The Most Terrifying Man in AEW | Tony Khan Weinstein Joke
Are you afraid of this man? Yes you are, stop lying, because I’m terrified, and with AEW ratings bottoming out again this week, Shad Khan just might be the hero that AEW needs. Today we’re going to talk about how Tony Khan continues to die by the sword of professional
wrestling with death by 683,000 papercuts, why AEW needs an adult in the room and if Tony Khan just took the worst bump I’ve ever seen. Subscribe in Swahili and Swahili because 20,000 time is nigh. Tony Khan always swore he would never play an onscreen character, and even though
he was in the go-home angle on Dynamite, he was telling the truth. I don’t know what Tony Khan was doing in the main event angle, but it certainly wasn’t playing a character. His stage presence was so weak it took a minute to notice he was even there. And
we have to talk about these Tony Khan Bars Tony Khan: AEW is like the pepsi of pro wrestling, WWE is liked the Harvey Weinstein of pro wrestling… Trigger What?! As one of the best standup in the country and a GOAT writer, I appreciate the attempt at the WWE
roast joke but the delivery was all wrong. Like why would you compare Pepsi to Harvey Weinstein? I’d never advise somebody to make a sexual predator joke on the
the Weinstein reference hits harder. Like maybe say AEW is the Jordan Peele of Wrestling. That’s like if I said I’m the Malcolm X of the Wrestling Media, and JDFromNY is the Lululemon. Like what?! Malcolm X and Lululemon are two entirely different categories. Sure maybe you get the point
I’m trying to make because Lululemon’s founder is a low-key racist like Jerry, but I could have made that point—much more effectively—by comparing Jerry to a bigoted historical figure who’s an enemy of Malcolm X like Bull Connor or Papa John. AEW has an authority problem, at this point this
goes without saying. I talk about it all the time on this app, in fact I’ll have a whole playlist about it when we’re done here. There hasn’t been a true AEW authority figure since Cody Rhodes left, documentary coming soon because we make movies on this channel. Tony Khan
put his lack of authority on full display in the final segment. It was like Bix trying to give dating advice to a fraternity. By the way, The Streets say Bix ran a PPP fraud. Allegedly I don’t buy it because if Bix really had an extra $7,000 lying around,
CVS would be all out of chloroform. Anyway, if you’re not familiar with the dynamic between Tony Khan and the AEW locker room, just watch Tony’s exchange with Jack Perry and it will tell you everything you need to know. Tony Khan basically skipped to the ring with that gee-golly
wilikers look on his face. After costing Tony Khan his meal ticket, in CM Punk, Khan suppressed any perceived anger with Jack Perry and was nodding along like a beta-ass buffoon, and agreeing with everything Jungle Boy said before Perry could even finish his first sentence. Such scared-to-death energy, his
de-escalation tactic was basically a bearhug, but with the arms of a muskrat. When Perry, the suspicious heel wearing all Black, asked Khan for a handshake, Tony couldn’t shake that Jungle hand fast enough, and he basically licked his face. Then Perry turned on Tony, who took the worst bump
in AEW history, but not the worst bump in WWE history, because Vince McMahon’s Stunner bump at WrestleMania 38 is GOAT’d. I mean WOAT’d. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, take a Meltzer Driver from The Young Bucks. I couldn’t believe my eyes. AEW was really trying
to book Tony Khan like he was Eric Bischoff in these streets, but at least when Easy E took a gut punch, he didn’t sell it like he was diving into a ballpit at McDonald’s Playplace. Horrible. Complete beta energy that illustrated the lack of authority that has been the
No. 1 reason for AEW’s downturn since 2022. It’s fitting that Dynamite drew its worst rating in years on the strength of this segment and coming off a pay-per-view built around Bryan Danielson and Will Ospreay wrestling each other to death. But what saved this dog-and-pony segment, and what may
end up saving AEW, is Big Daddy Shad. The Final Boss. Shad pulled up with a look on his face that exemplified more authority in 5 seconds than Tony Khan has shown in the past five years. To quote Big D!ck Alfred Konuwa himself NGL, I was legit intimidated when
Shad pulled up. I saw him & hoped he hadn’t seen any of my takes about his son. Shad’s got the rage face, the villain mustache, he looks like Dr. Robotnik right after Sonic bumped any of his battleships. THIS should be AEW’s authority figure This reminded me of when
