WWE Hall Of Famer Adamant AEW Has Tony Khan Problem

According to one WWE Hall of Famer, Tony Khan is the problem in AEW.

Although they once enjoyed a cordial working relationship, Tony Khan and Eric Bischoff haven’t seen eye-to-eye for some time. Bischoff has regularly criticised Khan for the way he runs AEW, and for Khan’s part, he has little interest in listening to the veteran.

During a conversation available via AdFreeShows, Bischoff discussed the booking merits of Khan and former TNA figurehead Dixie Carter. The former WCW boss said in his view it’s Carter who performed better because of her willingness to surround herself with people who could help.

“Well, I think the question was, who is a better booker? Although Dixie didn’t aspire to be perceived to be the head booker of TNA, she at least knew what she didn’t know and brought people in to do that for her.

That’s why I think she’s a better booker than Tony Khan because she recognized what her weaknesses were and tried to surround herself at various times with various people to operate in that world, whereas Tony thinks he’s a good booker, and clearly is not.

Tony Khan doesn’t know what he doesn’t know. Despite the obvious data, being that Tony is a data analyst from what I’ve been told, you would think one would simply look at the numbers and go, Okay, well, this sucks. It’s not working, so I’m going to do something different.

Dixie would have done something different. Tony’s not doing anything different. I think Dixie, in retrospect, was a better booker…”

Bischoff went on to hammer home his point in typically blunt terms. AEW’s problems lie with Tony Khan, not the performers in the ring.

“AEW’s issue is not a talent issue. It’s a Tony Khan issue. Dixie understood that, and she didn’t try to be the booker. She wanted to be perceived to be the female Vince McMahon, so to speak, of the wrestling industry. There’s nothing wrong with that. That was a lofty goal for her.

Tony Khan wants the same thing, but he’s not willing to surround himself, or listen to the people that he is surrounded by, to help him achieve it.”

Eric Bischoff In No Rush To Join Tony Khan

Speaking elsewhere, Eric Bischoff broke down why he has no desire to work with AEW or Tony Khan. Although interestingly, he suggested that if there had been such an opportunity and he was in his 20s or 30s, he’d likely be up for the challenge.

When assessing why he wouldn’t want to work with Khan, Bischoff feared he’d immediately be blamed for anything that went wrong, and the job wouldn’t be much fun.

Eric Bischoff is set to return to wrestling on December 5th with MLW, where he’ll work as an Executive Producer for their One Shot event in New York.

H/t to WrestlingNews.Co