12 Things You Didn't Know Tony Khan BANNED In AEW

2. The Invisible Camera

Wrestling, or WWE's interpretation of it, is a fundamentally flawed television programme even if the wrestling, promos and angles on it are good. The invisible camera renders every last character stupid. They appeal to and taunt the crowd. The crowd can watch the show on TV. The characters and crowd can both watch the show; the characters don't bother because the plot could not move forward if they did.  

The Bloodline saga was very well-performed, once Sami Zayn added levity and intense emotional stakes, and since the audience had connected with the story and its various layers so strongly, the inherent flaw didn't really matter - but the inherent flaw existed all the same. All Sami Zayn and Jey Uso needed to do was simply watch the television shows back. Every last misunderstanding, through which the storyline was advanced, would have been resolved.

Now, Tony Khan has on ultra-rare occasions had a lapse in concentration - about a handful of times - but is very insistent that AEW does not fall into the same awful trap. His wrestlers even make sure to mention that they've watched the TV shows, just to get this point across. AEW will take the piss. At times, the promotion will produce what is functionally an invisible camera segment, but mention that the camera is rolling, even though there's no reason at all for the camera to exist in that setting. 

Back in 2019, Khan, when asked ahead of Dynamite's premiere how closely it would resemble Being The Elite, even buried that show to get over how strongly he feels about this atrocious device.