correll would act like if he was booking a wrestling promotion? "40yr Old Virgin 2: Booker of the Year"

[@joshshuttleworth1352]

This is just as relevant today, with all of Tony Khan's tweets about Vince McMahon and NXT, as it was six months ago.

[@samokuma9596]

Man, that Dark Side of the ring épisode about Tony Khan is writing itself day After day.

[@Am0ment0fB]

Tony doesn't want to be good at this. He just wants to have fun with his toys and hug his boys. 🤖 beep boop beep 🤖. Ha.

[@woohoo918]

El Hijo del Vikingo is actually a really talented wrestler and he has potential to be big even outside of Mexico but, again, it's the same problem over and over with AEW, there's absolutely no build whatsoever. The mark booking is just killing any potential major angles AEW could have. If Vikingo was introduced to US audiences with long-term publicity and a few squash matches as part of a build to a big PPV match it would make sense but Tony is like some kid just playing exhibition matches in Wrestlemania 2000.

[@rizkyanandita8227]

The only time that WWE did this kinda thing is when at NXT Takeover Tyler Breeze vs. Liger. It doesn't goes immediate match next week. There is a built, even if it small.

[@bryguy615]

The guy Kenny did NOT drop the title to, & then beat on TV. Good job there

[@HereBeRabbit]

Daddy Shahid needs to take away Tony's internet privileges... If Tony's behavior doesn't improve after that then take away his real life wrestling action figures...and if Tony's bad behavior continues the Football and Soccer teams are next to go...

[@henrygvidonas9573]

Tony is forty years old. Yeah...

[@YeTism]

Could you imagine Vince replying to fans on Twitter? Tony still acts like a fan and not like a professional.

[@shootwrasslin69]

Didn't Vince used to like go undercover on wrestling fourms in the 90's and defend the company? Could have swore I heard something like that. Lol.

[@TheMadmage]

@@shootwrasslin69 Vince isn't even aware of most pop culture phenomena. 0% chance that is real and likely an urban myth.

[@6steveo9]

​@Shosslin Vince didn't even know who Metallica were when they were trying to get the rights to use their music for Taker.

[@rizkyanandita8227]

​@@shootwrasslin69even if the story is true, he didn't go as Vince McMahon

[@RagingCookie127]

Vince wouldn't do this but he's certainly never acted like a professional himself. Dude's a known weirdo that's sexually harassed multiple employees alongside his buddy Johny Ace.

[@Phil_Tutty]

Tony doesn't just tweet. If you say something he doesn't like he will DM you as well. Not me, I'm not on twitter, but I have seen a screenshot of a message from him.

[@joshuakessler6818]

That's pretty psycho.

[@jamirimaj6880]

tbf, it could've been a fake photo

[@Phil_Tutty]

@@jamirimaj6880 I've known the person 20 years and him getting dm'd by TK or not makes no difference to our relationship. So it could be fake but it seems very unlikely.

[@zeokin2522]

Imagine if instead of Tony wasting his tweets for Twitter he came out on Dynamite and said this kind of stuff it would be amazing

[@natebaxter9551]

Inverse Mr. McMahon.

[@SubtlyPoor]

You should book AEW. And Tony Khan.

[@brianmilici3473]

Needs a keyboard to sit behind.

[@B3Band]

Right? Just let this be a character

[@chuckgreen8989]

It would be like ordering Vince Russo from Wish.

[@renatoism]

In all fairness, my dreams are often full of vague, people I don't know

[@greatmutaconcerto1308]

Next Tony tweet Video should be fun 😆

[@MR-tu9dj]

This makes me want to start a twitter account just to troll Tony.

[@BofoshoBeatz]

😂😂😂

[@Heavy_C]

Jacksonville Jags - Not successful. Fulham football - Not successful AEW - Not successful Geez… What do all 3 of these franchises have in common??? This guy sucks at life.

[@Irritant1000]

Fulham actually goes well now .. But only after Cokey doesnt do the player buying/selling/firing coaches.

