Tony Khan

[6.0] "I'm closer to liking TK than I am to hate him and that's changed over time. At the end of the day, he is the one who saved my love for professional wrestling and brought AEW to attitude era levels of good too. The issue with him is that he's far too nice to his co workers and doesn't feel like an actual boss. I know that because there have been far too many creative differences in the company. He also feels like a fan at times with all of his tweets and rants. He's obviously gotten a lot better at NOT doing that in 2025 and I hope that continues. I unfortunately can't ignore the state of the company from 2023-2024. Match wise it was good and that's never been the issue. The issue was him just booking the matches for the sake of dream matches which is cool with me but if you're doing that then make sure for there to be a REASON for why it's happening. Or else it's just a bad look and makes the booker look extremely lazy and that's a habit that he still slightly has which I need him to stop."

[5.0] "I'm split with Tony Khan. Sure, he seems like a nice guy who cares about his employees, has booked some fantastic matches, and even brought back my love for wrestling when it almost died, but something about him that feels off to me. An example are those cringy videos of him hugging wrestlers, that's just weird on so many levels, another reason why it's weird is the faces he makes when doing it. Plus, he can be too nice, where to the point that people can walk all over him."

[10.0] "This man has brought me back to wrestling in way that I never thought. In my absolute lowest I always had aew and this was in 2023 when everyone seemed to hate it. Nowadays it seems that everything he touches turns into some sort of value. In 2025 this man turned what was one of the worst stories in the death riders and turned it into the best thing in professional wrestling. People seem to say that Tony only books for a certain audience and let me just say that I am apart of that audience. AE DUB AE DUB AE DUB"

[9.0] "in my opinion, this guy has saved professional wrestling! he is a perfect example of "you're gonna miss me when I'm gone"! yes, there are some problems in his bookings which is pretty normal but let's be honest, he doesn't have a lot of booking experience unlike other famous ones. so since he started the company, I think he did and has been doing a great job. I wish he stays strong and keeps up the good work. some people talk about generating money like they have shares in the company LOL! you don't need to worry about a billionaire's money! if you see wrestlers complain about it, it's because they're directly related to the business and worry about their paycheck which Tony pays very well and doesn't have any financial problem so, instead of blindly repeating what other wrestlers say, just stop the nonsense and enjoy the shows."

"[1.0] " I respect him for being a fan but when it comes comes to booking talent not so much. He needs a creative team to help him to make aew alot better. ""

[8.0] "I am a fan of AEW, however I feel like Tony Khan himself could run his product much better. Still I love the indie feel of AEW and I am happy that he acquired ROH as well because otherwise that show would have likely run out of business. He has hired quite a lot of great talent that would have probably been wrestling on the indies and received much less exposure without him. In a way he has helped keep many of the world's greatest wrestlers afloat, but unfortunately AEW is not a perfect show. Many wrestlers are misused, storylines could be better, feuds could be better booked, and sometimes it seems like he gives his wrestlers too much creative freedom. AEW seems to have a niche appeal, mainly pure wrestling fans, fans of a less overproduce but more indie style, and fans of hardcore wrestling may gravitate towards AEW but as a fan I would do many things differently if I were him. I would better utilize my top talent by putting them in compelling storylines, I would make my title holders have better title runs and I would push the wrestlers who show the best in ring skill along with the best promo skills (Like Willow). But I still appreciate his contributions to wrestling."

[10.0] "A billionaire being a wrestling fan and creating a dream wrestling promotion for people like us who love graps and in ring action. He is often listening to his audience and can change his mind if needed. Yes he made some mistakes in 2021 by signing ex-WWE guys that didn't want to elevate the product, and he surely also avoid to take care of CM Punk. But since then, he apparently learned. He also can improve on some booking points, ROH for example. However, I will forever be grateful for what he did and the place he created, the brilliant and amazing shows that made us feel so much stuff. He genuinely loves wrestling."

