Tony Khan running for US political office...seriously.

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

Welp! I'll be curious to see how this impacts what we see on TBS every week.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

There's no way we can actually talk about this given board rules right? Like this thread's gonna be locked immediately lmfao

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Feb 10, 2022 7:47:42 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

There's no way we can actually talk about this given board rules right? Like this thread's gonna be locked immediately lmfao

You know what? If it is, I get it. But I'd also like to make a case that the owner running for office is extremely newsworthy and so long as it doesn't devolve into democrat vs. republican, I don't see why it can't be left open.

[Abdullah]

Is this AEW’s Tony Khan? I’m not seeing this news anywhere.

[eJm]

Feb 10, 2022 7:49:17 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

Feb 10, 2022 7:47:42 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

There's no way we can actually talk about this given board rules right? Like this thread's gonna be locked immediately lmfao

You know what? If it is, I get it. But I'd also like to make a case that the owner running for office is extremely newsworthy and so long as it doesn't devolve into democrat vs. republican, I don't see why it can't be left open.

I'm going to cautiously leave it open for a bit on those grounds but I'll be frank, the moment anyone posts any kind of reactionary comment or baiting shit, I'm shutting it down.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

If I had anything to say about this... it doesn't feel real whatsoever. Like for one the timing makes no sense, but the other is Tony literally has jobs with the Jags, Fulham, and AEW

This would be an absolute waste of time, resources he could be using to help other matters, and would be really stretching his efforts thin. Until more comes out about this, I don't buy it, and it seems a lot of the people who found the tweet don't either...

[polarbearpete]

If he wins, hopefully it doesn’t take away from the quality of the show. Feel like he has a lot on his plate already.

Also, his campaign committee is AEW? Sounds fishy.

[eJm]

Sort of has to be asked, how easy is it to put an application for a government position like that? I know there's a deposit of some kind but is it "Someone can troll someone" amount?

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 10, 2022 7:52:32 GMT -5 polarbearpete said:

If he wins, hopefully it doesn’t take away from the quality of the show. Feel like he has a lot on his plate already.

Also, his campaign committee is AEW?

Unless Tony is committed to a full booking committee or writing team, I genuinely don't see how he can run a political campaign along with three other major things

Nothing about the move realistically makes sense, let alone using AEW as a campaign committee, that just feels like someone sent it in as a troll job...

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 10, 2022 7:56:10 GMT -5 eJm said:

Sort of has to be asked, how easy is it to put an application for a government position like that? I know there's a deposit of some kind but is it "Someone can troll someone" amount?

I mean we've seen some really weird nominations and people say they're going to run, hell didn't Harambe get like 3000 write in votes for President one year? This doesn't seem like it'd be farfetched to fake...

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All I'm gonna say is, damn.

Not gonna talk about the party he's affiliated with, I'm not even gonna get into those details. I'm just talking about the overall aspect that he's running.

I personally don't like it. Lemme keep my wrestling to my wrestling and my politics to my politics. I've never liked the two mixing. This is not only a bad move for AEW but it's a bad move for him personally too. I see nothing beneficial in this. Yeah he can have a dream of wanting to do this but nah, this is weird to me.

[eJm]

Feb 10, 2022 7:57:12 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Feb 10, 2022 7:56:10 GMT -5 eJm said:

Sort of has to be asked, how easy is it to put an application for a government position like that? I know there's a deposit of some kind but is it "Someone can troll someone" amount?

I mean we've seen some really weird nominations and people say they're going to run, hell didn't Harambe get like 3000 write in votes for President one year? This doesn't seem like it'd be farfetched to fake...

Write-in votes are a whole different thing, though. I more mean if, say, I wanted to apply to be a Senator or something like that.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 10, 2022 7:57:45 GMT -5 @kn said:

All I'm gonna say is, damn.

Not gonna talk about the party he's affiliated with, I'm not even gonna get into those details. I'm just talking about the overall aspect that he's running.

