Konnan on: Tony Khan ignoring AEW's low ticket sales
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AEW is ran like a company looking to fold. No growth. Horrible management. Lack of business. And alienating their employees, especially due to favoritism
*The term "Money Mark" has NEVER been as clear.
Tony is not running AEW as business and as long as his Dad and WBD is providing him with money he is not going to change. The fact that he did not get what he wanted with WBD picking of ROH should of been a sign to Tony that he needs to tighten up. Remember Turner cancel and sold WCW and it was doing much better than AEW is doing in the ratings and drawing in home base region.
It's like that old movie "The Producers" but with wrestling.
Sounds like where I work.
The only thing bigger than Tonys ego is the venues he's booking and the ratings gap between Dynamite and Raw, which the AEW hardcores say dont matter. The arrogance of that fanbase and the main players running that brand make people run away
the reason why AEW Dynasty had poor ticket sales was because Tony Khan didn't put a single storyline behind any of the matches.
Everyone knew that Danielson vs Ospreay was going to be great but Tony Khan didn't give anyone a reason to care to watch.
To them and that fanbase, the story is the match. It's insane.
Whatever happens in the match is the whole story and that's it
@@alo4912 yeah i get that buddy but that fanbase didn't buy enough tickets.
@@jackiejones3296you’re right. They don’t buy tickets. Because these goofs don’t understand that the fucking build to the match sells the tickets, not the match itself.
@@alo4912 Yeah and that fanbase is small. And if u want more money, u attract more people but AEW isn't a real business.
@@CaptainColdyron222 they didn't even put storylines in their video game
Working in AEW must feel like being paid a $hit load to live on a deserted island were its boring asf, there's nothing to do and every week there's 5 visitors.
The $2billion valuation, is a valuation of how much pocket money Tony has got from his dad.
AEW needs to run smaller venues. But Tony's ego won't allow him.
The large venues aren't for the audience, it's for TK's coke stash
They did. The arena in St. Louis was mostly sold out at around 7k tickets.
Right they need to run the Hammond civic center 😆
And run in different markets I would go to show if they came to my area. But I'm not taking time off work to drive to Chicago
Tony just needs to be realistic about the current status of the company and book venues accordingly. There’s nothing wrong with selling 3000 tickets to a show unless you’re booking 10,000 seat venues.
Samoa Joe has been absolutely ruined in AEW
Defo not good for his legacy.
@@nellsun2521 they're making him look bad. The show tonight has less than 2500 people
@@philwalsh8975 He spent most of his career in ROH, TNA and NXT, all of which had far less than 2,500 people in the crowd.
@@duckmercy11 please stop your addiction to being the typical slow AEW mark. Surely you have to be getting bored of constantly being corrected at some point
@@philwalsh8975 yeah, and on top of that you can't name any Joe match that's as good as the matches with Punk in ROH and and triple threat in TNA.
6500 was in a 10k building that is the highest ratio they have had in a while.
yeah but how many of those tickets were 2 for 1 or flat out just given away?
@@bb-gc2tx idk i went and like the only deals were family bundles that got you a little off. Like few dollars. The point is that tony needs to run arena around the 10k size because it will look better that way.
@@cameronguerra1480 he needs go smaller than 10 k they only drawing around 2500-3000 for dynamite
I really hope Tony doesn't blow it with Swerve. I mean he's already got him out doing the media rounds taking shots at WWE, how's about giving him a long term story instead?
Smh. He never learns
Tony Khan is like a child desperate for WWE to notice him
Paul Heyman says it all the time don't sell it don't sell it in WWE will never sell it
He won’t invest in Swerve, Tony is already gonna give Ospreay the title at Wembley this summer, you could tell just the way Tony looked at Ospreay at the scrum
He was already jucking and jiving and those gimmicks don't have long shelf life
He "thinks" he has an exclusive window.
He "thinks" he paid for CM Punk's rehab.
He "thinks" he has the best wrestling...
He "thinks" he can book a wrestling show.
what makes you think you know what are you talking about?
@@adrianpatrascu571 The fact that I triggered tribalists, like yourself.
But also the fact that these are his own words. Perhaps you're the one who's not paying attention?
@@imfreviews you havent triggered anyone , i am just curious how you got your info ,cuz when you use he''thinks'' ,you must know what he is thinking , are you that close to him? or you are just talking out of your ass?
@@adrianpatrascu571 I'll say it slowly for you.
I
listened
to
Tony
Khan
speak.
He
said
those
words.
Now do you understand?
