Good point

Paul would have to go in like Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse: "It's my way, or the highway." Then he can bring in Terry Funk and tell him "Morgan, you're outta here. Take the train."

If they won't listen to William Regal, 🤷 too

Jim Ross doesn't have a beast, a Samoan dynasty and a dozen hardcore legends behind him either 🤷 they do share Austin though 🤣

@@mikefrost1312 JR is one of the top respected names in the business, any old school wrestling fan will immediately think "Good old JR" along with the late great Mean Gene Okerlund and Gorilla Monsoon. You can't tell me if you weren't offered advice from one of the legends of the business itself you wouldn't listen to every word they say.

Oh lord...at this point, that would be a multi phase boss fight....Tony Khan phase 1, Jericho phase 2, 3, and 4.....EVP's phase 5

"Brock! Get him!"

Maybe Paul would ask for help from the Aliens.

Man I love these comments😂

Battle of the bloats?

Plot twist: they've been running it all year...

with the Head Janitor as General Manager.

@@OscarRamirez-vt4sm Nah catering is usually more organized and doesn't have staff going into business for themselves by replacing the chicken with burnt tofu.

At this point....the part time security team could give us something more memorable than Tony Khan

Theyre too pissed at him for destroying all of their tables

AEW is just 40 year old man-child TK playing with his toys

**JIM** could fix AEW !!

Yep, it's not run like a business, because it doesn't have to be. Similar to WCW which was run more like a subsidiary "brand" not funded on merit but on how much Turner was willing to spend on it. Vanity project, loss leader. That would be okay, but it is unfortunate when every promoter out there is a psychotic arrogant control freak about it.

He should atleast bring his two e-fed friends in. Let them run Rampage

The fact that he was still efedding in his 30s speaks volumes. LOL. I quit doing that shit when I was like 20. LOL

You pretty much hit every single thing that immediately comes to my mind, as well.

cm punk buried AEW with the media scrum

@@ladistarnot his fault for telling the truth 🤷‍♂️ blame the EVPs

And… the Elite come along and bury all those people except MJF.

@@cameroncrisamore2871 both parties are dickheads for that whole situation

Meanwhile, The Evps and Death Triangle are doing gymnastic routines inside Jim Ross's locker room to spite him as he sits there sighing..

The funny thing about all of that is that u can still the EVPs do their thing. As long as u put other things that are better around it. U could have something for everyone. But, they are afraid of people seeing through what they do and instead of looking at it as a positive for the company they are threatened and resort to the whole we started the revolution and u are just riding our coattails schtick

Bro.. They really gonna treat JR like how Vince treated him in WWE?

@@stephano1019 except its 10x worst. The few people he hated in WWE were Vince, Dunn and Ace. All the wrestlers in WWF at the time respected Jim and took his advice, now most of the AEW roster treats him like an afterthought and Adam Page is their poster child of not taking advice. He sounds so miserable most of the time on AEW commentary.

@@TheMrAlgoh I can imagine. Well AEW is gonna reap what they sow which might happen in 1 or two years

Best “what-if” I’ve ever heard.

That and he would need Gabe Sapolsky and a few others to shadow him. Fully financed or not, Paul CANNOT do it by himself. People forget, it wasn't just the bounced checks. He was running himself into the ground. Gabe did the same in ROH's golden era. But you've gotta have a support system and a safety net, as it would be national television.

@@Lunacyk Well yeah in this instance Paul would only be in charge of creative. And when Russo came over he took Ed Ferrara with him so I'm guessing Paul would be able to bring guys with him too. It would be like when he was in charge of Smackdown. Which funny enough was built around him booking legends like The Undertaker and superstars like Brock but also elevating the Guerrero, Benoit, Edge and Rey Mysterio into main eventers which is just what WCW needed at that time. They had the young talent like Rey, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, The Natural Born Thrillers stable had some solid raw talents. Plus he could have just gone to ECW and signed RVD and a bunch of other stars as that place was about to shut down. Paul was an expert at taking chicken shit and making chicken salad out of it about as well as anyone has ever done, especially back then. Imagine him working with Sting, Goldberg, Booker T, Steiner, Flair etc. Even guys like Kanyon, Konan, Vampiro and Bagwell would have been interesting in a Paul Heyman environment. Basically if you could do one or two things well, Paul could make you a star. Look, promo, wrestling skills. If you were good at two or even just really good at one he could find a way to get you over.

Wouldn't change anything - Warner AOL wanted out of wrestling because it didn't fit their brand. Even if ratings had held up the executive's didn't want WCW on their Network anymore - allegedly WCW was still profitable when they sold it all to Vince for $1, that's how bad they wanted it gone. Hayman being the booker wouldn't have changed their minds.

