Tony Schiavone | AEW Unrestricted Podcast

[@bigdingo8848]

How can Tony have bits, inside jokes and moments with like everyone in AEW? The man has been gold in his AEW run.

[@KairosObj]

Answered ur own question there.

[@BeeCeeJay]

Tony & Aubrey's chemistry is amazing. Don't sell yourself short Aubrey, you more than hold your own with Tony on the podcast.

[@heymikey6793]

💯!!!

[@SethJoseph95]

Tony Schiavone is such an amazing guy. one of my favorite voices to hear on commentary. I didn't discover Tony until he got to AEW and i'm glad i can say I'm a fan of him. You can see how humble he is

[@indie__alternative2193]

Dream Match: Britt vs Aubrey for the exclusive rights to Tony Schiavone.

[@raymondboop4069]

Or Aubrey in a Bill Alfonso vs Beulah match from ECW

[@mrsilence666]

Lois arrives and lays them both out.

[@TNLable]

David Crockett, Jesse Ventura, Bobby Heenan and Conrad Thompson approved this match

[@Dickinabox]

Tony Schiavone on a pole match... With clothes preferably.

[@DanPorterBridges]

This match without context is still good. Give it to me, lol.

[@thejordanbrooks4893]

For Tony to say he's the product of nostalgia is completely undermining the effort he's put in to help make AEW what it is today. I grew up during the Monday Night Wars (I'm 32 now) and I was never a fan of WCW or Tony. My first real introduction to Tony was via AEW, and I think he's absolutely killed it at his job. He's definitely a part of why AEW is AEW and why they're so god damn good, apart from the work that's being done in-ring. He's humble to the point of annoyance! 😂 Much love Tony!

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

He seems like such a genuinely cool guy

[@michaelmckenna6070]

I'm 41 and I loved him in wcw just as much as I do now

[@Mr.Villainous2050]

You're completely right. I got into wrestling after WCW was gone, and then fell out of it some years later. AEW pulled me back but I was confused by all the hype and love for Tony because I'd never experienced his commentary. Speaking as someone who has no nostalgia for him, I instantly saw what a great talent he is.

[@junyah1]

I was not a huge Tony fan during the Monday Night Wars for one simple reason- he was always talking about NWO during every match. No matter what and I just hated listening to it. I have a better appreciation for him now as an adult

[@aaronm8143]

Warren Chapman same. He lived up to the hype.

[@jesselatham7610]

AEW just seems like an authentic company full of authentic people. Everyone is so humble from the youngest to the oldest and it makes you really want to buy into the product, I couldn’t ask more from this company right now whether I believe every storyline is great or not

[@kyledamron]

Tony and Jericho were so good. I hope when Jericho is done in the ring he will do commentary more often especially with Tony

[@AscendedXSaiyan]

He said he's interested in doing it after.

[@paulsmith9192]

@kyle damron he's good until he screams hole show.the last one he was awful he screamed the hole time

[@sergiodoordie319]

Is great to have a guy like Tony Schiavone in AEW

[@Coleman093]

Humble guy but the best commentator in the world right now. Nothing to do with nostalgia as I never watched WCW.

[@GregBurch]

He just seems like a real great guy.

[@kyledamron]

I love Tony, he was along with JR were the voices of my childhood and I was hoping from the beginning that Tony was going to be involved with aew and I'm very glad he wound up with AEW.

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

When he debuted on the first Dynamite, I marked out so hard lol. JR and Tony together is good commentary, and nostalgia rolled into a perfect ball. Couldn't ask for a better commentary honestly.