[@TheWitchingHourBand]

it actually boggles my mind that someone with so much money would waste there time on twitter.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

Because he needs real friends.

[@artedepatito]

It's because it's not really his money. If it were? He'd focus ALL his time in trying to get more viewers and making the company look better publicly, since it's his dads? He knows he can do whatever and hasn't gotta worry about money drying up. He's the poster boy for someone who has never really had to work for anything. No wonder non of his employees respect him

[@TheWitchingHourBand]

@@artedepatito ya that’s a good point. It’s daddy’s money and he was born with that silver spoon

[@mauricioreal7384]

@@artedepatito exactly 💯 💯 he knows the money won’t dry up so he’s laying back

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Tony is running a company and as such should be setting a professional example. He seems incapable of doing so on social media and some of his media scrums. If the guy running stuff can't handle criticism and has to react to everything you can then see why others working for him act the same way.

[@christhornycroft3686]

Tony’s problem is that he says he’s a rasslin’ guy but he’s completely incapable of working anyone. And instead of taking tips from MJF, one of the best in the business at working people, he’s talking to Chris Jericho. If he wants to talk to a legend, there’s Sting, Malenko, Billy Gunn and others who are infinitely more qualified. If he’d listened to Cornette instead of his peers, AEW would be turning a profit now.

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

I wouldn’t say that. AEWs core audience is a fan of the majority of the people in the company, Kenny, The Bucks, Orange Cassidy, the Dark Order. And while you can make the argument that no one new will come in if you see them. You can’t get rid of the, became then you would lose your established audience and it’s unlikely you are going to build a new one

[@christhornycroft3686]

@@juliandavidhoffer2022you might if you built it around MJF, Darby, Starks, Cole, the Gunns and FTR. MJF can be the Flair of the company. The heel who gets babyfaces over.

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

@@christhornycroft3686 that’s not enough people dude. Nobody wants to see the same 12 guys every week. It gets old no matter how much you enjoy them. Eventually they will have all worked with eachother. You gotta have more people and most of the roster is in the Bucks Camp unfortunately.

[@awesomehigames]

Chris Jericho's done way more than Dean Malenko and Billy Gunn. Sting is debatable but I'd give the edge to Jericho

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

@@awesomehigames a lot more people would know Jericho than Sting

[@callmeking1318]

Tony can’t wrap his head around the fact that people aren’t fans of his product he honestly believes if u don’t like AEW your either a bot or a hater he’s outta his mind

[@catwheeler]

It blows my mind how he could think that. The TV ratings are down from where they started and only getting worse but I guess that’s not proof enough for him.

[@joshuaDstarks]

Tony is the softest guy in wrestling history.

[@Tim85-y2q]

...so far.

[@yusufgazi7]

And the Young Bucks

[@travismiller4320]

SAWFT….

[@yusufgazi7]

@@travismiller4320 is sin

[@TheTalk23]

He is a perfect example of what happens if you give a kid everything they want. Specially if your father is a billionaire.

[@OrphanHart]

Ah, that "safe transport" like when they fucked over Punk by messing with his transportation, specifically, and could have had him in many dangerous situations in a foreign country.

[@brandonwhite4992]

This is just a bummer at this point. The potential of AEW being wasted is just sad. I thought maybe Tony would be self aware enough after awhile to maybe step aside on things that are clearly not his strengths, but instead he just keeps doubling down and it gets worse.

[@jason.waterfalls33]

He's a spoiled, rich kid.... there's no self-awareness of any kind with Tony Khan and people like him.

[@MrSniperfox29]

Why would he? It became clear pretty quickly that this is what he's wanted to do all his life, run a wrestling promotion. I've seen god knows how many posters say "now that he's hired X he'll use his knowledge to book better" He won't, he never well, he doesn't want advice, he just wants another toy in his collection.

[@brandonwhite4992]

@@MrSniperfox29 Honestly I just overrated his ability to have self awareness and know when to step aside. I thought he'd be comfortable enough in himself to know this can be done better with proper help. I was wrong haha.

