Tony Khan on Eric Bischoff: ‘I don’t really care what he says’

Tony Khan doesn’t care what Eric Bischoff says. 

Bischoff was a guest on The Ariel Helwani Show this week ahead of his appearances at WWE NXT on Tuesday and MLW One Shot on Thursday. During the interview, Bischoff was once again critical of AEW, as he frequently has been in recent years, saying the promotion has “no hope.”

Khan appeared on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Thursday and was asked why Bischoff has such an antagonistic relationship with AEW. Khan responded:

“I have no idea. I don’t really care what he says. We’ve done really, really well and we’ve got a great thing going with AEW. We’ve got something really, really to be proud of. We not only are going to be for years to come doing the shows on TBS and TNT, we’re going to set the record for the longest run of pro wrestling ever on TNT, in fact.”

“It’s pretty amazing because for a company that’s only five years old, we’ve accomplished so much. Like I said, we set the world record for wrestling ticket sales, and we’re just going into this new media rights deal that is historic and it hasn’t even kicked in yet.”

“Starting January 1st, every week you can watch Dynamite still on Wednesdays on TBS, but we’re going to be live streaming on Max, which is a top streaming platform, and I really think it’s the best streaming platform with the best movies and TV shows. And we’re going to have AEW every Wednesday night live streaming on Max and every Saturday night on Max in addition to TNT. So, it’s really important for us because cable is massive, it’s massive for sports and wrestling and TBS and TNT, those are staples of cable, as Eric himself knows very well but it’s really important for the future to also have a foothold in streaming. And that’s what we’re going to have now with AEW also on Max, in addition to TBS and TNT. So I think AEW is doing fantastic.”

WWE NXT drew its lowest demo number of 2024 for Tuesday’s show, which featured Bischoff’s appearance. His segment with Trick Williams and Ridge Holland averaged 612,000 viewers and 174,000 in the 18-49 demo. The show overall drew a 0.13 rating in 18-49, the lowest it has done since July 4, 2023. It averaged 593,000 viewers on The CW, down 6.2 percent from the previous week and the lowest viewership NXT has had since moving to The CW.