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Tony Khan and Bischoff ‘X’ clash draws in The Coach

Tony Khan, the president and owner of AEW, is involved in yet another high-profile spat on X.

This time it involves the USA Network, the WWE, superstar Jinder Mahal, Eric Bischoff and observer Jonathan Coachman.

It seemed this post by whomever supervises the official USA Network X account triggered Khan. The comment refers to Khan’s admission that he factors in fan ratings on the Cagematch site when determining his success as a booker.

Khan responded with:

While it is true that Mahal’s last win was against Humberto on the March 6th, 2022, episode of Smackdown, pro-wrestling, except for AEW, doesn’t hinge on or factor in wins and losses in their angles.

Eric Bischoff responded simply with a clown emoji to the statement.

Khan replied with:

 

Bischoff then posted this question to Khan:

Khan replied:

Khan and Bischoff then traded insults:

Former WWE announcer Jonathan Coachman, who now works for the NBC Sports Group, entered into the fray saying:

Coachman responded to a fan by writing: “Vince always taught us the audience dictates the matches and who wins. We always had babyfaces win the main event at house shows. Once I became a heel I would ring announce. Allows different endings and sometimes heels would win and the babyfaces would beat me up and everyone goes home happy. The audience determines everything in the wrestling business. Wins and losses are immaterial.”

Fans then began to throw in their two cents as well:

Over a month ago it was reported that AEW is now scrutinizing and has doled out fines to employees who are unprofessional on social media.

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