Local CBS in Jacksonville just reported AEW is looking for seat fillers at Daily’s…. lol. Everything’s fine guys.
if you say everything is great, all the time, even when it's quite obviously not, people will stop believing you when you say everything is great.
The fact that WBD has live sports on Max and no AEW reruns says alot about how that deal going
Maybe they just don't consider wrestling a sport?
Aew not being on any major streaming platform is biggest reason I don't watch since I cut the cable.
You guys got it all wrong.
Ticket sales, ratings, demos and other stats do matter ... When WWE does worse than usual. None of that applies to AEW because its "shut up and just be grateful".
AEW has been absolutely ruined in AEW.
Everyone is great! 🔔
Everything is great! 🔔
It's all great! 🔔
Ha.
OK jim and Brian last 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Meltzerthestutteringmuppet what a great comment! 🔔
Ha.
great comments 🔔 and great post.🔔
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@@darren1973A
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Tony's great at ignoring his failing company
Daddy I need another million in loans. No problem son, I'll ignore asking why AEW needs more loans just as I don't ask why you don't have a girlfriend yet at 41.
People complain about the lack of stories in AEW. When Tony tries to tell a story he drives fans away. It looks like a lot of fans left with Punk. It's going to be hard for Tony to win those people back. The Jack Perry "scapegoat" storyline is only going to push the Punk/AEW fans even further away. He's only appealing to a shrinking hardcore base.
Their biggest non Punk chance was the Hangman/Omega storyline.. For some reason, Tony grants Hangman maternity ahead of the match leading to the moment happening later but the casual fans didn't care anymore
Need do Sasha vs Paige I would be afraid too do it because of tony Khan bad booking
Facts I stopped watching AEW. Sucks cause i like the PPV but I don’t want to see Jericho or the Bucks AT ALL
@@darrelldaniels9425 I still have no idea why Tony has natural heels Deonna Purrazzo and Mercedes Mone as faces.. He has two great heels and he has them smiling happy to be there smh
@@grammysworld5449 Sasha can do both don't about Deanna
Tony is also ignoring Jim Cornette, Konnan, Dutch Mantell, most fans, he just doesn't listen to anyone or anything apart from Dave Meltzer and Brian Alverez and the Wrestling Observer it seems.
So he's not listening to clown grifters? Good.
@@johnnymittle You mean experienced professionals who know better than he does. If you think they are clown grifters then you don't know much about pro wrestling.
@@DavidDexterGamingCornette failed at *every single* promotion he ever worked for. I stopped listening to that babbling bumpkin myself after he disrespected Bull Nakano during the HOF.
@@duckmercy11 He literally kept ROH alive (although I much preferred ROH before he came in) so that isn't a fail at all. He worked in thr WWF booking team and that wasn't a fail at all, he developed so many different talents in his time in the business and helped so many guys. You haven't seen the video where he is teaching Kane how to do the sit up properly like Undertaker for example? He never failed at being a manager, he is one of thr best managers in the history wrestling. His podcast is not a fail, it is the most successful wrestling podcast around and there seems to be tons of competition. I don't see where he has ever failed at anything in the wrestling business. You need to re check his credentials I think lol
But regardless of what he has done or hasn't done, what he says on his podcasts rings completely true with the majority of wrestling fans which is why he has the most popular podcast around. There is only a small number of people who disagree with what he says and they are usually the mentally retarded kind of wrestling fan who enjoys Orange Cassidy matches for example. You might be an exception but it's usually the Orange Cassidy fan / neckbeard type of fan who disagrees with Jim about pro wrestling.
Imagine VKM in 1998 saying WWF's only positive guarantee is their VHS tape library will be available to the general public the following year...
25 greats.
14 Amazings.
1 good.
Ha.
Don’t forget the “it’s really interesting”
@@AdrianBeegoatz great point. 🔔
Here have a 🍪.
Ha.
I think Tony Khan knows that AEW are in trouble. AEW being able to talk to other companies has one been negative around it: WBD didn't offer them a good enough deal.
Yep. WWE announced the Netflix deal a year in advance. Tony hasn’t said shit about a new deal. If it was a great deal he’d probably never stop talking about it.
@@UncomfortableShoes Bro, even NXT got their new TV deal set up well over a year in advance. Why isn't it happening for AEW?
It was reported a new TV deal was coming in May of last year. It never happened.
There's definitely some red flags that WBD isn't interested.
@@johnnytheworldowner9130Warner Bros will do way better with Big Bang Theory reruns than paying more money to AEW. Sheldon Cooper is AEW biggest draw.
