Ariel Helwani & Tony Khan's memorable interview on the state of AEW, CM Punk, WWE competition, more 

Whose watching this again after the recent Punk interview?😂😂

“I dont want to talk about it.” 😂😂

Tony, what’s your favorite color? Tony Khan: It's been very important. It's great to go back there. We had the third episode ever of Dynamite there two years ago, and it was a very, very special card. There was a great tag match that I felt really strong about that I loved. John Moxley and PAC versus Kenny and Hangman, the first ever Kenny and Hangman tag match and it did a big number. We also had a great main event, Chris Jericho versus Darby Allin in a Philly street fight for the world title. And it was one of the several matches that really put Darby on the map as a big star and I've always really loved that show. It was really special to go to Philly for me. And I've been wanting to come back and do this show there for a long time. This show's been rescheduled and postponed because of the pandemic, and I do think for the fans now, it's going to work out because they're going to get one of the best cards we've ever put together with the Casino Ladder Match, which has got a stacked group of wrestlers in it, with the 8-Man Tag, eight of our top stars in this big four on four match that's been building up since the end of All Out, Shida going for her 50th win, what a great opponent it would be to get it against if she was able to get a win against Serena Deeb. That's going to be a great match. And Sammy Guevara defending the TNT title for the first time ever in a true open challenge against Bobby Fish, who's one of the top wrestlers, even a top independent wrestler, a top wrestler for New Japan, a top wrestler for NXT, a top wrestler in all these companies, never been to AEW until this week, Wednesday Night Dynamite on the two year anniversary show. So, there's a lot of great wrestling and I'm going to have some fun announcements, and it's going to be a really special show. And I can tell you right now, I have one huge announcement on the show. It is going to be a lot of fun, and it should be just a really, really good night of wrestling for Wednesday Night Dynamite, two year anniversary show. I'm so happy. I'm so happy because wrestling was a huge part of Owen Hart's life. Martha Hart is a very intelligent, very principled woman. She's not the biggest wrestling fan, but she knows that for Owen Hart, it was a huge part of his life, and she has a very nuanced, articulate thoughts on it. She's very well aware of Owen's career path and the different places he wrestled and, believe me, he wrestled for more than one company in his career, and she has a lot of knowledge of it, including his matches with New Japan, his brief stint with WCW. He worked with Joel Goodhart and of course, his wrestling in Stampede and also in Europe for Otto Wanz in the Catch Wrestling Association. So, Owen Hart, incredibly well traveled wrestler, one place we never had the good fortune to host Owen Hart was AEW. He's a favorite of so many of ours, and it meant a lot to be able to connect with Martha and offer this olive branch and say that we would love to have you and Owen be a part of AEW. We would love to work with the Owen Hart Foundation and reestablish the legacy of Owen Hart in professional wrestling where we haven't seen him in terms of being in video games and action figures and on TV, on wrestling each week and celebrating his great career. It's just we don't hear that name enough, Owen Hart. [Martha] was very principled and she wanted to make sure this was something that would benefit the Owen Hart Foundation, which it will, that it was something that will be respectful of Owen's name and legacy and of Martha, herself. And absolutely, that's what we're here to do. And so I'm very, very excited about it.

Ariel: What's your favorite color Tony: I don't know but MJF is great

He’s the epitome of saying a lot but actually saying nothing. He listens to the question, says something vague about the question and then gives a promo about the upcoming shows for 5 minutes. Also, good to see that not even Khan cares about Dark and Elevation, completely ignoring the 2hr 15m of content he put out this week excluding Dynamite and Rampage

"Chris Jericho is the best he's ever looked." Come on man. It's impressive he's still going, but best he's ever looked is ridiculous.

Tony Khan: “I’m so transparent.” 2 seconds later: “I can’t comment on that”

Tony has a really hard time just answering a simple question, doesn’t he… 😅

Anyone else here after Cornette and Brian shat themselves laughing at how Ariel buried TK for this interview?

Through this entire interview I was trying to find the "Skip Ad".

This interview compared to the Seth Rollins and Trips ones, So much difference. Seth was ready to talk about anything and Trips was tearing up and everything. Khan is better suited behind a keyboard than in public.

This video should have been titled "Tony Khan doesn't talk AEW locker room drama, CM Punk, MJF, relationship with WWE, future plans"

Guy says he super transparent yet dodges most of Ariel's questions

*"You can ask but i cannot answer that my friend"* Tony khan

@32:07 "I was dying to know what was going on in your mind in that moment, can you share any of that with us?" "I cannot share any of that with you" 😂

the biggest difference between this and triple h interview earlier this year was even when asked with hard questions triple gave very understandable and gave the best answer he could giving an actual update but with Tony every hard question is deflected

Tony "no comment" khan 😂 I'm revisiting this after the cm punk interview the other day lol

About taking shot at WWE- 28:34 CM Punk- 31:58 Nick Khan Two Faced Tweet- 50:00 There's only room for one Khan in this business- 1:01:45 Cody Rhodes- 1:09:20 Inmates running the asylum- 1:10:40

This is the difference when a real journalist that covers multiple sports asks hard hitting, straight forward questions. When a 'wrestling journalist' asks questions it's mostly the wrestling fan inside them asking it and they always compliment and love to cuddle everything Tony does nowadays. It's also the main reason why Tony doesn't do interviews with people that he knows will criticize his company. Hats off to Ariel for getting through this calmly and not lashing out at Tony, because I would have.

