Dan - “Hey Tony, how is your mother doing?” TK - “She is doing great. She can’t believe that we sold 81,035 tickets at Wembley for the greatest show in the history of professional wrestling. She loved the talent, their art and agrees that AEW is hotter than ever”
@@MauricioSandoval-xc9ih “tony what do you have to say about viewership dropping off a cliff” “shawn michaels doesnt deserve booker of the year, I do! thats why over 80,000 people were in attendance at wembley stadium, the greatest wrestling show to ever happen!”
The thing that Tony doesn’t realize is that this will only make it worse for him because then they’ll just stop inviting him and they’ll stop promoting his organization which will lose more viewers. It’s OK to promote like they said but he’s not answering any questions that’s showing that he’s being deceitful and especially in the medium they don’t like that you have to be legit and upfront with stuff especially if you’re taking an interview if you’re not gonna answer the questions, don’t do the interview.
Good. About time someone pressed him a little bit for an actual interview, rather than just letting him go on and plug his shows without giving anything back.
The irony is that if the fans you're catering to are so unhinged that they send the promoter/booker death threats over a wrestling show, it's probably a sign you are catering to the wrong sort of fans.
remember when Brock threw his belt out of frustration at Vince in gorilla position and Vince barely flinched. if that happened to Tony he would’ve shit himself 😂
Exactly. The show attendance is the actual number of tickets bought by the fans. The rest he bought so he could have bragging rights. He is so fake. I can’t stand him or his promotion.
@@RavensFlock9592 I suspect that the bulk of the no-shows were tickets bought by touts (scalpers in US slang), there was a bunch of tickets being offered well below face value in the days leading up to the show which is typical of them trying to cut their losses
It wouldn't surprise me. I'm still hopeful that one day a new wrestling promotion will startup with a Competent owner who is not like Dixie Carter, Herb Abrams or Tony Khan. Outside of VKM, Professional Wrestling is always owned by jinxed people or morons.
One of my favourite Tony Kahn not being normal moments came in the first press conference with CM Punk where he was blowing so much smoke up Punk’s arse that Punk had to tell him to stop.
@@robertnapier624 Yup and somehow Tony looked incredulous at the idea Vince McMahon has made more money from the wrestling business. Somehow Tony looked offended at the idea Vince McMahon who had Punk under contract for 9 years made more money than he did in a year.
One thing I always appreciate about Dan Le Batard when he does these interviews, he always asks the tough questions and isn't afraid to challenge people. Tony is gonna hold onto that Wembley show forever 😂. Cause that's probably as good as it's ever gonna get for AEW.
What's even funnier is that he keeps changing what that number represents. At first, it was paid attendance. Now, it's tickets sold. Dude is doing everything he can to make it seem like it was the biggest wrestling success ever. He always wants to feel like he one-upped WWE.
@@archeign7769"look... Guys... 754 days ago, we held the biggest wrestling event on the planet... And that was done under the AEW brand... And that was a very special day for a lot of people, under really difficult circumstances... And we're gonna have another great show tonight on TBS... 9/8central...
@@archeign7769and that won't happen since if he said Wembley did do 81k then what makes the 101k wrestlemania false? Only 72k went to Wembley and Tiny can't say otherwise cause it's an independent party
PUNK said over and over and over that Tony and legal heard all his complaints long before he erupted at the scrum. At one point, how long did he think Punk would go without finally going after him??
People like Tony are not used to other people actually doing something about being screwed over. They're used to people just sitting back down and taking all the crap coming their way to keep their jobs. Punk just isn't the type to take a crap. Its why I respect him as much as I do. Its genuinely cool to see someone with principles.
I wouldn't be surprised if Tony's answers to CM Punk's concerns were "Things are going great. the fans are great. We have a great show". Over and over again
@@renatoismthe boys: Wow boss you okay? I can’t believe CM Punk punched lunged at you. Tony Kahn: nah it’s great, it’s all great. I think it’s great people are really enjoying the show. It’s awesome. The boys: You going to come out from under that desk?
Being reminded of that CM Punk/Jungle Boy-incident: I'd really have laughed my ass off if Perry got some serious injury from the windshield-bump after saying "This is real glass, cry me a river".
I noticed the large cut on his tricep afterwards. Definitely looked like it needed a few stitches. Perry is an entitled whiny little snitch and definitely belongs in the Camp Cucamonga 0-life fight club.
How long do you think until he's running around in his tiddy whities and a pair of red cowboy boots chasing gigolos? *The man seemingly forgets he has a women's roster and his booking is stuck somewhere between Adam Sandler and John Waters so I mean it's kind of obvious.
I love how they were hammering Tony with not answering the questions more interviewers need to start holding his feet to the fire and stop treating him like a child
All interviewers should do that in any sphere. Nothing more annoying to me when a question is asked and the person doesn't answer it, but instead of saying no comment or something like that he just keeps running his mouth about random things. This is why I can't listen to politicians speak without getting infuriated.
I have to ask Edge, Christian, Jericho, Big Show, Mark Henry and all the old timers, who been in the business for nearly 30 years, worked for the biggest wrestling promotion, worked directly with Vince McMahon and ask them, how embarrassed are you to be working for a billionaire who goes on talk shows and openly admits to fearing for his life cause 2 guys got into a fight, that even if Punk got up in Tony's face and yelled at him, that Tony legitemalty felt in danger. Like Christ all mighty how can anyone who haz worked with Vince McMahon ever take Tony seriously as a boss, a booker and as a promoter
Stop mentioning the bloody number of tickets sold for literally all your answers…I’ve never heard a promoter tried SO HARD to avoid simple questions!! The ticket sales were wrong as well-
This clip is just really great. There has really been a lot of positive momentum since this clip. This clip is the highest viewed clip in the history of the planet. It’s all just great. Thanks, guys.
