Matt Hardy believes that any publicity is good publicity when it comes to Tony Khan’s recent posts on social media.
The AEW president has been notably vocal online about the head-to-head competition between NXT and AEW, sharing his thoughts both before and after their broadcasts. Tony Khan initially took aim at ‘bald a**holes’ Triple H and Shawn Michaels before later claiming a win over the competition by contending that NXT’s viewership fell short of the 1 million mark, even with the inclusion of John Cena and The Undertaker.
Hardy was quizzed about the posts that caught fans’ attention on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast. Hardy believes that Khan’s views have made him the talk of the internet wrestling community and this could translate to a larger audience for the next episode of Dynamite:
“I don’t think there’s such a thing as being too passionate about your show. Even when you talk about his methods of promotion, I just think it’s different strokes for different folks. He’s a younger guy. Tony grew into the world of social media in his wrestling fandom. I think it’s just kind of what he knows. He knows that is a platform, he can put his opinion, he can put his promotions out, and people are going to see it.
He has a large following, and he’s also such a figure in pro wrestling that has a ton of notoriety, so people are going to report on it, and it is going to make headlines. That’s what he’s been doing the last couple days, making headlines, but at the end of the day, the Internet audience, which he really depends on a lot for AEW, they are going to read those headlines, and there’s a good chance they’re gonna tune in just because it’s being talked about so much. The wrestling websites are gonna be picking up all these buck-wild Tony Khan tweets,”
Hardy doubled down on Khan’s passion by describing how the boss likes to share his enthusiasm with the online fanbase:
“He’s passionate about pro wrestling, and I think he knows he can directly reach people, people who are like him. I think his mentality is of a diehard fan, and I feel like he interacts with diehard fans, and he feels like he’s able to reach diehard fans, and I think he feels like he can buy some equity with those people, especially if he’s not afraid to back down from WWE and the system,”
Matt Hardy Defends Tony Khan
Hardy believes that Khan’s passion and determination have simply been misinterpreted by the posts on social media that made the headlines. However, some in the locker room disagree as there is an overall thought that Tony Khan should take a step back from social media.
H/t to Fightful.