Shane McMahon could have a major disagreement with Tony Khan if he joined AEW, thinks WWE personality, after recent photo of the two surfaces
A WWE personality feels that Shane McMahon could have a major disagreement with Tony Khan if he joins AEW. This comes after a picture of the two went viral recently.
Sam Roberts was the latest to comment on McMahon joining AEW. The wrestling community was shaken to its core when reports of Shane McMahon's secret meeting with Tony Khan emerged. Although specific details of the meeting are yet to be known, a picture from the meeting found its way to the internet and has since gone viral.
Several experts and critics have given their thoughts on the situation since the reports. Speaking on his Notsam Wrestling podcast, Roberts mentioned that Shane wasn't going to AEW to be a wrestler and that he'd want a big stake which is why a deal may not work out between the parties.
He stated that things like money and McMahon's expertise paying off and his enjoyment of being involved with the Jacksonville-based promotion weren't the issues and there was an abundance of it, but Roberts felt Khan might not want to give up what McMahon would actually demand and therein lay the biggest hurdle.
"He's not coming to just be a wrestler. He's Shane McMahon, you know. He's coming to have a big stake. As a matter of fact, that's probably the only reason why I think this might not end up being a thing. It has nothing to do with the money 'cause the money's there. It has nothing to do with whether or not Tony [Khan] thinks it would be great to have a brain like Shane McMahon around, whether Shane McMahon thinks that he would have fun doing this. I think all the answers to those questions are 'yes'," he said.
Sam Roberts elaborated that Shane would want to have autonomous power which could cause disagreements between them since Tony may not be willing to give up that much power.
"The only thing that holds it back is I think ultimately Shane and rightfully so would say, 'I want, you know, this much power. I want this much autonomous power if I'm going to come in,' and I don't know that Tony Khan is the type of guy that likes to give any chunks of autonomous power," he added. [43:42 - 44:30]
You can check out his comments in the video below:
Booker T is not surprised by Shane McMahon's meeting with Tony Khan
The secret meeting between Shane McMahon and Tony Khan came as a bit of a surprise to wrestling fans given the former's background. However, a WWE Hall of Famer was not surprised by it.
Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T mentioned that he wasn't surprised by Shane-O-Mac's meeting with Tony since anything was possible in the wrestling business.
"Nothing surprises me in this business, it really doesn’t. Could I believe that Tony Khan reached out to Shane McMahon perhaps for some expert knowledge, expertise, perhaps a way to run the business? I could see that. It’s all about trying to move to the next level. Does Shane McMahon need a check? I don’t think so,” he said. [H/T Inside the Ropes]
It will be interesting to see whether anything of substance will materialize from Shane McMahon's meeting with the AEW boss, Tony Khan. Or could Sam Roberts' analysis of the situation turn out to be true? Only time will tell.