>>15537571I've been saying this. It's so kino.
>Shane comes in.>Shane and Shad become very close>Shad formally adopts Shane making him Shane Khan, and gives him control of AEW.>Shane is a total heel authority figure and Shad looks at him like he can do no wrong.>The Elite immiediately start blowing Shane>The Patriarchy, Shane Taylor Promotions, the Don Callis Family, the House of Black all love him.>Tony can't leave AEW. It's his baby, but he's not in charge anymore. So he does the only thing he can. He gets into the business to earn Shad's respect and expose Shane for what he really is.>He finds unlikely allies in MJF, Eddie Kingston, and Darby as he fights from the bottom to reclaim his birth right, with only his friends, his plucky underdog spirit, and autistic focus.This could and should easily be milked for 2 years, at least. Maybe have something where either Shane gets hurt so Tony gets to be GM or he wins it in a tournament by sheer luck, or one of his allies does and either hands it over or backstabs him. But eventually when this runs its course, have it end off where Shad still wants Shane working at AEW or he has some bullshit contract clause, and now he's on the backfoot. Doing chicken coop matches against Mark Briscoe and and cleaning the shit off Toni Storm's ass-oranges while still trying to run a heel stable. Maybe you have him win GM at somepoint or puppet a GM. Then work his way back into Shad's graces or even slowly become friends with Tony, since they are brothers, now, after all.
There's endless family drama you could get out of this forever. Like Dynasty. Tony loves Dynasty. He should understand the dimes therein. I bet one of Shane or Steph's kids would want to work for AEW just because, then you just keep those Khan-McMahon angles going for another 30 years.
