How AEW Might Be Secretly Changing The Game

All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan is singing a tune ready for a cover version...

by Michael Sidgwick
Jungle Boy
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On this week's edition of AEW Dark, Taz once again nestled himself inside of our hearts, this time by exploding into song.

That song was 'Tarzan Boy' by Europop merchants Baltimora, and it is a schadenfreude banger the rights for which were secured by President Tony Khan on behalf of Jungle Boy. 'Tarzan Boy' is oozing melting cheese in audio form, all triumphant synthesisers, bizarre subject matter and naff histrionics, with a Whoa-oh-oh singalong chorus precision-calibrated to get a bunch of pissed-up pub punters losing their f*cking minds in silly reverie. It's a song that could only have been written in the 1980s, and retains a transportive quality to it no matter how f*cked the 2020s are.

It was an inspired choice for Jungle Boy to use on the indies. Looking at the swarmed comments section of the first pirated YouTube result, it was an inspired move by Khan to pay the money.

The use of 'Tarzan Boy' followed Tony Khan's decision to purchase ''Ol 55' by Tom Waits to accompany the enormously touching video package crafted to pay tribute to Brodie Lee. But is there something more to that aforementioned delightful MP4 clip than temporary respite from the doomscroll?

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and surefire Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!