Tony Khan Slams Vince Russo For Making WCW ’10 Times Worse’

AEW president and CEO Tony Khan has given his thoughts on why WCW failed in the long run.

Speaking on the Pardon My Take podcast, Khan spoke about AEW following in WCW’s footsteps on TNT, and why he believes WCW didn’t work out and ultimately failed.

Khan said:

“Some of the things that went wrong for WCW were giving creative control to a lot of the wrestlers and some of the storylines were asinine. Some of the ideas were great, but it was a very disorganized show and then when they brought somebody else in from the WWF to be a writer, Vince Russo, he made it 10 times worse. He took a problem… they had a massive hangnail and he just chopped off the arm. That was part of the problem. Then, you had another major issue, which was the management. Most successful wrestling companies have had one supreme commander at the top. He’s owned it, booked everything, run the place, run management. Whether it’s Vince McMahon organizing everything, Cowboy Bill Watts, Eddie Graham, Fritz Von Erich, countless others. That made sense as a business model. Strong management, WCW didn’t have, and I could provide. (I’m a) more organized booker than anyone (WCW) had.”

AEW’s partnership with TNT continues to blossom, with AEW Rampage set to debut on the channel later this year.

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