Former WCW executive Eric Bischoff has a rivalry with AEW owner Tony Khan as the two have exchanged words since shortly after All Elite Wrestling launched.
Bischoff said his problem with Khan began when the latter insulted Bischoff’s former boss, Ted Turner.
“I was cheering him on until he started to do some really stupid s*** and still putting himself over at the expense of other people,” Bischoff said on his “83 Weeks” podcast. “That statement [about Ted Turner] is what turned me off to Tony Khan. That was so disrespectful to Ted Turner. Meanwhile, the little b**** is on TNT or TBS and he’s disrespecting the guy that created the [freaking] network and suggesting that Ted Turner doesn’t know as much as Tony Khan. I’m sorry, your name is now on another list.
“Disrespect me, I’m cool with that. Disrespect a lot of people in WCW that did a lot of great things and actually made your opportunity possible, Tony, disrespect them, I get that; you’re young, you’re excited, you’re pushing your product. But when he sh** on Ted Turner, especially when he’s part owner of a [freaking] football team that is nothing more than a punchline. Are you [freaking] kidding me?”
Bischoff was referring to a tweet that Khan sent out last October noting that “Turner didn’t know 1% of what I know about professional wrestling or WCW would still be on TNT/TBS.”
Bischoff responded, “If Tony Khan knew half as much about building a successful sports franchise as Ted Turner did with the Atlanta Braves, maybe the [Jacksonville] Jaguars wouldn’t be a [freaking] punchline. Bam, I’m done.”
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