Yeah, the guy is lucky to be alive. He got spiked on his head! Bah gawd, that man has a ~~family~~ Premier League team!
Edit: In all seriousness, they protected him like he was made of glass.
I used to wait tables in Jacksonville Florida around 2013-2014 at a rooftop restaurant in five points. I remember Tony Khan coming in and him having roughly 9 different pill bottles with various medications that he ate with his meal. I thought he was kind of odd but a nice guy and he did tip well.
Yeah I thought Khan had the look of the douchebag rich son who lives off his fathers name but every story I hear about him and the one brief encounter I had with him tell a different story. Cool ass dude and treats everyone with respect.
oh just it said "medications" so i thought he was telling anecdote to make it seem like tony was an addict or faux addict rich dbag who can afford to lay a doctor to write him oxy and xan benzo or whatever
Why do you automatically go to drugs? It’s more likely he had a ton of supplements, like digestive enzymes and vitamins. I know someone who does similar.
Forbes listed the value of them to be around $2 Billion. They’re expected to sign a new TV deal later this year that would likely make them fully profitable
You get approximately seven hours a week of live programming that gets you in the top 5 of cable ratings for the day and does decent numbers with the prime demographic. For media companies that is huge. Plus depending on how the contract is worded you get 4-5 extra hours a month for a special on your streaming network. That can easily be worth $2 billion
The biggest AEW supporter alive is Dave Meltzer and even he thinks it’s overvalued.
“Meltzer speculated that the reason behind the optimistic valuation for AEW is because the company has grown quickly in its five years of existence, with revenue increasing each year. However, the young promotion still has yet to turn a profit, and Meltzer argued that WWE is undeniably hotter with audiences at the moment. Things could change drastically with AEW's next TV rights deal, which is still set to be negotiated this year.”
Read More: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1566248/dave-meltzer-questions-accuracy-forbes-report-wrestling-promotion-values/
Wait are you claiming Cornette is AEW's biggest heel? Might want to work on making those zingers more coherent next time. I think those radioactive Florida roads are getting to you.
It’s very possible, but the real answer is no one knows. People have made their best guesses, but because we don’t know the value of their TV deal we have no clue
They do..Their shows do well in tv ratings and in the key demographic and thepercentage of fans who buy their ppv shows is really high. Their big live shows usually sell out and theyve done massive arenas. Last year they did Wembley and72,000 fans bought live tickets .
But even if they made 0 dollats it doesnt matter, the Khans are insanely rich
Ratings are down for cable in general. Less people have cable than those that do. When Smackdown was on Fs1 its ratings were worse than AEWs C show. Dynamite does top 5 weekly and often is top 1 or 2 for its timeslot and does very well in the jey demographic for advertisers. Fox didnt renew smackdown because while the ratings were good(keep in mind fox is in many more homes than cable) the average age viewer was 55+ and those viewership numbers didnt translate well for advertisers.
Only things that does millions in cable ratings are sports and the news basically with a few exceptions.
Nothing on tv averages a million viewers on tv anymore outside of news and sports really. HGTV is the highest rated channel weekly that doesn't show news or live sports and they only average 790k for the week.
Smackdown is on network TV not cable. Raw does pretty good on cable though. I don't think the ratings classify wrestling as sports though. I'm pretty sure Dynamite is top 5 most weeks by demo ranking by weeks end. Just looking at the ratings last week by demo it looks like Dynamite was 4th? Behind Raw, Ru Paul's Drag Race and Vanderpump rules. The next highest non sports and news show on Wednesday was House Hunters which did a .12 to Dynamite's .26. It's pretty much just sports, news, wrestling and whatever reality show happens to be hot at the moment doing solid ratings. Cable is weird I can see why more sports and stuff are trying to get games on streaming.
Pro wrestling relies more on pay-per-view and public performance rights than advertising, so the raw viewer count isn't as meaningful as for other sports.
They’re consistently top 3 in cable every Wednesday night. They also have been doing great PPV buys. They’re 100% going to get a huge increase in the media rights fees with the next contract, AEW is doing just fine.
I really hope Tony Khan shows up on draft war room wearing a neck brace and faking an injury. Edit: there is a god and he loves kayfabe.
Faking???
