The Tony Khan Is A Twat Thread

[SuperBacon]

9 minutes ago, JimmyAnderson said:

Is he a twat for giving Sting what Sting wants or is he too nice to tell somebody of Sting's stature no?

The answer is probably somewhere in the middle.

Look it's his billions, he can spend it how he wants at the end of the day.

[Keith Houchen]

9 minutes ago, JimmyAnderson said:

Darby Allin and Ric Flair - both of whom would be close to the top of the list of people needing to be removed to clean AEW's house.

People’s differing reactions to that pair tell you how serious they are about their outrage over the allegations. 

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

1 hour ago, SuperBacon said:

The answer is probably somewhere in the middle.

Look it's his billions, he can spend it how he wants at the end of the day.

It's his inheritance, not technically his money until dad Shad is dead. He is going to be busy when Shad does Cark it. He will have the Jags and Fulham to run, both of which are a lot more prestigious than AEW, OK maybe not Fulham but definitely the Jags. 

[Keith Houchen]

21 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

It's his inheritance, not technically his money until dad Shad is dead. He is going to be busy when Shad does Cark it. He will have the Jags and Fulham to run, both of which are a lot more prestigious than AEW, OK maybe not Fulham but definitely the Jags. 

The Jags and Fulham are Big Shads train sets to be fair. They are his vanity project. Well, not Fulham, that was meant to be his “In” to London so he can buy Wembley and move the Jags over. 
 

He has proper people running them day to day and I suspect his idiot son will do the same. 

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

That's a shame. I was looking forward to the Willian is All Elite graphic. 

[JimmyAnderson]

4 minutes ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

That's a shame. I was looking forward to the Willian is All Elite graphic. 

Surely there's a chance to say you were "Craven" it rather looking forward.

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

36 minutes ago, JimmyAnderson said:

Surely there's a chance to say you were "Craven" it rather looking forward.

Stick to the away swinger Jimmy. 

[Keith Houchen]

Full story in spoiler tags for the twitterless. 

Spoiler

 

Two women are suing kicker Brandon McManus and the Jacksonville Jaguars, alleging that McManus sexually assaulted them during the team's overseas flight to London last year, according to court documents obtained by ESPN.

The two women -- identified as Jane Doe I and Jane Doe II in the lawsuit filed Friday night in Duval County Circuit Civil Court -- accuse McManus of rubbing himself against them and grinding against them. They also accuse the Jaguars of failing to supervise McManus and failing to create a safe environment for staff serving the team.

 

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They are seeking in excess of $1 million and are demanding a jury trial.

"These are absolutely fictitious and demonstrably false allegations made as part of a campaign to defame and disparage a talented and well-respected NFL player," McManus' attorney, Brett R. Gallaway, said in a statement Monday night. "We intend to aggressively defend Brandon's rights and integrity and clear his name by showing what these claims truly are -- an extortion attempt."

The Jaguars also acknowledged the lawsuit in a statement Monday night.

"We're aware of the complaint, and we acknowledge the significance of the claims," the team said. "As we continue to look into the matter, it bears emphasizing that we insist on an organization built by people who represent our community and game with the highest character and class."

 

Kicker Brandon McManus has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting two flight attendants last year on a flight to London while he was with the Jaguars. Peter van den Berg-USA TODAY Sports

The Jaguars did not re-sign McManus this offseason; he signed a one-year, $3.6 million contract with the Washington Commanders on March 14.

"Earlier today, we were made aware of the civil lawsuit filed on May 24 against Brandon McManus. We take allegations of this nature very seriously and are looking into the matter," the Commanders said in a statement. "We have been in communication with the League Office and Brandon's representation, and will reserve further comment at this time."

According to the lawsuit, the two women worked as flight attendants on the Jaguars' Sept. 28, 2023, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings charter flight. They allege the flight "quickly turned into a party" as McManus and several other players disregarded the flight attendants' personal space, air travel safety and federal law. The lawsuit also claims that McManus recruited three other flight attendants to the party and passed out $100 bills to encourage them to drink and dance inappropriately for him.

Doe I accuses McManus of trying to kiss her while she was seated during a session of turbulence and twice grinding up against her while she was serving the flight's two meal services, per the lawsuit. Doe I alleges during the first assault she made eye contact with another Jaguars player, who she said looked ashamed of McManus' behavior.

Doe II alleges that McManus grinded up against her while she was serving the flight's second meal service. Per the lawsuit, Doe II confronted McManus, who "smirked and walked away." The lawsuit says Doe II remained in the aircraft's second story to avoid McManus on the team's flight from London to Jacksonville on Oct. 8.

