WWE Hall Of Famer Believes Tony Khan Should ‘Step Back’ From Booking AEW

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AEW Dynamite has been in the hands of president Tony Khan ever since it’s inception back in 2019.

Though this week’s episode of Dynamite reached a million viewers, it came off a string of shows that failed to reach one million viewers.

WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair spoke about AEW on his To Be The Man podcast, saying that he believes the show should be reaching one million viewers every week with their roster.

He said:

“It’s a big roster that’s getting an 800 credit score. 840,000 viewers, so the great roster ain’t getting the numbers. If you’re going anywhere in terms of numbers, are the numbers not reflective of the number of people that watch it? Less people are watching than ever.

“I’m not being critical of anything. I’m just saying that the greatest roster in the world… would you not agree after three years they should stay at [one million viewers] at least? Do you not think, after three years, that they should be averaging a one [rating] every week?”

When asked what he would do if he was Tony Khan, Flair said that he would step back and let someone ‘fresh’ book the show.

He added:

“I would continue to own the company, but I would let somebody fresh book it. He runs it, but he’s also very invested personally in that football [team], which he takes a lot of pride in, and the Jaguars are getting better. Tony has to divide his time and his passion between two things.

“Sometimes, you know how Vince doesn’t like to delegate authority? In this case, he’s delegated a lot of authority or however it transpired to Hunter, and it’s working. But he still has his hand on it, I’m sure. So that’s what I would suggest to Tony. Maybe step back and let somebody take a look at it. I just think sometimes if you take a step back and find somebody…. I would find somebody that I had confidence in and take some of the pressure off of the management of the booking end of it,”

transcription via Fightful

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• Booking
• Ric Flair
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