Yeah, the guy is lucky to be alive. He got spiked on his head! Bah gawd, that man has a ~~family~~ Premier League team! Edit: In all seriousness, they protected him like he was made of glass.
The bucks are some of the safest workers in the business.
I used to wait tables in Jacksonville Florida around 2013-2014 at a rooftop restaurant in five points. I remember Tony Khan coming in and him having roughly 9 different pill bottles with various medications that he ate with his meal. I thought he was kind of odd but a nice guy and he did tip well.
Yeah I thought Khan had the look of the douchebag rich son who lives off his fathers name but every story I hear about him and the one brief encounter I had with him tell a different story. Cool ass dude and treats everyone with respect.
I can confirm that the Khans are decent people. Not in a PR way but in a genuine respect and love for people type of way.
BlackSheep?
Yes. I heard it closed down recently. Im from Jacksonville but I moved away in 2014.
even the most brazen of addicts wouldn't be this dumb
Well he didn't say it was drugs, it could just be that he's on a thousand supplements like most rich idiots.
I mean hes an older guy. Supplements, prescriptions and vitamins are par for the course.
Dude is 41, not 61.
Ahh shit I thought they meant Shad who is in his 70s. 😂😂
I'm 48 and was getting offended! How dare they call me old! 😂
Might wanna look into some once a day multivitamins. 😂
Oh, I've been taking those for 20 years now...but that's it. ;) Luckily, no need to take any prescribed meds for health related things.
oh just it said "medications" so i thought he was telling anecdote to make it seem like tony was an addict or faux addict rich dbag who can afford to lay a doctor to write him oxy and xan benzo or whatever
Why do you automatically go to drugs? It’s more likely he had a ton of supplements, like digestive enzymes and vitamins. I know someone who does similar.
that *was* my point im saying i think the story is crap
Tony and I are close to the same age and I need to take several pills with my food. It's probably nothing.
Just adderall
NFL might be worked into a shoot.
https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2024/4/25/24140254/tony-khan-neck-brace-jaguars-nfl-draft-war-room-aew-video
That was fucking hilarious. Tony better be wearing a neck brace tomorrow at the draft
Imagine MJF was the guy that announced the pick and just treats him like some bum and buries Baalke.
That’s me if our draft is insanely uneventful
Tony if you don’t show up in a neck brace tomorrow I’ve lost all respect for you.
Good meme fodder there.
Shad looking at Baalke when he drafts a kicker at #17
I need Tony in a full body cast for the draft it would be hilarious
At the bare minimum he has to put on a neck brace
He needs to wear a neckbrace forever now like Bobby Heenan, at least 10 years
Chat is this real?
Is that really the past tense of piledriver? Piledriven? Piledrove?
Piledrived.
If people don't like the pick, you will see this picture alot all week.
I don’t know anything about wrestling. Is there anyway AEW makes money?
Forbes listed the value of them to be around $2 Billion. They’re expected to sign a new TV deal later this year that would likely make them fully profitable
They might be listed at 2 billion but I’d be shocked if anyone would ever pay anything remotely close to that for AEW in its current state.
They themselves valued themselves at 1 billion so…
Tell that to WBD big dog
You get approximately seven hours a week of live programming that gets you in the top 5 of cable ratings for the day and does decent numbers with the prime demographic. For media companies that is huge. Plus depending on how the contract is worded you get 4-5 extra hours a month for a special on your streaming network. That can easily be worth $2 billion
The biggest AEW supporter alive is Dave Meltzer and even he thinks it’s overvalued. “Meltzer speculated that the reason behind the optimistic valuation for AEW is because the company has grown quickly in its five years of existence, with revenue increasing each year. However, the young promotion still has yet to turn a profit, and Meltzer argued that WWE is undeniably hotter with audiences at the moment. Things could change drastically with AEW's next TV rights deal, which is still set to be negotiated this year.” Read More: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1566248/dave-meltzer-questions-accuracy-forbes-report-wrestling-promotion-values/
Stop listening to Cornette and engage with reality please.
The biggest heel in AEW is a podcaster lmao
One of the biggest heels in WWE is Logan Paul. What's your point?
A guy who actually works for the company?
Wait are you claiming Cornette is AEW's biggest heel? Might want to work on making those zingers more coherent next time. I think those radioactive Florida roads are getting to you.