[@matthewshiell822]

I wish I could be friends with Tony. He seems like such an awesome guy to spend time with

[@josho5423]

Tony IS humble, sure, but it seems he doesn't understand how great he is. I wayched WCW from 97 to the end of 99 and thought he was fantastic. In terms of announcers right now, Tony is the #1 BEST, by a landslide. His commentary, his wit, quickness, sense of humor is just as good as anyone's else. Tony shines with his personality, as an interviewer and as a pure babyface company rep. JR used to be like this during the Steve Austin era, and was an integral talent as interviewer, etc and beloved by the fans. Now Tony is filling this same multi-purpose role. He is just fantastic, has such good instincts, and the fans LOVE him. He is probably as big of a babyface as anyone on the roster. Especially with his role in AEW right now, his name OBJECTIVELY needs to be in the top 5 of all time conversation! Tony, don't sell yourself short asshole :P

[@samsundar7408]

Jericho is the best announcer right now

[@rebelwithoutaclue7667]

@@samsundar7408 Tony is the best announcer, Jericho is the best colour commentary (followed closely by Kingston) and Excalibur is the best play by play. Give it a few years and the this'll be the team we are listening to every week

[@manuelrodriguez9786]

What I love the most is to know Tony is happy

[@CMBell1985]

Schiavone was my guy in the announcers booth back in 1990. He still is today. Your maturity adds a hell of a lot to matches/angles youve got an excellent perspective and understand the link between old and new. Adaptation. If excalibur is new school, JR is old school, Tonys a fantastic link man between these worlds.

[@mulldrifterz6469]

Tony, this isn't a dig at any other announcer because there have been some really good ones. But you were my guy as far as an announcer goes. You, Tenay and Heenan were my childhood and when I think of my fond WCW memories, you were always involved with them. You had to get the product over to us the consumer(s), and even in the dying days of WCW you still did it. You did it so well, wrestling on Mondays kept me out of trouble and kept me doing well in school at the time because if I did bad in school or got in fights or whatever that meant no Monday Nitro, and I made sure I never messed that up. I am sure I am not unique with this story and you did a lot more for the youth at the time and good for people than you give yourself credit for. It's why you are so adored now. The AEW fanbase is mainly made up of people that were kids/teens during WCW. You are the best, in my eyes, there has ever been. Thank you.

[@cpth0wdy13]

Schiavone and Solie = The greatest ever.

[@mightyblack1]

Good to see Tony back in the wrestling business.

[@harbarycarbary]

Tony is the heart and soul in this company. Watching his comeback this past year and half has been beautiful to watch. Wrestling needed him

[@tonycampbell4982]

Tony on Saturday morning in the 80s on World Wide Wrestling in the NWA was the best!

[@syiloman]

Tony is way to humble and laid back. He gives way too much cred to JR. Lets be honest JR not the same anymore and Tony still has it. During the lockdown Tony and Jericho were by far the best announcers I have ever heard on AEW or in current wrestling. Those 2 should be on the A team with Excalibur and Taz on the B side. Tony you're the best and pls stop bad mouthing WCW. Crap, we get it but you were part of one of the best times of wrestling

[@philo2189]

jr has been really good and excalibur is amazing chris jericho is annoying as fuck idk how you can consider jericho or tony ever being better than excalibur lmao

[@philo2189]

also 1999 2000 wcw was awful lmao stop it

[@heymikey6793]

@N 😂😂😂

[@heymikey6793]

Tony, JR, Ex and Jericho.. they're all iconic and they all have days on commentary where they shine!!!

[@Tcrror]

Mauro? Better than all of them, which isn't to say the AEW guys are bad, obviously.

[@FirstNameJ0hn]

Tony was one of the voices of my childhood. Will always love this man. So happy he’s back in the wrestling business.

[@tjstapleton3894]

Tony is literally the voice of my childhood... I love hearing him tell stories and really love hearing how amazing AEW is.

[@TrevorSteven]

I love Tony. Just for the record, Dave Meltzer never called Tony 'the worst announcer in 1999 & 2000' - the fans did. In the year end awards for those years in the Observer newsletter, voted for by the fans. Tony won the award in the 'Worst Announcer' category. In 2019's Observer awards, Tony was 3rd in the 'Best Announcer' category in the same Observer newsletter awards, for his work in AEW.

[@KaceyRepublic]

Was going to post the same thing.

[@PaxBisonica89]

None of this means anything, nobody cares about the observer.

[@davecarsley8773]

@@PaxBisonica89 You're very wrong. A huge amount of people do. They really shouldn't, but they do.

[@stephenbabinec8984]

So when can we get the following guests: Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, MJF, and Jericho?