I DO NOT want AEW to lose their TV deal because it might mean that a lot of the wrestlers could lose their jobs but man... I DO want to see Tony Khan fail.
Not only Tony but the fanbase, too. If you tell them to actually look it up for once, you just get name calling
Not even the fans care. As long as they get their 6 star matches
the only interesting thing about AEW is seeing how much worse it can get. You know it will get worse but you can't imagine how.
Tony Khan tries to Manscape Albert from W.W.E.😂😂😂
Yeah and everyone keeps saying how happy they are. But I find that hard to believe.
"Amazing." TK found a new word to use instead of great
The college hockey team of my alma mater in Nebraska seems to draw more people than an AEW show lol.
D2 football draws more and I wonder should WBD just go after rights to D2 sports rather than AEW. It come in at a cheaper cost and make more money for them.
@@EyeOfTheWatcher Sports are seasonal, pro-wrestling runs year round.
@@duckmercy11 Very true. However, if college hockey was year round, I believe the attendance would still be there. My alma mater is the University of Nebraska Omaha. They are the 4th largest attendance in the NCAA. We would love year round hockey.
@@andrewseberg5214 Operative word is "believe." I just looked up that college. It looks like they've only done 40 hockey games in the last year. Can't really compare them to a wrestling company that does around 3x as many shows. Scarcity of shows = higher attendance.
Everything is great. Thanks guys!
I think Tony Khan was flat out given his best offer and it was a bad one. I think that was a reality check that he wasn't prepared for. I think he's starting to understand that he's the wrong person for this job.
There's no way this doofus has the self awareness to allow himself to think that
Tony lookin all f**k*d up in the thumbnail lol 😵😜🤡
WBD is NOT going to renew AEW’s contract
If FOX refused to extend the WWE contract, why would WBD extend Tony’s deal (which was negotiated before the merger)
History tells me that they’ll be cancelled and looking for a new network
WBD owns a percentage of Aew. That's the reason why. But, even so, it's still maybe not worth it to them. At least, only for a certain amount.
Ha.
Remember Tony's friend is no longer at WBD and the fact that they did not sign them to a longer agreement last and just did a one year extension is telling. People also forget the WBD was talking with the WWE.
Fox is paying WWE too much money relative to the ratings. SDL's ratings are lower than initial expectations. AEWs are higher.
@@Am0ment0fBit would be the first time WBD cancelled something they owned just to write it of on their taxes.
@@kidcoyoteanarchy well, if they have to pay the NBA the big bucks, the young bucks are done.
Ha.
If I was aew I would give tickets away to fill the arena. Tony obviously doesnt need the $$$ now. The optics of empty areas is doing more damage than the tickets would bring long run.
I think they had been doing that for years. I believe that’s why they report tickets distributed. Tics sold + given out free. If the demand is weak from the general public you can give out tickets and people will still not attend
Tony is the “everything is fine” meme. He won’t acknowledge the people who signed is a not draw but you still have to booked them like they’re something.
Tony Khan isn't doing this for money. He's just having fun
WBD is waiting to see what goes down with the NBA rights, before they decide on Aew. It's not a secret.
RIP Aew
(2019-2024)
Ha.
WBD values NBA rights more and if they have to increase to purchase price, then they will need to cut from somewhere (AEW would be it).
Why does the headline say “Konnan on:” when the clip is seriously just Disco trying to explain what TK said? 😂
Disco keeping it 100
6,000+ tickets sold in a venue that holds 10,000 is not good.
reigns story hasnt ended. he and the bloodline have the only storyline that draws money and is keeping wrestling alive
You can see why Warner insisted Tony Kahn add more PPVs. It's the only bright spot in the company and they know he needs defined targets to work toward.
Tony is a super genius that can do it all like how he does everythingat AEW. So that media rights renegotiation is in the bag. He’ll get more $$$ than what TKO got for Netflix, Fox and USA combined
Edge vs Randy Orton was the Greatest Match in the History of the World!
Ha.
greatest but forgetable
Zzzz
@@pinroshan020 I wish I could forget it.
Ha.
I think Konnan has things backwards around 3:00 in - if someone who worked for me was late to work on their first couple of days, they’re getting the boot. If they’ve been around for a while and have proved their worth, then I’ll be more accommodating if they are late on occasion
Bryan Danielson has been absolutely ruined in AEW
Not at all
Hes the only reason to watch.
By his own doing. No one to tell him, mox and Jericho no.
