{"id":108203,"date":"2020-11-17T15:55:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T21:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=108203"},"modified":"2020-11-17T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T21:55:41","slug":"vip-audio-11-17-torch-talk-w-aew-president-tony-khan-biggest-challenges-how-do-ratings-affect-booking-philosophy-on-heel-babyface-construct-hangman-page-dark-more-32-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/11\/17\/vip-audio-11-17-torch-talk-w-aew-president-tony-khan-biggest-challenges-how-do-ratings-affect-booking-philosophy-on-heel-babyface-construct-hangman-page-dark-more-32-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 11\/17 \u2013 Torch Talk w\/AEW President Tony Khan: Biggest challenges, how do ratings affect booking, philosophy on heel\/babyface construct, Hangman Page, Dark, more (32 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2481915194\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY:<\/strong> AEW President Tony Khan reflects on the first year of AEW Dynamite with PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Sean Radican in a Torch Talk interview conducted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The following are some of the key topics covered:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What were the biggest pleasant surprises and unpleasant surprises of the first year of producing AEW Dynamite, excluding the pandemic?<\/li>\n<li>How did he specifically change his approach to booking when he decided he needed to make adjustments at the end of 2019?<\/li>\n<li>How has AEW Dark been utilized to add to the roster and evaluate new additions?<\/li>\n<li>What is his philosophy on the babyface\/heel construct and how has the lack of full crowds affected the pace of storylines and how faces and heels are presented?<\/li>\n<li>How has he course-corrected &#8220;Hangman: Adam Page over the last year?<\/li>\n<li>How much do minute-by-minute ratings affect his booking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2020\/11\/20201117TT.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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