The over the top swearing and borderline pornographic production had a whole lot to do with ECW not becoming bigger as much as the lack of money and stars going to greener pastures.

They'd listen to him. And many of them wouldn't realize they did.

Since Paul is a Dave Meltzer supplier of news they may listen to him.

@@scrappy93 You're a goof. You actually think that clown Meltzer has anyone in WWE actually speaking to him 🤣

Jim Ross is one of the most overrated figures in wrestling history. Been involved in so much nonsense and never accepts any blame or accountability, even when he's been in positions of power. I know it fits the anti-AEW narrative to credit JR for being outspoken on that company, but he hasn't cared to learn the wrestler's names or the show titles. He's just collecting a check at this point and it's obvious.

@@Kalbuir66 kids ji

@@thejanglezclan boo hoo. I bet you were meat riding JR when AEW first acquired him and are now crying about it since it didn’t work out.

That's absolutely fair!

Regal and Punk bailed out on Tony. Heyman could make Tony the Ultimate Mark!! Thank the good Lord $#it$tain doesn't try it.

I'm inclined to agree with Corny.....if Tony Khan gave Heyman the booking role, stayed out of the way, and gave absolutely zero pushback unless network execs said something that was detrimental to the tv product...I think Heyman could right the ship. But I'll be honest with myself....it's a pipe dream, it'll never happen. Every single opportunity AEW had to push ahead of WWE has been squandered. It's outright offensive that AEW had everything handed to them on a silver platter and chose not to take advantage.

@@markcampbell2702 plus you know Paul would ask an owning share of the company

I agree. People seem to forget he was in charge of RAW around 2018-20 if I remember. It was different but I wouldn't say it's better. I do know The House of Black would be the top faction there lol.

Same with Delirious.

👍

Don't forget Sting. He's been around for the highs and lows of wrestling companies like being around the the highs of WCW and the lows as well as TNA.

Push them out! They do good business or get gone! And knowing Heyman and his hustling ability and connects? The EVPs will be M.I.A. in no time!

He'd fire them the first day more than likely

He wouldn't.

Paul would drop an ultimatum. Get in line or get out. He will not take that kind of BS.

he would fired the evps

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I remember when he was bleeding in the Sharpshooter and wouldn't quit. And the time he took 10 singapore cane shots to the back from Sandman as the fans watched in horror and he gained their respect. Let's not forget when he won the 2004 Royal Rumble from the entrant one spot.

Just don't let it distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.

No, no that's Paul E if Russo was booking him

🤣😅

Curtis Axel looked like he had some promise with Heyman

@@socialistbatman1211 Even Heyman can't help you if you have absolutely NO personality what-so ever. 90 percent is on YOU. The other 10 percent they can handle but at the end of the day it's on YOU to get whatever over.

Vince did help ecw keep afloat for a little longer

What nonsense.

Wow. Pretty much.

Oh please. Ridiculous.

Yeah to me AEW is doomed it is just a matter of when and not if Politics are always gonna run wild there based on who Tony likes and doesn't like rather then what is best for business and he will never give up creative its the whole reason he started the company he has talked alot about how he used to book for years with his Efed online. He also for some reason thinks he is good at Pr and does too much press only to not anwser most questions people actually want to know its just not good all around I wouldn't be surprised if they are losing tens of millions or more yearly they are not making money its sustaining off of Tony Khans money he gets from his dad on his personal account not money AEW has made.

He's basically Dixie Carter with a penis, only difference is that Tony never hired Shitstain

@@scottbreon9448 dude i spat my damn coffee reading this

Ya but Brian is the only one in AEW with the talent, experience and personality of any of those 6.

There are no 6 guys in Hacksonville with the combined cred of just Chavo, never mind the rest of the OG Six

Agreed.... But Heyman could of still built an actually compelling show around: 1. Bryan 2. Punk 3. Miro 4. MJF 5. Starks 6. Hobbes HM: Ethan Page, Adam Page, Darby Allin Where the less established guys could get more over instead of less over with good storylines. Add credible jobbers who look good and can work (eg.Tony Nese, Andrade) and a tag team division that makes sense. That could have been a good 2 hour show each week.

@@edewence3797 see the think with Paul is 1 ECW which is him hiding the short comings of all the guys and made the most out of a limited budget. TK already is trying to make AEW and new Japan ECW Hybrid because that’s his favorite. With the other being the smackdown 6 shoes that had a Vince filter like the attitude Era with Shitstain. Paul would at this stage of his life, if he where to give up on his WWE cushy job milk TK for all the money he could like most of the people in AEW.

