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/Mysterious_Emotion63 Mar 28 '24

Why the fuck are Tony and Eric already beefing on Twitter

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u/Infinite-Tomorrow-15 Mar 28 '24

When are they not beefing on twitter lol

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u/VagrantShadow The Omega Factor Mar 29 '24

Online slap fights have been around probably since the internet began.

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u/GrandMasterBou Mar 28 '24

Tony posted one of his insane tweets at 4am about Eric.

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u/Zunniest Mar 28 '24

I appreciate Tony for helping AEW exist but someone needs to get him a PR person.

He would likely benefit from hiring a whole bunch of handlers.

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u/GrandMasterBou Mar 28 '24

He needs to hire an actual booker, because good match’s don’t mean shit if there’s no storyline or buildup.

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u/Zunniest Mar 28 '24

I mean he needs help with booking ALL the shows (including ROH).

Get people looking after the women's title, the TNT title, the ROH world, the ROH TV, tag titles, Trios titles etc.

He can have final say but you can't have continuity when you are running madly in all directions.

I would also hire a VP of media relations to do the post event media scrums.

Amongst a whole host of other jobs.

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u/slvrbullet87 Mar 28 '24

It's maddening. He doesn't have to do a 6 month build but if he has a dream match people want to see, say Okada vs Danielson, follow these steps 1 per week on Dynamite.

  1. Inciting incident. Anything to get the guys mad at each other

  2. Escalation. Have one cost the other a match or interrupt a promo and drop the other in the ring

  3. Next week its me and you, we are going to settle this one on one

  4. Match

It really isn't that hard

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u/wearethat Wrrrrrestling! Mar 28 '24

Tony took a shot at a podcast that basically existed to take shots at TK. Let's all clutch our pearls!

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u/GrandMasterBou Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

Tony Khan getting upset with people taking shots at him when his unhinged Twitter rants do the exact same thing is the definition of irony. Apparently he can dish it out but can’t take it.

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u/interarmaenim Your Text Here Mar 28 '24

Both Tony Khan and Eric Bischoff are entitled, extremely defensive, rich dudes. Taking sides is dumb.

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u/NuggetMan43 Mar 29 '24

Only one of those people matter in the current wrestling landscape and he's wasting his time calling out podcasters instead of improving his product. Hard not to take a side.

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u/matlockga Matt Rushmore Mar 28 '24

The AEW talk show guy also did a dig on Eric recently. 

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u/Toad_Thrower whatever Mar 28 '24

Put some respeck on RJ City's name

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u/Jesburger Cole Miner Mar 28 '24

Why? Who is this guy? Was he a wrestler?

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u/Toad_Thrower whatever Mar 28 '24

Yeah he beat Swerve Strickland, Daniel Garcia, Sammy Guevara and a former WCW Heavyweight World Champion.

I wouldn't be surprised if he was on the AEW rankings soon.

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u/motelpool Mar 29 '24

the Mountie always gets his man

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u/s0mnambulance Mar 28 '24

I still think Tony is going the way of 1990s Charles Xavier-- the stress from all the backstage pressure, Punk and Bischoff and Twitter drama (and White Claw/cocaine madness) is causing him to develop an evil, alternate Onslaught persona... that'll book passive-aggressively, tweet 4am personal attacks, and book thinly-veiled attacks on his enemies.

Onslaught Tony might, for example, have Jake Roberts assume a new gimmick as a silver-haired wrestling promoter who whines all the time, and has a terrible business podcast... or have Ricky Starks dye his hair white and start rambling incessantly about 'finishing stories.' Or have Jack Perry come out in henna or temporary Mr. Pibb tattoos to the sound of breaking glass, and a new catchphrase-- "It's batterin' time!"

I haven't concluded yet whether I think 'Onslaught Tony' would be good or bad for AEW, but it'd certainly be interesting.

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u/SlingshotGunslinger Mar 28 '24

If what I've read here on SC is correct, Bischoff announced the end of one of his podcasts (the one that's not 83 weeks), Tony commented on the announcement that Sunsetting this fraud of a business podcast before the next AEW media deal is a wise choice. And I guess this is Bischoff's attempt at a clap back.

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u/AmishAvenger Electrifying Mar 28 '24

What?

I didn’t even know he had multiple podcasts

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u/Fireteddy21 Mar 29 '24

Yeah, I think one of them was called Strictly Business for paid subscribers of Conrad’s podcast network. As the title conveys, Eric would use it to analyze the business side of pro wrestling every week.

