Ariel Helwani meets Nick Khan | WWE releases, the future of NXT, and his role in the company
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WWE resident and Chief Revenue Officer Nick Khan joined Ariel Helwani the night before #SummerSlam to talk shop. A man making a lot of headlines in the industry, he speaks about the recent wave of releases, rebranding #WWENXT, and if the company is up for sale. An extremely rare interview.
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He definitely knows all the right answers to say. No wonder Vince loves this guy.
A career talker who knew all the right answers to say in his interview with Vince
Douchebag yes man
All the right answers, but he's gotten sloppy in his delivery. It's painfully obvious how disingenuous he is.
Very much a politician in his response to all the questions, this interview wasn't enlightening at all....
@@thejanglezclan I think any WWE fan could see through the BS, but outsiders would easily be duped which is what they want lol
"We don't live in the past" So about that Goldberg title match I just watched
Goldberg shows up ONCE every 8-12 months…62 Year old sting old fat Jericho shows up every single week.
@@Moneywise724 Wrestling once every 10 months , dude thats bad . It showed why he did a lot botched on his moves. And Once he cameback to get title shot 😂😂 Sting didnt get title shot when he debut or comeback to wrestle and jericho still do SOME cool moves 😂
It was about Goldberg's son lmao
@@Kendrick5150 Fatass Jericho and Senior Citizen Sting are embarrassing.
That’s not the point he was making🤦🏾 y’all just pick out a quote and don’t actually listen to what he was saying
Business man with good business man answers. He's prints money for them thats all. I think having an interview with the creative team is what we need.
He's evil
@@ericb9252 welcome to the world of global corporate presidents and ceos and chairman's.
@@ericb9252 choices have to be made ,one day AEW will start cutting talent
@@Mike-pz9xy And the KKK are anti establishment
@@lilachie Nope. No excuse for cutting all that talent
Nick says “I worked at WrestleMania IX” immediately my brain goes ‘ohhhhh that explains it’🤣
He worked at one of the worst ppvs of all time as an Usher 😂😂😂😂
Aew love Nick khan and Vince McMahon why aew love both because only reason they give top superstar and legends😂😂😂😂😂😂😅
@@Eternal_OntheShell IX was better than every ppv post 2010
@@crashpal hahahahaha
@@crashpal post 2010? I mean Fatal 4 Way is a questionable PPV lol.
He worked as an usher to get into Wrestlemania because he had no money. And now he is their top executives. Like, wow.
True rags to riches story..that was amazing in what he accomplished 🔥
This was an exhibition on how to answer every question correctly. Flawless.
Vince Mcmahon’s accomplishments: -Creating the biggest weekly wrestling shows ever:Raw and Smackdown -Putting his shows on the biggest Networks NBC (USA Network) FOX CBS (TNN/Spike TV,UPN,The CW) -Creating the WWE Network -Creating Wrestlemania -Buying all the Terrotries -The Attitude Era -Bought WCW/ECW -Ruthless Agression Era -Brand Split -Creating a huge list of Mainstream Superstars -The Best at creating Spectacles -Hulkamania -WWE holds the attendance records at many Stadiums like Skydome Stadium Ford Field,Superdome,Orlando Stadium,Saefco Field,State Farm Stadium,Levi’s stadium -1 Billion Dollars Peacock Deal -Going Public in 1999
This aged well
@@RowanScholtanus how didn’t age well,he literally is still the one who accomplished all of that
@@Heyyo57sorry my friend but if the allegations are true, then all those accomplishments mean nothing
@@user-zi7vv4nc1p he is dtill the one who achieved those things No one else And those allegations are fake
"We don't look to the past." Which is why Goldberg and Cena were in their respective title matches and Lesnar was brought back as Roman's next challenger.
+ Edge with The Brood entrance
Y’all only listen in quotes ? Why should they be focusing on wrestlers they released already ?
If they move the needle they get chances. I don't enjoy watching Goldberg in 2021, but the revenue and TV ratings say people do.
Ya not like aew at least they use Chris Jericho Matt Hardy Cody and Dustin Rhodes The Big Show Mark Henry Shawn Spears CM Punk come to think of it aew reminds me of impact 2.0 with all the former WWE stars
I mean, CM punk is 40+ and he's a "past wrestler" so...
I have to be honest. He comes off extremely likeable and personable in this interview
“we live in the present and the future we don’t live in the past” literally goldberg is in a title picture in 2021
Did he win yes or no?
@@aaronherrera8892 Yes
Y2J in the title picture
@@aaronherrera8892 Goldberg will win at the next Crown Jewel show next month lmao
@@sp5ism He is not
Answers the questions like a Politician. No one got anything out of this interview really. Nothing groundbreaking. He knows what he's doing.
