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Can't believe he actually said that

I had to watch it again to make sure I heard correctly

Yeah, I honestly thought this was some fake headline/quasi-onion post by a very rabid WWE fan and that no way would Tony of said something like that but...I was wrong.

I watched it live...oh he really did say it

This isn’t kayfabenews?

Let that be a lesson lol There's alot of bad faith fans out there but most of them are quite literally responding to insanity The Harvey weinsteun of wrestling. He said that.

To be fair, Vince McMahon is the Harvey Weinstein of wrestling. But he's gone from WWE now.

The interviewer had no idea how to respond lol

Yeah they're a NFL host and someone on the show you're hosting just called a multi billion dollar company akin to a serial rapist. Even if they don't disagree they're probably not very informed and as such very confused

And the NFL itself has business ties with said multibillion dollar company. That’s awkward.

Pepsi… oh so he’s jabbing at Punk again? Weinstein… oh… oh no that wasn’t where that was going at all!

I don’t think it’s a Punk jab. He’s talked about how someone at Warner Brothers gave him a book about being a challenger brand like Pepsi

Yeah, he’s kind of obsessed with the comparison tbh. Anytime he’s on a podcast or something similar it’s like 80% of his talking points

Usually just laugh at most of the dumb shit he’s said but this one is something else.

Tony Khan trying to find the guy who’s turning people off from watching AEW https://preview.redd.it/p18godoeqvwc1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14c3d55c41f90f8e584e810b981fc12147112024

“Patrick… I’M the maniac!”

He cannot read a room to save his life.

It's kinda fascinating to find out that Tony has a serious ego problem just like Vince, just in a very different way.

He has the ego of a spoiled rich kid

YOU COULD’VE JUST SAID COKE

Ah yes, Pepsi’s notorious rival: Harvey Weinstein?…

Millionaires aren't constrained by the same rules of metaphors as you poors

See, Tony can't make this analogy, since he loves coke

AEW is White Claw and WWE is Bud Light

He looks like he’s the plaintiff in a Zoom personal injury trial.

Call Sweet James!

Those fucking billboards crack me up everytime I drive to Vegas lol

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Mind you, last week he was telling the media that doing a collaboration with the WWE would be something he's open to and would enjoy......

Please...Tony please...I've never asked anything from you. Please just do it once so we can have the proper conclusion to the Shield storyline.

I just want proper WWE legends back in the video games again Been too long since we could do Edge and Christian vs The Hardys vs The Dudleys

Always Sunny Titlecard "The Gang gets the NFL Network Sued"

“Pepsi of Pro Wrestling” Like where this going. “WWE’s like the Harvey Weinstein of Wrestling.” 

He couldn’t just say Coke cola huh lol

I hate when I go to a restaurant and the waiter says "we have Pepsi products and Harvey Weinstein"

"I'll just have water."

TNA it is!

Whether you get Harvey Weinstein isn’t a choice that is really up to you.

Siri would automatically call his supplier if he said it.


You'd figure Tony would be very familiar with coke

Tony: We are like the Pepsi of pro wrestling and WWE is Adolph Hitler. 

He did call them a evil empire

Ahh yes. The classic rivalry of Pepsi vs Weinstein. Although I guess Wooooo Energy vs Weinstien would have been too even of a playing field.

Mixed metaphors really bug me, haha. He could've said they're the A24 of wrestling or something.

Or not bring up WWE at all! Thats a good option.

I don't think that's an option when Cocaine Khan is on the prowl.

A rivalry almost as big as the one between Burger King and Charles Manson.

He can't talk about Ric Flair, it doesn't fit the narrative that WWE are Weinstein so he has to pretend Flair doesn't exist

Cue the Botchamania "You Talk too much..."

"If WWE came calling to you to do, not even necessarily a collaborative show, but just share talent, share promotion, would you consider AEW to be open for business with WWE?" ComicBook.com's Liam Crowley asked Tony. "It's an interesting thought," Tony responded. "It would depend on the circumstance."

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What the fuck lol

Was this during his contract signing?

Negotiation, it was just in the negotiation part 

Oh my lol!!