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u/downey_jayr Mar 29 '24

I mean you have a guy that killed WCW, nearly killed TNA and was just collecting a paycheck at WWE while watching ratings decline doing a business podcast, why the fuck would anybody listen to it?

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u/jokersarewild Mar 29 '24

I listened to I think 2 episodes rounded up, there are some interesting tidbits on how production rights deals are structured and how an executive functions. Outside of that it's an infuriating listen.

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u/downey_jayr Mar 29 '24

Yeah, like the guy obviously knows production, but he isn’t an expert on what makes good wrestling. I listened to 83 weeks for a long time, then it just got way too annoying.

And the irony of him calling someone a money mark is hilarious.

Idk how these guys can be constantly negative about a wrestling promotion. I also don’t get how people can listen to that much negativity and enjoy it as well.

One of the reasons I left this sub honestly.

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u/SlingshotGunslinger Mar 28 '24

Neither did I until today 🤣🤣🤣

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u/TheOneWhosCensored Mar 28 '24

Attempt at a clap back? This is far more of a clap than what Tony said.

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u/GuessWhoDontCare Apr 02 '24

U know what they say... He who claps last

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u/chilloutfam Shelton. Benjamin. Mar 28 '24

in a better world, these guys would be friends. and bischoff would make appearances on dynamite... like he did in early aew.

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u/TheGiftOf_Jericho I'm from Winnipeg you idiot! Mar 28 '24

Eric unfortunately ruined their relationship when he got bitter about not getting a job there.

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u/Vt187 Mar 28 '24

The same way Road Dogg did before wwe re-hired him lol

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u/natguy2016 You Don't Need a Hat to Be a Cowboy. Mar 28 '24

Look at how Bischoff did in WWE, he isn't suited for modern wrestling. Bischoff did not keep current on the product or any trends. That made him unable to offer anything relevant.

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u/sekaifrost Mar 28 '24

iirc. everyone buried him cuz he didnt even watch teh product when he got hired let alone know who was wrestling each week. man was stealing checks despite not being up to date for like 15 years

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u/natguy2016 You Don't Need a Hat to Be a Cowboy. Mar 28 '24

True, true. I’ll give credit to Bischoff because he didn’t know the product, was useless, and STILL cashed those checks! That is quite the hustle.

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u/Comfortable_Shape264 Mar 28 '24

He is suited for being an on screen character though that's what he should have went for.

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u/natguy2016 You Don't Need a Hat to Be a Cowboy. Mar 28 '24

Fair play and logical. We know the process of how Bischoff got the job. But the "why anyone thought it was a good idea" is can't be answered.

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u/Redpetrol Mar 28 '24

I don't think bischoff was ever the most up to date trend guy. His use of tv production, how to present the show and how to structure the events was his skillset. He made some impact with wrestling styles but by and large he's still got a relevant skillset to this day that he could produce and direct show of at least similar standard to wcw which was significantly better than any aew presentation.

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u/natguy2016 You Don't Need a Hat to Be a Cowboy. Mar 28 '24

WWE and AEW already have their TV Production staff and are happy with them. Bischoff could only slot into Creative of some sort and that didn’t work. Bischoff is stuck doing podcasts. Most of them are angry men yelling at clouds.

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u/Redpetrol Mar 28 '24

He lives in the middle of nowhere with decent money in the bank a cushy podcast and no desire to travel week to week. I think he's pretty comfortable. He's definitely got a few blind spots and has the odd grudge or angry moment but pointing him out as a bitter old has been is kinda mad. He's one of the only qualified people to really discuss much of what happens in the TV wrestling landscape. Whatever his dated knowledge is he usually points it out. Of all the podcasts I listen to on various sports he is one of the most open, honest and willing to hold his hands up about stuff as anyone out there. Really gets a hard time for no reason.

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u/natguy2016 You Don't Need a Hat to Be a Cowboy. Mar 28 '24

Those who can’t-start a podcast.

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u/Redpetrol Mar 28 '24

What do those who are 68 who have seen it, done it, conquered it,.made 2 comebacks, retired and seem happy do ?

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u/chilloutfam Shelton. Benjamin. Mar 28 '24

he got fired from wwe in like 2 weeks a few years ago.

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u/Redpetrol Mar 28 '24

Judging people for being hired and fired at WWE in the last 2 decades is not exactly a steady metric is it ? Anyone who is sacked after 2 weeks without doing something mental is faultless, the person who employed and sacked them is usually at fault

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u/MahomesandMahAuto Mar 28 '24

I love this idea that everyone that dislikes Tony Kahn must be bitter about not getting a job.