Interviewers: "You have been receiving a lot of d**** threats lately" Tony Khan: "Thanks guys, I really appreciate it" Interviewers: "You're not answering our questions and you're being disingenuous" Tony Khan: "Thanks guys I really appreciate it" This is like an I Quit match with Tony Khan being booked like John Cena.
Longtime lebatard listener here. Jim would be a great guest on there. They are obsessed with 80s and 90s wrestling. My worlds colliding would be a dream
@@DundaMifflina lot of the comments are too over complimentary too. Like, they’re literally finding anything to write positive feedback for the videos. It’s cringe & makes me feel TK may have “bots” of his own too.
@@walsh9080 I want AEW to fail because of how negligent they are with wrestler safety. I want a promotion to succeed that tries to do wrestling with a lot less of the ECW excesses that shortened careers (and probably lives too), that gets you involved in the matches with quality psychology, not endless gimmicks
It's a refreshing change to hear a journalist in any field of interest chance a leg beyond parroting the official press release in this day and age. Bravo to those involved here.
That bit about Tony not answering questions-we all completely understand why Ariel Helwani felt the way he did when he tried interviewing Tony. Because he either does wall-to-wall advertising or spinning the conversation so much that he flies by the question he gets asked.
Tony at interview Hey Tony what did you have for breakfast Tony: oh man AEW is doing great. We just sold out wembly stadium. We just have a great time with a great tv and A great company and tonight we have a great show. Thanks guys
Phony Khan is the most shook man (using that term as loosely as possible) in human history. Shout out to Dan and Mike for trying to hold his feet to the fire.
I am speechless at this. There is no reason Tony has said hey Jericho you’re my interview guy, or when they had Regal, somebody mature and smart enough to think of their feet. He created a wrestling attention for himself. That’s all he wanted. I can say if I had the money, first few phone calls I’d make are to Jim and say if you don’t want to book, fine, you got Dutch’s number? Ok cool, what about JR? Get me in touch with somebody who is smarter than me and we can get up and running. Tony wants to be the face of a company but just wants the showering of praise not the New Generation Era.
Jericho is the last guy you want out there. Do you really want your company's image to be some Vince Neil impersonator telling everyone how great he is?
He said after Wembley network executives were telling his dad "Your son's killing it,your son's killing it" I think they were trying to tell Shad something. Tony has been killing tv radio podcasts and towns. It's Great!😂😂😂😂😂
@@jande040 you can also tell that Mike and Dan are real fans of the old school as well, you'll catch them from time to time doing Dusty Rhodes references
Biggest issue I have with Tony is he creates his own problems. He has some of the top guys around him and tons of money and instead of delegating responsibility to competent people he does everything himself. As a boss you oversee things, you shouldn't be booking everything. You should have a structure in place.
@@rizkyanandita8227 why I crap on his booking. He’s throwing the future of his company away for his ego. He can turn things around, WWE managed to after years of awful booking but he’s getting to a point where he might be looked at as the new Impact soon where people won’t even give them another chance. People can be forgiving but he needs a new face for the company as well. The one thing I’m fairly confident about is that other people have had this conversation with him more then once.
@rizkyanandita8227 That's exactly why he told Jim: nobody will be writing the show but me. He knew that person would get the credit if it was a success.
@@walsh9080it's a dumb outlet to me. When you're the boss, you have 10k responsibilities. The goal of any boss should be to automate/outsource whatever you can to free up your time. It's one thing if he was the best for a job but he's not. His job is to build the infrastructure and guide the direction of the company. Most of his problems have come up due to how he's run AEW.
@@geneanthony3421 Completely agree. When he said this before the company even started I would've had the same reaction as Cornette "this is his vanity project" because like you said, there is no reason for him to do that on his own.
Tony is forgetting that those 81 thousand tickets sold was mainly because of Punk, if he sells have the amount of tickets next year I will be impressed.
@@johnblackrose Bernie sold out stadiums as well. To bad we never got to see him wipe the floor with Trump in a debate. Hillary just had to screw him over.
Ya know I gotta ask can someone in the UK check into whether or not there's a freedom of information act route to get the security tape? I don't know if I can wait for Phil to show it live on Raw in a month 😂
I think the tape is owned by the venue so I won’t be able to get it. The attendance number needs to be reported to the Govt in the UK by law. That is why you can get it by FOI
It's not Freedom Of Information that would cover this, it's actually a data protection law in the UK. As far as I understand it, any of the parties on the CCTV would be able to request it, so Phil would be able to get the footage. I'm not sure that he would be able to release the footage for broadcast without clearance from the other parties, although he could maybe blur faces and be OK.
I am waiting for someone to just kick him off. Like after he says the same shit for the fifth time in a row they just go "Get out! Get the fuck out! Answer the actual God damn question or get the fuck out of my interview!"
AEW didn't break the record in the first place, they just lied about it and got caught with their dirty paws in the cookie jar and now Tony is in damage control mode.
@@ValiantWrestlingWembley 31 years ago isn't Wembley today. Like they are physically not the same building. WWE could easily outperform All In if they give Wembley Wrestlemania.
@@fake_doktor9241 Wrestlemania would be a daft gamble at Wembley - the weather in April in UK is too unpredictable. They could try with Summerslam though
Hey Tony, how's the weather today? "Ohhh, well yeah I mean you know its a little cold out, but that just means you gotta wear an extra layer on your way to the next taping of Dymamite. You know, we're on our hottest run of shows ever right now and we just set the attendance record all time, you know, for like, for attendance all time just a few months ago. So you know, the show is great and the fans, love the fans. Oh and they love it. And I mean yeah some fans are mad, but we like to see that passion. But we're on a great run, a great run. And the talent is great, we have some of the best names in the business."