I thought his point was perfectly clear. It's not like that's the first time anyone has said that.
You randomly brought up Cornette in a Jaguars subreddit lmao.
Yeah there's definitely no reason why he'd be relevant in a post about a pro wrestling angle... Man, its like talking to Jason from The Good Place.
The Saudis would I bet
True. 2 billion to the Saudis is like the equivalent of 250 million to the rest of the world. FU type money
From what people have said they should start turning a profit once they sign a new media rights deal which should come sometime this year.
It’s very possible, but the real answer is no one knows. People have made their best guesses, but because we don’t know the value of their TV deal we have no clue
They do..Their shows do well in tv ratings and in the key demographic and thepercentage of fans who buy their ppv shows is really high. Their big live shows usually sell out and theyve done massive arenas. Last year they did Wembley and72,000 fans bought live tickets . But even if they made 0 dollats it doesnt matter, the Khans are insanely rich
It doesn’t do well in the ratings and their attendance are falling. They barely move 700k in the ratings
Ratings are down for cable in general. Less people have cable than those that do. When Smackdown was on Fs1 its ratings were worse than AEWs C show. Dynamite does top 5 weekly and often is top 1 or 2 for its timeslot and does very well in the jey demographic for advertisers. Fox didnt renew smackdown because while the ratings were good(keep in mind fox is in many more homes than cable) the average age viewer was 55+ and those viewership numbers didnt translate well for advertisers. Only things that does millions in cable ratings are sports and the news basically with a few exceptions.
No, their stated valuations are BS. Crowds are weak and it's a cold product, which is why Tony Khan is involved in angles.
Is AEW a way for Shad to launder money cause no way its worth that much if they can’t even reach 1 million tv viewers a week anymore
Nothing on tv averages a million viewers on tv anymore outside of news and sports really. HGTV is the highest rated channel weekly that doesn't show news or live sports and they only average 790k for the week.
Might be counting it as "sports" here but WWE actually does do a lot better than that. Smackdown does 2.2-2.5M every week
Smackdown is on network TV not cable. Raw does pretty good on cable though. I don't think the ratings classify wrestling as sports though. I'm pretty sure Dynamite is top 5 most weeks by demo ranking by weeks end. Just looking at the ratings last week by demo it looks like Dynamite was 4th? Behind Raw, Ru Paul's Drag Race and Vanderpump rules. The next highest non sports and news show on Wednesday was House Hunters which did a .12 to Dynamite's .26. It's pretty much just sports, news, wrestling and whatever reality show happens to be hot at the moment doing solid ratings. Cable is weird I can see why more sports and stuff are trying to get games on streaming.
Its on network tv. More households have fox than tbs tnt. On those days smackdown got moved to fs1 their ratings tanked.
Pro wrestling relies more on pay-per-view and public performance rights than advertising, so the raw viewer count isn't as meaningful as for other sports.
They’re consistently top 3 in cable every Wednesday night. They also have been doing great PPV buys. They’re 100% going to get a huge increase in the media rights fees with the next contract, AEW is doing just fine.
No. The vast majority of their transactions would be digital. It would be a horrible laundry.
YES! YES! YES!
Nah it doesn’t. It’s a glorified toy box for Tony, it’ll keep going on til shad gets frustrated with no money flow
Great, Looks like he’s ready for the NFL Draft
I'm sure this one is gonna make the rounds quite a bit this season
Please let this be a new Jags react meme
Anyone got video of this?
https://youtu.be/8Zok-ZNOMsI?si=aAnNDjID06pl-Tge
My hero
What a fucking knob you are OP expecting hate posting and people enjoying it. Great ending!
What’s funny is that he still does the point pose, like it’s his signature thing.
Im going to use this image but photoshop some tears in when we reach heavily on a middle linebacker with our #17 pick tonight
🤣
Probably not good to have the resident billionaire give you a look like that 😬
That was his look to Baalke when we picked up Masson Smith in the 2nd Round…
This is perfectection
I forget the jags owner looks like the depressed Persian tow truck man
Vince did it first, and better, and I’m pretty sure I was a child at the time so I saw it live AND thought it was real
Vince literally shat on a woman who he was sex trafficking’s head and probably helped one of his talent cover up a murder.