Tony Khan knows that there are big expectations for the AEW Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, but he expects to meet them and pay tribute to a deserving wrestler.
In an interview with Scott Fishman of TV Insider, Tony Khan spoke about the pressure of putting together the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament. He said that fans haven’t been able to pay tribute to Owen as much as they should, but he’s working to make sure that AEW’s tournament in his honor is everything that his wife, Martha, and fans had hoped for.
“Owen Hart is one of the greatest pro wrestlers in my lifetime. We haven’t seen or heard enough about Owen Hart, who has not been put in the spotlight as I believe other deceased wrestlers. Now we’ve come to this great understanding with Martha Hart, who frankly has not wanted to do anything with WWE. She is a very well-educated, discerning woman. She has asked a lot of questions. She wants to make sure this tournament is a great representation. We’ll do everything in our power to make sure the tournament is everything she was hoping for as well as wrestling fans around the world. A great tournament filled with great wrestlers to honor the legacy of Owen Hart.”
Khan also spoke about his recent “Army of bots” Tweet that gained a lot of attention, noting that while he has seem some legitimate criticisms of AEW, many of those thoughts are shared by the same people exploiting social media.
“What I’ve seen was a lot of anti-AEW accounts that are really focused on the things they don’t like. A lot of those are legitimate things. Some of those points I’m trying to address. Some of them I don’t agree with, but the point is a lot of these are the same people. There are a handful of accounts that are being run by a few people running a lot of accounts. Those are real people. A lot of their engagement, their retweets, likes, people responding, and signal boosting for what they are saying, those are bots. You got a network of a few people with a lot of identities powered by a bunch of bots. I’m not making this up. I have hired IT experts that put together a much more sophisticated explanation than I’m capable of giving. It’s a real thing, or I wouldn’t have brought it up. I have a pretty good reputation in this business for honesty.”
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