Who's Bryan Danielson? Oh you mean that guy from WWE that used to be over, but now he's irrelevant??
"At a minimum, we will be able to screen our library" or words to that effect when talking about rights renewal lol
He alluded to NJPW library being included in the streaming rights deal? How does that work? Does he own a portion of NJPW?
I doubt he does. If anything, word is the NJPW bosses don't want to work with Khan.
@@KeepinIt100OFFICIALI mean he’s signed all their top guys and most of the gaijins, and NJPW keeps allowing them to win their titles and have televised championship matches with unworthy guys. Someone from NJPW even spoke out about it asking how much longer are they going to be beholden to AEW, and in the process of doing this, Tony is making his other titles irrelevant
No, Bushiroad owns 85% of NJPW, TV Asahi owns 10% and another Japanese firm owns the remaining 5%. NJPW streams some AEW content with Japanese commentary on their streaming service NJPW World, so I'm guessing AEW would reciprocate by streaming select English-language NJPW shows or specific matches.
Set up for 6400 fans..building holds 11000 "I think" lol last I saw they sold like 6230 ..for the set up call it a sell out 🤔🤷🏾♂️
Dirty Q-Tip Tony has no clue. They came to my hometown last weekend. More than 70% of the arena was empty. heard this from a friend of mine.. They could offer free tickets and I wouldnt go watch that shit show. Garbage matches, no storytelling what-so-ever. Besides MJF & a few ex WWE talents.. they are not good
Here’s what people don’t get: without Tony…we wouldn’t have a choice or option.
Tony is very passionate and loves wrestling.
Everyone nowadays because of social media are armchair quarterbacks.
I’ll “armchair” it: Tony
needs better writers/stories.
He needs better talent.
Sorry people…wrestlers should look like wrestlers…VKM knew this and built an empire on it.
YOU CAN’T PUT GUYS IN A RING THAT LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE STOCKING SHELVES AT WALMART.
Plus…they need promo skills…example of a fail: Sasha Banks or whatever her name is today.
I resent that comment I work at Walmart and we don't have anybody that looks like any of his people but I have seen some of them in fast food places
@@anthonyr8906 Walmart, Harris Teeter, Home Depot, Burger King…they’re all the same. Let’s phrase it this way, It looks as though they’ve never set foot in a gym before.
Or…
There best body part is there shirt?
716,000 or something from 819,000 is a bit of a stretch from great. Booking is great if the rating drop so much right?
Can't waith for this weeks dynamite review.
I feel like if WB backs out. I feel like if aew wants to be on a streaming deal. Their only option (if they want to big streaming platform) is possibly paramount plus. WWE has relationships with peacock, Netflix, and hulu. They could choose Amazon Prime, but i feel like aew might still try to be on cable
Tony Khan has no proper storylines to attract more fans. They got Jack Perry back who's only interesting because of CM Punk, who's not even there anymore. It will always be a reminder of Tony's biggest failure. Plus, he ruins his wrestlers by making them go after WWE and looking like children. His fans make AEW look even worse by- well being themselves: cringe, toxic, insufferable, delusional, ignorant etc etc.
Being on a streaming service would be way better then being on the sinking ship that is cable TV. You'll basically will be cutting your viewerbase under the age of 28 off by being on cable.
Tony is in extreme denial
9:20 so thaaats why Baydala left TNT…….🤔 interesting
you want to know why The Rock's movie Black Adam tanked? because it was just all action and zero storyline. People don't want that.
This can be said for AEW too and hey, lets be realistic: it's happening with WWE right now too. Backlash has 2 matches confirmed and neither of them have storylines. I'm not wasting my time on it.
Speaking about the DCEU. I've been comparing AEW to them like for 6-7 months
@@baileyryan96 the similarities are insane
@mansion1719 Hell, it's getting to that point where they'll talk about it on the internet, but they won't show up. That's exactly what happened to dc when zack snyder left.
Tony sounds like he was selling the product with that scrum answer. He claims he has no idea when is negotiating period is?
AEW does put on good-to-great PPVs fairly often.
However. the weekly television shows are anything but “great”.
That’s where Tony Khan needs the most amount of help.
Oh, and firing his god awful EVPs 🤷🏻♂️
Has Saturday night live made a spoof of TK yet?
Lol. They should. But he might take it as " they like " clapping of hands. Lol
Im going off the headline Title..
Well its Time To Get a hold of Tony's Daddy.. maybe he can pull the plug or get his son some mangers. Its ok to have extra help he obviously has money just hire someone or 2.