I felt always that punk did it to get himself out of the contract he was stuck with. I think he ended up having wrestlers remorse over signing the deal in the first place. I think that CM Punk knew that it would never change no matter what he tried to do. So after they screwed up his travel, he decided to take it into his own hands and say. I rather not get paid at all anymore. And be free, then get paid and be trapped in a bad contract.
@@8Bitorbust not like Tony would’ve answered the question anyway, even if they did mention it. lol if he grows it right, the company could be amazing. The problem is he’s listening to people that are bringing the show down instead of bringing it up
I suspect if Punk regrets choking out Jungle Boy at all it's only because he didn't hold out for another shot at The Bucks. I can't imagine he's remotely upset about no longer working for the world's dumbest "wrestling" company.
The incident at wembly is bullshit and I’ll tell you why. In this business there is a term called “card subject to change.” It doesn’t matter how big the show is, even wrestlemania has that byline. Tony khan was under no obligation to let that match go on if he didn’t want to. If he truly feared for his life and the life of his employees like he’s stated. If cm punk really was the unhinged villain they say he is, and he jumped jungle boy, and then lunged at tony, screamed “I quit” and ran off and Samoa Joe ran after him like a lover from days of our lives, then why did no one notice? He still had a job despite “quitting” and the match went on exactly as schedule. No delays, no hold times, it happened exactly as it was scheduled to and no one was the wiser. How would punk have time to say he quit? Storm off, get calmed down by Joe, and come back to wrestle when his match was on first and no one noticed? And then after the match he’s backstage with joe, a referee, and Jerry Lynn a producer in the company, all smiling and posing together. These are not the actions of co workers and producers who’s boss was just “lunged at” they did not ask him to leave nor were they afraid of repercussions from tony for hanging out with him. If cm punk really made Tony khan fear for his life and the life of his employees punk would’ve been removed from the premises by security like any other real life place of employment.
Tony is so used to getting his ass kiss on the press scrums by all of the fake reporters that when he gets in front of a real reporter asking him legit questions he doesn't know what to do and he starts to ramble the same nonsense over and over hoping they would go away
After hearing the Phil Knight thing, i have to imagine Punk returning to WWE and go into a feude against LA Knight, doing a spoof promo as CM Knight. Akin to what Miz did, just better (and most likely funnier).
Lebatard is great but speaking as an art investor, his brother Lebo will be missed because he was the Dan Lebatard of art. Simply genius and if you haven't seen his work you should. Truly defined Miami.
This is more cringe with hindsight now that Punk gave his side and the security video backed him up. What a clown Khan is for overexaggerating and spewing this shit to stain Punk's name.
"Tony loves wrestling. He doesn't understand why the rest of us do." Damn. What a perfect way to boil down so many of the problems of Tony Khan into a sentence.
Wembly was so good that people would rather talk about the incident backstage rather than the matches that took place and the programs for the current upcoming weeks.
@@5150scottie5150 I only remember MJF & Adam Cole going against each other and being in a tag match. Punk vs Joe and Young Bucks vs FTR. That’s pretty much it and I didn’t even watch the PPV lol.
The difference between Tony Khan and Triple H Triple H tackled the Edge question outright, and gave an honest answer, he didn't run from it, he talked about it, now it won't be brought up again Tony Khan gets asked about anything contreversial, and either hides, or doesn't want to talk about it, so it gets brought up for months. It shows who's more professional. And like Christian, I'm gonna tell Tony Khan, go fuck yourself, in anything stupid he posts, until he blocks me.
Tony just expects everyone to be his friend and not call him out on his crap. He probably comes in with preplanned responses and when something like this happens he gets rattled
I bet He still wouldn’t tweet if it was …. It’s been around long enough for him to give it a shot, lots of older celebrities use it …. Even in his brief retirement he ain’t touch it… just seems to be very private and professional
LMAO CM Punk as Freddy Krueger is spot on well played Travis i didn't know about this interview Tony Khan did on the Dan Lebatard show because i rarely watch ESPN.
@ImNotASharkImAMan I do but I rarely watch ESPN because when they talk about social issues I tune out because they're a sports network not a news network that's why.
"Tony, how do you feel about receiving legitimate death threats?" "Oh, it's great. It shows that our fans are really passionate about the product. Everything is great. We put on the highest selling wrestling show in the history of the planet, which is just great. We've got a great AEW Dynamite coming this Tuesday. Title Tuesday! It'll be great." "Tony, did you really fear for your life backstage with CM Punk? Yes or no?" "Yes, I was absolutely terrified." Someone get this man away from cameras, microphones, interviewers, and spotlights because it's just embarrassing at this point.
He pushes that ticket sales but Wrestlemania 32 is judged by attendance but not tickets sold. AEW fans complains about tribalism while AEW employees are pushing it more than anyone else. I think Tony is afraid WB will be bought by Comcast before he signs a new tv deal, the rumors of the sale is getting really strong lately.
Comcast is a scam. Everything should be done to block those grifters from ever making another dime. Their executives deserve bankruptcy and to starve on the street homeless
They are literally the reason why it’s so bad. I wanted AEW to succeed. A lot of wrestling fans did. Until we started to see that it’s entire promotional strategy is Anti Fed or Anti Vince. That’s cool when the WWE was in the toilet but now that they’re doing better, now you have people ready to chirp back at them. It hilarious to watch actually 😂
Dan - “Hey Tony, how is your mother doing?”
TK - “She is doing great. She can’t believe that we sold 81,035 tickets at Wembley for the greatest show in the history of professional wrestling. She loved the talent, their art and agrees that AEW is hotter than ever”
😭😭😭😂 and they didnt even sell 81,000
😂😂😂
“She’s looking forward to watching dynamite tonight on TBS”
@@MauricioSandoval-xc9ih
“tony what do you have to say about viewership dropping off a cliff”
“shawn michaels doesnt deserve booker of the year, I do! thats why over 80,000 people were in attendance at wembley stadium, the greatest wrestling show to ever happen!”