[9.0] "I didn't even realize he was on here lmao. I've been aware of aew since its inception and have caught up on most of the key lore but I only started following Dynamite just before All In this year. From a few episodes in the earlier years the shows seemed a bit disjointed but what I've seen since I started watching has been mostly coherent storywise (albeit slow at times). The wrestling is typically good and he clearly loves pro wrestling. It seems like he's still figuring out how to be a boss and deal with conflict/difficult personalities and PR but 1, I feel like he has the intangibles that makes for the ideal guy to run a promotion I'd want to support (both ethically and booking wise) and 2, I think the business is better off with him than without him once the good and bad are all accounted for. I actually think aew is on the right path on certain issues but he needs to figure out how to grow and retain the audience without compromising on what he's trying to present. He also needs to be a bit more clever in the ppv sequencing & timing of certain venues (don't do forbidden door close to all in cause new fans who want to get into aew are likely going to come around the time of the biggest ppv and the other one takes some getting used to if you're a casual) and adoption of a more pre-emptive approach to handle counter programming cause he can't keep playing defense."

[1.0] "Tony Khan singlehandedly has stalled independent wrestling while becoming an even worse booker. All the hope there was for AEW just became another talent hoarding company where the fans lose. Tony Khan has some bright spots in his booking, but usually something happens in the show and those bright spots fall dark. So many talents are signed by AEW and modern day Tony Khan ROH and are wasted. Wrestlers that mattered 2 years ago don't matter or get no reactons and some are just sitting in contracts and not being booked. He singlehandedly is butchering independent wrestling like what happened to the territories. He is a terrible promo so he can't even be a heel about it either."

[8.0] "Tony isn't perfect. I think he has made some questionable decisions over the past 6 years or so he has been running AEW. However, for all the criticisms I have (social media conduct, inconsistent booking etc), I am not going to ignore the fact the man has launched a wrestling promotion that has helped me really get back into the hobby, at a point when my interest was practically rock bottom. AEW has the most consistently high quality set of PPVs of any promotion I have ever watched. It has provided a real diversity of styles and promoted everything from violent death matches to incredible athletic fast paced action, to great storyline matches. All of this is as a result of Tony's vision, as far as I can tell."

[8.0] "Tony Khan is just like nearly every other booker in the history of wrestling. Some stuff is good, some bad, some awful. The fans reacting like his decisions is a personal affront would funny if it wasn't so sad. Vince was accused of "raiding" rosters, then it was Bischoff, now it's Khan. When you offer more money to someone and they take it, that's business. Don't take it so personally."

[6.0] "Tony Khan deserves credit for launching AEW and giving mainstream wrestling real competition for the first time in decades. He helped build a company that gave a platform to overlooked talent and brought back a level of excitement that had been missing. But over time, the booking has gotten inconsistent, and the product feels less focused than it did in the early years. He still clearly loves wrestling and works hard, but it might be time to bring in more experienced voices to help balance things out creatively. Not the worst booker by any means--but not the best either. Just somewhere in the middle right now."

[9.0] "Admittedly, I don't watch a lot of AEW - so may not be the most qualified to speak on him. From what I see, all the talent loves him, he wants to do right by them, he's actually a fan of the business and gives guys a spotlight who weren't getting it. I've definitely seen some of the bad booking and overkill spots in matches people here are complaining about, but I think he's very good for the business right now. I will say now that Vince is gone and HHH is in charge, the schtick of doing what the fans want can only go so far since WWE seems to be doing better at that"

[7.0] "One of the best reservations right now that always drives fans crazy with his shows, he is always at the top and there is one of us fans who has been able to have the power to be a reservist."

"Its pretty hilarious the amount of people on this site that rate AEW highly but downvote on Tony Khan himself. He isn't a perfect booker for sure but certain things that are easily forgiven in others he seems to get hate for. I also don't understand the criticism TK gets for his relationships with other promotions. AEW was just invited to do a show at CMLL Arena Mexico. Their own show! That hasn't been done because TK 'ruins' other promotions. That takes building trust and no other US promotion has ever done that before."