[@Qtipz123]

Unfortunately, I don't think we'll ever get a MJF Unrestricted interview. The guy just doesn't break character.

[@SamuelDuplessis12]

@@Qtipz123 agreed, I think the only way they could do it with him is if they talked to him as Max Friedman instead of MJF.

[@laaaaambb]

@@Qtipz123 He’ll be on sometime. He was on the Stone Cold Podcast before where he kind of weaved in and out of character.

[@Gaigai275]

I think he will only break character after retiring.

[@KairosObj]

@@Qtipz123 it'd still work.. Others got interviews with him including Chris Van Vliet.

[@tazmissionplex]

Can I just say i love the paid ads that the 2 Tonys are doing on impact they are great

[@MentalLiberation]

1) Jim Ross 2) Everyone Tony Schiavone grew up watching/got to work with 3) Tony Schiavone That is some super humility. Tony is actually pretty darn good as an announcer. I love that he's open to the product he's commentating on, too.

[@TheWillWagnerShow]

Tony was always my favorite on air talent. Made old WCW and old NWA, my most memorable and treasured set of shows.

[@Onyyyxx]

Tony’s really endeared himself to wrestling fans all over again. I didn’t really watch WCW but of course knew Schiavone, and his voice. But now that he’s getting a fresh start someplace new, I’m realizing just how naturally gifted he is at this. And what a cool guy.

[@garrybrasil3750]

I think I understand what Tony means when he brings up nostalgia, but thats an unavoidable feeling for all parties. Nostalgia doesnt last that long, and it's been 2 years already and I hope that Tony continues being apart of AEW, especially at commentary. He doesnt just make people feel nostalgic, he helps make the product feel authentic and meaningful. Absolut.

[@funkadelicrailroad1714]

That really was excellent guys thank you very much

[@productreviewproductions439]

THE BEST GUEST OF ALL! LOVE YOU TONY THANKS FOR ALL THE MEMORIES !!!

[@hadsbros]

We love you Tony! We appreciate you sitting down, getting all this off your chest and bringing us your awesome mind! Thanks for letting us know how much you care because we all care about you and your fam and the amazing product that is AEW!

[@JoeyKahmII]

Tony needs to just announce with Excalibur. He could shine even more than he already is. This dude is amazing. From the podcasts to the commentary. And his humility is unparalleled.

[@wavlngths148]

This was my favorite podcast so far. Before Tony closed his DMs on Twitter we talked about the show I went to in Boston. Great guy.

[@KPdewstar]

Tony was always excellent on the mic. This was wonderful

[@bennyOmega99]

My favourite commentator of all time 🙌🙌🙌

[@bridgewater420]

Tony is a national treasure!

[@brianbradford4023]

I like how Aubrey screams the count...gold.

[@jasonfigueroa1982]

My favorite wrestling podcast period....

[@MrEmpireBuilder0000]

What a great interview! Tony S and Jim Ross on commentary is like a hybrid of my childhood wrestling shows and I love it. I believe AEW has the best commentary team beginning with Jim, Tony, Excalibur, Taz and Jericho.

[@johnstorm9314]

It's TONNYYY!!! This is the greatest podcast in the history of the world!! :D

[@joshualawson5607]

Tony, I dunno if you’ll ever read this but FOR REAL you and Jericho on commentary totally were/are the modern day Bobby the Brain / Gorilla Monsoon. You guys work tremendously well together

[@paulsmith9192]

@Joshua Lawson Jericho was good,but now all he does is scream.when he first started he talked normal was good.now he just shouts

[@kajenbop]

Tony... you’re a legend! You’re the JR of AEW which is quite something considering AEW actually has JR. Keep up the good work n keep destroying trolls with “mom” lines.

[@mr.mirchenstein6549]

Tony seems like such a nice guy. I've been a fan of his since the late 80s, & it's great to see him back in the game again!

[@Gamebox27]

Tony was my life in NWA and WCW. Good to see him still in wrestling

[@varitsvq9002]

I was 4 years old when WCW finished so I never heard of Tony until I heard from AEW and I could definitely say that alongside Excalibur, I discovered 2 of the greatest commentators I've seen, so I don't care if Tony feels his work in WCW was not good or he thinks he is only in AEW for nostalgic reasons, that does not apply to me. So for me Tony will always be an essential part of AEW and Wrestling in general from the minute I heard him! Much respect Tony!