The more I listen to Tony talk the more I imagine this is how all the keyboard warrior nerds on twitter sound like
"Tony loves wrestling, he doesn't understand why the rest of us do."
WHOOOOOOOOO, WHAT A LINE BY BRIAN
I love that line!
It’s true with most of the “fans” these days.
Even though Brian is right in the hive mind sense, everyone watches for different reasons at the end of the day.
@@ShawnRakar Sure, but that doesn't change the fact that much of what Tony thinks is good only appeals to a small portion of the total audience.
@Raven34643 Right
And as long as he has that small dedicated audience, he doesn't care about improving the product
I love how Lebatard was relentlessly breaking Tony's balls for not answering questions
Two clowns have a clown conversation
Finally
I didn't even notice that great Catch.
The thing that Tony doesn’t realize is that this will only make it worse for him because then they’ll just stop inviting him and they’ll stop promoting his organization which will lose more viewers. It’s OK to promote like they said but he’s not answering any questions that’s showing that he’s being deceitful and especially in the medium they don’t like that you have to be legit and upfront with stuff especially if you’re taking an interview if you’re not gonna answer the questions, don’t do the interview.
Good. About time someone pressed him a little bit for an actual interview, rather than just letting him go on and plug his shows without giving anything back.
He feared for his life, with cause. But random death threats, that's great! Thanks, guyssssss
he appreciates them
The irony is that if the fans you're catering to are so unhinged that they send the promoter/booker death threats over a wrestling show, it's probably a sign you are catering to the wrong sort of fans.
remember when Brock threw his belt out of frustration at Vince in gorilla position and Vince barely flinched. if that happened to Tony he would’ve shit himself 😂
Even better.....Vince called Brock an asshole in response.
And Paul swiftly following behind making no eye contact with Vince.
The fact Tony constantly talks about Wembley’s “ticket sales” and not attendance really makes me think he was buying tickets.
Exactly. The show attendance is the actual number of tickets bought by the fans. The rest he bought so he could have bragging rights. He is so fake. I can’t stand him or his promotion.
It’s one thing to sell tickets. Are the people buying them actually attending?
@@RavensFlock9592 I suspect that the bulk of the no-shows were tickets bought by touts (scalpers in US slang), there was a bunch of tickets being offered well below face value in the days leading up to the show which is typical of them trying to cut their losses
It wouldn't surprise me.
I'm still hopeful that one day a new wrestling promotion will startup with a Competent owner who is not like Dixie Carter, Herb Abrams or Tony Khan.
Outside of VKM, Professional Wrestling is always owned by jinxed people or morons.
Yo I never thought about it this way..😮
One of my favourite Tony Kahn not being normal moments came in the first press conference with CM Punk where he was blowing so much smoke up Punk’s arse that Punk had to tell him to stop.
He used to chant “CM PUNK, CM PUNK” , when Punk was doing his enterance😂😂
Tony is just soo embarrassing 😂
“Let’s F’n GO!”
The look on Tony's face when Punk admitted Vince McMahon has made more money off CM Punk than he has was priceless.
@@walsh9080 vince always wins.
@@robertnapier624 Yup and somehow Tony looked incredulous at the idea Vince McMahon has made more money from the wrestling business. Somehow Tony looked offended at the idea Vince McMahon who had Punk under contract for 9 years made more money than he did in a year.
One thing I always appreciate about Dan Le Batard when he does these interviews, he always asks the tough questions and isn't afraid to challenge people. Tony is gonna hold onto that Wembley show forever 😂. Cause that's probably as good as it's ever gonna get for AEW.
What's even funnier is that he keeps changing what that number represents. At first, it was paid attendance. Now, it's tickets sold. Dude is doing everything he can to make it seem like it was the biggest wrestling success ever. He always wants to feel like he one-upped WWE.
@@archeign7769"look... Guys... 754 days ago, we held the biggest wrestling event on the planet... And that was done under the AEW brand... And that was a very special day for a lot of people, under really difficult circumstances...
And we're gonna have another great show tonight on TBS... 9/8central...
@@archeign7769and that won't happen since if he said Wembley did do 81k then what makes the 101k wrestlemania false? Only 72k went to Wembley and Tiny can't say otherwise cause it's an independent party
@@ralphso5567Tony is gonna have a new podcast called "81 Thousand" when he's done with playing with his wrasslin toys. 😅
It was a great show live for the atmosphere, I rewatched some of it on TV and it did not come across the same way
I lost it when Dan asked "Which hand did he hit you with, his right or his left? 😂
PUNK said over and over and over that Tony and legal heard all his complaints long before he erupted at the scrum. At one point, how long did he think Punk would go without finally going after him??
People like Tony are not used to other people actually doing something about being screwed over. They're used to people just sitting back down and taking all the crap coming their way to keep their jobs. Punk just isn't the type to take a crap. Its why I respect him as much as I do. Its genuinely cool to see someone with principles.
I wouldn't be surprised if Tony's answers to CM Punk's concerns were "Things are going great. the fans are great. We have a great show". Over and over again
@@renatoismthe boys: Wow boss you okay? I can’t believe CM Punk punched lunged at you.
Tony Kahn: nah it’s great, it’s all great. I think it’s great people are really enjoying the show. It’s awesome.
The boys: You going to come out from under that desk?
Tony is spineless and he just assumes everyone else will be too.
Being reminded of that CM Punk/Jungle Boy-incident: I'd really have laughed my ass off if Perry got some serious injury from the windshield-bump after saying "This is real glass, cry me a river".
Doctor: It’s a real artificial limb, cry me a river.