[@brandonwhite4992]

@@jason.waterfalls33 Usually I would say, man give the guy a break he seems relatively smart at least, but nothing he has done makes that a reasonable assumption anymore haha.

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@brandonwhite4992 If he keeps getting "voted" booker of the year, then anything else won't matter May fans like me, they really, really like me!

[@robintst]

The kind of "dream matches" Tony books give me 1997-98 WWF undercard shell shock. His show looks like the Mexican Minis and the Light Heavyweight division, a whole lot of, "Who the fuck are these people and why should I care?"

[@Sparkledash1]

Yeah, pretty much TAKA Michinoku vs. Aguilla at Wrestlemania 14. Good match to look at, but no heat whatsoever. But this is the kind of Wrestling that Tony Kahn apparently wants to see. And the fans of AEW actually think that it could revive interest in Wrestling.

[@papajochris]

I was extremely excited when AEW first started, watched TV and KZbin shows, but it never ended up being what it was supposed to be. Now I just wait fro Simon Miller's Ups and Downs to wait to see if it ever gets better.

[@rossdonnell5188]

8:58 broke me “And his Fathers F***ing dizzy whiz f***in’ franchise” 💀 I had to play that back like 5 times it was so funny. 👏🏻

[@d3ath8ybac0n4]

When Tony goes through puberty and becomes a man this will calm down. Good lord kid!

[@RandalfElVikingo]

He needs to get interested into women.

[@jesuszamora6949]

​@@RandalfElVikingo Or men. Or anything else.

[@jamesselig8461]

The poster child of having too much time on his hands is Tony Khan

[@ajr4888]

Which is insane because if you look at his various titles and positions, just in AEW, he should be struggling to find time to piss.

[@Tigerdriver91Academy]

Tony is his worst enemy.

[@LazarheaD]

Tony really needs to touch grass.

[@1983jcheat]

When I first heard TK was my age and competing with Vince, I was excited. After seeing how he operates, it saddens me. Guys my age hugging wrestlers and on Twitter talking crazy to everyone. 😢

[@johnnygrind77]

More people see Tony tweeting about Rampage than actually watching the show.

[@fuzzyoldyak5313]

Well the tweets are more entertaining.

[@johnnygrind77]

@@fuzzyoldyak5313 That's a given.

[@darthraider450]

I identify as an ambulance, my pronouns are wee/woo

[@d3ath8ybac0n4]

Ok, this made me pop out loud.

[@syko2695]

I'm MJ, mine are hee/hee

[@IvanLoss]

HA!

[@bipolarminddroppings]

​@@syko2695 another cracker. Well played.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

I tell those fellas "If you're not sure how to call me, just call me mister or do not talk to me at all".

[@portugahbk]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

[@TheTalk23]

Does Tony realize no one takes him serious. No wonder Nick Khan calls him a kid. Even though they are 6 years a part in age.

[@danielcraig4974]

Tony needs to calm the f*** down. He does AEW no favours.

[@knicksfule]

People trolling Tony is the best

[@keeganhurley119]

And Tony wonders why people don’t take him seriously

[@Jedi-xm7rw]

All you need for proof of how out of touch and socially stunted Tony Khan is, is that someone asked if he's chronically online and he proudly responds with a yes.

[@naseefzarif1576]

Tony really does prove that age is just a number.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

