Tout comme aimait le faire à l’époque Vince McMahon, Tony Khan fait connaître souvent en coulisses le développement des histoires à la dernière minute… et ce n’est pas apprécié de tout le monde.
Dave Meltzer a mentionné, sur Wrestling Observer Radio et pour Wrestletalk, que certians lutteurs aimeraient savoir un peu plus d’avance ce qui arrive à leurs personnages.
Les lutteurs en question aimeraient donc proposer des idées et faire évoluer davantage leurs personnages à long terme.
“If you follow AEW, you know that a lot of the stuff is being decided at much later periods than previous. Guys are getting their information on what they’re doing later, and decisions are being made later.”
There’s times the day of the show sometimes you don’t even know (what the plans are). It’s almost at times like we used to talk about WWE. Which is also very frustrating for talent.
A lot of guys have a lot of input on what they’re doing, but they don’t really know a long-term direction. So they’re doing stuff and they’re coming up with ideas, but when you don’t really know exactly a long-term direction, you’re kind of coming up with ideas week-by-week too, but you don’t know where the ultimate thing is and maybe the ultimate thing hasn’t even been decided. So that’s one of the reasons that the shows are like the shows are.”
Jerry Lynn, qui est entraîneur à la AEW et sur le comité de direction de Ring of Honor, a répliqué aux propos de Meltzer.
Lynn a mentionné que Khan préfère ne rien trop dévoiler à l’avance, afin d’éviter les fuites qui nourrissent les sites spécialisés de lutte.
“Because wrestlers and God knows who else have and continue to leak info to the sheets, podcasts, etc. So Tony tries to keep things confidential. You wouldn’t want to know everything before you see a movie. Anyone who leaks info is doing damage to the product and the industry.”


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