I noticed the large cut on his tricep afterwards. Definitely looked like it needed a few stitches. Perry is an entitled whiny little snitch and definitely belongs in the Camp Cucamonga 0-life fight club.
It would have made for a heck of a Darwin award wouldn't it? "This is a real arterial wound, bleed me a lake"
CM Punk is making Tony Khan fear for his life just by being in this Thumbnail.
He’s making him fear for his life not even being in the building.
@@robertnapier624 Exactly
Manchild Tony just can't stop himself. "Cocaine is a hell of a drug."
My feet are strong Joe Rogan
How long do you think until he's running around in his tiddy whities and a pair of red cowboy boots chasing gigolos?
*The man seemingly forgets he has a women's roster and his booking is stuck somewhere between Adam Sandler and John Waters so I mean it's kind of obvious.
Cocaine?! No, he's not that cool. It's ADD meds
Tony Will inevitably start randomly yelling “Charlie Murphy”!!!
Somewhere in the Afterlife, UWF promoter Herb Abrams approves that quote. 😂
AEW has never been more cold
To quote JR - “Colder than a mother in laws embrace” 🤠
@@georgeh4171Bah Gawd in HEAVEN
Thinks death threats are great but fears for his life 💀🤣
I love how they were hammering Tony with not answering the questions more interviewers need to start holding his feet to the fire and stop treating him like a child
You can't treat "the kid" as anything other than a child.
He’s not a kid he’s 41
All interviewers should do that in any sphere. Nothing more annoying to me when a question is asked and the person doesn't answer it, but instead of saying no comment or something like that he just keeps running his mouth about random things. This is why I can't listen to politicians speak without getting infuriated.
You can hear Tony is going to cry because the interviewer "bullying" him into answering the Punk/JB fight
@@ent2220 its like no matter what they ask him, he just goes into "we did this and we did that and its great and its amazing"
Number of tickets sold…
Number of tickets sold…
Number of tickets sold…
Did I mention number of tickets sold?
~Tony Kahn
I have to ask Edge, Christian, Jericho, Big Show, Mark Henry and all the old timers, who been in the business for nearly 30 years, worked for the biggest wrestling promotion, worked directly with Vince McMahon and ask them, how embarrassed are you to be working for a billionaire who goes on talk shows and openly admits to fearing for his life cause 2 guys got into a fight, that even if Punk got up in Tony's face and yelled at him, that Tony legitemalty felt in danger. Like Christ all mighty how can anyone who haz worked with Vince McMahon ever take Tony seriously as a boss, a booker and as a promoter
$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Cash out, and I actually like what christian is doing right now, to be fair
aew fans are pretending it never happened 😂
he could get hurt if he tries to wrestle too much @@EvilGoatBoy
@@EvilGoatBoy edge too
Stop mentioning the bloody number of tickets sold for literally all your answers…I’ve never heard a promoter tried SO HARD to avoid simple questions!! The ticket sales were wrong as well-
This clip is just really great. There has really been a lot of positive momentum since this clip. This clip is the highest viewed clip in the history of the planet. It’s all just great. Thanks, guys.
Seek help
Please clap...
@@benjaminubben4436and it BLEEEEEEEEEEDS!
Jim, you are the gift that just keeps giving this morning.
Tony Khan in charge of AEW is like Joffrey being the king of all seven kingdoms in Westeros.
That is a great way to put it.
But there is no Tywin or Tyrion Lannister trying to keep things functioning somewhat
@@PHOENiXIlRiSiNG I don’t know Dork Order members could play those roles Stu Grayson and John Silver as Tyrion seems about right.
Interviewers: "You have been receiving a lot of d**** threats lately"
Tony Khan: "Thanks guys, I really appreciate it"
Interviewers: "You're not answering our questions and you're being disingenuous"
Tony Khan: "Thanks guys I really appreciate it"
This is like an I Quit match with Tony Khan being booked like John Cena.
😊q
Thanks guys ! Back to you !
You can say death you don't have to censor yourself lol
@@BBoy4040TH-cam could possibly flag it because threat is after.
@@TheVoidofNothing11 idk let's try it. Death threat
The artwork makes Tony fear for his life.
Well played.
Thank you.
@@paulc1553 He LUNGED at me.
Damn 😂
The artwork WILL be fired for putting the lives of the backstage staff and tiny Tony Khan in grave danger
Lol I've been around gunfire. This dude has literally lived a sheltered life if Punk yelling at him made him fear for his life.
Settle down Rambo
Longtime lebatard listener here. Jim would be a great guest on there. They are obsessed with 80s and 90s wrestling. My worlds colliding would be a dream
The sad part about this is that many did and still want AEW to succeed. TK doesn't make things easy at all
many aew marks will pretend the stuff on youtube is good when it's utter crap
@@DundaMifflina lot of the comments are too over complimentary too. Like, they’re literally finding anything to write positive feedback for the videos. It’s cringe & makes me feel TK may have “bots” of his own too.
I wanted a second promotion to succeed. Within like 6 months of Dynamite starting; I still want a second promotion to succeed but AEW ain't it.
@@walsh9080 I want AEW to fail because of how negligent they are with wrestler safety. I want a promotion to succeed that tries to do wrestling with a lot less of the ECW excesses that shortened careers (and probably lives too), that gets you involved in the matches with quality psychology, not endless gimmicks
@@neilbiggs1353don't have to wish for the company to fail. Maybe just wish for them to change their in ring style
Great coverage of how incompetent Tony Khan actually is.
It's a refreshing change to hear a journalist in any field of interest chance a leg beyond parroting the official press release in this day and age. Bravo to those involved here.
LeBatard worked for the Miami Herald back when legitimate journalism mattered.
Le Batard is a legitimate reporter
That bit about Tony not answering questions-we all completely understand why Ariel Helwani felt the way he did when he tried interviewing Tony. Because he either does wall-to-wall advertising or spinning the conversation so much that he flies by the question he gets asked.