I personally don't like it. Lemme keep my wrestling to my wrestling and my politics to my politics. I've never liked the two mixing.

It being real just doesn't really make sense to me, he's doing so much as it is now, why would you devote time and resources into a campaign? Didn't this shit cost the McMahons like millions of dollars? I know the Khan's have like an endless money sink, but Tony also has to like f***ing sleep at some point...

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Feb 10, 2022 7:57:12 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Feb 10, 2022 7:56:10 GMT -5 eJm said:

Sort of has to be asked, how easy is it to put an application for a government position like that? I know there's a deposit of some kind but is it "Someone can troll someone" amount?

I mean we've seen some really weird nominations and people say they're going to run, hell didn't Harambe get like 3000 write in votes for President one year? This doesn't seem like it'd be farfetched to fake...

I'd have to imagine it's different to write in a ballot and actually file with the Federal Elections Commission, though. It was filed in September 2021 though, so whoever did this was trying for an elaborate ruse if it's not real.

The only other thing I'll say is that if it was like...a random that found this, I could see it being fake. A lead anchor for a local Jacksonville TV station makes me think it could be real.

That said, eJm, if you wanted to close it for now on the grounds of it being uncertain, I totally understand. Wasn't trying to stir anything up for you. :-)

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Feb 10, 2022 8:00:14 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

Feb 10, 2022 7:57:12 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I mean we've seen some really weird nominations and people say they're going to run, hell didn't Harambe get like 3000 write in votes for President one year? This doesn't seem like it'd be farfetched to fake...

I'd have to imagine it's different to write in a ballot and actually file with the Federal Elections Commission, though. It was filed in September 2021 though, so whoever did this was trying for an elaborate ruse if it's not real.

The only other thing I'll say is that if it was like...a random that found this, I could see it being fake. A lead anchor for a local Jacksonville TV station makes me think it could be real.

Maybe he's just testing the waters? Like I still don't see how a full bore campaign makes sense, especially given what he's doing. Unless he is planning some big creative subletting in AEW to help take some frontal load off his plate, I don't see how this works out... like it's not even him running that's bugging me, it's the factor of time and all the other shit he's already doing and likes being at the control center for.

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Feb 10, 2022 7:59:36 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

Feb 10, 2022 7:57:45 GMT -5 @kn said:

All I'm gonna say is, damn.

Not gonna talk about the party he's affiliated with, I'm not even gonna get into those details. I'm just talking about the overall aspect that he's running.

I personally don't like it. Lemme keep my wrestling to my wrestling and my politics to my politics. I've never liked the two mixing.

It being real just doesn't really make sense to me, he's doing so much as it is now, why would you devote time and resources into a campaign? Didn't this shit cost the McMahons like millions of dollars? I know the Khan's have like an endless money sink, but Tony also has to like f***ing sleep at some point...

AEW keeps picking up stream by the day and when all things seem well he throws his name in the hat for a political run? Nah, I don't like it let alone what's with billionaires always wanting to get into politics? Yeah it's a power thing but eventually there's a time where you realize that you have your own lane. For as much as we joke about Vince and co all of the political baggage surrounding them from Linda and who they're friends with should be enough of a red flag for Tony to decide not to do this.

It's too much stuff. Like, Vince has shown us that running too many things can take its toll on you.

I don't get this. This is like the one thing that he's done that I'm stumped on. Why?

[eJm]

Feb 10, 2022 8:00:14 GMT -5 Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story said:

That said, eJm, if you wanted to close it for now on the grounds of it being uncertain, I totally understand. Wasn't trying to stir anything up for you. :-)

Oh no, it's completely fine. I think I'll close it for now until there's more verification just to be safe.

And if there is verification, DM me and I'll reopen the thread.

[eJm]

Since Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] just DM'd me this, I'll put it in here. Which seems like a good sign to keep this thread locked.

[eJm]

And here it is from the man himself (and MJF for good measure).