WWE’s Government Vice President of Expertise Relations, Chris Legentil, addressed whether or not the corporate was prone to work with AEW. This 12 months has seen a swift departure from the as soon as self-contained WWE Universe, with inter-promotional offers struck with TNA, AJPW, Marigold, Professional Wrestling NOAH, and GCW over latest months. On the opposite facet, AEW has struck constant working relationships with NJPW, CMLL, and Stardom, greatest exemplified with the annual crossover occasion Forbidden Door. However the query stays as as to if the 2 juggernauts of North American wrestling might come collectively.
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“No curiosity,” Legentil answered sharply when requested by Richard Deitsch on the “Sports activities Media” podcast. Though he would make sure that to make clear that there was no shade supposed, “I simply need to clarify that there is undoubtedly a wide range of wonderful expertise that do not at the moment reside in WWE. So there is no shot there that is being fired. It is simply to say that the reply to your query is that no dialog has been had in relation to that.”
AEW President Tony Khan appeared to have an open thoughts in direction of the prospect of working with WWE when he gave his absorb February. He confirmed, like Legentil, that it wasn’t one thing that had been formally mentioned, but when the chance have been to come up then he mentioned he felt it could possibly be attention-grabbing to pursue. Nonetheless, he pushed again on the probability of it taking place, likening the connection to that of Marvel and DC, the place working in direction of a typical objective could possibly be conflicted between which firm comes out trying higher.
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