 

The lawsuit says the September flight was the first Jaguars charter flight the two women worked, and they have experienced severe mental anguish, anxiety, psychological and emotional distress, embarrassment and humiliation. They have been removed from the core crew that staffs Jaguars charter flights, which is something they worked hard to achieve, the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit alleges the Jaguars committed gross negligence by failing to properly hire McManus, train him about inappropriate and sexual contact with flight staff, supervise him on the flight, adopt policies and procedures to protect flight staff from sexual misconduct by employees, and enforcing a zero-tolerance policy regarding inappropriate behavior.

McManus signed with the Jaguars on May 5, 2023, after he was released by the Denver Broncos. The Jaguars gave him a one-year contract worth $2 million, and he made 30 of 37 field goal attempts and all 35 of his extra point attempts last season.

ESPN's John Keim contributed to this report.

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A Khan company being sued for not providing a safe workplace for women?  That Weinstein gag was a great idea. 

[DavidB6937]

Think it's probably fair to put this in here now.

 

Curious to see this unfold. It's not looking good for TK at the moment though.

 

[Supremo]

That’ll be Fenix debuting in the Royal Rumble, then.

 

Edited December 9, 2024 by Supremo

[TheScarlettChad]

9 minutes ago, Supremo said:

That’ll be Fenix debuting in the Royal Rumble, then.

 

Wonder how die hard AEW fans will bend over to defend him.

[FLips]

You've got to wonder if spitefully keeping talent in catering because the dirt sheets rumoured they might not be sticking around at your company is the best play to run. While I would still take a lot of it with a pinch of salt, it's refreshing to see an era of wrestling where there is competition enough again that talent will outwardly call the company out on bullshit because for a long time that wasn't the case.

AEW's HR Department, or lack thereof, seems like an absolute nightmare though.

[Chili]

Big fan of Fenix going all scorched earth on this issue. If it's a way to get out of his contract I genuinely admire it, like when Andrade decided to try and get himself deliberately sacked after Brawl Out by smacking Sammy Guevera about (or he just felt like, fair enough). Keeping talent in any company (WWE with Brodie, TNA did a really weird bit of fucking about with Lady Frost) just never looks good at all, even if they're still coining it in. It's a daft situation, obviously Fenix can still work indies etc, but if you are not even going to use them to job them to kingdom come, I don't see the point. It's not a great optic.

[LaGoosh]

Yeah it's not like you're holding on to John Cena either. Fenix, Starks etc. aren't exactly going to be Wrestlemania main eventers. And the longer you keep them the more brutal the inevitable shoot interviews will be down the line.

[BomberPat]

even with the risk of someone leaving to go to WWE, AEW need all the goodwill they can get. They used to appeal to wrestlers based on having a lighter schedule, big money contracts, and a more pleasant backstage environment than WWE under Vince McMahon - with Vince gone, and with AEW running more shows, they've lost two of those selling points, and the third one is negligible depending on where you land on the roster for either company.

They need to present themselves as a more appealing place to work in order to attract talent that are going to feel like they want to be in AEW over WWE, rather than feeling like WWE cast-offs. And they need to do it in order to win back some audience goodwill and build themselves back up as a babyface promotion in comparison to WWE, who it turns out only need to book a decent storyline or two to distract people from sex trafficking lawsuits and ever closer ties to the Trump administration, while AEW will have people policing them every time a wrestler Tweets something or opens their mouth on a podcast. 

So, fine, if someone wants out, they might go to WWE. And so what? Trust in yourself that you can manage without them - and if you're never putting them on TV while you do have them under contract, then you obviously believe that you can manage without them - and let them go. Let Fenix get lost in the shuffle as the fifteenth member of the Latino World Order. Let Ricky Starks come in and do a promo on NXT which gets people on Twitter raving about how WWE are using him better than AEW ever did, and then forget he even works there six months later. Who remembers Shawn Spears?

 

The flipside of all this, though, is this is hardly uncharted territory for the Lucha Brothers. There's not a company they've left without some kind of drama on the way out, and sooner or later it starts to look like "if you run into a dickhead in the morning you're unlucky, but if you run into dickheads all day, chances are you're the dickhead". It's just how luchadores do business - make the most noise, kick up the most fuss, keep your name in the headlines, walk out of a company saying you'll never work there again, and then walk into a better spot at that company in twelve months time.