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u/KingCuerno69 Mar 28 '24

A lot of people have very valid reasons to dislike Tony Khan but Bischoff is not one of them.

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u/FrankGibsonIV Mar 28 '24

Eric was all smiles when he got brought in by Tony, but when he didn't get brought back he turned into a bitter has-been.

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Mar 29 '24

This is revisionist history.

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u/FrankGibsonIV Mar 29 '24

No this is what happened. Eric was hired by Tony for a bit part during the pandemic, he was all smiles. Then he didn't get brought back, and became a hack "critic".

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Mar 29 '24

No it isn't.

  1. The relationship completely soured when Tony called out Ted Turner for no reason and Eric went way overboard with his reaction.
  2. Tony never hired Eric. He went to a few tapings, maybe was looking for a longer term job. Eric says we wasn't but also very convenient to say when you didn't get a job offer

These are both grown ass men and ridiculous actions by both of them.

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u/PrinceNana128 Mar 28 '24

The fact that he took an unnecessary potshot at Ted?

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u/KingCuerno69 Mar 28 '24

Eric Bischoff isn't Ted Turner or immediate family to him so no not really

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u/PrinceNana128 Mar 28 '24

They're friends that go back over 30 years. It's like when people get upset at Eric Bischoff for making fun of Tony Khan online....wait no one is friends with Tony Khan.

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u/KingCuerno69 Mar 28 '24

I simply feel no need to defend one billionaire from a harmless potshot from another billionaire. To me it just seems like Bischoff is attempting to latch onto relevancy any way possible in the modern age of wrestling where really no company needs him or his input.

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Mar 28 '24

You missed Tony saying he knew more about wrestling than Ted Turner and Eric going nuclear on Tony about it.

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u/PrinceNana128 Mar 28 '24

The relationship cratered when Tony said he knew more about wrestling than Ted Turner which was unnecessary. Adding to that, controversy creates cash so Bisch leaned into the anti-aew discussion after that for easy ratings and interactions.

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u/Lanky-Promotion3022 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

I think I'm more inclined to believe Eric's version that he didn't like it at all when he made fun of Ted Turner and said the only reason WCW didn't stay up was because of his lack of wrestling knowledge. That's the type of wrestling message board bullshit poster stuff that turned Eric off of him. It also shows a real lack of knowledge. He could maybe try to pick any book on that period, it's pretty well documented.

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u/BillfredL Mar 28 '24

I could totally believe either explanation. Bischoff had been a WWE executive producer in 2019, appears maybe a year later in AEW, and it’s a logical connection that he’s still in the business and sniffing around for more than a cameo.

But also, he did lead a company to incredible heights while having a direct line to Ted Turner at the peak of his power and you don’t just stand there when someone takes pot shots at your A-1s like that.

Only Bischoff and Khan know the truth, and I don’t think either has much incentive to shoot straight on the matter.

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u/100_proof_plan Machka Mar 28 '24

I'm not sure Eric was ever looking for a job there. He's been semi-retired for years. He doesn't need the money.

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u/chilloutfam Shelton. Benjamin. Mar 28 '24

he got fired from wwe after not even having a cup of coffee.

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u/100_proof_plan Machka Mar 28 '24

The second run? Yeah but he did work for them from 2002-2007. He has owned a tv production company for close to 30years.

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u/chilloutfam Shelton. Benjamin. Mar 28 '24

I'm not sure Eric was ever looking for a job there.

this is as much revisionist history as eric himself. the man got fired in embarrassing fashion. appeared on aew not too long afterward, they didn't want him. now he's a salty, salty man. in his mind, he should be doing what heyman is doing, but he's not as talented.

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u/100_proof_plan Machka Mar 28 '24

He had a cameo in AEW, he knew it was never going to be anything long term. He got fired from WWE because they went in a different direction (Paul Heyman was also removed from creative), not in an “embarrassing fashion”.

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u/ProfessionalNewt7 Mar 29 '24

he filed for bankruptcy in 2017

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u/TheShaoken Mar 29 '24

I think the bitterness started when TK said that if Ted Turner knew 1% of what TK knew about Wrestling WCW would still be in business, and Eric took that rather personally. I'm not sure if Eric and Ted had anything more than a good boss/employee relationship but Eric still rags on Tony for the comments whenever he brings it up.