That’s why top corporate execs don’t really do sit down interviews. Can’t say anything that could upset shareholders, or accidentally say anything that a competitor could take advantage of
Exactly. Btw he enjoys fake modesty
corporate trained
People seem to never grasp or have real expectations as to what kind of answers an executive can even provide. The reason interviews with executives are usually rare is because they can’t really say anything that people expect to hear them say. They have to be careful about whatever they do say in their position and answering that way is always going to make people upset because it comes off as disingenuous because they can’t give the answers that people wish they could. But with that in mind people should have those real expectations before they tune into such an interview and understand they’re not going to get some salacious dirt they’re hoping to hear.
I’m surprised that at the end of the interview that Nick did not say “Oh,by the way,so and so wrestlers are being released.I wish them well in their future endeavours!”.
So this is Vince’s Darth Maul 🧐🧐🧐
Nope. Vince is Palpatine and Khan is Darth Vader.
CM punk is Luke skywalker
Triple H is Dooku
Who’s Jarjar binks?
@@RKO1988 Bruce Prichard 💯💯
"If something desastruous happens, I'll take the blame" Right after, talking about the cuts : "We're a group of people [...] Ultimately Vince takes the final decision"
Exactly he's a coward now that we see the man behind the "budget cuts" and ridiculous statements he certainly doesn't keep the same energy.
"People wanna see a local product" Company proceeds to bury every wrestler in their hometowns.
Mustafa losing at home lol
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Smort
That's not what Bruce Prichard had to say, which is odd.
In a Business World, It means Something.
9:00 After he mentions Vince Mcmahone, Bruce Prichard is the first person he names - ahead of Triple H, and Stephanie McMahon. That sure says alot.
After watching this interview, there's no other way to put it...Nick Khan is just an awesome guy and WWE certainly has the right man for the job.
As a 20 year WWE fan, and as someone who has been confused about their recent actions, this interview made lots of sense and explains things. Whether people want to criticize his answers or whatever, I found him having a goal and looking to get better.
true
I agree and im a long time wwe fan and confused about recent events
@@kenmrgentleman Forget this shitshow of a company! They are mocking the wrestling business to please one man's sick sense of humor, lust for blondes, burying wrestling talents for old timers, money hungry brutes with creative control, steroid freak nobodies, Vince can thank the terrorists and covid for his record breaking profits!
Idiotic approach by this guy. Killing wrestling business.
aged like milk@@Kenny42078
AEW legit must love this man.
AEW and the higher ups in WWE offices must adore this man..
@@KingRioT1 True but only one company is going to benefit long term from him lol.
Well WWE is better than AEW so 🤔
The answer of Bianca's burial, NXT burial, eminent Big E burial is just in one video!
@@samleemasters2k971 not better but bigger atm
In so many words, we’re gonna sign a bunch of random people and leave the ones that have dedicated their lives to this craft. Ok bet
"we live in the present. We live in the future. We don't live in the past" Also: Goldberg just had a match at SummerSlam, had one against Bray Wyatt a few years ago, had one with Undertaker a few years ago, and there was a match a few years ago with HBK and HHH vs Undertaker and Kane
He isn't living in Goldberg's past too😅 just knows Bill's a cash grab
Let me know when Johnny Gargano sell out WrestleMania & Goldberg should never come to WWE again.
"We live in the present, we live in the future. We don't live in the past". Did this man watch the two heavyweight title matches?
Every company uses stars from the past.
@@Cboz1978 UFC RARLELY DO
@@thomsjordan8081 UFC fighters fight once a quarter
@@Cboz1978 Rather than build new stars for "their future" they kept using old talents like Goldberg , Brock Lesnar and Edge . Its more like "they live in the past and present" i am afraid when roman quit there no one else can take his place to be face of company.
He's implying that the talent they released weren't apart of there plans moving forward, which is ok it happens in sports and tv. they will do better elsewhere.
Helwani with them dunks though 🧐
Interesting for WWE to have interviews of this kind.
He’s too good at answering any question that he should be the spokesman for WWE.
Things he said and how he represents the company came across very differently to Vince and the traditional WWE mindset
"I think both shows are great right now" I don't need the see more 😂😂😂😂😂😂
When he says that the recent releases couldn't move the needle currently or in the future in their opinion he is counting a bray wyatt (windham) and an adam scheer (braun strowman). Remember this.