Seeing Khan in an interview with an actual journalist and not a dirt sheet writer is gold. Khan is rambling and just looks bad in this interview.

I feel so bad for Ariel in this interview. He's trying so hard to be a consummate professional, While Tony Khan just dodges his questions, Self Promotes and acts like a child or an Adult high on drugs. He has to be the single most unprofessional owner of a business ever.

Ariel: "I thought you didn't like me" Tony: "Nah, I like you" BY THE END Tony: "So now you know, I like you" Ariel: "But, I don't like you"

Helwani:How are you? Mark Khan:You can ask but can't answer that and comment my friend.

No one uses so many words in order to say nothing quite like Tony.

Ariel should have asked beforehand if Khan would answer the questions people actually want to hear about or it's not even worth doing the interview. Dude used this as a infomercial. It's an insult to Ariel.

Ariel: So when MJF called you a fcking mark on live TV in front of all of the new management executives, how did you feel about that? Were you uncomfortable? Tony: Well you know MJF has the AEW dynamite diamond ring that he won on last year's AEW Dynamite on TBS at 8 PM and now he has the AEW Casino Chip that he won with the help of The Firm on AEW All Out on PPV, which was one of the greatest cards of all time in my opinion. Oh yearh remember The Acclaimed, they will be having National Scissoring day AEW Celebration this evening at 8 pm eastern daylight time, 6 pm mountain time and 5 pm western on AEW Dynamite 3 year anniversary on TBS at 8 pm eastern daylight time, 6 pm mountain time and 5 pm western on TBS. 😂😂 Bruh Tony, it is okay to remove that promoter mask just a little.

He can't answer how he felt? When do courts consider feelings?

Speaking of backstage drama there was another backstage fight tonight lol

Tony khan makes u appreciate how entertaining Vince was

Excellent interview Ariel. No softball questions. Way to be a true journalist. Thanks for the great content!!

I could barely get through 20 minutes of this before I had to stop listening. There is a reason why I skip Busted Open when Tony is on. I suggest listening to Episode 266 of Jim Cornette’s Drive-Thru to get a summary of this interview and Ariel’s response to the interview.

TK always looks like he's got a gun to his back

Who's here after Tony Khan's tweet over Ariel Helwani appearing on Smackdown?

Such an awkward interview but still good. Thanks for the content Ariel

77 minutes of GARBAGE. Tony loves to talk talk talk and say nothing.

He’s quick to brag about his success, but deflects any tough questions. His dad is a billionaire, hasn’t worked for anything.

“I don’t know nick khan.” 2 min later “ I’ve talked to nick khan on the phone.”

Tony Khan's line of the year: "Im super transparent"

Tony: Not gonna talk about that Ariel: Let me ask you more about that

Does he NOT WANT to talk about Punk or can he NOT TALK about him? This guy is hilarious.

Tony Khan "I don't want to talk about that. I can't talk about that." Guy is full of himself

Tony “I don’t Wanna talk about it” Khan

Ariel is such a pro and has patience of a saint. Tony is just being so frustratingly strenuous.

He doesn’t answer questions, he just takes questions and turns them into a promo for the next event.

This is the first interview I ever skipped the answers so I could hear the questions 😂

Tony “you can ask” kahn is so unprepared for the long term management of this company. Hopefully he gets help soon.

59:50 “i’m super transparent.” few seconds later “i don’t wanna say.” 😂

Tony really takes way too much Adderall.

The way he circles around answers is crazy. I can only imagine the wrestlers taking direction from him compared to VKM. Totally different people.

This interview was: 90% of TK promoting his own products 5% Cowardly dodging the most important questions. 4% Talking shit about things nobody ever cared 1% Good stuff

I like the part where Bryan Alvarez defends Tony khan in this interview without actually watching the interview then calls Ariel a wwe shill.

"Well my dad owns the place but I run it." "Oh you're one of those!"

so he admits he just randmonly books matches

Hard to watch interview, lots of awkward exchanges but Ariel did great. He didn’t hold back, and wasn’t afraid to speak up. Like Sam Roberts, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if WWE recruited him in the future.

