Wow, is AEW the number 6 or 7 promotion now?

I love Tony's passion and how available he makes himself to fans on Twitter!

Lol he's such a sensitive puss

"Well you know it's all about demos".

Lol fuck off. Your viewership has been cut in half and you're losing every week now to WWE developmental.

WWE's viewership has been cut in half too tho, it's an all around thing and it's a big positive

The fanbase is finally shrinking to manageable number, now we just need to get less wrestling on TV so it's less of a time commitment for fans!

Well AEW is going to be cancelled at the rate they are going. Probably gonna get absorbed by Impact.

NXT wins the popular vote, AEW wins the electoral college

That huge gap NXT has with older viewers pretty much has been the only reason they won total viewers these past 2-3 weeks. Pretty much wipes away whatever advantage AEW has elsewhere with demos.

Also kind of crazy how the one WWE show that's supposed to be catered towards younger fans has pretty much been the opposite almost from the start with some exceptions.

The WWE thinks it's catering to young fans with NXT, but really the no bullshit style does cater to an older crowd. I would be interested to see how much of the audience used to watch the old territories (including pre Hogan WWF)

Yeah, its also why WWE might be looking at another Cena-like disaster within a couple years in the sense of not properly building up their next core of young TV viewers with NXT.

At some point that reliable old WWE audience is going to crack and all three of WWE's brands are going to suffer even worse than now.

Similar thing happened back in the mid-90s where WWE was only being kept afloat by their older viewers and were only saved by WCW taking off big time which lead to the Attitude Era and their new core of young viewers forming. NXT's already proven in the past that they can't form that new young core on their own nor be that much of a factor in improving WWE's main shows.

This is my all-time favorite Tony Khan meltdown tweet


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Never. I’ll die at this club. Go to hell.</p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1084150167878729729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Tony needs to step away from Twitter, this is unprofessional


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why tweet about ratings? Because I’m thrilled about these numbers &amp; so are TNT. My family drinks A Little Bit of the Bubbly (Chris’s actual brand) on Thursdays when we’re in the top 10, this is the 3rd time in 4 weeks, &amp; I’m grateful for the great <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEW</a> fans that make it possible!</p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1281336699063349248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My favorite thing about some of the frequent repliers to my tweets is how the 18-49 demographic is these people’s best friend on Mondays and Fridays, and then they act like they never heard of it on Wednesdays.</p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1281343196107350016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

lol jesus christ

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact that you have wrestling personalities like Tony Khan inflating their own egos regarding ratings and demos is laughable. Here’s the truth: these companies fight for a considerably smaller piece of the pie than they were decades ago. Sensible fans don’t care, move on.</p>&mdash; Robbie S. (@KHsNotebook) <a href="https://twitter.com/KHsNotebook/status/1281361683714375681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Is it weird if even though I prefer AEW to WWE I kind of want AEW to lose next week now bc Tony was so whiny about it on Twitter?

It's so off-putting

Tony is at it again...


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">While we don’t charge ppv $ for the show, I hugely appreciate the investment of time anyone makes when they watch <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AEWDynamite</a> or any AEW content, &amp; that’s why it’s important to me that you know that if you invested your time watching Fyter Fest, thank you for helping us succeed!</p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1281384554088062981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Shad just needs to take the phone away and tell Tony no more White Claw and Taco Bell until he displays a better attitude.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes, I’m obsessed with winning the demo, but our relative performance in the demo vs. all programming is the most important thing. It’s like, you want to pass for more yards than the opposing QB, it’s fun &amp; an easy thing to track, but winning the game is what matters most by far.</p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyKhan/status/1281364832080601088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Unless they turn him into a whiny annoying heel on tv, he's wasting his time

That's also really pathetic. I get being proud of something you as yours, but Jesus.

Yeah. Also doesn't help he can be easily baited online leaving himself wide open to ridicule and these type of dumb and avoidable situations.

Closest to him in WWE might be Road Dogg since he'd constantly get into online arguments over some of the smallest and dumbest stuff possible, especially during his time as the lead writer of Smackdown.

At least on the bright side, TPWW got a quick shout out during Tony's rambling on Twitter today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I was a <a href="https://t.co/9mvwf7hJyX">https://t.co/9mvwf7hJyX</a> boards guy myself</p>&mdash; Steve (@ScubaSteveB) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScubaSteveB/status/1281390202674700289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Also:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holy shit TIL that site still exists</p>&mdash; Steve (@ScubaSteveB) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScubaSteveB/status/1281390291002458112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Embarrassing.

He could just not give a shit at all.

An emotional and powerful #branding moment for tpww!

*looks around*

*sigh* nobody knows we're here.

Who the fuck is scubasteve?

da_king?

Hahahaha! Tony Khan clearly hurt as fuck by the viewership. If he were truly happy, he wouldn't be melting down so hard. He's starting to work out how hard it is to run a wrestling promotion when the boys are constantly trying to get their shit in and he should say no, but doesn't have the balls.

I seriously doubt the industry uses Showbuzz lists to decide where to invest money, and I seriously doubt the cable television is the most effective way to reach the 18-49 demographic you've got a tiny slice of in 2020.

Also, the internet only cares about that demo when it comes to AEW. They talk shit about Raw and SmackDown's viewership constantly because it's no fun to talk about how they are usually #1 or #2 in the demo.

Noid stating the obvious like it's a new revelation.

Khan brought this on himself by boasting about more viewers before the pandemic.

The reality is that winning the demo was always the most important thing to networks anyway, but it's not hard to see why bringing up the demo now makes it look like he's getting defensive and moving the goalposts. It doesn't matter if what he's saying is true, he looks butthurt.

He should've never brought up ratings in the first place no matter how proud of them he is. I don't care to see CEOs boast about ratings. That's Trump shit.

Haha, I didn't even know he boasted about viewers. Rep for anyone who finds that tweet.

Scuttlebutt has Jericho/OC getting 675k to Cole/Lee getting 995k.

Funny don't draw money

Oh and about those "demos" that Khan holds near and dear.


1 show advertised Mountain Dew, Little Ceasers, State Farm, m&m, Lexus, papa johns, T-mobile, Thrivent, Hershey, Iams, stamps.com, Good Rx, Terminex the first 30 min. The other Cracker Barrel, Sensodyne, Taco Bell, Mirror, Warby, Geico. Any guesses which is which.



He can crow about his demos all he wants, NXT is THUMPING AEW in terms of quality sponsors.

This is exactly what I meant when I said I want AEW to fail. Not because I don't want more wrestling, but because I get far more enjoyment out of these meltdowns from these pretentious assholes who crow about how great AEW is, but then meltdown anytime somebody doesn't buy into their cult brainwashing.

The fact that this time it was the petulant manchild of a billionaire who calls himself the owner, well that makes it all the more sweeter.

Happy we were finally able to find da_king

I want to join Twitter just to find out which poster this is

Can't wait to see Jericho and Tony's meltdowns when NXT beats them in the demos. They've invited this.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sup dude, I still post at TPWW. Have been a member since 2001. What was your user handle?</p>&mdash; The Daley News (@DaleNewstead) <a href="https://twitter.com/DaleNewstead/status/1281732054653313030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I eagerly await his reply.

LOL you actually asked him, classic!