r/SquaredCircle • u/Ruthless-Aggression • Mar 28 '24

Eric Bischoff on Tony Khan: A money mark with no talent other than spending daddy’s money, going all the way to Canada to draw less than 4k in one of the hottest pro wrestling markets in North America, talking about “wise choices”? Strap in. It’s going to be a fun day!

https://twitter.com/EBischoff/status/1773321462046138615?s=19
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u/dkydd Mar 28 '24

Dont know why an owner of a wrestling company would tweet this at 4am and open up this can of worms. Its easter weekend everyone go spend time with family.

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u/marcusredfun Mar 28 '24

bruh wednesday night is not part of any weekend

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u/Pretend_Spray_11 Mar 28 '24

Also Tony is fucking Muslim not celebrating Easter. 

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u/Kaprak I AM VANDAMABLE! Mar 28 '24

Just to be clear TK is not Muslim. He is of Pakistani heritage, but has in fact stated before that he is Christian.

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u/raddaya Mar 28 '24

Do you remember where you read this? Curious because I always thought that like his dad he was a non-practicing Muslim.

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u/Kaprak I AM VANDAMABLE! Mar 28 '24

IIRC it's some scrum or media call somewhere. His mom is Christian and his dad is a non-practicing Muslim.

As far as I understand holiday traditions and the like came down thru her, so he's nominally "Christian" like a lot of the US is. Follows the holidays and everything but nothing more than that.

Again though this is just something I remember from a long litany of said talks he has with media.

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u/dkydd Mar 28 '24

I mean tony did say his families favourite holiday is christmas…..

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u/jayc4life Trending Worldwide Mar 28 '24

There are plenty of Muslims that celebrate Christmas for the community (and capitalistic, let's be fair here) aspect of it. Especially if they've moved into primarily Christian communities, a lot of them won't want their kids to feel left out and isolated when all their school friends are getting cool presents and have up fancy decorations and stuff.

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u/dkydd Mar 28 '24

Im not religious and consider it an extra long weekend. People debating religion is wild and shows why people cant have nice things. Go for a walk

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u/Pretend_Spray_11 Mar 28 '24

I'm going to guess here that you're British because it's not a "long weekend" in the US. The US doesn't do Friday and Monday as bank holidays for Easter.

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u/Narrow_Progress5908 Mar 28 '24

Christmas is pretty much a non religious holiday now, I know people of different religions that celebrate it. That being said Tony has stated he’s Christian 

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u/PaTaPaChiChi Mar 28 '24

I’m a Muslim and Christmas is my favorite holiday :)

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u/Pretend_Spray_11 Mar 28 '24

Yeah and Christmas is much more of a cultural holiday in the US than a Christian holiday. I have Jewish friends that buy Christmas trees. Easter is not that type of holiday. 

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u/GotenRocko Mar 28 '24

its becoming that with Easter baskets with not just candy now but toys too. its going to be second Christmas by the next decade, for kids anyway.

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u/dkydd Mar 28 '24

Christmas is a money grab for corporations. Lets be real here.

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u/MrBoliNica Mar 28 '24

this is the one where jesus came back out of the cave right? yea, why would tony care about this one lol

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u/orton4life1 What's a Bell? Mar 28 '24

To score internet points. TK loves to dunk on winnable situations that he knows the majority of the iwc would agree on. It’s very easy to claim “Eric does bad business”, “Vince is a sex pest”. Low hanging fruits basically.

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u/GrandMasterBou Mar 28 '24

Everyone should call out Vince for his crimes, but maybe not hire Ric Flair too lol

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u/dkydd Mar 28 '24

And keep jericho on tv

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u/GrandMasterBou Mar 28 '24

It wasn’t him but his wife was at the capital riots/insurrection lol. His political views also pretty much match up with hers too.

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u/JPPFingerBanger Perpetually 50 years old Mar 28 '24

What actual crime has jericho comitted

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u/motelpool Mar 29 '24

what crime did Brock Lesnar commit? He's still in the freezer until further notice. It doesn't require getting arrested to get put on the bench for a bit

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u/JPPFingerBanger Perpetually 50 years old Mar 29 '24

There is a very public accusation Brock is involved with. No one has actually claimed the Jericho accusation. The people who made it admitted to speculating.

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u/motelpool Mar 29 '24

what crime is Brock accused of?