It makes sense for them.
and they are right
Lol Bray Wyatt is overrated
Bray never improved ratings nor did Braun, one moved merch but that’s about it
@@ThaTruth223 it seems pretty clear to me that WWE stopped caring about ratings the moment the network dropped. Had they started they wouldn’t have bothered putting what’s consistently the shitties wrestling show on a weekly basis with RAW. How is firing someone that is over like Bray going to improve ratings? If they cared about ratings they wouldn’t have Goldberg come out only a few times a year if he was such a needle pusher.
He should be a heel character on TV
He will be soon
Who’s here after vince retirement
The fact this guy was a lawyer, and an agent, makes me feel icky
Well, he's very good at corporate-speak. That's for sure. And for that reason, I believe he's bullshitting his way through this whole interview.
"I dislike WWE and therefore I will make a leaping judgement on this man because I am a stupid smark"
His job is in the revenue side, not creative. I wouldn't expect him to fidget with the light and sound systems either, that's not his job. The guy seems super focused, which must be why they hired him.
@@realtalk6195 Finally, a person with a shroud of maturity.
Real Talk exactly. Smarks don’t understand business and financials, they only care about how many flips a human being can perform.
Jim Gold your precious AEW will be 6ft under as well by the time that happens.
Nick Khan needs to consider moving RAW to NBC Network,The Voice which is their biggest show will only be on NBC for 13 weeks in a year now,only one season per year not 2 seasons,there aren’t any big shows replacing it on monday so they should put RAW on NBC and those 13 weeks back to USA network like FOX does with FS1
This guy is an extremely good speaker. The Khan guy I mean.
@Steven D'Angelo because of releasing jobbers and making billion dollar deals for wwe?
@@khesipresents1885 Bray Wyatt was never a jobber. One of the most interesting Characters, top merchandise seller, Three time WWE Champion. Any reason to fire him and still keep workers like Eva Marie?
Kudos to the interviewer this is definitely one of the best interview I have seen recently.
Ariel is great
Ariel is one of the best non UK interviewers
Man, HHH invites him and his wife to his 50th B-Day party... Only to be overtaken to be next in line to run WWE... How messed up is that!
Triple h and stephanie didnt want it
The biggest heel in the business
Grow up kiddo.
@@rodycaz8984 - kiddo
@@rodycaz8984 kiddo
@@rodycaz8984 kiddo
@@rodycaz8984 -kiddo
Weird the 2 biggest Wrestling companies in the U.S. have a Khan prominent in them.
There wasn't a single wrong answer in this interview. I believe he would have a good explanation even if wwe fires Roman and Cena.
It's not like Cena works there anymore anyway.
That's his job that's what a conman is supposed to do make bad things sound good
Every company looks at the competition, that's why WWE has a 90 day no compete clause for their released talent.
@Fraser AEW isn't even close to Smackdown and Raw's ratings and profits. Why would they acknowledge such an inferior product?
@@pulsegamin4790 exactly
Personaly i'm living in the golden era of the WWF. I buy 80s and 90s merchandise and i watch shows from 1985 to 90s all the time.
Wow Ariel Helwani good job obtaining this interview with Nick Khan... Great job ...
Ariel is amazing. Asking the right questions. Great interview!
Saturday nights for PPV going forward is a massive plus hope this does happen permanently :)
If WWE is the Bolshevik party and Vince McMahon is Lenin, then Nick Khan is Stalin while Triple H is Trotsky. Like Stalin, Nick Khan is just a guy who works quietly behind the scenes who suddenly got a powerful position since he played his cards right. Meanwhile Triple H is like Trotsky who has a prominent position and thought to be the heir apparent but got shafted because of Nick Khan's rise in power.
Dude this comment just blew up my mind, excellent comparison.
Vince was right to hire this guy. He dropped dead weight, brokered the billion dollar fox deal and has made the wwe the most profits it has ever seen.
im confused what Nick Khan said is quite different with what happened in WWE nowadays
Man this interview was much needed
I like the fact that this interview was made, I mean nobody should ever be forced to do interviews but I think its good that Nick Khan decided to do so because the image that some people on the net were trying to paint about him was the image of a devil. He came across quite professional I think, partially because of Ariel's questions. Not everybody in the mma world likes Ariel, also because he always asks the hard questions.
I got that from Ariel. He asks the hard questions in a respectful manner, some interviewers try to make the interviewee look bad, personally I don’t think Khan’s a bad man and I don’t know if he’s a good guy but something I know for sure is that he’s a great businessman
Well, he is the devil
I don't understand the hate for some people on the dirtsheets either dude. This is the very first interview I've EVER seen of Nick. From a first impression standpoint, I really like this dude
Good interview 👍
Nick mostly starts his sentence with the word "Listen"
He voiced Navi from Ocarina of time
His answers to these questions sound a lot like how hunter would answer them lol
Bringing back old guys only because they draw numbers and not developing a single young talent will definitely hurt this company .
