I feel I owe Tony Kahn and AEW a debt of gratitude for resurrecting my Love for pro wrestling and really broadening my horizons when it comes to this art form.
So NJPW wasn't good enough no? There's so much good wrestling out there other than WWE. People have been saying this garbage for 3 years now, it's getting boring 🤦🏻♂️
@@badmanarnie2456 no, I like both. I've got my ticket to Forbidden Door. I enjoyed both Capital Collision and Wind City Riot. I mark out for Minoru Suzuki.
I stopped watching wrestling for years because it was so watered down and boring. Since AEW started I haven’t missed a show or PPV. I really hope AEW continues to grow and stays around for years to come
@@conormcgregor8451 I'm not hating and like wwe and aew. But Sting doesn't feel special in AEW right now. I don't think his booking is all that great tbh.
Like everyone else here, Tony brought back the product that is Pro Wrestling. This is what I grew up loving. I really hope AEW thrives and makes it to the end of time.
@@codesm96 you are the most miserable human being in the planet. Commenting negative things under every happy comment. What a child you are. If anything, you’re the mark
@@rockybalboa1158 That literally makes no sense...why do you dumb AEW fanboys think that just because I hate AEW that I like WWE? This happens all the time I swear some of you literally have brain damage because I've heard it too many times from different AEW fans when I never said a single word talking up WWE, they suck too
I gave up on wrestling a few years ago because wwe was just so bad it broke my mind. Caught the indys every now and then but aew made me love wrestling again
There set to lose 100 million plus this years and are operating in the red that means no profit and raw has better ratings than dynamite and rampage combined so far not good just because you enjoy watching it as a fan does not mean it’s successful as a business
@@SneakerFetish420 it will be profitable by next year. THe most important thing is it's far more enjoyable to watch than WWE. Ive seen enough of Romain Reigns and Charlette Flair.
@@SneakerFetish420 I forgot to mention that Tony Kahn is a multi Billionaire who is heavily invested into Baseball and Football so if he loses 50 Million a year to put a different wrestling show on TV he's losing what a 100 Dollar bill is to us. Peanuts.
@@SneakerFetish420 I also forgot to mention that Vince McMahon lost 520 million in one week trying to start a new football league so Tony is a long ways away from matching Vinces loses. LOL.
@@GregHakes and it was sold to the rock 😂 google it tony is a billionaire but aew is not a billion dollar company Tony’s money and aews money are 2 totally different things so are the jaguars worth a billion dollars too ? He runs that are they going to become very profitable and start winning championships soon 😂 You have no have no idea how business works even on a small scale old man I run a real estate company I sell houses my net worth and my company’s net worth are 2 totally different things the company pays me I don’t pay the company and it’s my company if you start an llc the llc pays you even if you started it you don’t pay the llc you put money in to start a company and hope it makes a profit you don’t just keep feeding your personal money into it you reinvest the profit from the company to move forward not personal funds
@@shaheenmall3923 Are you talking about yourself, mark??? Keep using that mark cokehead Tony with the billionaire daddy's lame excuse about everyone who knows AEW sucks, I am real not a damn bot
I think it's safe to say that anyone who's been watching wrestling their whole life like I have been for almost 35 years now would do anything to have a multi-billionaire for a father that would just let you start a wrestling company. A lot of people talk trash about Tony and I agree with a lot of it but man who wouldn't do what he's doing I know I would. He's got to be the luckiest wrestling fan in the world.
Yep you have to respect the man …Most people wouldn’t have been able to do what he did even if they had half a billion dollars at there disposal. Working in sports already was a huge plus.
fascinating insight into the life and mind of tony khan. he's like the elon musk of wrestling, fair enough he had a step up in life, but he did great with it and showed courage, dedication, intelligence and passion to achieve success, through covid as well 👏
AEW made revitalized my passion for wrestling. I always was a fan but WWE is just the same all the time and I was becoming miserable watching it but thanks to Tony Kahn I love wrestling more than ever
aew has changed the wrestling business for the better. more jobs for talent. more opportunities across the board. pay has gone up in wwe due to the competition for talent. there is a major league option on national tv for fans who want something different than wwe. its remarkable what aew has done with million dollar gates , sold out ppvs, a top 5 show on Wednesday every week.
@@bls8959 But it's a *much* stronger alternative. TNA never sniffed the attendance and PPV buys and etc that AEW does on a regular basis. TNA had better ratings in its heyday total viewership wise, but way more people were watching cable in general. By every comparable metric, AEW is much bigger than TNA ever was.
