AEW President Tony Khan is “trying his best” following Satnam Singh’s unfortunate debut on Dynamite this month.
Singh debuted by attacking Samoa Joe following his Ring of Honor World Title victory, though the segment has faced criticism from fans.
Speaking on his ‘The Extreme Life’ podcast, Matt Hardy discussed Singh’s debut, which was reportedly done as part of an attempt to branch out more into the Indian market:
“I totally understand why this guy debuted in the spot he did. We obviously have a big budding television deal coming up in India and he’s going to play into that. I get the ramifications for debuting him, using him, and highlighting him. It’s a big deal.
“The use of turning the lights out and then turning them back on, if you do that, it feels like an anticipation within the fans and I feel like it has to be a known star. It’s got to be someone when the lights come on, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, it’s him.’ Sabu was so famous for doing that in ECW all the time. So I felt like that was definitely the reason why they should have brought him out in a different way.
“But it is what it is. We live and we learn. We all make mistakes, and Tony Khan, once again, three years in, you know, it is what it is. He’s trying his hardest and he’s trying his best, and I love the fact that he was very accountable for it and he owned it and he said, ‘Well, we probably should have done it differently.”
