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Post by cornettesracket on Mar 21, 2022 14:48:39 GMT -5
Well with the comments from Chavo Guerrero and joey janella, it seems there’s a lack of communication. I mean I’m not asking tony khan or someone is his company to give a Gettysburg address to each talent that’s parting ways with AEW, but it seems at least in those two instances there was radio silence which to me is poor form as a boss.
I understand that every wrestler that leaves WWE is automatically talked about going to AEW, but tony khan may have good intentions but that’s not realistic and it will cause problems as you only have so many hours of TV and you can’t put everyone on every week.
He also imo needs to hire people to help him, and given the veteran talent he has backstage he should tap their years of knowledge. I mean arn Anderson and Jim Ross for example. Even with the best will in the world he can’t physically or mentally do it all on his own. And Eric Bischoff tried to be friends with the wrestlers and that didn’t work out well.
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Post by ASYLUMHAUSEN on Mar 21, 2022 14:55:53 GMT -5
I think a lot of us can relate to Khan because he's a giant wrestling nerd and that describes a lot of us. That said, he's also a trust fund kid who has never had to experience a second of what it's like to live paycheck-to-paycheck, so there's only so far that goes. He just sees the world in a completely different way than most people. Billionaire worship is also weird as f*** to me. Billionaires ain't your friend. I don't want to go into the weird wide and wild world of off limits discussions for this place, but I'll leave it at that. I do think he's a fresh, fan oriented promoter and booker, despite his shortcomings. His biggest drawbacks to me are a lack of organization and communication at a business level, which can be remedied by hiring people who specialize in those types of things. They don't have to come from the wrestling industry. A competent HR department would do wonders in terms of keeping things like the Chavo situation from happening. I do worry about roster bloat and a loss of identity as time goes on. Tony's picked up some talent that I can't blame him for picking up (Fish, O'Reilly, Cole, Keith Lee, Danielson, FTR etc.) but it's really hard not to see it as "Tony Khan books NXT" sometimes. Yeah, you've got the non-WWE guys (The Bucks, Omega, "The 4 pillars", Jade, Thunder Rosa, Hook, and the like) around, but I'd seriously be careful about signing much more in the way of WWE releases unless they're tippy-top guys that can still go that you'd be stupid not to snatch up, like a Rollins. Which leads me to... The roster bloat is real. Maybe ROH being around will help out with some of it, but you'll sometimes go weeks without seeing a talent on TV. Yeah, Dark and Elevation are a thing, but it's just not the same. Waiting for "in their prime" guys like the ones signed after the WWE has culled them to age out and retire has to stick in the craw of the hungry young guys that want to be on TV, too. I mean…i can’t speak for anyone else…I relate to Khan in the sense that the poster you quoted originally posted. The fact he’s got more money than I’ll ever see doesn’t change that 🤷🏼♂️ Doesn’t mean I think he’s my friend or some shit (though I get the point you’re going for. I really do.)
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Post by markymark on Mar 21, 2022 15:29:49 GMT -5
Well with the comments from Chavo Guerrero and joey janella, it seems there’s a lack of communication. I mean I’m not asking tony khan or someone is his company to give a Gettysburg address to each talent that’s parting ways with AEW, but it seems at least in those two instances there was radio silence which to me is poor form as a boss. I understand that every wrestler that leaves WWE is automatically talked about going to AEW, but tony khan may have good intentions but that’s not realistic and it will cause problems as you only have so many hours of TV and you can’t put everyone on every week. He also imo needs to hire people to help him, and given the veteran talent he has backstage he should tap their years of knowledge. I mean arn Anderson and Jim Ross for example. Even with the best will in the world he can’t physically or mentally do it all on his own. And Eric Bischoff tried to be friends with the wrestlers and that didn’t work out well.
Janela was indirectly blaming it on Daniels, then Zarian implied CD and QT got heat for the Marko stuff.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 21, 2022 15:42:36 GMT -5
Well with the comments from Chavo Guerrero and joey janella, it seems there’s a lack of communication. I mean I’m not asking tony khan or someone is his company to give a Gettysburg address to each talent that’s parting ways with AEW, but it seems at least in those two instances there was radio silence which to me is poor form as a boss. I understand that every wrestler that leaves WWE is automatically talked about going to AEW, but tony khan may have good intentions but that’s not realistic and it will cause problems as you only have so many hours of TV and you can’t put everyone on every week. He also imo needs to hire people to help him, and given the veteran talent he has backstage he should tap their years of knowledge. I mean arn Anderson and Jim Ross for example. Even with the best will in the world he can’t physically or mentally do it all on his own. And Eric Bischoff tried to be friends with the wrestlers and that didn’t work out well. He needs a department to handle that shit, get some middle management.
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Post by Cyno on Mar 21, 2022 16:07:02 GMT -5
Chavo is someone whose situation I'll put way more blame on Chavo himself than Khan. He wasn't even contracted by AEW and didn't inform them that he'd need more time taping Young Rock. I don't know if anyone in AEW reached out to Chavo and he ghosted them or not, but he's gotta take responsibility for his own lack of communication.