[2.0] "Tony Khan has done irrevocable damage to multiple promotions. His booking with wrestlers allows himself to be walked all over on and be very weird when it comes to the wrestlers he wants to push. His media campaign for AEW is horrible since his Twitter fingers and NFL draft comments have really put it simple of the kind of guy Tony Khan is, insecure. Backstage, he refuses to get a creative team to help pitch in ideas. He refuses to receive the help he desperately needs. He has taken talent from multiple promotions and diminished their careers at a far higher volume than others, buying ROH has turned it into a comedy promotion that has lost it's legacy, and stole a lot of NJPW talent, leaving them in a limbo phase trying more homegrown talent (it's working but still). He has 0 problem killing the main event of AEW with bad storylines. Hopefully he doesn't ruin other promotions as well. A bad promoter and booker."

[10.0] "Tony Khan is a great wrestling promoter, but at the booking level it has been quite low in the last year (2023), but little by little he is improving that aspect. It came with the option of giving us an alternative and that would be greatly appreciated. The only bad thing about him is the way he manages his personal social networks, I feel that in that aspect he has not improved at all since the creation of AEW, although the hate he receives is a lot, it must be maintained in a professional manner at all times and without impulses leading you to publish nonsense."

[2.0] "My enjoyment of AEW, of which there are many things I really enjoy, often feels like in spite of Tony Khan, rather than because of Tony Khan. He thankfully has the finances to hire an absolutely amazing roster that often can brute force carry the show through sheer individual effort. Tony has made some absolutely mind blowing decisions this year that tested my patience as a fan and probably would have seen him replaced as head of creative had he not been the one financing the operation. I am very grateful for AEW existing, but I wish he would at the very least try giving the book to someone else for one of the smaller shows like ROH or Rampage/Shockwave and see how it goes. One AEW show with 0 creative involvement from Tony would be extremely interesting to me as a fan, and I would not feel this way if I felt like he was an amazing booker."

[2.0] "This guy isn't a promoter or business man, he is just a billionaire wresting fan who wants to open his own GM mode from WWE game in real life, after he began to run his own wrestling business till now, he shows all of us that he lacks of capability to manage or run his promotion, AEW is great only because of the ring skills of wrestlers he paid a money for. He always tweets the bunch of childish post on X for whatever reasons, I think he should stop it, it doesn't make him or AEW look better."

[6.0] "My wrestling fandom peaked in the late 90s during the Monday Night Wars. However, my favorite promotion was ECW. Why? Because the promoter (Paul Heyman) had a clear vision of what professional wrestling should be and his themes were consistent throughout every show. When I first heard of AEW, I hoped for a wrestling alternative from a promoter with a strong vision. Instead, it feels like I'm watching a billionaire play with his expensive new toys. I understand WWE has a lot of flaws with too many to list during the Vince McMahon era; however, just because another product is bad doesn't automatically mean yours is good. My main issue with AEW is Tony Khan's lack of backbone. As CM Punk said, "[Tony] is a nice guy, but he's not a boss". In a sport full of alphas, the leader of the pack has to be an alpha as well. Tony is far from it, evidenced by his thin-skinned meltdowns on social media. From what I can tell, Tony lets the wrestlers be themselves, which sounds like a positive. However, he fails to reign them in when they are out of line. AEW's programming feels unstructured and Tony has to be blamed for that. Wrestlers appears to walk all over him and consistently give reasons why they chose to wrestle for him, but let's be clear: if it wasn't for his daddy's checkbook, very few wrestlers would want to work for him. Tony Khan lacks a clear vision and his product suffers from a lack of personality. This makes sense, as his on-screen character is completely unrelatable. It feels like I'm watching an alien that is trying to mimic human behavior, but missing the mark just enough for it to be noticeable. Jokes aside, his creation of AEW was likely a win for all wrestling fans, as WWE has stepped up their game partially due to the newly found competition. Tony comes off as an amazing wrestling fan with an astounding memory of matches and events. Unfortunately, it seems like he is content with making friends with his childhood heroes rather than giving them guidance on what his product needs to succeed. With that being said, it's awesome that a billionaire has poured his funds into wrestling rather than something devious. Tony also seems to respect and treat minorities far better than many of WWE's upper management does."

