Tony Khan Is Dynamite!

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Tony Khan returns to talk everything AEW, and provide a candid look inside his creative process for “Dynamite,” and how he collaborates with everyone from CJ to Kenny Omega to Cody to the Young Bucks. TK explains how Comedy Central’s “South Park” and “The Late Show” inspired some of his creative decisions, why it was so important for him to agent the Darby Allin vs Will Hobbs Dark match himself, what it took to bring Sting to AEW, and why it was so important to get the Brodie Lee Tribute episode perfect! Tony speaks to signing new talent during the pandemic including Eddie Kingston, Ricky Starks, and Brian Cage, the adjustments he made to Matt Hardy and Brodie Lee’s pandemic debuts, and the steps he took to be able to welcome fans safely back to Daily’s Place. Plus, TK reveals the significance of the May 6th episode of “Dynamite,” and everything that resulted from that single episode of TV.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to talk his Jericho is the pot of thunder and rock and roll.
0:17.6	And Tony Khan returns the talk is Jericho to talk AEW.
0:22.4	He hasn't been on the show since February of 2019 right after the official launch of
0:27.1	AEW and the big press conference we had in Vegas to announce the company.
0:30.9	We got a lot to talk about and believe me we cover everything.
0:33.6	We talk about the momentum AEW had built until the pandemic temporarily shut us down
0:38.5	and how we're able to film six weeks of TV in a 24 hour period to keep us on the air
0:43.3	through that initial lockdown back in April.
0:45.4	We hit on the mat hearty and Brody Lee AEW debuts and how the pandemic completely changed
0:50.4	the way that both happened. TK talks about signing Eddie Kingston Ricky
0:55.1	Stark's will Hobbs and even sting during the pandemic and how AEW dark has managed to
1:00.2	keep so many indie wrestlers working during the last year.
1:03.3	You're going to hear a lot about the AEW creative process and how it works between Tony and
1:07.8	me the EVPs and all the wrestlers on the roster.
1:10.8	And Tony explains why it was so important for him to be the agent on Darby Allen's dark
1:14.4	match with Will Hobbs a few months ago.
1:16.8	Tony also shares some of his favorite storylines and pay-per-view moments over the last year.
1:21.6	And what he's hoping for 2021.
1:23.4	So we've got Tony Khan coming up.
1:25.2	But before we kick it off, I got one friendly reminder for you.
1:28.4	There's a new Winnipegger's episode dropping tomorrow night Thursday at 9 p.m.
1:32.4	Eastern on my Facebook and YouTube channels.
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