Tony Always Says “I Can’t Comment Onnat” Like Damn What Can U Comment On? 🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♂️

Ariel: Tony is the sky blue? Tony: I can’t comment on that Ariel: Is grass green? Tony: I can’t comment on that Got to respect Ariel for having the patience with this guy. I would of cut the interview a long time ago.

This shows every aew fan how much tony Khan really has to hide! What a fucking joke.

Damn near an hour in and I get the line that makes hanging in with the interview well worth..."I'm super transparent" The transparent can't address 20 questions Tony K 😂

my dude didnt answer anything tho 😂 no wonder ariel is pissed off

Man, the way Tony non-answered the MJF question.. he just went on and on about other stuff, hoping Ariel would forget.. just talk about it, Tony, MJF does.

Tony is such a mark.

What would have Tony done if he wasn’t born into riches

I never had an interest in aew because of Chris Jericho.i had an interest because I thought the over all company would be a good alternative. It hasn’t pan out to me.

Ariel Rules!! Amazing Interviews

This man tony was ZOOOTED during this interview 😂😂😂

Can't answer anything without praising himself. We get it, your dad is rich and your journey has been easy to the top. First full interview I've watched of him, never again l

The timing of dropping this is elite.

The "not heard of this thing" (Tony making a point that his legal supposedly hadn't heard of Ariel's show) comments straight off are so arrogant

Love Ariel, but this interview sucks. Tony dodged any interesting questions and used every chance to speak, as an excuse to ramble about upcoming shows and stuff. Which ironically made me less interested than if he actually talked shop. HHH had a much better interview.

Love how Ariel relabeled this.

Not sure why there's all this bitching and crying about Tony not answering questions. The things he didn't answer, I wouldn't have expected him to answer. No, he's not gonna talk about someone ELSE'S contract. No, he's probably not even legally allowed to talk about the scrum and backstage brawl stuff. No, he's not gonna talk about negotiations with Bray that couldn't have been to serious if they didn't even talk face to face. And no, he's not gonna throw dirt on Ariel's buddy, Nick since it's obviously a personal matter and Tony's a 100 percent professional. Weird no one is mentioning Ariel taking little shots at tony and Tony handles them like a champ. I see a theme with the time of these comments compared to the time of Ariels statement about the interview 🤔

As an Arsenal fan, I can only imagine the heat a guy would get for managing Arsenal and running a pro wrestling company. They may run him off with actual pitchforks.

Is this the interview where he doesn't answer the questions

Zachary took a shot every time Tony didn't answer a question. He will be missed.

It’s hilarious how he looks happy and then immediately starts to think about how he can get out of the question.

Ariel said this interview was one of the most frustrating and un-fun interviews he's ever done. After watching it, I can see why.

I like the part when he says I don’t wanna talk about it

Somehow this guy surpassed ariel in terms of being annonying and how this interview went an hour long is a miracle.

HHH was more straight forward with Ariel than Tony was. Let the sink in

"I'm SUPER transparent!" "... I don't wanna say..."

Why does Tony even do this interviews if he's refusing to answer questions that will obviously be asked? Or he could just off camera say "I'm not gonna cover these subjects". Just looks like a knob refusing to answer questions

I'm so f'n sick of them patting themselves on the back. Him and Jericho, all guys in wrestling really. AEW is floundering over the past few months and wrestling was way bigger in the 90s and dudes weren't all talking in the media about how great they are

Don’t let this guy on again

An interview between Triple H and Tony Khan are night and day tbh!

As usual, as soon as an interview gets uploaded, something major happens.

Tony Kahn refuses to comment, goes for a 20 miniute-long piss and sits on his phone's Twitter app, comes back and dosen't say anything, gets up and leaves... "bOoKeR oF tHe yEaR" - Meltzer Pals Anonymous 🏆 What a fuckin' drip... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tony Khan is very similar to Dave Meltzer. So many words, so little said.

And he wonders why the show keeps dropping viewership

Bruh he was finding every way to promote his stuff

I was just looking for a feature film length train wreck. Thanks.

“Tony Khan talks about…” are you sure about that?

What's the point of giving an interview if he can't talk about almost nothing lol

trust me, the less tony talks the better it is for AEW.

Tony evading those Nick Khan questions like a skinny kid in a dodgeball game.

No wonder AEW is going down the drain Tony K isn't a leader. He's everyone's friend, having all control of AEW. And not knowing how to run a company.

Helwani: You have others helping you write the shows right? Khan: Let me tell you about House of the Dragons on HBO & we're having a Dragon show. Do you know that Ricky Steamboat &.Brian Danielson are both Dragons? Helwani: dafuq? Khan: I like Dragons

Worse face of a wrestling company than Dixie Carter. PR not his forte.

It's crazyy that Fulham is 6th in PL.

The most nerdy meeting of all time and I’m here for it

Tony: "I'm very transparent" Also Tony: "I'm don't wanna talk about it"