[8.0] "Never doubt the power of a good smear campaign, because I'm looking at the average rating for 2022, and the average rating for 2024, and I have to ask what, fundamentally, has changed about Tony Khan? And the answer is: not much at all; he's still the same guy he's been since he started up AEW in 2019. His simple, no-nonsense approach to booking early AEW was a breath of fresh air when we consider that Vince McMahon was very clearly sundowning as a booker at the same time. But with the pressures of booking more weekly content every week, alongside the other hats he has to wear, and the result is a reversion to the mean, and with the McMahon ouster leading to a much more competent booking team in Stamford in the form of Levesque and Michaels, makes it seem like he's fallen off a cliff. But in reality, like Coke over Pepsi or Mac over PC, when it comes down to it, it's all a matter of taste more than anything, and it's a taste that I personally really like. Like the "rasslin' business"/"entertainment business" conversation between Ted Turner and Vince McMahon, like your favourite metal band to Taylor Swift, just because you're not as popular doesn't necessarily mean you're not as good. Tony is a phenomenal matchmaker, and the phenomenal strike rate AEW has for its PPVs speak for itself. And even the television is very much enjoyable. However, that doesn't mean he doesn't have his flaws, and the biggest one, in my estimation, is his image. If the past few years have proved anything, "when they go low, we go high" doesn't work, and he's letting himself be walked over by pretending it does. It's a vicious business and he needs to be willing to get dirty. Do that, and he'll find that he can turn the image problems around faster than he'd think."

[7.0] "Tony Khan is one of us, and thats something I really admire about him. As a hardworking businessman, hes achieved significant success, securing major deals and building a wrestling company thats on the verge of becoming profitable. As a booker, he has both strengths and weaknesses, but it's easy to overlook how challenging it is to produce weekly television. There are many factors and challenges behind the scenes that we arent aware of. Overall, I think hes doing a great job and continues to make positive contributions to the industry. Hes not perfect, but who is?"

[3.0] "Tony Khan's greatest gift in wrestling is his seemingly endless pockets. The existence of AEW has given numerous wrestlers a chance to shine, not to mention, many wrestlers have become rich off the company whereas they might have never had the opportunity elsewhere. TK is also clearly a passionate fan, so his love for this business is admirable. That's where the good parts of him end. His behavior is deplorable at times (whether it be comparing WWE to Harvey Weinstein or his insult to Big Swole's wrestling capabilities when far worse wrestlers were and still are on the roster). Likewise, his booking is quite boring for the most part. It's predictable and caters too much to the IWC. There's a market for that sort of thing, but its success is based solely on TK's father's wealth and not his actual booking skill."

[7.0] "Dude loves wrestling probably then most people on the planet. I think he needs to put his foot down more to things, say no more but other that he's doing fine against the WWE corporate machine. It was never going to be easy but he's trying I give him credit."

"He quite literally books "wrestling for the sickos." I've never seen a pro-wrestling fanbase as passionate, knowledgable, (and yet sometimes, crazy, ) as the AEW fanbase. Tony has many flaws as a booker, but so many incredible strengths... Which is why I'm not rating him. But, even with that being said, I think it's wholesome to see a fellow Mark, who probably spent a lot of time on this website, like most of us-- booking a wrestling show. And not just ANY wrestling company... It's the 2nd biggest in the world. Thank you Tony Khan. AEW rocks."

[3.0] "If you'd asked me to give him a rating as a promoter and booker in 2019-2022, I'd have given him a 7 or 8. The last couple of years have really been a disaster. His booking is chaotic, and you get the real feeling that he has absolutely no idea what he's doing anymore. The talent he's squandered over the last few years, his nonsensical storylines, half of which ended up going nowhere, his complete mismanagement of the conflict between Punk and The Elite (and then Punk and Jack Perry) really speaks to just how poorly he's done over the last couple of years. Also, he seems to have decided to be on camera a whole lot more over the last couple of years, and he's REALLY not cut out to speak on television. Maybe he can pull it back, but it seems increasingly less likely."

