Even as someone who’s been accused of being sicko*, I’ll be the first to roll my eyes or make a Tony Khan joke when AEW’s president and head of creative is answering one of the “good question”s interviewers always seem to be asking him.
We all know there will be plenty of jokes about Khan’s highly-anticipated second interview with Ariel Helwani (their first was a trainwreck, and not a great moment for either of a pair who’ve had numerous highs and a fair amount of lows in their professional careers). But the only ones I can think of after watching it in its pushing-90-minutes entirety? They’re all about it’s length.
The “rematch” happened with both men in-studio for The Ariel Helwani Show today (Nov. 18). TK’s answers will be dissected and debated, no doubt. And some weren’t great, nor was the lack of pointed follow-up questions from Helwani on some of those. But overall it wasn’t an embarrassing outing for either, and contained a lot of interesting items and exchanges across the interview’s hour-plus duration.
Here’s a summary of and some quotes from their talk’s highs and lows:
And with that, let’s move into a lightning round of names Helwani threw at TK for comment! We’ve heard similar answers on some of these before, but not all of them…
Like I said, it was long, but not without merit. Check out the full interview embedded above, and let us know what your takeaways/jokes were in the comments below.
* I don’t really care what you call me, but know that I watch, generally enjoy, and sometimes mock shows from WWE, AEW, and other promotions.