Don't forget folks he feared for his life lol
Dan Lebetard is the man with interviews as a whole. Watch his interview with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. Good lord it’s glorious
The ending of that interview was something
"YOU GET THE SHOW!"
@@shindean damn right I get the show
I liked his interview with DDP
Fat Face badgering Rob Mandfred to answer questions will always be hilarious.
If Tony had been born into a family with normal income, we'd know him from his mugshot and his manifesto.
Lost in all of the back and forth was the one guy telling Tony "you don't understand how promotion works!" 😂
This reminds me of the Key & Peele sketch where the football player just responds the same way for every answer 😂
That Tony Khan interview was classic. I haven't laughed so hard from an interview in awhile.
Let's Do It Again, First Name and Numbers
😂😂❤
The crossover I never knew I needed. Cornette and Lebatard
Tony at interview
Hey Tony what did you have for breakfast
Tony: oh man AEW is doing great. We just sold out wembly stadium. We just have a great time with a great tv and A great company and tonight we have a great show. Thanks guys
Every question he was asked Tony literally responded with Wembleys attendance 😭🤣
I find it funny that he won't answer any questions from interviews but will tweet endlessly at people with 200 fans on twitter.
It's funny having this pop up on my feed after actually seeing the "fight."
Phony Khan is the most shook man (using that term as loosely as possible) in human history. Shout out to Dan and Mike for trying to hold his feet to the fire.
'What's it like getting death-threats?'
'Great, everything great'
Seriously, Tony Khan comes across as nutcase who's just repeating a mantra to cope.
He's a 41 yr old man child is what it is.
Serenity Now!!!!
If he really received the death threats, he would immediately run and crying to daddy about it 😂😂
I feared for my life when Phil Knight got in my face
I am speechless at this. There is no reason Tony has said hey Jericho you’re my interview guy, or when they had Regal, somebody mature and smart enough to think of their feet.
He created a wrestling attention for himself. That’s all he wanted. I can say if I had the money, first few phone calls I’d make are to Jim and say if you don’t want to book, fine, you got Dutch’s number? Ok cool, what about JR? Get me in touch with somebody who is smarter than me and we can get up and running. Tony wants to be the face of a company but just wants the showering of praise not the New Generation Era.
Jericho is the last guy you want out there. Do you really want your company's image to be some Vince Neil impersonator telling everyone how great he is?
regal was a wwe spy smh
Dutch? 😂😂😂😂😂
@@natebaxter9551 If he's an insufferable cowardly heel champion, maybe?
Jericho at least has a personality and a good booker could work with that.
@@budwyzer77 you mean he needs Vince? Someone to say no to his stupid ideas and make him work out.
He said after Wembley network executives were telling his dad "Your son's killing it,your son's killing it" I think they were trying to tell Shad something. Tony has been killing tv radio podcasts and towns.
It's Great!😂😂😂😂😂
“He killing it (AEW) 😭, please Shad help us”
I love that Jim jokingly and coincidentally touched on a joke from Dan's show.
His name does mean the illegitimate son of the king.
HE GOT THE SHOW!
Stugotz!!
LOOK AT ME LOUIE!!!!!!!!!!!
HE'S! THAT! GUY!
I'm happy to see fans of the show also listen to Corny
@@jande040 you can also tell that Mike and Dan are real fans of the old school as well, you'll catch them from time to time doing Dusty Rhodes references
They even gave him a chance to back out of his "I feared for my life" comment and he still poured it on... Amazing!!!
Typical example of Tony escaping the wrestling press bubble and being humbled
Sadly, this won't humble him one damned bit; he'll just retreat farther into his delusional paranoia.
Herb Abrams walked so Tony Khan could run
Who would have thought that Herb Abrams would move up the ladder of promoters without doing anything after being dead for 27 years.
@@Saddler1944 Hilarious and sad at the same time, isn't it?
The closest to Tony Khan to be honest was Gordon Scozzari
Tony is finally becoming Herb Ambrams, it's finally happening and I'm here for it.
Biggest issue I have with Tony is he creates his own problems. He has some of the top guys around him and tons of money and instead of delegating responsibility to competent people he does everything himself. As a boss you oversee things, you shouldn't be booking everything. You should have a structure in place.
As someone said it. He wants all the credit, that's why he put his hand on everything.
@@rizkyanandita8227 why I crap on his booking. He’s throwing the future of his company away for his ego. He can turn things around, WWE managed to after years of awful booking but he’s getting to a point where he might be looked at as the new Impact soon where people won’t even give them another chance. People can be forgiving but he needs a new face for the company as well. The one thing I’m fairly confident about is that other people have had this conversation with him more then once.
@rizkyanandita8227 That's exactly why he told Jim: nobody will be writing the show but me. He knew that person would get the credit if it was a success.
@@walsh9080it's a dumb outlet to me. When you're the boss, you have 10k responsibilities. The goal of any boss should be to automate/outsource whatever you can to free up your time. It's one thing if he was the best for a job but he's not. His job is to build the infrastructure and guide the direction of the company. Most of his problems have come up due to how he's run AEW.
@@geneanthony3421 Completely agree. When he said this before the company even started I would've had the same reaction as Cornette "this is his vanity project" because like you said, there is no reason for him to do that on his own.
Tony is forgetting that those 81 thousand tickets sold was mainly because of Punk, if he sells have the amount of tickets next year I will be impressed.
Punk and them going there for the first time it over now
He wont
@@brianmcdonald7017He didn't
Lol even the supposed "death threats" are great 🙃
The comparison between the Poffo's and the Jarrett's is one I've never thought about but is 100% spot on.