[@btipton6899]

Excalibur sucks. You need to Google Gordon Sollie, Bobby Heenan, Gorilla Monsoon, and Jesse Ventura.

[@michaelmckenna6070]

Tony makes Dynamite awesome I don't know if I would be as big of a fan if he wasn't there!!! The voice of my childhood and know adulthood as well!

[@drewdiesel420]

Respect to tony, one of my favorite commentator

[@Kr4ShSkeL]

The fact that Tony knew that Sting was going to debut that night proves that he is one of the greatest annoucers of all time, he sounded as surprised as us !!

[@Kr4ShSkeL]

Tony is one of the reasons of AEW succes without a doubt, he's gold on tv, on podcast, on social networks... And he is damn funny !!

[@SW-bv1me]

Another great podcast from AEW. Jim Ross wrote two great Autobiographies. I really think Tony should write a book too Tony's much better off career-wise in AEW than WWE.

[@Fnmagician]

I could listen to tony for hours he seems like a great guy

[@mauriceproctor4967]

Tony's reaction to vince buying wcw was priceless and the other 2 were great. Nobody new that was going to happen.

[@steve2275]

thank you both

[@ADIMIS]

I always liked tony, but I learned a lot more about him in this, and now have a greater appreciation for him. Can someone at tnt tell him he's loved? I feel like he should hear that more often.

[@ADL21]

when I get back to wrestling, I'm aiming to end up in AEW. All signs point to it being a fantastic company.

[@alsnow7023]

Tony the goat

[@johnknouse6984]

A) I love Aubrey. She's is just total awesomeness. I wanna give her a big hug lol B) Tony: I'm a couple years younger than you, so I remember guys like Gordon Solie doing Georgia Champioship Wrestling on WTBS-17 out of Atlanta...or Gorilla Monsoon doing commentary of taped matches for WWF on the weekends on WWOR-9 out of Secaucus, NJ. You, sir, are one hell of a commentator. And you're right, so is Jim Ross. But, I admire your humility...as well as your candidnesss. But when I first tuned into AEW to watch and I saw you and JR there are the table, literally the first words I said were "Oh f***! That is so f***ing cool!" It was like seeing the pro wrestling dream team of commentary there. Now, it's one of the many super things that I love about AEW. And the fact that I hear you guys plus the talent talk about how good Tony Khan is to you all, I am glad you're all there and working for him. And I hope as soon as this whole COViD thing is over, that you and the rest of AEW get out and earn all the respect and admiration that you all deserve from people all over the world. God bless, man.

[@shaneroneleg]

Tony you are definitely in the top 5 of all time and I love the hoodie go A's

[@jesterboykins2899]

Love you Tony! Great guy. Hard not to like. Be well:)

[@allelete4064]

THX.................Aubrey & Tony !!!

[@TheRealJohnSouth]

Though Skee-a-vown isn't a wrestler, but it's great that he can put Jericho over on commentary. Legend.

[@gothicmale6]

i always enjoyed tony schiavones work his is such a great announcer in aew and in wcw i always loved his work a great guy

[@meandurphy9366]

The one we've all been waiting for

[@justindc5362]

Wrestling observer better give Tony best of 2020

[@marti5420]

tony putting his current run down to nostalgia is kind of sad. i hope he realizes that he is great at what he does alongside being beloved by people who remember him.

[@aaronm8143]

He’s a future hall of famer.

[@marksguitars5617]

cool show, love hearing from Tony and Aubrey! Love her smile, wit and style!

[@clubbedsandwich1128]

For Tony to say that he thinks Jim Ross is the best announcer ever shows just how much class this man has.

[@unclewilly1017]

Thanks for the good stories

[@johnkellum3152]

Tony and jr are my second and third favorite commentators my number one was henan.

[@thepicatrix3150]

Wow shes the ref and totally not like how I expected. I loved watching heron the indies glad she made it to the big time. Tony is the man

[@Gamebox27]

The real big Tone

[@rageangerman1432]

Was watching tony when I was 9 and 10 years old. I'm 45 now.

