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Post by jm on Dec 7, 2022 15:11:40 GMT -5
Basically wanted to go back to coach his son at WWE and requested and Tony eventually agreed. He's with AEW through the holidays So you mean to tell me the shit EC3 said in an interview about Regal was complete bullshit? Color me super surprised ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) Well the only people who took EC3 even the least bit seriously were anti-AEW bad faith trolls who hate the promotion already and were using what EC3 said as confirmation bias to why they hate AEW.
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Post by polarbearpete on Dec 7, 2022 15:15:45 GMT -5
I'm not at all saying that TK did this for strictly business purposes, because he really does seem like he wants to be as noble of a wrestling promoter as possible, but you gain next to nothing by keeping Regal locked in a contract after he politely asks for his release for all the right reasons.
But you do gain a fair amount of goodwill with a guy who's very well known and respected in the business, and who might just vouch for some great talent that WWE might one day release.
The only time Khan to my knowledge has not granted a release when asked was Malakai Black, and Malakai went on to say in a stream recently he's glad Tony Khan didn't grant it, because he was mentally not in a good place and he would have regretted it basically. Andrade too, but those are just the names we know. There were reports that a handful of names had requested releases, I remember a lot of people speculating that Murphy was one of them.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Dec 7, 2022 15:16:26 GMT -5
The only time Khan to my knowledge has not granted a release when asked was Malakai Black, and Malakai went on to say in a stream recently he's glad Tony Khan didn't grant it, because he was mentally not in a good place and he would have regretted it basically. Andrade too, but those are just the names we know. There were reports that a handful of names had requested releases, I remember a lot of people speculating that Murphy was one of them. Murphy had a visa issue though I believe, though both things could have happened who knows
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Post by polarbearpete on Dec 7, 2022 15:45:14 GMT -5
Tony Khan says William Regal's release dictates he is able to go back to WWE and coach, but not be able to go on-air in the next year. He says he was surprised by the tweet from WWE showcasing him on TV and didn't think it was in the spirit of how accommodating they were. Stunning considering that Triple H has basically shown he has no respect for Tony since he took over. He was upset about a tweet showing a 6-second clip of Regal saying War Games when they had a War Games PPV that day?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 7, 2022 15:58:09 GMT -5
Noted asshole Triple H continues to be an asshole, I'm stunned.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Dec 7, 2022 16:12:02 GMT -5
Tony my dude. Please delegate more. Hopefully with the Elite out of Muffin Man jail, they can handle more of the day to day operations while Khan does what he has to do elsewhere. From listening to his podcast, it sounds like Jarrett has taken a lot off of Tony's plate from a business aspect.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Dec 7, 2022 16:25:42 GMT -5
The only time Khan to my knowledge has not granted a release when asked was Malakai Black, and Malakai went on to say in a stream recently he's glad Tony Khan didn't grant it, because he was mentally not in a good place and he would have regretted it basically. Andrade too, but those are just the names we know. There were reports that a handful of names had requested releases, I remember a lot of people speculating that Murphy was one of them. I think Murphy came out and ripped people for saying he asked for his release didn't he? Either way, both companies have honored requests and denied them. All within their rights. Where I took issue with WWE is that they would add time to contracts but wouldn't use people. The simple work around is allow them to take independent bookings, but that's a different discussion. In fairness, as I mentioned a few pages back, there seem to be things out there that indicate that there was a difference in philosophies which does happen. AEW has the following guys as coaches; Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko, BJ Whitmer, Billy Gunn, Jerry Lynn, Pat Buck, QT Marshall, Madison Rayne, Dustin Rhodes, Luther, Colt Cabana, Ari Davairi, Vickie Guerrero, Chris Daniels and Serena Deeb. If I remember right Chris Jerico and Jon Moxley also added Producer/Coach to their titles with their new contracts as well and that Christian and Matt Hardy are coaches too in an unofficial capacity as well as Danielson. I can see it being possible that Regal may not have meshed with the talent and that's not a slight at him or AEW.
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Post by SneakMan on Dec 7, 2022 16:26:00 GMT -5
Noted asshole Triple H continues to be an asshole, I'm stunned. How dare you speak about Based Papa H, the man who righted all of WWE's wrongs and single-handedly lifted wrestling into a new boom period, in such a way?!
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Post by Mecca on Dec 7, 2022 16:31:43 GMT -5
Noted asshole Triple H continues to be an asshole, I'm stunned. How dare you speak about Based Papa H, the man who righted all of WWE's wrongs and single-handedly lifted wrestling into a new boom period, in such a way?! That shit is so funny, yea Triple H is such a good guy uh huh.
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Post by J. Hova on Dec 7, 2022 17:40:48 GMT -5
Tony, for the love of everything good and holy, hire some people or make people in those current positions take some stuff off your plate. There is absolutely no reason to be dealing with business when you are in the hospital with your mother.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 7, 2022 17:57:30 GMT -5
Who would have guessed the obvious and most logical answer was the truth.
Nah ,gotta make a big conspiracy about it
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Post by stoptheclocks on Dec 7, 2022 18:04:27 GMT -5
His son has presumably been wrestling for longer than the six months or whatever Regal has been in AEW. So there could well be more to the story, but clearly it's ended amicably enough and everyone moves on. Entertaining as he can be, I never really got the hype of Regal being some game changing addition to AEW.
The pearl clutching over HHH's tweet seems a little extra.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Dec 7, 2022 20:44:48 GMT -5
Wait, Tony “I’m the longest reigning CEO in wrestling now!” Khan got in his feelings over a tweet? Heaven forfend.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Dec 7, 2022 21:16:45 GMT -5
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 7, 2022 21:25:07 GMT -5
A lot of people will probably poo poo that interview with Tony but I thought it actually worked as a cool final appearance for Regal, you don't see that kind of story telling in wrestling normally
They should go full soap opera and just claim that Regal actually DIED in the hospital and we never see his character on TV
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 7, 2022 21:25:46 GMT -5
I say this to myself every day before engaging in online discourse 🙏🏾
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Dec 7, 2022 21:31:01 GMT -5
A lot of people will probably poo poo that interview with Tony but I thought it actually worked as a cool final appearance for a Regal, you don't see the kind of story telling in wrestling They should go full soap opera and just claim that Regal actually DIED in the hospital and we never see his character on TV That's Impact lol
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Post by ChitownKnight on Dec 7, 2022 22:11:30 GMT -5
Am I missing something? What did HHH do?
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Post by XIII on Dec 7, 2022 22:15:58 GMT -5
Wait, Tony “I’m the longest reigning CEO in wrestling now!” Khan got in his feelings over a tweet? Heaven forfend. I’m kind of surprised that TK would get butthurt about them using the Regal War Games gag(which is essentially a meme at this point) in a tweet to hype the War Games match with the way that TK takes little potshots at the WWE from time to time on Twitter…I mean I’m not really surprised because wrestling is full of weirdos but still. Basically they all look like clowns.
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Post by deezy on Dec 7, 2022 22:26:12 GMT -5
Wait, Tony “I’m the longest reigning CEO in wrestling now!” Khan got in his feelings over a tweet? Heaven forfend. I’m kind of surprised that TK would get butthurt about them using the Regal War Games gag(which is essentially a meme at this point) in a tweet to hype the War Games match with the way that TK takes little potshots at the WWE from time to time on Twitter…I mean I’m not really surprised because wrestling is full of weirdos but still. Basically they all look like clowns. TK seems like the type of person that everything is all good when he is the one poking fun and taking shots but as soon as someone else does it to him he whines and cries about it.
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