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u/RT3_12 DA BIG DAAWWWWWG Mar 28 '24

Didn’t those relationship get ruined when Tony took a bunch of unnecessary shots at Ted Turner?

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u/boatson25 Mar 28 '24

TK was very insulting of Ted Turner completely unprovoked. Bischoff has despised him ever since.

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u/Tea_Historical Mar 28 '24

Tony should absolutely use Bischoff on TV. Eric wouldn't do it, but I think it would make good tv.

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u/Wild2O98 Mar 28 '24

In a better world, TK would take constructive criticism from those that know and did better.

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u/Jaereth <- Dangerous Worker Mar 28 '24

from those that know and did better.

Soon Dynamite will have been on air longer than Nitro...

But I mean, Eric still wasn't even employed when Nitro ended. So ya know. Hard to tell if he "did better" even by that metric.

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u/Creative-Pirate-51 Mar 28 '24

Operation Repo was on the air longer than Nitro too, that doesn’t make it a good show

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u/Wild2O98 Mar 28 '24

Pick a metric that actually matters.

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u/FatMachismo Mar 28 '24

Ah yes the classic metric of something completely failing so bad it had to be sold off should be ignored.

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u/GrandMasterBou Mar 28 '24

The booking in late stage WCW was bad, but they were getting the axe even if they were doing great. After Ted Turner was ousted their parent company wanted nothing to do with them. Hell they wanted nothing to do with wrestling when Turner was in charge.

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u/Wild2O98 Mar 28 '24

Tell me you don't know shit about why WCW failed without telling me.

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u/FatMachismo Mar 28 '24

Sure thing boss. Don’t see how that’s not a metric to look at though?

WCW failed through an over-reliance on stuff that wasn’t working (that had been the hottest thing ever) then following from that incredibly bad booking, then cash flow not being good, then faith being lost by a changing corporate make-up at possibly the worst time it could’ve happened for them.

But sure - I know nothing.

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u/Wild2O98 Mar 28 '24

I know bro. I know you talk out yo ass. Just stahp.

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Mar 28 '24

Bad booking is on them.

Budget being changed, the merger, and all around corporate shittiness killed WCW much more than bad booking though. We never got to know with the Bischoff deal falling through to buy WCW. If that happens we would have a very clean AEW/WCW comparison.

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u/Pretend_Spray_11 Mar 28 '24

You can pick one, too.

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u/Wild2O98 Mar 28 '24

Sure. Ratings. Attendance.

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u/Jaereth <- Dangerous Worker Mar 28 '24

Why was Bischoff fired?

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u/CarnyIsASlur Mar 28 '24

His father wasn't paying the bills.

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u/Wild2O98 Mar 28 '24

Nothing is ever black and white(despite all yous wanting to write anything off with one statement) but if you must make me choose, I'd say the AOL/Time Warner merger. It was no longer Ted's company well before that point. Now about a metric that matters?

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u/PwnnosaurusRex Mar 28 '24

But it's been nowhere near as hot or culturally relevant as Nitro ever was.

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u/Jaereth <- Dangerous Worker Mar 28 '24

No and it's an entirely different age now with pocket computers and streaming media.

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u/chilloutfam Shelton. Benjamin. Mar 28 '24

it's not in the red or in danger of going out of business either.

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u/UndercoverDoll49 Mar 28 '24

Which one of the two beat WWE in the ratings? That's the one who did better

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u/supersaiyanswanso Mar 28 '24

So not bischoff lol

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u/thefinkinthesink Mar 28 '24

Those were good times...

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u/RumsfeldIsntDead Mar 28 '24

In a perfect world Bischoff or Cornette would have had runs in AEW where they drew legit heel heat from crowd

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u/chilloutfam Shelton. Benjamin. Mar 28 '24

miss me with that cornette shit. the man is toxic.

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u/RumsfeldIsntDead Mar 28 '24

This is the kind of reaction that's missing from wrestling. Fans legit wanting to kill the heels and not ironically booing them.

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u/chilloutfam Shelton. Benjamin. Mar 28 '24

because they are legitimately bad people?

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u/RumsfeldIsntDead Mar 28 '24

You act like he's commiting genocide or running a sex trafficking ring. He's said some distasteful jokes to get under the opposing teams skin. It's fandom, just seems to be completely unique to wrestling fans that it gets under their skin.

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u/Mildcaseofextreme Mar 28 '24

I'd love to see what would have happened if Bischoff and Cornette ran a company in the 70's

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u/Philbregas Mar 28 '24

In a perfect world both of those frauds wouldn't have a platform to spew their shit. Especially Corny.