[@Slavenmierech]

Love you Tony

[@cajunasian71]

Thanks to Tony, Surge Energy Drink had a "surge'" in sales. 😅 I felt for him in the late 90s WCW, but Tony in Crockett and early WCW was Th Man announcing.

[@slackerdc]

I seen so much of Groilla and Hennan growning up and Schiavone and Jericho wasn't quite as good as that, but it was close.

[@syiloman]

agree, Gorilla and Bobby are the best period. I also agree that Tony and Jericho should be the A team for AEW.

[@TNLable]

Sadly I was able to watch Gorilla Monsoon during his run as Raw GM and his last run as a judge in that Brawl for All with Butterbean (Vince McMahon and Russo not thinking straight even back then).

[@EmoEmu]

Gotta love these two.

[@MadManMcGirt]

It is too bad i didn't ask this question prior to the podcast, but I would love to know Tony's opinion of Mauro Ranallo

[@Drew44182]

Tony's wife is a smart woman! He made the right move for sure.

[@sangan3202]

theres a lot of good real stories in AEW, lots of good people there

[@trollem69]

How can Tony Schiavone be in his 60s. He looks amazing for his age.

[@michiganjack1337]

Tony has always had a great voice in broadcasting. I hold him right up there with the likes of Mean Gene Okerlund and Ed McMahon.

[@JLHWrestlingfan]

love this . love tony and aubrey,

[@marti5420]

schiavone is the best in the world when hes passionate for something

[@papanoel3999]

Corey Greaves is hands down the very very best commentator ever. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@davecarsley8773]

I see Ski-uh-vone is booking himself now!

[@RealScottishGenius]

Tony get away from them monsters. @SneakEnergy is a lot better tasting and with no sugar gets you through the day no problem..... Also Tony you and JR are the best announcers when you were with different companies you both were the voce of said company and to have you both on commentary is a dream come true for me, you all works so well together and yes i'm also including Excalibur with his Tope Suasida lol

[@JohnCarey1993]

Tony is a Diamond

[@shaneroneleg]

Aubrey Edwards becomes a wrestler confirmed

[@KennySilva]

Acabo de escuchar la parte en la que dicen que Tony se lleva el dinero fácil, pero creo que no hay nadie mejor para hacer las entrevistas en el ring, aguantar y reaccionar. Además de que representa y conoce toda una era de wrestling. Su sola presencia ya es importante. Aunque esto último sí suena a que se lleva el dinero fácil. 😂 Pero nadie más ha estado en su posición. Así que es bien pagado.

[@magoh2000]

+1 on the Golden Oat Belvitas... Pairs best with coffee...

[@hippiebro710]

Only the ogs on this one

[@brianbradford4023]

More Aubrey ! ! !

[@barryfowler6846]

Love you Tony, to me you are a great broadcaster. You are who you are. I miss you, I'm you came back.

[@Bearlove578]

Augusta County baybay. Home of Tony

[@stevenbelmont7436]

I use to watch WCW & WWE and I like #AEW so much better than both WCW & WWE. I'm glad #AEW is a thing and hope that it's here 4-life. And Tony is such a great announcer. I am glad he is with #AEW #AEWDynamite #AEWonTNT #AEWDark.

[@aprentissdaye]

When Tony Schiavone said Dave Meltzer can kiss his ass lol, I think it's safe to say those are sentiments echoed throughout the majority of the IWC.

[@ronch182]

I love/feel bad for Tony when he gets legit mad at Eddie Kingston 😆

[@Backwoods_Squatch]

Right now, with the small audience at ringside, along with JR, Tony and Dynamite remind me more of the very early WCW days when they were broadcasting from a studio in Atlanta. The style of wrestling has changed, and not always for the better, and promotions want big, glitzy sets with huge pyro, but I tell you now, it's not always better. WWE is a good example of too much emphasis on the looks, and not enough on the booking. Sometimes, stripping everything down to just the ring, and the competitors in it. Having Tony at ringside makes the whole show more Legitimate.