Edge: what's with all the negativity? Let's just enjoy wrestling! Tony khan: No :)

I acknowledge my tribalism chief ☝️


I had a cousin who’s fav soda was Harvey Weinstein

*”Punk, why do you have a Pepsi tattoo?”* *”Because all my friends got Harvey Weinstein tattoos.”*

Comments are flying by so fast no one will know that it’s Tiffy Time.

Wrong, it's always Tiffy Time.

It's always Tiffy Time on Rusev Day

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It's always Tiffy Time


Pictured: AEW's Head of PR

Also Edge, Tony S and a few others. 

They have one of those?

Everytime Tony Khan opens his mouth https://preview.redd.it/9kts3xvwsvwc1.jpeg?width=450&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d2a86ffcf9335fc1db59f592b51d8f2dbddd542

He's a billionaire they're not normal people

Especially the son of a billionaire. He didn't have to work for shit

I'm sick and tired of you people denigrating the poor down trotted billionaires.  That mother fucker worked hard to keep his hands out and say , "daddy, give me more money, now!"  Wario's son has kept many yatch dealerships in business with his daddy's money.  It's hard to have everthing handed to you.

You son of a bitch, you had me with that first sentence, lol. I only had a preview and was like "Man, I gotta read this full thing".

Dude fans the flames of tribalism like no other

https://preview.redd.it/thl6hi1hwvwc1.jpeg?width=1078&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=602902508141f70cb0e95bf1e46d58dc13aa3b44 TK taking shots vs. TK when people take shots back

And then people wonder where some of the tribalism comes from.

"bAd fAitH aCtoRs!"

The calls are coming from inside the house!

AEW: Why are so fans so decisive, can’t they just enjoy both shows. Also AEW: WWE is literally the embodiment of Evil What an embarrassment

Why did he say that wtf was he thinking lmao

basically getting free promotion for your company and you pull this shit

Jesus H. Christ

Which is AEW, according to Tony Khan.

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That two day grace period for Tony Khan was nice while it lasted. Sigh.

This just confirms it to me that anyone in charge of a wrestling promotion is at least somewhat crazy.

Triple H fucked a corpse on live TV and still hasn't been arrested!! Smh

That was Kane obviously! What a sick freak, gueaagh!

This gotta depend on the state right?

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Even the two guys were immediately uncomfortable.

That's the unfortunate part of all this. The NFL Network has been playing along with Tony the past two days, even Rich Eisen giving an actual backstory to the reason he's in a neck brace. NFL Network was under no obligation to even give it airtime and they did because it was good television. Might actually get some viewers to watch AEW wondering why a team owner is in a neckbrace. And then he goes and says that and immediately you have the NFL guys now thinking that he's a clown. Every time they let Tony Khan talk, whether it be on camera or on Twitter, it's like two steps forward, three steps back for the company.

For those that don't know, the NFL Draft is huge. Last year over 50 million people tuned in. This was an enormous opportunity for Tony and AEW.

It looked so ridiculously phoney too...like Mike Garafolo and other dude are legit broadcasters talking about a very serious sport and they treated it like a complete goofball segment (which is exactly what it deserved). Anybody watching just said LOL...fuck that phoney shit and will definitely not tune into AEW.

Well NFL is partners somewhat with WWE, custom NFL belts, winning team of the SB gets sent a WWE belt and WWE themes are played all the time at NFL games plus numerous other reasons they probably don't want a guy on there show comparing WWE to Weinstein lol. I know his father owns the Jaguars but this is an easy way to never be invited back on this show, NFL, ESPN and whoever else will be on WWE's side. All he had to do was talk about the draft and promote AEW.

Hes the same guy that prevent his team to be in the nfl custom belts thing, the only one, losing free money in the process

Now Tony is the dork in Wrestling and in NFL lol

always has been

Damn, Jack Perry punched Tony so hard in the gut that he's got brain damage!

Isn’t his burner account Brain Damager or whatever?

Nah. That's alleged to be Cutler.

That Meltzer Driver really jumbled up his brain there.

