Tony Khan/Big Swole Drama

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And Swole had potential, good personality, but she was snake bitten from her battles with crones. And as someone who has family members who deal with it, I get her struggle.
 

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Ayo TK you want to try this again. Oh and you think about what to say give me the Books and let me trim that Roster up.
 

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What I can say at least in my current state is that it probably best to be able to cooperate between creative and the wrestlers. If you have ideas, pitch them and be heard. If you are stuck on ideas, the environment should be healthy enough that you feel comfortable to talk with creative and other wrestlers to create ideas.
Well there isn't really a "creative" in AEW as we think of it in WWE terms. But apparently her feud with Diamante that was on Dark was their idea and Omega gave them props on it.

At the end of the day we don't know enough about the day to day backstage at AEW to really critique. A solid 90+% of people who I've heard talk about it say it's the best place they've ever worked. I'm sure it isn't for everyone. But what place is? When it comes to that particular issue, it's kind of just a he said, she said. She didn't think it was great, Tony probably thinks she didn't really have a reason to complain.



Ayo TK you want to try this again. Oh and you think about what to say give me the Books and let me trim that Roster up.


Why wouldn't he give her props on the way out? It's just customary to say someone is a pleasure to work with, assuming the relationship is kosher. He's just telling the truth now that Swole is making the situation sound like something it wasn't.
 
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Made a thread for this since it’s worthy of a thread
 
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Guy could have just ignored it and the shit would have been dead within hours instead all he did was amplify it into a huge talking point. Doesn't even feel like a case of what he said was true or false but instead, why did you think this was a good idea to tweet out.
 

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Twitter loves a you’re not diverse enough narrative.

That was absolutely not dying once she said it.
 
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People wilding on Twitter saying Sammy don’t count as a POC cuz he can’t speak Spanish and that Miro doesn’t count as being a diverse champion….snowflake culture sucks

TK need to lay off the Yak before he tweets though


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Of course people are gonna talk regardless but it wouldn't have got anywhere near the publicity it got if he kept his mouth shut. I'd go on to say that probably none of the wrestlers who got involved would have done so if he didn't tweet what he did.
 

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So here's what I think went down

I can't find it atm, but Swole gave her thoughts about her experience in aew, which she's entitled to. I saw the tweet Fightful put out (and im usually a big fightful guy) and it pretty much verbatim said "swole explains that lack of diversity and structure led to her leaving aew" whic his super fucking loaded if u read the entire article and click baity as fuck. now what i imagine ensued is a bunch of twitter dorks running their gums with fake outrage about racism in bad faith. since this has been a go to troll narrative for a bit, TK stupidly took the bait and responded. and end it with an uppercut. which just undermines his entire point and makes him look like a huge dick. I agree that he should have ignored it. If swole wants to believe it didnt work out due to lack of diversity, she's allowed. tk also allowed to think swole wrestling sucks. i just wouldnt have aired that shit out in public because ya this is what happens.
 

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People wilding on Twitter saying Sammy don’t count as a POC cuz he can’t speak Spanish and that Miro doesn’t count as being a diverse champion….snowflake culture sucks

TK need to lay off the Yak before he tweets though


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A good lesson for TK and all of us is that twitter is sad sometimes
 

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Of course people are gonna talk regardless but it wouldn't have got anywhere near the publicity it got if he kept his mouth shut. I'd go on to say that probably none of the wrestlers who got involved would have done so if he didn't tweet what he did.

This is true, but if this narrative gets its hooks into the iwc, that could have had serious consequences on AEW and its future bottom line. People take this seriously.

I agree it wouldn’t be as public and the wrestlers wouldn’t have weighted in for sure.
 
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This is true, but if this narrative gets its hooks into the iwc, that could have had serious consequences on AEW and its future bottom line. People take this seriously.

I agree it wouldn’t be as public and the wrestlers wouldn’t have weighted in for sure.
hell I think if he just doesn't hit Swole with the backhand and end it with a promo his actual point is super valid and I think a lot of wrestlers in the company fully agree with him. I totally agree with protecting ur brand tho
 
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hell I think if he just doesn't hit Swole with the backhand and end it with a promo his actual point is super valid and I think a lot of wrestlers in the company fully agree with him. I totally agree with protecting ur brand tho

This.

The only issue was the comment about Swole.

I think he’s probably right about it, but don’t say it.
 

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This.

The only issue was the comment about Swole.

I think he’s probably right about it, but don’t say it.
oh I've been on this board multiple times in the past saying she's neither Big nor Swole but ya it's a bad look as the owner of a company to tweet that shit. I hate to say it, but big Vinny Mac would never make this mistake.