When the podcasters sit with it, they discover plenty of problems with Tony Khan‘s promotion. Not only is he criticized for the lack of viewership and ratings during AEW shows, but the President of the company is called out for almost every decision he takes. One of his recent decisions also invited some unwanted criticisms.

If you haven’t already come across it, now you will know that the 41-year-old changed some things and decided to ditch Wembley to host All In in Texas instead. This arrangement is for 2025. But planning things in advance has allowed Jim Cornette‘s co-host to take shots at him.

Tony Khan has several problems to tackle on his plate

AEW had an enormous challenge ahead of it when it was rumored to potentially lose its home. Despite reports that talks are progressing positively, no official confirmation has sufficed on an agreement. However, there are a few things that he may need to think over. The co-host on Jim Cornette’s Drive Thru said during episode 356 that Tony Khan doesn’t need to worry about running out of money because of his background. On the contrary, “He has to worry about the talent he’s going to have a year from now on that show.”

The show in question is the All In PPV that will emanate from Texas in 2025 instead of Wembley. The co-host believes that the hype for the show wouldn’t work unless he pays attention to the talent and makes the profitable ones stay. But why is AEW moving to Texas for next year’s show?

Potential explanation behind Tony Khan’s Texas move

The first All In took place in Wembley Stadium, London, in 2023. The show was a success for the promotion competing promotion. In its first edition, the wrestling promotion sold 80K tickets. Tony Khan decided to pull off something similar this year, but it didn’t work out in his favor. On the contrary, AEW sold only 50K tickets, which was a huge downfall from last year’s. According to Jim Cornette, in the same episode that we discussed earlier, this may have been the reason why the businessman decided to move the biggest show of his promotion to a different city overseas.

Perhaps if the ticket sales hadn’t declined so drastically for All In London this year, we wouldn’t be seeing it go to Texas in 2025. There are several things that AEW is battling at once and ticket sales being one of them just makes the table messier for Tony Khan to take care of. The move was probably smarter from an economic perspective, as he has some hopes for doing better next year. Since this PPV is supposed to be the biggest show for the wrestling promotion, it is better to play the cards right ahead of time.

Do you agree with what the co-hosts had to say?