@@edewence3797 that is not gonna draw, you need larger than life people, not Punk and Bryan

Crocodile Dundee??

@tonedover The one and only.

@@tonedover Like Crocodile Dundee wasn't a bad ass......

All Effete Wrestling*

The stories were better in the 1980's but that required a thin veneer of Kayfabe. Watching some of the "best of" matches on Peacock opened my eyes to the reality of the matches. Go back and watch Flair vs. Harley Race, Flair vs. Sting, or most of the 1980s stuff. It is boring in an age of MMA. It was even boring for the time. The Road Warriors popped so hard because they were fast aggressive and completely different. The matches of the 1980s would flop hard in the modern age. Yet, a lot of fans still hold those matches as holy.

I don't think Jim ever hated Paul the booker or Paul the manager.

HE’S THE BOOKER OF THE YEAR! How hard is that for you to understand?

Jake Stone Jake The Snake from Stone mountain Georgia is that where the name came from?

Yeah I remember hearing that Ross was a big mentor to him during their wcw days in the early 90s

Paul makes it no secret that his mentors in WCW were Dusty and Jim Ross

They need to make a rule "you do a flippy move and you're canned."

I totally felt that! Its been long said they were equals in a sense never associated together & of different styles. This was a great Podcast I would recommend

true. he respects him but doesnt like or trust him.

And yo know TK is a lost cause when even Vince on his worst day would be willing to receive advice or suggestions even if it meant he would reject t

@@stephano1019 WWE beat WCW not because they are the better product but because they are the better business. Vince had the common sense to put experienced people on positions of power and let youngsters at the time like the rock, stone cold, Undertaker etc be the face when WCW was relying on old heads like Hogan, macho man etc.

100%. Easiest job he could get at this point while still getting national tv time and paid. Gets along with the current regime and can probably cherry pick who he wants to manage on screen. That’s a lot to give up at his age, especially when AEW talent already doesn’t listen to Jim Ross or any of the other old school vets there.

Also isn''t he now like , 3rd or 4th in line to take over things if something happens to Hunter? Maybe even higher than that.

@@Dankbanana1 Maybe on paper, but Stephanie would never allow Heyman to get into that spot lol.

BUM--BA-DA-DA-DUM...BA-DA-DA-DUM!🤣🤣🤣

That might be correct, but, I think, any other company (ECW or WCW) not WWE, will be a victim of its own success and will not survive on the modern time

Jim and Paul maybe bad at business, but at least they are not Lucha Underground.

@@juicyfartsofjimcornette1154 LU was more of Cinematic Wrestling promotion which worked just their contracts for hot garbage. I would've rather wrestle for Jim Cornette's SMW or maybe Heyman's ECW

@@brandonselitetv1436 what about Vince’s ECW?

@@brandonselitetv1436 - They also didn't have House Shows, and lacked on merchandise big time. And that is why Robert Rodriguez and especially Mark Burnett can go 6th letter 21st letter 3rd letter 11th letter themselves!

TNA was awesome even when it was shit, too bad wrestling "fans" shit on it at every opportunity

@@philloomer Im in NZ we only had TNA on tv here briefly when Hogan was there. It had a shot during that period to grow ircc more international tv markets opened up for TNA then too but the horrible booking killed the chance it had. AEW's current trend is leading that way too which is kinda sad.

Impact is better now than AEW. But no one sees it

Except that he didn't pay them.

​@@EazyE11well, at least if he's playing with the Khan's money he won't stiff the boys?

ECW roster was miles ahead of AEW, they just constantly left.

@@EazyE11 He wouldn't have to be the one paying them with a billionaire backing them in the ultimate point. They also agreed to work for free.

@@EazyE11 Heyman was never a money guy and was said to have a gambling problem, so he would not be given free-reign with money. The fact that Heyman got people to work without paying them on time (if at all) would work in AEwWs favor because Tony Khan has the opposite issue where he is paying people not to show up and work.

He is such a arrogant man, really hate listening to him, such an ego manic,

Another Battle Royal? TK should be banned from using them for 2 years!!

So you’re the guy that’s giving that show it’s 1 viewer rating.

@@socialistbatman1211 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@danthemancushecan Trash.

@@bootneyfarnsworth2844 Wrestling as a whole needs a ban on battle royals (the Rumble can stay), ladders, and multi-man matches. For AT LEAST two years.

Yeah he'd want them to wrassle like it's 1983

@grant1739 you mean when wrestling drew money? Simpleton.

@@grant1739 so with logic and not breaking their body for a cheap pop

TK tried to hire him. Corny flatly refused the job, partly because of who else Tony hired but mainly because he doesn't want to work for anyone but himself.