All Elite Wrestling's Tony Kahn and his outburst as it relates to NXT ratings on 10/10/2023 by AverageMansReviews

All Elite Wrestling's Tony Kahn and his outburst as it relates to NXT ratings on 10/10/2023 by AverageMansReviews

Warning Disclaimer: this is just opinion based, I haven't seen all of Kahn's messages on social media as it relates to this topic and finally I haven't watched this NXT episode.

I don't know Kahn personally: but what I do get from him is; and if you have ever supported a sports team or sports person you may understand this better than you think. Because it has been well documented that Khan is a sports businessman what with connections to the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars and in the English premiership with Fulham and not forgetting his own wrestling promotion of All Elite Wrestling. I very much understand what he may be meant [by my interpretation] "This week, 2 active decades-long ratings streaks from 2 great legends were ended With all due respect, until this week's head-to-head AEW on TBS vs WWE on USA, neither John Cena nor Undertaker had ever been on a WWE show with under 1 million total viewers + under 400k in the demo"

I think in this he meant; I mean if you are going to beat us, do it properly at least get over 1 million viewers comfortably and don't take any shortcuts by getting 2 legends to appear on your show that have not ever been a part of it.

Like I said earlier; it is very much like a sports team ethos of understanding the WWE/NXT showed Kahn maximum level of disrespect by not putting out a fully strength side of current or/connectable NXT talent instead they decided to go with a cheap and easy equivalent of 2-1 victory of roughly over 900,000 views to just over 600,000 views. For those that aren't into sports I know sports people have a strange mentality, but that is why I said at the time Khan has a valid point as in I get it.

What I would have preferred to see NXT do in a basic outline is something like this: NXT Presents In Your House: Reunion; to begin the show we have basically Erick Rowan coming down to the ring holding a lit lantern and axe and placing them in the middle of the ring with the spotlight on [obviously to represent Bray Wyatt and his Bludgeon Brother Luke Harper; yes I know they were all in The Wyatt Family, but I needed an item to represent Harper] then we have opening credits to this episode.

Then we could have for weeks previous have The Miz issue an open challenge to anyone in the back for a Singles Match [yes The Miz was a part of the reality TV version of this brand with his now wife Maryse.] But who should answer the call but Bronson Reed; Reed going over here.

Next; we have Cody Rhodes making an announcement that he is the GM for night and he will be very hands-on, in fact he will be sitting on commentary

Asuka vs. Roxanne Perez vs. Damage CTRL's: Bayley [with the WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky &  Dakota Kai] vs. Raquel Rodriguez Fatal-Four Way Match. Where obviously Sky and Kai at some point or going to get involved to take care of Rodriguez, which leaves somehow Perez to sneak a pin fall on Asuka.

Ricochet vs. Bron Breakker Singles Match; feud began on social media; Breakker dared someone to show up at this event so we could run right through them, with Ricochet replying I will see you then; with Breakker going over but I would want Baron Corbin to come out with a chair and sit on it and just watch this match unfold at the end Corbin standing up and giving a sarcastic slow clap, picking up the chair and going back to the locker room.

Moving on; I would have gone to Impact Wrestling and enquired about if he is still there using James Storm [yes he did have a very short stint in NXT in 2015] to build a feud about a month prior between himself and the NXT Tag Team Champions at this time; Tony D'Angelo & Stacks, but if Storm cannot find a tag team partner by this match [because they keep getting taken out by this duo] it will be a 2-on-1 handicap match for these championships. So it comes to this event; it will be a 2-on-1 Handicap Match for the NXT Tag Team Championships; we come to the closing stages of this match it looks like Storm could really do with a tag team partner; he comes Bobby/Robert Roode [Rhodes on commentary: I will allow this development] gets the tag from Storm to throw some punches and hit their finisher/Beer Money Inc. D.W.I. [Drinking While Investing] to become the new NXT Tag Team Champions; yes I have designed this feud like this because it has been somewhat documented that Roode has transferred to a backstage role due to injuries so I have designed it so that he doesn't take too much and to basically protect him. Which sadly comes with the announcement of his retirement after this match but at least he got to go out with his tag team partner and as a champion; with Rhodes coming into the ring to put over this fantastic tag team but also with the announcement of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2023 and the winners will become the new NXT Tag Team [Rhodes goes to back to the commentary table.]

Finally onto our main event; set the clock back a few weeks; Imperium's Ludwig Kaiser [with Giovanni Vinci] has been badgering the NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov for a championship opportunity, which he hasn't declined but he is a strategist and may be in the first week as in when the challenge is requested Dragunov goes to answer but pauses and walks away thinking, second week; video package promo same thing happens, but on the third week; he says sure but you will have to earn it first at NXT Presents In Your House: Reunion in a Ladder Match where there will be two contracts up for grabs; the first is your No1 Contenders Contract for the NXT Championship, whilst in the other is what I want in return. Kaiser: "Sure whatever, it isn't going to happen anyway."

So obviously on the night of this event Dragunov is victorious as the official General Manager for tonight Rhodes has one final official act to do and that is to read/make this match official; so he comes into the ring for the final time; Dragunov hands Rhodes the contract and with a mic in his hands; he begins to say; then puts his hand over the mic just to make sure; are you sure you want this Dragunov? Dragunov: "Yes." With Rhodes saying okay. It is official it will be the NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov vs. Imperium's WWE Intercontinental Champion Walter in a First Blood Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames. Where I know it is never for most of the time good for it Champion to lose, but when these two collide; it isn't such a bad thing as in either won could lose at any time to the other, but they are not harmed by this in the slightest. Because if you have ever watched at least one of these matches between these two wrestlers they usually beat the 10 Bells out of one another so the result is the result, but a loss to one another isn't anything to be worried about; Walter will win/retain his championship at this Premium Live Event.

Even though I haven't put an entire show in place I think you get the right idea of the kind of thing is that they could have/should have done instead of what they came up with on the 10/10/2023 episode of NXT and not being arrogant, but my rough outlay would have hopefully go over 1 million viewers and I mean this in the absolutely right way, because I really like AEW, but this is how you beat them properly I should quickly state in theory, you put out the best product you can on both sides of this divide and you see who is properly victorious and very finally; it is wrestling that wins. Because I can't state this enough and for those fans that went through this time period as well; it was just the worst having the WWE monopolising the business; in short they became lazy so more wrestling promotions that will keep the WWE focused on putting out better content the better.