[8.0] "As an in-ring booker the guy is top tier, he tries a lot to make the in ring action the most important part of AEW and that's awesome. Sure, sometimes he make pretty bad booking decisions in terms of storytelling but that's not the main focus of his company. His Internet personality is what conflicts most people and that's fair enough, the guy sometimes doesn't know when to shut up but Tony is mostly a nice guy doing what he loves"

"I respect Tony. he came in with zero experience at a time where wrestling needed someone like him to fill the void when WWE under Vince held a monopoly over the business while simultaneously having terrible booking and TNA and ROH trying and failing to be that alternative to the WWE. AEW was a breath of fresh air in 2019, and to an extent it still is. Tony as a booker back then pretty much made Vince ashamed of himself, which is why AEW grew initially. now, with Vince gone, AEW has seemed to have stagnated, mainly due to his (still) low experience. I can forgive his handling of Punk because what happened with that was going to happen anyways, but he's also made weird business decisions too, for example partnering with Wooo Energy, which tastes like cement, all cause a wrestler was the brand for said drink. maybe 2024 and beyond will see a growth of knowledge and maturity from Tony, and perhaps booking is picked up more (although 2024 booking in my opinion has been better than the previous 2 years). The only reason i'm not saying we should replace him as a booker is because nobody seems to be able to suggest a better replacement that will actually uphold AEW's core values and mission statement as a company and why they exist (Cornette, Bischoff, etc etc aren't doing this whatsoever, especially Cornette.) in summary, Tony Khan's only crime is that he's just inexperienced, which isn't a bad thing whatsoever. he's an inconsistent booker however, but that's ok as well."

[3.0] "Firstly, I really appreciate the money he put in this business, however he really have to step out of the booking job. I can't understand why he insists on doing that, like compony does have a lot of good wrestlers and you can watch a lot of great matches in that company. But when it comes to booking, I feel like he has taken a wow to sobatage AEW with his own damn decisions."

[3.0] "Tony Khan isn't a very good booker and hasn't what it takes to be one, let alone a promoter. Why ? He doesn't have enough knowledge to the business and seems to refuse critics from people who know the business way more than him by continuing to do the same mistakes which will lead step by step to the decline of his own company, it's cool to book dream match after dream match especially if they reach the expectations and Tony Khan is good a giving us good matches, it's undeniable but when it comes to write storyline and characters, Tony Khan isn't very good at it, AEW has had some very good storylines but it is possibly because guys like Jon Moxley or Adam Page have creative control and are excellent character workers, they don't need to have banger matches after banger matches to make the storyline relevant unlike Tony Khan who thinks that having banger matches every week will heat up the storyline whatever if the match makes sense or not. Tony Khan has also no maturity, all he does is complaining on social medias about another wrestling promotion and acts like your usual smark wrestling fan who only cares about banger matches and buzz while he's a promoter, he must improve his image as a promoter and starts to take things more seriously. The fact he wants to bring an alternative for wrestling fans is respectable but he doesn't have the necessary skills to do things right."

[4.0] "I have a lot of respect for Tony Khan for bringing a new promotion in and giving lots of wrestlers jobs, however his booking has been inadequate more often than not and he does seem distracted at times. TK does deserve respect for creating AEW but poor booking decisions has been his biggest failing."

[2.0] "Revised by original rating for Khan, which was slightly more positive.I have also put my biases aside, as AEW arguably got me back into professional wrestling. As good a match-maker as Khan is, his booking for AEW has been inadequate. Besides MJF and Swerve Strickland, Khan has failed to capatlise on any of his own talent, and is yet to produce a noteworthy homegrown star besides names already mentioned. His managment of his own company has also been poor, with multiple high-profile incidents giving the company bad publicity. They all could easily have been avoided had tackled by a more competent name."

[4.0] "Decent guy, a bad booker overall. The worst part of it all is that he seems immune to taking any advice from veterans who simply know better. He is, however, a good matchmaker, I'll give him that. Hence the rating is a 4 and not a 2. It would be impossible to rate him any higher than a 4 due to his inability to tell long-term, meaningful stories."

[6.0] "I like Tony as a person, he looks like a cool guy to hang out with. But he owns a wrestling promotion and he is not the best at getting the best out of it. The booking is barely existing and as a promoter he is not giving the best impression. Thank you Tony for giving us AEW, but please let the professionals handle the whole thing..."