The Wembley attendance talk sounds like Trump talking about his inauguration 😂
"I booked everything right, and they indited meee"
Sounds like the incoherent babbling of biden
I mean biden would do the same except no one really went to his rallies while trump sold out stadiums on a regular basis.
@@johnblackrose Bernie sold out stadiums as well. To bad we never got to see him wipe the floor with Trump in a debate. Hillary just had to screw him over.
@@jthom0027lol Bernie is a coward. The DNC screwed him and he bent over for them.
I believe poor Tony is mentally unwell. He has an unfortunate childlike mental frame, and someone that cares about him needs to get thru to him.
This dude jumped around the answers and just kept beating the horse on Wembley was funny asf😂
Ya know I gotta ask can someone in the UK check into whether or not there's a freedom of information act route to get the security tape?
I don't know if I can wait for Phil to show it live on Raw in a month 😂
I think the tape is owned by the venue so I won’t be able to get it.
The attendance number needs to be reported to the Govt in the UK by law. That is why you can get it by FOI
It's not Freedom Of Information that would cover this, it's actually a data protection law in the UK. As far as I understand it, any of the parties on the CCTV would be able to request it, so Phil would be able to get the footage. I'm not sure that he would be able to release the footage for broadcast without clearance from the other parties, although he could maybe blur faces and be OK.
I am waiting for someone to just kick him off. Like after he says the same shit for the fifth time in a row they just go "Get out! Get the fuck out! Answer the actual God damn question or get the fuck out of my interview!"
As Brian said, it reminded me a lot of the Ariel interview where he avoided every question and just said how great the company was doing.
I’m waiting for WWE to head to Wembley so they can break that ticket record 😂
They won't, they already did Wembley 31 years ago and in a much better time period for the wrsstling business.
AEW didn't break the record in the first place, they just lied about it and got caught with their dirty paws in the cookie jar and now Tony is in damage control mode.
@@ValiantWrestlingWembley 31 years ago isn't Wembley today. Like they are physically not the same building. WWE could easily outperform All In if they give Wembley Wrestlemania.
@@fake_doktor9241 Wrestlemania would be a daft gamble at Wembley - the weather in April in UK is too unpredictable. They could try with Summerslam though
@@neilbiggs1353 I mean there are concerts and other thing happening all the time lol it's not like me let is just for good weather
Fun fact: Hulk Hogan was backstage when Punk lunged at Tony.
Hulk was also in CM Punk’s last match in 2014 during the royal rumble.
Hey Tony, how's the weather today?
"Ohhh, well yeah I mean you know its a little cold out, but that just means you gotta wear an extra layer on your way to the next taping of Dymamite. You know, we're on our hottest run of shows ever right now and we just set the attendance record all time, you know, for like, for attendance all time just a few months ago. So you know, the show is great and the fans, love the fans. Oh and they love it. And I mean yeah some fans are mad, but we like to see that passion. But we're on a great run, a great run. And the talent is great, we have some of the best names in the business."
Tony is like a politician at a debate that will just keep going back to his talking points regardless of what the question is.
He's less flexible than a stale baguette.
I swear trump and Biden don’t dodge as many questions as tony Khan does. Heck Tony makes any politician sound like they don’t dodge questions.
I had already lost all if any respect I had for TK when he fired CM Punk. So with this meltdown I don’t even know where we’re at🤷🏻♂️😿
A Tony Khan interview without answering any questions is like a press conference with Karine Jean-Pierre.
It was so painful when Tony made the Vince joke and went wide eyed looking around waiting for a laugh that never came😂😂
He is not a normal human 😂
"I've been booking AEW since the 1990s....in my mind" - 👀
Big "Please Clap" energy.
Wait till Tony finally finds out what sex is like...... He's gonna make Vince McMahon stories seem like Sunday School.
its the blow
@@therealmaskedheelTK booking Jeb Bush for a PPV celebrity cameo would be a masterpiece 😭😭😭
“I don’t wanna make light of it”
Proceeds to show it to the world months later for a ratings ploy
I felt always that punk did it to get himself out of the contract he was stuck with. I think he ended up having wrestlers remorse over signing the deal in the first place. I think that CM Punk knew that it would never change no matter what he tried to do. So after they screwed up his travel, he decided to take it into his own hands and say. I rather not get paid at all anymore. And be free, then get paid and be trapped in a bad contract.
Yup. I’ve thought this as well.
Yeah I heard he ghosted them after All In. Well after he took pictures with the guys. Surprised they didn't bring that up. 😂😂😂
@@8Bitorbust not like Tony would’ve answered the question anyway, even if they did mention it. lol if he grows it right, the company could be amazing. The problem is he’s listening to people that are bringing the show down instead of bringing it up
I suspect if Punk regrets choking out Jungle Boy at all it's only because he didn't hold out for another shot at The Bucks. I can't imagine he's remotely upset about no longer working for the world's dumbest "wrestling" company.
The incident at wembly is bullshit and I’ll tell you why. In this business there is a term called “card subject to change.” It doesn’t matter how big the show is, even wrestlemania has that byline. Tony khan was under no obligation to let that match go on if he didn’t want to. If he truly feared for his life and the life of his employees like he’s stated. If cm punk really was the unhinged villain they say he is, and he jumped jungle boy, and then lunged at tony, screamed “I quit” and ran off and Samoa Joe ran after him like a lover from days of our lives, then why did no one notice? He still had a job despite “quitting” and the match went on exactly as schedule. No delays, no hold times, it happened exactly as it was scheduled to and no one was the wiser. How would punk have time to say he quit? Storm off, get calmed down by Joe, and come back to wrestle when his match was on first and no one noticed? And then after the match he’s backstage with joe, a referee, and Jerry Lynn a producer in the company, all smiling and posing together. These are not the actions of co workers and producers who’s boss was just “lunged at” they did not ask him to leave nor were they afraid of repercussions from tony for hanging out with him. If cm punk really made Tony khan fear for his life and the life of his employees punk would’ve been removed from the premises by security like any other real life place of employment.