Dude they literally show up only once or twice a year. Professional wrestling isn’t drawing in younger audience and even new talent just lacks the charisma of old ones. Let’s be real. I haven’t felt a single Lucha close to Rey mysterio. I used to watch full time 10 years ago but I don’t even watch highlights they post on their channel. Shawn Michaels was my favourite and I’m yet to find anyone that comes close to him
@@hammadqadeer8174 that's your opinion
@@hammadqadeer8174 exactly
Not a single young talent? Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins, Sasha Banks etc aren't young talents? Ok
@@YoosufMuneer there not treated as a big deal except Roman reigns
I dont know who this man is, but i do now. What a great interview. Thanks Ariel and BT Sport.
Tony Khan said Only be a one Khan and he is Tony Khan
Agha khan
Salman Khan
Genghis Khan
The real Head of the Table. Acknowledge him!
16:40 meanwhile there's literal video proof that NXT is watching AEW during live events lol
He is talking about Management, not talent.. ..Ofcourse wrestlers watch other wrestling shows, not a big deal.. ⚡⚡
@@shubhamkapila1 There is literally a video on KZhead that shows the production team on NXT watching Dynamite when they went head to head.
@@sentinel6451 oh ok..
An AEW is doing the same thing.
Really good interview 💯
First time I see him being interviewed! So this is the right-hand man of Vince McMahon.
A year later, he's CEO. Goshhh..
As he basically says Bray Wyatt wasn't a needle mover. Woooooow.
wild...smh
Think everyone will start appreciating this guy more now that Vince is gone, big reason for some of the things wwe are able to do
This comment didn’t age well haha
Great interview
Incredible interview BT Sport and WWE, always love hearing about from behind the scenes WWE executives :)
“We live in the present and the future…we don’t live in the past” is a hilarious quote being that they need to bring Goldberg and past stars back to “move the needle” this company is dead and I may never support them again. I heard AEW is great!
The man who is single handedly destroying wwe with those releases
What? This guy is just another Vince stooge. Vince has the final call on everything. Nick Khan is just another fall guy. He also has little control over creative which is why WWE is truly bad right now.
@@skepticsphere5930 Shut the hell up about Vince Russo already!
@@skepticsphere5930 actually this guy nick khan
Who aside from Bray and maybe Braun was gonna make them $ all khan did was remove the dead weight
He is the man saving WWE by firing those idiots on NXT and main roster Deadwood.
We need Tony khan next then shao khan 😂
Raiden vs Shang Tsung in a Three Stages of Hell match for the Earthrealm Championship
@@ermonski 😂book it
Interesting that he's saying "people want a localised product", but on the flip side Prichard puts no stock in this thinking.
Amazing interview. Maybe the most important one this year.
yes
He's an MMA interviewer.
great interview Ariel.
People talking about Bray Wyatt release when they were complaining that after Crown Jewel The Fiend was “buried”. Over analyzing everything and jumping into conclusion so they can “miss” him now that he’s gone. Hypocrites.
I never want anyone to lose their job but man I hope Tony khan gets at least this guy out of WWE
14:32 mention that those "Vince Mcmahon" shirts cost $99 each
Where’s the interview with Riddle?
Very respectful
He’s got that perfect Persian diplomacy
This guy is killing the business single handedly
Nick Khan > Tony Khan
I’m here to watch the most triggering interview for WWE fans😂
Without watching the whole interview, am i allowed to think Nick Khan is the one after the utter demolition of wwe
They don't live in the past yet they feature people 20 years after their prime at the expense of their current talent
This man is secretly saving WWE
...he looks like martin madrazo from GTA v 😂
This guy answers so perfectly
From a Lawyer to an Agent to the President and CEO of WWE, interesting.
Ariel is such a good conversationalist. Didn’t know who this guy even was but listened to this whole thing
I thought he said he was good friends with Khan Edit: never mind
Has anyone found Nick Khans Twitter?
Hats off to another First Generation American doing big things!
i bet a thousand the crew and host was patted down beforehand
This guy is the man
Triple H disliked this.
Including the NXT roster
Some of these comments have aged so poorly. Nick Khan is the better Khan. Legendary businessman.
11 months later he's the Co-CEO of WWE
He's trolling the IWC... I love him.
Solomonster brought me here
Goldberg in a title picture and yet wwe fire great talent like Bray and others
Plot Twist: Nick Khan is actually Tony Khan's secret uncle and he is infiltrating WWE to make them go out of business.
14:30 very good idea the McMahon shirts
Didn't expect this, but damn, Nick Khan is gold
And what's wrong with recruiting talent from the independent scene? May I ask?