Tony and his fanbase are genuinely fascinating. Somehow both have acted in ways that consistently destroy the goodwill that Tony and the company should easily have in the wrestling market. As a whole we should all see AEW and Tony in a positive light and want to root for their success to grow into a strong alternative to the WWE. And because of how Tony and the online fanbase of AEW act it becomes hard to root for them at times because of how pompous or wishy washy they can often be over stupid shit. Tony should be seen with goodwill because from all accounts he is a good dude who takes care of the wrestlers working for him. Seeing him signing people through the pandemic when it would’ve been reasonable to put a freeze on that and providing people jobs during a time like that is cool. Keeping talents through their deals rather than cutting them loose out of nowhere like a WWE, especially during the pandemic when they definitely could have and would’ve been justified business wise to do so is cool. Letting people leave when he could’ve forced them to stay like a Cody or Regal again is a cool thing to do. All of that stuff tells you that as a whole he’s a good dude who has good intentions in what he does in a business famous for the opposite. A guy who does all of that shouldn’t ever be seen poorly but somehow he does stupid shit pretty often over silly things that lead to people seeing him poorly. Whether it’s the tweets he puts out that are genuinely surprising to think a company owner would ever have or the random times he feels disrespected and puffs his chest out on shit. Or the wishy washy way he portrays himself as the victim from a WWE tampering with his talents, scheduling shows around or near his shows, or when a PPV of theirs ends up on the same weekend as one of his but in the same breath will then fire back about his knowledge, booking talents or deep pockets and how he won’t be bullied in the market. Or his inconsistency about how he talks to media when he attacks the ones he dislikes but praises the ones he does (generally based on if they compliment or disagree with whatever he’s doing). We can’t forget the random accusations that make no sense, and he never provides proof of, about any social media anything that says something negative about AEW. His hypocrisy about being a transparent company but then refusing to provide any comment or clarification of any kind about various rumors or issues and often allows to fester. Or even something as relatively benign as hiring brilliant minds of wrestling to his company but then being so arrogant about what he knows to actively not follow their advice and counsel. Then he has a fanbase that band together to defend or attack everything that doesn’t align with whatever position AEW wants people to have. I mean the fanbase spent the last week on Twitter finding every justification, insult and excuse for why promoting an unknown wrestler to a casual viewer is a bad thing to do and why the company shouldn’t do such things. Outside of attacking people the fanbase actively gate keeps the promotion to discourage the audience from growing. There shouldn’t be any reason that AEW isn’t viewed extremely positively by wrestling fans and overflow with goodwill from their market. But thanks to Tony and the fanbase they’ve somehow ruined what should be a slam dunk considering who the alternative happens to be in the market. It really is just a wild thing to see happening and will be the reason the product never grows and may eventually fail as everyone actively works to keep new fans away from their product like that is a good thing to be doing. Amazing really and unfortunately sad for a company that had everything one could ask to be a strong alternative within the market for years to come.

[@TotalCruiserBabe]

I, as a native Spanish-speaker, cringe everytime I hear "Viking-o"

[@1983jcheat]

I've never seen a Mexicano Viking. Thank God. 😂

[@fluddless]

I can't click these videos fast enough when they come out. #AEWRampage on Friday

[@keeganhurley119]

I seriously want to know how the fuck Cody put up with this mark

[@jorgebarrera2165]

Why would the Booker of the Year schedule a dream match on free tv? Who does he think he is? Eric Bischoff?

[@3DBrawlChannel]

Tony needs to pay more attention to his bloody football club! Fulham got three red cards against Manchester United recently. One for a player pushing and squaring up to the ref, and other being the freaking manager for gobbing off! Good grief, the AEW mindset really is contagious!

[@kyleabent]

Tony the Kid is pretty entertaining on the behind the scenes drama side lmao

[@willkenshin]

As this vid is posted, Tony’s still losing his mind again. Man keeps arguing with people on twitter. He’s easy to bait for a response

[@RandalfElVikingo]

I miss when the Fulham fans were destroying him and made him look like a dog predator.

[@presidentskroob]

We might just have a new weekly segment on our hands here…

[@willkenshin]

@@presidentskroob Definitely! Especially if Jim talks about how Tony thinks they beat WWE based on court docs dealing with MLW. This was just yesterday news lol

[@owl509]

Putting an alleged "dream match" with zero build on live TV in less than a week's notice is the most Tony Khan thing I can think of without mentioning the almighty Tony Montana 🤣 I'm aware that there's been some buildup in Mexico but not too many people know about that. They could've very easily had a program where Vikingo shows up at the next PPV in a battle Royale and then calls out Omega, with each passing week we get a promo package that gives us the history of this feud, ultimately leading to the supposed dream match happening at Full Gear, but instead Mr. Booker of the Year just assumes that everybody watches every wrestling show ever created. How is it a dream match when probably 90% of the audience hasn't even heard of one of the competitors?

