As PWMania.com previously reported, the final 30 minutes of next week’s “Supersized” Smackdown will end up going head-to-head with AEW Rampage on TNT. AEW President Tony Khan tweeted that he “can’t wait to finally beat” WWE’s main show head-to-head.
Khan’s tweet stirred up a heated debate amongst the wrestling community and Khan responded to a few of the commments. Khan said “regardless of next Friday’s stats, it’ll be a great weekend for the fans” and said that he thinks AEW “can put on a better wrestling show than them.” In response to a comment about the Monday Night War, Khan also said part of his business plan is “recreating that competitive spirit while avoiding WCW’s errors.”
Twitter’s the child of the boards/chat rooms that thrived during the 90s wrestling war; part of my business plan is recreating that competitive spirit while avoiding WCW’s errors, which is why I pace/don’t blow thru matches. @AEW has many years’ worth of big matches up my sleeve.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 9, 2021
Dude, people online were absolutely furious over that in 98. Eric already had crazy online heat before that too. I’ll never take it that far; I’ve never claimed I could physically best Vince, I just think AEW can put on a better wrestling show than them & I want people to know it
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 9, 2021
