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Post by khali on Jan 9, 2024 18:32:12 GMT -5
I’m starting to get the feeling that no one involved in this is taking it even half as seriously as the weirdos on Twitter. This is free marketing for both companies, at this point. That’s the other thing. I think it’s pretty obvious that TK decided, rightly or wrongly, that doing this kind of thing on Twitter sometimes, is a good boost of engagement of his tweets that also plug his shows. If you think that’s a bad move, cool. But people act like he just can’t control himself.
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Post by jm on Jan 9, 2024 18:34:02 GMT -5
And then Bald joins to the party.
Dammit Bald!!! Stop trying to get me to like you by dunking on Bischoff!!! Stop it!!! Seriously though, bravo with this tweet.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 9, 2024 18:36:22 GMT -5
This is the most advertisement and focus HOOK or Jinder Mahal have had on Twitter maybe ever
Take whatever side you want, it likely helped both guys in their title match aspirations
They know what they're doing, they all do lol
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Post by jm on Jan 9, 2024 18:36:54 GMT -5
Asking wrestling fans to stop the tribalism is like asking the sun to stop being hot. It's what wrestling fans do, and why wrestling fans should be barred from social media until they learn how to actually act like rational grown adults.
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 9, 2024 18:37:29 GMT -5
Dax making a tweet that didn't make me feel second-hand embarrassed to be a wrestling fan is either a sign of the coming Apocalypse or that 2024 is going to be alright and I don't know which.
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Post by stoptheclocks on Jan 9, 2024 18:40:25 GMT -5
I mean, it's self-evident in the way people even who are overtly on his side routinely clown on him when he does shit like this. It's second-rate. You don't see the directors of Spider-Verse feeling the need to tweet about how even though Boy and the Heron won over them their movie made more money. Poeple clown on him, but then they move on. It's not like TK's tweets are driving people away from watching AEW. This is yet another TK tweet that people will overreact to and make into a giant scandal that will collapse the company. And then by tomorrow, we'll all be getting ready for Dynamite and acting like this never happened. Like what always happens with TK's tweets. There are 8 pages on this across two threads... how many posts have said anything like 'this is a giant scandal that will collapse the company'? This is a trivial wrestling story, it's ok to let people discuss it without being so defensive. You said it right there, people will clown on Tony and then move on. Let them.
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Post by BigPoppaNasty on Jan 9, 2024 18:41:30 GMT -5
Tony Khan is doing a great job promoting... Jinder Mahal.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 9, 2024 18:42:27 GMT -5
I mean, it's self-evident in the way people even who are overtly on his side routinely clown on him when he does shit like this. It's second-rate. You don't see the directors of Spider-Verse feeling the need to tweet about how even though Boy and the Heron won over them their movie made more money. Poeple clown on him, but then they move on. It's not like TK's tweets are driving people away from watching AEW. This is yet another TK tweet that people will overreact to and make into a giant scandal that will collapse the company. And then by tomorrow, we'll all be getting ready for Dynamite and acting like this never happened. Like what always happens with TK's tweets. You know it's possible to think it's stupid without thinking it's a "Giant Scandal", right?
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jan 9, 2024 18:45:41 GMT -5
Because he is the owner of the company behaving like some angry neckbeard on social media. So pointing out a valid hypocrisy is "acting like some angry neckbeard"? Yes, because it's a bad look to give a shit. Hypocrisy-gotchas are desperate weaksauce no matter what (it's almost never the exact same individuals doing both actions, and if it is, then they just disagree with you that the two actions are the same thing), so they usually look like someone lashing out solely to Score Points. It's hard to make this look like he mostly doesn't care and is just tossing it out for a quick joke, or whatever.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 9, 2024 18:46:29 GMT -5
Tony Khan is doing a great job promoting... Jinder Mahal. Jinder Mahal promoted HOOK in his own Tweet with 10K likes. It's been free promotion for everyone.
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Post by markymark on Jan 9, 2024 18:54:31 GMT -5
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jan 9, 2024 18:57:35 GMT -5
Yeah, folks can have their opinions but the one thing that seems to ring true across the board is nobody likes Bischoff.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 9, 2024 18:59:03 GMT -5
Bischoff hasn't read a book since "The Death of WCW" was published
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Jan 9, 2024 19:00:25 GMT -5
And then Bald joins to the party.
I mean....tell me when he's telling lies!
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Post by Fade on Jan 9, 2024 19:00:46 GMT -5
This f***ing guy lol
(Tony)
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Jan 9, 2024 19:04:58 GMT -5
And then Bald joins to the party.
It’s not quite the worst person you know made a good point meme but it’s in a similar less harsh vein I think most points in this thread are valid to various degrees. Yeah Tony probably should have better things to do with his time but at the same time, apart from those on the internet looking to be outraged I don’t think anyone is getting too worked up about it. Especially when you consider the s*** that other wrestling promoters have done in past I shake my head, go “Chill Tony” dude then at same time think “Well at least he’s passionate”, wonder how he finds the time to run AEW, Fulham and Jaguars as well as get into random arguments on twitter and then end up somewhere in the middle on the whole thing ha
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Post by jm on Jan 9, 2024 19:05:15 GMT -5
Bischoff thinking AEW is TNA all over again is quite hilarious considering the fact that TNA never sold out major arenas across the country nor was #1 across all of cable on their night and certainly never sold out a stadium on the level of Wembley. But then again, Bischoff is an idiot.
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Post by Kalmia on Jan 9, 2024 19:07:58 GMT -5
I never know whether to laugh, roll my eyes, or just try and ignore everything when Khan starts doing this. I don't think it's a good look but it's also not a big deal either.
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Post by Tea & Crumpets on Jan 9, 2024 19:08:03 GMT -5
I'm so not surprised by any of this lmao, I remember Tony before he stepped back from 90% of his involvement with Fulham. I get that people see a lot of wish fulfilment in him, because he's an old school IWC nerd, he's practically 'one of us', but he's also not, he's a billionaire who's had an incredibly privileged upbringing and I think it bleeds out a lot of the time in his thin skinned nature. It's a shame because if he wanted to, he could parlay it into a Joffrey Baratheon, Richie Rich, Joaquim Phoenix as Commodus type gimmick and put a genuinely fresh spin on the otherwise stale heel boss gimmick. Until then I'm just gonna laugh at this shitshow because it's hilarious how for a business built on people in spandex pretending to fight, literally every single person in it from the wrestlers, to promoters, to a lot of the fanbase, take it all deathly seriously.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 9, 2024 19:08:14 GMT -5
Not going to lie, this whole thing is a whole lot of "whoop-de-doo". I cannot be compelled to give a shit one way or another.
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