[@TheAgileFatman]

So not only is he booking two shows and running the company, he’s looking through the tweets of people with like 150 followers on Twitter?

[@TheMadmage]

Tony Khan is rapidly degenerating into Elon Musk and Donald Trump levels of social media posting.

[@JoesMadness]

I tweeted at Tony to get in my DMs to find out how real I am 😂😂😂 he hasn't DM me yet

[@JasonSum1979]

Tony Khan needs to cut back on his Bolivian marching powder intake…..

[@Traducteur1]

“Don't mock me, I'm a billionaire!” - Tony Bratty Khan

[@ericgilbert56]

Holy crap.... It's insulting that Tony has this much money to waste.

[@hofcollector8717]

I still do not know how Vince McMahon is the evil billionaire and we are supposed to believe Tony is the “every man” billionaire who we should all love and worship. GTFO

[@Billinois78]

Well, I'm convinced. I haven't really watched AEW, but if this is the guy running it, I'll never watch it.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Tony is worse than the neck beards that love the gymnastic routines he puts on.

[@PreacherJenkins]

Imagine having access to at the very least tens of millions of dollars of inheritance money and spending your free time digging through Twitter accounts of nobodies

[@OldsmobileSBRocket]

News to Tony Kahn, your company has been terrible from the start. Good Ole Herb Abrams Jr. He is a riot.

[@colonelquail3993]

Need the artwork on shirts and posters!

[@ELPRES1DENTE45]

Punk wasn't joking about working with children. 😂🤣

[@Joe4LifeProject]

I'm sure it went over a lot of people's heads, but Cornette made a great reference to the Richard Pryor / Jackie Gleason movie "The Toy".

[@wildwine6400]

Tony should get those bots to run his Twitter

[@frankdeblasio1109]

Love when we get a Oh my God for Jim! lmao

[@aaronholman8288]

Tony makes me regret buying a ticket and attending the first ever Rampage. The company seemed so full of life & we were all excited for the eventual reveal of Punk in the coming weeks. Now, it's embarrassing

[@DXCenaWWE4life]

Someone just needs to take away his Twitter because he doesn't know how to behave. Further proof why he's got no business running a Wrestling Company. Also I want to hear Jim's take the footage of the Women's Match from their House Show.

[@fwef7445]

It's crazy how badly AEW has fallen, If they lose MJF there is zero reason to tune in anymore

[@patrickfuller1806]

This is why it is so easy to root against Tony.

[@Danny02585]

Tony needs to focus on improving AE-WCW instead of mean tweets 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

[@adamrichman6105]

You can’t buy your way off of people seeing the real you. Tony appears to be on the spectrum. I don’t see this getting better.

[@brianconnelly1238]

I've never seen or heard of a billionaire, so insecure... Good grief

[@kd17Burger]

Well, his dad has the $$

[@TheWill1225]

AEW fans think Tony acting like a jackass on Friday nights is brilliant guerrilla marketing for AEW. Somehow the owner looking like a loser on twitter is a good thing to these people

[@gregory3499]

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug"

[@juniorhernandez3347]

“He’s just not good at this” Then Jim proceeds to troll Brian by having Brian transition into one of those mothership ads 😂

[@leonstroker4026]

Leave Tony Herb Abrahams Jr. Khan alone. Lol. 😂

[@jason.waterfalls33]

As a fan of certain AEW wrestlers, Tony Khan and his primitive, thin-skinned followers are the worst thing going for AEW.

[@jvharbin8337]

Just remember that Tony is playing with his daddies money. That is one reason why he comes off as so child like. It's because he is a grown child playing with daddies pocket book. Plain simple period the end. If he had to work hard for his own money he would invest it better and have much better control over this company and where it's going.

[@carter3369]

I miss The Attitude Era. What a time to be a fan.

[@PedroChuVPS]

Tony the Twitter Snowman needs to get off the Columbian Boogie Sugar. It's making him paranoid.

[@-xGenesis]

I remember getting AEW Online CD Roms back in the day