{"id":67983,"date":"2018-10-19T19:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=67983"},"modified":"2018-10-19T19:01:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T00:01:12","slug":"parkss-take-worlds-colliding-thoughts-on-the-new-proposed-wrestling-promotion-from-a-jaguars-fans-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/10\/19\/parkss-take-worlds-colliding-thoughts-on-the-new-proposed-wrestling-promotion-from-a-jaguars-fans-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"PARKS&#8217;S TAKE: Worlds colliding: Thoughts on the new proposed wrestling promotion from a Jaguars fan&#8217;s perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3644662308\" 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>Remember the episode of Seinfeld when George Costanza feared his life with his friends, where he could be friend-George, was beginning to bleed into his life with his girlfriend, where he had to be boyfriend-George? The Worlds Colliding theory? Yeah, that&#8217;s kinda how I&#8217;m feeling after reading the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sescoops.com\/chris-jericho-jim-ross-barry-bloom-wrestling-promotion\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SESCoops Story<\/a> reported by Brad Davis this afternoon, where the seeds for a new wrestling promotion have been planted, fronted by Jacksonville Jaguars NFL owner Shad Khan.<\/p>\n<p>If you follow me on Twitter (@gregmparks) or listen to Wrestling Night in America (Sundays at 8pm EST, pwtorchlivecast.com), you&#8217;ll know that I&#8217;m a Jaguars fan. So this is really pretty weird. As someone who covers wrestling, this is great news &#8211; seems like a big story that could develop and is worth following over the next several weeks and months. As a wrestling fan, this could be a promotion, based on the above report, that would almost immediately jump to #2 status if it ever gets off the ground. <\/p>\n<p>As a Jaguars fan&#8230;I&#8217;m a little stunned. Sure, Khan is a billionaire, but he didn&#8217;t get to that point making stupid decisions. It&#8217;s not a fun feeling to have your favorite team&#8217;s owner already being referred to as a &#8220;money mark&#8221; by wrestling fans who have seen this show before. Khan is coming off an unsuccessful bid to buy Wembley Stadium, which was supposed to be a major revenue stream for his NFL franchise, so his reputation is smarting a little. <\/p>\n<p>Ah yes, the Jaguars. The reason they play in England every year, the reason Khan wanted to buy Wembley, is to pump that money back into the Jaguars. Jacksonville is a small-market city when it comes to the NFL, which means the amount of money to be made is somewhat more limited than other cities. It&#8217;s strange to then have your team&#8217;s owner decide to bankroll an expensive wrestling project that would be projected to lose millions of dollars in start-up costs alone, with no guarantee to ever see the black.<\/p>\n<p>Shad&#8217;s son, Tony, could be the point-man for the new promotion. He was put in charge of the analytics department of the Jaguars when Shad bought the team. Like his father, Tony is no dummy &#8211; which is why it&#8217;s so strange to see these two men apparently getting into a business that has such a track record of failure for these types of projects.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing going for the Khans are the wrestling-related names reportedly attached to the project: Chris Jericho, Jim Ross, Barry Bloom, and perhaps even the stars from All In. Of those who are (or will be) free agents, these are the names you&#8217;d want to go into battle with you in creating an organization from the ground-up.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows where this story will go? It could end up being much ado about nothing. Or it could set into motion a real change in the wrestling business in the next few years. Maybe the Khans saw Vince McMahon getting back into the football business and thought they&#8217;d try the reverse of that. Whatever happens, my hope is that Shad Khan gives Vince a ring to tell him he&#8217;s getting in the &#8216;rasslin&#8217; business. Worlds colliding indeed. <\/p>\n<p><em>Greg Parks hosts the &#8220;Wrestling Night in America&#8221; Livecast every Sunday night on PWTorchlivecast.com. Read additional columns from him at PWTorchVIP.com. Follow him on Twitter @gregmparks. 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