Fans slam Tony Khan for claiming AEW Rampage will beat SmackDown ratings

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9/10/2021 5:44 PM

Tony Khan has claimed Rampage ratings will beat SmackDown

AEW president Tony Khan has claimed that Rampage will beat SmackDown in next week’s ratings. This comes after WWE announced on this week’s SmackDown that the next week’s episode will be supersized. Meaning that they will run the SmackDown longer than usual.

This did not sit well with Khan who believes it is an attempt to overshadow AEW’s Rampage. Khan took to Twitter where he openly challenged SmackDown and said:

“I saw you’re doing a half hour head-to-head with us. I can’t wait to finally beat your main show head-to-head. It’s been a long time coming. See you next Friday for #AEWRampage on @AEWonTNT!”

I saw you’re doing a half hour head-to-head with us. I can’t wait to finally beat your main show head-to-head. It’s been a long time coming. See you next Friday for #AEWRampage on @AEWonTNT!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 9, 2021

WWE have also stacked up a major card for next week’s SmackDown. The card includes Brock Lesnar’s return, Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks and also the semi finals of Queen’s Crown and King of the Ring. While the wrestlers compete inside the rings Khan has certainly called out for a fight in show ratings.

Khan certainly seemed excited and also confident that his show is going to perform better than WWE’s Raw.

How did the fans react to the claim by Tony Khan?

The fans were certainly not impressed by the comments made by Khan. They voiced their opinions on Twitter blasting Khan. Take a look at some of the responses:

We know how this ends. SD will do 2 mil, rampage 630k and they’ll find some type of demo or blog that said they won the ratings and promote it. Crazy can’t just worry about doing your own show to the best of your ability, alway worrying about them
— Josh Burton (@heelJB) October 9, 2021

https://twitter.com/BuddyJB3/status/1446718694848188418

Worry about yourself..you keep looking at the " competition" that will doom you
— nizar h (@nizarh4) October 9, 2021

Interesting that you wait until you know your 'competition' is going to be on a different channel. Can't wait for the excuses on either side when it doesn't go the way y'all so desperately want it to go. Call me when you get the balls to actually go head to head week to week.
— Vanilla Sunrise (@IvoryKeys56) October 9, 2021

https://twitter.com/Big_Evil6/status/1446680702968385536

Its what doomed wcw, it’s what doomed tna, it’s what will doom aew if you don’t concebtrate on your own show.

Obviously the production, the silly nonsense and too many cooks will play a part aswell.
— black wrist o sauron (@Vocare88) October 9, 2021

Shut the hell up. You're going to get killed in the ratings. Enjoy being embarrassed. You're going to move Rampage to Thursdays after next week's atrocious performance in the ratings
— BJ (@WWETalkTime3) October 9, 2021

focus on aew and stop hating and bashing on wwe 24/7 because thats what aew and its wrestlers do 24/7 and why do u care more about wwe then aew because u can't keep wwe out of your mouth at all so stop with the ego my god
— GHWWEFAN23 (@GHWWEFAN23) October 9, 2021

Why on earth would you want to embarrass yourself like this? You're an owner of a business ffs
— Gareth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@WWEGareth) October 9, 2021

You can't even get 600 K when you have CM Punk wrestle with no head to head competition. How the hell you expect to beat SD. Even if they are on FS1.
— billy thornberry (@infamousbilly) October 9, 2021

The fans certainly did not enjoy what Khan had to say and came at Khan with all cylinders firing. Whose rating will come out on top next week? Only time will tell.

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