[3.0] "I feel the need to preface this with stating I'm not a WWE or AEW fanboy, the only real era of wrestling I'm a fanboy of is 80s/90s AJPW. So with that out of the way, I feel like Tony Khan has absolutely zero idea as to how he should run AEW. He had the perfect opportunity to actually go head-to-head with WWE during a time in which their product was absolutely awful to watch. For a period of time, AEW really had something special going for them. The beginning of their downfall was grabbing most ex-WWE guys and putting them on AEW. Sure, a lot of those guys were great wrestlers, but it wasn't necessary to have them. The biggest example I can give is Miro, the guy was never going to make it outside the WWE umbrella and not having somebody who could give Tony an informed decision about Miro, eventually lead to him being signed by AEW and just hardly used. One of the most glaring issues with Tony Khan and AEW is the clear lack of direction and good storytelling. He really needs to get his act together, surround himself by people who actually have the skill and ability to help him push AEW even higher instead of just letting it become this glorified indy promotion with an owner who has a rich daddy. Despite everything I've said, I still think there's another chance for AEW to get back on track, but again, it requires the surrounding of people with knowledge of the wrestling business, people who care about AEW, people who aren't there just to get money, etc., One last thing: Tony, really, really needs to stay off Twitter. It's all good having a platform to chat with fans of your promotion on, but leave that to the @AEW handle and just stay off Twitter. You would never in a million years see somebody like Vince McMahon or even Triple H going on Twitter and arguing with fans. It's embarrassing and also leaves yourself open to mockery from the IWC neckbeards."

[9.0] "Polarizing. There's a pretty bad influx of negative ratings on here, most likely because Tony Khan is public about holding Cagematch in high esteem so people post in order to make their negative opinions known - as well as the fact that, obviously, AEW is polarizing as is at the moment - but in order to rate him, I want to take into account the entirety of his career as booker and promoter, and so far the ENTIRETY of his run as promoter is a 7, defined with very high highs and very low lows. I will add that I think it's a bit ridiculous that Eric Bischoff has a much higher score than him - can you imagine if Cagematch existed in the state it's in during the Monday Night Wars? Lol. I will say that I feel some of these reviews don't actually watch AEW, some criticisms are things that I haven't seen done in a long time, although I do believe that their negative ratings are still valid. (EDIT: Rating 9 to even out the negative scores and because I think AEW is on the right track recently - no way in hell is he a 5.90 overall for his ENTIRE career while Vince Mcmahon is an 8.13 and Eric Bischoff is a 7.64, that's just pure recency bias.)"

[8.0] "I am quite fond of Tony Khan for nothing more than the fact he annoys all the very worst people online. They really are incredibly mad at his mere presence. I think he is an excellent match maker which is not hard when you have the best roster on earth. He does not always get it right in terms of his booking but no booker ever has so I can live with it. AEW also tells the best stories long term stories in American wrestling which I appreciate. If I am blaming the bad on him then I have to credit him with the good too."

[3.0] "Hard to tell if this guy is supposed to be someone trying to run a wrestling promotion or if he is some wrestling crybaby who gets his way and shows his face on TV. I've been to an AEW show and the guy feels he has to walk out and let the fans "cheer" for him (note the quotes around cheer). If he doesn't have the spotlight or WWE gets some one-ups from AEW, you are sure he will have an opinion about it on Twitter."

[2.0] "Tony Khan is now the sole reason why I don't tune into AEW every week or even take him and his company seriously as he can't even take constructive criticism from the likes of Jim Cornette, Dave Meltzer, Eric Bischoff, Dutch Mantell etc to improve his booking decisions which would turn AEW around. His women's division is mediocre and way way worse than WWE's was from 2000 to 2014. He has great workers like Shida, Rhio, Hayter, Baker and Statlander but only takes the likes of Nyla Rose as a main attraction wrestler, when she can't even work in the ring to begin with to make herself into a serious main eventer in the women's division. Khan also slags off WWE to no end on X, when they make questionable decisions about their talent without realising he's putting AEW and himself down the toilet with his pathetic and stubborn attitude towards those who even give him their opinions on his bookings and decisions. He can't manage the issues backstage when fights/dramas kick off and escalate as everyone will remember how poorly he dealt with everything at All In last August which led to CM Punk returning to WWE after 10 years which everyone thought would never happen in our lifetime. Tony should be looking at this and what fans like us are saying and take it seriously if he doesn't want to kill AEW and have his own talent looking for work elsewhere or returning/going to the WWE. He ain't a good promoter anymore and has a lot to learn about the industry besides just being a teenage fan of wrestling."

