Tony Khan discusses the polarizing reaction fans are currently having to Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti.
Polarizing babyfaces are not the anomaly they once were during John Cena’s heyday. Many in wrestling have adopted the mindset that as long as fans are making noise, any reaction is a good reaction. Currently, Sammy Guevara is garnering polarizing reactions from the AEW fanbase as he and Tay Conti embrace more of a villainous side.
Heading into tonight's Ladder Match against Scorpio Sky for the AEW TNT Championship, AEW president Tony Khan believes that the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania crowd will play a huge factor in this match and says that he has never seen anything like the polarizing reaction that Sammy and Tay receive from the audience when they are together.
“I think the crowd is going to be very pivotal in this match," Tony said on Superstar Crossover with Josh Martinez. “I think Sammy Guevara and Tay Conti have created a very polarizing reaction. They were red hot as babyfaces both of them separately, I believe. I think Sammy was a great, young babyface coming off some really big wins. He is a great TNT Champion and Tay Conti is a great wrestler who has improved so much and, in fact, she was voted The Most Improved Wrestler of the Year award last year in the Observer Awards, voted by the fans. She also had so many exciting matches coming so cool close to winning the championship on pay-per-view against Dr. Britt Baker, then great matches with Jade Cargill, and a huge emotional win in the Street Fight teaming with Anna Jay against Penelope Ford and The Bunny. So, I would like to you know, say that they both have come so far individually but then together, they have really created this polarizing reaction. It's unlike anything I've seen when they're together and fans don't like them. I think it's interesting.”
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