{"id":129224,"date":"2021-10-26T22:06:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T03:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=129224"},"modified":"2021-10-26T22:06:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T03:06:15","slug":"tony-khan-reveals-what-his-dad-thought-about-his-dive-into-pro-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/26\/tony-khan-reveals-what-his-dad-thought-about-his-dive-into-pro-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Khan reveals what his Dad thought about his dive into pro wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3712137448\" 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>Jacksonville Jaguars owner and billionaire, Shahid Khan, wasn&#8217;t confident the startup pro wrestling outfit his son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/20\/tony-khan-addresses-recent-criticism-from-eric-bischoff\/\">Tony Khan<\/a>, was starting would ever be successful.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-all-elite-wrestling-became-a-legitimate-wwe-competitor-2021-10?utmSource=twitter&amp;utmContent=referral&amp;utmTerm=topbar&amp;referrer=twitter\">Business Insider<\/a>, AEW President Tony Khan talked about his father&#8217;s input on the company. &#8220;My dad expected it to fail but I convinced him to take a leap,&#8221; Khan said. &#8220;He gave me the money because he said I&#8217;d inherit it anyway so I might as well &#8216;blow it now.&#8221; The convincing paid off in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>The Business Insider story reveals that in January of 2020, Khan and AEW received a four year deal worth 175 million dollars from WarnerMedia for it&#8217;s flagship television product, Dynamite. Since then, their deal has been negotiated again with AEW adding a second product, Rampage, to it&#8217;s suite of shows. In the Insider piece, LightShed Ventures analyst Brandon Ross commented on AEW&#8217;s growth. &#8220;The ratings gap has closed and AEW can argue it should be getting WWE dollars,&#8221; Ross said. &#8220;WWE&#8217;s &#8216;Raw&#8217; and &#8216;SmackDown&#8217; have been significant TV properties for a long time. 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