Tony Khan Reiterates That Anti-AEW Bots Are Real

Tony Khan caused quite a stir back on April 8 after the AEW president claimed an independent study had confirmed much of the "anti-AEW online community" was actually a small staff and "an army of bots" as opposed to real people.

"An independent study has confirmed that much of the staunch anti-AEW online community aren't real individuals, it's a staff running thousands of accounts + an army of bots to signal boost them. Look closely, these aren't real people. Who'd pay for such a *wildly* expensive thing? Ever wonder why so much of the activity of these accounts is retweets and replies? Like who actually has 80% of their activity as straight-up retweets?" Khan tweeted. 

Many questioned Khan's post, with Booker T even positing that the AEW President had lost his mind, but Khan has reiterated to TV Insider that the anti-AEW bots are real.

"What I've seen was a lot of anti-AEW accounts that are really focused on the things they don't like. A lot of those are legitimate things. Some of those points I'm trying to address. Some of them I don't agree with, but the point is a lot of these are the same people. There are a handful of accounts that are being run by a few people running a lot of accounts," Khan began.

"Those are real people. A lot of their engagement, their retweets, likes, people responding, and signal boosting for what they are saying, those are bots. You got a network of a few people with a lot of identities powered by a bunch of bots. I'm not making this up. I have hired IT experts that put together a much more sophisticated explanation than I'm capable of giving. It's a real thing, or I wouldn't have brought it up. I have a pretty good reputation in this business for honesty."