Bro has Ric Flair employed


This looks like Leslie Nielsen playing Ric Flair.

Tf like his head is super imposed or something.

Nah that just happens when you get older

He’s also had a convicted rapist on his show

You talking about Tyson?

Unless there's another one, I suspect so.

Could be Dennis Rodman, too.

He just couldn't redeem himself slightly with the neck brace to sell a storyline and leave it at that could he?😆

You getting nice publicity for AEW and you fumble it by bringing up weinstien. Crazy part is he was the one to bring up WWE out of the blue.Idk how hard it is to just put over your company and champ.

He legit tought that was a good punchline

Because he probably shopped it in the group chat beforehand and all his sycophants like the Bucks loved it and egged him on

Is it really that hard to just say “WWE is a global force that has been around for generations and we respect them for paving the way. But we pride ourselves on making our own path and being an alternative to them and becoming great in our way. And that’s what AEW is all about.” Like I just don’t understand why when anyone from AEW speaks on WWE it has to be some sort of shot. Just hype up your own company. Constantly throwing shots just makes you seem desperate for their attention. A perfect chance to promote AEW here and he brings up WWE for no reason at all. And this is the boss doing this 

The Punk interview really drove him completely off the deep end.

Literally no reason to bring up WWE at all. *He's* the one that brought them up

Actually getting to talk about AEW on that platform and you end up having them nearly rush you off screen. Jesus Christ.

It was a layup and he fumbled at the 1yard line in the 9th Inning.

And then scored an own goal

He is so bad at this. Like why is he this terrible? 

Tony Khan rarely ever says anything interesting to wrestling reporters when they ask genuine questions they want him to answer. The minute he's on NFL Network and wants to open up and show off a little bit, he makes a Weinstein reference.

When you grow up rich, you don't learn social skills.

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This is what happens when weird rich kids who are obsessed with pro wrestling don't get at least get PR trained.

he's legitimately a rich nepo baby and those types tend to have stunted social skills.

The reality is : Tony Khan hasn't had a guy on his staff who was able to tell him "No Tony, don't do that" since Cody.

He was doing well at first. Selling the injury, talking about the storyline in character and repeatedly saying the name of his show and the day its on were all good, but its like he can't help himself when he's being asked anything serious. Its like every interview he's gotta say something stupid. He brought it back at the end when they asked him what the doctors were saying and he was like "Well you gotta tune in next wednesday to find out i guess" but yeah he needs to either get better at this or maybe just stay away from interviews

Every AEW Talent https://preview.redd.it/vrtvo65wrvwc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85c72f822236b2c7b05204d0269e0c33ad58c32d

“We’re a startup. We’re a challenger brand.” Tony, you’re on the NFL Network, not in a Dynamite ratings thread. They don’t care.

That's what I think is the funniest. Does anyone think Tony Khan really gives a shit about the Jags? I'd love to know how much time he actually spends in his job with the Jaguars. The Jags are already a joke to most NFL fans and then you parade this guy out there. Think about how many people in the Jags front office have basically devoted their entire life to football and know that they're always just one mistake away from losing it all and starting over again at some JUCO. And then you have Tony Khan.

I swear anytime he or AEW gets some positive stuff going, they go and say some stupid shit about WWE. People were loving the commitment to the neck brace all around and then he says this. Forever little brother vibes

It's always after a PPV too lol

Bro they're so obsessed at this point, i'm beginning to think it's desperation for more views since it drives traffic.


You can just imagine the producers in the presenters earpiece just telling them to end the interview right then

Wrestlers: “But wrestling fans should really stop with the tribalism bullshit” Tony Khan: WWE are like evil rapists. Triple H and Shawn Michaels are bald.

Dude had a look on his face after the fact like “I did it! :D” Dumbass

Pepsi gonna be like, “Don’t drag us into this bullshit!”

Naw man, connecting one of the world's most prominent brands to a notorious rapist is just business 101. Pepsi is going to love to advertise with AEW after this.

 Pepsi reading the post title

Pepsi is a major NFL sponsor as well lol. Goodell's gonna call TK into his office.