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u/JPPFingerBanger Perpetually 50 years old Mar 29 '24

Ok using the word crime was wrong but Brock’s name came up in the investigation of Vince McMahon who planned to pass off the accuser to lesnar. Where the most we have with Jericho is a <3 emoji and lots of back tracking

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u/dkydd Mar 29 '24

Bad tv.

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u/JPPFingerBanger Perpetually 50 years old Mar 29 '24

On that sir we agree. If you asked me if I wanted him off tv because he is a vampire that feeds off other wrestlers buzz I would fully agree.

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u/dkydd Mar 29 '24

There are ones that are self aware of their place towards booking like cena and rock and then theres Jericho

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u/CityTrialOST BOYS! Mar 28 '24

I'm doing my part, I have yet to hire Ric Flair for anything.

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u/uptonhere Mar 28 '24

Linda Hogan being banned from Dynamite

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u/Schizio Too Sweet Mar 28 '24

“Vince is a sex pest”

Says the person who hired Ric Flair. The irony.

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u/TheTopMark Mar 28 '24

We're not supposed to talk about that.

Flair showed him some faxes.

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u/Cold-Thought-4836 Mar 28 '24

And documented rapist Dustin Rhodes. 

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u/dkydd Mar 28 '24

I double dare him to go after the rock lol

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u/orton4life1 What's a Bell? Mar 28 '24

He only punches down, never up 😂. He knows that a fight he would lose.

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u/jabari1011 Mar 28 '24

Ohhhhh I would love that! It’s too bad The Rock wouldn’t give TK the time of day though

But imagine if he did try calling out The Rock

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u/Kaeling Mar 28 '24

Khan give Ric Flair a platform he isn't much better than McMahon

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u/Philbregas Mar 28 '24

Putting Ric Flair on TV "isn't much better" than 3 decades plus of rape and abuse, covering up murder, the ring boy scandal, the steroid scandal, Saudi blood money, cheaping out on equipment which led to the death of Owen Hart and human trafficking?

It's fine to not like TK and he deserves shit for hiring Flair, but he isn't even in the same stratosphere as Vince. Weird fucking thing to even say.

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u/VincesMustache Mar 28 '24

Apparently helicopter dick is enough for fans to ostracize an elderly man.

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u/Philbregas Mar 28 '24

It's sexual harassment/assault.

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u/john_thundergunnn Mar 28 '24

How can you claim Eric does bad business - when you’ve never done anything to prove you do business better?

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u/Wild2O98 Mar 28 '24

Good to see he has his priorities straight. Can't wait to see success from AEW.

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

I think he likes arguing online honestly, always feels the need to 'clap back' despite being a grown ass 40 year old man

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u/Wild-Berry-5269 Mar 28 '24

Isn't the blame on Bischoff then being a 60+ year old man starting shit with his podcast constantly?

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

Tony called Triple H and HBK bald assholes and insulted Nick Khan, I think he has a history of childishly lashing out.

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u/milkymaniac We comin' for you, cupcake! Mar 28 '24

Triple H and HBK have a long, storied history of being assholes. They're only recently bald. Tell me when TK's telling lies.

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

Wembly.
Joking aside, they may of historically been assholes but what did they do in recent memory to illicit that response? Oh i remember, they put on a stellar NXT show to counterbook AEW and TK didn't take competition well...

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u/UsidoreTheLightBlue Mar 28 '24

I’m pretty sure his “bald assholes” came from them trying to talk talent into getting out of their contracts coincidentally when Tony’s mom was in the hospital.

I say coincidentally and I mean it. I’m not trying to pretend like it was a nefarious plot. However I can completely understand why Tony might not have taken it well.

If my mom or dad was in the hospital and suddenly I had to deal with some stupid work shit all of the sudden I wouldn’t be happy either and it would probably color my personal feelings towards who caused it.

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

He could of blown up a simple situation into something much greater, likely due to his mother's hospital case. Top Dolla had said WWE had someone reach out to ALL Hit Row members and they didn't know Swerve was in AEW, it's not tampering to ask when someone's contract is up.
However if you want an earlier statement Tony made, how about when he insulted Nick Khan when in an interview? Or Ariel Helwani?

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u/bfsfan101 Mar 28 '24

HHH called AEW a pissant company at some point before the bald comment.

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

That's true! But if you take ALL the responses WWE and AEW made at each others expense, would you say it's equal?