Before AEW came along I was out of watchin wrestlin'. The passion is back after so long. When I first heard about it bein a possibility in late 2018 I was like "interestin'". Fast forward to now..I'm watchin weekly.
He’s a billionaire that owns the second largest wrestling company in America, part owner of the Jags, and owner of Fulham FC. What do you do in life basement dweller?
This is the calmest I've ever seen Tony, in a interview. Usually he's a "mile a minute" when speaking. I'm guessing he skipped out on the coffee this day 🤣🤣🤣.. anyway, Kool interview.
I'm a NJPW gal and when AEW was in it's infancy, I 💩 all over it & TK. I was angry because my boys were leaving New Japan. BUT NOW??? I have the utmost admiration for Tony Khan as a business savvy individual and love the ceilings that AEW continues to break. It took a few years and a pandemic, but I came around.... Now if only TK would clean up the copy on AEW's website. I cringe when I read certain pages (but only because I am a copywriter)
Tony Khan has all the qualities of revitalizing prowrestling that he surpassed the product of WWE, very soon AEW will dominate the world of wrestling, not now but the future is very bright for Tony Khan
What tony has done is amazing..Khan also needs help. His evps have le him down..he needs someone with tv experience and someone with booking experience , both who are not current talent
Tony 'I'm lucky to have a billionaire daddy' Khan's fault for being so stupid enough to be a money mark to these losers trying to use him, he should have paid his dues years ago if he wanted to become his own wrestling promoter
you are lier,kid.Your are fanboy from overated wrestling company who sign all ex wwe midcard.Your daddy Tony hasnot anything except signing ex wwe superstar and creating and giving championships to its half of its wrestlers.
Clearly he has a great passion that he has translated into a viable product however how long will it go for? Is it dependent on funding from his family's empire?
Anyone who owns a sports team/brand, they use their capital to build it and get it started. Who knows how long it’ll go. It doesn’t look like they’re losing money though. He literally said that he signed a tv deal where he was paid 175 million dollars. He’s not paying to be on TV.
@@binxboi7156 They're losing money from the video game they invested in, and the future of the TV deal is now in question after the Warner upfronts last week.
Hey Tony can we speak about flex-n-gate and how I was targeted and fired by the HR Manager for complaining about a protected act in Chicago the very City your dad came to to start his company
but he as alot of money and more money then vince , steph and triple hh. his family owns the Jacksonville football team, scoor team, a company that makes fitness equipment and aew.
"this guy brought back my love for wrestling" is literally the only comments. NJPW is incredible as are many other promotions. This whole "need to fit in with the crowd" garbage is so pathetic.
.......but those are people's experiences? I don't understand why you think that type of sentiment is a problem in any way. If this were a profile vid on NJPW, I'm sure there'd be positive comments there as well. Maybe not they exact same stuff being said but at least similarly positive. It ain't a competition, man.
@mVP Unless anybody here can read hearts and minds, I don't see the point of discarding these comments by saying they're just doing it for a like. I'm biased like any other normal human being but not to the point where I'd go out and make that statement.
@mVP I agree. I dont think TK saved wrestling like some of these comments. Hes got a bloated roster and a lot of guys and gals in catering with nothing to do. Also it seems like every match is a spotfest with AEW doing a lot of the same things that got WCW destroyed. I like a lot of the talent and want TK to succeed but the shine is off and he needs to quit signing all of WWEs cast offs and get some real support that knows the business coz hes acting like a money mark and it shows.
@mVP thats because they speak the truth. How any adult can enjoy wwe now absolutely disgusts me. It is a kids show now. There is no justifying being a fairy fan when it comes to the wwe fans of today.
Aew has a tv deal for 45 million which only covers 14 wrestlers contracts the video game started at 50 million out of pocket its now over budget at 80 and Kenny omega is said to be frustrated with yukes as they continue to ask for more money aew is set to lose more than 100 million dollars for another straight year this company is operating the red that’s not good business just because tk is worth a billion dollars + doesn’t mean aew is with that logic the Jacksonville Jaguars would be worth a billion and have at least gone to a super bowl or at worst playoffs but......NO tk is worth money because of his dad not because he does good business
They're getting destroyed. I have never seen an upstart company as Cena called them, talk so much smack with nothing to back it up. They have a bloated roster vying for tv time, an owner that is now lying about the numbers the company is doing and above all an Identity issue. So far they have pushed themselves as the anti wwe. The "pro" wrestling company. Yet the only star they have made has ironically been Cody(a sports entertainer at his core)! I want this company to stick around soley on the basis that the wwe is better when they have competitors with deep pockets. They need to lean on those deep pockets now more then ever and hire a real booker first and formost.