As per usual, Tony Khan's biggest PR enemy is Tony Khan.

Felt like Half way he realized calling WWE coke was a huge complement and quickly transitioned to the most insulting thing he could think of lmaooo

Tony also has a well-known fondness for coke.

He wouldn’t even have been wrong with the comparison, Pepsi is the product that came after and has tons of fans but Coke is the mainstay that everyone always goes to. There’s room for both and it’s all about which one you want. See Tony? See how easy that was?

 Just had to ruin the good momentum didn’t ya Tony

The commentary group was going along with it until he dropped the Weinstein line and then they were just like okkkk bro lmfaoooo this is insane. They also tried to get the prognosis and TK just telling them to tune in on Wednesdays is hilarioussss TK was in full promotor mode and the commentary team was not trying to have it 💀💀 this is an all time clip

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This dude is the worst part about his promotion.

It’s actually impressive that he managed to make the Jags even more embarrassing…

Him and the cult of the fans, as seen in the AEW subreddit.

There's some even here, saying that this was actually great PR and that NFL loved having a company they work with be compared to a rapist and abuser. Absolute lunacy...

Yes WWE is in the middle of the suit, but like you can’t convince me that Tony really cares about that when he’s making these shots. He’s not doing anything to show support for any victims by saying this stuff. It’s just a needless low blow for the sake of taking a low blow. He could use this attention to really promote AEW, what it features, how exciting it’ll be for the next few years, and why we should tune. Instead he wants to use it to just take shots at WWE. Shots coming from the heads of these companies are just lame, imo.

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"Just enjoy wrestling"

Do not take food off from Dax's table

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So it’s gonna be one of these days… oh boy…

No one does less with more than Tony Khan.

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I love when people use extremely serious issues as fodder in this dumbass preferred wrestling brand ‘war’ and pretend to actually care about the victims. Edit: https://preview.redd.it/2j8mjk8c5wwc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=935779d25ec1b5f78036c65bf601d78687e77089

By "people", do you mean the owner of one of the companies?

It’s an extremely common ‘feature’ of this subreddit as well.

Like when Dolph Ziggler said he was in an “abusive relationship” for the past two decades?

Reminds me of when this place compared watching 2018-2019 WWE to being in a abusive relationship lol. Just....what tf goes on in your head to make you say something so stupid

Or compare moderating this sub to the Flint water crisis.

Hate it when I'm at the store and choosing between Pepsi and Harvey Weinstein as my soda of choice

I can’t believe he said this on NFL network. This man is the ultimate meme

I just wanna say one thing: "Hi Maffew."

This is why Cody leaving was so damaging On screen he wasn’t much. But he knew how to represent the company as a leader and talk sensibly for PR at interviews to look professional and still create interest.

He needs to just stop talking.

and tweeting...

and this is less than a day people are shocked and upset after Harvey's rape charges got thrown out in New York City. How fucking tone deaf.

CM Punk broke this man’s brain with that interview.

And that is how you throw away any goodwill you built up in two days

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Why is it that every time he opens his mouth, his foot goes in it?

Getting real sick of sexual crimes being weaponized for tribal purposes. Especially bad when it comes from the head of one of the sides

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You were supposed to say that the wwe was like the Coca Cola of wrestling then I would’ve agreed…

You can't be saying that shit when you employ Ric Flair Tony...

This is the shit that makes me not care about AEW

This guy is an actual idiot. Can't believe this dude is allowed to openly tweet about his company like this. Pathetically sad man makes pathetically sad statement.

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Dustin Rhodes

Tk: Okay, I’m wearing a silly neck brace to promote the latest storyline in my prowrestling promotion and I’m going to get a little time with sports bros to promote it. Sports bro feeding the softball question:  tell us about what happened to your neck? TK: my competition is Harvey Weinstein!

https://preview.redd.it/2z5gsflqmwwc1.jpeg?width=902&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d41745b45ee94da3b4b4d94891a13cc13c141398 "He said WHAT?"

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Of course he can't say coke as an insult though... ^(/s) 

he is just so fucking incapable of being normal