@12:17 Wtf!! omg!! I'm just laughing my ass of right here!!
The snowman has gone off the rails lmao 😂😂😂
Tony is so used to getting his ass kiss on the press scrums by all of the fake reporters that when he gets in front of a real reporter asking him legit questions he doesn't know what to do and he starts to ramble the same nonsense over and over hoping they would go away
After hearing the Phil Knight thing, i have to imagine Punk returning to WWE and go into a feude against LA Knight, doing a spoof promo as CM Knight. Akin to what Miz did, just better (and most likely funnier).
"Tony Can't Book" - There's the next Cornette Collectibles shirt, lol !
Lebatard is great but speaking as an art investor, his brother Lebo will be missed because he was the Dan Lebatard of art. Simply genius and if you haven't seen his work you should. Truly defined Miami.
If Tony wasnt so arrogant about his bad show I'd almost feel bad for him.
This is more cringe with hindsight now that Punk gave his side and the security video backed him up. What a clown Khan is for overexaggerating and spewing this shit to stain Punk's name.
Notice he's now bragging about tickets sold instead of the actual attendance.😄
"Tony loves wrestling. He doesn't understand why the rest of us do."
Damn. What a perfect way to boil down so many of the problems of Tony Khan into a sentence.
It's nice that Tony thinks one big show means everything is going well. Naive, but nice.
NOBODY is talkin about the Blow by Blow line… which was obviously emphasized to say he was coked up!😂😂
The CEO of Nike scared Tony Khan? 😂😂😂😂😂 Tony, stop doing interviews! Next, get a spokesperson and a booker.
Wembly was so good that people would rather talk about the incident backstage rather than the matches that took place and the programs for the current upcoming weeks.
I don't even remember the "card"
@@5150scottie5150 I only remember MJF & Adam Cole going against each other and being in a tag match. Punk vs Joe and Young Bucks vs FTR. That’s pretty much it and I didn’t even watch the PPV lol.
Tony looks like a coward whenever he doesn't answer questions.
The difference between Tony Khan and Triple H
Triple H tackled the Edge question outright, and gave an honest answer, he didn't run from it, he talked about it, now it won't be brought up again
Tony Khan gets asked about anything contreversial, and either hides, or doesn't want to talk about it, so it gets brought up for months.
It shows who's more professional. And like Christian, I'm gonna tell Tony Khan, go fuck yourself, in anything stupid he posts, until he blocks me.
Tony is just the irl version of the cartoon dog in the burning house saying "This is fine "
My favorite crossover of all time. Jim cornette and dan lebatard
I just hope Tony Khan doesn’t lose his mind completely so far it looks scary
Tony just expects everyone to be his friend and not call him out on his crap. He probably comes in with preplanned responses and when something like this happens he gets rattled
Vince not having twitter for most of his career was a blessing.
I bet He still wouldn’t tweet if it was …. It’s been around long enough for him to give it a shot, lots of older celebrities use it …. Even in his brief retirement he ain’t touch it… just seems to be very private and professional
He won’t put Twitter over because it means him not working. And vince hates not working.
He had 72,000 people there. WWE had more. WM32 is still the highest attendance crowd. I’m sure he bought tickets to boost numbers.
Those are not real numbers
@@BLACKSTA361yes they are
LMAO CM Punk as Freddy Krueger is spot on well played Travis i didn't know about this interview Tony Khan did on the Dan Lebatard show because i rarely watch ESPN.
Funnier, he's Edward Scissorhands, look scary but isn't really, so an even better shot on Tony 😂
Hasn’t been on ESPN for two or three years but we get it you don’t follow sports media is more likely
@ImNotASharkImAMan I do but I rarely watch ESPN because when they talk about social issues I tune out because they're a sports network not a news network that's why.
@@naxireal869LMAO
Tell me you don't know what Freddy looks like without actually telling me
Dan LeBatard. Just hearing that name brings to mind the ROFL joy of "Randy Moeller Goal Calls".... If only Corny were aware of them...
Could you imagine the speech Tony would make if Brock Lesnar threw a belt at him like he did Vince?
He'd run home.
If Brock called him a "bitch"
Having Tony Khan on your show for an interview... Laaaazy booking!
I love some dan lebatard show with stugotz with the shipping container
Guillermo Mafia 4 life
Watching this after he revealed the footage. Safe to say Tony is in the wrong profession
"Tony, how do you feel about receiving legitimate death threats?"
"Oh, it's great. It shows that our fans are really passionate about the product. Everything is great. We put on the highest selling wrestling show in the history of the planet, which is just great. We've got a great AEW Dynamite coming this Tuesday. Title Tuesday! It'll be great."
"Tony, did you really fear for your life backstage with CM Punk? Yes or no?"
"Yes, I was absolutely terrified."
Someone get this man away from cameras, microphones, interviewers, and spotlights because it's just embarrassing at this point.
Similar to the Helwani review, love it when Jim and Brian break it down Tony's media interviews.
He pushes that ticket sales but Wrestlemania 32 is judged by attendance but not tickets sold.
AEW fans complains about tribalism while AEW employees are pushing it more than anyone else.
I think Tony is afraid WB will be bought by Comcast before he signs a new tv deal, the rumors of the sale is getting really strong lately.
Comcast is a scam. Everything should be done to block those grifters from ever making another dime. Their executives deserve bankruptcy and to starve on the street homeless
They are literally the reason why it’s so bad. I wanted AEW to succeed. A lot of wrestling fans did. Until we started to see that it’s entire promotional strategy is Anti Fed or Anti Vince. That’s cool when the WWE was in the toilet but now that they’re doing better, now you have people ready to chirp back at them. It hilarious to watch actually 😂