Keith Houchen Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 24 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said: He has no background in running a successful business His analytics company is successful, probably the top one for US sports, but yeah, everything else is his dads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted October 6, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted October 6, 2022 34 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said: appoint people who know what they are doing into key roles. We've been through this many times, but who are the people who "know what they are doing" in terms of running a major American TV wrestling promotion, and how many of them have done any better than Tony Khan in a three year period? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mal the Glorious Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I hear Vince McMahon has some spare time these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 35 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said: He has no background in running a successful business or booking a wrestling show. If he really wanted AEW to prosper he would be hands off and appoint people who know what they are doing into key roles. Sadly, its clear that this is his new play thing and he thinks he is doing a fantastic job. We're three years into Dynamite. People can no longer say he's got no background or that it's a new play thing. After spending about the same amount of time in a creative role, wasn't Russo being headhunted or even with WCW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick James Posted October 6, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted October 6, 2022 Get Dixie in, these kind of shenanigans wouldn't happen on her watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, BomberPat said: We've been through this many times, but who are the people who "know what they are doing" in terms of running a major American TV wrestling promotion, and how many of them have done any better than Tony Khan in a three year period? Not to takeover and run everything, but if I was looking for an EVP with some experience it would be Jeff Jarrett. One more for the business side than creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Infinity Land said: We're three years into Dynamite. People can no longer say he's got no background or that it's a new play thing. After spending about the same amount of time in a creative role, wasn't Russo being headhunted or even with WCW? Of course we can, because it is. It’s his vanity project. The Russo comparison doesn’t work because it wasn’t Russo’s company and he didn’t install himself as the booker. He worked his way up the company for a number of years. Sniff didn’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Keith Houchen said: Of course we can, because it is. It’s his vanity project. The Russo comparison doesn’t work because it wasn’t Russo’s company and he didn’t install himself as the booker. He worked his way up the company for a number of years. Sniff didn’t. 3 years isn't new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Just now, Infinity Land said: 3 years isn't new. It is in business. It’s his plaything, that’s why he’s at the top, nothing to do with talent or skill. And nothing wrong with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, BomberPat said: We've been through this many times, but who are the people who "know what they are doing" in terms of running a major American TV wrestling promotion, and how many of them have done any better than Tony Khan in a three year period? "Know what they are doing" is very subjective. If Jim Ross, for example, was appointed head booker, clearly he'd "know what he was doing" - but he'd be catering to a specific taste. Having said that, if Khan was responsible for some of their better angles pre-ROH purchase, it does feel like he has run out of ideas; or that something is going wrong, preventing the quality of television that we saw prior at the start of this year. Perhaps there was a collaborative environment, which no longer exists? Perhaps Khan is indeed a creative genius, but is just burnt out? Perhaps we all underestimated the role Cody played behind the scenes? Whatever the case, it's pretty clear that something is going wrong, and it's been sustained enough for it to feel like it's verging on being an existential threat for AEW. And when I say "existential threat", I don't necessarily mean AEW goes away for good; rather, AEW as we know it goes away, and the company is no longer the credible alternative that it's been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 3 hours ago, buba3d said: whatever happens then expect tony to have a meltdown on twitter that night 2 hours ago, DavidB6937 said: "Can't believe that other company can't exist without digs at us. ANYWAY IT'S AEW DYNAMITE ON WEDNESDAY AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ARGUMENTS, LESS WOMEN AND I'LL BE DOING COKE OUT THE BACK." This is the button you’re looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Calling it a “plaything” is a disservice. If he wanted to “play” wrestling he’d be doing super indie shows that looked and felt like ecw and ROH that he can go fap over post show on Reddit. They are a very successful company in more respects than they are failing it. Yeah it’s a business in a market he was a fan of before it, but acting like it’s a half arsed hobby exercise isn’t given the credit the company deserves despite its faults creativity/ HR wise the last few months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Nobody is saying it’s a half arsed hobby. He’s, ahem, all in on it and maybe that’s the problem. As was said earlier, you’re either the boss or one of the boys, you can’t be both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Vince used to take finishers in strip clubs and he ran the most successful wrestling company of all time. There’s a time and a place for both. Going to a wedding is a normal thing for a boss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Louch said: Vince used to take finishers in strip clubs and he ran the most successful wrestling company of all time. There’s a time and a place for both. Going to a wedding is a normal thing for a boss But all the wrestlers had an element of fear about Vince because they knew he was running things his way. He could get rid of them in a heartbeat, the sociopathic bastard. Nobody is scared of Tony Sniff, the boys know how much they can take advantage of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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