[6.0] "Id love to go higher, but he has his glaring weaknesses. Aside from his twitter rants being absolutely insufferable, the CM Punk debacle really is a black spot on Tonys short career in the wrestling business. I lost so much respect for Tony Khan when he allowed CM Punk to pretty much come in and ruin the great place that was AEW. Think about that. AEW was in such a great place that CM Punk came out of retirement to join it. Tony then allowed Punk to have a Hulk Hogan level of influence on the company, all at the expense of the wrestlers who made AEW great to begin. I gained some respect for TK after he fired Punk and faced the Chicago crowd later that night, but a better leader would have prevented that whole situation from happening. The twitter rants and CM Punk debacle are truly embarrassing. Aside from his clear weaknesses as a leader or manager, or whatever you want to call him, his TV booking is quite terrible, in my opinion. There is certainly credence to the claim that AEW matches are often random. Oftentimes, wrestlers will disappear for weeks at a time. Stories will take place across multiple shows, leaving viewers confused. I could go on an on, but if youre reading, you probably already have your own strong opinion that wont be swayed by what I say. PPVs are another story. Theyve all been great. Not much more to say on that. Theyve all been great. Tonys true talent lies in making dream cards. Thats great for PPV and live events, but terrible for television. I think Tony has the potential to be an excellent owner of AEW, but I think he is a horrible booker and creative mind. Let him book the PPV cards and company direction, but let somebody else book everything in between. He isnt cut out for television, or promoting for that matter. The attendance and ratings dont lie. He isnt good at it. Like CM Punk once said Vince was a millionaire who should be a billionaire, the same could be said about Tony Khan. With the otherworldly level of talent Khan has at his disposal, AEW should be watched by much MUCH more people; both in person and on TV. Hire someone to do your job, Tony. Youre not good at it."

[3.0] "Someone who started of great but fell off hard. The reason why I loved early AEW was because it truely brought something new to the table by introducing a lot of novel concepts that has never been well known to casual fans rather than following the WWE machine. However post 2022, AEW has lost it's identity. They shifted their focus to beating the WWE rather than bringing something new to the table. They just became a walmart version of Vince Russo era WWE and the second coming of the Dixie Carter era of TNA. They are no longer an alternative, the counter culture and the artists of Professional Wrestling. They just became a shallow product that is no different from Vince's era of WWE and 2000s WCW and it is mostly Khan's bad decisions that led to this to happen. He wanted to please everyone rather than focusing on what made the company originally so good"

[10.0] "Tony's passion for wrestling is undeniable. It lead to the creation of AEW which has massively improved wrestling across the board. Without TK, there would be less opportunity for wrestlers, less options for fans, lower paychecks for wrestlers etc etc. His booking style is different but it needs to be as an alternative product. Has created some truly amazing moments in AEW but also dropped the ball with some white hot talent with random absenses. Looks to genuinely enjoy everything he does. Love him or hate him, the wrestling world would be more vanilla without him!"

[1.0] "He is the sole reason why I just can't enjoy AEW as much as I want to. He is a fan and not a promoter, he doesn't know how to run business so AEW will die the next second when his father will stop giving him money and he also has an insufferable behavior on twitter. He was scared for his life. He dragged his own mother into WWE/AEW feud which exists only in his head and twitter. He tried to hinder a talent from another company. AEW exists for how long? 5 years? And for that 5 years we already had like a dozen of backstage dramas. Tony, hire some competent people to run the thing and leave our TV screens."

[3.0] "The most perfect example of why fans should never be involved in the buisness. When you care more about ratings from a "journalist" or this very website, about being friend with every person in the back or collecting released wrestlers as if they were Pokémon, I don't think this is what a boss should do. Just like going online and trashing on your competition, just because you want to. Throwing jabs every single week at the WWE doesn't make your content edgy, or good, it makes you look like a complete fool, with a Napoleon complex. I'll give him credit because he made an alternative to the WWE, and the wrestling world needed that. And everything seems to be going well if we speak about the buisness. For now. How much time before people in the back begin to be tired of his stupid online thing ? How much time before they become tired of just being part of the a splurge ? It is sad to say this, but I think AEW would be bigger without him leading everything. He makes mistakes, because he is human. But he makes mistakes we've already seen, and we all know how it ended for all the people involved in those mistakes. 3/10, for now."

