NoFistsJustFlips Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Holy fuck what an awful reply. Man for as much as I like about how TK handles stuff... he's still very immature. Not everyone is going to like every decision you make. And even worse when someone makes a reasonable criticism you can't be like well fuck you, you sucked anyways. Whether she did or didn't is pretty irrelevant. Because if she did then why the fuck you signing her in the first place dude? You look like a total dipshit either way. Spectacularly awful to handle this. This isn't going to just go away by deleting the tweet and being all like "but guys its new years I was drunk lols". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) TK's logic is that booking wins for black people is a sign of diversity? That's pretty sad. And then the straw man jab at her ring skills rather than address the points she made one-by-one. Dude needs to hire a social media consultant with the swiftness. I cannot refute that TK is a brown man, but I am fairly certain that a day spent in his brown man's shoes is a lot different than mine. 7 minutes ago, NoFistsJustFlips said: Spectacularly awful to handle this. This isn't going to just go away by deleting the tweet and being all like "but guys its new years I was drunk lols". More like that judge in Louisiana that blamed her dropping of the n-bomb on sedatives. Edited January 1, 2022 by J.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 AEW pretty much positioned themselves as this super Diverse "Woke" Wrestling company. It really hurts them when you look at WWE , Ring of Honor and Impact how much great black talent is up and down each roster and it doesn't seem forced at all. AEW is held way more accountable because theyve openly marketed themselves as this equality Wrestling promotion. I'm not Really even a fan of people like Khan and the Rhodes and people in executive positions being so accessible and responsive on Social media, especially Wrestling Twitter. It didn't come off well for Road Dogg in WWE when he was heading Smackdown creative and it comes off worse for these guys because people expect better. It comes off Bush League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Regardless of the race issue, it can't look good to your talent that their boss can throw them under the bus so easily. Even Vince is tactful enough to use the "budget cuts" excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocco Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Never apologize 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 2022, the evil Mr. Khan character is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: 2022, the evil Mr. Khan character is here. I miss the mediocre, not heel or babyface authority figure like Jack Tunney. Bobby Heenan made it work for him, at least. "He's the best president since Noriega!" 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: 2022, the evil Mr. Khan character is here. Having flashbacks to '90 USWA with Snowman and Eddie Marlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 8 minutes ago, nofuture said: Regardless of the race issue, it can't look good to your talent that their boss can throw them under the bus so easily. Even Vince is tactful enough to use the "budget cuts" excuse. Yeah, regardless of whatever discussions of race and merit there are to be had, punching down on someone who was so down on the totem pole is a fucking bizarre thing to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 There are good and bad things about having big 2003 DVDVR board vibes. 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octopus Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 20 minutes ago, MoeCristyV.1.6 said: 2022, the evil Mr. Khan character is here. “I didn’t screw Big Swole. Big Swole screwed Big Swole.” I’m excited for the decade long Kahn vs Brit Baker feud. He’ll be an evil billionaire, she’ll spray him with a truck of fluoride. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Great Justice Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 What a rookie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenalysis Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 That was not good. I suspect it will blow over, especially since TK can do better, and will likely make an effort. So far he hasn't doubled down on dumb statements. TK needs to address this fast though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Thread of his thoughts. I recommend giving it a read. Man gave Khan a fuckin' USB to prove his point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 46 minutes ago, J.T. said: TK's logic is that booking wins for black people is a sign of diversity? That's pretty sad. And then the straw man jab at her ring skills rather than address the points she made one-by-one. Dude needs to hire a social media consultant with the swiftness. I cannot refute that TK is a brown man, but I am fairly certain that a day spent in his brown man's shoes is a lot different than mine. More like that judge in Louisiana that blamed her dropping of the n-bomb on sedatives. Granted we have evidence he was probably trying to get himself fired based on his bizarre office behavior of pissing out windows and bringing guns to work, Bill Watts is proof you can push black people to the moon, make them huge superstars, and be a huge racist and bigot. And that's why I think what someone said about AEW positioning themselves as a woke or diverse company inherently cannot work in addition to the execs being on Twitter. At least not on a big scale where money has to made. It works on paper, not so much in execution. A pro wrestling company that's on nationwide TV cannot be run like a Silicon valley startup ran by a bunch of millennials. I've said it a few times (once before the first Dynamite and couple times since then), but you CANNOT be everything to everyone. Then you have no identity. Yes, some of these indy groups can do that. There is a level of specificity that can be devoted to any marginalized group because you're not committing to make profits (at least not necessarily) or required to fulfill business commitments. You cannot DO both or all of the above. If things were ran differently, WWE probably could but that's only because they have a several decade headstart on everyone else and earned the loyalty of enough people to stick around. Anyone else? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Khan either needs to get his phone taken away from him, or he needs to stop day drinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 IMO, nobody looks good in this. Darius and Swole both seem to believe that diversity only means black people, disregarding Japanese and Latino talents. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Khan on Wednesday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Ace said: IMO, nobody looks good in this. Darius and Swole both seem to believe that diversity only means black people, disregarding Japanese and Latino talents. No, only Tony Khan looks bad. He shouldn’t have responded as fast as he did in the way he did. He just placed his neck, and his companies neck out there without any tact whatsoever. Edited January 1, 2022 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamal Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ace said: IMO, nobody looks good in this. Darius and Swole both seem to believe that diversity only means black people, disregarding Japanese and Latino talents. Swole actually brings up adding more Asian, Latinx, and Indian wrestlers in her initial comments. While I would argue that AEW has done a pretty good job of diversity given the industry, there was no excuse for what TK wrote. He could have refuted her comments without being a petty ass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Tony needs to get the hell off SM. That was really really dumb... punched down on someone who made a valid critique. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Khan needs to hire my poor minority ass to be his fucking conscience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 Hyping the street fight at the end is 10/10 marketing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jamal said: Swole actually brings up adding more Asian, Latinx, and Indian wrestlers in her initial comments. She also said no one on AEW looks like her daughter, which has to sting if you're Red Velvet or Jade Cargill. Still, a tactless tweet from Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamal Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Just now, Dog said: She also said no one on AEW looks like her daughter, which has to sting if you're Red Velvet or Jade Cargill. Yea that comment is particularly wtf when you think of the women they also bring in for Dark. But yea, TK needs to step away from the twitter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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