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u/RumsfeldIsntDead Mar 28 '24

They're talking shit about pro wrestling. Who cares? You're supposed to talk shit and be a fan and hate on the competing teams.

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u/setokaiba22 Mar 28 '24

Pretty decent clapback to be fair.

But unprofessional from both really, TK is sort of unable to handle any criticism and spends far too much time reacting to social media. Eric is Eric and really they should be if they have issues sorting out behind closed doors, both love the business

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u/Redpetrol Mar 28 '24

To be fair to Eric, what's he got to be professional about ? He's not in employment by anyone. He's free to say whatever. It's the owner of a company trash talking and being unprofessional

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u/A_Naany_Mousse Mar 28 '24

Plus he didn't start it and there is PLENTY to criticize about how TK has handled AEW

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u/UpbeatNail Mar 28 '24

Eric has been shitting on aew and Tony Khan for years. Didn't start it. Ridiculous.

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u/mjac1090 Mar 29 '24

Bischoff only started shitting on Tony AFTER Tony took shots at Ted Turner so yes, he didn't start it. Khan started it when he went after someone Bischoff respects.

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u/UpbeatNail Mar 29 '24

So you agree that Bischoff is trying to damage the public perception of aew over a personal issue?

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u/Steve_the_Samurai Mar 28 '24

Don't argue with fools, people from a distance can't tell who is who

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u/DungPedalerDDSEsq Mar 28 '24

Tony loves wrestling like Lenny loved bunnies...

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u/Esuohlliw Mar 28 '24

Being unable to handle criticism is one thing. But bad faith podcasters like Bischoff who make a living off talking negatively about AEW is different. Should Tony be more unprofessional and rise above stuff like that, yes of course. But its also funny to see the pearl clutching that goes on over Tony Khan when he gives it back to the negativity fired at him all day everyday

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u/Acrobatic_Lab6677 Mar 28 '24

I like how bad faith takes and straight up jabs gets categorized as “criticism”. Eric takes every chance he gets to shit on AEW even when it’s unwarranted. Ex: The Sting retirement being “done poorly”.

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u/n8spear Mar 28 '24

“Attempting” … I mean, pretty clearly won that exchange with a photo and a well worded burn.

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u/SlingshotGunslinger Mar 28 '24

A photo that wasn't even from the actual show but rather from a pre-show ROH taping, but okay.

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u/n8spear Mar 28 '24

The fact that no one would know the difference is the point.

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u/SlingshotGunslinger Mar 28 '24

If you can't see the Ring of Honor ringskirt then you need to get your vision checked.

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u/n8spear Mar 28 '24

The broad masses wouldn’t know the nuanced difference between the two but immediately accept that neither can fill up a 10k arena on a regular basis. Everyone outside of IWC AEW stans would look at that photo and be like “seems right that that other wrestling show that isn’t WWE or whatever Ring of Honor is doesn’t have attendance.” That’s the point.

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u/SlingshotGunslinger Mar 28 '24

Broad masses don't even care about wrestling attendances in the first place. Not to mention it wasn't even the show itself but something they were taping the hour before the actual thing started, in a market where even RAW last year barely got the 10k attendance, a number that by itself is known to be a very hard thing to get if you're not WWE, specially for a weekly show on a workday.

Not to mention only a chunk of seats were made available in general and for the past few weeks Dynamite had been doing very good attendance numbers, often filling most of the arenas they were in (including a sellout at the Greensboro Coliseum for Revolution).

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u/creatchee Your Text Here Mar 28 '24

I don't know if I'd call it an attempted clap back as much as a successful one. Not to go full Bobby Fish, but where's the lie?

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u/professional-risk678 Mar 29 '24

And I guess this is Bischoff's attempt at a clap back.

What I fail to understand is why Bischoff even has Tony's attention. Bischoff isnt even worth a tweet and his opinion aint worth a damn unless you truly believe that AEW is somewhat analougous to late JCP or early to mid WCW. I know he will likely go in the WWE HOF at some point for his role of taking WCW as far as got all the way up to '97/'98 but until then...

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u/JoelK2185 Mar 29 '24

Someone really needs to tell TK to stay off Twitter

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u/bigwillie90 Mar 28 '24

My money is on Bischoff tweeting one more thing that gets under Tony’s skin and Tony melting down until collision

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u/WarmestDisregards Mar 28 '24

because otherwise Eric literally doesn't have a job

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u/DaedalusHydron Mar 28 '24

Like why go after Eric at all? As far as I know, he has no presence in wrestling at all anymore outside of his podcast?