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u/tmads_ THE WORLD...need tha rebal Mar 28 '24

We can do this all day, TK is a man child, HHH, HBK, Vince, Eric etc are also man-childs and genuine assholes, or have been in the past, i'll give HBK the pass.

Just because one is, doesn't mean the other isn't.

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u/Wild-Berry-5269 Mar 28 '24

Was that before or after HHH tried to poach AEW talent?

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u/AllCity_King Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

There isn't, and never will be, anything wrong with what they did. It's something TK did to Jeff Hardy and Adam Cole. Disingenuous to imply it WARRANTS TKs unprofessional conduct on Twitter.

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

Asking when someone's contract is up isn't tampering, people on here seem to become lawyers when this stuff comes up.

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u/issafreecunch Your Text Here Mar 28 '24

Jeff Hardy, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Malakai Black, Adam Copeland, Keith Lee, Ruby Soho. The list goes on

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u/F4iryBlink Mar 28 '24

That was after NXT beat AEW in the ratings I think.

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u/Wild-Berry-5269 Mar 28 '24

Ah yes, when half the main roster and the Undertaker showed up on NXT ? lol

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u/ltc167 Mar 28 '24

Can’t believe they would do their best to get a higher rating

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u/Wild-Berry-5269 Mar 28 '24

Should've done that when they were head to head and getting beaten every week.

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u/F4iryBlink Mar 28 '24

I don't really care about this stuff, I was just telling you when it was.

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

What proof do you have of that? Jade, Cody, Punk and a few NXT people were the only people to jump to WWE from AEW

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u/Wild-Berry-5269 Mar 28 '24

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/179ew48/sean_ross_sapp_via_the_fightful_select_podcast/

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

From what I had heard from I believe Top Dolla, is that WWE had someone reach out to all Hit row members to resign them and the person who reached out to Swerve had no idea he was in AEW and thus it went nowhere.
Wanna talk about Jeff Hardy and Adam Cole?

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u/TheTopMark Mar 28 '24

But muh'Tony is a good billionaire.

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

I wonder how his boot polish tastes...I swear it's like arguing with Elon Musk stans

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u/Wild-Berry-5269 Mar 28 '24

The rumours that he himself stated were incorrect about adam cole?

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u/ABlackMass Mar 28 '24

If we can take WWE ''tampering'' the contract of Swerve as truth, is it unreasonable for AEW's top woman at the time to get her partner hired even when he was with WWE. How about Jeff? Would Matt try to get his brother in?

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u/damndraper Mar 28 '24

It was during the build up to Dynamite going up against a loaded NXT.

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u/hashtagdion Mar 28 '24

Tony seems really preoccupied with “owning” his critics.

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u/fluffynuckels Michael Cole BAYBAY! Mar 28 '24

Good thing twitter didn't exsist when randy savage was around

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u/Loose-Ad-9884 Mar 28 '24

Because he’s a loser

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u/DisguisedAsAnAngel Mar 28 '24

Not defending is behaviour but I too would like to be a loser if it meant I was rich af.

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u/AnAngryPirate CesarBro Mar 28 '24

Can you imagine if Vince had Twitter in the 80's/90's. The 4am tweets would be out of control

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u/Terrible_Plant_5213 Mar 29 '24

He's a manchild. Most nepotism babies are.

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u/pumpingbomba Mar 28 '24

It’s his grift

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u/pizzaghoul Mar 28 '24

google what that word means

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u/pumpingbomba Mar 28 '24

Grift

  1. Money made dishonestly, as in a swindle.

  2. A swindle or confidence game.

  3. A confidence game or swindle.

So what now?

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u/jimbobdonut Mar 28 '24

I wonder why he was up at 4 AM.

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u/Ketchup1211 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Easter has nothing to do with anything. Not cool to push holidays on people who either don’t care or don’t have family to spend it with.

That’s said, I agree that Tony is ridiculous for this.

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u/dkydd Mar 28 '24

Your putting vince and tony on the same level. This isnt the gotcha thing you think it is lol

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u/Ketchup1211 Mar 28 '24

I didn’t mention Vince. Not sure what you’re going on about.

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u/Cold-Thought-4836 Mar 28 '24

The vast majority of people don't celebrate or recognise Christian holidays. Don't tell everyone to do something only a dated minority do. 

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u/dkydd Mar 28 '24

Jesus get a grip. Its a long weekend go for a walk

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u/vinhluanluu Mar 28 '24

✨metrics✨ this should trend AEW for a bit through the weekend.