I was home alone, and me and my friends were up to no good, you know? Riding bicycles without our helmets on in the Cul de Sac, and my Dad pulls up like what f—k is going on here?! That’s what that look is from Shad. The “What the f—k
is going on here?!” look. With Shad Khan stalking the ring, it just felt like a real man was in charge of this company. I don’t know how else to say it. It remains to be seen whether he was pissed about the beating his son took in the ring,
or if the beating AEW is taking financially, because maybe he knows something about AEW’s new TV deal that we don’t. What did Shad Khan say on AEW Dynamite? Wrong answers only. Shad: What did you do with the money tony? Tony: Dad I’m playing wrestling with my friends right
now! I should have used protection. He spent HOW MUCH?! What do you mean CM Punk doesn’t work here anymore. You paid millions for two wrestlers and the show’s still sh!t. Why haven’t you fired Jericho yet? So this is where all the money I gave him is going. Looks
at Tony, makes mental note to stop donating to GOP. He’s Pro Choice now. Kayfabe my boy has been hurt, reality he’s grounded for spending too much money. Either way, Shad Khan and his mustache fit right into the wrestling world in ways Tony Khan’s presence does not. Tony can
read all the words in the Wrestling Observer he wants, presence cannot be taught. Shad has presence, he looks like a carny wrestling promoter and above all else he has authority. Both on and off screen, because not only would he be believable as an authority figure. AEW was started
with his money! By the way, it’s election season, and my new favorite way to read news is through Ground News. With Ground News, you can compare headlines and stories based on media bias and find out just how much a news site leans left, right or center. They should
create this service for wrestling media bias one day. But, point is, I loved this service so much, I reached out they became today’s partner, and now you’ll love them, too. Shad Khan made me think twice about anything I say about Tony Khan moving forward. Like, I’m still gonna
say it, don’t you worry, but I’ll be looking over my shoulder after. Like when I’d watch Corn Hub while my dad was lurking around the house. I had this joke about Tony Khan I was gonna tell about that bump he took, and how he flopped worse than Dynamite’s
viewership. But with Big Mad Shad lurking around I’m not telling that joke, no way. No way I’m gonna roast Tony Khan for selling a gut punch like a LeBron James foul in the paint. The last thing I wanna do is get on Shad’s bad side. AEW needs to
seriously consider adding Shad Khan as an authority figure. He doesn’t have to be the every-week character like Vince McMahon in his prime, he could be like a Jack Tunney Type, or JJ Dillon. The voice of reason in AEW. And AEW’s New Worst Order reboot has to include Swerve
Strickland. Because just like I days ago, AEW is falling apart just in time to make a Black man world champion. Now watch them blame Swerve when they can’t draw. Well, AEW didn’t draw, and it has nothing to do with Swerve. Swerve is carrying around a damaged title, on
a show that booked him as the fourth-most important part of what should have been his coronation. He didn’t get to speak, he didn’t get to receive the obligatory “you deserve it” chants. He wasn’t booked like somebody who just made Black History, he was booked like a Black History
Teacher. And a Substitute teacher at that. The IWGP Title, the FTW Title, the TBS Title and the AEW Tag Team Titles came off as a bigger deal than Swerve’s AEW World Championship on this show. Hopefully AEW makes up for it with a bigger audience and an NBA lead-in
on Collision, because so far everything I’ve said about Swerve’s world title run being patronizing and half-assed has come true. The Elite’s Superheel faction is perfect for Swerve Strickland to contend with. Especially because the missing piece is a Heel Hangman Adam Page, Swerve’s hated rival. The Elite’s takeover is
the biggest story in AEW, and if they’re a foil for Swerve, it will make this world championship mean something. But God help me, if they do an angle where Hangman wins the strap and the White Savior Will Ospreay comes in to save the day, I’ll be storming around
my living room the way Shad Khan was storming around Daily’s place at the end of Dynamite. I have 683,000 reasons why building your product around professional wrestling does not draw, and a Swerve ain’t one. Check out this Tony Twitter Fingers Playlist and subscribe. Should Shad Khan be a
permanent character on AEW TV as The Final Boss? Tell Me in the Comments!!