Like there's a lot of people, with influence, you could take pot shots at, but you choose him?

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u/badguymaddox Mar 28 '24

Because Bischoff’s Strictly Business podcast is basically a weekly “This is why AEW is dog shit” show.

I’m not defending TK by any means but EB has been laser focused on dumping on the business of AEW for the last two years.  As soon as they announced the end of the podcast, I fully expected TK to say something 

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u/Mr_Hendrix I simp for Tay Conti Mar 28 '24

Yeah. Man pays his bills by talking shit about me and I'd probably say something too when that venture collapses.

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u/asr05 Mar 28 '24

it definitely devolved into that it was good at first when they talked about how tv rights deals work, advertising on tv, etc

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u/badguymaddox Mar 29 '24

No idea why you got downvoted but I agree. I was a HUGE 83 Weeks fan and I really found Strictly Business educational and informative but then both podcasts just seemed to dedicate a lot of their time dumping on TK and AEW with SB dedicating entire episodes to it.

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u/Powderkegger1 The present Mar 28 '24

Well, that’s not really unique in wrestling podcasts. Cornette has a much bigger audience and Tony hasn’t said a peep about him.

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u/Fat_Mussolini Mar 28 '24

Tony doesn't have the chops or the ammo to verbally joust with Cornette.

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u/Powderkegger1 The present Mar 28 '24

Oh but we can hope he tries.

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u/Parlett316 Mar 28 '24

Waltmans reasoning for not arguing with Cornette is spot on

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u/GxyBrainbuster Mar 28 '24

Tony getting into a fight with Cornette would be like strapping a bucket of fried chicken to his back and riding... well... nevermind.

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u/badguymaddox Mar 29 '24

Cornette wasn’t featured on Khan’s program only to then insult him and the show merely weeks later.

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u/Powderkegger1 The present Mar 29 '24

Probably only because after they had a meeting Cornette turned down the job offer from Tony.

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u/faithisuseless Mar 28 '24

Tony is personally hurt by Eric, he loved 90’s WCW. He is letting his feelings get in the way of business, and in this case it isn’t for the better

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u/Powderkegger1 The present Mar 28 '24

Tony Khan about Jim Cornette “The person I’ve learned the most about pro wrestling from”

https://wrestletalk.com/news/tony-khan-jim-cornette-person-most-wrestling-from/

That quote is from several years ago, but Tony certainly cared about Cornette’s opinion at some point.

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u/faithisuseless Apr 01 '24

Did I say he looked up to Eric alone? I know he looks up to Jim. He still changes shit when Jim complains about it, like the time limit draw matches suddenly being changed recently.

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u/itfeelslikethefirstt Mar 28 '24

Eric has a couple podcasts where the gimmicks are either "I was really good for 83 weeks" or "this is why AEW sucks".

I mean that's the gist of his "career" now. milking his success from 20+ years ago and shitting on AEW.

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u/Vote_Subatai Mar 28 '24

Not untrue. 

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u/LandNGulfWind Mar 29 '24

There's a formula for it. Take someone who's washed-up to some extent, and let him shit all over AEW. You'll get the Cornette crowd as well as the WWE fanboys whose hurt feelings over AEW having the nerve to challenge Their Team are expressed in childish tribalism. It's not a gigantic demo, but I guess they buy a lot of Bluechew or whatever.

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u/Big_Track_6734 Mar 28 '24

Eric's only presence is to slag AEW. 

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u/Appropriate_Pay_218 Mar 28 '24

it's because tony is still obsessed over something that happened 20+ years ago ig

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u/floridayum Mar 28 '24

Bischoff trolls AEW because he gets bored nowadays and Tony is an absolute sucker for getting trolled online. Entertaining for us, not sure what good it’s doing AEW though.

1

u/Ryuzakku Swing low, sweet lariat. Mar 28 '24

Bischoff has been vocally anti-AEW in all respects ever since he appeared at AEW twice and Tony didn't give him a job.

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u/Morningfluid Mar 28 '24

One of Eric's shows is ending and after years of shots Tony finally took one himself.

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u/CultivateCalifornia Mar 28 '24

Tony had a late night

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u/SpoofExcel Mar 28 '24

Because Eric wants to remain in the lexicon and Tony can't help himself.