AEW and WWE are always going to be rivals in the Pro Wrestling world. There is a lot of interest in whether or not the two promotions pay attention to each other.
This is where Paul Heyman, the legendary manager comes in. He recently spoke out on the subject of AEW and WWE.
MMA Journalist Ariel Helwani spoke to Paul Heyman for BT Sport about various subjects. Eventually, they spoke about AEW and whether or not WWE talent pays attention to the promotion.
“We’re not really sitting here going, ‘if someone is watching on two television sets, what do you think is going on on the other channel while this pretape airs?’ Usually, we’re doing stuff live and there is a whole different pressure to do network television when you’re live,” Heyman said on AEW via Fightful. “We’re not worrying about what the other guy is doing. That’s the trap. Now you’re counterprogramming. We’re worried about our own programming. Plus, we’re the guys to catch. We’re the brand. You have to come to us, beat us, take from us, cut into our market share. We’re not looking to cut into anybody else’s market share, we’re looking to defend our own. We’re not worried, as talent, what the other guy (AEW) is doing. Do we watch? Sure. Should we? Absolutely.”
Paul Heyman is quick to shut down the idea that WWE is worried about AEW. As competitors, they need to pay attention but aren't obsessed with it.
AEW is growing quickly and has been building a very solid fanbase. They will continue to build talent and sign big names from the WWE.
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