Daddy need to have a chat with his son look at the books n tickets, Arenas.. 🤔
My Opinion...
Swerve Strickland has been absolutely ruined in AEW
Phil I like how you always speak the truth. 👊
Great, great, great great, great , great, great, great great, great, great is me TK the Snowman
They shluld start streaming from TUBI csuse why not?
he cannot admit it because it will fear for his life if he done that
I thought they only sold over 6000 seats for Dynasty🤔
Correct, they sold out the arena.
warner bros is prioritizing the NBA rights negotiations and rightfully so because the NBA has better ratings.
When the Bill's and payroll are due he will and I think AEW is going to end up on the WE TV network that's going to transition to a sports network under WBD
Someone said their ticket prices start off comparable to WWE’s then slowly go down as the event gets closer. They couldn’t even sell out their last ppv that’s not good. Everyone knows their tv is crap and I could see people not wanting to sit through that. But the ppv had several huge matches, capacity was 10,500 they only had 6,500.
Whoever said that is wrong. Not only have WWE ticket sales gone up, the actual prices for WWE tickets haven risen too.
@@KeepinIt100OFFICIALyes they have for sure. I couldn’t find Smackdown tickets close to me not too long ago for less than $120 a ticket. Prices for SummerSlam are even crazier but that’s to be expected I guess lol
Capacity for basketball is different from capacity for wrestling. Basketball doesn't have huge jumbrotrons or stage entrances.
AEW coming soon to BlackPlanet!
Explain this one please
@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL its a place to stream their content. I knew I shouldve said Tubi.
@@KeepinIt100OFFICIAL I was a member back in the day and its still around, its lit. Thought AEW should give it a shot. That, or Tubi 🤷
Haha, that's some internet 1.0 history. You ever heard of Okayplayer? They were kind of a rival site I used to frequent.
AEW is a giant high school gym indie show with a TV studio recording it
When youre a billionaires seed you can ignore anything 😂
That question was planted you can tell by how quickly he answers plus the answer itself. Negotiating ploy
I don’t think Tony is in the room with the WB execs which is why he’s not sure what’s going on.
Do you thi k aew needs a roster split
Main event at All In. Khan vs Billy Corgan for the worse booker championship.
Everything is ok though because they have the best wrestling. In a sports entertainment world, that’s important LOL
Truth be told the CBA and how they approach getting more money for its TV deal holds aew Fate in its hands
Guarantee nobody who works for Warner bros has watched AEW. Tony will be paying people for attendance soon. I’m still shocked half a million able bodied folks watch this joke of a charity promotion. From production to announcers to most of the “talent”…it all sucks
They should try putting on a wrestling show. Combat tumbling isn't doing it.
Khan better down size venues. The NWA is back to utilizing high school gyms with Jim Cazana Promotions.
Might as well go ahead and close up shop
Business guys like TK use a certain language so frequently, b/c it sounds like it's something, but it's not saying much. This is either b/c you don't really want ppl knowing this info yet or that it's blowing smoke. In my experience, it's smoke.
Punanny McGee has been absolutely ruined in AEW
Older Khan can't figure out the jaguars same with Tony's aew. Worst owner in professional sports
I'm gonna say it, the whole "Let's keep talking, who has great questions?" line sounded very very desperate. Yikes. I don't give a shit about AEW but I hope Tony is mentally OK. Doesn't seem like it it's though.
Swerve and ospreay are tanking ratings every week.lol. No body in this company is a draw. I believe they will soon enter the below 700k mark
its so weird when folks when belts in aew. they lefit have zero prestige
They have multiple guys injured or on break and it really kills the momentum. You wanna talk long term storytelling? They've been having the same show for 3 months.
Disco takes forever to get to a point . He’s like Meltzer in that way .
I think people are so negative that it doesn't matter though.
If he goes out and says all is good he gets trashed on.
If he goes out and says things are had then people will have 100 videos coming out about tony waiving the white flag and its the end of aew.
So not exactly sure what people actually want.
AEW will be streaming on Tubi 😂
Alot of the Aew fans left when punk went to wwe. The storytelling in Aew is non existent and the talent roster is paper thin. Rey Mysterio Jr is a bigger draw than almost half of the Aew roster.
Tony Khan tries to do so many things himself I'm surprised he isn't doing commentary.
A bunch of bs AEW wants 200 million s year from WBD looking at the facts and numbers how or why would WBD ever do that. Keep listing to mark Tony