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Let me preface this with the fact that I actually like some of what AEW does so it’s not a hate on them to ask this.
How long until there is a backstage skit in AEW where in the background the door says:
Tony
Khan's
Office
(TKO) cos we know they like taking shots at wwe, and that's the kind of pettiness I expect from them.
That wouldn’t shock me in the least, for the exact reason you mentioned.
In your opinion, what are the chances that the next TV deals will be exclusively streaming?
It’s really hard to put a number on it. If Amazon offered them three times what they are getting now to run exclusively on Prime, I think they would have to take it. With that said, I think they want to be on other outlets too and have something available to the linear crowd. I would put the odds of being all streaming at less than 50/50.
Do you think Tony Khan will be scared for his life when he has to explain to Dad how much he killed the ticket buying public for Grand Slam?
OUCH. Seriously, I doubt that he will have to but he should be scared when he looks at the drop in attendance from the first show to tomorrow's event. The first show did over 20,000 fans now he has to resort to selling two for one packages. That's downright sad but it is also indicative of his booking. If his booking was great, he would be selling tickets.
Call me cynic, but isn't there a slight chance that the whole CM Punk thing is a work. He fancied some time off and talked Tony into this.....
I don't blame anyone for having a cynical eye to things that happen in the wrestling business. It's a work after all. With that said, I see no chance that this is a work.
Now that it's official, what is your biggest fear about the endeavor take over?
The only real fear I have is that Ari Emmanuel will suddenly think he’s Tony Khan and knows how to book wrestling TV. That would be a catastrophe unless it ends up that Ari is a booking genius.
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