AEW's Tony Khan Reveals Biggest Lesson He's Learnt Is To "Be A Better Filter Of Ideas"
AEW News - Tony Khan Details The Biggest Lessons He's Learnt So Far!
Speaking on Renee Paquette’s Oral Sessions podcast, Tony Khan has revealed that the biggest lesson he’s learned during AEW’s lifespan is to not be afraid to veto ideas that he doesn’t think are up to standard.
In a chat that covered a whole host of various topics, the AEW President explained how he’s learnt to be more accountable, and how that it’s important to trust his own instincts.
“That is being personally accountable. I have to be a better filter of ideas. To be honest, the stuff I liked the least in 2019 was stuff that I had low expectations for. Stuff that I almost scratched. There were things that I didn’t like. By the beginning of 2020, I had pretty much gotten to the point where it was, ‘I should trust my instincts more, and I really need to be responsible and stand up if I don’t like an idea’.
I think this year we’re much more organised, and I tried to get more organised and do a better job in 2020. And I think the shows were more logical and better, and it paid off, because we had a really challenging environment in the pandemic, but we’ve been able to maintain our audience better than any other wrestling show in America. If you look at the stats, from the beginning of 2020 to the end, Dynamite retained the audience better than anybody.”
Elsewhere in this conversation, Khan talked about how Jon Moxley is his favourite person to collaborate with, how Mox and Kenny Omega are the two best wrestlers in the world right now, and also expressed his admiration for New Japan Pro Wrestling.
One other particularly juicy nugget to come from this latest Oral Sessions podcast, is the news that Moxley – who is, of course, married to Renee – is working on a book.
There’s no details on whether this book will cover the former AEW World Champion’s entire life, stick purely to his wrestling career, or maybe centre on a specific period of that career. Either way, knowing the roads travelled by Jon Moxley, plus his ability to tell a story, should make this book be an absolute must-read whenever it gets released.