"I had such high hopes for AEW when they first started. I watched every show, including the ones on YouTube . I bought the first several PPV's, told my friends and family to check AEW out because it was going to be different than WWE. In the beginning the hype lived up to the promise. But rather quickly it became apparent that the inmates were running the asylum. It seemed Tony Khan was more concerned with being everyone's friend instead of guiding the company. This culminated with the firing of his # 1 draw CM Punk. Not only was Punk a ratings draw and led merchandise sales but WBD liked Punk so much they wanted Collision created so Punk could be featured. But like someone wanting to be in the clique with the "cool kids" Tony listened to the Bucks, Jericho, Meltzer, and others with their whisper campaign. Tony, I know you read these comments, please listen to those that aren't trying to get a contract with you, not trying to get money from you. People like Cornette, Dutch Mantel, Eric Bischoff, and others have great advice on how to run a wrestling promotion and on how to book matches and create storylines that the fans care about. But as long as you continue to book matches such as the # 1 female women's contender being an 80 pound female AEW will continue to bleed viewers."

"Tony, I know you're checking cagematch so here's my advice: stop doing drugs, delete your twitter, and focus on running your company."

[5.0] "Sir, you have my respect for creating a more competitive wrestling business that has been thriving since the inception of AEW and creating more jobs for wrestlers. That being said, STAY THE FUCK OFF TWITTER TONY. The opinions of my fellow sweaty smarks and I on this Godforsaken website should NOT matter to a fucking promoter. Vern Gagne, Jerry Lawler or Jim Crockett never sweat the opinions of 10 dissenters in a crowd of a thousand, McMahon sure as shit never has."

[3.0] "tony khan is a fan with money, for all of the good and bad that comes with it. hes invested in what he does, which is good, but cant take a hint of criticism and helps fuel tribalism whether he means to or not. he can book a world title very well, but cant book a womens title to save his life. he used to be able to book a tag division better than anyone else, now the tag division feels like one of the weakest parts of the show. arguing with fans who criticize aew doesnt help his reputation and only adds to the point of him being a fan with money. hes just such a weird case."

[7.0] "A curious, polarizing figure. My main promotion I watch is AEW, but I'm no Tony Khan superfan. I do think he does some stuff very well. He has a great nose for pairing up wrestlers into tag teams or stables that click. He gives his wrestlers alot of creative freedom (which is great for some but others tend to flounder without harder direction), and seems like a guy who genuinely cares about his wrestlers well being and overall health. I also enjoy his openness to work with other promotions to create a wider wrestling narrative. He also seems to listen to the fans to a large degree. Now for the negatives - his apathy towards the women's division. His seeming inability to stand up to talent - just watch him sit there shell shocked as his employee buried his company and half the top talent right next to him. His tantrums on social media are embarrassing to the talent. Some of his rants are funny or even deserved, but he often comes across thinned skin. His booking of his bloated roster has suffered the same complaint for years. Too many talents, many of which have a hot start and then disappear for months. His booking is either excellent or suffers from too many shotgun matches with obvious outcomes."

[2.0] "Unfortunately, Tony Khan has no idea how to either book a professional wrestling show or how to run an organization effectively. Professional wrestling desperately needs more big companies on a mainstream level, and we'll likely see Tony around for a while simply because his bank account is endless, but Tony leaves a lot to be desired. The way he behaves both in public & online doesn't help and only make it seem like even more of a mess. The concept of a media scrum is great, but with dirt sheet writers asking the questions Tony wants to hear ruins the whole thing and makes it nothing but silly. Tony needs to realize he's not experienced (and no, fantasy booking shows on the internet for years doesn't count.....) and put responsible people in front of the respective sections. A better organizational structure would be appreciated, and hopefully AEW can help the wrestling business truly evolve."