Tony Khan Addresses Comparisons Between AEW & WCW

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Others have done it before, but Tony Khan has recently compared AEW to WCW and revealed the similarities and differences.

Speaking on Fightful’s Grapsody podcast, Khan highlighted the rise of WCW, saying:

“There are so many great heights, and they are different companies.

There are heights WCW rose to, and they were around for a long time and when they rose to the heights they rose to.

“It was management came in and made great changes, they pivoted the business in a lot of interesting ways, which I think of all of us l talk about for hours in the way they helped grow the business.

“Just like death by 1000 cuts, they made a lot of changes, you could probably point to a few big ones.

“Hulk Hogan coming in was a big one.

“That changed a lot of things.

“Not all, right away, some big positives at first, not as much for a bit, then a lot more positives for a while.”

He would then go on to address why others compare WCW and AEW so often, stating:

“The reason people want to compare the two companies, most of all, is we’re the only two wrestling companies to air on TBS and TNT.

“There are some people that have worked in both companies.”

Listing off the crossover names, Khan expressed how the management differences outweigh the on-screen similarities, concluding:

“Sting is an important face in both companies.

“Tony Schiavone and Jim Ross have been voices for both companies.

“The TBS and TNT name being so synonymous with pro wrestling.

“That is a utility we’ve been able to provide to the fans, bringing wrestling back to TBS and TNT, that’s why people want so make comparisons.

“They’re very different.

“A lot of reasons, one, why WCW went out of business don’t really exist and aren’t realistic business concerns for AEW because it’s not a company owned by a network or media property.

“It’s a family business, owned and operated and run by me.

“I love wrestling and I’m not going anywhere.”

Former Executive Producer and Senior Vice President of WCW Eric Bischoff recently confirmed that his current relationship with AEW isn’t a good one.

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