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Post by cornettesracket on Mar 21, 2022 16:23:28 GMT -5
Chavo is someone whose situation I'll put way more blame on Chavo himself than Khan. He wasn't even contracted by AEW and didn't inform them that he'd need more time taping Young Rock. I don't know if anyone in AEW reached out to Chavo and he ghosted them or not, but he's gotta take responsibility for his own lack of communication. Well from what I read Chavo informed them he was going back to film season 2 of young rock and according to him, tony khan knew about it and encouraged him to do it.
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Post by cornettesracket on Mar 21, 2022 16:25:02 GMT -5
Well with the comments from Chavo Guerrero and joey janella, it seems there’s a lack of communication. I mean I’m not asking tony khan or someone is his company to give a Gettysburg address to each talent that’s parting ways with AEW, but it seems at least in those two instances there was radio silence which to me is poor form as a boss. I understand that every wrestler that leaves WWE is automatically talked about going to AEW, but tony khan may have good intentions but that’s not realistic and it will cause problems as you only have so many hours of TV and you can’t put everyone on every week. He also imo needs to hire people to help him, and given the veteran talent he has backstage he should tap their years of knowledge. I mean arn Anderson and Jim Ross for example. Even with the best will in the world he can’t physically or mentally do it all on his own. And Eric Bischoff tried to be friends with the wrestlers and that didn’t work out well. He needs a department to handle that shit, get some middle management. Yes he does and he shouldn’t take it as a slight either especially with ROH coming back. Unless he delegates the booking then one or both of ROH and AEW will suffer.
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Post by Cyno on Mar 21, 2022 16:25:44 GMT -5
Chavo is someone whose situation I'll put way more blame on Chavo himself than Khan. He wasn't even contracted by AEW and didn't inform them that he'd need more time taping Young Rock. I don't know if anyone in AEW reached out to Chavo and he ghosted them or not, but he's gotta take responsibility for his own lack of communication. Well from what I read Chavo informed them he was going back to film season 2 of young rock and according to him, tony khan knew about it and encouraged him to do it. That was fine. What apparently happened was taping went longer than expected, and Chavo didn't tell anyone in AEW that he'd be away a lot longer than he told them.
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Post by holyshida on Mar 22, 2022 1:07:54 GMT -5
He has a few, the main things for me is what a lot of people have mentioned is that he needs to sometimes take a step back and delegate. Delegate 1-2 people to book both the tag team division and the Women's division, the Women's division suffers the most because of this and I feel with someone else booking it would be much better and more babyfaces would have spotlight on TV and have more momentum, the tag division is the best in pro wrestling but I also think there's been periods where it could be booked better and I don't think it's coincidence that the booking got worse after TK took power away from the Bucks.
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Post by Dub H on Mar 22, 2022 2:39:50 GMT -5
I do wonder how Busy Khan is and how the changes his booking.
I still think in the grand run taking over full booking was a mistake ,but not a major one as he ahs been doing a good job overall.
I assume with people like Joey and Marko it becomes a situation of TK just doesnt has any plans for then so he doesnt mention or call then, I dont think he tells QT or CD and says "Hey, i`m not usiong X tell then they are on hold". But at sam,e time QT and CD should contact wrestlers that are not currently used and have their contract to expire soon.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Mar 22, 2022 5:25:46 GMT -5
An inability to book a racially diverse men's main event scene, something even WWE is better at
An unwillingness to give the women's division more time, something that even WWE having regressed post Women's Revolution is better at
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Post by Oak: Certified Jade Hater on Mar 25, 2022 21:26:20 GMT -5
Not to poke a dead horse (especially with the locked topic right on the first page), but the women’s division is their big black mark that I think has to be addressed soon. There’s a strong section of fans who are interested and want the women to succeed, and Amy worry is that TK will finally start to truly book them properly if/when a big name from WWE becomes available (Alexa, 4 Horsewomen, Rhea).
There’s also a repetitiveness and predictability that others have mentioned that do take away from the suspense. It’s silly, but I do think announcing two-three matches and leaving the rest blank for Dynamite and one match for Rampage would help, in that there’s an air of mystery and you’re not spoiled.
I wish Dark was more than jobber squashes and used to build feuds but is what it is. I just don’t see too much difference between Dark and Elevation right now, which I don’t think is their aim.
I feel like an issue TK does really need to address soon is the roster. Contracts will expire and more room will be made and all that jazz, but at this moment in time, it feels like he’s running a three hour program with a roster size comparable to WWE. And given how people cycle in and out and can disappear from the wrestling consciousness after two weeks? It’s gotta be addressed. It just has to.
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Post by asuka007 on Mar 25, 2022 22:14:17 GMT -5
Obvious one, he does not book the women well.
I wish he’d just admit “yeah this is not my strong point. I’m going to bring someone in to book it for me who knows more about it than I do.” I could respect that honestly.
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