Aew wishes they were competition to WWE. Its laughable that he think Aew is Eben as good as WCW was. Thays thee ONLY wrestling company thay had a chance. This guy just has money to throw away. Tony khan will soon be another Dixie Carter who had daddy's checkbook for min then it got taken away. Tony khan seems very delusional. WWE was and is the best.
One of Forbes writer is trying so hard bring their name down , he blackbaited , spreads fake news about aew . Few days back he posted some false reports about NJPW AEW demo rating thing. Now Forbes posts this video . I'm confused
Anyone who watches AEW subjectively won't enjoy the product... It's strictly a show for super marks who just want something different then WWE... Problem is there hasn't been much progression... Just a bloated roster where everyone gets 15 mins of fame, then moved to the side for the next guy's push, rinse-repeat
Here's the funny thing. WWE has a Monday with their women's tag Champs leave making them scramble to book a new main event and it goes off smoothly like the walkout is a work. AEW like Tony says doesn't rip up scripts and re write stuff on the day of and they have dynamite end so awkwardly with the UE beat down that was so poorly done. Great booking Tony. You must be proud of yourself. Mark.
Here is the thing, it is so damn expensive to run a company with 50+ wrestlers with elite production and high salaries only on one show a week with PPV/merchandising. They are going to keep losing money, and then it becomes how much till Papa Kahn says enough we need to start earning from this. Creating competition breeds excellent storytelling and pays good money to all involved. I just feel this particular model + gruelling style that some of their wrestlers endure is just not sustainable in the long run. Still after 3 years, we expect a new debut in each PPV or else it is a bummer. They need to stick to a core and build on them. The right core (ie MJF, Wardlow, Starks, Omega, Danielson)
TV deals are so huge now, though. We, of course, don't know their financials, but there were reports that the company would be in the green if not for video game development costs. Now, granted, that was *before* some of the major signings since then (who no doubt cost a pretty penny each), but I think it's feasible.
My honest opinion about aew is, its good its different, its been 20 years since we’ve had something else to watch besides wwe, and i loved wwe back in the 90s/00s, with all these indie companies who wouldve thought aew would blow up so fast in the alotted time of 3 years, HOWEVER i have some major issues with it and its to be expected as no company is perfect -the roster is far too clogged up and not enough air time for all these wrestlers - i dont like the fact that they keep signing ex wwe stars, from the beginning they had so much young talent which they still do, but now theyre sort of tilting towards the established wrestlers - rampage is too short, if they made it 2 hours they could have more storyline and more airtimes for certain wrestlers who couldnt get it in dynamite - last but not least they take too much time with certain rivalries and storylines They need to keep it moving and flowing which would result in more and more unique matches Other than that i have a been a fan of aew since the beginning, i really really hope tony doesnt let the fame get to him and start making the same mistakes WCW did and vinnie mac, but alas no company is perfect as i said before…..
I support AEW wrestling and want them to succeed but I don't buy into his woke or liberal policies...All this diversity I'd B.S. because he should just pic ppl on their talent not their race or sexual gender..I don't agree transgender athlete's should not be competing against other woman...I don't like TK PC attitude in his company but I definitely think he has great matches and some good storylines and his breaking down forbidden door is great thing...
Exactly, it's so annoying. Someone biologically born as a man should be going for a women's world championship - imagine if this was UFC😂. Just makes the business look weak and cheap
You realise TK is also successful on his own? He owns the Jacksonville Jaguars (admittedly I don’t know much about them because I don’t watch American football) but he also owns Fulham FC in London. They just won the second division in England and they’ll be getting around 150 million just for going up to the first division in the premier league. Not even taking in account selling out a 50,000 seat stadium every single week without fail, tv rights, etc. He’s incredibly successful on his own too
You either control the business i.e. money or the book. If your truly trying to run a profitable business you can't control both as it's counter intuitive... Tony needs to leave his "young fan mentality" at home because at the end of the day he's paying for it all and should be making the most of any situation. The fact cm punk and the young bucks were suspended instead of using it and forcing them to do business or sit at home because you don't get golden self made angles like nature incidents. Tony needs to wake up, he is a character in his show and start to think like a Vince McMahon... you make the reality and you enforce NDAs , protect and use the business opportunities presented. Wrestling is the best when it truly feels like you don't know what will happen. The only way you got information on the business of the wwf was a Vince out of character interview, other then that every other piece of information released by the wwf/wwe is literally building a narrative. It feels likes the real narratives dictate business actions in AEW.
how could cody found the company if tony khan signed him.? lol. it's like being hired at your job to be the manager and claiming you founded the company. lol.
